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Leading digital performance marketing agency seeks an Associate Director, Digital Media (Paid Search/Social/Programmatic)

Do you have the enthusiasm to rise to each challenge, the execution to drive outrageous performance, the curiosity to continually expand your knowledge, and the courage to propose original solutions to perplexing problems? Then you may have just found the perfect opportunity at a performance marketing agency like no other.

This person is responsible for strategic decisions ensuring implementation of paid search and media best practices, trends and analysis, integrated digital planning, and oversight of program execution.

Sound like your kind of thing? Let’s get to the details!

What You Get

• The opportunity to shape the future – yours and ours – at a well-established and fast-growing digital performance marketing agency with offices across the US, Canada, and Europe.
• A modern, recently renovated working environment in Toronto, complete withfree parking, collaborative spaces, ping-pong table, treadmill desk, in-building gym and easy access to public transit (three-minute walk to Leslie Subway Station).
• The chance to lead and develop our team of talented Digital Media professionals.
• A diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) environment where you can bring your whole self to work.
• A host of perks and benefits, including flexible hours, hybrid working models, employee assistance, and 20 days off to recharge.
• Free breakfast and snacks every day. Never leave the office hungry again!

What We Get

• A creative, capable, agency-experienced professional who takes high-level SEM responsibilities in their stride, including providingstrategic leadershipand implementing campaign objectives;analyzing SEM performance dataand providing actionable insights and recommendations; reporting on project status to client and account managers; and staying current on new and beta Search products. Familiarity with enterprise and e-commerce Paid Search campaigns, strategies and tactics will be considered an asset.
• Familiarity with Display campaigns
• A Google AdWords, Bing Ads and Google Analytics certified marketing professional with the foresight to keep updating their skills as the industry evolves.
• Somebody who will be a positive influence on our Digital Mediapractice – and our Digital Media people – as we continue to grow our operation and expand into new markets.
• Eager to understand, test and implement new media methodologies with a focus on improving service offerings

What’s next?

We simply want to know what makes you special. Send us an application that showcases your talent—and your personality—and shows us how you would thrive in our unique agency environment.

DAC

WICS News Channel 20 is seeking a Creative Services Producer. The person will be responsible for conceptualizing, creating, shooting and editing cutting edge commercials for our station and clients.
Although every day will not look the same here are some of the day to day responsibilities of our Creative Services Producer.
– Work with the Creative Services team to plan, develop and execute the creation of videos that drive results.
– Work with Sales Management and Account Executives to create a mutually beneficial relationship with clients in the community
– Coordinate with internal and external clients to meet deadlines
– Demonstrate strong skills in shooting video footage to create high-quality content to run across multiple screens
– Manage camera operation, lighting, and sound, as well as all talent direction on location or on-site.
– Participate in station events (appearances within the community, etc.)
What skills do you need to be successful in our role?
– Non-linear editing experience using Adobe Suite
– Extensive shooting and scripting of both short and long form spots
– Ability to write, shoot and edit content that tells a compelling story
– A strong understanding of fundamental design, sense of color, typography and composition
– Advanced knowledge of the post-production process, including media management and encoding video to various formats
– Ability to maintain a variety of projects and work with varying production styles while employing strong client service skills
– Advanced knowledge of High-definition (HD) cameras and videography, motion graphics and creative lighting techniques
– Ability to maintain digital assets, archives and edit systems
– Strong interpersonal skills to navigate internal and external client relationships
– Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
– Ability to routinely lift, carry and move equipment in excess of 40 lbs
– Live, multi-camera production and microwave truck experience preferred
– A college degree is preferred
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!
Sinclair Inc.

Creative Director, Sardis Media

Who We Are

We are an experiential creative agency and live event production company based in Gurnee, IL producing more than 100 live and virtual events globally each year. Our creative team’s primary focus is supporting corporate meetings, experiential marketing events, product launches, trade shows and brand activations through video production, graphic design and motion graphics. Sardis Media is a team of artists, producers and technicians who bring amazing ideas to life on every project.

Who We Need

We are currently seeking a visionary Creative Director who will bring their passion for design and strategy to help lead a team of creative professionals in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. In this role you will develop concepts for intelligently integrating client input and strategic objectives to produce content to inspire, motivate and educate our clients’ audiences. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to create comprehensive branded experiences in both physical and virtual environments. From concept to completion, your role centers around client engagements, conceptual development, innovation, execution and presentation of creative projects. The Creative Director must possess stellar communication skills and the ability to successfully articulate a vision.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative vision and strategies to support live events for existing clients and new business opportunities
• Gain deep understanding of client objectives to develop strategically sound concepts and ideas
• Design creative briefs and passionately present overall vision to clients and prospects
• Provide thematic branding direction
• Manage the messaging, quality and accuracy of client communication objectives
• Lead internal & external teams by providing guidance on best practices, delivering constructive feedback and offering consistent mentorship
• Lead project teams by planning and delegating assignments, while managing schedules and deadlines
• Build a strong network of third-party content providers
• Act as a liaison with other internal departments and outside organizations
• Develop creative budgets and manage expenditures 
• Ensure the creative team delivers on project specifications
• Provide graphic design and layouts for event signage and other printed materials
• Oversee Sardis branding and creative content on company website and all other web properties

Qualifications

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in a design field such as graphic design, multimedia/motion or experiential preferred
• A minimum 5 years of experience in a live events production company, creative agency or design firm
• A deep understanding of animation/motion/presentation design for stage, video and broadcast content
• A strong creative portfolio demonstrating industry experience
• Good business acumen and understanding of visual branding, ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously including proposal development and managing the creative process while collaborating with stakeholders on timelines, direction and execution details
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence audiences with compelling presentations that link creative concepts to client objectives
• A passion for visual content, video production, motion design and experiential marketing

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe diversity brings creativity, which is at the heart of everything we do. We are actively engaged in creating an environment free of discrimination where our people, and their unique qualities can shine through. We actively foster a culture of mutual respect and belonging.

SARDIS

Casting call for Streetwear lifestyle shoot

Looking for: Male Models

Ages 20-30

Location: Chicago, IL

Rate: $100/ hour

Date: June 22nd and June 26th (don’t have to be a vailable for both dates)

Time: TBD

We’re looking for a social-first Art Director who has an online portfolio with social-first art direction examples on all social channels including IG, YouTube, TikTok, and emerging platforms.

You’ll join a dynamic team making award-winning work, working with our national convenience store chain and grocery store chain clients. Reporting to the Associate Art Director, Social, you will create and manage the delivery of creative and social content campaigns that push creative content solutions across all social platforms. If you have a love for streetwear, fashion and cars, and love tapping into culture, this account is right fit for you.

• You have a love for people and how they engage on the internet and love creating in the social space.
• You will make creative social content in whatever format is deemed most relevant, where every detail is considered.
• You will connect our brands to culture through social media
• Concept and build social creative campaigns and real-time response creative on brand and to a targeted audience
• Implement brand continuity, guidelines and positioning
• Integrate a brand’s established look and feel into social creative in a compelling, valuable and authentic way
• Present ideas to both the internal team and externally to clients with structure and parity
• Proactively identify opportunities for work to be created for clients
• Understand new social media content best practices and what other organizations and brands are creating
• Identify trends and patterns in user behavior associated with social content
• Creatively use technology and its applications to solve business problems
• Exhibit a natural instinct, love and skillset for concepting and art direction, and the ability to build powerful stories through design
• Grow the relationship with the client

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience art directing and making social-first content
• Advertising agency experience
• Consistency of ideas is required, as this is our number onecurrency
• Experience creating groundbreaking social campaigns and provided examples of digital-first thinking
• We need buttoned-up creatives that believe inaccountability
• Bachelors in Advertising, Marketing or related field, required; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is$51,000 – $70,000. Salary is based on a range of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. Our incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information aboutdentsubenefits, please visitdentsubenefitsplus.com

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying. .

About dentsu

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape societywww.dentsu.com.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

dentsu

NON-UNION BACKGROUND TALENT for this Wednesday, 6-07

Your $200 rate of pay covers up to 8 hr work day (excluding 1 hr. meal break) and use of unlimited creative in all media.

Overtime, if any to be paid @ $37.5 per hr. or fraction thereof after the initial 8 hrs. Parking will be provided.

Filming all daytime and early evening this Wednesday 6/7.

Exact hours TBD. 

Extreme Reach will be your payroll company to expedite.

CASTING SPECS
– Office workers
– Mix of ethnicities 
– Ages late 20s to early 50s
– Must bring several options for corporate / business casual wardrobe attire

Particular requests for three of them:

• 20s, caucasian man, average build
• 40s, caucasian woman, average build
• 30s, asian man, average build

Farm Progress is seeking a full-time Content Design Specialist for its editorial content group. The Content Design Specialist will work directly with members of our editorial team to design multiple monthly publications and to produce graphics for the corresponding websites. Position will report to the Director of Content Design.

• Design of monthly tabloid publications
• Production and posting of digital assets to content management system
• Creation of custom charts and infographics
• Production of event-related collateral
• Special projects as assigned

Qualifications

• Passion for design with attention to detail
• BFA or BA degree with concentration in design or demonstrated experience
• 3-5 years of experience is preferred.
• Proficiency with Adobe CC (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat)
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of print and digital production
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic knowledge of SEO
• Experience with social media a plus.
• Publishing experience is a plus.

Additional Information

The annual pay range for this position is $51K -$60k depending on experience.

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritizes promotions internally.

Our benefits include:

• Learning and development plan to assist with your career development
• 15 days PTO,10 national holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!
• Competitive Benefits with 401k match
• Paid parental leave
• Work with a high quality of specialist products and service
• Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration
• ESPP – become a shareholder

We know that sometimes the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don’t fit all the requirements. If you’re excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

Informa Markets

JOB DESCRIPTION: Junior Art Director

The Junior Art Director position is an entry-level position best suited for an individual looking to begin a career in advertising design.

Job Description:

The Junior Art Director will work with the Art Director, Copywriter, and Account Management team to conceptualize, design, and produce creative campaigns and various print and digital materials. Daily responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

· Delivering fresh thinking that is compelling, innovative, and serves the client’s business strategy

· Designing pieces that are both innovative and adherent to the client’s brand guidelines

· Working closely with the internal team to understand and incorporate client feedback and requests

· Checking typographic elements—such as kerning, tracking, and leading—for consistency

· Organizing creative files in accordance with digital asset management solutions

· Communicating status updates to ensure maximum workflow efficiencies

Qualifications:

· Proficiency in creative design programs such as InDesign, Photoshop/Illustrator, Acrobat, and Microsoft PPT (digital web design experience a plus)

· Comfort working in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt to changing priorities

· Ability to adhere to tight deadlines without compromising on quality of work

· Comfort multitasking across a variety of projects and brands

· Flexibility to make edits and willingness to adjust work to meet changing client needs

· Confident presenting work and articulating ideas to both internal and external teams

· Established portfolio and design background with a bachelor’s degree in art or related field or 1–2 years of relevant professional experience

Key Characteristics:

The key characteristics desired for the Junior Art Director position include someone who is highly creative with a thorough understanding of graphic design, typography, photography, and printing. Other successful traits include:

· Solution-oriented

· Values teamwork and collaboration

· Keen attention to detail and accuracy in a fast-paced environment

· Flexible in adapting ideas to suit client feedback

· Strong interpersonal skills and comfort communicating across a variety of levels within the organization

· Willingness to be mentored

About Core-Rx Communications

Core-Rx Communications is a promotional advertising agency dedicated to the health and wellness industry. Our agency is all about Fresh Thinking and helping our clients achieve the highest level of brand health. From our creative shop based in Oak Brook, IL, we strive for a collaborative and fun environment where our team is committed to developing unique brand experiences targeted to healthcare professionals, patients and consumers.

Core-Rx Communications

Creative Director

eCommerce

Greater Chicago Area – Hybrid

THE COMPANY:

An organization that is a mainstay in the eCommerce space is in the market for a Director of Creative to manage their brand and creative team as a whole!

THE ROLE:

As the Director of Creative, your main focus will be on overseeing the entirety of creative strategy, development, and execution. Some of your key responsibilities will be:

• Managing a team of project managers, copywriters, web designers, graphic designers, and other creative professionals
• Presenting unique and innovative strategic concepts and solutions for a multitude of projects at once
• Analyzing and reporting feedback on the creative team’s projects to ensure quality and best practices
• Working collaboratively with both internal teams and external partners

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ample experience being both managerial and hands-on in marketing and creative strategy
• Comfortability managing large budgets to drive revenue throughout the business
• Proficient in presenting to senior leadership and collaborating with both internal and external teams
• Familiarity with A/B testing alongside tools such as the Adobe suite, Microsoft suite, Jira, & other marketing tools
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related industry required. Master’s preferred.

THE BENEFITS:

As a Director of Creative, you can earn a competitive basic salary and industry-leading benefits.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Rachel Davner via the Apply link.

KEYWORDS:

Marketing, Management, Strategy, Creative Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Budget Management, Campaign Management, Campaign Strategy, Analysis, Sales, Vendor Relationships, Social Media, Adobe, SEO, A/B Testing, Microsoft Office, Jira

Harnham

Creative Director

E-Commerce

$170,000 – $180,000 + Bonus + LTI

Greater Chicago (hybrid – 3 days in office)

An organization that is a mainstay in the E-Commerce space is looking to add an executive leader to its robust Creative division. If you have ample experience implementing best-of-breed initiatives from a creative strategy perspective, can effectively preside over a multi-faceted team of 8+ direct reports, and have a successful track record driving an ever-evolving brand, this can be the opportunity for you!

THE ROLE- Creative Director

In this capacity, you will be tasked with the following:

• Effectively preside over all aspects of creative strategy from ideation to execution.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, E-Commerce, and Merchandising to align on website site design.
• Direct the creation of brand, photography, design, and voice standards for both internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Support organizational product launches and company-wide initiatives.
• Partner with senior leadership within Marketing to understand organizational needs and how they can be supplemented by the creative team.
• Manage a versatile creative team that includes various business units such as Project Management, Graphic/Web Design, Video, Photography, and Copywriting.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline is required. Masters preferred.
• Ample hands-on experience in a Creative capacity is needed.
• The ability to navigate a lean, agile environment is required.
• Ample experience leveraging HTML (or CSS) and Adobe Suite from a hands-on perspective is needed.
• Proven experience with building, leading, and presiding over multi-faceted Creative teams.
• Proven expertise in the overall execution of complex marketing content across a website is required.
• A sterling track record of having deep ownership of projects that have a profound effect on a business in its entirety.
• Impeccable communication skills with experience working cross-functionally throughout an organization.
• Previous experience spearheading Photography/Video content for a multitude of outputs.

BENEFITS – Creative Director

As a Creative Director, you can expect to earn up to $180,000 (depending on experience), both long and short-term bonuses, and highly competitive benefits.

HOW TO APPLY?:

Please register your interest by sending your Resume to Greffen George via the Apply link on this page

KEYWORDS:

Thought Leadership, E-Commerce, Creative, Photo, Video, Content, Web, Website, Site, Analytics, Excel, Management, Personalization, CRM, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management, Strategy, Roadmap, Merchandise, Brand, Digital, HTML, Adobe, Photoshop, CSS, UX/UI

Harnham