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WFMZ-TV covers the northern portion of the Philadelphia DMA, focusing on Allentown, Reading, Bethlehem, and Easton. We’re looking for an experienced producer ready to take on the task of supervising reporters and producers to develop strong scripts and compelling shows.  Quality control is the fundamental mission. Send resume and references to [email protected]. Please mention Job #L420 in all correspondence. EOE

WFMZ-TV

Position Summary:

As part of the production team of the East Hartford Summer Youth Festival’s summer 2023 production of Disney’s Newsies, the Music Director oversees the musical aspects of the production, including leading music rehearsals and conducting the pit orchestra.

Rehearsals begin June 20 and are held on Monday-Thursday evenings. Performances will be July 28-30

Stipend available for qualified candidates

Position Responsibilities:

·       Attend and accompany auditions (or help to secure an accompanist)

·       Together with the director, assign vocal parts to cast members (Cast is age 8-adult).

·       Plan and conduct music rehearsals and music related elements of production in a fun but safe manner.

·       Help provide music rehearsal tracks as needed.

·       Provide individual assistance to cast members in learning music when needed.

·       Help find musicians to fill pit orchestra positions as well as conduct pit orchestra for performances.

·       Ensure all materials are gathered and put away after rehearsals and performances.

·       Attend all rehearsals and performances as scheduled.

Qualifications

Experience music directing children and adult musical theater productions, teaching music to people of all skill and experience levels, piano accompaniment skills, and ability to conduct both singers and pit orchestra.

East Hartford Summer Youth Festival Inc

You’re already a high achieving Senior AM or AD with great experience in Sports, Entertainment or Lifestyle PR & Comms. Our client is a Global creative comms agency working at the nexus of sports, entertainment, lifestyle and culture, they’re expanding their client roster and are looking for an Account Director to contribute to strategy and deliver great PR & Communications campaigns for a major global gaming and eSports client. If you’re energetic SAM or AD with experience in PR & Comms in sports, entertainment or lifestyle and looking to progress your career at an agency that empowers its people through autonomy then this role could be the one for you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Delivering best in class strategic and creative planning for a major global brand
• Delivering world class global multi-channel campaigns leveraging influencers and culture
• Contributing to the creation of world class toolkits and guidelines
• Delivering the best in critical path planning, budgeting, client and team management
• Writing the most creative and engaging copy of your career so far
• Setting new standards in campaign management and delivery
• Making reporting and evaluation as simple and easy as possible
• Managing and developing junior team members
• Contributing to a fully inclusive culture that actually values diversity

Who you are:

• An experienced Sports PR & Comms Senior AM or AD with exposure to strategy development fully able to deliver great campaigns
• Experienced in creative and content strategy with a focus on Gen Z audiences
• Experienced in sourcing and managing sports and entertainment talent and influencers
• Someone with strong knowledge of digital channels and experience of the various social media platforms
• Experienced in building global comms or marketing toolkits for major brands
• Not necessarily a hard-core gamer but someone well tapped into the intersection sports, fashion and culture
• Above all someone who has a growth mindset, doesn’t need micromanaging and is willing and able to contribute to a positive and inclusive agency culture

What You’ll get:

• The opportunity to do your best work ever for some of the world’s most iconic brands across all areas of sport and entertainment
• The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in sports and entertainment marcoms
• The chance to work with a global agency of 750 plus people that still retains a scale-up mentality
• Work somewhere where the MD is actually delivering on diversity & inclusion
• A base salary up to £55K DoE, plus hybrid working.
• Some international travel and so many other benefits that there simply isn’t the room on here to mention…

f1 Recruitment Limited

Working in part of a global integrated agency you will be an established Account Director, you will be an ambitious and proactive manager with a wealth of knowledge of the AV marketplace, built up through several years working within an agency setting. You will have already developed strong relations with media owners, will collaborate effectively within a team and build solid relationships across the wider agency.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the continued development and professional growth of the talented AV team
• Develop and cultivate relationships with clients in a manner that generates opportunities for both the client and agency
• Take a lead role in developing AV strategy for key clients and across the AV department as a whole
• Contribute significantly to new business pitches, including presenting as part of the pitch team
• Lead the AV planning and buying of key client AV accounts with annual budgets in eight-figures
• Undertake rate negotiations and act as a point of escalation for the team in resolving issues
• Monitor department reconciliation positions and report back to Head of AV/Managing Director

Key requirements

• Demonstrate experience of developing individuals within a team
• Highly experienced using AV planning, buying and reporting tools, including TechEdge, DDS, attribution software
• Exceptional administration skills
• Concern for and a superb attention to detail
• An ability to identify key insights from AV campaigns and develop client strategies around them
• Ability to work to multiple deadlines, across multiple clients and under pressure
• Ability to prioritise workloads and support the team to manage theirs
• The ability to confidently communicate with senior clients and media owners on a daily basis
• Minimum of 5 year’s industry experience – preferably within a media agency
• A proactive and positive “can do” attitude, always ready to go above and beyond to deliver exceptional quality and service

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, they are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all their people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.

A culture of learning and development is also central to the ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.

If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now.

Ashley James Technology

A vibrant, dynamic, and successful entertainment business is looking for an experienced CRM Manager to lead customer engagement and experience and drive customer growth.

You will create a CRM strategy working closely with internal teams that is highly personalised and with real-time decisioning.

You will be hands-on and define, manage, and report on CRM objectives, tracking customer acquisition, conversion, retention, and lifetime value.

Experience in managing and segmenting customer data and creating meaningful, compelling customer journeys and experiences.

You will have experience in managing large-scale and complex CRM activity across the full marketing mix.

You will also manage, mentor, and guide a junior CRM executive.

If you have a passion for film, and entertainment and looking for a challenge then this is the role for you.

This role is office based for 4 days a week (SW London) with a day at home. Fantastic office and benefits on offer.

Direct Recruitment

Interim Finance Director | High-Growth Live Entertainment Company | Temp-to-Perm

Harmonic are delighted to be working with one of the UK’s most renowned live entertainment businesses. The company operate predominantly in the Entertainment event space and have begun to expand their operational internationally, putting on shows in Europe and Asia. As the Interim Finance Director, your role will be integral to the short-term financial wellbeing of the organisation as well as road-mapping and commercial support for the expansion, should the contract go temp-to-perm.

The business currently has a turnover of in excess of £15 million, which has bounced back incredibly quickly since the Covid pandemic and has recently been subject to a £4million fundraise. They organise around 10 events and festivals, predominantly in the UK, but have begun to already have an international foothold. The company is well-known for having an inclusive working environment, with a sociable and fun-loving team. Our client requires an experienced Finance Director who can hit the ground running and begin this role by the end of January.

The Role

Starting initially with a 3-month contract, there is a high chance this will develop into a permanent position as the business looks to expand its sphere of influence in the live entertainment market across the globe. Reporting directly into the Business Directors, this role also comes with management responsibilities, leading the other two members of their finance department.

Your responsibilities will include overarching responsibility of the finance function, ensuring that a high level of financial control is established and maintained. As well as the general accounting duties, such as reviewing month-end and leading the annual audit, this position will be highly commercial acting as a business partner to various departmental leads as well as running the budgeting and forecasting process. The Directors are looking for a Finance Director who is commercially astute enough to play a significant role in setting the commercial and financial strategy of the business alongside the Directors.

Duties

• Overall responsibility of the Finance function
• Working closely with the Directors to produce the commercial and financial strategy
• Responsibility for the production of budget and forecast
• Preparation of annual accounts
• Acting as a finance business partners to various departments including commercial, marketing, and senior leadership teams
• Analysing profitability of various projects
• Supervising and reviewing Management Accounts
• Manage and mentor the more junior members of the finance team

Required Experience

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA Qualified
• Experience in the Events/Festivals/Entertainment/Hospitality/Music sector
• Experience working in consumer and supplier facing businesses.
• High level of written and verbal communication skills
• Strong personal interest in live music and events!

Day Rate: £550-£650/day (Inside IR35)

Start Date: 30th January

Location: London

If this is something of interest, please get in touch at [email protected] or please apply online.

If this role is of interest, please apply online. Due to the high volume of applications, we are receiving, if you have not heard back from us, please assume your application was unfortunately unsuccessful on this occasion.

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Harmonic Finance™ | Certified B Corp

Creative Director / Senior Art Director (Part time 3 days a week)

SEEN Group Values:

• Creativity

• Inclusivity

• Positivity

• Excellence

The Opportunity

This role is at the heart of the SEEN Works division working closely with our Divisional Director, Associate Beauty Director and design team to lead creative direction across our brands. You will partner with our Clients and team to provide the best creative and strategic solutions across our roster of world class Beauty Brands to originate ideas so inspiring they elevate perceptions of Beauty.

Your role will be fully integrated working across all internal teams to lead the development and delivery of creative content and experiences across all channels.

This is an opportunity to work across some of the world’s strongest Beauty brands so you will need to be an ambitious and commercially minded Creative Director.

The work you do will place us ahead of our competition and encourage our internal teams and clients to boldly pursue innovative ideas that translate into outstanding creative and experiences consumers will remember.

The role

• You will be working to set the creative vision and aesthetic agenda for our clients – both at a brand and campaign level.
• You will work collaboratively to translate strategy and insight into stand out creative concepts which transcend multiple channels.
• You will work across SEEN Group to deliver excellent creative solutions to meet client needs, in partnership with strategy, client services, production and other internal teams
• You will work with our clients and wider SEEN Group teams to understand the real business problems to solve with creative and cut through solutions.
• You will present and articulate visions, strategies and technologies to clients from marketing executives to Board level
• You will establish your own relationships with key clients. Actively work to unlock briefs from new and existing clients
• You will be responsible for developing creative solutions on communication, planning and pitches across brands and teams
• You are always thinking ahead, aligning your creative vision to the structure, vision and future of the business
• You will be responsible for design direction and lead vision / innovation workshop activities
• You will be responsible for Inspiring and leading the creative vision across Direct Reports and all SEEN Group team.
• You will be responsible for contributing to creative direction on new business pitches. Driving the process from start to finish, ensuring that we deliver first class creative work.
• Being a leader and advocate of the group creative process – ensuring the process is used efficiently and improved where there are challenges.
• To help grow the agency’s reputation and strive to develop work that wins awards and is stand out in Beauty.
• Leading multiple projects from conception to completion in accordance with deadlines
• Evaluating and, if necessary, altering, the content of projects before completion

To succeed in this role you will demonstrate the following:

• Experience from within an integrated creative agency, ideally involved with Beauty accounts
• Experienced as a media-agnostic creative
• An innovative thinker who is always looking to challenge the work produced to ensure it is of exceptional quality
• Gravitas, a sharp thinker who is big picture savvy
• Instinctive problem solver with a love of complex problems and elegant solutions
• Confident, articulate and persuasive; someone who enjoys sharing and developing ideas.
• A confident and persuasive visual thinker, a skilled crafter and deliverer of presentations
• Highly collaborative and adaptive to working with all disciplines within the agency
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to push back on clients where appropriate

To learn more about SEEN Group visit seengroup.com* or follow us on Instagram *@seen_group

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday per year, plus additional days off at Christmas and New Year
• Monthly gym membership
• Hybrid Working – 2 office days a week
• 3 Wellness Days
• Mental health support – including chat and video therapy
• Pension contribution
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced family leave package

SEEN Group

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in healthcare, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity—operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of talent and capabilities—the elements of advertising, experience, public relations, health, and consulting work fluidly across 131 offices in 93 countries to spark world-class creative solutions for our clients.

About the Role

Senior Art Directors at Ogilvy Health own their brands, managing the evolution of the branding through design and concept development. They collaborate within a multi-functional team that includes Art Directors, Medical and Creative Copywriters, as well as Client Services, to deliver the best result while ensuring branding consistency.

It is a great opportunity for a creative, curious person to be part of a bright, collaborative team dedicated to pushing the envelope in healthcare advertising to bring freshness and excitement to a highly regulated industry. The challenges are many and varied, with brands in both Canadian and global markets, and communications for HCPs, patients, consumers, and more.

What You’ll Do

· Work in a collaborative environment on various projects and campaigns

· Execute layouts to deliver on objectives of project briefs; updates as needed

· Oversee consistency across pieces, compliance with regulatory bodies, and manage evolution of your brands from a creative perspective

· Demonstrate skill in conceptual development when new creative is required

· Review layouts before release and back up Art Directors on their brands

· Complete updates for ongoing projects and communicate creative changes

· Attend project briefs and provide input/suggestions as needed

· Collaborate with copywriters to deliver on objectives of creative execution

· Deliver layouts on time and provide creative rationale for pieces

· Ensure consistency across pieces, and evolution of the brand

· Review and sign off on final layouts before release

What You’ll Need

· 5+ years’ experience in an agency or similar environment

· Team player who is eager to collaborate and mindful of others

· Solutions-oriented and resourceful

· Skill in conceptual development

· Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

· Meticulous – attention to detail is a must

· Avid listener, learner and contributor

· Interest in science, health and marketing, with a desire to keep learning

· Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere a bonus)

· Knowledge of Figma/Sketch

· Strong background in developing digital pieces and campaigns, and experience developing pieces destined for print

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy Health celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work that makes you proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

Ogilvy Health Canada employees are encouraged to bring their unique ideas, experiences and perspectives to the workplace. We strive to create an environment in which all employees can feel comfortable to contribute to their fullest potential regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Ogilvy Health Canada

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in healthcare, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity—operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of talent and capabilities—the elements of advertising, experience, public relations, health, and consulting work fluidly across 131 offices in 93 countries to spark world-class creative solutions for our clients.

About the Role

Senior Art Directors at Ogilvy Health own their brands, managing the evolution of the branding through design and concept development. They collaborate within a multi-functional team that includes Art Directors, Medical and Creative Copywriters, as well as Client Services, to deliver the best result while ensuring branding consistency.

It is a great opportunity for a creative, curious person to be part of a bright, collaborative team dedicated to pushing the envelope in healthcare advertising to bring freshness and excitement to a highly regulated industry. The challenges are many and varied, with brands in both Canadian and global markets, and communications for HCPs, patients, consumers, and more.

What You’ll Do

· Work in a collaborative environment on various projects and campaigns

· Execute layouts to deliver on objectives of project briefs; updates as needed

· Oversee consistency across pieces, compliance with regulatory bodies, and manage evolution of your brands from a creative perspective

· Demonstrate skill in conceptual development when new creative is required

· Review layouts before release and back up Art Directors on their brands

· Complete updates for ongoing projects and communicate creative changes

· Attend project briefs and provide input/suggestions as needed

· Collaborate with copywriters to deliver on objectives of creative execution

· Deliver layouts on time and provide creative rationale for pieces

· Ensure consistency across pieces, and evolution of the brand

· Review and sign off on final layouts before release

What You’ll Need

· 5+ years’ experience in an agency or similar environment

· Team player who is eager to collaborate and mindful of others

· Solutions-oriented and resourceful

· Skill in conceptual development

· Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

· Meticulous – attention to detail is a must

· Avid listener, learner and contributor

· Interest in science, health and marketing, with a desire to keep learning

· Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere a bonus)

· Knowledge of Figma/Sketch

· Strong background in developing digital pieces and campaigns, and experience developing pieces destined for print

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy Health celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work that makes you proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

Ogilvy Health Canada employees are encouraged to bring their unique ideas, experiences and perspectives to the workplace. We strive to create an environment in which all employees can feel comfortable to contribute to their fullest potential regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Ogilvy Health Canada

The Dominus Group is looking for a Finance Manager to join our pre-opening team at Hampton by Hilton London City.

Dominus Group, the London-based property developer and investment group, is looking for a pre-opening Finance Manager to join their new site, Hampton by Hilton London City, in the historic Aldgate.

Responding to strong demand for the Hampton by Hilton brand in London, the hotel is planned to open in May 2023 through a partnership with Dominvs Group and under the management of Madison Cairn. The hotel is a stone’s throw from Old Spitalfields Market, sandwiched between Shoreditch and the City, London’s historic business district. Plans will revitalise the 1960s building with features that complement the surrounding historic architecture.

The property is opening with 129 guestrooms in May 2023, building to 278 guestrooms in 2024.

What we offer

1.     Competitive salary with bonus scheme

2.     Friendly, people focused team 

3.     Development opportunity across the Dominus hotels portfolio, including several Marriott and Hilton brands 

4.     Pension 

5.     Staff rate across all Hilton brands and across the Dominus hotel portfolio 

6.     Staff events and recognition schemes 

About the role

The Finance Manager is an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within the company.

This is a key role, linking the hotel and Head Office finance and control requirements. The successful candidate will be managing risks as well as producing a suite of reports to enable effective and profitable running of the finance function within the hotel.

Key responsibilities will include: 

·       Implement and maintain acceptable accounting practices as required by company policy and procedures.

·       Develop and implement financial control procedures and systems to minimise risk; maintain records for internal and external audits; ensure compliance with government regulations and contractual agreements

·       Maintain group policies and procedures, ensuring tight financial management of the business.

·       Manage hotel contracts (example: vendor leases and/or service contracts).

·       Recommend actions to maximise financial return.

·       Ensure that all daily / weekly and monthly finance deadlines, tasks and processes have been complied with.

·       Update and keep track of the hotel P&L forecasts.

·       Prepare complete management accounts pack for hotel including balance sheet reconciliations. Budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities for department heads

·       Process and Review payroll as well as ensuring accuracy of reporting and manage its cost base.

·       Manage the production of weekly F&B flash reports

About you

·       Strong financial and commercial acumen

·       Strong communication skills through a variety of means

·       Excellent people management and leadership skills

·       High attention to detail and accuracy

·       Flexible and results driven

·       Preferred System knowledge: Fourth, OnQ, Sage200

This is an ideal role for someone who would like to take their first head of departmental role and would enjoy a rewarding challenge of new hotel opening. 

If you would like to join a people focused team in a unique, new opening hotel, please do get in touch! We look forward to hearing from you. 

Hampton by Hilton London City