Do you have a passion for the arts, culture, and education?  Then stop selling toilet paper, pills, or cars and join an agency whose focus is on the things in life that enrich us: museums, libraries, gardens, performing arts, visual artists, education, and non-profits.

Seeking an entrepreneurial, energetic, detail oriented multi-tasker who has experience with project management, creating reports, presentations, conducting research and serving clients. Experience with advertising agencies and marketing industry, the media planning process, and a passion for it is preferred. You will be working in a focused, contemporary, award-winning boutique advertising/marketing agency that serves a diversified set of clients in non-profit and for-profit sectors, with great benefits and room for growth.

Responsibilities:

• Work with senior management and account team to develop strategies and recommendations for Media plans

• Demonstrate an understanding of media fundamentals

• Keep up-to-date on media trends and media opportunities

• Conduct media research and evaluate data

• Understand various media and their applications against client strategies/goals

• Execution of media plan including negotiation of rates and contracts, consideration of timing, generation of insertion orders and coordination of ad specs

• Establish a professional, productive rapport with sales reps/media vendors and field any media inquiries

• Generate campaign completion reports

• Maintain media kits, ad specifications, and vendor contacts to make sure they are current and complete

• Coordinate trafficking of ads and deadlines for ad material

Requirements & Skills:

• 1+ years Media Planning, Advertising Agency, or similar experience

• Very detail-oriented and proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

• Strong mathematical and quantitative/analytical abilities

• Highly organized and able to efficiently multi-task

• Strong presentation skills

• Computer Skills/Software Knowledge, especially Excel and Powerpoint

• Demonstrate ability to learn account management software (Workamajig) and processes quickly and proficiently

• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of each Media type

• Able to make independent decisions and identify priorities

• Meet client and internal deadlines and obligations

• Be able to identify and promote solutions

Sounds great? Shoot a resume to [email protected].  Not for you? Share with your network and get someone working!

Ready to join a new breed of qualitative research company?

Global insight and strategic branding group is seeking to add an inspirational Research Director to their nimble and entrepreneurial team.  These folks believe research should be creative, rigorous, and flexible.

The Research Director will have various responsibilities including client management and drafting proposals, to workshops and creation of documentaries, reporting, new business pitches, invoicing, strategic initiatives, conducting various modes of research (ethnographies, shop-alongs, in-depth interviews, moderation of focus groups, etc.), development of junior staff, operations/P&L.  An important aspect of this role will also be helping to develop and secure new business either through existing or forged relationships.  Present projects touch on myriad categories such as CPG, technology, retail, hospitality, lifestyle, etc.  Enjoyment is key; please love what you do.

YOU are a talented senior researcher, planner or strategist with an involved, passionate, connected, collaborative spirit. You are smart, ambitious, exciting, a strategic thinker up for the challenge of growth.  You’ll need to be able to win business from and work with some of the most cutting edge clients that are out there. You’ll want to work on some of the most exciting projects in research and brand development with some of the most experienced practitioners. Experienced in tackling strategic, high profile briefs and projects, you’ll be happy working in a creative, informal but intellectually demanding environment.

Further, a forward-thinking qualitative researcher with 7+ years experience (planning, brand consulting and/or research), involved in all stages of the research process, from designing and setting up projects and conducting fieldwork, through to analysis, report writing/storytelling and presenting findings. You must have experience leading projects and being the main client point of contact.  You should relish the idea of working in a small growing team that offers progression through achievement and attitude rather than moving up a static career ladder.  Please be human, creative and full of energy; resourcefulness, flexibility, individual passions, and confidence mixed with quirkiness are highly valued.

You will be fully supported by a well developed project management team, back office support team, film team and a very ambitious group of qualitative researchers and brand consultants who delight in getting on planes to go to places to solve client problems. Compensation will be competitive based on the skills and experience of the candidate and will include healthcare, 4 weeks vacation as standard, participation in the company bonus scheme and of course invitations to our various outings, shindigs and away days.

If this is you, send us your resume and a presentation showing that you are as smart as f*ck and never boring and why we would be mad not to have you on the team.  Email: [email protected]

Are you a creative problem-solver who can think big, is a student of culture and are passionate about ideas? Come join the agency that creates innovative cultural movements for exceptional brands.

Seeking an inquisitive and self-aware Senior Account Planner with the experience and stature to lead accounts/projects independently, yet knows when to ask for help. With initiative and confidence, you can demonstrate a proficiency with myriad research methodologies and are adept at procuring, analyzing and distilling primary & secondary research, through to developing brand strategy recommendations grounded in human insights, guiding project trajectories and realizing the full potential of each client engagement. Collaborative in spirit, you’ll work closely with agency’s Design, Account and Leadership teams to deliver creative excellence, engaging clients and consumers through compelling brand strategy insights. Awash in pop culture and emerging trends, you have an ever-expanding knowledge-base and remain current on key subject matter and industry areas. Agency clients are diverse and require a quick mind and eagerness to understand their categories and businesses. A proven track record of excellence in writing and presenting will put you ahead of the pack.

And please… be collaborative and welcoming; people need to feel they can ask for your help and actively involve you in discussions with clients and amongst the team. You are quick thinking and smart, able to debate complex issues with clients at length and under pressure. To that end, you likely have a natural authority and can clearly and brilliantly express complex ideas simply. However, you need to act in an ‘open’ way, responding openly to client questions, seeking information from other parties and sharing the knowledge you have. Your ‘can do’ spirit is infectious and attractive to both colleagues and clients. Experience working with financial brands is a plus; 5-7 years of agency strategic planning experience required.

Sounds great? Please shoot your resume/portfolio to [email protected]. Not for you? Share with your network and get someone working!

Are you a creative problem-solver who can think big, is a student of culture and are passionate about ideas? Come join the agency that creates innovative cultural movements for exceptional brands.

Seeking a seasoned, talented and ambitious group strategy lead to work across multiple accounts, new business development and mentor a team of junior and senior strategists. Partnering with the CEO and Account leads, you’ll provide leadership and vision, articulating brand needs and developing appropriate strategy processes/deliverables for myriad project proposals.  You’ll contribute to the agency’s ongoing refinement of a unique strategic offering, marketing approach, and communications; playing a key role in pitch development and presentations. In addition, you will also have day-to-day responsibilities on marquee clients and should be equally comfortable leading C-Suite relationships as well as rolling up your sleeves and getting scrappy. You can find the human insight to solve a business problem and further develop that idea into actionable and superior creative executions.

Please… be collaborative and welcoming; people need to feel they can ask for your help and actively involve you in discussions with clients and amongst the team. You are quick thinking and smart, able to debate complex issues with clients at length and under pressure. To that end, you likely have a natural authority and can clearly and brilliantly express complex ideas simply. However, you need to act in an ‘open’ way, responding openly to client questions, seeking information from other parties and sharing the knowledge you have. Your ‘can do’ spirit is infectious and attractive to both colleagues and clients. Experience working with financial brands is a plus; category diversity also a plus. 12-15 years of agency strategic planning experience a must.

Sounds great? Please shoot your resume/portfolio to [email protected]. Not for you? Share with your network and get someone working!

Seeking a freelance Copywriter who nails crafting fresh, smart, progressive and motivating e-commerce content. (Best in class example: http://uncrate.com/) You’ll primarily be writing about outdoor adventures, products and gear, so experience participating in outdoor adventures is a nice-to-have. However, you must have a history of creating captivating content for a lifestyle brand and a mastery of producing visuals and copy that engages, as you will be responsible for creating product descriptions for the brand’s website, copy for social media posts and editorial content for web.

This Copywriter will oversee all marketing content for outdoor adventure retailer Backcountry, bringing the brand to life in all marketing content produced. You’ll develop editorial content to attract new customers and help them discover new brands/products. Editorial content creation includes: fleshing out story ideas, directing photoshoots, curating imagery and products to feature, editing influencers or writing new copy to be on brand. You will work in partnership with internal and client teams and are responsible for the vision, quality, and consistency of all digital creative work for the Backcountry brand.

Sounds amazing?  Shoot your resume/portfolio to [email protected]. Not for you? Share with your network and getting someone working!