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Who we are

Griffin Gaming Partners is a leading venture capital firm singularly focused on investing in the global gaming market. We are founder-friendly, care deeply for our industry and bring decades of investment, advisory and operational experience. Griffin is one of the world’s largest venture funds focused exclusively on gaming, with over $1 billion under management.

The opportunity

Energetic and intuitive Sr. Marketing Manager with exceptional leadership and communication skills. Proven ability to identify opportunities and deliver effective strategies to generate results. You will develop and execute Griffin Gaming Partner’s brand marketing strategy, brand identity, and global campaigns.

The goal of this role is to drive brand awareness, build community and provide networking opportunities for Griffin and its stakeholders. The stakeholders for this role are the Griffin team, especially our Managing Directors, our portfolio companies, and our investors.

Responsibilities

• Lead branding efforts and execution- including website, toolkit, messaging, visuals, and marketing collateral
• Lead and execute content strategy and create engaging visual assets for Griffin Gaming Partners’ social media platforms
• Manage website content and use analytics to drive continuous improvement
• Plan and organize virtual and in person events
• Support public relations and media initiatives across digital and in- person medial interactions
• Manage day-to day publishing and engagements on different social channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, Discord, Email), ensure consistency and adjust best practices as needed to maintain growth
• Ensure the best marketing practices are compliant with Griffin’s regulatory compliance obligations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple simultaneous projects
• You will work with other team members to implement strategic communications initiatives, including marketing efforts and development/execution of communications/marketing plans.
• Build purposeful brand awareness by creating strategies for: industry associations, external communications/PR and advertising
• Monthly KPI reviews
• Develop and write key sections for marketing strategy, market overview, team bios, website content, and company information
• Experienced with project management and execution of marketing collateral and bring a knowledge of marketing campaigns and innovative solutions to your clients
• Collect competitive marketing information (styles, platforms, technologies competitors use) from various sources (pitches, websites, social media, ideas, etc.) and continually look for, suggest, and implement new and creative marketing approaches.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, marketing, communications or related field
• 5+ years’ professional experience in marketing, preferably at a venture capital, financial services, OR start-up game/technology company.
• Hands-on self-starter who can lead and execute multiple initiatives independently and as part of a team
• Proven experience in developing and executing content programs and campaigns
• Strong knowledge of social media platforms; proven success in managing a blog and social media day to day activities
• Experience with digital marketing systems (e.g. WordPress, Google Analytics, etc.)
• Strong understanding of content and PR, and the role it can play in an integrated marketing environment
• Demonstrated ability to generate and manage different types of content — blog posts, email workflows, web pages, etc.
• Excellent writer and editor who can develop and produce high-quality written content across a variety of formats (print, web media, presentations) with attention to detail
• Ability to manage virtual and physical events
• Experience working with business partners to execute co-marketing initiatives and messaging
• Proactive, motivated and goal driven with a get things done attitude.
• Impeccable integrity, high ethical standards, and authenticity
• Exceptional organization and project management skill
• Experience conceptualizing the big picture goal, while also working hands-on to drive execution and solve problems

Griffin Gaming Partners

About us

VitaHustle is a premium wellness company co-founded by Kevin Hart to bring simple, nutritious, and damn delicious products to market. Our core values are Working Hard, Having Fun and Transparency in everything we do. These values guide us in every decision we make; we look for them not only within our own team, but also in everyone who works with us. VitaHustle is rapidly growing our start-up team and looking for “hustlers” who are ready to roll up their sleeves and build a successful business.  

The role

VitaHustle is looking for a Director of Ecommerce & Digital Marketing responsible for the revenue and contribution of the online channel. The position will direct the online marketing and media plan acquisition, search, media buying, web development, email and campaign management. Key to the position’s success is the ability to scale our digital campaigns, while meeting key KPIS for our direct-to-consumer business and retail partnerships.

Oversight

• Online Media: Acquisition media strategy, advertising creatives, landing pages
• CRM: Email, brand ambassador program, refer-a-friend, NPS / Surveys
• Website: UX, A/B Testing, landing page development
• Social Media:  Content strategy, paid and organic influencer campaigns

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic ecommerce marketing and media plans that that drive acquisition, increase AOV, reduce churn, improve LTV, and support the overall goals of the business.
• Recommend advertising and influencer media channel mix and budget including key performance metrics to drive acquisition at goal CACS.
• Oversee digital marketing channels, including Email, SMS, Social (TikTok / IG / Pinterest), SEM, SEO, Influencer, Display, Retargeting, Programmatic, Podcast/Audio, etc.
• Oversee development of a content/social media plan and integrated digital campaigns to launch retail partnership with Walmart.
• Develop creative advertising testing strategy and develop an ongoing pipeline of creatives including copy, videos, photos, graphics, and animation.  
• Manage and track paid and organic influencer programs through Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Podcasts, etc.
• Manage and optimize front end website including regular A/B testing, promotions and optimizations that strategically drive conversions, sales, and NPS.
• Oversee email marketing programs including abandon cart, retention, win back, promotional and all related email programs.
• Manage customer surveys and net promoter scores to help guide product development and customer satisfaction.
• Prioritize website offer and creative tests through hypothesis driven approach.
• Utilize consumer insights and analysis of results to develop better consumer experience, conversion and lifetime value. 

Experience and Key Attributes

• 5-7 years’ digital experience in a direct-to-consumer business
• Strong analytical skills and experience with web analytics programs
• Solid understanding of media buying and related KPIs
• Experience in scaling influencer programs and developing UGC
• Passion for health and wellness products
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated 

VITAHUSTLE

ABOUT US

We’re a young company that has achieved great things so far by creating a best in class styler range that is loved by hair stylists and consumers alike. We remain fiercely ambitious, with big growth plans, exciting new innovation in the pipeline and geographic expansion. We pride ourselves on remaining true to our founding ethos – the spirit of transformation – and have established a position at the forefront of the competitive fashion styling sector, where we are renowned as one of the leading hair styling brands around the world and synonymous with style and sophistication.

We are expanding our Northern American team – come be a part of our future organization!

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Senior Manager, E-commerce who will be responsible for developing E-commerce merchandising and digital media strategies for ghdhair.com/us/.com/us. This role will own the delivery of Revenue, Retail Sales, and P&L targets, as well as require hands on work with agency partners. The Sr. Manager, E-commerce will be a key leader in the organization, driving the total E-commerce growth strategy. This role will own the customer journey on across all mobile/desktop platforms and will require partnerships with internal Marketing teams (Acquisition & Retention and Data Analytics), Merchandising, and IT to implement a best in class customer experience. Key areas of focus include UX/UI design, site merchandising, digital marketing, web analytics, personalization, A/B Testing and all aspects of conversion rate optimization (CRO) across ghdhair.com/us/.com/us and e-retail partners. This fast-paced, highly visible role will report directly into the Head of Digital and E-commerce NA.

JOB ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive online revenue growth by optimizing site experiences, increasing conversion rates & average order value (AOV) across both e-retail partners and ghdhair.com/us/.com/us
• Monitor, analyze and report on daily/weekly business performance.
• In partnership with ghd global team, identify A/B testing and CRO for ghdhair.com/us/.com/us with emphasis on increasing revenue per visit, and improve customer experience.
• Test new site functionality and features across ghdhair.com/us/.com/us: identify, recommend, and oversee implementation of approved, new functionality or solutions to drive conversion to ghd
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives to positively impact KPI using site analytics (i.e. conversion rate, abandoned cart rate, average order value, units per transaction etc.).
• Develop best-in-class customer journey across mobile/tablet/desktop platforms.
• In partnership with internal stakeholders, maximize all onsite optimization opportunities with e-retail partners with strong emphasis on sales performance channels.
• Ensure all site content across both ghdhair.com/us/.com/us and e-retail partners serves to meet channel goals, customers’ expectations and eCommerce best practice.
• Direct efforts to optimize existing site features across both ghdhair.com/us/.com/us and e-retail partners including reviews, on-site search, navigation, and taxonomy.
• Responsible for managing effective merchandising and product stock levels strategy (in partnership with Merchandising) of core product, best sellers and product promotions.
• Lead, develop, and mentor site merchandising via UX/UI team.
• Drive performance media channels to support ghdhair.com/us/.com/us sales growth, with emphasis on SEM, SEM, Affiliates, CRM, re-targeting.
• Partner with Brand Marketing and Creative teams leads to ensure alignment with our brand strategy.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

You thrive at building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. You are committed, conscientious and always lead with integrity. You recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. You believe in the value of teamwork. You bring a high level of knowledge and know-how plus creativity and enthusiasm to your work and to everything you do.

• 5+ years’ previous experience with large or premium ecommerce brand.
• Bachelor degree; advanced degree a plus.
• SEO, SEM, Affiliates, CRM experience and knowledge.
• Analytical experience: Google Analytics, ARAP or Omniture.
• Previous hands on experience of best in class ecommerce platforms and CMS systems, such as SalesForce, Hybris, Adobe, Magento or Amplience.
• Affinity with Beauty. Prior beauty category experience is a plus, but not a pre-requisite.
• Prior experience of e-Retail partnership/trade marketing acceleration.

WHY JOIN US?

We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives. We believe that everyone does their best work when they are supported by each other and the company, and we offer a generous set of benefits to make sure the team is happy and healthy. Here is a sampling of the benefits we offer our team:

• Flexible working hours / Summer Fridays
• Ability to work with an international beauty brand
• Friends & Family discount on ghd products
• Free hair tools during designated time periods

ghd

What We Do:

STG Logistics (“STG”) is a premier provider of managed and extended port-to-door outsourcing services. STG delivers holistic solutions to our customer’s supply chain by integrating our best people, premium technology, a nationwide drayage network, intermodal operations, CFS facilities, and warehouse fulfillment locations to provide exceptional logistics services.

Who We Are:

Our People Are The Difference. At STG, we’re people-first and invested in our team members, ensuring they are the most highly trained, tech-savvy, and customer-centric individuals.

Summary:

We’re looking for a flexible and versatile Director, Marketing who will be responsible for the growth of our inbound sales channels. This position will be responsible for creating and enhancing awareness of STG externally and for ensuring we understand our position in the markets we serve. This position would include tracking and analyzing the performance of advertising campaigns, ensuring that all marketing material aligns with our brand identity and for analyzing and understanding the markets we serve to identify growth opportunities. To be successful in this role, you should have a background and understanding of transportation, hands-on experience with web analytics tools and be able to turn creative ideas into practical advertising projects. Ultimately, you will help us build and maintain a strong and consistent brand through various online and offline marketing channels.

What You’ll Do:

• Build strategic relationships and partner with key industry players, agencies, and vendors.
• Understand STG end markets, our position (share) in those markets and create overviews to drive enhanced focus on growth opportunities
• Develop strategies and tactics to get the word out about STG and drive qualified traffic to our front door.
• Deploy successful marketing campaigns and own their implementation from ideation to execution.
• Experiment with various organic and paid acquisition channels like content creation, content curation, pay-per-click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copywriting, and performance analysis.
• Produce valuable and engaging content for our website that attracts and converts our target groups.
• Approve marketing material, from website banners to hard-copy brochures and case studies.
• Measure and report on the performance of marketing campaigns, gain insight and assess against goals.
• Analyze behavior and adjust email and advertising campaigns accordingly.
• Create more awareness (via STG website, LinkedIn, etc…) to raise our online profile
• Analyze and cut large data sets to extract market insights

What You Will Bring:

• BS degree in Marketing or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years experience in Marketing, Demand Generation, etc
• Experience and proven success leading and developing team members while building a marketing department
• Experience and knowledge base in transportation
• Demonstrable experience in marketing, together with the potential and attitude required to learn.
• Proven experience in identifying target audiences and creatively devising and leading across-channels marketing campaigns that engage, educate, and motivate.
• Solid knowledge of website analytics tools (e.g Zoom Info, HubSpot)
• Experience in setting up and optimizing campaigns.
• Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers, making sense of metrics, and processing figures with spreadsheets.
• A sense of aesthetics and a love for excellent copy and witty communication
• Up to date with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement

STG Logistics is an equal-opportunity employer. STG considers all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status. We invite you to join our diverse & growing team.

STG Logistics

Position Summary: 

Focused and detailed individual responsible for assisting in the overall strategy, development, and execution of product programs across channels. Work closely with Sales, Creative and Product Development to identify market opportunities and bring innovation to Blue Sky’s core categories and channels of distribution (identify and meet the unmet needs). Manage projects from concept to completion, working closely with cross-functional teams.

Team Structure:

Reports directly to Sr. Marketing Director, and works closely with Product Development, Product Line Managers, Marketing Communications, Licensing, Merchandising, Finance, Operations and Sales departments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Business Strategy: Maintain a thorough understanding of the category, competitive landscape, company process, corporate goals, and strategic initiatives
• Product, Program & Brand Development: Strategize, collaborate, recommend, and develop effective programs across channels to fit the needs of retail accounts and consumers. Identify key consumer and customer insights/trends/content to ensure Blue Sky’s constant innovation within the category. Work closely with the Product Development team to bring initiatives to life. Support brand guidelines to ensure consistency, with specific influence on packaging, merchandising, and collateral related to assigned projects.
• Marketing and Consumer Engagement: Identify and initiate product and marketing collateral by account. Provide direction in setting Marketing Communication initiatives for product launches to include social, PR, photography, and digital support.
• Operations: Work with Operations and Product Execution to help ensure POs are issued on time for each launch season. Collaborate with Forecasting and monitor sell-through data.
• ROI: Collaborate with Product Development, Finance and Sales to determine ROI success by program.
• Account Support: Coordinate meeting materials for customer product collaboration, line reviews and internal business reviews. Includes but not limited to product samples, display materials, labels, research results, product positioning, marketing story, buyer pitches and presentation decks. Assist with copy, packaging, and collateral to aid sell-in (customer) and sell-through (consumer).
• 20% Travel: Attend industry trade shows, events, internal walkthroughs, and presentations as necessary.
• Any other task or duty as assigned or required.

Job Qualifications/Requirements: 

To perform this job successfully, individual must be able to perform each duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• BA or BS from an accredited institution
• Experience (3-5 years) in CPG Marketing, Licensing, Merchandising, and Product Development  
• Experience in social media management and digital marketing
• Strong organizational and management skills (internal and 3rd party)
• Basic technological knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Zoom, & Sharepoint
• Ability to manage all aspects of business; manage projects from concept to completion 
• Thoroughly understand the business and business flow
• Excellent communications skills and attention to detail 
• Team player with a passion for growth and success
• This is a hybrid role with mandatory in-office days Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
• Remote days are Wednesday and Friday

Physical Activities:

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations. 

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, handle, or feel, talk or hear; occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms. 

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision. 

Environmental Conditions

There are no harmful environmental conditions that are present for this position. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually mild to moderate. 

Blue Sky The Color of Imagination

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Department: Marketing

Reports To: CEO

Who we are:

Darling began 12 years ago as a magazine and broadened its reach through digital media. The brand is known for smart and timely content, powerful in-person experiences, and beautiful product that is consistent with the brand’s mission.

“Darling, you are a work of art.

You have the ability to fully display beauty apart from vanity, influence apart from manipulation, style apart from materialism, kindness apart from passivity, strength apart from competition & dignity without degradation.

You are a catalyst to transform the world around you through your wit, wisdom, character & courage all the while creating beauty & embodying love.

You are not only interesting but original, not only good enough, but exceptional – not just here, but here for a purpose.”

The brand was created to fill a need in women’s media for deeper conversations about mind and soul wellness and to lead women to realize they have worth, beauty, and purpose. Darling’s goals are:

• Restore – Self-Worth & Identify
• Model – Health Femininity
• Inspire – Character

As we expand into the apparel space, we are looking for someone who believes in our mission and is passionate about marketing and fashion. You will have the opportunity to design and execute multi-channel marketing programs from concept through delivery, partnering with our small team that is expanding rapidly. You are going to be part of a fun, creative, energetic team who will all wear multiple hats as we prepare for launch!

Responsibilities:

• Lead multi-channel digital marketing strategies from ideation to creation, including, but not limited to, emails, socials, blogs, website content, influencer outreach, ambassador marketing, and digital marketing.
• Work with Chief Creative Officer and core team to drive alignment between marketing, merchandising, sales, and technology on the overarching marketing calendar to achieve shared goals.
• Write engaging sales and marketing copy (e.g., emails, social, landing pages, blogs, and more); Support the creation of content across all mediums with hands-on creative involvement.
• Leverage data-driven customer segmentation and targeting, as well as a strong partnership with sales to maximize market opportunity.
• Create ongoing integrated campaigns and measure the response and inform continuous improvement over time.
• Lead the execution of marketing projects from start to finish, leveraging internal support, customer communication, and driving collaboration.
• Optimize brand for site traffic through SEO, SMS, Facebook / Instagram Ads, Youtube, TikTok, Snapchat, and Pinterest – develop the social media strategy and plan to improve brand recognition on all social platforms.
• Lead annual/monthly planning and strategy meetings. Develop data sets on ROI of marketing efforts and make recommendations according to findings.
• Develop the marketing strategy and plan for Darling Ambassadors to use to promote the Darling Society mission and opportunity to ultimately drive sales and retention.
• Develop KPIs to measure performance across channels and campaigns to drive insights and growth. Track, analyze, and report campaign effectiveness and overall program performance.
• Manages e-commerce operations including, online merchandising, operations, promotion, and content development & execution to ensure perfect execution of campaigns on digital platforms
• Conduct market research to monitor trends and competitor’s marketing strategies.
• Coordinate and manage physical and virtual events (some travel required)
• Supervise, manage, and direct more junior resources such as a social media coordinator and e-commerce manager
• A/B testing on new marketing channels and strategies
• Most importantly, you are willing to roll up your sleeves and be part of a team that brings Darling to market.

Qualifications:

• 4- 6 years of experience managing apparel marketing for a global brand or successful startup
• You are an innovative and resourceful business leader who is fluent in the latest thought leadership and best practices around marketing as it relates to direct to the fashion and apparel space.
• Proven track record of planning and driving go-to-market launch plans, including creating and managing a budget for creative and event production
• Must have demonstrated experience in leveraging social media to build a brand and grow sales.
• Strong understanding of the ever-changing digital world, specifically with e-commerce and social platforms
• An entrepreneurial soul ready to embrace the Darling Brand, the Darling Designer and the Darling Consumer
• Strong experience scaling an apparel brand and/or e-commerce business through profitable cross-channel marketing strategies
• Thorough understanding of full-funnel for demand generation and marketing
• Knowledge of the leading marketing and web analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords, etc
• Strong experience in managing budgets and tracking marketing P&L
• Ability to leverage data and insights to inform decision-making.
• Self-starter with excellent creative and critical thinking abilities.
• Savvy at tackling complex issues and providing creative solutions while collaborating across multiple teams.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects, especially in vague fast-paced environments – We will all be wearing many hats!!

Darling Media

CASTING CALL FOR MUSIC VIDEO

Looking for:

• African American Woman
• Very natural look.
• Various hairstyles. (whether it’s locs or a low cut or big curly hair)
• Ages: 20-30

Rate: $400/ 10 hours

Date: 5/13

Location: Los Angeles, CA

LOS ANGELES – ROGAINE TESTIMONIALS  

• REAL ROGAINE USERS

Rate $200 

Looking for:

• MEN and WOMEN
• Between the ages of 25 and 60 who are Rogaine users.  
• Must be open to sharing and discussing your experience with Rogaine and giving your feedback and opinions on Rogaine and on other hair regrowth products on the market.

Date: Thursday, May 18th, for one hour in Culver City.

Amagi is a global leader in cloud-managed services for the Streaming TV and Broadcast TV industry. Amagi enables TV networks and content owners to distribute and monetize their content. Amagi’s clients include premium networks and platforms such as NBCU, CBS, PBS, Samsung TV Plus, Redbox, XUMO, Roku, A+E Networks, Viceland TV, MGM, ShortsTV, Yahoo! Finance, PeopleTV, Tastemade, Turner Corporation, Discovery Networks and more.

Amagi pioneered the use of cloud technologies in the broadcast industry, and today manages 2000+ channels with deployments in more than 40 countries. Amagi is an advanced tier partner of Amazon Web Services (AWS), and works on the latest cloud technologies that are shaping the media and entertainment industry. Amagi has sales offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, and operations center in New Delhi, and an innovation center in Bangalore. For more information, visit www.amagi.com.

JOB SUMMARY

The Special Project Coordinator will provide high-level administrative support to the senior executives of the company, with a primary focus on the Co-Founder and CRO. The ideal candidate will be the consummate point guard: a central nexus of information and support that will point executives in the right direction and work to de-silo information across the company.

The Special Project Coordinator will work closely with the CRO to manage administrative and logistical tasks, as well as discover pain points and areas of support that fly under the radar.

The candidate must be a self-starter who is able to earn the trust of senior executives through social interactions, and by showcasing strong judgment and understanding of the media and entertainment industry, Amagi product offerings, and corporate strategy. The candidate must be able to employ consistent discipline and thorough organization, attend and track meetings across various business units, and identify key initiatives that require follow-up.

The Special Project Coordinator may take on ad hoc projects, whether working as a project manager to drive it to closure or working on his or her own to complete something that does not have interdependencies. Additionally, the Special Project Coordinator will have extensive insight into the CRO’s deal flow and must be able to pitch ideas, flag issues, and serve as a general sounding board and thought partner.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide administrative support to senior executives, with a primary focus on the CRO
• Discover pain points and areas of support that fly under the radar
• Track and project manage action items
• Attend and track meetings across various business units
• Build out action-item road maps and identify key initiatives that do not have owners
• Take on ad hoc projects and see them through to completion
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience as a project coordinator, or the educational equivalent
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to earn the trust of senior executives
• Strong judgment and a broad strokes understanding of the media and entertainment industry
• Ability to employ consistent discipline and thorough organization

Amagi Corporation

Leading Media Entertainment Company is seeking a Director of Technical Presentation Design to work with their team in a remote, freelance capacity.

Ideally candidates are local to Los Angeles (PST) and are comfortable working overtime as needed. Additionally, this role will require occasional travel to Orlando to work onsite with the C-Suite.

Working closely with the VP Creative Design, you will be responsible for the design + technical aspects of C-Suite facing presentations in Keynote. This will include attending in-person presentations and interfacing with AV teams, etc to ensure presentations are running smoothly from a technical aspect.

What we’re looking for:

-8+ years of Presentation Design experience

-Well-versed in the technical aspects of Keynote and PowerPoint presentation slide shows

-Comfortable working directly with C-Suite members

-Ability to travel to Orlando at least twice a month

Reply with relevant experience to be considered!

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Creative Circle’s Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

Creative Circle