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Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Studio City, CA (Hybrid 3 days a week)

Fulltime – Direct Hire

Pay: $91,000-114,000/year

Our entertainment media client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee delivery of strategic initiatives to continue to build their Subscription Video On Demand service. As our one and only Project Manager, you will be a self-starter and independent operator, able to apply your expertise to bring together diverse internal and external stakeholders to ensure the seamless delivery of transformative product initiatives.

Responsibilities include:

• Project Execution: Oversee delivery of product development projects, ensuring alignment with product strategy, on-time, on budget delivery, and optimal resource allocation.
• Team Communication & Accountability: Coordinates intradepartmental and cross-functional teams. Serve as the nexus between internal departments and external vendors, ensuring streamlined and transparent communication. Regularly liaise with the business, product, tech ops and vendor teams, updating on progress, challenges, and ensuring responsibilities are clear and met. Own all tracking and relevant materials to keep all stakeholders informed of project status.
• Vendor Management: Engage and oversee external vendors, ensuring deliverables are timely, of high quality, and resonate with our agreed upon product strategy.
• Timeline Management: Define and implement effective timelines and track project milestones, deliverables, budgets and deadlines, swiftly identifying potential risks and roadblocks, and crafting solutions.
• Performance Analysis: Assess project outcomes post-launch, drawing insights to refine processes and drive future success.

Skills & Experience:

• Project Management: Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 3-5 years’ experience in managing delivery of complex digital projects, especially with external partners.
• Desired Certifications: PMP and/or Certified Scrum Master, or equivalent
• Agile Expert: Experience working in Agile environments, driving sprint deadlines and development rituals.
• Communicator: Exceptional ability to convey complex project narratives to a diverse audience, both technical and non-technical.
• Relationship Management: Established skills in fostering strong relationships with internal teams and external partners, ensuring harmonized collaboration.
• Detail-oriented, Strategic Organizer: Superior organizational skills with a penchant for setting and meeting ambitious goals while ensuring details get delivered.
• Persistent: Proactive communicator ensuring all parties are always aware and on track with their respective tasks, deliverables and associated deadlines.

Russell Tobin

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Trade Sales, we are seeking an experienced Account Manager to service our existing Trade (high end interior designer and architect) clients while working to build and prospect new trade business in SD/OC/AZ/UT/NV. The successful candidate will be working remotely from Orange County or San Diego as they work hard to further build this territory. Travel within territory is required as well as infrequent travel to our Flagship showroom in Los Angeles.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote our product and company to the interior design industry within allocated territory – traveling is required throughout the territory for presentations and client engagement.
• Manage client portfolio – order requests, samples, information, product care, trouble-shooting, sales leads, monitoring orders through to delivery
• Build and maintain strong and effective working relationships
• Maintain and develop both active and dormant Trade clientele in line with strategic objectives
• Actively prospect for new Trade clients
• Provide support for client events e.g. networking opportunities and client entertainment, new collection launches, media events
• Demonstrate product knowledge – be familiar with the construction of the products, and be able to recommend products for different applications
• Keep online contact database organized and up to date with new and existing company contact

About You

We are searching for a dynamic sales professional, who can demonstrate:

• Experience in a similar role and industry
• Strong network in the ID Community within territory is ideal
• A proven sales record
• Utmost professional presentation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills with a keen attention to detail

About Us

Armadillo is a truly sustainable company – for the good of the world we live in and all who journey with us. Our rugs lie lightly on this earth. Founded in 2009 we are an Australian born company, with showrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.

Our rugs are handcrafted by artisans in India and Nepal using natural materials and energy-efficient processes, designed to counteract today’s throwaway culture and stand the test of time. As a certified B Corp, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of sustainability, social responsibility and transparency.

To us, giving back is the only way forward. We donate 10% of net profits from each rug sold to The Armadillo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of our business, which is dedicated to improving lives in underprivileged communities through education, health care, and environmental initiatives.

How We Work

As a purpose-driven company, guided by integrity, Armadillo is committed to cultivating the very best talents in their fields. Our workplace is open and inclusive, valuing teamwork and collaboration as well as celebrating individual strengths. We are committed to each other, our work and the wider community – and our hope is to be joined by those who are enthusiastic not just about what we do, but why we do it.

People & Culture

Our people have made Armadillo the brand it is today and as such, we have created a supportive and stimulating environment that nurtures the personal and professional growth of employees at all levels. We embrace fair workplace practices, equal employment opportunity, cultural diversity, and health and wellbeing. We also proudly offer our employees:

• An Employee Assistance Program
• An annual career development fund
• A health & wellbeing allowance
• Annual car allowance
• Additional leave days for community volunteering
• Generous staff discounts

If you are looking for the opportunity to evolve your career with a successful global and ethical business, we encourage you to apply now. Please submit the following:

Your resume and one-paragraph bio about who you are and what makes you jump out of bed in the morning to [email protected]

Armadillo

Qualifications & Skills

– 5+ years of experience in product or brand marketing in video game,entertainment,or related fields. Demonstrated brand development experience strongly desired

– Experience in influencer marketing & Twitch drop

– Proven track record of successful marketing management in a leadership role and managing P&L statements for products.

– Extensive knowledge and interest in video gaming and interactive entertainment industry and/or Japanese animation.

– Ability to leverage quantitative and qualitative insights with research,partners & licensees to identify market opportunities to shape consumer personas/target audiences,create business plans,brand positioning,and campaign activations

– Experience with digital marketing across web,console,and social including working with online digital marketplaces,developing digital content strategies,and executing launches of supportive and standalone digital releases

– Experience in working successfully with social media channels and editorial personnel in conjunction with executing PR and community plans in addition to demonstrated record of building and managing community teams is a plus

– Experience in Mobile games,live-ops games,film,toys and collectibles is a plus

Responsibilities

– Create meaningful brand moments and integrate promotion and publishing of Lilith games with brand&GTM plans, collaborating with overseas counterparts and game publishing teams

– Identify and leverage opportunities to partner and collaborate with other brands and games within and outside our portfolio

– Develop, approve, and maintain consistent brand identity, including positioning, audience definition, B2C and B2B communication pillars and style guides for usage in brand activations, licensing, partnerships, and games

– Manage internal resources and external agencies/vendors to successfully navigate all phases of product marketing including, but not limited to all planning & project timelines related to creative development, advertising, social media, special events, trade and consumer promotions

– Work effectively with internal and external, cross-functional teams including Community, Public Relations, Channel Marketing, Digital, Operations, and Development to ensure seamless integration and execution of our global marketing campaigns

Lilith Games

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Manager to join the Social Media team of a major name in TV entertainment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed production schedules for assigned projects in collaboration with the social media team, ensuring all necessary steps toward delivery are identified.
• Create deliverable schedules and plans with external vendors, holding them accountable to defined timelines.
• Track progress on campaigns, proactively identifying and escalating any blockers to the appropriate team members.
• Communicate project status to leadership regularly, developing an easily accessible project overview.
• Assist team leads in identifying and solving workflow challenges.
• Provide operational support to ensure team members are on track with delivery dates, including scheduling meetings, creating to-do lists, and communicating assignments and deadlines.
• Ensure broad socialization of plans and alignment across leadership, the project team, and internal/external partners.

Requirements:

• 4-6 years of relevant experience managing complex projects for a marketing organization.
• Media or entertainment industry experience is a plus.
• Proactive, multifaceted, and capable of working on concurrent complex projects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with budgeting and scope review.
• Strong familiarity with web technologies and social media platforms.
• Proficient in project management tools like Asana, Jira, and Monday.com.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adjust to rapid changes.
• Four-year college degree preferred.

What’s in our benefits packages:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401k Program
• Commuter Benefit
• eLearning
• Education Reimbursement
• Ongoing Training & Development
• *To qualify for our benefits package, you must work over 30 hours per week and the length of assignment must be a minimum of 10 weeks.

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About Us

FANCY SPRINKLES® is an omni-channel business, born online, aimed at disrupting the edible arts and baking industries. The company is the leading digital brand in the decorating food and beverage space, offering innovative products, tools, and content for bakers, edible artists, and entertainers alike. Additionally, as of Fall 2023, FANCY SPRINKLES® seeks to expand that footprint in physical stores, starting with its nation-wide retail launch in Walmart in over 3,200 stores!

Founded in 2016 by Lisa Osbourne (Lisa Stelly), FANCY SPRINKLES® produces products and kits to decorate food and beverages, including edible glitters, candy melts, artisanal sprinkles, coloring gels, and more. FANCY SPRINKLES® strives to unleash creative potential by fueling individuals to express themselves through products to empower imagination, push boundaries and make the world a more decorated place. Based in Los Angeles, CA and the Western Suburbs of Chicago, the company employs a highly diversified team of talented individuals across the US.

In 2018, the company received its first institutional funding from Chicago-based investment management firm Sterling Partners/87. The capital supports the need to further build the team, expand infrastructure, and grow its product pipeline. Lisa Stelly continues to inspire and lead the company in her role as Chief Creative Officer, focusing on developing new products and categories, and creating content for a wide array of channels through which the brand connects with an expanding and highly discerning customer base.

About the role

FANCY SPRINKLES is searching for a Community Marketing Manager to engage, grow, and foster its robust online and offline community of makers, entertainers, hostesses, and bakers. The Community Marketing Manager will take immediate ownership of the strategy and execution of various community programs by collaborating with internal and external resources to build awareness, create demand, and measure results. The ideal candidate has prior experience building strategies for various community marketing initiatives, including ambassador programs, brand partnerships, and community events.

What You’d Be Responsible For

• Develop a compelling community strategy that supports the Fancy Sprinkles marketing strategy and consumer
• Define the strategies and processes for each community initiative
• Research, plan, and manage multiple community building and community engagement initiatives.
• Develop the community by participating in discussions with the community, listening to current consumers and finding ways to identify and engage new consumers
• Report insights, data and metrics from all organic community initiatives to brand, product and sales teams
• Collaborate with the Social Media Manager and CX team to address community-related inquiries, feedback, and complaints. Act as a liaison between the community and internal stakeholders to ensure prompt and satisfactory resolutions
• Work with the Creative and Content team to develop assets for community initiatives
• Monitor emerging trends within the edible arts and home entertaining categories to ensure Fancy provides relevant, exciting experiences for the community

Partnerships:

• Create and own the partnerships strategy to grow the Fancy Community
• Create a systematic, process-driven approach to inbound partner requests, partner outreach and relationship management
• Research, identify, initiate and manage external partnerships, including B2B, brand & product partnerships, sweepstakes, licensing, and giveaways
• Collaborate with CMO, Brand Manager and Chief Commercialization Officer to align our internal goals with new and existing partner relationships
• Deliver a professional, positive and engaging experience to our partners

Ambassadors

• Refine and own the ambassador strategy
• Grow and diversify the ambassador and influencer network with nano, micro, mid and macro partners across relevant food, drink and lifestyle categories
• Manage external resources to build and maintain online and offline relationships with brand ambassadors & influencers to inspire, engage and grow the Fancy Community
• Identify new online and offline opportunities to engage this important subset of the community beyond social media
• Partner with the brand manager and Head of Content & Creative to identify content needs for the marketing plan; and with the VP of Product & Innovation to identify partners for product testing and feedback

Events & Community Outreach

• Create and own the events strategy
• Identify audiences to target for community events and outreach programs
• Plan and work with external resources to execute a variety of live edible arts experiences for the community, from intimate dinner parties to festival experiences
• Represent the Fancy Community at consumer-centric events

What You Can Bring

• 5-7 years of experience in community management including owning initiatives such as partnerships, ambassadors, and events. Ideally strong experience across multiple initiatives.
• Passion for the edible arts industry. Ideally participates in edible arts in some way.
• BA/BS in Marketing, Communication, or similar relevant field
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strategic thinker
• Strong networking skills
• Attention to detail

FANCY SPRINKLES

Company: meShell Studio

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About méShell:

méShell is a Los Angeles based creative VFX and motion design studio with work that spans in commercial, entertainment, music and branded content. 

About the role:

méShell is seeking a creative storyteller with a passion for crafting visually stunning videos. We are looking for a talented Post-Production Video Editor to join our team and bring our projects to life through seamless editing and captivating storytelling.

The ideal candidate is a creative and driven editor / animator who is proficient in adobe premiere and after effects.

Responsibilities:

• Edit and assemble raw footage into polished, high-quality videos that align with project goals and vision.
• Work closely with directors, producers, and other team members to understand project requirements and deliver compelling visual narratives.
• Enhance videos with color correction, sound editing, transitions, and visual effects to elevate the final product.
• Ensure continuity, smooth transitions, and proper pacing in video sequences.
• Stay updated with industry trends and editing techniques to bring innovative ideas to projects.

Requirements:

• Proven experience (3-5 years) as a video editor or similar role in post-production.
• Proficiency in video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, after effects, or DaVinci Resolve.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in video editing and storytelling.
• Understanding of pacing, timing, and storytelling principles in video production.
• Attention to detail and ability to work efficiently to meet project deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with motion graphics, visual effects, or animation.
• Knowledge of color grading and audio mixing.
• Familiarity with different video formats and codecs for various platforms.

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to work on diverse and exciting projects in a collaborative environment.
• A chance to contribute creatively and make an impact on storytelling through video.
• Room for professional growth and skill development opportunities.

If you’re passionate about creating compelling visual stories through video editing and want to be part of a team that values creativity and innovation, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your resume, portfolio, and any relevant work samples for consideration.

méShell Studio

The preferred candidate would be based in South California due to frequent travel but are open to those outside the area that are willing to maintain a heavy presence in the market.

This role focuses on selling Sage Intacct accounting software for clients in the entertainment and not for profit industries.

Why Choose RKL?

RKL offers a comprehensive benefits package as well as an ability to work with your day-to-day life.

This includes:

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Commitment to work life balance
• Investment and complete buy-in to your career progress, through trainings, mentorships, and advancement
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) match

Who We Are and What We Do

We are RKL, a leading advisory firm that helps organizations and their leaders take on everyday challenges and opportunities while preparing them for whatever comes next in their business.

RKL aspires to be a collaborative organization working for the collective success and benefit of one another, our clients and our communities.

About the Position

The Director of Sales for Accounting Software/ERP within the entertainment and not for profit industry is responsible for continual growth via the acquisition of new RKL eSolutions customers. As a trusted advisor, the Director will also collaborate with Marketing, RKL LLP Partners and external referral contacts in building a sustainable pipeline to achieve the new license goals.

Other responsibilities include:

• Manage the entire sales cycle from initial introductions, through discovery and demo, to close
• Engage with prospects to qualify opportunities and identify solutions that meet the prospect specific project requirements
• Prepare prospect presentations along with demo resources unique to each sales plan
• Act as liaison between the prospect, eSolutions and publishers especially the Sage team
• Participate in Marketing tactics that generate demand including webinars, in-person meetings, internal/external industry groups, networking events, tradeshows, and other prospect generating activities
• Nurture leads through scheduled follow-up activities and events in CRM
• Partner with business development representatives to identify new marketing targets and strategies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience
• Minimum of 7 years in software sales and customer success required, both transactional sales and strategic selling experience
• Entertainment and not for profit experience preferred
• Familiarity with Sage Intacct is preferred

If you are passionate about the work you do and want to join an amazing team that will invest in your future, we want you here! For more information regarding our open position and the services we provide, visit our website at https://www.rklcpa.com/careers/.

RKL is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

RKL LLP

Title: Finance Manager

Compensation: $125K + Bonus

Location: Culver City, CA

Email your word document resume to [email protected] and reference the subject as Finance Manager.

Our client, a well-known entertainment studio, has partnered with Logis to add a Finance Manager to their growing team. We are looking for a Manager of FP&A with a “can do” attitude, critical thinking skills, analytical mind, and excellent interpersonal skills to support our client’s business as the company positions itself for growth.

As the Manager of FP&A, you will play a pivotal role in the review and assessment of the company’s budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management. This is a dynamic role in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment.

What you will do:

• Manage the financial planning process including the creation of monthly forecasts, annual budgets, AOP, and LRP
• Develop in-depth analysis and financial projections to support strategic projects for various initiatives and present recommendations and results to executive team
• Develop and leads a monthly financial reporting package accompanied by meaningful commentary
• Consolidate and analyze P&L forecasts and budgets
• Provide variance analysis on actual overhead expenditures and provide business insights to executive team
• Drive value-add analytics using qualitive and quantitative data/factors
• Ability to work and engage cross-functionally and build strong relationships with internal and external senior level partners – excellent communication skills both written and verbal and great interpersonal skills both over the phone and face to face
• Work with key stakeholders, operating groups and finance team members to improve the effectiveness of the financial planning process, assumptions and results
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Lead or assist with special projects as needed

What we are looking for:

• Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Entertainment experience preferred
• MBA or CPA preferred but not required
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with ultimates a big plus
• Strong team player with “can do attitude” who can thrive under the pressure of meeting tight deadlines while handling multiple business priorities simultaneously
• Highly effective communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to work independently and with a team environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced and mission driven environment, prioritize appropriately and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

Email your word document resume to [email protected] and reference the subject as Finance Manager.

Logis | Accounting & Finance Consulting | Talent Search

Why Join Us

Yotta’s huge fanbase has helped turn us into a globally ranked game developer with offices worldwide. Despite our success, at heart we are still players trying to create exciting and engaging, never-before-experienced games. That drive to make games that we want to play is what animates our well-resourced, ambitious, creative team members. Working together in a supportive, open workplace and taking cues from our gaming communities, we create products that entertain the world.

Responsibilities

As a User Acquisition Manager, you will design, improve, and execute strategies of multiple channels for paid user acquisition and reactivation, giving priority to sustainable growth that takes into account the current condition of the product. We are on the lookout for ideal talents who are data-driven, result-oriented, and responsible, and have great passion for video game marketing.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Manage a variety of user acquisition channels to acquire mobile users (include, but not limited to: Google, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Tik Tok…etc);
• Responsible for UA optimization, A/B testing, and leading innovative improvement against assigned targets;
• Collaborate with Product, Research, Creative Art, and other teams to develop new and improve existing UA strategies and activities;
• Develop insights, testing methodologies, and process optimization for activities like UA, user analysis, and market trends monitoring.

Qualifications

We Expect You To Have:

• Bachelor degree or above, preferably in Economics, Mathematics, Marketing, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field;
• 3+ years of experience in media buying/user acquisition/performance marketing in 2C business;
• 1+ years of experience in video gaming companies;
• Strong proficiency with Excel;
• Passion for digital marketing & video games.

Even Better If You Have:

• Proficiency of SQL/Python;
• A strong understanding of funnel conversion metrics, retention rates, and LTV predictions.

Additional Information

• This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles (currently hybrid because of pandemic);
• Current working hours: Monday – Friday, 11am – 8pm Pacific Time (including one-hour break);
• Salary range is $70,000-120,000/year.

Yotta is committed to building an inclusive environment where creative professionals from a multitude of diverse cultural backgrounds collaborate to inspire audiences and each other. We are passionately supportive of equality in all its forms and never discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, orientation, identity, national origin, handicap, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law.

Yotta Games

Position Summary: 

wiip is seeking a Manager, Studio Finance to oversee all facets of the production finance operation and accounting process. This position will be a key member of the Finance team working closely with internal and external production teams. The ideal candidate will understand the episodic television production business and be able to work cross-functionally with other teams including Creative, Business Affairs, Productions and Senior Management. Please email resumes to: [email protected]

Location: 

Los Angeles, CA

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage production cash flow and funding schedules for all wiip’s productions
• Partner with Production and Show Accountants to drive accurate, complete and timely costs reporting 
• Review productions cost reports and trial balances, record quarter end consolidation journal entries
• Reconcile production funding account to production trial balance funding ledger
• Perform accounting processes including but not limited to account reconciliations, record journal entries during accounting close cycle, billings and collections
• Work with external auditor and provide support during year-end financial audit
• Key financial management liaison between Production, Show Accountants, Business Affairs, and Corporate Finance
• Serve as the main point of contact for all production related audits 
• Oversee production incentives workflow from budget or estimates through the receipt of tax credits
• Manage participations and residuals process and ensure payments are made on time
• Ad hoc analysis and projects as required

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of show accounting experience with TV/film production companies
• Production finance experience required
• Understanding of GAAP accounting principles, both in theory and practical application, particularly with respect to television or film accounting preferred
• Experience with residuals or entertainment union payroll and tax incentives preferred
• Ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic work environment and demonstrates a flexible and adaptable work style that responds quickly and efficiently under tight deadlines
• Ability to articulate your work to non-financial team members
• Ability to be hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment
• BS/BA in Accounting or Finance
• Intacct experience a plus
• Strong Excel skills required

About Us: wiip is a global independent studio distinctive in its talent-first approach by inspiring storytellers to do what they love – create. Led by entertainment veteran Paul Lee, wiip’s critically acclaimed premium slate includes Brad Ingelsby’s Emmy® Award-winning limited series, “Mare of Easttown,” starring Kate Winslet for HBO; Alena Smith’s Peabody Award-winning series “Dickinson,” starring Hailee Steinfeld for Apple TV+; Jenny Han’s global sensation YA drama, “The Summer I Turned Pretty” for Prime Video; Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck’s limited series “White House Plumbers,” starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux for HBO; Danny Boyle’s “Pistol,” for FX/Hulu; Matthew Berry and Arthur Mathews “Toast of Tinseltown,” and Cody Heller’s “Dummy,” starring Emmy® nominated Anna Kendrick for The Roku Channel; and the upcoming first scripted drama from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions entitled “Bodkin,” starring Will Forte for Netflix. 

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