The role of the Junior Art Director is to help develop fully integrated campaigns including social marketing projects. The ideal candidate is an excellent designer with industry experience, an engaging conceptual thinker with big ideas for brands, and a skilled user of the Adobe Creative Suite.

Junior Art Directors report to Creative Directors and Senior Art Directors and work in close collaboration with Account Services. They are responsible for developing initial creative concepts, designs, and interfaces, and evolving them through final execution. They also take existing brand campaigns and collateral and help evolve them to suit a brand’s needs. They are able to take direction from senior staff, are good self-managers, and know how to deliver good work on time. A strong background in online tech and basic coding skills (or aptitude for developing said skills) is a big plus.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• 2+ years of advertising and/or design-industry experience
• Conceptual and strategic thinking that can be leveraged in a variety of marketing channels
• Strong portfolio that illustrates design skill in print and digital channels
• Frequent user of social media and social networks
• Strong teamwork skills–ability to work within a team and take direction from creative director and account team
• Strong communication skills–ability to interface with team, ask questions when needed, and show confidence when sharing ideas
• Puts work quality, client satisfaction, and team harmony ahead of ego

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We are looking for a Contractor to start immediately on a 6 month contract that pays $50-60 per hour, must be a leader in hands-on responsive design. Be part of something big!

Responsibilities:

• Deliver engaging and innovative designs that are on-brand and support both the business and end user objectives
• Collaborate with fellow team members (designers, UX practitioners, developers & subject-matter experts) in the development of a world-class user experience for a new eCommerce platform
• Present creative concepts to the project team and senior stakeholders to obtain buy-in
• Contribute to the definition of design standards for the new platform

Skills & Experience:

• Strong passion for design and creative problem-solving
• Ability to articulate intent behind your design concepts and stand behind your work
• In-depth knowledge of the latest industry trends and design best practices
• Design portfolio that demonstrates innovative web design, unique user interfaces, spatial theory and responsive design
• 5+ years’ experience working in a digital agency or large telecommunications company
• Enthusiastic team player that enjoys collaborating with other designers
• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and deliver on time in a fast-paced environment
• Strong knowledge of and experience with Adobe Creative Suite • An understanding of front end design including CSS, HTML, and JavaScript
• Knowledge of W3C Accessibility guidelines and their design implications
• Experience in an Agile environment an asset

Mandatory Skills:            

Photoshop, Illustrator, Responsive Web Design

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Responsibilities of the Role:

• Advise and influence internal clients on their ability to maximize their budget, efficiency and impact while adhering to the marketing strategic objectives, and principals for digital marketing / development;
• Manage operations of website with respect to Canada and some global elements including promotions, content, interactive project management/site enhancements, troubleshooting, optimization;
• Develop and promote microsites and blogs to target niche markets
• Marketing and communications planning to increase traffic to web properties as well as create and manage content marketing programs to drive traffic and engagement to thought leadership (content);
• Manage content strategy: creation/development/archiving/editing process; including using monitoring/listening tools to capture new content, optimization (SEO) as well as cross-promotion (various web properties & digital channels);
• Social Media (Twitter/LinkedIn), Wikipedia) blogs/microsites through search engine marketing (advertising/SEM);
• Promote key offerings on the website through various on-site campaigns
• Develop social media strategies and action plans as well as manage social media channels including Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as well as training internal staff and legal professionals;
• Work with cross-functional teams on Marketing & Business Development initiatives (enewsletters, events promotions, online PR) acting as the digital subject matter expert (SME);
• Work with developers to enforce requirements, troubleshoot and test builds as well as managing the process from beginning to end (for our public website as well as microsites and blogs);
• Work with web designers to establish concepts for new promotions and site features as well as document requirements;
• Evaluate efforts through analytics/reporting;

Requirements:

• University degree or college diploma in Marketing and/or Graphic Design and/or Digital Media; ebusiness and web marketing certificates an asset;
• 6+ years of traditional and digital marketing experience; professional services environment; experience working in a virtual team setting an asset;
• Experience in social media, content development, content marketing and online business development;
• Possess a thorough understanding of how digital marketing tools, services and techniques can be used in the professional services space;
• Strong understanding of web usability standards; Thorough understanding of online metrics, conversion principals and web behaviour;
• Experience working with lawyers and other senior stakeholders to develop achievable goals and processes an asset;
• Ability to manage creative development to ensure inclusion of web best practices (vs. simply design best practices) and how they coincide with online usability;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively communicate with individuals at all levels of the Firm;
• Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships, and take direction and criticism in a positive manner;
• Highly effective project management, prioritization, multi-tasking, and time management skills to meet deadlines.
• Ability to absorb new ideas and concepts quickly and to ensure they are clearly communicated to an audience;
• Energetic, self-motivated, and results-oriented;
• Ability to consistently meet the needs of clients;
• A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, persuasion, conflict resolution, and relationship management skills;
• Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills;
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts;
• Must demonstrate a commitment to privacy and ethics.

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The Director of Strategy will work alongside multiple contacts within the client to help steer their corporate total brand strategy throughout the organization. This could involve, but is not limited to innovative visual and verbal identity, brand management and other marketing departments. The Director of Strategy will be responsible for planning and acting as the brand visionary for the account, and working to execute branding projects.

In this fascinating role, you will be responsible for leading all strategic brand initiatives through building relationships internally with the client, in order to gain trust and become a partner and trusted advisor. You will be responsible for creating strategic content, exercising and enhancing strategic brand knowledge while maintaining client profitability.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Executive Director to develop and maintain C suite client relationships to define their brand direction
• Identify and analyse key branding issues, business challenges and trends
• Use deep knowledge of business, brand, consumers, and customers to deliver a strategy that continually evolves the brand.
• Collaborate with clients to develop strategic recommendations across multiple channels and navigate how the brands come to life in different mediums
• Engage in broad based branding dialog to become the senior client’s counsellor to help identify further opportunities so that our client is always providing the most meaningful client value
• Partner with team members (creative and strategy) to craft solution scenarios that deliver the highest quality work in a timely, efficient, and personally satisfying manner
• Coach team members and provide consistent constructive feedback to assist with professional and personal growth, instil meaningful experiences, and ensure constant improvement of IB intellectual capital

Skills and Attributes:

• Ability to handle a large, complex global account
• Strong understanding of branding, business management and strategic planning
• A strategic thinker with the ability to see the big picture as well as the important details
• Strong ability to grow and expand client relationships
• Act as a leader and team player having the ability to work with people at all levels
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong client leadership skills – can connect with clients and inspire their confidence into on-going commitment
• Passionate about having measurable impact on clients business

Qualifications:

• B.A. degree; MBA highly desirable
• 8-10 years’ experience in brand strategy, brand architecture, portfolio management, marketing, planning, insights, and/or management consulting and financial analysis.
• Experience in digital strategy a plus.
• Strong organization and presentation skills
• Strong attention to detail

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Our client, a leading sports organization in the GTA, is seeking of a Production Supervisor. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the sales and marketing collateral executed across multiple platforms including print, digital, video and motion.  As an integral member of the team, the Production Supervisor is accountable for scheduling all incoming requests, assigning studio priorities, coordinating the production processes; liaise with external vendors and track and report on the status of all projects to ensure flawless execution by the Account Team.

Responsibilities:

• Create and manage the production schedule for all incoming requests and set studio priorities accordingly
• Ensure all pertinent information is included on the onset of the request
• Provide daily priorities to all members of the studio
• Work with the media assets planner to prepare, distribute, and maintain schedules for signage operators (digital signage systems, scoreboard inventory) and media sales teams (broadcast, online sales)
• Oversee trafficking of creative elements from studio to external and internal media
• Maintain schedules of outstanding deliverables to ensure timelines are adhered to and inventory runs as planned
• Liaise with external vendors for final execution and uploads
• Manage supplier relationships
• Mange print installations
• Manage the quoting process, reporting and final delivery
• Provide weekly, monthly and annual project status reports
• Assist on the management of small projects as needed
• Assist in other related projects and contribute towards team goals

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in a production role within an ad agency, design firm or communication’s company a must.
• Preferably Post-Secondary education from a production related program
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills; proven ability to listen, understand and communicate effectively
• Proficient in Excel
• Understanding of design & production for print, online, digital and motion materials
• Confident in gathering feedback and communicating solutions
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Self-starter with an ongoing awareness and responsiveness to client satisfaction
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrated ability to build and develop professional relationships
• Passionate, committed, outgoing, enthusiastic, reliable and works well within a team environment

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Skillset/Experience:

• Truly excellent understanding of typography is a must.
• Ability to develop and work within large and highly complex design systems

Responsibilities/Description of Project:

• Own entire sections of a large-scale and ultra-modern news site (need large site experience)
• Design complex user dashboard (must be able to produce clean files and be fast)
• Create style guide

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We are looking for a very special individual.  An advertising professional with at least 10 years of industry experience who is ready to share his or her knowledge with the next generation of advertising and branding talent.  A copywriter whose experience bridges the world of traditional broadcast and print advertising with todays new mobile, social and cross platform opportunities.  This individual must be able to inspire and encourage young talent, to teach students of our Creative Copywriting Track how to think creatively and strategically and be able to put that thinking into well-crafted words.  To ready them for a career in a field that requires big ideas that can translate across all disciplines.  This man or woman must be able to translate his or her knowledge into classes that take students from aspiring copywriters to professionals whose work stands out from the thousands of hopefuls all looking to break into the field.

This position is a 9-month, full time instructional position.  Must have an advanced degree or training and work experience at a level that equates to an advanced degree.   Outstanding industry recognition in the advertising industry required. Teaching at the college-level is preferred. Duties will include teaching graduate level students (and occasionally undergraduate students) a variety of creative courses, recruiting, serving on various committees and other program service.  Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.

If this is something that speaks to you, this opportunity to give back and teach what you’ve learned please send a letter of application, vitae or resume, list of references and  a link to your website or electronic sample of your work to Andrea Groat, VCU Brandcenter, 103 S. Jefferson St, Richmond, VA  23284.  Application review will begin immediately and continue until filled.  Proposed start date 8/16/13..  Check our website at www.brandcenter.vcu.edu for more details about our program. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Any additional experience working within the web world is an add value for this role and organization.

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The bulk of the work will be on POS, in-store material for consumer goods companies, but there will be opportunities to work on other material as well. Any exposure to web design is an add value.

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The recruitment intern’s duties will include:

• Review and evaluate applicants in the Applicant Tracking System
• Conduct phone screens and coordinate interviews
• Assign candidate representation to recruitment team members

The recruitment intern’s skills include:

• Acute analytical skills
• Excellent customer service abilities
• Exceptional telephone skills
• Above average written and verbal communication
• Strong computer skills including Outlook, Word and Excel
• Self-motivating, confident and independent

Additional Details

Start Monday, May 13, 2013 and end August 23, 2013.

Schedule determined on a weekly basis, a minimum of 20 hours a week.

The intern must meet a weekly activity quota.

An honorarium will be awarded upon successful completion of the internship.

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