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We’re looking for amazing people! Come join Virginia Housing as a Creative Director (Manager)

As a key member of the Communications team, the Creative Director will focus on driving awareness for Virginia Housing’s brand as a national leader in affordable housing. We’re on an exciting journey to tell our story and our role/importance of affordable housing in Virginia. We’re looking for an expert in Creative Strategy—a visual storyteller that thrives in a fast-paced environment. Someone who loves to ideate, collaborate and work closely with marketing, public relations staff and internal business partners. As a strategic problem-solver you’ll work closely to deliver creative solutions that help support our affordable housing mission. The role will report to the Director of Communications.

Responsibilities will include:

• Own all creative development for Virginia Housing. Lead concepting, pitching and the development of strategic creative executions with internal staff, and oversee external agencies, as needed.
• Provide thought leadership as a senior member of the Communications team.
• Drive innovation through creative strategy and execution.
• Represent the brand and develop creative that helps tell our story. Own and update Virginia Housing’s style guidelines and brand voice for consistency in messaging.
• Elevate creative work by consistently evaluating new ways to communicate complex ideas.
• Lead execution of all video and photography. Experience with planning and directing video and photoshoots.
• Work closely with marketing and public relations teams to deliver ROI for our business. Participate in conducting market research and analysis for specific campaigns.
• Lead and participate in creative ideation brainstorming sessions to develop executable design and copy platforms. Provide creative support to Designers and Copywriters.
• Design and develop campaign concepts for Enterprise level and business-specific marketing campaigns.
• Direct and develop creative team members (including designers and copywriters) across all channels to ensure a high level of quality in all projects.
• Strong understanding of brand voice and tone and brand messaging strategy. Writes copy that is on strategy and delivers on tone and brand voice.
• Stay on top of industry trends across channels.
• Exhibits a drive to get the job done, creatively and on schedule.

Qualified candidates must possess:

• 7+ years experience, including experience leading creative teams as an Associate Creative Director, or Creative Director
• 5+ years experience in graphic design or art direction
• 5+ years experience as expert level in Adobe Creative Suite
• Proficiency in PowerPoint
• Able to manage sizeable workload for yourself and your team in a fast-paced environment
• Digital experience and expertise: including digital advertising, email and website

Preferred experience includes:

• Experience on both sides of creative–graphic design and copywriting.
• Self-directed and organized
• Very strong interpersonal skills
• Strong eye for detail, but without getting stuck “in the weeds.”
• Strong desire to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Virginia Housing is one of the nation’s leading housing finance organizations. Our mission is to help Virginians attain quality, affordable housing.

We are focused on employee engagement and committed to a healthy and diverse workforce. We offer on-site conveniences such as a cafeteria, fitness center, and free parking. Educational opportunities to help your advancement are available through classroom and online programs.

Applications and resumes are accepted online only at https://www.virginiahousing.com/careers.

This position will close at midnight on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Hiring Range: $86,298 – $112,186.

Hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote)

A background check will be performed as a condition of employment.

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Virginia Housing

We are helping our retail client in their search for an Art Director to be the right hand to the CBO/Creative Director. This role will oversee a full 360, in-house, design and production team of 9 in LA with weekly production supervision of assets in Hong Kong and China.

The Art Director needs to be a mature, creative problem solver with a strong managerial background in CPG. You are as comfortable presenting to a Marketing Director as you are to a retail partner. We’re a scrappy team, so we expect this AD not just to provide direction to designers, but also to execute your own ideas. From quick comps to dazzling packaging and digital creations, we want someone who can take an idea from the conceptual phase and bring it all the way to market. You have experience working with epic story creators, from copy writers to video directors, and have strong writing skills yourself.

You bring these critical skills to the table (in this order of importance):

• 8-10 years of experience in a managerial role for design teams at a hypergrowth consumer startup or top tier CPG company.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: You feel at your best in a team environment; You are a curious, patient leader who thrives coaching young designers and illustrators in daily sessions; You understand the nuances and value of the critical role of right hand to a C-Suite.
• You are a well-seasoned, graceful giver and receiver of feedback.
• Excellent communication skills. You are crystal clear, transparent, and confident communicating (presenting and selling-in) creative ideas, their rationale, and the specifics of the solutions.
• Killer design chops with Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, and ability to evaluate future tools for team productivity. You have familiarity with Word, Excel and embrace the reality that Power-Point is a necessary and powerful design tool.
• Animation and video production and are well versed in the language of the internet and social.
• You have impeccable taste in and appreciation for the role of music as a story telling backdrop for motion.
• Demonstrated ability to concept across a variety of mediums including social, digital, print, audio, experiential and whatever comes next.
• A tried-and-true Rolodex of vendors to lend a hand when needed from copy writers to stylists to video directors and editors.
• Social fluency and a solid understanding of how to drive conversation and engagement across social channels.
• Strong communication design sensibilities and an understanding of how composition, information hierarchy, color theory and typography work together to drive home a message.
• Proven creativity in the Ecommerce space is preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll Do:

• In collaboration with the CBO/Creative Director, you will help lead the global creative vision in alignment with marketing, product development, and digital strategies and business objectives.
• Concept, design, and produce engaging strategic content and creative assets across a range of brand projects and touchpoints, including video, social and influencer campaigns, marketing and promotional, email, print, branding and logo design, packaging, media and PR programs, and whatever comes next.
• Communicate and interact well with team members and supervisors across multiple departments. Work closely and build relationships with Brand Marketing, Global Marketing, Product Development, Ecommerce, and Social Media teams to drive the creative strategy across the Company.
• Ensure that brand and visual identity is consistently applied to all collateral and marketing materials across the company. Drive creative consistency into global markets in packaging and digital platforms. Ensure consistent application and governance of the brand style guides, internally and externally.
• In collaboration with the CBO/Creative Director, provide the vision for photography and direct all photography efforts for use in packaging, social media, and Ecommerce.
• Ensure execution of a thoughtful creative strategy and positive user interface across multiple digital platforms.

You’ll Need:

• Manage a team of designers by demonstrating enthusiasm for the creative landscape and new technologies; and contributing strong, inspirational, and relevant creative thinking. Ensure the Creative Team delivers on business objectives.
• Minimum 10-12 years industry experience or related creative process experience combining creative strategy, content, and messaging with creative deliverables as an Art Director. Some of your management background is in-house at a CPG company.
• 8-10 years of experience in a managerial role for design teams at a hypergrowth consumer startup or top tier CPG company.
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates your ability to come up with modern, playful, original ideas and innovative approaches across channels, along with the visual skills and attention to detail to execute superbly in a variety of mediums
• Stunning photo and video art direction. Experience with baby models is a huge plus.
• Proven experience allocating and managing budgets
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and inspire both internal and external creative teams
• Understanding of all dimensions of communication: business strategy and experience design, with the ability to translate this into effective innovative, but integrated marketing programs.
• Expert knowledge in Mac-based tools of your trade: InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Premiere, After Effects are a huge plus.
• Expert knowledge in the graphic printing and production processes, including translations needed for international commerce.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $55-$60/hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location. Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match (if applicable).

Aquent

Position Requirements:

Demonstrated ability in program and event planning, travel to entertainment industry “tent pole” events, coordination, communications and basic business skills consistent with the Dimensions and Accountabilities below. Has achieved success in a leadership programming role. Excellent oral communication skills. Exceptional writing and analytical skills, and the ability to write both strategically and creatively under tight deadlines. Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of software products. Strong presentation skills and digital/social media fluency necessary. Ability to prioritize, organize and multi-task project requests. Ability to manage others in a team environment, as well as to work independently. Positive, flexible attitude that will lend itself to client service. Minimum four years experience in related industry (public relations/talent/management agency, studio/network/streamer/cable, etc.) Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.

Position Dimensions:

Responsible for using all the resources of the organization to achieve its programming and event goals as well as assisting and providing support services for the CEO in the performance of her duties. Special event hours may extend into the evenings and weekends to accommodate membership and organizational requirements.

Position Accountabilities:

• Managing program activities of the organization as well as any associated staff.

• Tracking and organizing business schedules.

• Overseeing and planning air travel, hotel, and car service for TCC staff, members, and supporters.

• Supervising staff and escorting members and supporters at events.

• Creating presentation decks and proposals (including budgets) for programs/events and maintaining accurate accounting of event expenses.

• Research and outreach of supporters and members.

• Creating and maintaining quality relationships with all corporate partners/sponsors.

• Providing effective member relations.

• Complying with all organizational policies, procedures and expected standards of performance.

The above is intended to describe the general content of this position. It is not to be interpreted as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

Classification:

Regular Staff exempt position with an annual salary and benefits.

Apply through LinkedIn or at [email protected]

The Creative Coalition

Our Production team is responsible for developing the deals we recommend for our members. This requires a balance of activities, including research, writing, evaluating, test booking, consulting with clients, working with Sales, and recommending the best offers to our Publishers for approval. The ideal candidate will have a media background and a passion for exploring the world.

Do you feel…

• Motivated to build client relationships that result in the best offers for our members, while balancing the clients’ need to see top performance for their offers
• Capable of researching offers to determine their true value and concisely convey why we recommend them for our members
• Keen on sifting through a variety of offers to find the very best ones and push them forward
• Excited to test book and update ongoing deals and pitch your best deals to Publishers
• Work closely with Sales counterparts to develop new client relationships and grow current ones
• Able to monitor and analyze performance; make adjustments and recommendations in order to ensure our members see the best deals and clients’ expectations are met

You are ideally…

• Degree educated, preferably in Journalism, Advertising, Communications, Marketing or Hospitality
• A rising professional with 3-5 years of experience, including direct experience in a related field (Digital Media, PR, Advertising)
• A high performer with strong work ethic and sound judgement
• An excellent communicator with strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Fluent in another language beyond English preferred; experience living internationally even better
• Someone with a proven passion for travel, including experience booking personal travel
• Empathetic with a hands-on and innovative working style

What’s in it for you…

• Broaden your horizon by working with a global team and potentially in a different country
• Experience one of our travel deals first-hand – we call it the Travelzoo Experience
• We recognize your achievements with our employee awards
• Enjoy working like an entrepreneur? Our flat hierarchies will provide you with this opportunity
• Hybrid work model. Meet virtually or in one of our elegant workspaces in the heart of vibrant cities
• Enrich your career perspectives by joining our global mentorship program
• Is life-long learning important to you? We offer online and offline learning options
• We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages

If you are excited about this opportunity and feel intrigued by our values of “leading by example”, “warm heart”, “cool head” and “working hands”, then we would like to get to know you!

Travelzoo

At Armadillo, we harness the power of data to change consumer behaviour and deliver unrivalled ROI. And we do this with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Disney, McDonald’s, P&O Cruises and Cunard, producing beautifully creative and effective CRM campaigns.

We are now looking for a Senior Digital Art Director to join us here at Armadillo. Think you can help us?

Senior Digital Art Director role

The Senior Digital Art Director will drive the delivery of client strategy and data goals through your UX solutions. The Senior Digital Art Director will work within our Creative and CX team.

Senior Digital Art Director Responsibilities

• Demonstrate how a user will move through communications (within and between campaigns), whether single or multiple emails, web, push, app to an expert level, using wireframes or low-fi designs; evidenced by minimal input required from senior peers
• Create concepts (whether in collaboration with others or in isolation) that always meet and often exceed project performance goals
• Demonstrate the ability to translate concepts across a comms journey to an expert level; evidenced by minimal input required from senior peers
• Be able to communicate ideas quickly and effectively using sketches or low-fi designs ahead of, and during, ideation sessions, accompanied by verbal description.
• Demonstrate an expert understanding of the brand behaviour of our clients when implementing or evolving style guides, and critiquing the use of brand elements by creatives in your project team.
• Demonstrate expert design skills in layout, typography and image creation/manipulation (vector based illustrations or photographic manipulation), critiquing the layouts by creatives in your discipline team; evidenced by positive feedback from CS and from clients, and by requiring minimal input from senior peers.
• Create innovative, engaging, and workable responsive design solutions for all devices that demonstrate an understanding of the content hierarchy by adapting where required for different formats.
• Identify and propose opportunities for interactivity to enhance the effectiveness of designs; create innovative, engaging and measurable interactive solutions
• Identify and propose opportunities for animation to enhance the effectiveness of designs; bring content to life with animations, by creating clear storyboards and generating high quality animated content
• Ensure accuracy by checking work at every stage, and prepare it for asset release
• Create expert presentation documents, with a clear goal-focused narrative, engaging layouts and helpful annotations for work that is sent to clients, and accompanied by clear verbal narration when in person.
• Maintain excellent collaborative working relationships with agency colleagues at all levels; provide creative expertise, guidance and support for team members in other disciplines to help them meet project goals and deliverables.
• Lead creative output of project team by supporting the professional development of junior project team members, providing effective mentoring and guidance: evidenced by positive development in their QPRs over time
• Expert Adobe CC – Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD and After Effects

Senior Digital Art Director Requirements

• 5+ years’ industry experience
• Expert Adobe CC – Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD and After Effects
• Agency experience is required, ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working on global clients

Industry knowledge

• CRM channels – email, web, push, app (behaviour & technical)
• CRM principles – affinity, loyalty etc.
• Design and communications industry trends

Internal process and procedures

• Follow company process & procedures as outlined in our company handbook (IT policies chain of command, sickness notification etc.)
• Complete personal administration (timesheets, expenses etc.) accurately and in the stated timeframe

Software skills

• Proficient Microsoft – Word, PPT & Excel as well as Google equivalent
• Project management software – Harvest, Trello, Forecast

Armadillo Benefits

• Hybrid environment – 3 days in our central Bristol office / 2 days remote
• 25 days’ annual leave plus a day off on your birthday, increasing by 1 day per annum at each year anniversary up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Summer and Christmas hours – finish 2.5 hours early one Friday per month in June, July, August and December
• Contributory company pension 4% employee 3% employer of total pay through salary sacrifice, escalating 1% each year following your 2nd anniversary at Armadillo, up to 8% employer contribution
• Bupa dental care
• Vitality health insurance
• Lots of social events, including Summer and Christmas parties
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offered by Assured Health
• IPA Membership
• Bristol Creative Industries Membership

Equal opportunities

Armadillo is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.

Armadillo

Travelzoo has an opening for a Sales Manager on our Local and Entertainment team in Toronto. This role will report to the Sales Director.

Do you feel…

• Confident conducting outreach via phone, email or in-person/digital meetings with prospective new partners
• Capable of developing successful, advertising-based partnerships
• Experienced in account planning with a focus on implementation and delivery, including key recommendations to retain and grow the business
• Enthusiastic to meet or exceed monthly and quarterly revenue goals, through account development and new business
• Keen on securing and maintaining the most compelling offers for Travelzoo’s members worldwide
• Inspired to work with colleagues globally to ensure that opportunities are fully leveraged, and the very best content is secured

You are ideally…

• A sales professional with 2+ years of direct sales experience required
• Degree educated, with applicable academic experience
• A top performer with strong work ethic and time management skills
• An excellent communicator with strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Able to create, develop, and enhance client relationships
• Possessing proven ability to plan, develop, and execute online sales strategies; meet quarterly goals
• Interested and knowledgeable about the digital marketplace and the competitive landscape

What’s in it for you…

• Broaden your horizon by working with a global team and potentially in a different country
• Experience one of our travel deals first-hand – we call it the Travelzoo Experience
• We recognize your achievements with our employee awards
• Enjoy working like an entrepreneur? Our flat hierarchies will provide you with this opportunity
• Hybrid work model. Meet virtually or in one of our elegant workspaces in the heart of vibrant cities
• Enrich your career perspectives by joining our global mentorship program
• Is life-long learning important to you? Discover our online and offline learning options
• We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages

If you are excited about this opportunity and feel intrigued by our values of “leading by example”, “warm heart”, “cool head” and “working hands”, then we would like to get to know you!

Travelzoo

Spin Master Ltd

Universal Orlando

***NEW ROLES***

KIDS BACKGROUND for a new tv series! SAG and NON UNION are welcome to submit. Must have a current MINOR ENTERTAINMENT WORK PERMIT.

Project: “Untitled Puppet Show”
Union: SAG-AFTRA
Rate: $187/8
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA (local hire)
Dates: February 22-25, 2023 (works one day)
Covid Testing location and date TBD.
**SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Please submit ASAP and no later than Tuesday, FEBRUARY 14, 2023 – 5:00PM**

– Son: Boy who can portray Native American – 10-12 years old.

– Kids at the toy store: Boys and Girls, all ethnicities – 6-11 yrs old.

We have another engineer casting! This is QUICK EASY MONEY! (Please note this is for engineers to take photographs and measurements in specific vehicles for safety studies, this is not a commercial or print job)

Location: Atlanta, GA

Date: February 24th

Rate: $225 Visa Gift Card for 3 hours

Person A – youth male, height of 4’2”-4’3”, and recent weight of 52-58 pounds, Hispanic or African American ethnicity. A parent or guardian would also need to accompany the child.

Person B – Adult female, 30-50 years old, height of 5’ 4” – 5’5”, and weight of 160-180 pounds, white or hispanic ethnicity