The work we do at Beakbane is of critical importance to our clients’ success. We help companies grow through the use of Smart Programs that encompass many innovative forms of communication, including traditional marketing communications as well as digital marketing strategies.

Beakbane is a small, boutique-like agency and, as such, Account Managers have the benefit of being exposed to all aspects of the agency experience. At Beakbane, you will delve into the internal & external workings of our clients; how a company operates and how it’s presented to the world. You will engage your creative flair and ingenuity to define and articulate brands, and develop innovative, integrated Smart Programs, including social media, that build sustainable value for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop brand and communications strategies to build sustainable value.

• Prepare proposals, strategic recommendations and summaries.

• Create content for a variety of communications, including packaging, online communications and various print materials.

• Understand the client’s business and competitive environment.

• Anticipate and leverage client needs and opportunities to grow existing business.

• Identify and pursue opportunities to secure new business.

• Manage all financial aspects, including managing quotes, budgets and margins, sourcing services from third parties and preparing purchase orders and client invoices.

• Proofread and check details on all jobs prior to client presentations.

• Foster a collaborative and creative environment.

• Help build morale and a positive work environment.

Qualification Guidelines

• Minimum of two to three years of agency or client-side experience, with a record of achievement.

• University degree with strong academic record.

• Strong people skills. Must be able to build relationships.

• Excellent oral and written skills.

• Ability to listen, question, understand and analyze.

• Reliable, hard-working, conscientious and dedicated professional, team leader and player.

• Extremely detail oriented, strong organizational skills and effective time management/project management skills. Ability to work quickly, in a fast-paced environment.

• Solid understanding of the creative process.

Please email your resume to hiring@beakbane.com

Other

• Continue becoming more knowledgeable about all aspects of marketing, production and design.

• Attend courses and participate in industry events.

• Assist in other company activities on an as needed basis.

How to apply:

Please email your resume to hiring@beakbane.com

This is an excellent opportunity for an all-rounder – someone with great design and production skills in all media, plus lots of big ideas they want to apply to ad campaigns, web projects, etc.

We work for a wide variety of clients, from national (Moxie’s Restaurants, Bayer Crop Science) to local (Northland Village Mall, Calgary Parking Authority).

Our team is easy to work with, so your voice will be heard.

The ideal candidate will:

•Show great design skills in print and web

•Be comfortable working out ideas first in a sketchbook

•Be able to brainstorm ad and design concepts

•Be able to take a design project from start to finish

•Know all the main software programs such as Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator - others are an asset, but not required.

•Flash skills would be a big plus

•Be able to juggle several projects simultaneously and meet deadlines

•Recognize when a job is not a creative opportunity and simply needs to be executed

How to apply:

If this opportunity sounds right for you, email your resume to: make_contact@raremethod.com.

What you’ll be doing:

 Managing and coordinating the development and posting of content for entire site as assigned

 Performing website maintenance

 Content coding and operation of Blue Martini content management system

 Maintaining site attributes and architecture

 Assisting in the on-going testing and maintenance of website content and functionality

 Completing special projects as assigned, including social media engagement, search engine optimization, email authoring and web merchandising.

What you’ll need to do it well:

 Diploma in a web or computer-related discipline

 Three to five years relevant work experience

 Solid communication skills – both written and oral

 Strong organizational and coordination skills with attention to detail

 Works well in a collaborative team environment

 Passionate about the outdoors

 French language skills are an asset.

How to apply:

Mail:
Human Resources
MEC Head Office
149th West 4th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y 4A6 Fax: 604-731-3826 email: jobs@mec.ca

The Team:

You will be part of our Experience Design team.

The Role:

This is a management position and requires a sound understanding and interpretive working knowledge of critical human behavioral factors as they interact with current and future information technologies across the social media space.

You must be able to identify distinct shared interest and online community audiences, then effectively organize information and product / program features through information architecture best practices. We want you to be an advocate for users by delivering rich, usable online experiences while delivering upon the key business objectives of our clients and driving results for their business.

You’ll enjoy the stimulation of working with bright passionate, team members to build and support effective communication and gain immeasurably from working with our Senior Strategists and Information Architects in writing and implementing policies and procedures that optimize program delivery throughout our organization.

Responsibilities:

• Translate business rules, requirements and user research into functional and usability requirements. Merge various disciplines such as user interface (UI) design, human factors, user research, information science and web strategy.

• Specify how users will find information by defining its organization, navigation, labeling, and searching systems balancing end-user and client objectives.

• Build the information architecture and collaborate with stakeholders to create conceptual user interface designs through high fidelity prototypes.

• Create and maintain all information architecture deliverables, user scenarios, task flow diagrams, sitemap / navigation scheme / taxonomy, wireframes, interaction outline / specifications and copy direction.

• Analyze and organize data stored by information systems including entities, attributes and interrelationships (meta data).

• Collaborate with content management specialists to enhance and leverage the existing content management and technology infrastructure to increase efficiency and enhance the user experience. Determine what content and functionality sites will contain.

• Evaluate usability and accessibility for potential site users; measurement and assessment of website performance; track website usage and industry Internet trends.

• Develop user interface standards.

• Identify requirements and/or help sell in proposed solutions in conjunction with Client Services and/or Digital Strategy teams.

Your Experience:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Factors/Human-Computer Interface Design, Library or Information Sciences or equivalent

Experience:

5 - 7 years of information architecture experience working on complex, transactional websites, preferably with a proficiency using VISIO, Axure or PhotoShop/Illustrator; and must have at least 1 year of team leadership and/or people management experience required.

• Must be fluent in the principles of Web usability (project administration, site analysis, user surveys, audience profiles, test planning, recruitment, test implementation, analysis, and reporting), information architecture, and graphical user-interface design principles to provide Web usability expertise to clients and team.

• Familiar with basic web technologies such as HTML, CSS, XML, XHTML, ASP, and PHP – and how these technologies are used to build web sites and applications.

• Familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS) and dynamic web applications.

• Familiarity with e-mail marketing and direct mail, preferably with experience managing usability as it relates to conversion and personalization of content for customer segments within the social media industry.

How to apply:

Email your resume with covering letter, quoting position reference number, salary expectations and job title to careers@syncapse.com.