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Yunker is looking for an experienced Creative Director to provide our creative team with guidance and ideas to bring our clients in-store vision to life. Direct and coordinate the conceptual and technical development of all projects designed within the Creative Services Department. Responsible for the overall quality of work and brand integrity of graphic design and industrial engineering projects. Provide the leadership and knowledge needed to achieve the highest standards of creative and innovative design solutions in order to exceed our client’s expectations. Act as the key liaison between all internal and external customers while maintaining a high level of communication, professionalism and efficiency as it applies to our expertise and the services we provide. This is a hands-on position with 3-D graphic design responsibilities

Responsibilities

·       Manage the creative/design process from concept thru completion.

·       Collaborate with account executives to obtain knowledge of client’s design requirements and overall project scope.

·       Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met both internally and externally.

·       Oversee deliverables, timelines and budgets and communicate effectively with internal stakeholders.

·       Foster a spirit of teamwork and dedication toward excellence within the Creative Services Department and with other internal and external customers.

·       Inspire and encourage fresh, innovative ideas and solutions working with creative, industrial design and prototype teams. Strive for creative excellence and exceeding customer expectations and objectives.

·       Support the marketing department and their efforts in the development of effective marketing concepts, corporate identity pieces and any other additional presentation support materials needed.

·       Review work, troubleshoot and provide feedback to creative teams.

.  Manage and cultivate the career development of the creative services team.

Qualifications

• Proven 5 + years’ experience as a creative director or in a similar senior creative/design role in a visual communication printing organization or agency supporting the retail and c-store industries.
• 3-D graphic design expertise understanding and adhering to client brand standards and expectations.
• Strong understanding of industry trends and creative tools.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, problem-solving and project management skills.
• Excellent working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc., SketchFab, Form-Z

Yunker Industries, Inc.

Alchemy Worx is an award-winning, audience management agency specializing in email, SMS, and paid social marketing for clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to local market players. The agency offers advanced marketing services, utilizing both time-tested and emerging methods and technologies to secure a higher rate of customer engagement and retention.

We are seeking a Creative Director for a role that combines design expertise, creativity, and thought leadership with business, operational, and leadership abilities. This is a leader who can inspire in-person, remote, and offshore teams to efficiently deliver the right creative solutions to our clients every day. The goal is to define and advance a positive and highly productive design culture, regardless of where the team sits, with a focus on email and SMS channels.

This position is based in NYC.

What You’ll Do:

• Create a team culture amongst designers and copywriters across both US and offshore teams to efficiently create high performing and engaging creative for clients.
• Provide direction, support and growth opportunities based on strategic thinking and relationship building with account team and clients
• Create opportunities for open dialog and creative critiques in a fast-paced environment
• Execute stand-out creative across email and SMS for our impressive roster of clients
• Investigate, propose, and implement innovative ways of delivering design services to create a balance between creativity and efficiency/productivity
• Stay on top of current events and cultural trends as well as design and creative trends
• Pitch new business alongside strategists, account managers, and business development team members

Requirements:

• 10 years experience, with a focus on driving results through email and SMS creative
• 3+ years experience managing and leading a creative team of designers, copywriters, etc.
• Experience guiding and mentoring remote teams both onshore and offshore
• Experience in CPG, Retail, or Beauty a plus (not required)
• Must have hands-on skills as a graphic designer or copywriter
• Ability to successfully organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment
• Expert knowledge in Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite + Figma
• NYC-based, in-office 3+ days per week

Benefits:

• Salary range: $150,000 – $165,000
• Unlimited PTO policy
• Fully covered medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401k with company match

Alchemy Worx is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience. One that reflects the world we live in today. We are an equal opportunity employer that welcomes people regardless of backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, marital status, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, physical or mental disability, genetic information or military and veteran status.

Alchemy Worx

ROLE: CREATIVE DIRECTOR, COPY

TEAM: THE KITCHEN NA

LOCATION: CHICAGO (Hybrid)

About The Kitchen

The Kitchen is the in-house agency at Kraft Heinz, bringing together a range of disciplines and capabilities. It’s an agile team of creatives, producers, data analysts and social experts working together to deliver remarkable ideas, with a focus on digital and social media.

This team moves at the speed of culture. It is built to respond to trends and events as they happen, coming up with the ideas that transcend social media to capture the spirit of the moment, earn media impressions, and get the country talking.

Position Summary

As Creative Director you will lead a creative team made up of a senior pair focused on social/digital activations, a junior team and content creators focused on agile and planned social content, and a team of supporting designers and resources tasked with making clever content that cuts through the noise on social.

As an experienced creative leader, you know how to have an impact on your team, and an ability to ensure every project they’re working on reaches its potential – from agile responses to online moments, to bigger concepts born from cultural trends.

You’re more than a creative manager; you’re a teacher to other creative managers and talent. You know how to help a senior creative pair get the most out of their team. You’re able to show the junior creatives ‘the ropes’ and get them to a great idea that they feel passionate about. You are hands-on in contributing to ideas and producing great work.

You’re always thinking about your team and its capabilities – addressing skill gaps, training talent, and making sure you’re holding them to a high standard.

You’re an enthusiastic pitcher and want to be the creative face of the agency to your brand partners.

OVERVIEW

• You lead: You Inspire and direct a team of writers, designers, producers, social media/community managers and strategists to ensure a culture conducive to great work. You are responsible for growing, retaining, and motivating this team to succeed.
• You’re adaptable: You demonstrate resiliency in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment where ideas and opportunities happen fast and require flexibility.
• You hold your team to high standards: You ensure the highest level of creative quality from your team and for the brands you work with. You understand how to give clear feedback that your teams can use to improve their work.
• You manage and supervise multiple creative projects and workflows, sometimes bringing your creatives together, sometimes focusing them on separate asks.
• You direct the design and development of creative materials.
• You ensure brand identity and message consistency across channels.
• You care about being a good partner: meeting business objectives, values, budgets, and deadlines with work that makes you proud. You present work and develop relationships of value and respect with the team.
• You will lead and participate in brainstorming sessions and bring interesting opportunities and trends to the team’s newsroom process.
• You’re a hands-on creative, writing copy or designing against guidelines and brand tone of voice for film, print, digital and social as needed to support your team.
• You lead teams and ensure strong and non-traditional creative output, collaborating with and working under the direction of the Head of Creative.
• You help the agency develop a strong and positive relationship with the advertising community to help recruit top talent.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of success in digital/social advertising.
• An established leader with a track record of developing talent.
• 8+ years experience in Advertising, social, or medium agnostic creative…. or a track-record that shows why you’re ahead of your peers.
• Strong Portfolio: You demonstrate originality, innovation, and a multi-disciplinary thinking through your work.
• International Recognition: You have created a world-class campaign that achieved international fame or won multiple international awards.
• Leadership Skills: You demonstrate strong leadership skills and can organize, motivate, and improve the creative output of those around you.
• Big Unconventional Idea Thinker: You go beyond the executional or tactical tasks and come up with innovative approaches that earn attention.
• Team Player: You are positive, collaborative and a contagious spirit, who works well with others.
• Entrepreneurial: You take initiative and proactively come to the table with new ideas to push forward the creative work and develop relationships with the team
• Production Savvy: You know how to work within budgetary constraints and have experience working with photographers, directors, and vendors.
• Time Management: You can manage your time, hit deadlines and be on time for meetings, while juggling multiple projects.

The Kitchen, Kraft Heinz, and Salt are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.

The Kitchen North America

This new Entertainment platform is looking for a Senior FP&A Manager to join their growing team in London. After a successful launch the brand are now looking to continue their growth across Europe, this is a newly created role with clear opportunity to take ownership and and lead a small team across commercial finance.

Reporting in to the Director of Commercial Finance your responsibilities will include:

• Act as key business partner across a range of stakeholders including Programming, Strategy and Product teams in order to deliver key commercial decision making
• Evaluating opportunities and analysing data in line with achieving strategic goals and growth plans
• Ownership of budgeting and forecasting processes with input across financial/commercial risks and opportunities
• Leading a small team and playing a key role in further development and embedding core values

The ideal candidate will be fully qualified (ACA/ACCA equivalent) with relevant post qualified experience held within FP&A specifically across Content (previous sector exposure within Media, Entertainment, Subscriptions and/or Streaming highly advantageous). You will possess excellent communication skills, proven ability to use initiative and be comfortable working within a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.

Marks Sattin

Want to work on great clients like Wendy’s, Skip the Dishes, Kids Help Phone, MasterCard and Nestle?

Come work at McCann! We’re now hiring an intermediate creative team.

We have a hybrid work environment (where you’ll actually want to work in the office), great people, and a mysterious room that sometimes sounds like pigeons. Just kidding, it always sounds like pigeons.

Note: Please include a link to your portfolio in your resume.

The Company

McCann Worldgroup Canada is committed to a diverse workforce as an Employment Equity employer (Women, People with Disabilities, Aboriginal Peoples, and Visible Minorities) and aims to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace where employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require an accommodation, we would be happy to work with you to meet your needs.

McCann Canada

BIMM is booming, so we’re looking for a Senior Art Director to join our team!

Who we are

For over 40 years, we’ve crafted flawless data driven creative solutions for some of the biggest brands in Canada and across the globe. Everything we do is guided by a simple philosophy: marketing with greater certainty. We love creating amazing integrated brand experiences for our clients that deliver real business results.

We all act as one unit and believe in “having every BIMMER’s back”. Nice people only. Egos need not apply.

Who we’re looking for

Reporting to the Associate Creative Director, you will be joining a high performing team of creative self-starters comprised of Art Directors, Copywriters, UX, UI and Traditional Designers. We are looking for a creative realist – If you’re a conceptual Art Director who brings their ideas to life with beautiful, smart design, applied across integrated channels and have award winning examples in your book, we should talk!

You will be working on several clients in the financial, home furnishings, non-for-profit, insurance, travel and automotive sectors. It is essential that you are able to collaborate with your creative team, the strategic planners as well as account leadership to deliver world class creative from one offs to fully integrated campaigns across multiple channels.

The Senior Art Director should have a proven track record to come up with award winning ideas for TV, radio, Email, Digital Ads, Out of Home, Landing Pages, Direct Mail and Social posts.

Requirements

Must have:

• 6+ years experience in a similar role or capacity
• Strong attention to detail, organized and extremely buttoned down
• Amazing presentation skills
• Mastery of craft: sweating the small stuff
• Agency experience working on big clients
• Proficient in Adobe CS, especially InDesign, XD and Figma
• Typographic snobbery

Nice to have:

• Award winning work, but also willing to roll up their sleeves
• Sketch

What’s in it for you?

• Work Life Balance with BIMM days: Spend your birthday any way you’d like, as long as it’s not at the office. Extra day off to enjoy every summer holiday and a week-long end-of-year break. Boo-yah!
• Benefits: We offer a comprehensive health & dental benefits plan with an Employee Assistance Program. BIMMers are also given extra $$$ to put towards wellness or health-related needs. Did we mention our RRSP with matching? A lil BIMM bonus to build your bank.
• Culture: Our squad is fun, friendly and entirely egoless. Our social committee plans BIMM bashes, Tasty Thursdays and quarterly outings like candle making workshops, board game nights, Jays games and cooking classes. Our summer and holiday parties are quite memorable as well! Having Fun Everyday is one of our core values.
• We believe in working & meeting with purpose. We observe a hybrid working model in our beautiful dog-friendly office located in the Distillery District, stuffed with snacks.
• Belonging: Our dedicated DEI committee provides thought-provoking insights which are reflected in our work; They also organize engaging awareness activities and events to showcase BIMMER’s professional talents and personalities. What talents might you bring? 🙂
• Growth: BIMM is part of kyu collective which gives our employees access to the network’s resources, training, offices, and more. We also prioritize your personal and professional development with opportunities like on-site Lunch n’ Learns, conferences and online courses. Love 2 Learn.

BIMM is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and accessible. We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without discrimination. Please let us know if accommodation for the recruitment/interview process is required and we will work with you to make sure your needs are met.

BIMM

Now Hiring! Current & Former Models, Actors & Cosmetologists!

Modeling, Acting & Cosmetology Coach [Instructor, Teacher]

Barbizon USA is seeking a part-time, highly motivated, energetic, enthusiastic Modeling, Acting and Cosmetology Coach [Instructor, Teacher]. Modeling, Acting & Cosmetology Coaches are proactive individuals who have a strong desire to share their knowledge of the industry to aspiring pre-teen and teen models and actors.

Benefits:

• In-depth training on the Barbizon curriculum
  Pre-set lesson plans and detailed instructions
  Specific schedule for all class dates in advance
  Strong support system to help you succeed
  Ability to have a life-changing impact with your students!

Skills and Requirements:

• Experience in modeling, acting, cosmetology or teaching is preferred. Examples: modeling, runway, print work, public speaking, commercials, TV, Improv, monologues, acting, radio, photography, makeup artistry, hair design, teaching, fitness, pageantry, etc.
  Ability to work at least once a month on Saturday and/or Sunday from 8 am – 6:30 pm
  Comprehension and implementation of curriculum
  Team player mentality
  Ability to articulate clearly
  Passionate about working with children and young adults
  Professional individual who is responsible and reliable
  Available to attend our dynamic and intensive instructor training

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Ability to teach Barbizon’s world-renowned curriculum (modeling, acting and personal development)
  Create a fun environment suitable for learning
  Enhance the lives of young people
  Maintain a high quality of education in the classroom

Company Information:

Barbizon has been in business since 1939. We are the largest and most successful business of our kind. Our focus is to educate our students in modeling, acting and personal development. We also place our graduates in the local, regional, national, and international markets in the modeling and acting industry. Please visit our website for more information at www.barbizonmodeling.com or join us on Facebook to view photos and hear about some of our success stories from around the country and in your local area!

Barbizon USA has also been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Tampa Bay Times for the last 7 years (2017-2023)! Come join the fun!

Growth Opportunities:

There are substantial opportunities for growth in our quickly expanding company for dedicated and passionate instructors!

Job Type: Part-time

Looking for an experienced PRODUCTION DESIGNER for a mystery/thriller shooting during LATE JUNE in NEW JERSEY.

• We’re looking for someone who has an eye for surreal paintings, has a love for A24, and Darren Aronofsky films.
• This is a PAID position and we’re looking staff/do interviews as soon as possible. 

SEEKING: Casting Associate or highly experience Casting Assistant to join them in their London office
Between 18th April and 9th June 2023 on a fixed-term full time basis.

• Must have knowledge of UK musical theatre actors, agents and colleges – experience casting dancer is a plus
• This person will be working across several international projects through this period, and will be based in their Southwark office and in central London for in-persons auditions.
• Must have experience running fast-paced audition rooms and be able to work independently as well as in a team – we love a well-organized list.
• Own laptop essential – ideally a Mac so all systems are compatible.

“ERIC” PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JOB POSTING

MISSION STATEMENT

• To create an inclusion program that forges and develops career paths for diverse talent behind-the-camera

OVERVIEW

• The ERIC PA position offers a unique opportunity to individuals from underrepresented groups to forge their career path in the film industry.
• Our production is searching for aspiring filmmakers to fill a variety of entry-level positions on set during the month of May in New Jersey. In an effort to honor the rich culture that plays an integral role in the plot of ‘ERIC’, we are searching for candidates of all backgrounds and those who are bilingual. We have several paid entry-level positions available for short term employment. 

Participant’s work day(s)

• will be determined by the production’s needs and multiple days of employment may not be consecutive.
• Participants may be asked to work on weekends. All candidates for the ERIC PA Program must be at least 18 years of age.

OBJECTIVES

As part of our continuing commitment to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities in the New Jersey film industry, we will offer opportunities to under-represented groups with the aim of:

• Providing real jobs to those starting their career path in the film industry.
• Increasing diversity within the New Jersey film industry.
• Fostering a team mentality so as to build a network for ERIC PA Program
• Participants to support each other as their careers develop.

SELECTION PROCESS

Prospective candidates are asked to send resumes and complete the attached questionnaire. 

FINANCIALS

• Participants will receive a PA salary of $15.00/hr per each 8-hour work day. Premium pay will occur for 6th and 7th days if needed.