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TMZ is looking for an experienced Senior News Desk Producer to join our team. On a daily basis, the ideal candidate will be responsible for researching, identifying, and pitching news stories. This position requires someone who is adept at enterprising stories, investigative reporting and breaking news within entertainment and pop culture. The ability to forge solid relationships and react quickly in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment is essential for success in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to navigate through news, analyze content, and recognize big stories
• Provide original news angles and manage processes to follow those stories as they progress
• Keeping a finger on the pulse of trending news, both locally and nationally
• Knowledge of court proceedings, criminal and civil and ability to navigate through local court processes to obtain documents and information
• Strong telephone skills, including how to call law enforcement agencies, law offices, district attorneys and other official institutions which may aid in the fact-gathering process
• Ability to develop contacts, cultivate sources, and maintain relationships to aid in the news-gathering process

Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive responsibility and experience within a network news, digital news outlet, or local station environment is required
• Ability to supervise news gathering while producing original content on your own
• Ability to work well under pressure and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Familiar with programs and processes such as LexisNexis, PACER, Outlook, and Word Processing, along with basic MS Office software
• Knowledge of social media, and ability to effectively use and monitor various platforms

“Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is: $132,000 – $168,000 annually”.

TMZ is a workplace that requires the COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. Requested accommodations/exceptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with law.

TMZ is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

TMZ

Senior Communications & VIP Manager

SEEN Group Vision: Be the agency the Beauty world wants to work with.

SEEN Group Mission: Originating ideas so inspiring they elevate the perceptions of Beauty.

Role Overview:

The Senior Communications & VIP Manager is the pillar and driver of the account team – this role with 6-8 years’ of experience is instrumental in providing exceptional client council and is responsible for ensuring best in class plans and executions for their accounts. They provide insight and strategy for their clients and showcases deep knowledge of the media and influencer landscape, as well as the “crowd to know” to get high profile, headline driving names to client events across SEEN. This role is a true support to the senior members of the team and cross agency, as well as being an inspiring leader to more junior members to foster their growth.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Client Service:

• Day-to-day account lead with strong client relations, understanding of their brand and ethos, ensuring exceptional client counsel is delivered
• Develop a deep understanding of client’s business in order to deliver strategic and creative campaigns against briefs, and foster strong relationship with client to build trust and SEEN loyalty
• Lead client meetings alongside your team ensuring status updates, plans and proposals are delivered in a professional and knowledgeable manner
• Take an active role in client account/project admin – contribution and quality control for junior team across all elements of client reporting and client administration
• Ensure any client requirements or issues are dealt with accordingly, having a solution-driven approach to all communication and next steps
• Manage the delivery of client reporting to ensure timely delivery for appropriate sign off and deadline management to key stakeholders

Management:

• Act as positive role model for your direct team, peers and across wider business
• Active junior team lead and team coach ensuring support in managing workload, R&R’s and prioritization
• Active junior team role in press and influencer expertise, supporting the team with informed guidance of identification, pitching and seeding strategies
• Mentoring the junior team to support them in their SEEN career developement and ensuring your team is offering effective client work, to meet client goals and deadlines
• Manage appraisals for direct reports – create KPIs and objectives during review processes

Specialist Skill Set:

• Strong written and verbal presentation skills showcasing strategic thinking and creative ideas that SEEN is known for
• Exceptional industry relationships, showcasing media and influencer/talent strategy building skills.
• Excellent pitching skills to convert high quality results and growth for clients
• Consistent growth and maintainence of strong network and knowledge of press and influencer relationships, as well as high profile names in key US regional markets for VIP
• Excellent understanding of social medial landscape, ensuring clients are provided with strategic recommendations that showcase a comprehensive understanding
• Play a lead role in the planning and execution of influencer partnership management and celeb attendance specific to eventing/activations/experiential, inclusive of contract and SOW negotiations
• You are the eyes and ears of industry (beauty and wellbeing) news, trends and insights to benefit client work and in-role specialism.
• Oversee rising talent research and gifting to stylist/agents for to engage clientele
• Identify and foster key relationships with VIPs, talent, agents and hospitality groups and venues to ensure agency is well informed on newest

Business Skill Set:

• Responsible for account financial health, including budget tracking, expsenses, timely delivery of POs and strong internal relationships and WOW with SEEN’s finance team
• Liaise with client on annual and campaign budgets; management of all cost estimates and approvals
• Take an active role in new business involvement, inclusive of brainstorming and when appropriate taking part in the pitch team
• Take an active role in brainstorming across the agency, showcasing your strategic and creative thinking that your peers can utilise with their client portfolio
• Support in identifying and presenting opportunities to organically grow existing client business by proactively pitching SEEN Group integrated ideas and services
• Demonstrate your ability to grow your client business and cross-sell SEEN Group, making your clients aware of full specialism and services
• Assist in recruitment of talent to US team; tapping network of contacts to ensure SEEN has strong pool of diverse candidates for any open roles.

SEEN Group Values:

• Creativity
• Inclusivity
• Positivity
• Excellence

If you would like to learn more about SEEN Group visit seengroup.com or follow us on Instagram @seen_group and @communityxseen

SEEN Group

Graphic Designer – Product Packaging

Pro-Mart is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of Home Storage and Organization products. We’re looking for an experienced Graphic Designer with product packaging production experience to join our creative team with great product packaging experience to create assets of all kinds, including but not limited to:

• Create and maintain graphics for products, packaging, marketing, branding, and presentations
• Beautifully designed product packaging
• Innovative die-lines designs
• Skillful craftsmanship of mocked up packaging

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Have expert knowledge of design, layout, typography and die-lines
• Oversee designs through ideation, concept refinement, and final production samples
• Manage the early phases of packaging design and development with other disciplines within the company
• Must have portfolio demonstrating strong vector and traditional illustration
• Knowledge of printing process and color management
• Ability to manage multiple jobs accurately while meeting short deadlines
• Strong attention to quality and detail is an absolute must
• Assist in the development of new processes to streamline workflow.
• Collaborate with photographer to communicate shot list vision and ensure correct photos are taken for packaging.
• Work with outside vendors and customers as needed to coordinate sending and approval of artwork.
• Regularly assess assignment priorities and communicate roadblocks to the Brand Director.
• Understanding of routing protocol for approval to ensure the highest level of quality before releasing file/executing.

Candidates must meet the following qualifications:

• 2-4 years of experience as a graphic designer with product packaging experience
• Skilled with Adobe Creative Cloud products specifically, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and PowerPoint
• Microsoft Office 365
• Strong layout and branding skills

Pro-Mart Industries, Inc.

MSNBC is looking for an experienced Line Producer for Ayman.

Responsibilities:

• Assist senior producer in creating daily broadcast by executing editorial vision of day.
• Serve as backup senior producer.
• Oversee daily rundown changes.
• Supervise editorial content of newscast.
• Use leadership skills to motivate, mentor and manage employees.
• Write news scripts and teases.
• Work with show director and production crew.
• Oversee all in-show graphics and story titles.
• Work with senior producer to approve (copy edit) all scripts.
• Pitch story ideas (day-of, next day, futures).
• Initiate planning process.

In Control Room:

• Preview accuracy of upcoming video, graphics and chyron.
• Preview upcoming stories and segments.
• Communicate with guests and correspondents-time cues, roll cues, thank-you’s.
• Communicate with control room staff-director, teleprompter operator, chyron operator and TPM.
• Time newscast.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience in live television (i.e. morning shows, cable shows, broadcast TV, etc.).
• Must have at 1 year of line producing experience.
• Editorial experience in a fast-paced news room environment, ability to anticipate and respond quickly to change.
• Experience in story first journalism approach.

Desired Qualifications:

· Possess ability to develop story ideas, research and plan segments.

· Exceptional editorial skills: Ability to recognize stories with high potential for provocative, compelling television.

· Knowledge of current events, politics and pop culture.

· Wide-range reader of news, including op-eds.

· Strong writing skills.

· Expert tease writer.

Additional Job Requirements:

· Must be willing to work in New York, NY.

· Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.

· Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, under tight deadline pressure, including breaking news.

MSNBC

Who we are:

Founded in 1978, GS&F is an award-winning, fully integrated marketing and communications agency. GS&F delivers proven results for clients, providing experienced marketing, creative, interactive, media, public relations and production specialists under one roof. GS&F staff numbers 90+ and our roster features major regional, national and global clients, including Bridgestone, LP Building Solutions, Juice Plus+, Butler Snow, Nashville Predators, and the Tennessee Titans. A fiercely independent agency, GS&F takes an audience-first approach to determining the path to our client’s most dramatic business potential.

Who we are looking for:

Our team consists of makers, analysts, creatives, strategists, thinkers, tinkerers and more. If you are a big idea thinker, can find a nugget of wisdom in the smallest data point, are relentless in your pursuit of doing great work and are unafraid to say the tough stuff, we want you here.

Are you pixel perfect in your execution of creative files? Do you agonize over accurate spacing, color selection, and asset specs? Are you a creative machine that can create endless variations and iterations on established brand or campaign standards? In the role of Creative Producer you must be one part designer, one part production artist, one part organization expert and one part project manager. You must be able to ensure that all creative files are technically correct, resulting in high quality print or digital ready files and fulfilling the approved design work and internal production requirements.

You’ll likely need the following qualifications and experience to be successful in this role:

• We believe that years of experience is just a number; that said, typically someone in this role has 2–3 years of design, production artist, or print production experience
• Prior agency experience would certainly help you get up to speed more quickly but isn’t required for this role
• Should possess a mastery of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, After Effects as well as other design tools and technologies
• Prior experience with developing HTML5 ads, motion graphics, and other interactive art is highly desired in this role
• Must have a solid understanding of all production and printing industry technical requirements such as pre-press file set up for commercial offset printing as well as digital commercial printing
• Highly collaborative artist who works to produce all files according to the art director’s specifications
• Ability to take a master design concept and version out various deliverables for both print and digital while maintaining a brand’s design guidelines for a cohesive marketing campaign.
• Advises creative team on best practices for the creation and distribution of assets
• Skews toward the technical side of design and less about “big creative ideas”; candidates should be comfortable with this aspect of the role
• Should possess a “library catalog”-type mental organizational ability with the desire to create organization structures to best execute a large amount of creative assets
• Not afraid of voicing a dissenting or contrarian point of view, especially when it supports the brief, the creative idea or the business objectives of a project

Additional information:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

There is power in celebrating who we are. GS&F is committed to embracing and welcoming past, current and future employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make our employees unique. After all, diversity feeds the best friendships because what makes you, you…makes us, us.

Because of this commitment and our commitment to improve, we have set important DE&I milestones and goals for our agency. To that end, you may be asked a question about your gender, ethnicity, disability or veteran status as you submit your online application. Rest assured we don’t have the ability to track your responses to these questions back to you, and it’s never considered as part of your candidacy for a position at GS&F. If we say we want to improve, we simply want to know we are actually improving.

Location:

We are only considering candidates that currently live in or wish to relocate to Nashville in the near future (first 90 days of employment).

As a full-time member of the GS&F team, we offer the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, vision coverage
• 401K match
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Generous PTO
• Professional development opportunities and growth-oriented tools
• Support for mental and physical health
• Generous parental leave
• Relocation support

GS&F

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe in inclusion, we believe in self-expression, we believe in no judgement and we believe in individualism.

WHO WE ARE

We are bold, we are tenacious, we are courageous and brave.

We are a cast of characters;

We embrace our differences and we share our likenesses.

Some of What’s in it for You!

• Paid Personal Days
• Generous Benefit package
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Loyalty Reward Program
• Generous welcome gift
• Company events

As the Senior Producer, reporting to the Associate Art Director, you will be responsible for the operational foundation in the creative team. As the lead liaison between several internal teams and external talent and vendors, you will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget.

Some of What You’ll Do:

• Act as the operational leader for all creative project management and be the main contact for operational issues in production
• Create and manage creative budgets, while ensuring the delivery of projects are on budget
• Responsible for drafting proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), Change Orders, Project Schedules, technical specifications, RFPs and any other production-oriented documentation
• Draft and maintain project status document
• Coordinate with the marketing team to define project briefs based on deliverables, budget, and schedule.
• Authorize and initiate talent / team bookings
• Maintain and communicate updated project schedules to all necessary parties in appropriate
• formats (client calendar, Basecamp calendar, Google calendar, Gantt Charts, etc)

Some of What You’ll Need:

• Minimum 5 years of producing experience in a premium brand or a premium Creative/Brand/Agency setting.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communications skills, as well as organizational, multitasking and time management skills
• Skilled in MS Office, Mac OS, Google Docs,
• A proven history of success managing creative output for premium or luxury consumer companies including but not limited to managing everything from large scale institutional campaigns to small social shoots to e-commerce production
• Some travel required

Some of Who You Are:

• Outgoing personality, vocal, inquisitive, friendly under pressure
• Demonstrated Strong Leadership Skills

Moose Knuckles Canada

Poretta & Orr is looking to add talented individuals to our Production Department. The Production Coordinator will work with our Production Managers, under our Director of Operations. The focus of this position will be to support the print production of a variety of portable items. This may include; table drapes, pop up exhibits, banner stands, table top displays or graphic posters.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Complete quotes for projects with selected print partners
• Manage production timelines and communicate artwork deadlines to account team members
• Coordinate and prioritize print production schedules internally and with print vendors
• Review artwork against templates to ensure correct sizing
• Confirm all artwork elements are included and are of print quality
• Provide e-proofs and communication to account teams
• Provide tracking and delivery confirmation
• Keep internal company portable catalogue and print resources up to date

Preferred Job Skills Include

• Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• Flexible in working with members of a team and switching priorities as needed
• Proven track record of staying organized in a fast pace, high demand environment
• Experience utilizing the Adobe CC Suite (Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
• Experience with agency or print production a plus

Poretta & Orr, Exhibits | Events

Inkhouse is an integrated PR agency for innovative thinkers, creators and leaders who believe in the power of stories to effect positive change. We bring new ideas to market. We were founded in 2007 and have grown to an agency of more than 120 people across four offices. Find us in the real world in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Seattle and in the digital one at www.inkhouse.com.

We’re looking for people with innovative ideas about where media relations, social media, content and creative services are going next. Our business changes quickly, so Inkhouse must too. We’ve created a workplace in which everyone has permission to risk failure in service of big ideas. That’s the only way they get discovered. Our 11 company values serve as the foundation for how we work and how our people grow.

Job Summary:

The Account Manager position at Inkhouse requires an individual who can think creatively, lead effectively and manage expectations honestly. We are looking for the ideal mix of strategic excellence and tactical capability, a person who can define a client’s message and develop an integrated plan to amplify it — rolling up their sleeves for hands-on work alongside an account team they are mentoring and managing.

The ideal candidate should have strong media and influencer relationships, with a background in B2B (including cybersecurity) and consumer technology public relations, with experience leading integrated programs (including social (paid, organic) and digital marketing).

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day logistics and make assignments for team
• Day-to-day client contact and main responder to client
• Shows good judgement on when to involve VP in day-to-day issues
• High-level media outreach, building relationships with contacts at outlets of utmost importance to the client
• Owner of delivering documents to client on time and setting expectations
• First drafts of strategic plans and memos including amplification ideas
• High-level byline/blog post writer
• Regularly identifies new opportunities for each client
• Approves docs before they go to VP
• Stays up-to-date on PR trends and client trends
• Understands how to leverage social media for campaigns
• Constantly ensuring that the teams are conducting proactive outreach
• Reviews speaking and awards abstracts and submissions
• Oversees/assists with analyst relations program
• Role model/champion of Inkhouse Values
• Promotes teamwork and mindset that team success is everyone’s success
• Helps people at levels both above and below to achieve team and client objectives
• Commitment to employee development

Job Requirements:

• B.S./B.A. public relations, marketing, communications, or related field
• 5 – 10 years of experience in PR
• Experience in b2b (including cybersecurity) or consumer technology
• Experience managing teams and staff
• Excellent writing, pitching and presentation skills
• Ability to organize and manage multiple clients, teams and activities

Benefits & Perks:

The sign at the front desk at our headquarters reads, “Work Hard & Be Nice to People.” At Inkhouse, culture is our business model. We believe that great work is contingent on two things: the ability to come as you are, and the freedom to disconnect. Creativity requires perspective, and hard work needs to be balanced with mental space. We try to be on the forefront of progressive benefits including generous paid family leave, unlimited vacation, and dogs in the office. Check out the rest of our benefits, both the things you need and the things you want, here.

Inkhouse is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is reflective of the communities in which we work and the clients that we serve. We seek to bring together people of varying backgrounds, skills, and experience, recognizing that this leads to a diversity of thought that fuels creativity and enables people to do their best work. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and non-traditional candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Inkhouse is also committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR at [email protected].

Inkhouse Media + Marketing

Senior Affiliate/Publisher Manager

$70,000 – $90,000 and $40,000+ bonus and full benefits

On-Site

Performance Marketing Agency

**This role is located in Miami, Florida, and is in office. Please do not apply if you don’t live in Miami or are not willing to relocate.**

Aspire is working with a Performance Marketing Agency experiencing exciting growth and who are looking for talent to support this growth. The Senior Affiliate Manager will be responsible for developing publisher relationships, growing existing media accounts, and supervising team account activities.

The Senior Publisher Manager will be responsible for:

* Managing a portfolio of premier media partnerships, strengthening the strategic value to the client’s audience, business, and bottom line

* Overseeing a team of up to four managers/coordinators each with their own portfolio, making sure they drive the very best campaign performance and meet KPIs.

* Developing and maintaining an optimal media mix for company brand and agency clients

* Identifying new and existing media opportunities with the ability to negotiate close and on-board new clients

* Collaborating with Client Service Managers for media planning and ensuring campaigns are developed in line with brand objectives

The Senior Publisher Manager will have the following experience:

* Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of media planning experience with an advanced understanding of media vehicles and channels

* Successful track record of developing a premium portfolio of partnerships

* Knowledge of strategic performance media management, preferably with multichannel national brand clients

* Experience supervising and developing junior team members

* Needs to be available for travel

If this sounds like you then I’d love to hear from you!

We Are Aspire is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

WeAreAspire

We are looking for a competent digital advertising & content coordinator to support and optimize our organization’s digital advertising programs. Duties for this role will include creating and tracking sponsored product ad campaigns, developing various digital advertising materials, sourcing images and artwork, collating content, updating online assets, streamlining digital advertising production, and handling general digital marketing and content activities. Your creative and analytical thinking skills and strategies will be an essential part in driving our products’ discoverability, enhancing our brands’ reach, and encouraging business growth through efficient and cost-effective organic and paid campaigns.

Ideal candidates for this role should be analytical and innovative, internet savvy, well-organized, and must be excellent writers and communicators. Ultimately, the exceptional digital marketing & content coordinator should have a firm grasp of analyzing/tracking/reporting campaigns, drive highly effective digital campaigns, enhance user experience, and deliver on digital objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Supporting sales and merchandising initiatives through digital campaigns.
• Supporting product and brand launches on marketplace channels.
• Creating/Editing advertising material and copy.
• Researching market trends.
• Engaging with marketplace and licensing contacts.
• Creating sponsored product advertising campaigns on our ecommerce platforms.
• Developing and sourcing content for digital platforms.
• Optimizing organic SEO.

What You’ll Need

• Degree in marketing, advertising or equivalent.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Knowledge of paid advertising and sponsored product platforms.
• Excellent copywriting and copy-editing skills.
• Knowledge/Curiosity of current AI trends as related to digital advertising.
• Highly organized.
• Strong computer literacy.
• Project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Knowledge of web analytics.
• Strong presentation/reporting skills

Air Waves LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Air Waves | Hybrid Digital