Essential Responsibilities:

• Proven experience in brand building capability and a deep competitive understanding and foresight are required. Leadership skills including strong team-building, verbal and written communications, planning, budgeting, and having the ability to effectively manage up, down, and across the organization are also necessary for this role.
• Oversee and develop our client’s brand strategy
• Lead and develop naming and related trademarking
• Ensuring compelling and differentiated creative expression across multi-media and multiple touch points
• Conduct ongoing competitive assessments and provide strategic counsel to executive leadership team for ongoing differentiation and brand excellence
• Develop offering strategy by partnering with Client Team and Practice Executives
• Create and maintain effective and uniform sales tools to be used by business development, Client Teams and Practices
• Represent our client in an appropriate membership organizations, contests and industry events.
• Establish and direct our client’s brand message and client experience for each physical location.
• Develop and implement external communication strategy including the design and content for: white papers, web site, email, social media, client events and other as appropriate
• Manage and produce our clients’ events and other thought leadership-focused events including iCitizen, partner events, academic events, etc.
• Guide and develop thought leadership strategy and partner with internal subject matter experts to produce relevant and timely content that differentiates our client
• Ensure relevant marketing content and communications are shareable and accessible via knowledge management and internal cascading systems
• Develop external communications strategy to align with key influencers and partners for media coverage and reputation building.

Knowledge And Skill Requirements:

• Requires an executive marketing professional with a minimum of five (5) years of experience in an executive marketing leadership role within an agency environment.
• Ability to manage the multiple disciplines within the marketing team.
• Expertise in understanding and applying the power of storytelling, design and breakthrough creative execution to convey compelling messages and experiences to prospective associates, clients, partners and influencers.
• Be able to work with a variety of organizational leaders to build offering strategies.
• Proven ability to bring immediate credibility through his/her professional qualifications and leadership skills as well as project the highest levels of integrity.
• Travel as appropriate, approximately 10%.
• Success measures for the role include brand differentiation, brand elevation as an industry leader and revenue growth.

If you are interested in this position, please contact Sharon Alderson – Recruitment Lead, sharon@creativeniche.com

The Account Director will:

• Reports to Business Director, CRM Operations
• Initiates, directs and manages all areas of CRM Operations for all projects
• Regularly engages and updates Data, Fulfillment, Call Center Operations and Reporting/Analytics functional groups and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
• Works closely with Project Management team
• Plays a key role in building a strong professional client relationship and having a personal connection with key clients
• Plays a key role in organic growth from existing clients and new business development (includes identifying leads)
• Manages the workload, workflow and growth of account team
• Leads process development and efficiency sessions

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Manages development of account team (Account Manager and Account Supervisor)
• Ensures financial performance across multiple accounts/projects
• Leads Scope of Work development
• Accountable for the forecast and profitability of the account
• Assumes leadership of annual campaign planning
• Communicates regularly with partner agencies to ensure alignment on campaign objectives, requirements and CRM operations
• Provides direction to all functional groups and SMEs for all activities related to the account
• Acts as senior client contact and interacts with client on major issues
• Accepts full responsibility for actions and results when targets are missed, and disseminates the accolades when goals are exceeded – for group, account team, and self
• Keeps senior clients up-to-date on all projects
• Keeps all agency CRM functional groups informed on client/account developments
• Guides the annual planning process to ensure client needs are fully serviced
• Reviews all marketing materials relating to a campaign on all channels to ensure consistency in key Data Capture required for effective program execution
• Reviews/approves all Briefing Documents through to campaign post-analysis

Requirements:

• Proven experience in CRM and Database management account direction
• Proven ability to develop POVs and provide strategic recommendations to address client business challenges
• Well developed interpersonal and supervisory/management skills
• Experience in creating a positive team environment and supporting the growth and development of an account team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills with various levels within client organizations, particularly marketing directors
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Solid understanding of budget/income management and account profitability parameters
• Proven track record of building and fostering productive client relationships
• Strong aptitude for reviewing Analytic Reports, including such areas as response rates, web metrics, and providing strategic client recommendations

Qualifications:

• Proven experience with CRM campaign development (Pharmaceutical experience considered an asset, but not required)
• Experience with US, as well as Canadian Clients.
• 7 to 10 years experience in marketing, advertising, market analysis, marketing plans, and market research
• Understanding of advertising and CRM process and respective disciplines (i.e. digital, creative, strategic planning, print production, data/analytics/reporting)

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Do you have at least two years’ experience and looking to work for a purely digital agency?

Do you have a portfolio that rocks?

If you feel you’re a challenger and enjoy working independently as well as with a small team then this designer role within a ‘New Generation Agency’ could be the role of your dreams.

If you are a passionate and enthusiastic creative with a couple of years digital (perhaps freelance as well as permanent) experience then get in touch. This team is extremely inspirational and will nurture less experienced talent as long as you’re a digital native and always aware of online trends and developments.

As the lead designer, you will be working closely with an art director, interaction designer and front-end developers ensuring all the pixels are bent to perfection and the experience feels exactly how it was imagined it should be!

Essentials:

• Massive passion for the digital world
• Digital portfolio
• Ability to work in a small team
• Two years experience at a digital agency
• Live near or in Amsterdam

Nice to have:

• Motion design skills
• Experience with interaction design and/or front end development (HTML/CSS)

Setting: Boutique Digital Agency

Where: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

If you think this role suits your skills and background then let’s connect today. Please send your CV and Portfolio for a confidential discussion to Emily@creativeniche.com

Working in partnership and collaboration with a talented copywriter, you will be responsible for the conception, design, and execution of fresh, innovative visual materials for client projects that are on-brand and on-strategy.

Projects may include mass, print, digital or other non-traditional mediums.  We’re looking for someone who is able to think outside of the “proverbial” box to create captivating campaigns- used to allure and entice consumers, gain brand recognition and market share.

The Integrated Art Director should have strong conceptual capabilities, strong direction abilities, and hands on design expertise.

To be considered you MUST have a killer portfolio and a minimum of 6-7 years Advertising Agency experience.

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As the HR Director, you will work alongside senior management and be responsible for growing our client’s people and creating a leading corporate culture in Canada. You will have the freedom to propose and develop the proper tools and processes that fit our client’s vision to support the continued in growth and prosperity within the company.

Culture fit is a must for this position. We admire creativity, integrity, thought leadership and professionalism but are also non-traditional in our approach. Our ideal candidate is serious about their job and career but also knows how to laugh. They must be comfortable in a fast paced environment and working at a senior level in a business that is evolving and expanding.

The candidate should be prepared to challenge conventional ways of doing things and implement processes that work for our client.

This is an exciting opportunity for anybody who truly wants to make a difference in a rapidly growing company.

Requirements:

• Set goals and own vision to build great culture
• Monitor HR trends, analyze top employers and provide pro-active recommendations
• Stay informed of industry benchmarks regarding salary, bonus etc.
• Provide creative solutions to grow company culture and drive accountability throughout the agency

Employee Mentorship and Training:

• Build employee mentorship program
• Encourage culture of staying ahead of trends, building expertise
• Growth and Succession planning for all employees
• On-boarding and training of new employees
• Continuous development of staff expertise and skills
• Building career development tools and templates
• Work with all teams to ensure constant transparent feedback
• Promote the sharing of information between teams, divisions and areas of excellence
• Grow culture that celebrates wins

Qualifications:

• Previous position held as Director of HR in an organization
• 15+ years experience in Human Resources
• Previous experience managing employees within the HR department

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You conduct yourself like a senior marketer including having created numerous PPT presentations and being very, very comfortable in presenting information to groups of 3 to 30. Clients love you and you are a natural problem-solver: managing a client and all of the daily internal tasks (including budgeting, critical paths, and people management) are second nature to you. You have an attitude that you do whatever it takes to deliver a quality program on time and on budget.

Rate:  $50-$60K

Job Tasks:

• Ensure efficient delivery of service across digital, social, experiential, and traditional channels as required
• Execute flawlessly and keep excellent documentation
• Prepare client estimates
• Prepare internal forecasts for your client business component
• Prepare and present client decks
• Have a good head for technology for regularly developing internal and client systems
• Have an ability to translate client business problems to internal teams
• Contribute to ideation and brainstorming
• Assist with new business pitches as required
• Assets will include living and breathing emerging media, contributing to a strong sense of team and collaboration

Qualifications:

• Driven, energetic, passionate and goal oriented
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Great communication skills and be able to communicate with effectiveness across the board
• Good listener
• Creative and lateral thinking
• Great attention to details
• Manage to tight timelines
• Highly self-motivated but must also be able to work well and support others
• Team-first attitude
• Able to juggle multiple tasks
• Desire to do what is necessary to get the job done
• Strong knowledge of branding / brand development
• Solid project management skills
• Clear understanding of best practices
• Participate in brainstorming to development of pitches

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Over 1,000 of the world’s top creative directors review the portfolios of thousands of aspiring juniors. Over 80% of them get a job through the event, which takes place simultaneously in every major city around the world in one day. The next edition of Portfolio Night, our 10th anniversary, will take place on May 23, 2012.

We are looking for a Creative Technologist to take charge, develop and execute the Portfolio Night technical executions. This will include:

1. Connecting Portfolio Night events around the world, taking responsibility for the worldwide simultaneous webcast of all Portfolio Night cities;
2. Executing or developing a global platform to capture conversation around Portfolio Night and connect all Portfolio Night cities via social networks (i.e. Twitter);
3. Developing or helping to develop a Portfolio Night mobile app.

On top of these tasks, we are looking for someone that will innovate new ways to connect and enhance the event around the world through technology. Portfolio Night is your playing ground; if you can build it, let’s try to execute it and show it to the ad industry around the world.

Requirements:

1. Drive. You must be obsessive compulsive about technology. We don’t want to only do what could have been done 1 year ago, we want to innovate.
2. Independent + Responsible. All technological aspects of the event will be your responsibility. We need a perfectionist that can keep the team informed, but work alone.
3. Flexible hours. The PN Team is scattered all over the world, so it’s not a 9-5 job. We expect someone that is ready to work the hours needed to get the job done well (yes, that does mean weekends).
4. Passionate. We love what we do, and we want someone that sweats blood, sweat and tears of passion through their skin.
5. Fluent in English.

Contract will be 2.5 months. If you are a team please let us know. Payment will be negotiated.

No need to move. Work is from a distance via Skype and internet.

Apply by December. Send a convincing email with your website to brianna@ihaveanidea.org.

The successful candidate will have a keen interest in the creative process, years of experience creating elegant and thoughtful solutions for major brands, and experience working in fast paced creative environments where deadlines need to be met and expectations need to be exceeded. He/she will be an expert user of the Adobe Creative Suite and comfortable presenting ideas as well as developing them independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be a proactive, outgoing, confident professional who performs well under pressure and maintains a positive attitude.

Qualities:

• a conceptual thinker that can oversee their vision from concept to execution
• strong designer with a high level of design sophistication, including strong layout and typography skills
• ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects under tight deadlines
• keen understanding of the needs of global brands, with an ability to shift gears across brands regularly
• loves a good challenge and is brave enough to try new things while maintaining the highest standard

Duties and Responsibilities:

• solving problems visually, turning ideas into workable concepts across multiple channels
• regularly engaging in conceptual brainstorms and generating ideas
• able to communicate and sell concepts verbally and visually
• comfortable leading and overseeing a team of designers
• regularly collaborating with a copywriter
• working within and pushing the boundaries of brand guidelines
• overseeing printing and other production specific tasks to ensure quality product

Required Skills and Competencies:

• 5+ years working in an agency creative environment
• experience building brands and creating promotional materials
• significant experience with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, & Illustrator
• good relationship builder with strong collaborative skills

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This is an opportunity to work on a well recognized and admired brand, with an amazing award winning team in a collaborative environment. Oh, and relocation will be paid to bring the right person on board. Intrigued? Keep reading…

Requirements:

• The main responsibility of this role is to inspire creativity and innovative thinking while leading the conception, design and execution of visual materials.

• Lead the development of creative concepts that speak to the client’s and end user’s goals by facilitating brainstorming sessions and working closely with clients and creative team

• Extract creative thoughts and ideas from internal and client teams

• Contribute to creative briefs according to project schedules that communicate creative concepts clearly and reflect the value proposition of sites and concepts

• Participate in client meetings and pitch creative concepts to clients on behalf of the design team

• Provide constructive feedback to designers and team members in a sensitive and motivating way

• Ensure creative concepts delivered to clients are on strategy and deliver on client expectations

• Drive career management; mentoring designers and junior team members

• Collaborate with other internal departments such as strategists, technical architects, business development and project managers.

• Research and utilize innovative design and creative concepts

• Contribute new sources of creative inspiration to the design team on the whole

• Act as company advocate and embody the agency values: people, passion, creativity, fun and excellence

Qualifications

• Seven to ten years related experience in the online/WEB space

• Fluency in industry process, benchmarks, history, conventions and norms, and the emerging web 2.0

• Strong knowledge of, and opinions about, the intersection of ecommerce, culture, community, and technology

• Strong understanding of branding, marketing, advertising and PR

• Strong understanding of emerging technologies especially mobile and .com or big site builds

• Vivid storytelling/communication abilities

• Exceptional presentation skills

• Strong negotiation skills

• Strong understanding of experience design and its components: design and design systems, copywriting and content strategy, usability and interaction design and interface development

• Proven ability to lead and mentor

• Exceptional verbal and written communications skills and presentation skills

• Demonstrates a commitment to bringing in new sources of creative inspiration to your work and team and will be driven to enhance your creative and technical skills

• An understanding of the marriage between design freedom and business requirements

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