Music Video Casting Calls and Auditions

JOB SUMMARY: As a full-time Art Director on the Firestone Walker Brand Design team, you’ll lead the strategic development and execution of multichannel creative initiatives for 805 beer ad campaigns (including, but not limited to), social/digital, packaging, film, retail, experiential, product branding, and marketing projects from start to finish. You’re a conceptual problem solver and design leader with fluency in creating visual concepts and storytelling to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and engage with consumers. You will own the creative process and visual ID for key brand categories working with the Head of Creative, marketing partners, and external creative teams to develop innovative creative material for 805 beer products and marketing campaigns.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

Specifically, the responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following activities:

• Develop world class creative and produce 360 multi-channel campaigns that get results
• Gather cross functional alignment and sell-in concepts to leadership
• Oversee production and execution of all creative aspects in collaboration with production teams and external partners across all formats and deliverables
• Develop and execute design projects across all channels
• Direct and manage photoshoots, video and film productions
• Contribute to elevating and advancing the overall 805 aesthetic that meets band guidelines
• Cross-functional relationship building and partnership to ensure strategic progression, improvement and consistency
• Translate product positioning, data, and marketing strategies into strategic ideas and design solutions
• Maintain creative experience for digital and CRM to ensure creative alignment, usability, engagement, and growth
• Stay up-to-date on cultural and design trends as well as potential creative partners who are pushing the look and capabilities of what’s current
• Cultivate team growth through mentorship and leading by example
• Collaborate with all team members to ensure progression, improvement and consistency
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 6+ years in a marketing or related field
• Proven track record in creating world class creative campaigns
• Highly collaborative approach, with experience in a fast-paced and cross-functional focused environment
• Strong ability to strategically include outside functional expertise and performance data into your creative solutions
• Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite with focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Keynote, and a familiarity with and understanding of video editing
• Experience leading photo shoots, video shoots, and all associated pre-production components
• Experience managing and delivering multiple projects in parallel
• Hands-on creative who is willing to make as well as lead projects
• Finger on the pulse of current design and youth culture trends including graphic and motion design, photography, music, sports, art, and fashion
• Must be driven to bring big ideas to life and passionate for the brand

What Firestone Walker Offers

• Competitive pay rate for an experienced individual with the right skills
• An excellent benefits package including:
• 100% paid premiums for employee including medical, dental, vision, & life insurance
• Accrued PTO (rate of 13 days per year)
• Accrued Sick Leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked)
• 401(k) retirement plan including company paid profit sharing & 4% matching
• 9 paid holidays per year

Please submit your cover letter and resume with your work experience when applying. Firestone Walker is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Cogs & Marvel, an award winning experiential agency, seeks an Art Director with a passion for design to join our growing team of creative talent. This role reports to the Creative Director in our San Francisco office, aligning on company goals and vision to push our work into new and constantly innovative directions. We’re looking for an exceptional visual storyteller who understands the power of narrative, live, and digital experience design.

Paramount in this role is an artistic design eye with multidisciplinary creative thinking. You should be comfortable ideating with your team and stakeholders to come up with fresh, conceptual content, from the big idea to the supporting details. What matters most is that you start with a story and imagine ways to bring that spirit to life in the most compelling way, across physical, digital, video—or all three. Cogs and Marvel is agnostic in terms of platforms and media. Our stories go where their audience lives, and we don’t constrain how an experience might express itself.

Headquartered in Ireland, our agency grew alongside the tech boom in Dublin, producing the biggest global activations for Google, Facebook, Twitter and other luminary companies. Now, with offices in San Francisco and London, we are growing our team and our capabilities, with an eye toward serving retailers, luxury and consumer lifestyle brands, arts organizations, and more. Help us visualize our dreams and turn artful ideas into extraordinary activations.

What you’ll do

• Ideate within a team to come up with fresh, immersive conceptual content, from the big idea to the supporting details
• Apply design thinking to live environments through brand activations, wayfinding, signage and other dimensional deliverables
• Bring concepts to life with key visuals (from sketches to 3D)
• Concept and design ideas for a range of demographic audiences, tailoring aesthetics with subtle nuances accordingly
• Lead projects, working with a team of artists and designers to bring original concepts to life
• Present and sell the work to clients with confidence
• Visually communicate original ideas that catch attention and pack an emotional punch
• Build decks that sell the idea through research, moodboards, cultural context, and effects
• Articulate the work’s meaning and resonance, from a cultural perspective
• Conceive ideas that deliver on specific strategic goals
• Oversee creative projects from ideation through execution, with an eye toward detail, quality and seamless production
• Demonstrate aesthetic that reflects a fluency with popular cultural references, but also stands out for its unique perspective

The ideal candidate should have

• Minimum five years of professional experience in design with a broad knowledge of branding, environmental, print, video, and digital, with at least two years working in a comparable position
• A portfolio demonstrating outstanding conceptual and design work
• Experience managing junior designers
• A strong foundation in design and typography (Experience with motion design, 3D, illustration, or packaging would be a plus)
• Must have a Design degree or work experience equivalent
• Demonstrable taste level in aesthetic approach
• Exceptional communication skills and confidence working within a multidisciplinary creative team
• Experience presenting concepts to team and external stakeholders
• General understanding of physical and spatial design
• A collaborative, diplomatic approach to teamwork
• A commitment to the rigor of the creative output
• Cultural curiosity
• A global mindset. Experience working in a diverse environment
• A demeanor of humility, respect, and optimism. No ego
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

Cogs & Marvel embraces diversity and celebrates our differences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible PTO
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k
• Commuter benefits
• Mobile Phone Stipend
• Generous parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Abundant opportunities that come with a dynamic and fast-growing organization!

Cogs & Marvel

Ministry Position

Spiritually grounded, and a person of practiced prayer and faith, the Director of Music will work collaboratively and strategically with the Vicar, the Priest and Director of Congregational Life, Liturgy and the Arts, and the Music Leadership team to imagine and enact liturgy that transcends conventional distinctions between high and low church and inspires the lifting of hearts and minds to God in praise, thanksgiving, and adoration.

The Director of Music will serve as the principal conductor of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. As the Principal Choral Director, the Director of Music will oversee the choral and vocal development of the choirs. Proven excellence in conducting is essential. A significant understanding and affinity for the Episcopal/Anglican musical tradition with both a deep and broad knowledge of sacred music from all periods is also required.

The Director of Music will further develop the choir’s activities with the Music Leadership team, exploring outreach and collaborative projects, including annual invitations to guest conductors. The Director of Music convenes the Music Leadership team, and with them and the Vicar, oversees all liturgical, professional, and community music programming at Trinity, helping to foster and nourish an environment where arts and music thrive for amateurs and professionals, for the congregation, and for the City of New York.

This individual must have high-level collaborative skills and demonstrate success in leading creative people in a complex organization. An open heart and generosity of spirit are essential as this people-centered role provides leadership within the congregation and community. The Director of Music must be education-minded, have at least a Master’s Degree in Music (Doctorate preferred), with excellent keyboard skills.

The Director of Music reports to the Vicar and directly supervises the Music Leadership team.

The annual salary range for this position is $200,000 to $225,000.

About Trinity’s Music Program

The music program at Trinity Church Wall Street aims to create and hold space for deep encounters with the Holy. Offering solace, inspiration, joy, connection, reflection, and invitation at each liturgy and concert, Trinity’s choirs and instrumental ensembles are committed to service as agents of healing and hope in a complex and often difficult city and world. Liturgical repertoire honors the diversity of New York City and ranges from Renaissance motets to the Anglican canon, spirituals, jazz collaborations, and new commissions, as well as large-scale works such as portions of J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Service, and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. On Sunday evenings, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street offers an intimate weekly Compline by Candlelight service featuring improvisation, chant, and newly composed sacred works. A monthly choral evensong, choral scholars program, and annual competition for sacred music commissions are all underway.

Trinity has a long tradition of presenting concerts for New York City. Members of Trinity’s peerless ensembles perform in many concerts each season and have a uniquely broad range of expertise from early to new music performance, offer an extensive discography, and often champion underrepresented composers. As a pioneer in amplifying the voices of female artists, Trinity has helped incubate many new compositions, including three Pulitzer Prize-winning works by women: Julia Wolfe’s oratorio Anthracite Fields, Du Yun’s opera Angel’s Bone, and Ellen Reid’s opera p r i s m.

Trinity’s music program also promotes lifelong engagement with music through a comprehensive music education program, cultural activities, and free access to acclaimed performances. Anchor programs include free weekday Concerts at One, Jazz at One, Bach at One, and Pipes at One, which present an array of artists and styles that embrace Trinity’s diverse community.

Musical education initiatives reach more than 1,000 children each year in New York City’s underserved schools and support youth in their musical, academic, social, and emotional development, primarily through the study, performance, and appreciation of diverse genres of music. Trinity provides students with a platform to perform in their local community and at Trinity, and the church supports an annual music camp for children at a partner organization, Hour Children. The Trinity Youth Chorus program, now in its 16th year and with 100 young singers enrolled, has its own schedule of performances and collaborations, and provides regular musical leadership during liturgy, concerts, and in recordings. Trinity also offers opportunities for adults to further their musical education and experience with the semiprofessional Downtown Voices choir and the St. Paul’s Chapel Choir.

PIPE ORGANS

St. Paul’s Chapel

Noack organ 1989/2017 III/31 stops

Mechanical action

The Noack Organ Company’s Opus 161, installed in St. Paul’s Chapel in 2017, is a reconstruction of an earlier Noack, Opus 111, installed in 1989 at Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

In September 2015, Trinity Church commissioned Noack to undertake a study to explore how the Opus 111 could be re-engineered into the historic, although altered, organ case at St. Paul’s, installed by English organ-builder George Pike England in 1802. This case had been altered three times: first in 1870 by Odell, who added side wings and a crowning, exposed swell box; again in 1928 by Skinner, who provided a different swell box; and finally in 1964 by Schlicker, who removed the swell box and furnished new façade pipes. Noack’s president, Didier Grassin, deftly showed how subtle alterations could restore good proportions to the case, while permitting all of Opus 111’s 29 stops to be fitted comfortably inside.

The revitalized organ arrived in New York in September 2017 and was ready for use that November. Its official debut in February 2018 included a full week of recitals, choral offerings, and concerts with NOVUS NY, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and guest organists and soloists. Today, the instrument sometimes leads special Compline services and is featured in regular Pipes at One recitals, welcoming guest organists from around the world.

Trinity Church

Glatter-Götz & Rosales 2024  IV/113 stops

Mechanical & electric action

In 2015, Glatter-Götz Orgelbau of Pfullendorf, Germany, with Manuel Rosales as tonal designer, were engaged to envision a new instrument for Trinity Church. The new organ is conceived along the lines of its predecessors, a united instrument of 113 independent stops between chancel and gallery sections. The chancel has 28 stops across Great, Swell, Positiv, Solo, and Pedal. The gallery’s 85 stops are apportioned among Great, Swell, Choir, Rückpositiv, Solo, and Pedal.

The organ’s appearance has undergone subtle changes. In the chancel, the side portions of both cases have been rearranged to house pipes in traditional practice. On the south (left) side, a new four-stop Positiv will contain an eight-foot Principal in façade, with a flute chorus within. Opposite, the Great’s Diapason and Octave will live in the case, with the remainder of this department enclosed in the Swell. The doubly enclosed Solo will contain a chorus of powerful trumpets alongside ethereal voices.

In the nave, Upjohn’s majestic 1846 case survives as the church’s oldest continuous piece of furniture. Minor alterations are envisioned to the upper pipe flats, to increase visual interest, and new façade pipes will be installed. The gallery railing, which once housed the Erben organ’s Choir section, will now have a 10-stop Rückpositiv, with an intimate character on light wind pressure. Modifications to the gallery railing from 1970 will be reversed, and the new ‘Chaire’ case will be sensitively integrated. The interior departments are arranged in a traditional manner, with the Swell placed prominently, high up behind the crest point.

The stoplist will be published after installation. Notable features include a duophonic 32-foot Open Wood, together with three other 32-foot voices, and a quartet of Tubas of differing characters on varying wind pressures. In keeping with precedents set by the original instruments, all façade pipes will be gold-leafed. A mobile console will allow leadership from the chancel and front section of the nave. Both consoles will control the entire instrument. This organ will be completed in 2024.

Chapel of All Saints

Richards & Fowkes 2022 II/17 stops

Mechanical action, meantone tuning with alternate accidentals mechanism

In August 2016, Trinity selected Richards, Fowkes & Co. of Ooltewah, Tennessee, to design a new organ, their Opus 26, for the Chapel of All Saints in Trinity Church. Following a three-year design period, Trinity signed on with the builders for a 19-stop, two manual and pedal organ with an unusual design. The new instrument’s chief feature is its quarter-comma meantone tuning, which creates an essential ingredient for the sound-world of western music’s earliest keyboard repertoire.

The instrument will have 15 pipes per octave, with separate pipes for D#/Eb, G#/Ab, and A#/Bb. Most organs using this tuning system employ double-sharp keys, one piggybacking on the other, to permit access to each sub-semitone. In Opus 26, these pipes will be selected by three mechanical levers, one for each pair of accidentals.

The keydesk will be in the alcove that has housed both prior consoles for the 1912 Hook-Hastings and the 1984 Bozeman. The John Nash organ case will be retained with minor modifications, augmented with additional decorative screening behind, which allows the sound from Manual II and Pedal (placed in the space behind the case) to come through clearly. This organ will be completed in February 2023.

Continuo Organ (2)

Klop I/5 and I/7

Mechanical action

These versatile instruments are ideal for accompanying early music, from Renaissance motets in Sunday morning services to Bach cantatas in our Bach at One series.

OTHER INSTRUMENTS

Pianos

Yamaha CFX, 2 Yamaha CX9, Kawaii, Steinway B

Harpsichords

Dowd (1970), Zuckerman (2012). Pedal unit (2014)

Handbells – 4 octaves

CHORAL ENSEMBLE BIOS

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Peerless interpreters of both early and new music, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street has redefined the realm of 21st-century vocal music, breaking new ground with artistry described as “blazing with vigour…a choir from heaven” (The Times, London). This premier professional ensemble can be heard live, online, and in services, recordings, and performances described as “thrilling” (The New Yorker), “musically top-notch” (The Wall Street Journal), and “simply superb” (The New York Times).

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street leads liturgical music at Trinity Church on Sundays and Major Feasts, and at additional services throughout the year, all of which are livestreamed, providing access to a wide audience. In 2020-2022, musical excerpts were featured weekly on Trinity’s Comfort at One series and included a partnership with Amplify Female Composers to bring more music by women composers into the sacred music canon. A typical season for the choir includes performing in Bach at One, Compline by Candlelight, and many other concerts and festivals throughout the year, often with NOVUS NY, the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and the Trinity Youth Chorus. The choir anchors Trinity’s critically acclaimed performances of Handel’s Messiah, which The New York Times refers to as “the best Messiah in New York.”

Recent season highlights include a full production of Considering Matthew Shepard, Handel’s Theodora at Caramoor, Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at Carnegie Hall, Tyshawn Sorey’s Monochromatic Light at the Park Ave Armory, Notes from Ukraine at Carnegie Hall, Bach cantatas at Salle Bourgie in Montreal, and collaborations with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the American Modern Opera Company.

The choir has toured extensively throughout the United States, making appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Shed at Hudson Yards, the Kennedy Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the PROTOTYPE Festival, with partners such as Bang on a Can All-Stars, the New York Philharmonic, and the Rolling Stones. Increasingly in-demand internationally, the choir has also performed at Montreal’s Salle Bourgie, Paris’s Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Norway’s Stavanger Cathedral, and London’s Barbican Theatre.

In addition to the Grammy Award-nominated recordings Luna Pearl Woolf: Fire and Flood and Handel’s Israel in Egypt, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street has released recordings on Naxos, Musica Omnia, Pentatone, VIA Recordings, ARSIS, Avie Records, Acis, Cantaloupe Music, Decca Gold, and Philip Glass’s Orange Mountain Music. Trinity’s long-term commitment to new music has led to many collaborations with living composers including Ellen Reid, Du Yun, Trevor Weston, Paola Prestini, Luna Pearl Woolf, Ralf Yusuf Gawlick, Elena Ruehr, and Julia Wolfe, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning and Grammy Award-nominated work Anthracite Fields was recorded with the choir. Along with NOVUS NY, the choir also collaborated on and recorded two Pulitzer Prize-winning operas: Du Yun’s Angel’s Bone and Ellen Reid’s p r i s m.

Downtown Voices

Praised by The New York Times for its “incisive, agile strength,” Downtown Voices is a semiprofessional choir made up of volunteer singers and GRAMMY®-nominated members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Conducted by Stephen Sands since its 2015 inception, Downtown Voices has performed works by Beethoven, Brahms, Hailstork, Rachmaninoff, Pärt, Webern, Ginastera, Janáček, James MacMillan, and Philip Glass, in addition to premiering Spire and Shadow by Zachary Wadsworth, a large-scale commission for the 250th anniversary of St. Paul’s Chapel.

The group made their Carnegie Hall debut in October 2022 with the Buffalo Philharmonic conducted by JoAnn Falleta for the Lukas Foss Centennial Celebration. Other recent performances include Orff’s Carmina Burana at The Ross Farm; Compline by Candlelight, Lux Aeterna, and Anthems concerts at St. Paul’s Chapel; and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew. In past years, the ensemble performed Community Carol Sing concerts, Arvo Pärt’s Passio, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Dvořák’s Mass in D, and Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia. Downtown Voices has been featured several times with Andrea Bocelli and can be heard on Trinity’s epic recording Philip Glass: Symphony No. 5 released by Orange Mountain Music.

St. Paul’s Chapel Choir

The St. Paul’s Chapel Choir brings together people who love to sing and who want to be part of a warm and welcoming community. This volunteer ensemble of sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses gives singers the opportunity to make music together during weekly rehearsals and monthly services at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan.

The choir sings a variety of liturgical choral repertoire from traditional Anglican anthems to classical and contemporary music, and often sings alongside members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.

Trinity Youth Chorus

The Trinity Youth Chorus brings together talented youth ages 5 to 18 from the five boroughs of New York City. Choristers receive individual and group training in vocal technique, music theory, sight-reading, and performance skills from a group of dedicated professionals led by Trinity’s Director of Music Education and Trinity Youth Chorus.

The choristers provide musical leadership at 9am services on Sundays, presenting repertoire from gospel and jazz traditions to the standard Anglican choral canon. The Trinity Youth Chorus performs in a variety of concerts throughout the season, often alongside Trinity’s professional ensembles: The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and NOVUS NY. Recent highlights include Orff’s Carmina Burana, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, a fully staged production of Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, Ellen Reid’s Winter’s Child at the PROTOTYPE Festival, Ginastera’s Turbae ad Passionem Gregorianam and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at Carnegie Hall, and Britten’s War Requiem with the Queens College Choral Society. Recording projects include Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5 and Lisa Bielawa’s My Outstretched Hand with the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the Knights.

The Trinity Youth Chorus is featured in the films Love is Strange and Doubt, as well as Lisa Bielawa’s made-for-TV opera Vireo; they have sung backup for Josh Groban, the Rolling Stones, and Bobby McFerrin; and they have been heard on Public Radio International and CBS’s The Early Show.

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE BIOS

NOVUS NY

Trinity Church Wall Street’s new music orchestra, NOVUS NY, is a key player on the contemporary music scene. These “expert and versatile musicians” (The New Yorker) perform new music from all corners of the repertoire, meeting “every challenge with an impressive combination of discipline and imagination” (New York Classical Review). The orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut, made with a formidable pairing of Ives and Ginastera, prompted The New York Times to declare that “adventure and ambition go hand in hand at Trinity Wall Street.”

With its annual appearances at the PROTOTYPE Festival, New York’s premier celebration of contemporary opera, NOVUS NY and Trinity Church Wall Street have partnered in the development of several major new works. These include Emma O’Halloran’s newest opera pairing Trade and Mary Motorhead; Du Yun’s Angel’s Bone, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music; and Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Breaking the Waves, named “Best New Opera for 2016” by the Music Critics Association of North America.

NOVUS NY recorded and performed in the East Coast premiere of Ellen Reid and librettist Roxie Perkins’ p r i s m, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2019. Additional PROTOTYPE highlights include the ensemble’s East Coast premiere of Reid’s Dreams of the New World, and the world premiere of David T. Little’s revised version of Am I Born, which was recorded with NOVUS NY and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.

NOVUS NY has forged strong links with many of today’s leading composers, collaborating with Paola Prestini, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Daniel Felsenfeld, and Jonathan Newman on Trinity’s “Mass Reimaginings” commissioning project, and giving world premiere performances of Laura Schwendinger’s opera Artemisia and Prestini’s interdisciplinary The Hubble Cantata, which drew an open-air audience of thousands to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

The ensemble’s recent recordings include the GRAMMY®-nominated LUNA PEARL WOOLF: FIRE AND FLOOD, Paola Prestini’s The Hubble Cantata, Du Yun’s Angel’s Bone, Trevor Weston Choral Works, Elena Ruehr: Averno, the new opera Anna Christie by Edward Thomas; Ellen Reid’s p r i s m; and Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5.

Trinity Baroque Orchestra

Praised by The New York Times for its “dramatic vigor” and “elegantly shaped orchestral sound,” Trinity Church Wall Street’s superb period-instrument ensemble, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, has been heard in collaboration with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street in venues from New York’s Alice Tully Hall to Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, performing many of the greatest masterpieces of the Baroque repertoire.

After presenting Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music during a five-year cycle of concerts in Trinity’s popular Bach at One series, the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street embarked on the Bach + One series, pairing a Bach cantata with a complementary work by a different composer, as well as The Handel Project, a multi-season initiative presenting Handel’s oratorios. The orchestra is featured annually in Trinity’s critically acclaimed performances of Handel’s Messiah, which The New York Times declares to be “the best Messiah in New York.”

Trinity Church Wall Street

Looking for an experienced Creative Director to join a motivated and hard-working creative team of designers focused on social media campaigns.

Extensive Social Media/Activation experience is needed.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design brand appropriate social content concepts for clients.
• Build content to be used on TikTok, Instagram (reels, stories, posts), YouTube, and other social media channels.
• Develop all types of content – same day, quick turn content, weekly launches, monthly/quarterly concepting, social-first campaigns,
• Collaborate with the organic social media team on client content strategy.
• Help the Social Media department to push boundaries and stay on the bleeding edge of social media creative.
• Assist with the selection of influencers. Direct influencer content for clients.
• Align social content with broader client campaigns that may span multiple channels including paid, earned, and owned.
• Develop strategies for the distribution of client content across paid, owned and earned channels.
• Design and produce creative assets to be used on various paid media channels.
• Research the social media landscape and related digital trends to develop recommendations that best address and leverage industry changes. Develop official agency POV’s on trends and technology.
• Communicate directly with clients, including participation in client review meetings. Present content and creative ideas to clients.
• Assist in the development of strategies and materials for new client presentations.
• Work with other media specialists within the organization to create integrated campaigns.
• Create content for use on agency social channels.

Desired Experience & Skills:

• Demonstrated expertise as a social media creator ideally working with brands or personalities.
• Proven experience in all facets of the creative lifecycle – strategy/planning, ideation, concepting, pitching, production, and launch.
• Solid track record of ideating and producing original, branded content that has driven measurable business results and is culturally relevant.
• Ability to create and edit photos and videos for use on social channels including YouTube.
• Demonstrated experience using and communicating in social networks, blogs, and content.
• A history of developing compelling cross-channel campaigns that utilize social media.
• Experience planning and building content including planning creative production.
• Experience working with directors, producers, filmers, videographers, copywriters, and other creators.
• Strong copywriting skills
• Knowledge and experience with community management tools.
• Advanced knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of social media platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Reputation Management tools, Blogging Platforms, and YouTube & other video platforms.
• Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.)
• Strong business acumen.
• Entrepreneurial personality is a must.
• Must be highly collaborative.
• Social Media, Content Strategy, Creative Strategy, Graphic Design, TikTok Marketing, Instagram Marketing

Synergy Interactive

What You Will Do:

As the Hybrid Experience Creative Director, your main responsibility will be to lead our creative marketing strategy for current and prospective brand partners. Focused on all brand & commercial driving channels supporting the full spectrum of key brand campaigns and business priorities for First Tube clients. This role reports to the EVP, Head of Agency.

How You Will Make A Difference:

• Partner with a cross-functional team to establish campaign creative strategies/direction & content development.
• Inform and drive senior management alignment on best practices in marketing storytelling.
• Lead and assist on client proposals – from brainstorming to crafting narratives and strategy, to storytelling, co-creation of presentations (writing, working with graphic designers, etc.), to presenting.
• As an expert in the brand creative space, drive testing, data, and efforts to help improve existing team resources/output to ensure best practices and a consistent brand voice and tone for each client.
• Drive clear creative direction & execution strategies with internal and external partners.
• Deliver best-in-class campaigns, celebrating the innovative DNA of our brand partners to authentically connect with consumers.
• Collaborate with the Creative Services Team to ensure the campaign’s creative vision is carried across all digital assets.
• Convey information to diverse audiences, often across multiple channels.
• Lead cross-functional alignment on key campaign launch moments
• Assist with design direction/vision on new business efforts
• Be a true brand expert focused on holistic narratives that highlight our brand partners’ campaign priorities.
• Drive ongoing creative partnerships with brand marketing teams to maximize long-term potential relationships.
• Drive cross-functional efficiencies and effective brand marketing engagement to optimize internal/external resourcing.

What You Bring:

Years of Related Professional Experience: 10+ years minimum relevant brand experiences and 5+ years in management, including leading a team.

Educational Position Requirements:

A formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.

• Extensive digital experience and a proven track record of success in digital content creation required. Specific knowledge and experience within Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and/or Twitch is a plus.
• Working knowledge of graphic design and the editorial process, including familiarity with Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop.
• Demonstrated success as a conceptual thinker that understands complex issues and how to drive new concepts and creative solutions.
• Demonstrated success in brand marketing experiences leading fully integrated brand campaigns.
• Demonstrated success in establishing best-in-class consumer experiences, product launches, collaboration and breakthrough consumer activations.
• Established concept visualization experience.
• Experience in live (streaming) content
• Deep consumer culture experience.
• Experience in leading virtual teams.
• Experience in managing a diverse and creative group of individuals and leading change based on purpose and values
• Demonstrated ability to work with and inspire a broad range of individuals to work towards a common goal.
• Strategic leader with the proven ability to recruit, retain, motivate, and develop a team.
• Strong understanding and appreciation of music.
• Desire to be part of a rapidly growing business that you will have the ability to help shape

We Just Have One Question: Are You In?

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every single box. First Tube is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but you don’t meet every single qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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We were born in LA and happily live at the intersection of Northeast tradition, Midwest Grit and a SoCal, laid back lifestyle. Since our start in 2005, our founder, John O’Donnell saw the unique opportunity to re-interpret classic pieces by adding a fresh look and “why not” twist that has been a hallmark of johnnie-O. We call this “Top Spin” and by adding just the right touch to styling, materials and craftsmanship we’ve been able to elevate classic menswear. What started with a fresh take on the quintessential polo has evolved into an enduring lifestyle brand for men and boys that includes woven shirts, pants, shorts, sportscoats, outerwear, swimwear, footwear and accessories. You can see our iconic, surfer dude logo working hard and playing hard from the office to the beach, golf course to cook out and hangin’ out at all moments in between.

Come join us!

We are looking for an Art Director to join our team and play a pivotal role in the continuing growth and success of johnnie-O. In this leadership role, you will be focused on visual storytelling across multiple mediums, including but not limited to: site, email, catalog, paid media, social, retail, experiential and video marketing channels. Reporting to the VP of Creative, you will deliver creative solutions to brand and commercial objectives that elevates the brand and drives consistency across all touchpoints.

Opportunity?

All the ingredients are in place :

• Proven product-market fit.
• Excellent retail footprint and distribution in place.
• Proven momentum with investors and brand influencers.
• Brand affinity is improving with every new customer.

New headcount and resources allocated towards building a world-class marketing and creative team. You will play a critical role in driving strategy toward elevated brand and consumer experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Brainstorm and develop thoughtful cross channel ideas with the VP Creative and Sr Manager/Director of Copy.
• Collaborate with marketing teams and channel leads to understanding channel best practices to deliver creative that meets brand and business goals.
• Concept, design, and art direct high-impact assets and content for seasonal brand campaigns and product launches, including on-location and in-studio photography. Work with internal producer to plan and execute photoshoots.
• Identify, hire and brief external partners – designers, animators, videographers, content creators – as needed.
• Partner with marketing, merchandising and product teams to ensure accuracy of messaging and timely delivery of assets.
• Set and maintain elevated visual standards and drive a consistent aesthetic across the brand.
• Oversee the Production Graphic Designer in the selection of photography selects and the post-production process (retouching and colorwork) as well as asset sizing for use across the marketing mix.

What You Bring

• 8-12 years of experience working with an in-house or agency creative team for a Direct-to-Consumer brand. Experience with apparel or lifestyle brands a plus.
• An on-line portfolio that demonstrates forward-thinking and innovative design.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design and/or relevant field of study.
• Demonstrated creative expertise in a broad array of areas, including web, catalog, multi-channel campaigns, retail, experiential, and packaging.
• Elevated sense of design/style and a deep understanding of design fundamentals (type, image, color). A discerning eye for photo editing, cropping, and compositing.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with cross-functional teams, and thrive in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Expertise in Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, as well as MS Office, Dropbox and DAM systems.

johnnie-O

Our client is seeking an Art Director for 4-6 month contract, with potential to extend.

● Lead the development of creative campaigns for both brand and key categories,

including: concept development, presentation, and production.

● Be involved in all aspects of creative from initial conception, overall look and style, to

direction of creative on set at photo and/or video shoots, to approval of post and layouts

for banners omni channel initiatives.

● Develop strategically relevant creative solutions based on the information gathered from

all documents including the creative brief and integrated team members.

● Ensure all work ladders up to brand strategy and style guides.

● Offer a confident creative POV while working collaboratively with other creative cross

channel team members (eCommerce, Print, Digital, etc.) and internal and external

stakeholders (Brand, Strat, photographers, producers, production partners, etc.).

● Partner with copywriters (and designers) to develop integrated creative solutions to

creative briefs.

● Regularly attend briefs, group meetings, production meetings, and presentations where

appropriate.

● Have an in depth understanding of imagery, composition and design, as well as proven

experience on set with photography and video teams.

● Oversee all aspects of art direction for your projects, including: talent sourcing,

production oversight, and presentations to senior leadership.

● Research and provide recommendations based on best practices as well as industry and

consumer trends, with a focus on emerging digital and social trends.

● Must be a self-starter with excellent attention to detail; with organizational,

communication and project management skills; and with the ability to work

independently and as part of a team.

● Consistently produce work that drives the brand forward.

What You Will Need

● 5+ years of experience in the Graphic Design/Art Direction/Marketing field in creative

development and execution, with a focus on fashion/home decor.

● Experience working in an integrated agency or lifestyle brand with work spanning across

all channels (digital, OOH, broadcast, print, social).

● Experience in creating/concepting for digital-first is preferred; experience in creating

motion graphics is considered an asset.

● Excellent creative and visual conceptualization, written and verbal communication skills.

● Ability to effectively pitch and present ideas.

● A positive attitude: team-oriented, optimistic, flexible, solutions thinker, problem solver.

● Ability to execute projects from rough concepts to the finished product across all

channels.

● Organized, detail-oriented, self-directed and able to manage multiple projects with the

ability to prioritize work and handle tight deadlines.

● Knowledgeable in all aspects of graphic design: layout, typography, colour theory and

production processes.

● Desire to work in a fast-paced, evolving, dynamic environment.

● Global awareness of trends across the retail, fashion, home, beauty and lifestyle

industries.

● In-depth knowledge of all design related software applications (InDesign, Illustrator,

● Photoshop and Acrobat) in a Mac environment.

● Ability to easily adapt to new technology and adopt internal workflow systems.

Pay depends on experience. 40-43/hr

Aquent Talent

PEOPLE & CULTURE COORDINATOR – #23-017

People & Culture department

Position: Permanent Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Hybrid/Provincial office – Station Tower (13401 – 108th Avenue, Surrey)

Closes: Posting will remain open until filled and will close without notice

ABOUT MÉTIS NATION BRITISH COLUMBIA

Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) develops and enhances opportunities for our Métis communities by implementing culturally relevant social and economic programs and services. Through teamwork, respect, dedication, accountability, integrity, and professionalism, MNBC strives to build a proud, self-governing, sustainable Nation in recognition of inherent rights for our Métis citizens, assisting in the delivery of services based on policy, process, and specified regulations.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Manager, People & Culture, the primary purpose of the People & Culture Coordinator is to provide prompt, accurate and confidential services and support to employees at MNBC. Driven by a “People First” culture of continuous improvement while delivering a high level of service, this generalist role will provide a full scope of HR functions to support our business leaders.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process employee information such as new hires, leaves, terminations, redeployments, salary changes, etc. by keying information into HRIS and other related databases based on policy, procedures and in conjunction with payroll deadlines. Monitor out-of-ordinary situations and follow up with appropriate parties.
• Enrolls new employees in the benefits program. Answers questions pertaining to pension enrollment.
• Process various employee correspondence including employment agreements, confirmation of resignation, leaves, etc.
• Assist with the managing of WCB claims, sick leave, short-term disability, long-term disability, and other leaves.
• Support hiring managers by conducting full-cycle recruitment activities such as advertising job vacancies, optimizing recruitment strategies and developing a pipeline of talent for current and future opportunities through networking activities.
• Attend job fairs, career events and participate in online event planning.
• Ensure work permits and documentation are valid and support employees through the immigration process.
• Provide a positive onboarding experience by distributing and processing all new hire documentation.
• Conduct HR new hire orientation, in-person or virtually to ensure a positive onboarding experience.
• Assist with the design and development of training programs (outsourced or in-house). Map out quarterly and annual training plans and schedules.
• Contribute to HRIS selection and implementation to support MNBC growth. Support MNBC Digitization strategy of becoming paperless. Improve access by employee self-serve options province-wide to ensure employee information is captured accurately and securely.
• Provide support in the development and testing of new technology software. Identify areas of opportunity to improve existing HRIS processes, functionality, and workflow processes.
• Maintain HR analytics/metrics for analysis and reporting to support MNBC business decisions.
• Prepare ad hoc reports, presentations, or other HR-related material as needed.
• Act as liaison for other Youth hired through the Canada Summer Jobs program.
• Assists with managing the People and Culture email inbox.
• Support the Employer of Choice goal by developing, implementing, and communicating initiatives across MNBC.
• Assist with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee’s Administration Accountabilities
• Maintains personnel files for all employees, ensuring that files include relevant and necessary documentation and are kept confidential and in line with the privacy protocol.
• Responds to staff on various queries in a timely and accurate matter. Refers matters of a complex nature to the People & Culture Manager.
• Maintains and updates the People & Cultures standing operating procedure manuals as required.
• Communicate through email, phone, Microsoft teams, and video conferencing.
• Establish a high personal standard of service and performance by actively participating in other duties as assigned.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Completion of a post-secondary degree in Human Resources. CPHR designation will be considered an asset.
• A minimum of three (3) years of related experience.
• A combination of relevant experience, education, and training will be considered.
• Knowledge and/or awareness of the historical and contemporary contributions made by Métis people in B.C.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of a Human Resources/Payroll Information system (HRIS) is an asset.
• Knowledge of the Employment Standards Act, WorkSafe BC regulation, Criminal Record Reviews Act, PIPA and all other rules/regulations and laws.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Excel applications and database management.
• Experience handling HR processes and issues relating to benefits administration, leave management, employee relations, performance management, recruitment, onboarding, compensation and training & development.
• Experience providing a high level of customer service with the ability to create a positive and meaningful customer experience.
• Utilizes team-building skills in a collaborative and “people first” environment while building strong partnerships with those we serve.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent analytical skills, technical skills, and impeccable attention to detail.
• Strong aptitude for problem-solving and sound judgment.
• Excellent organizational skills, including prioritizing workload to meet deadlines and managing multiple concurrent tasks.
• Must be process-driven and solution-oriented with a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take the initiative and overcome obstacles.
• Proven ability to recognize and maintain the highest levels of confidentiality.

OTHER COMMENTS

• Other duties may be assigned as needed to help ensure the efficient operation of MNBC.
• There will be a need to attend meetings and events which may require work and travel outside of normal business hours.
• Ability to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record Check.

The above requirements are what MNBC is seeking in the ideal incumbent at the time of posting and are subject to change based on needs.

Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nation, Métis or Inuit). All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

PLEASE NOTE THAT CANDIDATES MUST APPLY using “People & Culture Coordinator – #23-017” in the subject line of the email. Please send your resume and cover letter to:

Rhonda Johnston

Manager, People & Culture

Métis Nation British Columbia

Email: [email protected]

Métis Nation British Columbia

Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We’re achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global – we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with nearly half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer. 

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our Diversity Champions, Hannah and Farhana. 

Content at Unifrog

Whether we are communicating through images, video or text, we always try to be straightforward, honest, and to show respect for the people with whom we are communicating. 

Clear communication is particularly important for us because our mission is to level the playing field when it comes to access to opportunities, and a big part of this effort is fair and straightforward access to information. It’s also important for us to be fun, while not talking down to young people. 

Over the last few years, with only a small and mostly non-specialist team, we have created hundreds of videos aimed at students and teachers. 

We now have an exciting slate of new video projects that we want to produce. We want to use video:

• To develop some of the most popular parts of the Unifrog platform, currently used by hundreds of thousands of young people every week to explore different careers, different subjects at university, and topics that matter to them like Climate Change and Wellbeing.

• To help us create brand new tools within the platform, expanding what Unifrog offers to young people, and how we interact with external partners like employers and universities.

We also want to improve the quality of the videos we create, making them slicker and more useful to our users.

The role 

We are looking for a skilled and creative Producer/Director who will shoot and edit 3-6 minute videos aimed at young people, which will be hosted on different parts of the Unifrog platform. You’ll also create some short videos for our marketing and sales teams to use. As well as creating the videos you will work with others to arrange the shoots. 

Shoots can happen in person with professional equipment, in which case you’ll be the sole person shooting, including controlling lighting and sound, and then editing. They can also happen as interviews on Zoom; for these you’ll conduct and record the interview, then edit them. 

In the last year we’ve made videos like: 

• A maths professor speaking about her day-to-day job, and giving advice to young people considering becoming an academic (shot in person); 
• An art history undergraduate speaking about the best and worst aspects of their course (shot on Zoom); 
• A case study of a Unifrog partner school in Germany (shot in person). 

You’ll create videos like these, and you’ll also help us with our ambitious plans for creating completely new types of videos which will allow us to develop new parts of the Unifrog platform.

Working together 

You’ll work as part of a team of three in our Video Content team, part of the wider Marketing and Content team. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experienced writers, teaching resource creators, and a graphic and motion designer. You’ll also work with people on our marketing, sales, account management, and strategy teams.

In the Marketing and Content Team we commonly brainstorm new ideas as a group, provide feedback on each other’s work, and get feedback from teachers and students at our partner schools. We promote good ideas regardless of where they come from.

You’ll be line-managed by our Head of Video Content.

Key skills 

Dealing with contributors

• You’ll work with other people on the Unifrog team to organise shoots with external  contributors, either on location or via Zoom. You need to be good at getting on with  people, and persistent so that you can make things happen. 

Script writing

• To be efficient before any shoot, you’ll need to have discussed your questions with the contributor/s and have a good idea of the answers you’re looking for. You need to be a  strong writer, able to create a script from scratch, or improve an existing one. 

Directing shoots

• Sometimes you’ll be working on your own with the contributor/s, and sometimes with one  or two other non-technical people in the Unifrog team who’ll be taking direction from you.  You need to be confident and talented at directing shoots both in person and on video calls,  where you might have to advise your interviewee on background and lighting. 

Technical skills

• When on location, you’ll be the sole person shooting, including operating lighting and  sound, and then editing. This means you need to be able to operate cameras such as  the C300 and the A7S, to be at least competent with lights and sound, and to be highly  proficient at using the Adobe suite, in particular Premiere and After Effects.  
• When conducting an interview on video call, you’ll need to be able to trouble-shoot and get the quality of the video as good as it can be

Juggling projects and meeting deadlines

• We always have a lot to do, and we have very high standards for the end-product. You  need to be organised to meet tight deadlines and determined to get things done on time.

Editorial judgment

• You’ll edit both footage that you’ve shot yourself, and footage that other people have shot, including content we get directly from contributors. From this you need to be able to create compelling, useful videos. We have a house style that you’ll need to be able to stick to, and we also want you to help us develop our house style.  

Benefits 

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.
• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
• You’ll enjoy a significant degree of autonomy to be creative and deliver high-end videos. 
• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details 

• £40,000 (Grade B), plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.
• Full time.
• Split your time between home and our office in Hoxton, London (a minimum of 2 days per week).
• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• Working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Thursday, and 8.30am to 4:00pm on Friday.
• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.
• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying please contact Mhairi (details on our website).
• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process  

Deadline: 22:00 (UK) on Sunday 26th February 2023. We will review applications as they come in. We may close early if we find the right candidate so would advise applying sooner to avoid disappointment.

Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below:

• i. Post a link (WeTransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive or similar) to up to 3 examples of your best work.

• Across these examples, you should show off your skills in both shooting and editing, but especially shooting. We’re particularly interested in seeing any interviews you’ve filmed (if you’ve done this). If you were working with others to create this work, please explain what you did.

• ii. Share a link to your showreel or website if you have one.

• iii. ‘Why do you want to work for Unifrog?’ (200 words)

• iv. ‘With reference to the key skills in the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role?’ (250 words)

Stage 2: Task (~3 hours)  

• We will share with you examples of our visual style, plus some footage we have shot, and you will have a week to send us a short edit back.

• Given the time this task can take, we will send £60 to people who participate in this round (within 1-2 working days after the task has been received).

Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour) ????

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).

• Video call interviews will be held on a rolling basis from 16th Feb onwards.

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