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Brand Partnerships Manager role at Bodega7

Who We Are:

We are a full-service talent management agency representing multicultural talent of color in entertainment and digital, passionate about turning our talent into household names across consumer brands, emerging platforms, television & film, digital and beyond. Bodega7 believes in empowering creatives in the area of ownership and storytelling and our talent-first approach ensures that the long-term interest of the talent is always at the forefront of every strategic move and decision made in partnership with them.

What We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate is passionate about the digital and social space, has a sales mentality with industry knowledge and strong relationships, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and has a proven track record of brokering high-value deals and advancing the careers of talent. The Brand Partnerships Manager at Bodega7 should be enthusiastic, flexible, and organized, with the ability to multitask, and problem-solve under pressure with moderate to no supervision. This individual must have a keen interest and desire to thrive in a start-up environment.

What You’ll Do:

The Brand Partnerships Manager’s role is to proactively and purposefully secure and manage the activation of brand partnerships and campaigns for our clients. The role will involve building and nurturing relationships with brands and agencies for Bodega7.

The candidate must have experience delivering end-to-end campaign management for talent, from pitching to negotiating and working hand-in-hand with our clients during initial creative and briefing stages, right through campaign management and successful execution. They will need to be intentional, thoughtful, creative, and strategic in their approach, with a desire to develop and create out-of-the-box opportunities for our clients. They must be extremely organized with exceptional communication skills and manage multiple projects and stakeholders at once and anticipate and respond to client needs at all times. This role will report to and support Bodega7’s Chief Talent Officer.

Key Responsibilities:

➢ Actively participate in securing, negotiating, and executing brand deals

➢ Broker large-scale and long-term partnerships

➢ Continue to nourish existing relationships, as well as identify and build relationships with new brands and agencies

➢ Create presentations and client decks

➢ Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the influencer marketing space

➢ Strive to be creative and proactive at all times

➢ Work independently, meeting goals and deadlines with moderate to no supervision

➢ Day-to-day management of client needs

Key Skills & Requirements:

➢ 3-5 years of experience directly managing talent in the traditional and/or digital space

➢ Must have existing valuable network of brand contacts and industry relationships

➢ Has previous experience working within the influencer talent management industry and/or influencer marketing on the brand and/or agency side

➢ Has a great understanding of social and digital ecosystems

➢ Strong knowledge of the digital and social space

➢ Excellent written and verbal communication skills

➢ Effective and pragmatic negotiation and sales skills

➢ Highly organized and effective, with strong attention to detail

➢ Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and stakeholders consecutively

➢ Confident in handling objections positively

➢ Able to understand and anticipate the unique needs of talent

➢ Effective influencing skills and the ability to work with a broad range and level of people

➢ Ability to frequently travel and work outside of standard business hours

➢ Ability to work independently and in a team environment

This position is in-person at the Los Angeles, CA office.

EEOC

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday, must be flexible to work outside of standard business hours and travel, per business and client needs

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Los Angeles, CA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Brand Partnership as Talent Manager or Influencer Marketing: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

Bodega7

Daily Mail Digital Account Manager

The Daily Mail, the world’s largest English language newspaper website, is looking to add an exceptional Client Services Manager to its US team in New York and Los Angeles.

The Daily Mail publishes over 1700 stories a day, using its massive home page to deliver the breaking news, entertainment, and celebrity content that people need and want to know.

Daily Mail is looking for a proactive, creative, and detail-oriented Digital Account Manager to join our growing team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the timely execution of custom digital campaigns. This is a critical role that requires attention to detail and organizational skills.

Responsibilities:

o Campaign Management Pre Sale

o Participate in the creative pre-sale process for any of our potential clients, agencies, or partners as needed.

o Build Media Plans

o Liaise with the sales team to pull inventory forecasts and approve their outgoing RFP’s.

o Manage our US direct ad campaigns using our ad server DFP (display, mobile & video).

• Campaign Management Post Sale
• Create client-facing project plans, timeline’s and agendas; work to launch all projects on time
• Prepare and deliver campaign reports and wrap decks for the sales team.
• Investigate and resolve delivery and performance issues.
• Pro-actively analyze campaign performance and recommend campaign optimizations. Deliver all necessary information to accounting for billing and collection purpose via Operative.

o Monitor placements and campaigns for performance, delivery, and develop strategies to increase ad product performance.

o Ongoing responsibilities

o Maintain sales materials such as ad spec sheets, inventory spreadsheets, and the takeover calendar.

o Identify and recommend solutions to help streamline pre and post-sales process for campaign execution.

o Deliver ‘best in class’ service and performance to our partners and for our users.

o Since our sales team is still growing, this person may also be involved in implementing new processes, systems, and strategies with the team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 1-2 years of Digital experience (experience in campaign management or Ad Operations a plus)
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Able to interact comfortably with both clients and other internal departments
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Ability to identify problems and solutions, streamline systems and set standards
• Positive attitude, enthusiasm, high energy, sense of humor
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

Bonus Qualifications:

o Basic understanding of Photoshop Basic understanding of HTML, Flash, and JavaScript

o Good knowledge and experience of digital advertising experience and ad-serving technology solutions

o Proficient in Microsoft office suite or equivalent

MailOnline

Reporting to the Brand Manager (Editorial), the Brand Coordinator will play a key role in driving revenue for Skybound Editorial (including comics, graphic novels, books and related product) in the Direct Market (comic and hobby shops).

The Brand Coordinator will be responsible for supporting marketing and sales strategies around new projects, drafting copy for key Marketing executions and further developing Skybound’s presence within the Direct Market through live events and book tours.

Reports: This position will report to the Brand Manager, Editorial

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support day to day execution of Marketing & Sales strategy for Editorial launches.
• Primary point of contact at Skybound for Direct Market retailers on multiple social media platforms, through newsletter and other regular communications.
• Responsible for data integrity with distribution & publishing partners around frontlist and backlist releases.
• Responsible for data integrity in regards to Editorial product within the Skybound ecosystem.
• Responsible for the development and execution of promotional items for the Direct Market.
• Partner with Editorial on Retailer Exclusive Variant cover program execution and logistics.
• Lead day to day execution of Live Events strategy for Direct Market, including book tours and B2B events, for Editorial projects.
• Draft copy for Direct Market Advertising and Retailer Communications for Editorial products.

Basic Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience in comic book marketing, communications, sales and/or retail is preferred.
• Candidate must have knowledge of comic industry trends, especially in the direct market and collectors’ space.
• Candidate must have experience and demonstrated success with live events.
• Strong strategic thinker, able to articulate goals and present collaborative solutions to achieve them both in verbal and written formats.
• A self-starter who can work independently in a fast pace, multi-project, and process-oriented environment by balancing time on competing priorities.

Job Type: Regular, Full-time

Salary Range: $24-26.44/hour, eligible for overtime

• Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc

• The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees

• Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role

Skybound offers a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, as well as free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We also offer a 401K plan with 4% match, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, generous time off, wellness benefits, and tuition reimbursement. This role may also qualify for a possible discretionary bonus annually.

Company Overview

Skybound is a multiplatform content company working closely with creators and their intellectual properties, extending stories and universes to new platforms, including comics, television, film, tabletop and video games, books, digital content, events, and beyond. We are home to critically-acclaimed global franchises, including The Walking Dead and Invincible.

Skybound Games produces, publishes and distributes video and tabletop games across all genres, including the multi-million-unit selling The Walking Dead video game series. In addition to our wholly-owned franchises, we work with independent developers to foster and create original games with compelling characters and worlds, strong creator and artistic focus, and innovative approaches to engaging genres.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Skybound we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! Skybound is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, hair texture or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Skybound complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination.

Skybound will consider applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the CA Fair Chance Act and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Skybound Entertainment

About Yami:

Founded in 2013, Yami’s mission is to bring the world closer for everyone to experience and enjoy. We make it easy to discover exciting flavors and trending products from Asia. Named Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing start-up on the ”Inc. 500 List.”, we’re committed to connecting people with authentic food, beauty, home, and wellness experiences through our e-commerce platform, iOS, and Android apps.

Benefits & Compensation:

• $18~20 hourly
• On-site gym/pool and game rooms
• Employee discount
• Coffee and snacks

The intern role would focus on partnership and influencer marketing. Job tasks may involve but are not limited to the following

• Identify, reach out, and maintain relationships with potential brand partners & key influencers
• Support brand and PR campaign operations to increase brand awareness with guidance from agency partners and marketing leads
• Support partnership team in preparation, coordination, and communication with internal and external parties
• Assist in drafting and developing communications materials, including but not limited to, brief statements, press releases, articles, and advertisements to attract new users
• Support social media specialists in community management, content creation, and content publishing
• Other marketing tasks as assigned

Qualification and Requirement:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related field
• 0-1+ years of marketing and partnership experience in related industries
• Good understanding and knowledge of current social media trends and influencers/ KOL
• Familiar with trending Asian Food, beauty and lifestyle products in the market
• Excellent communication skills in English & and Chinese (Required)
• Excellent attention to detail, self-starter with the ability to learn, grow and adapt quickly
• Decision-Making: Must be able to assimilate the information gathered by yourself and others (internal & and external) to make sound and timely decisions
• Able to devote 20 hours per week onsite

Yami

Full-time Contract (6-month initial booking)

Hybrid – Marin, SF Bay Area

Overview

Now Hiring a Digital Production Designer to work with our luxury retailer brand client based in the Bay Area.

What You’ll Do

• Work in a small team of 2-3 people + VP Digital setting up design files, cleaning up Figma files, light prototyping
• Report to Globally Recognized VP Digital Creative Director
• A large focus of work will be fine-tuning shopping funnel refinements with the team.
• Design visual elements and systematic composition across all digital touch points of the brand, combining skills across interaction, user interface, and communication design
• Refine typography, composition of imagery, iconography, and other design components down to the finest detail, designing with restraint and polished elegance that is the brand’s driving force
• Identify and analyze design problems, make strategic design decisions, and generate elegant solutions that achieve brand goals
• Maintain an impeccable quality of work while working under tight seasonal/retail deadlines

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 2 years relevant work experience that includes Visual, UI, Digital Design for retail/e-commerce, either agency or in-house at a world-class brand
• Experience working inside a team and with a creative director
• Training in digital design production
• Proficiency in Figma
• Hunger to grow in your career
• Mastery of typography, grid systems, visual hierarchy, color, and composition and excellent understanding of modern, relevant UI design principles including intuitive site functionality, interaction, site architecture, user interfaces, and navigation
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, and related design tools
• Knowledge of ongoing digital trends and software, including e-commerce best practices and mobile-first design
• Extremely high standards for luxury branding aesthetics and positioning down to the finest detail of every single creative execution, across a variety of mediums and initiatives
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to present design concepts, strategy and motivations to cross-functional team members including c-suite execs
• Experience collaborating with senior creatives, and working with cross-functional teams and department heads to reach a common goal

The Keva Dine Agency™

Documentary Film Casting Call – UNTITLED BBL PROJECT

Job Description: We are excited to announce an opportunity to be part of an award-winning team’s feature documentary film, the UNTITLED BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift) PROJECT, directed by Kelly Loudenberg and produced by Ventureland and North of Now. This documentary aims to explore the captivating world of the BBL recovery scene in and around Los Angeles. We are seeking individuals who have undergone the BBL procedure and are willing to share their inspiring stories.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participants will be required to share their personal experiences, both on-camera interviews and off-camera conversations.
• Participants may be asked to provide archival materials (photos, videos, etc.) related to their BBL journey for use in the documentary.
• Willingness to allow the filmmaking team to document various stages of their BBL journey, from pre-op consultations to post-op recovery.
• Openness to discussing the emotional and psychological aspects of their transformation and self-discovery.

Requirements:

• Must have undergone the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) procedure.
• Reside in the Los Angeles, California area or be willing to travel to the location for filming.
• Be comfortable sharing personal experiences and participating in on-camera interviews.
• Willingness to sign appropriate release forms for the use of archival materials.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Compensation: For those selected to participate in the UNTITLED BBL PROJECT, the filmmaking team is prepared to offer compensation in the following manner:

• Archival License Fees: Participants may be eligible for compensation related to the licensing of their archival materials (photos, videos, etc.), which will be determined upon confirmation of participation. Compensation is expected to be in the range of $1,500 per person.
• Location Fees: If applicable, participants offering access to unique locations for filming may also receive compensation.
• Further Compensation: There is potential for additional compensation if the documentary secures distribution, which will be discussed with participants at a later stage.

The 360 Agency is an award-winning full-service brand and digital agency serving global brands. We are a talented group of Good Rebels, Futurists, and Creatives who work collaboratively to create, amplify, and elevate storytelling for brands with authentic narratives. We harness the power of the gravitational shift in today’s marketplace to help brands understand where culture meets consumers. Our team works in a fast-paced and dynamic creative environment that yields award-winning work. We are winners of an Effie, an Addy, and Anthem awards and past MVPs for AdCOLOR and ANA’s Multicultural Excellence Award. We are the go-to agency when it comes to being ahead of new trends and providing our clients with campaigns that truly enhance their brand and grow their bottom line.

The Role: 

We are looking for a highly conceptual Creative Director who can serve as the visionary for our creative department and a thought leader for the agency. The right candidate will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and will be highly influential in helping define a renewed culture of creativity that values strategy and innovation. The right candidate is someone who has managed people and knows how to plan and oversee the development of company digital, traditional, and experiential projects.

The Cultural Fit: 

You are a creative who is used to working in a fast-paced environment and has extensive experience in the development of campaigns for regional and global brands. You thrive on learning about all cultures, and you enjoy engaging in diversity of thought with colleagues and others in the industry. You are constantly learning and gaining knowledge on new and innovative ways to create and develop digital/social-first campaigns.

How You Will Make an Impact: 

The right candidate will be able to set a vision for creative engagement, which inspires and differentiates the agency for new business, for current client business, and for organic growth with current clients. Lead brand campaigns that are show-stopping and award-winning. Work collaboratively across the agency to develop creative strategy, ideation, copywriting, and art direction for existing accounts and new client prospects supported by a team of internal/freelance creative staff. Demonstrate confidence, authority, and level-headed decision-making as the agency’s senior creative voice. Display, and serve as a model of, marketing curiosity and the willingness to push your own thinking and the agency’s work in new directions. Be a model example of adherence to agency processes, making sure staff follows suit and contributes to the optimization of the agency process.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the creative process from concept to completion.
• Translate marketing objectives into clear creative strategies.
• Work closely with project teams and oversee graphic designers, art directors, and copywriters.
• Lead and direct the creative team in the production of all marketing collateral.
• Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met.
• Oversee client pitches and proposals.
• Oversee profitability, deliverables, timelines, and budgets.
• Meet with clients or upper management to explain campaign strategies and solutions.
• Review work, troubleshoot, and provide feedback to creative teams.
• Remain actively involved in hiring and training creative staff.
• Manage and cultivate the career development of staff members, including designers, art directors, and copywriters.
• Stay up to date with current creative and marketing trends.
• Be a thought leader within the agency and the industry.
• Work with Leadership to continue to evolve the vision for the agency into the agency of the future.
• Lead the positive, spirited debate of ideas and points-of-view to push your team and the agency at large to deliver a continuously improving product.
• Keep the Executive Leadership Team abreast of creative/digital trends.

Preferred Skills:

• Advertising or integrated marketing agency experience preferred.
• Experience with integrated marketing and sales campaigns across disciplines including direct-to-consumer marketing, public relations, social media, content creation, etc.
• Experiential experience is a plus.

Software Proficiency:

• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Google Drive Documents.
• Online Project Management Tools (e.g., workamajig).
• Blogging Platforms and Social Media Sites (e.g., WordPress, Facebook, etc.).

Preferred Education: 

Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Marketing, Communications, or a related field or equivalent work experience.

Benefits for Full-time employees:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental.
• 401-K.

The 360 Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Note: All employees are expected to support The 360 Agency’s commitment to providing a respectful and safe workplace. There may be times when lifting up to 25 lbs. is required. Working evenings and/or weekends may be required. There may be occasions when travel is required. All employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and acceptable manner during working hours and all work-related events, including but not limited to, holiday parties, off-sites, client meetings/events, shoot locations, etc.

Job Type: 

Contract with potential for FT.

The 360 Agency

Job Title: Creative Director V

Job Location: Los Angeles, CA (Remote)

Pay Rate: $95-$100/hour on W2 without benefits.

Job Duration: 2.5 months contract

Job Description:

We are currently seeking a Creative Leader with an Art Direction background to lead Marketing creative on behalf of client’s owned brands in partnership with agencies and product marketers, ensuring consistent brand content through all touch points. This leadership role will develop brand building work that will cultivate our brand look and feel with a heavy focus on working with internal teams and external creative agencies.

The successful candidate will continually push for innovation, never settling for the status quo. This person must have a strong background in Art Direction (agency or client side) and must be a highly strategic thinker with a proven track record for leading efforts to execute across multiple media formats.

Job Responsibilities:

• Creative / Hands-on Work
• Concept and lead multiple Marketing creative campaigns, either with in-house creative team or Agency partners
• Concept & lead multiple social-first campaign launches for one of client’s largest owned gaming studios.
• Help develop and inform creative briefs that provide strategic insights, and data driven results to inspire creative concepts and ideas.
• Work with either internal teams or our agency partners to produce standout and strategically focused global campaigns supporting the goals of world-class creative and highly efficient, data driven assets.
• Collaborate with Creative Leads and other cross-functional team members working within client’s owned brands to concept and produce advertising across multiple media formats.
• Communicate creative direction, guidance and provide oversight to internal and external creatives teams.

Management:

• Partner with Marketing, Media, Analytics and Program Management on developing scalable design frameworks with the goal to optimize creative performance.
• Oversee the strategy and creative direction of consumer facing client’s owned marketing creative that strongly resonates with a range of global audiences while maintaining consistency for the brand.
• Steward creative executions that speak to our global customer audience in the channel appropriate way, balancing the fine line between resource constraints and customization

Leadership:

• Drive alignment across internal partners and leadership around core concepts and ideas.
• Communicate learnings from iterative testing to inform creative concepts that are anchored in KPIs and drive consideration and demand.
• Become a trusted and valued partner across the marketing organization, including Marketing, Program Management, Product Marketing, Analytics, and Sales.
• Implement and iterate on best practices for marketing channels across paid and owned media, affiliates and educate cross functional teams on these best practices.
• Partner with CDs and Design Directors to continuously inform and infuse brand work and asset creation with direct response principles.

Skills:

• Strong communication skills: ability to respond to briefs creatively; present ideas and concepts to stakeholders; collaborate and iterate based on feedback from internal cross-functional partners.
• Multidisciplinary, conceptual, collaborative, analytical.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative, and independent environment.
• Comfortable guiding teams, agencies, and production partners, but should be willing to roll up their sleeves to do the work when necessary.
• A team player, a coach, and a fan cheering from the sidelines when necessary.
• Ability to equally flex your left and right brain.
• Deep understanding of performance marketing principles, best practices, and the data that drives measurable results.
• A value for everyone’s opinion and diversity of ideas regardless of where they originate.
• Decision-making based on data and business results.
• Ability to steward and own a range of client’s owned brands.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years relevant experience
• Experience developing and managing consumer marketing programs in an integrated marketing environment.
• Experience working with data & insights in a result-oriented environment.
• Experience overseeing creative teams and/or agencies.
• Demonstrated capability driving innovation in the performance marketing space.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners.

“U.S. Tech Solutions, Inc. is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status.”

US Tech Solutions

The Company

Stones Throw Records is the independent record label founded in 1996 by DJ Peanut Butter Wolf with offices in Los Angeles and London. Known for a richly diverse roster, past touchstone releases include albums by Madvillain, J Dilla, Madlib, Mayer Hawthorne, Dam-Funk and Aloe Blacc. The current roster includes artists such as Sudan Archives, Mild High Club, Knxwledge, Mndsgn, Benny Sings, NxWorries (Anderson. Paak & Knxwledge), Automatic, Jerry Paper, John Carroll Kirby, Kiefer and Los Retros.

Position Summary

The Creative Director oversees the visual brand identity and art direction of Stones Throw and its artist campaigns. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of this iconic label’s visual culture. The position leads the art department, ensuring the highest quality visual and creative aesthetic across the board. Stones Throw is proudly collaborative with its artists and this hire understands each artist’s vision and translates it to brilliant visual creative to be used across an entire marketing campaign, to engage with fans and bring each artist and the Stones Throw brand to new generations and audiences.

The Creative Director is both the curator and steward of Stones Throws’ timeless creative legacy, and at the same time breaks ground in visuals and formats to meet the needs of new generations of artists and fans. The role works and collaborates with a close-knit team, and takes the lead and executes ambitious creative that is eye-catching, timely, and cohesive. The role takes ownership over creative campaigns, art directing the big picture and ensures the details are executed to the highest standard. With a knack for storytelling and a strong background in visual design and creative work, the new hire will be able to hit the ground running, sustain and contribute to the body of iconic visuals that have been synonymous with Stones Throw for over two decades, and at the same time chart the company’s visual future.

Responsibilities

• Supervise all visual creative to ensure Stones Throw’s brand identity is maintained and kept consistent, and continues to grow and evolve.
• Lead visual creative for the label’s emerging front-line artists as well as established and legacy artists and catalog.
• Lead the creative aspect of label-branded campaigns e.g. brand collaborations, capsule collections, etc.
• Work closely with artists, management and label staff to tell the artist’s story and realize their vision through compelling creative, from album art to social content assets, merch creative, advertising assets, and everything in between, from concept to completion.
• Execute multi-platform creative for artist marketing campaigns, with a digital-forward approach.
• As business growth allows, build a small creative team of one or two, covering art, design and layout, video, photography, graphic design, and more. Directly manage and develop a junior in-house creative and delegate select responsibilities to them.
• Meet the unique creative needs of each artist and project, and source and commission select outside freelance creatives including visual artists, graphic designers, photographers, animators, video directors, editors, stylists, et cetera.
• Think outside the box for creative ideas such as collaborations with brands, innovative activations and groundbreaking approaches to convey artists’ vision and engage and acquire fans.
• Ensure Stones Throw’s deep catalog is kept active with timely reissues and repackagings that appeal to existing fans and new audiences.

Skills / Experience:

• 7+ years of working in design, creative or art direction roles, with a breadth of experience across formats and platforms.
• Proven track record in creating and commissioning visually compelling creative, with a strong, demonstrable proficiency in video content.
• Deep knowledge of and immersion in the music and creative landscape, understanding of how visual creative and music interact to tell a story.
• Creative accomplishments and skills relevant and transferable to supporting frontline music releases, music catalog, artists as brand, and label as brand.
• An extensive network of contacts from visual artists to videographers, strong relationships in the creative industries, and an instinct for hiring the right creative for the right job.
• Resourceful at working with independent label budgets.
• Organized and able to juggle multiple demanding projects at once, as Stones Throw is a label with a busy release schedule.
• An excellent communicator who can bring multiple ideas to the table, and easily and fluently illustrate creative ideas to a range of stakeholders each with different needs.
• A profound understanding of Stones Throw’s history, audience, and musical and visual culture.
• Knowledge of the various platforms on which creative lives and how audiences interact with it should come as second nature.
• Demonstrated ability to balance creative innovation and boundary pushing with the realities of budgets and deadlines.
• Strong relationship management, collaboration, delegating and mentoring skills.
• College degree in creative/visual arts field preferred.

Compensation

Competitive salary plus health benefits, 401K matching, PTO, paid holidays (including December 24 to January 1), and other benefits. Depending on relevant experience, skills and relationships, it is anticipated that the final hire will be offered a base salary at an annual rate between $140K and $150K plus bonus.

Apply

Along with your resume, please submit a link to your portfolio and/or relevant social media.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Stones Throw is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. Further, the company strives to create a diverse, welcoming, equitable and inclusive environment for all applicants, employees and partners.

Stones Throw Records

SUMMARY: The Audience Growth and Brand Manager is the champion for Voice of San Diego’s investigative journalism and the products that deliver it and ensures the consistency of the Voice brand and visual identity. This colleague is responsible for brand awareness and readership, listener and follower growth throughout the community and within the digital space, including social media, website traffic and lead generation.

The Audience Growth and Brand Manager creates and leads integrated campaigns that drive measurable and thoughtful growth of Voice’s audience throughout the county. Responsibilities include collaborating with Voice colleagues and leadership to develop and execute marketing tools, technologies and tactics that promote Voice products and services in support of its mission.

ABOUT VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Launched in 2005, Voice of San Diego was the first digital nonprofit news organization to serve a local community. Its founders, longtime columnist and editor Neil Morgan and entrepreneur Buzz Woolley, felt the region desperately needed more investigative reporting and journalistic competition. Our mission is to consistently deliver ground-breaking investigative journalism for the San Diego region. To increase civic participation by giving residents the knowledge and in-depth analysis necessary to become advocates for good government and social progress.

Voice made a name nationally with its investigative reports and by creating a new business model for supporting that kind of journalism. Hundreds of other nonprofit news organizations from across the country have since adopted this approach. It’s based on civic engagement and opportunities for San Diego residents to discuss and debate the issues that impact their quality of life. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we are fully funded by individual members, major charitable gifts, foundations and community partnerships. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

·        Develop innovative marketing campaigns to drive lead generation through optimized web content, social media, email campaigns, SEO, Google ads, and other strategies.

·        Manage social media campaigns and presence on social networking sites.

·        Lead efforts to understand audience needs and interests. Conduct regular audience analysis, including subscribers, website visitors, members, and those who unsubscribe.

·        Develop and maintain audience profiles, creating identities and strategies to reach and convert those audiences. 

·        Develop and execute annual marketing budget and plan. Allocate resources and implement campaigns, including digital advertising, social media campaigns (paid and unpaid), and traditional advertising and promotion. Measure and report on results regularly.

·        Safeguard the Voice brand. Manage brand image and use in all materials.

·        Create all marketing and promotional messages across Voice. Ensure a cohesive look and feel across all channels and communications, including email campaigns and fundraising campaigns.

·        Use Google Analytics and other tools to analyze performance, inform marketing strategies, and drive results.

·        Collaborate with multimedia journalist to develop and disseminate content, including videos, photographs, stories, and podcasts.

·        Collaborate with the digital manager on SEO to maximize reach and discoverability of Voice content.

·        Manage third-party graphic designers.

·        Regularly brief staff and board about audience research findings.

·        Follow all company and department policies and procedures.

·        Develop and maintain productive, informative and respectful relationships that support the achievement of Voice of San Diego’s mission statement.

·        Perform other essential duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Voice of San Diego