829 Studios – Digital Agency & Marketing Consultancy

Company Overview

829 Studios has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies, Adweek 100 Fastest-Growing Digital Agencies, Boston Business Journal’s Fast 50 (Massachusetts’ 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies) and HubSpot’s Top Digital Agencies list. We’re a certified Great Place to Work® and have been recognized by Outside Magazine as a Best Place to Work. Our projects and team members have received awards from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), Awwwards, and other marketing industry publications. Our clients include venture-backed start-ups, publicly traded companies, non-profit organizations, and more. We’re proud to be working with STANLEY Black & Decker, OARS, Hilton Hotels, Stanford University, and hundreds of other companies that share our passion for performance marketing.

Position Summary

The Account Manager is a client-facing marketing manager role on the Client Services team. This role creates and implements the strategy of sophisticated digital marketing programs and campaigns for our B2B and B2C clients. Working both as an individual contributor and collaboratively with a team, this role is responsible for the implementation and execution of digital marketing programs across a variety of channels, including SEM, SEO, Social Media and web analytics. The ideal candidate for this role has an informed digital marketing background, great presentation and communication skills, and demonstrated, hands-on experience managing Paid Search, Paid Social, Email Marketing, or other digital channels.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Act as a client-facing consultant to identify, develop, and execute digital marketing campaigns and programs.
• Work directly with department leaders and clients to manage project schedules, assets, content and expectations in an organized and thorough manner.
• Directly oversee one or more channels to drive performance including paid search (PPC), display advertising, organic search, and paid social.
• Use a data-driven approach via web analytics for monitoring and reporting of online marketing campaigns
• Interface with client and account operators to deliver for clients across a wide array of industries
• Serve as a thought leader and client advocate for new technologies, platforms, and programs.
• Quantifying and prioritizing initiatives/opportunities accordingly.
• Campaign monitoring to ensure the account is pacing well relative to budgets and targets.
• Work with all members of a project team to gather deliverables and status reports for major milestones, then lead the client presentation.
• Ensure that protocols (like naming conventions and checklists) are being followed.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum 3 years of experience in marketing account management in an agency
• Account management or operator experience involving client engagement around SEO, Paid Search or Paid Social
• A “lean in” personality willing to immerse themselves in learning the client’s business
• The ability to problem-solve, confidently make decisions and lead projects with empathy and authority.
• Exceptional communication, presentation and organizational skills.
• An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its various components.
• Experience using project management software and spreadsheets.
• Manage projects and budgets and maintain deadlines for deliverables.
• Must be very detail-oriented and able to manage multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Initiative and ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Experience with Google Ads and Google Analytics.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid Time Off. Receive generous paid vacation benefits that increase as you advance. Summer Fridays Memorial Day through Labor Day.
• 401K + Match. 401K plan with 4% Safe Harbor employer match after one year of employment.
• Life Insurance Benefit. Coverage to ensure peace of mind for your family.
• Short Term Disability Benefit. Injured and unable to come to work? We’ve got you covered!
• Healthcare. Choose from several competitive healthcare plans for both you and your family.
• Commuter Benefits. Allocate pre-tax funds towards your commute to save up to 40% per year in transportation expenses.
• Continuing Education. Receive a personal budget to attend events and conferences.
• Hybrid or Remote Workplace. We’re able to hire remote employees residing in the following states: MA, RI, NH, CT, ME, NY, NJ, NC, FL, and TN

829 Studios – Digital Agency & Marketing Consultancy

Company Overview

829 Studios has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies, Adweek 100 Fastest-Growing Digital Agencies, Boston Business Journal’s Fast 50 (Massachusetts’ 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies) and HubSpot’s Top Digital Agencies list. We’re a certified Great Place to Work® and have been recognized by Outside Magazine as a Best Place to Work. Our projects and team members have received awards from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), Awwwards, and other marketing industry publications. Our clients include venture-backed start-ups, publicly traded companies, non-profit organizations, and more. We’re proud to be working with STANLEY Black & Decker, OARS, Hilton Hotels, Stanford University, and hundreds of other companies that share our passion for performance marketing.

Position Summary

The Senior PR Manager role is a senior level position on 829’s Public Relations team reporting to the Associate Director of PR. This role requires a mastery of Public Relations best practices, and the ability to work in and specialize in diverse markets. Our Senior PR Manager is a strong communications expert who skillfully designs and implements PR strategies that cultivate relationships with media for our clients, engage their target audiences and boost brand awareness across a wide range of projects and industries. This position combines team collaboration and people management with hands-on work. It involves consistent client contact, and confidence in owning presentations and deliverables. By collaborating with clients and our in-house team of marketing account managers, strategists, and operators you will gather user and competitive research, then translate your insights into brand and project goals.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Develop strong relationships with clients. You know everything about your clients’ goals, personalities, and priorities. You prepare thorough questions and synthesize insights into innovative human-centered strategies. You are confident in leading discussions, building strategy, and conducting presentations with both seasoned marketing professionals and newbies.
• Manage a team of PR professionals, providing mentorship, coaching, and guidance to ensure the delivery of both high-quality work. Provide live feedback, intentional career development, and goal tracking for direct reports.
• Conduct competitive and user research through workshops, user testing, exercises, surveys, and any other format that gets you the insights you need. You have expert command of a “toolkit” that you can reference based on the needs of a project.
• Maintain best practices. Ensure that protocols are being followed. Evolve processes, offerings, deliverable formats and when you see opportunities to make improvements.
• Daily media monitoring and reporting of coverage that affects agency and client business. Manage reporting, including the collection and tracking of results. Monitor and analyze media coverage and influencer engagement to measure the success of PR and influencer marketing campaigns.
• Write and edit media materials & social media content including pitches, press releases, press kits, fact sheets, infographics, bios, blogs, newsletters, case studies, award submissions, official statements, letters from leadership, social ads, branded content, Q&A’s, etc.
• Research, develop and maintain media list, media sourcing services and editorial calendar.
• Pitch top tier short/long-lead print, online, virtual and broadcast media outlets and secure national and localized impact stories as well as consistent interview opportunities.
• Keep up to date on industry and media trends, editorial calendars, themes, deadlines to create opportunities for clients and ensure they are incorporated into agency strategies.
• Produce and organize client events – venue, F+B, invites, guest list management. Manage and produce media coverage or activations at client events and conferences.
• Manage the influencer marketing for clients and ensure selected influencers are a positive representation of the client’s brand, mission, and values.
• Coordinate influencer marketing agreements, deliverables, and fulfillment of agreed upon terms.

Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years of PR experience – agency experience is required.
• Exceptional critical thinking, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing a team of PR professionals.
• The ability to problem-solve, confidently make decisions and lead projects with empathy and authority.
• Proven track record of developing and executing successful PR and influencer marketing campaigns.
• Track record of developing successful working relationships with the press and securing media coverage in a variety of outlet types.
• Experience offering crisis management and counsel to clients and extending networking opportunities.
• An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its various components and the foresight and understanding to loop in additional marketing disciplines when appropriate – SEO, Paid Advertising, Inbound, and ECommerce.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid Time Off. Receive generous paid vacation benefits that increase as you advance. Summer Fridays Memorial Day through Labor Day.
• 401K + Match. 401K plan with 4% Safe Harbor employer match after one year of employment.
• Life Insurance Benefit. Coverage to ensure peace of mind for your family.
• Short Term Disability Benefit. Injured and unable to come to work? We’ve got you covered!
• Healthcare. Choose from several competitive healthcare plans for both you and your family.
• Commuter Benefits. Allocate pre-tax funds towards your commute to save up to 40% per year in transportation expenses.
• Continuing Education. Receive a personal budget to attend events and conferences.

829 Studios – Digital Agency & Marketing Consultancy