General Staff Jobs

We’re looking for a creative thinker familiar with marketing campaigns and comfortable taking direction from written and verbal creative briefs and offer consultation on these too. You also have a content background and the ability to deliver visually and editorially compelling assets for a high-level audience both internal and external to the business.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, present, and execute print and multi-channel digital assets (web, social, email, whitepapers, presentation materials, UX/UI), translating business needs into engaging B2B solutions that capture brand and market positioning.
• Conduct image searches and selection for digital projects on various stock platforms using brand guidelines and requirements
• Creating multimedia animations and motion graphics in After Effects, video content editing in Premiere Pro.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team, supporting creative operations to execute elegant, intentional, editorially-relevant designs using brand identity system.
• Visual storytelling through graphic design (typography, composition, layout) and animation for digital and experiential mediums.
• Advise on best practices and provide solutions when the business requires it.

Key skills/experience:

• Exceptional video and design skills, with a creative flair.
• Proficiency in products like After Effects, Premiere Pro and others that allow animators to create animated text and graphics, composite images, add sound, and render the files into a final form.
• Self-directed, self-starter, and motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, a strong sense of urgency with sensitivity to time pressures and multiple deadlines.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform well and remain organized under tight deadlines.

Good to have:

• Experience working in Financial Services arena is a plus.
• Power Point expertise is a plus

*Looking for someone to work shifted late day hours to communicate with overseas markets

Robert Half

Position Summary: Grand Circle Corporation is seeking a qualified and dedicated Art Director with a strong background in creating a variety of marketing initiatives from conception to finalization. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented multitasker, with strong communication and teamwork skills, who thrives in a fast-paced and creative environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great marketing team that is focused on driving revenue and profit growth of the business through creative marketing materials.

Job Description

• Plan the layout and visuals for digital and print promotions from conception to execution
• Establish and maintain a cohesive brand vision that achieves project goals
• Oversee and manage a team of in-house graphic designers and photo editors
• Be actively involved in the hiring and training process of creative staff
• Thoroughly review design comps and photography to ensure strategies were implemented
• Review the work, troubleshoot, and provide feedback to creative teams
• Create Plan to obtain more photos of travelers and locals in key locations – through photo shoots, contests, and research
• Create and maintain a style guide for all print material
• Ensure all deadlines are met

Job Requirements

• 8+ years working as a Art Director in a Direct Mail environment. Knowledge of web design or UX a plus.
• Understanding of Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign & Illustrator
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple jobs simultaneously, and re-prioritize at a moment’s notice
• Proficient in Macs & strong technical skills
• Strong communication, conceptual thinking, typography, and design skills
• Must have a positive attitude and high energy
• A passion for travel and/or travel industry experience preferred

Grand Circle Corporation

Position Summary: Grand Circle Corporation is seeking a qualified and dedicated Art Director with a strong background in creating a variety of marketing initiatives from conception to finalization. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented multitasker, with strong communication and teamwork skills, who thrives in a fast-paced and creative environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great marketing team that is focused on driving revenue and profit growth of the business through creative marketing materials.

Job Description

• Plan the layout and visuals for digital and print promotions from conception to execution
• Establish and maintain a cohesive brand vision that achieves project goals
• Oversee and manage a team of in-house graphic designers and photo editors
• Be actively involved in the hiring and training process of creative staff
• Thoroughly review design comps and photography to ensure strategies were implemented
• Review the work, troubleshoot, and provide feedback to creative teams
• Create Plan to obtain more photos of travelers and locals in key locations – through photo shoots, contests, and research
• Create and maintain a style guide for all print material
• Ensure all deadlines are met

Job Requirements

• 8+ years working as a Art Director in a Direct Mail environment. Knowledge of web design or UX a plus.
• Understanding of Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign & Illustrator
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple jobs simultaneously, and re-prioritize at a moment’s notice
• Proficient in Macs & strong technical skills
• Strong communication, conceptual thinking, typography, and design skills
• Must have a positive attitude and high energy
• A passion for travel and/or travel industry experience preferred

Grand Circle Corporation

POSITION DESCRIPTION

ROLE: SR. ART DIRECTOR

TEAM: THE KITCHEN NORTH AMERICA

ABOUT THE KITCHEN NORTH AMERICA

The Kitchen brings 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 that live in a variety of mediums, with a focus on 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.

OVERVIEW

As the team’s Sr. Art Director, you’re a key contributor of ideas, and the visual leader of a creative team dedicated to producing high quality content. Your work will stand out on social platforms and in the real world, driving conversation and headlines. You’ll be a leader to a team of social creatives, and a partner to a Writer who (like you) wants to make clever, disruptive work for iconic brands.

You’ll partner with your team’s Creative Director, your writing partner and a team of designers and creators to innovate, and visually concept design ideas that break the norms and disrupt social media. When the Kitchen isn’t reacting to cultural moments, it’s making its own moments: planning 365 days of culture: acts, content, thumb-stopping design, and interactions that breathe personality and life into amazing brands all year long.

You’ll need a strong understanding of the best-practice design principles for Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, but you’ll also need to be comfortable breaking them with innovation that captures attention in new ways. Your experience in traditional mediums will help you raise the quality of work that we do and ensure we tell compelling stories. You’ll work at a pace that fits the dynamic needs of an agile agency, working quickly when needed to capture the moment, and taking the time to perfect ideas when the opportunity allows it. You’ll use your unique skillset and design eye to inspire others around you.

Your work will make a meaningful impact with a multi-talented team in North America (Toronto & Chicago) that blurs the lines of what marketing can be in today’s always-on, socially connected marketing industry.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• CREATIVE IDEATION: Work in collaboration with your creative partner to create and develop world-class ideas that earn attention and gets talked about online and in the media. You understand how to spot a consumer or cultural tension point, and to find an idea that leans into it.
• ART DIRECTION: You are an experienced art director who manages others to a level of visual quality that meets your own high standards. You have experience elevating others’ work and a care for your craft.
• TEAM LEADERSHIP: Leads by example to help inspire the creative team around them. Motivates and works with a team of designers, producers, social media/community managers and strategists to ensure that The Kitchen is a collaborative place for producing great ideas. Pushes the creative team around them to be more agile – generating ideas quickly, reactively, and constantly.
• INNOVATIVE & TRADITIONAL DESIGN: You work in a wide range of mediums ranging from traditional video and photo content, real world design (experiential) and social media content.
• BRAND DESIGN: You steward the look and feel of iconic brands, ensuring they have a consistent look and feel online. You are the final voice in ensuring these brands have a consistent high-quality look and feel across all mediums.
• PRESENTATION: Create compelling visual stories that bring ideas to life and gets hands-on as required to design those presentation decks that sell through big ideas. Develops storyboards and presentation decks that help preview the creative ideas we want to make.
• COLLABORATION: Acts with optimism and a love for the next big challenge, working as one integrated team with your creative partner, as well as the broader team. Participates in and occasionally leads brainstorms with positive energy and big-idea thinking – ability to think about how we can bring ideas to life visually, but also able to think broadly about big ideas and how they come to life.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• 5+ years of experience at the art director level, or experience with a as an art director with a proven track record of leading and stewarding brands visually
• A broad portfolio that includes examples of work you have created yourself. Your portfolio includes examples of ground- breaking, innovative work, including examples of social media work that elevates the medium
• College or University diploma in Advertising, Graphic or Communication Design is preferred
• The ability to execute concepts at a level that is among the top-tier in the industry
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both written and verbal
• Exposure to Art Direction, Photo Shoots, and UI/UX are an advantage
• Proficient using Mac OS, Adobe Creative Cloud (Expert knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign), SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (or Keynote)

The Kitchen

‘Mamma Mia! The Party’, London’s premier dining experience, successfully launched at a specially built venue in The O2 in August 2019. The team have created an ‘outdoor’, Greek taverna with the aim of transporting the 500-dining guest audience for a few hours to the Greek island of Skopelos seven performances per week, Wednesday to Sunday.

Created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, ‘Mamma Mia! The Party’ is a unique and magical experience in a class of its own, bringing all ABBA’s hits to life more vividly than ever before: over the course of four glittering hours, guests can immerse themselves in a spectacular musical extravaganza, a four-course Greek feast and an ABBA disco, all in one unforgettable evening of dancing, dining and singing! With all the splendour and real-life detail of a high-budget movie set.

The MMTP concept was first produced in Stockholm and proved to be a strong success over the past years in Sweden and has become a massive hit in London.

You should have solid experience working as an ASM in the West End or on large-scale tours (2+ years)

Experience on the Book is preferred.

Experience in flying and/or aerial would be ideal.

Venue – The O2 Arena, London.

Please apply with your CV and a short covering letter.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Website: www.mammamiatheparty.co.uk

Mamma Mia! The Party

‘Mamma Mia! The Party’, London’s premier dining experience, successfully launched at a specially built venue in The O2 in August 2019. The team have created an ‘outdoor’, Greek taverna with the aim of transporting the 500-dining guest audience for a few hours to the Greek island of Skopelos seven performances per week, Wednesday to Sunday.

Created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, ‘Mamma Mia! The Party’ is a unique and magical experience in a class of its own, bringing all ABBA’s hits to life more vividly than ever before: over the course of four glittering hours, guests can immerse themselves in a spectacular musical extravaganza, a four-course Greek feast and an ABBA disco, all in one unforgettable evening of dancing, dining and singing! With all the splendour and real-life detail of a high-budget movie set.

The MMTP concept was first produced in Stockholm and proved to be a strong success over the past years in Sweden and has become a massive hit in London.

You should have solid experience working as an ASM in the West End or on large-scale tours (2+ years)

Experience on the Book is preferred.

Experience in flying and/or aerial would be ideal.

Venue – The O2 Arena, London.

Please apply with your CV and a short covering letter.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Website: www.mammamiatheparty.co.uk

Mamma Mia! The Party

JACOBS ENTERTAINMENT INC.

EMEA Marketing Coordinator (Factual Television)

Role: EMEA Marketing Coordinator

Industry: Factual Entertainment

Type: Contract (Day Rate)

Duration: 3 Months +

Start: ASAP / Urgent

Location: London (on-site x4 days per week)

Pay Rate: £150 – £180 per day

IR35 Determination: Inside IR35

EMEA Marketing Coordinator (Factual Television)

CPS Group UK are delighted to be working with a leading house-hold name brand in Factual Entertainment for the appointment of a Marketing Coordinator to support both UK & EMEA Marketing strategy and operations.

The role will focus on supporting the development of ‘best in class’ brand and content marketing strategy guidance for EMEA markets, implementing 360 campaigns in the UK to drive awareness and visits to key monetised platforms.

*This is a fantastic opportunity for a Marketing Supervisor or Coordinator to gain unrivalled experience with a leader in factual entertainment, devising and executing campaigns with some of the world’s most well-known brands*

Role Requirements

• Support the Marketing Managers with curating EMEA marketing strategies and implementing UK ATL campaigns
• Support E2E tactical priority campaigns (from briefing to implementation and post-campaign analysis)
• Work with Marketing, Digital, Programming and Research teams to write creative briefs, meeting key production deadlines
• Manage the necessary stakeholder approvals
• Be a key POC for UK affiliate partners, build strong relationships and deliver timely communications to bolster awareness of and support for our content priorities & premier releases
• Manage the development and delivery of B2B comms
• Build media plans alongside the owned media and on-air media planning teams
• Work with the research team to decipher performance and audience insights and trends
• Provide full post-campaign analyses and identify go-forward recommendations for future campaigns

Required Skills & Experience

• Strategic marketing capabilities including working on campaigns/media planning
• Understanding and knowledge of digital and social platforms
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills [written and spoken English]
• Highly organised with excellent ability to manage own and others time
• Strong team player – positive and proactive
• Passion for marketing and television
• Excellent computer and Microsoft Office skills
• Experience working in Film/Television/Media industry (desirable)
• Experience of supporting the E2E delivery of large-scale, integrated campaigns (desirable)

For more information or immediate consideration for this opportunity, please contact Charlie Grant at CPS Group UK on 02920 37 55 99 or email [email protected]

CPS Group (UK) Limited.

EMEA Marketing Coordinator (Factual Television)

Role: EMEA Marketing Coordinator

Industry: Factual Entertainment

Type: Contract (Day Rate)

Duration: 3 Months +

Start: ASAP / Urgent

Location: London (on-site x4 days per week)

Pay Rate: £150 – £180 per day

IR35 Determination: Inside IR35

EMEA Marketing Coordinator (Factual Television)

CPS Group UK are delighted to be working with a leading house-hold name brand in Factual Entertainment for the appointment of a Marketing Coordinator to support both UK & EMEA Marketing strategy and operations.

The role will focus on supporting the development of ‘best in class’ brand and content marketing strategy guidance for EMEA markets, implementing 360 campaigns in the UK to drive awareness and visits to key monetised platforms.

*This is a fantastic opportunity for a Marketing Supervisor or Coordinator to gain unrivalled experience with a leader in factual entertainment, devising and executing campaigns with some of the world’s most well-known brands*

Role Requirements

• Support the Marketing Managers with curating EMEA marketing strategies and implementing UK ATL campaigns
• Support E2E tactical priority campaigns (from briefing to implementation and post-campaign analysis)
• Work with Marketing, Digital, Programming and Research teams to write creative briefs, meeting key production deadlines
• Manage the necessary stakeholder approvals
• Be a key POC for UK affiliate partners, build strong relationships and deliver timely communications to bolster awareness of and support for our content priorities & premier releases
• Manage the development and delivery of B2B comms
• Build media plans alongside the owned media and on-air media planning teams
• Work with the research team to decipher performance and audience insights and trends
• Provide full post-campaign analyses and identify go-forward recommendations for future campaigns

Required Skills & Experience

• Strategic marketing capabilities including working on campaigns/media planning
• Understanding and knowledge of digital and social platforms
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills [written and spoken English]
• Highly organised with excellent ability to manage own and others time
• Strong team player – positive and proactive
• Passion for marketing and television
• Excellent computer and Microsoft Office skills
• Experience working in Film/Television/Media industry (desirable)
• Experience of supporting the E2E delivery of large-scale, integrated campaigns (desirable)

For more information or immediate consideration for this opportunity, please contact Charlie Grant at CPS Group UK on 02920 37 55 99 or email [email protected]

CPS Group (UK) Limited.

The opportunity:

The Creative Director of Visual Design and Brand Identity will report to the Global Head, Creative Services. The role is based out of the Atlanta, Georgia, headquarters and represents the face of visual design asset development and visual brand identity for the Creative Services team across the company. The successful candidate must have strong executive presence and global business acumen to bring strategic messaging to life across various internal and external platforms. The Creative Director of Visual Design and Brand Identity will interact directly with the company’s C-suite, business and functional leaders to:

* Manage the creative direction, style and tone of world-class visual design assets across internal and external platforms, vents and collateral.
* Demonstrate a mastery of visual graphic design production that increases engagement with our target audiences.
* Lead the delivery and evolution of our visual design and brand identity, building brand awareness differentiating us from the competition.
* Lead professional development for in-house and agency talent to deliver results and support future growth.

How you will impact WestRock:
Visual Design:

* Develop, lead and execute a strategic visual design plan to bring messaging to life ensuring alignment with WestRock’s purpose, values, vision and strategy.
* Partner with senior leaders and other internal partners on visual design asset development to activate key messaging that increases stakeholder engagement.
* Own the end-to-end process including leading creative brainstorms through the production and management of assets and workflow to effectively meet the needs of our customers.
* Assess priorities and allocate team resources to manage work requests.
* Oversee development of visual design asset library on digital asset management system.
* Keep up with the latest creative trends and best practices to drive digital media to the next level.
* Develop, evaluate and optimize processes on a regular basis to ensure resources are used effectively and responsibly and processes are effective and efficient.
* Overcome obstacles by proactively seeking new solutions to advance the team or project.
* Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of visual assets on campaigns and use on various platforms.
* Ensure consistency in visual brand design for internal and external asset development.
* Source and manage third-party vendors for overflow of creative needs.

Brand Identity:

* Develop and implement key strategies for the ongoing advancement of WestRock’s visual brand identity.
* Educate and drive understanding and alignment across the organization around our brand identity providing direction and ongoing education.
* Be a strategic partner with our internal teams and their designated agencies.
* Lead maintenance of brand asset resources (digital hub) and tools (brand center).

Team:

* Lead and manage a high-performing team of visual design professionals (graphic designers, presentation support).
* Communicate strategy, goals and expectations to team members, plan for team growth opportunities, monitor performance and provide timely feedback.
* Cultivate a bench of talent to deliver results and support future growth.
* Drive performance and growth through ongoing feedback, coaching and development.
* Facilitate open communication among team members and resolve any issues in a professional, and transparent manner.
* Recognize and celebrate team member excellence.

What you need to succeed:

* The ideal candidate is a skilled storyteller, has exceptional creative direction skills, is experienced in graphic design and editing, and doesn’t mind rolling up their sleeves and doing the work as needed.
* Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, marketing, communications or related field.
* 10+ years of experience successfully developing and managing visual design team strategies.
* 5+ years of experience managing people on high-performing teams.
* Ability to communicate easily and provide strategic counsel and influence with cross-functional teams.
* Experience with scaling up a digital media team.
* A strategic, can-do and resourceful attitude.
* Experience working in a fast-based environment with strong attention to detail, excellent problem-solving skills and process design capabilities.
* Strong proficiency and experience with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
WestRock Company