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PLACED: Project Manager, Media; $60-70K, NYC

Named a “Top Entrepreneur” by Crain’s magazine, this boutique independent media agency is seeking a smart, motivated Project Manager to assist in creating long-lasting consumer connections. This person will focus on engaging audiences across all media channels, from paid social to traditional. As such, your background should be truly integrated, strongly digital. And you better like hats, because you’ll be wearing plenty – client-facing, building out media strategies, ad trafficking, financials, production, etc. Clients range from for-profit, non-profit, start-up, and arts and culture. To succeed in this collaborative and casual environment, please be a self-starter and quick learner with a sense of humor. Previous media or ad agency experience is required – preferably 1-3 years. You’ll…

Assist with advertising operations (particularly digital): coordinate with external vendors, provide QA/functional review of digital creative assets, traffic ads. Exposure to digital and social campaign set up/tracking a plus.

Manage advertising and production projects from inception to completion: create and maintain schedules and deadlines, keep projects on track across cross-functional teams, create estimates, manage budgets.

Support client accounts: summarize meetings/calls, communicate project action items and updates, keep media plans updated, proactively collect and manage all client project details, update media decks. Excel and PowerPoint skills a must.

Conduct media, consumer, market, and brand research; coordinate and administer new business development system and operations. Contribute to daily office management: calendar management, phones, etc.

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

May 5, 2019/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

PLACED: Account Coordinator, Social/Digital, $40-45K; NYC

Making connections. Running campaigns. Social media meets technology.

This small but mighty company is changing the game in connecting beloved brands with far-reaching social media influencers. Seeking an Account Coordinator (intern to 1+ yr exp) to support brand client relationships and who knows when to ask the right questions. As a key member of the campaigns team, you will support the relationships on various high value accounts and manage/deepen the relationship with smaller accounts. Organization skills are key for the success of this role; you’ll be dealing with a hefty number of emails, as well working on several different client projects daily, so being orderly and good with time management is important. Since you’ll be working with clients and assisting with copywriting as needed, having strong communications and writing skills is necessary. This role involves speaking with clients frequently, developing relationships and providing them with support and guidance; analytical thinking, problem solving, and having a ‘people person’ nature are all key qualities. You will work closely with the sales and product teams to retain clients and maintain the company’s positioning as a premium, market leading, tech driven solution to influencer marketing. This is an opportunity for someone with a client-focused attitude who wants to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty in various aspects of the digital advertising space.

Ready to make a change? Shoot your resume to [email protected]. Not for you? Share with your network, and get someone working!

January 28, 2019/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management, Project Management

PLACED: Senior Program Manager, B2B, $75-100K; NYC

Join a leading independent B2B branding and marketing agency, a dynamic team of strategists and designers, filmmakers and programmers, doers and game-changers. This award-winning business communications agency believes that B2B brands should drive transformation and works together with their clients to build brands and experiences that engage clients, influence prospects, rally employees, and inspire investors. Based in New York City, they collaborate with clients around the world to turn critical inflection points into platforms for opportunity.

Seeking a savvy Senior Program Manager to manage US and global projects for clients in finance, consulting, technology, healthcare, etc. This person will help guide the broader team in crafting engaging client deliverables. At this shop, Program Managers at don’t balk at the complex; where others say no, they ask how. With unmatched strategic thinking and organizational skills, they plan and fluidly navigate challenging, multifaceted projects. They serve as trusted advisors to BtoB clients, deftly giving advice and promptly providing fixes to the inevitable hiccups that come along. They can finish their clients’ sentences. They lead—and cheerlead—internal teams to meet tight deadlines and provide their best work.

Account and Project Management

Serve as a primary client liaison and strategic partner to multiple clients
Facilitate all aspects of client engagements including brand strategy, visual brand development, marketing, advertising, digital/web projects
Lead multipronged, medium/large client engagements, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery
Oversee standard start-up procedures (secure job numbers, prepare working group lists, schedule interviews, etc.)
Generate, communicate and manage production schedules
Maintain client loyalty through daily proactive relationship management
Contribute to our entrepreneurial culture of collective learning, sharing your ideas and receiving real-time professional development

Financial Management

Efficiently organize and monitor the ongoing management of costs (from developing estimates through tracking actuals), securing the appropriate authorization throughout
Secure estimates from and negotiate with outside suppliers
Work closely with Controller to manage payment schedules and review pre-bill for clients

New Business Development

Engage in broad branding discussions with clients, becoming a trusted counselor, and in so doing, identifying further opportunities for additional mutually beneficial engagements
Actively mine existing accounts for new business opportunities and referrals
Provide input on process, budget and schedule for proposals

What we’re looking for:

BA (marketing or related field of study preferred)
Minimum 4 – 8 years experience working in account or project management role at a branding, marketing or advertising agency or a related position i.e. branding/marketing in a financial services, technology, healthcare, or professional services firm
Outgoing, engaging personality; great attitude and desire to work with a team
Excellent communicator, comfortable presenting in professional environments
Skill and enjoyment of writing, with a clear, succinct, and engaging style and tone
Great attention to detail! You check everything twice and sweat the details.
Nimble multi-tasking and project management. Juggling is your middle name.
Top-notch computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, project management software (Smartsheet and the like), web-based research

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

November 28, 2018/by Hunter Gilmore

Account Management

PLACED: Account Manager, $60-70K; NYC

Making connections. Running campaigns. Social media meets technology.

This small but mighty company is changing the game in connecting beloved brands with far-reaching social media influencers. Seeking an ad agency trained Account Manager to own brand client relationships and who knows when to ask the right questions. As a key member of the campaigns team, you will independently manage and deepen the relationships on key high value accounts and serve as a leader to junior employees within the team. Your role will primarily involve executing influencer campaigns, acting as the liaison between influencers and brand/agency. You will work closely with the sales and product teams to retain clients and maintain the company’s positioning as a premium, market leading, tech driven solution to influencer marketing. This role comes with a high level of autonomy and leadership opportunity; a true opportunity to carve out your own path within the company.

Regardless of the situation the client should feel that this person has their best interests in mind, are looking out for them, and are taking care of them by communicating concerns, driving the ship, and diplomatically redirecting when needed. You seek progress over perfection; each campaign is a learning to improve for the next. You can be honest of your failings and work with your colleagues and manager to figure out how to avoid future failures, altruistically cheering others on for big and small wins. Be able to quickly adapt to an ever-changing client or internal need with a positive attitude and professionally communicate qualms. Go to drinks, organize dinners, meet some of the incredible people that work in this industry and befriend them. Inside or outside of the office, when asked how you are, do not answer “busy”. Boring people are busy. Smart people are excited.

Ready to make a change? Shoot your resume to [email protected]. Not for you? Share with your network, and get someone working!

October 28, 2018/417 Comments/by Hunter Gilmore

Art Director, Creative, Design

PLACED: Senior Art Director, Luxury; $90K, NYC

Get ready to join a shop that delivers effectively on both brains and beauty, an agency that’s at once design-driven image makers and consumer-minded brand stewards.

With a focus on fashion/luxury/lifestyle, this expanding boutique ad agency is seeking a curious and cultured Senior Art Director who has the conceptual skills and design power to bring game-changing 360 ideas to life. You are well-versed in luxe-directed UX/digital/social, print design, video production, and have a passion for typography as powerful visual differentiator. Fascinated, inspired and enthusiastically challenged by the ever-evolving digital landscape, you are UX savvy, collaborate well with front-end developers and have an understanding of digital tech; you’re hands-on immersed in social and stay abreast of trends. Altogether, your portfolio expresses strategic vision that solves business problems with elegance and beauty. Expect to create and inspire excellence in others and across a portfolio of premium brands.

This well-established, full-service agency possesses major credentials on integrated campaigns for some of the biggest fashion and luxury brands on the market. Considering the bulk of your attention will be on fashion/beauty/luxury accounts, a love of Vogue and previous category experience would be ideal; prior agency experience is a must-have.

Sounds great, right?! Shoot your resume/portfolio to [email protected]. Not for you? Share with your network and change someone’s life.

October 26, 2018/21 Comments/by Hunter Gilmore

Production, Project Management

PLACED: Senior Producer, Integrated; $90-125K, NYC

A hardworking, personable bunch, this laid back shop generates big work for innovative retail brands; all with minimal bureaucracy and a family feel. A small enough agency to run a tight ship, but big enough to boast a diverse group of creative thinkers and makers. The rules: collaborate well with clients, strive to improve daily, make work that is simple, memorable, and beautiful. This is an office where music is always playing, dogs are part of the culture, patio BBQs are the norm, and excessive imagination is a must. They believe that every great relationship starts with a single job and grows over time with consistent care, hard work, and at least a little fun. A full-service creative production agency, they’ve tackled everything from multi-channel campaign creation, to complex site and app builds, to fashion shoots and retouching. They like a good challenge, and have the creative resources to meet them.

We’re seeking a client-facing, integrated Senior Producer with at least 5 years experience across digital and traditional creative output, from conception thru to execution and measurement. You’ll be crafting video and social media content, print work, websites, e-commerce systems, apps, dynamic emails, retail installations, and whatever else comes next. As the producer, you will be in charge of heading up many of these projects, working with the design and development teams and mentoring junior producers along the way.

Ideal candidates are:

Comfortable maintaining and growing client relationships through excellent communication, creative thinking, and problem solving
Able to define, plan, schedule and manage creative, production, and strategic projects
Knowledgeable of UX/IA and design/development best practices
Adept at writing detailed and clear project documentation (SOW, Functional Specs, Test Cases, RFPS)
Ability to identify opportunities to enhance internal processes, workflows, and project standards
Proactive at managing expectations of Production, Creative, Strategic and Account teams, as well as Client teams
Successful at delivering projects on time, to spec and within budget
Experienced with creating budgets and tracking costs

Most importantly! You are a nice, normal human being that is easy to get along with and work with, as this shop has a No Ego policy.

Great, right? Please shoot a resume to [email protected]. Not for you? Please share with someone in your network.

August 9, 2018/23 Comments/by Hunter Gilmore

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