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Junior Production Artist – San Francisco
We have an immediate opening for a 30 day contracting position for the below:

Junior Production Artist — 30 day contracting position (potentially extending beyond 30 days)

The Jr. Production Artist should be more than just a beautiful portfolio. The ideal candidate should also be able to demonstrate the ability to conceptualize and think strategically, sometimes on the run. The Jr. Production Artist should not only understand the basics, like, what kerning and leading is but be able to apply it correctly. We’re looking for someone who pays attention to the details. Should also be passionate about the work, and demonstrate willingness and determination to learn and grow in an industry that will push you to the limits at times. The Jr. Production Artist will report to the Creative Director, but may be assigned tasks from other members of the team or by our executive staff.

As with all team members, the Jr. Production Artist must follow the policies described in the company handbook, attend all internal meetings, and conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times while working to instill a positive work environment at the agency. A successful Jr. Production Artist shows proficiency in the following areas:

Job Requirements:

Strong production skills and basic understanding of typography
Comprehensive knowledge of elements of design
Ability to understand and apply client branding that is consistent to guidelines
Able to operate in a Mac environment
Some agency experience is preferred but not required
Able to effectively and calmly manage time in high-pressure situations
Able to work longer hours when needed
Familiar with making press-ready files
Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (specifically, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat)
Interactive design is a plus (specifically, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Flash)
Job Duties include:

Heavy production and typesetting
Executing tight designs and layouts from creative concepts
Edits to existing creative
Production work (resizes, digital assets modification, typesetting)
Pre-flighting and creating press-ready files
Please send your resume, coverletter and a link to your portfolio to [email protected].

Assistant Media Planner – Grey SF
Entry-level Position for offline and online media planning and buying on Fortune 500 account Assist team on workflow
Excellent verbal & written communication skills
Proficient in Powerpoint and Excel
Comfortable working with numbers
Enthusiastic learner and interest in advertising
Stay on top of media trends, innovations, and anything worthy of communicating to team and client
Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to meet aggressive deadlines
Pleasant, professional attitude, team-player
Requirements

PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office
BA or equivalent experience required
Applicants MUST respond with the following information to be considered:

Resume with cover letter explaining your qualifications for this position
Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Operations Manager (Media/CPM)
XA.net is a technology company that manages, optimizes and enhances advertising campaigns for online advertisers. We help advertisers buy media efficiently – we simplify and streamline the process of running campaigns online and provide easy access for advertisers to thousands of websites and ad networks, general interest and niche alike.

XA.net has built a smart media buying, data management and optimization engine called CPMatic that is now available for advertisers to use to launch optimized advertising campaigns. This front-end tool ties in via XA’s campaign management and optimization infrastructure into the major advertising exchanges and inventory partners on the backend.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for an Advertising Operations Manager with previous experience in online campaign management, trafficking, and analytics. The primary focus of the role will be to lead the team of account reps who manage and optimize all advertiser campaigns, and to work with our operations and engineering teams to enhance our campaign management workflow and processes.

Provide leadership to account managers in client management, account setup, and ongoing reporting / optimization efforts
Oversee daily performance of ad campaigns and systems to ensure success metrics are achieved
Work closely with engineering and product team to tune campaign setup in external systems and increase automation
Analyze network-wide performance to understand value provided by publishers and data providers.
Requirements:

Previous experience in online campaign trafficking, preferably in display advertising, strongly preferred
Excellent analytical skills – very comfortable manipulating Excel & pivot tables, writing and troubleshooting SQL queries a plus
Technical acumen to understand how to design campaigns that optimize the use of our technology
Quick to learn and embrace new tools for reporting & analysis
Understanding of ad servers and related technology a plus
Eagerness to work in a dynamic and fun start-up team environment and do whatever it takes to get the job done
Perks:

Great downtown San Francisco location near BART, fun work environment
Competitive base + bonus + stock option package
Medical benefits
Great growing team, advisors and investors
To apply, please visit our employment site.

Online Advertising Associate/Analyst
XA.net is a technology company that manages, optimizes and enhances advertising campaigns for online advertisers. We help advertisers buy media efficiently – we simplify and streamline the process of running campaigns online and provide easy access for advertisers to thousands of websites and ad networks, general interest and niche alike.

Responsibilities:

We’re looking for a smart hardworking person with a degree from a leading university who has a strong work ethic, great attention to detail and deep analytical skills. Previous experience in online advertising operations is strongly preferred.Your role will encompass the optimization and management of online advertising campaigns for XA.net’s clients and partners. The main focus of this position is to make sure our in-house systems are making good decisions in managing advertising campaigns for clients by monitoring traffic flow, applying additional statistical analysis, and interfacing with clients on performance and data management issues.

Monitor and improve on campaigns submitted by our clients
Help teach clients how to use our self-service resources, and assist in communicating performance and creative-level data to clients
Find new profitable sources of media and new ways to enhance the value of existing media
Provide strategic analysis and insight on campaign delivery and management
Give feedback to the software development team about needed features and functionality in our software products
Requirements:

Previous experience in online advertising operations is strongly preferred
Bachelor’s or master’s degree from a leading university, math, statistics, engineering, computer science or other analytical degree preferred, with strong academic performance
Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask and great attention to detail
Comfortable in a startup environment, willing to go the extra mile
Good interpersonal communications skills, comfortable in person and on phone
Skilled at Word, Excel, Powerpoint; SAS or statistical software experience a plus
Good knowledge and understanding of advertising networks, ad exchanges and CPM/CPC/CPA pricing a plus
Perks:

Social Media Group Lead
Company: Covario

Locations: San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago & New York

Covario is looking for a Social Media Group Lead to join its growing Client Services group.

The Social Media Group Lead is responsible for helping shape excellent social media campaigns to increase market space penetration. This role will have substantial responsibility for advancing thought leadership, driving consistency and innovation in social engagement executions and growing social engagement capabilities for our clients. Creating more high-touch customer experiences to drive community, commerce, and brand advocacy across multiple social media platforms to help Covario clients achieve its online marketing goals. The ideal candidate must have a passion for using social media channels as a means to communicate with online audiences and a deep understanding of what motivates people to engage with brands through various social media platforms.

Responsibilities:

Strategic management of existing client relationships- providing thoughtful leadership and understanding of their marketing strategies. This includes conducting in-person meetings, presenting results and making presentations.
Manage overall social campaign strategies and implementation across a range of search engines. This includes keyword research & development, ad copy creation, tagging and trafficking across a range of search engines.
Research innovations in emerging technologies that enable personalized service across multi-platform customer engagement programs.
Monitor customer engagement and identify new ways to activate participation and feedback.
Measure the impact of all plans based on various metrics (e.g., online conversations, tonal sentiment, viral impact, search visibility, views, reach, registrations, installs).
Reach out to and build relationships with top bloggers and local community groups.
Provide performance data from search engines and web analytics for campaign reports.
Monitor campaign results, analyze key metrics, and optimize click-through and conversion rates to effectively meet or exceed client objectives.
Develop bid management strategies across search engines, including formulation of campaign optimization plans.
Monitor competitive landscape and industry trends, keeping clients apprised and delivering POVs.
Cultivating new business opportunities within existing accounts; working closely with Sales to target/close prospects.
Minimum Qualifications:

Need to have extensive experience and quantifiable success in the social media arena.
Ability to drive the strategy of internal organizations.
Team lead experience.
Client facing abilities; help sell into clients.
Must have solid experience managing and executing consumer social media campaigns.
Proven digital experience launching and growing social networking initiatives across online and mobile channels.
Creative and proactive communication skills to move new ideas and enhance company strategic goals.
The right candidate will be comfortable in the Web 2.0 environment, including SEO, SMO, user-generated content, online newswires, social bookmarking and networking sites blogs, micro blogs, forums, video sharing, pod casting, and email distribution.
Strong analytical skills with experience analyzing large dataset.
Web analytics, Bid management tools and reporting experience preferred.
Must be detailed oriented, have strong presentation and project management skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Self-directed and an enthusiastic team player.
Preferred Experience (not required):

Advertising agency experience is ideal
Experience working with Omniture, WebTrends and Google Analytics
To Apply, Please Send Resume and Cover Letter to: [email protected]

Account Director
Company: Covario

Locations: San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago & New York

The Account Director will have the primary responsibility for fostering, cementing and growing Covario client software and services relationships. This role provides strategy as well as tactical management and support; monitoring and guaranteeing the adoption of Covario software solutions and delivery of SEM programs, PPC & SEO, on time, on budget, meeting and or exceeding client expectations. The Account Director will need to be facile in macro and micro dynamics of client servicing, digital marketing consulting and project management.

General Responsibilities:

Ensuring all engagements (software & services) are aligned with clients’ business marketing objectives
Setting the strategic principles and project plans for client search initiatives and software implementations, based on agreed upon objectives and SOWs
Maintaining extensive knowledge about current client industry news and trends, including all things digital media and related to marketing software (e.g. dashboards, web analytics, third party ad servers, etc.)
Accountable for program deadlines and client KPIs
Idea generators, problem solvers and resource coordinators
Strategic Thinking:

Actively educate oneself with client/product/industry knowledge and share with internal cross-functional teams and clients
Maintain a strong command of competitive analyses, trends and proactively develop point of views and recommendations for growing client business for both service and software engagements
Interpret data/research to assist in campaign analysis, campaign strategy development and optimal software usage
Actively participate and engage in the development of SEM campaigns (PPC & SEO) and software implementations
Client Management:

Maintain, develop and build effective working relationships with clients and other key marketing influencers within their respective organizations
Proactively step in to solve problems, address errors and support internal teams when client interactions become difficult
Oversee campaign analysis and software configuration assisting in assessing and informing optimizations, future recommendations, and maximum output from software
Thorough understanding of SOW and billing arrangements, including internal escalation point for Finance in cases of collection for late payment
Ensure all projects fall under SOW and completed on time
To Apply, Please Send Resume and Cover Letter to: [email protected]

Account Executive
Doremus is seeking an Account Executive.

Responsibilities:Incumbent will play an integral role in the management and development of global technology and financial service accounts requiring branding and integrated marketing solutions. Will assist in developing integrated marketing strategies for our clients, in addition to managing the day to day projects, and will interact with other members of the account team, creative, project management as well as client contacts and business partners. In this role you are also responsible for account team performance and general vitality of the agency/client relationship and scope of work management, program development and execution, & client satisfaction. Also responsible for helping to identify and develop new business opportunities within the account and to motivate and lead internal and external resources.

Qualifications: 3 – 5 years of advertising agency experience, proven track record of managing integrated marketing programs for clients (including, but not limited to, traditional, direct mail, interactive, channel marketing, etc.), and strong BtoB knowledge/experience. Experience with financial service clients a plus. Candidates must be able to demonstrate successful track record of cultivating and managing accounts across multiple disciplines, must possess exceptional client service, organizational and communications skills and thrive in fast-paced environments.

Please send resumes to [email protected].

Marketing Analyst
Doremus is seeking a Marketing Analyst.

Duties:

Executes analytics and reporting task components of projects in support of other team members.
Develops components of the campaign or program Test & Measurement plan, including the development of forecasts/benchmarks, estimates, data requirements, and reporting templates.
Recommends reporting strategies for new campaigns based on analysis of historical data from previous campaigns.
Works closely with Media and Account Management to ensure measurability of campaigns and programs for clients.
Ensure campaign tracking mechanisms are put into place.
Prepares and manages projects against detailed analytical plans and project timelines.
Analyzes client data to provide meaningful campaign conclusions and implications.
Produces quality analytical deliverables on a timely schedule that meet or exceed client expectations.
Develops and proactively maintains an understanding of clients’ businesses, customers and products.
Applies consistent analytical structure and frameworks to facilitate analysis across multiple campaigns.
Specialized Skills:

Dart and Atlas For Advertisers: Action/Floodlight tags, retargeting techniques, and usage of Boomerang for Dart
Experience with Web Analytics tools: Google Analytics, Omniture, and WebTrends
Social Media Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with one or more of the following tools would be ideal: ScoutLabs, Radian6, BuzzMetrics
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel a must
Familiarity of statistics (regression, correlation, statistical significance, confidence intervals) a plus
Familiarity with B2B technology marketing a plus
1 year minimum analyzing data
Please send resumes to [email protected].

Senior Media Planner
Grey SF is looking for a Senior Media Planner.

Responsibilities and Skills

Act as the primary media expert for assigned client
Provide marketing expertise, including online and offline strategy development.
Plan, execute, monitor, optimize media campaigns
Must have extensive Online experience and ideally offline as well (account is multi-media)
Perform biweekly and quarterly campaign analysis
Must be comfortable working w/ various sources of analytical data including ad server reports and client data (experience with Omniture a plus)
Works with external creative agency as main liaison to ensure specs and due dates are communicated and creative is complete by vendor due date
Must be familiar with defining targets in MRI and @plan and be able to analyze the data to develop appropriate media plan
Excellent verbal & written communication skills
Create and present media plan in Powerpoint to client
Proficient in Excel
Negotiate with media vendors regarding price, placement, added value
Monitor buys for abnormal activity or subpar performance
Must have experience with branding campaigns (big ideas/splashy programs)
Experience with new media a plus
Mentor Assistant Media Planners and oversee AMP’s projects such as billing, competitive reports, flowcharts and trafficking
Stay on top of media trends, innovations, and anything worthy of communicating to client
Lead weekly client/creative agency status meetings
Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to meet aggressive deadlines
Requirements

PC proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Experience working with media planning tools (@plan, MRI, competitive tools)
Experience working w/ 3rd party ad servers
Strong written and verbal communication skills
BA or equivalent experience required
3+ years of media planning experience
Experience in both digital (must) and traditional media preferred
Experience analyzing media performance data
Applicants MUST respond with the following information to be considered:

Resume with cover letter explaining your qualifications for this position
Salary Range Requirements
Send to Jocelyn Lee: [email protected]

Commissioned Sales
SportsQuest International, LLC and The United States Equestrian Drill Championship have an immediate need for experienced sales and marketing professionals in the major U.S. media markets.

The ideal candidates will have three (3) or more years of referenceable success in the sales and marketing of sports advertising and sponsorships. A strong background in the equestrian sports and/or television time sales is a huge plus.

Responsibilities include the development of leads, management of accounts, communication as the primary contact person within a prescribed geographic territory, preparation of periodic activity reports and participation in weekly sales team conference calls.

This is a solid opportunity for the well connected ‘go-getter’… Commissions will meet or exceed the industry average.

All candidates must have 24/7 access to a broadband Internet connection, mobile telephone service and superior written and verbal communications skills. As independent contractors, members of the sales and marketing team assume total responsibility for all state, federal and local tax obligations. All contractors must sign a Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement and a Sales Representative Agreement.

SportsQuest International, LLC is a privately held multimedia production company specializing in the development and promotion of sports related programming that presents positive, informationally rich themes. The company is widely known for its coverage of national and international level equestrian events.

The United States Equestrian Drill Championship is a non-profit organization tasked with the management and promotion of the official U.S. national championships of Drill Team and Mounted Color Guard competition.

Interested parties (principals only) are asked to contact: [email protected]

ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR
Eleven, Inc. is looking for a passionate and energetic account supervisor to work on one of the most exciting and progressive brands in business today.

About Eleven, Inc.

Not a traditional ad agency. Not an all-digital shop. We’re both, with a good measure of design firm, DM house, and brand strategy enterprise thrown in. Mid-sized and independently owned. Named “One of the Best Places to Work” in the Bay Area. Diverse client roster. Learn more at eleveninc.com.

About you:

You want to roll up your sleeves, join some really great people, and hopefully do some of the best work of your life. You have a MacGyver-like ability to assess situations and make things happen with the tools at your disposal and minimal supervision from others. You are fun to be around, respectful, and can check your attitude at the door.

You will be able to:

Manage day-to-day activities involved with running a full-service account (involving strategic planning, creative development, production oversight of online and offline initiatives, media planning and buying, as well as the implementation of social media and experiential marketing).
Forge relationships with junior and senior-level clients, many who have long, established marketing and advertising careers. Establish credibility to promote solid, long-term relationships.
Provide leadership to internal agency team and overall management of agency’s work process. Act as a key support and “right hand (wo)man” to the account director.
Manage client relationships for maximum profitability and expand agency opportunities by identifying capabilities for additional assignments.
Directly manage account manager(s). Assist in building a cohesive team via coaching, supervising, and proactive feedback.
Additional skills/requirements you possess:

You have 4 to 6 years OF marketing/advertising agency experience on fast-paced accounts, preferably at a mid-size or large agency.
You have proven experience and success with managing traditional and digital timelines, budgets, and communicating both internally and with clients.
You have outstanding presentation, time management, organization, writing, and oral communication skills.
You can manage the day-to-day goings-on while keeping an eye out for the business overall.
You have outstanding strategic thinking skills with a proven track record of success, and the ability to develop and mentor others on strategy development.
Qualified candidates, please send your resume and salary requirements to [email protected]. No phone calls please.

Account Executive
Grey SF has immediate openings for account executives! 3-5 years of experience is required. If interested and qualified, email your resumé and cover letter to Jocelyn Lee.

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