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PLACED: Freelance Copywriter, mid-level, NYC

This highly creative experiential marketing agency leverages human connection to impact people in smart, meaningful ways. To do that well, they need both bright brains and big brawn. Independently owned, award-winning agency comprised of creative trailblazers, with multiple US offices, is searching for a highly imaginative and inspiring freelance Copywriter to generate big ideas. What sets these guys apart? Creating awesome experiences for people and brands combining strategic thinking and creative vision with impeccable design and flawless execution.

Reporting to the Creative Director, this collaborative Copywriter will be responsible for supporting the creative process from ideation to development. This person should have the ability to understand the “big picture” and offer macro-level creative solutions to current and prospective clients. Strong experience in brand marketing, sponsorship activation, and client relations is desired. Candidates must demonstrate proven leadership and be passionate about delivering and executing innovative ideas and experiences.

With an ability to deliver strong concepts for both physical and digital experiences, you’ll work with a cross-disciplinary team to develop and execute creative ideas for client objectives using a wide arsenal of tools from
live events, sponsorships, partnerships, traditional media, social media, technology, and more. Driving brainstorming sessions and creating supporting presentation materials is old hat for you, so working with new business teams to respond to RFPs is a breeze. Further, the ideal candidate will
have direct experience in brand marketing and a solid understanding of the experiential marketing and sponsorship landscape. Be incessantly curious about the world, culture, and trends that affect the business, and have the ability to think creatively about a variety of challenges and challenge the way the agency thinks. Please possess a great sense of humor and a positive attitude about stuff that is sometimes not that sweet. 
4+ years of creative experience in an agency environment required.

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

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PLACED: Executive Creative Director, Experiential, $175-250K, NYC

Are you ready to join a truly unique, best in class experiential agency? This buzz-worthy boutique is seeking to hire a hands-on, jack-of-all-trades Creative leader. You’ll be part of a network of production experts delivering the best in experiential, retail, digital environments, live media and social disciplines. This shop is a fast moving, forward-looking organization that is always looking for fresh, relevant ideas while exploring new solutions for engaging audiences through experiences that generate shareable content.

As a strategic partner, this shop is an experiential resource for the world’s greatest brands and agencies. The Executive Creative Director will approach every challenge from a holistic perspective. Combining activation, content generation, digital experiences (on and offline), environmental and traditional elements, the ECD will craft best in class concepts and campaigns that are at once bold and deeply effective. From brief to wrap, you’ll support clients with visual strategy, creative execution, content strategy, global experience direction, and consumer engagement, while also helping to identify and grow a team of hybrid talents to support future growth.

YOU:

  • Fresh thinking. Brilliant ideas. Endless curiosity.
  • A design aficionado, you’ll challenge the agency with your depth of knowledge of environments, visual design, innovation and educate on new trends in design
  • Know how to take an idea from concept through careful execution and maintenance, with a passion for details along the way
  • Can develop or translate an approved strategy and provide leadership in conjuring creative solutions that adhere to strategy
  • Desire to nurture and mentor junior creative talent; provide clear creative direction, motivate and inspire; find and develop top-notch Creative resources
  • Have ability to assure that your creative team meets all project deadlines and deliverables
  • Partner with Business Leads and Production ensuring the work gets better and better
  • Drive to pitch, win and produce key experiences for Fortune 1000 companies; craft conceptual content, drive presentation development and present to clients
  • Translate ideas and thoughts in a clear way, communicating with passion
  • Are willing to help develop proposals, statements of work and overall approach to facilitate workflow and land additional new business; prep project cost estimates, build and maintain vendor relationships
  • Have ability to bond with clients as a senior team member to help establish trust and confidence
  • Maintain awareness of cultural sparks, emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends to share with teams, both to add to concepts in addition to suggestions of cultural outings for the Creative team
  • Are bullet proof under pressure; positive attitude, intelligence, and a personality suited for creative leadership
  • Love to be fully consumed with marketing across events, social, digital and mobile
  • Have a compelling portfolio of outstanding work and a hunger to elevate design quality
  • Skills: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, general knowledge base of modeling and render programs such as Revit and 3DSmax, Rhino, and Vray
  • Posses 10-15+ years experience in multiple channels: traditional, digital, design, experiential, exhibits, retail, shopper, pop-ups, etc

What more could you ask for?! Shoot your resume/book to [email protected].  Not quite for you? Share with your network and help get someone working.

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PLACED: Associate Producer, Experiential, $45-60K, NYC

Are you ready to join a network of experience creators and live media makers?  This buzz-worthy boutique agency is seeking to hire a proactive, jack-of-all-trades Associate Producer. You’ll be part of a network of localized production experts delivering the best in the experiential, retail, digital environments, live media and social disciplines.

As a strategic partner, this shop plugs into creative agencies and brands as an experiential and promotional resource for the world’s greatest brands.  As such, you should have a strong level of strategic, financial, and creative thinking chops. From brief to wrap, you’ll support clients with production strategy, creative execution, global event management, and ground execution. In-house, the Associate Producer is primarily responsible for supporting the Group Director and Production Pod by:

  • Managing the development/production of experiences, promotions, contests, partnerships, etc.
  • Successfully negotiating costs, partnerships, and tie-in partners
  • Directing and tracking the status of all project deliverables in an effort to meet or exceed deadlines
  • Possessing a keen sense of detail and attention to quality of client-facing documents, presentations and various reports
  • Designing and managing project budgets, deadlines, invoices, estimates, purchase requests and billing
  • Developing and maintaining positive and respectful client, vendor and external agency relationships
  • Producing status reports and conveying corrective measures to changes in scope to clients
  • Setting goals and engaging communication between entire internal team

Ideal candidates are:

  • Experienced in lighting, sound and video setup
  • Possess extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Comfortable with travel and weekend work producing events
  • 4+ years of relevant experience; 2+ years of agency experience

Sounds good?! Shoot your resume to [email protected].  Not for you? Share with your network.

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PLACED: Project Manager, Creative Resource Manager; $40-55K, NYC

Are you ready to join a network of experience creators and live media makers?  This buzz-worthy boutique agency is seeking to hire a proactive, jack-of-all-trades Project Manager. You’ll be part of a network of production experts delivering the best in the experiential, retail, digital environments, live media and social disciplines.

The agency is an experiential production partner that crafts real world experiences that resonate over shared, earned, and owned media for the world’s best brands and agencies. As such, you should expect to deliver at the highest quality with passion and accuracy. From brief to wrap, you’ll support internal teams by:

  • Possessing a keen sense of detail and attention to quality of client-facing documents, presentations and various reports
  • Directing and tracking project budgets, deadlines, invoices, estimates, purchase requests and billing
  • Developing and maintaining positive and respectful client, vendor and external agency relationships
  • Managing the flow of all new business pitches
  • Creating and managing work back calendars to help organize internal process
  • Maintaining and managing weekly production meetings
  • Maintaining the Board in the office outlining current projects
  • Maintaining Google calendar outlining travel dates for all dates for work
  • Keeping organized files of all projects coming in and out including team assignments, briefing materials, final decks and deliverables, schedules, and more
  • Setting calls with clients for check-ins/presentations; setting internal check-ins to ensure on-time delivery of presentations
  • Engaging communication between entire internal team

Ideal candidates:

  • Possess extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office; Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop helpful
  • Comfortable with travel and weekend work producing events
  • 1+ years of relevant experience; agency experience preferred

Sounds good?! Shoot your resume to [email protected].  Not for you? Share with your network.

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