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ParentMap is hiring a Director, Marketing

(Work from home)

ParentMap is the Pacific Northwest’s leading media company for parents and caregivers, providing highly relevant, well-researched and entertaining content to families through various integrated publishing channels, including our award-winning news magazine, website, annual lecture series and community events.

The Director, Marketing is a results driven leadership position that directly impacts Parentmap’s strategic growth based on business goals. The Director, Marketing shows passion for parenting content with a genuine interest in parenting topics, and an understanding of this audience. The Director, Marketing plans digital marketing campaigns across multiple channels; creates and publishes written and visual content to support marketing initiatives; optimizes marketing channels to improve performance; and analyzes and communicates results to company leaders. The Director, Marketing is instrumental in setting the strategy and execution for Parentmap.com website development, eNews program, new digital products and analyzing metrics to drive traffic/audience acquisition initiatives and attain revenue growth objectives.  

Key responsibilities:

• Strategic Vision: develops long term audience engagement strategies for social media, email, events, ParentMap Brand, digital products and content marketing and influencer collaborations that drive business goals and align with company values and goals.
• Leadership: Sits on ParentMap’s leadership team to determine business goals, growth strategy, priorities and budgets.  Inspires and collaborates with team members to guide them to achieve audience engagement and marketing objectives.  Leads marketing team to execute against business goals with consistent management, goal setting, and reporting up and across teams. Identifies and recommends internal and external required resources to deliver Business Goals.
• Analytic Mindset: Uses data analytic tools to measure, report effectiveness and drive strategy of all marketinging campaigns and products to established goals, including audience engagement, growth opportunities, segmentation and revenue optimization, innovation, and application of emerging digital marketing trends.
• Content Strategy: Collaborate with content Managing Editor to develop compelling and relevant content strategies tailored to different audiences, platforms (i.e articles, videos, webinars etc).
• Marketing: In collaboration with Sales and Content, design and manage paid marketing campaigns for all products, including search, social media, email and display advertising to promote increased audience engagement, client spend, brand awareness and support business goals/ growth. 
• Tech-savviness: Lead ParentMap team in elevating and learning digital tools that can help analyze successes, engagement challenges, improve ParentMap’s website, automate workflow, and enhance platforms, and processes. Manage digital vendor relationships as well as digital product and website development projects.
• Innovation: Generate creative ideas to enhance product offerings, engage audience, promote client sales and build ParentMap’s brand.
• Digital Product Delivery: responsible for strategy, design and execution of digital products including email marketing program/platform logistics, all sponsorship programs, ad campaigns, ParentMap’s website  and new digital products, in conjunction with evaluating and implementing audience growth initiatives, subscriber database hygiene and segmentation, and platform/product iteration and development. 
• Brand Management: Ensure optimal brand and product positioning and increased perceived value of ParentMap’s brand with audience, clients, and partners.

Qualifications and success measures:

• BS/MS degree in marketing or a related field
• Proven experience leading/managing digital marketing strategies and programs
• Demonstrated experience managing a successful team
• Proven project management skills including planning complex projects including web development projects, assessing risks and opportunities, creating budgets, communicating with stakeholders, troubleshooting problems
• Self-starter, creative and highly motivated to implement marketing plans from conception through execution and analysis
• Solid understanding of all social media platforms and tools, Business/Ads Manager, email marketing platforms, GA4, Matomo and/ or similar product, Google Ad Manager, Google Tag Manager and standard project management tools
• Experience utilizing content management systems (Drupal/HTML experience is a major plus) 
• Highly creative, with experience in identifying target audiences and devising digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate them
• Solid copywriting and proofreading skills, with attention to grammar, voice and tone
• Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize data to help inform decision-making processes 
• Strong attention to detail, organization and time-management skills with the ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced business environment
• Conversant with the latest trends and best practices in digital, email and social media marketing
• Basic Adobe Photoshop skills a plus

Reports to:  Owner & Publisher

FLSA status: Exempt

Job status: Full time – 40  hours per week

Compensation: The salary range for this position is $80,000 – $110,000 per year based on qualifications, skills and experience. ParentMap offers benefit plans including health, vision and dental.  Employees will receive a vacation grant of two weeks after six months prorated according to hire date. Additional vacation time is granted according to years of employment. Employees will also receive 11 paid holidays over the course of the calendar year as well as Washington state–mandated time off for sick leave and personal obligations.

Job location:  Work-from-home position with monthly required meetings on Mercer Island.

To Apply:  Please submit a résumé and cover letter to admin@parentmap.com, with Director, Marketing in the subject line. 

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ParentMap

A career at Sono Bello means being part of a dynamic and high-energy work environment, where each one of our team members can make a difference. We love what we do, and it shows. We are the national leader in providing cutting-edge, personalized body transformations. We believe everyone deserves to have their best body today and pursue their best life now.

We seek an Employer Brand Manager who will play a critical role in further connecting Sono Bello to the hearts and minds of our current and prospective employees. You will support the development of a clear employer brand. You will own and spearhead employer brand strategies focused on growing brand awareness across internal and external channels. The Employer Brand Manager will be responsible for developing and executing engaging marketing programs aligned with recruiting goals and a compelling talent narrative. You will also design new and/or support current internal employee communication programs.

The Employer Brand Manager will get to:

• Own key employer initiatives – from brainstorming and conception to planning, executing, and measuring – to drive brand awareness, engagement, and loyalty among our current and prospective employees.
• In collaboration with the Talent team, develop employer brand messaging that articulates our why and value proposition.
• Create and disseminate the talent brand story and leverage our origin story, developing content for various marketing channels (e.g., careers website, email, blog, etc.)
• Write engaging content to showcase the current employee experience, source stories, and develop thought leadership content.
• Work cross-functionally to deliver well-organized, timely, and successful internal/ external marketing campaigns.
• Create, uncover, and articulate personal and inspirational employee stories to support the employer brand.
• Leverage research and insights to identify or craft opportunities to support recruiting goals.
• Create tools, content, or presentations to build brand ambassadors.
• Collaborate with our Creative team to ensure the marketing and recruiting goals are aligned and on-brand.
• Collaborate with the Talent team on recruiting strategy, events, and materials.
• Understand the talent profiles for the organization and develop a robust employer branding strategy.
• Apply best practices and approaches from brand marketing, digital media, and communications to the Talent and HR teams.
• Promote and communicate the employee value proposition through various digital platforms.
• Develop communication campaigns to support the talent recruiting strategy and drive candidate attraction and engagement through social media, events, and other channels.
• Develop campaigns to build brand affinity and advocacy amongst employees; help build a brand ambassador program.
• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of talent marketing campaigns on an ongoing basis to ensure maximum ROI and provide feedback on these results to stakeholders.

Your experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications Psychology, Behavioral Science, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in marketing, brand, or advertising research and/or brand strategy
• Ready to share & implement best practices from a proven track record in a fast-growth brand marketing field.
• Experience in creating/ implementing enterprise-wide culture engagement initiatives/ programs.
• Integrated marketing experience – advertising, marketing, public relations, a plus
• Recruiting knowledge and employer brand experience is a must.
• Social media and content marketing experience
• Well-versed in using LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed
• Experience in managing website content and working with Google Analytics or similar tools.
• WordPress knowledge and experience, a plus
• High proficiency in English (both written and verbal)

Compensation:

At Sono Bello, we believe that our team members are the keys to our success. The compensation range for this role is $77,000 – $87,000, depending on experience.

Benefits:

Benefits Package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K, EAP, PTO, and paid holidays.

Sono Bello

The communications team at Washington Filmworks and its partner organization Whipsmart is growing. Are you passionate about Washington’s creative community and motion picture industry? 

We are seeking a full-time Communications Coordinator who will work alongside the Senior Communications Manager to effectively share the story of Washington’s creative economy.  Both Washington Filmworks and Whipsmart are nonprofits that help those making a living being creative, either by financially supporting projects, providing business resources or advocating for policies and programs that support artists, craftspeople and entrepreneurs. This role will oversee the day-to-day coordination of communications initiatives and will be responsible for helping to imagine, build, and maintain a variety of resources to showcase the organizations and spotlight the statewide creative community.  

As an ideal candidate, you will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be creative, knowledgeable about our mission, and enjoy writing in a variety of formats. You will be a self-starter who can work independently with an emphasis on personal accountability and also enjoy collaboration. You should be comfortable both in front of a computer and in the community. You must be a strong problem solver with the ability to pivot and shift seamlessly in a small, fast-paced environment.  Given the unique nature of our work, no day at the organization is the same.  One day, we are celebrating the start of a film production and on another we are in Olympia talking to elected officials about the economic impact of the creative economy.   It’s sometimes a wild ride but it’s definitely a fun ride! 

We believe that diversity of ideas and experience is one of our greatest strengths. We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented communities to apply, which often include: Black, Latino, Indigenous and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders, and other persons of color, members of religious minorities, refugees, migrants, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQIA2S+) persons, rural communities, formerly incarcerated persons, persons experiencing homelessness, and persons with disabilities. Although no candidate will match 100% with this job description, culture fit and willingness to learn with us is as important as the skills you bring.       

All applicants must be Washington residents and staff currently work remotely.

Responsibilities / Skills

• Maintain a thorough understanding of brand guidelines for both organizations.
• Provide digital communications support including content design and layout.
• Help in development of both digital collateral and printed materials.
• Support social media management including assisting with content and scheduling of posts across multiple platforms 
• Maintain steady and clear communication with community and partners 
• Participate in light photography and videography projects, including editing and working with external vendors
• Provide support for both virtual and in-person events including but not limited to attending functions outside of regular hours
• Tracking data and outcomes, including reporting in multiple formats
• Actively participate in team meetings 

This list is not exhaustive. All staff work together collaboratively and in a changing environment, and at times are called upon to complete other duties.

What you Bring:

• Deep commitment to equity as a goal and approach
• Sense of humor and joy for the work
• A desire to engage in candid two-way feedback
• Initiative, creativity, flexibility

Qualifications:

• Basic graphic design, photography/videography and editing skills
• Web maintenance and design support
• Project management skills
• Ability to accurately maintain and produce documents, presentations, reports
• Resourcefulness and strong organizational skills are essential
• Proficiency with with Google Workspace, MS Office, Constant Contact, Hootsuite, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, Adobe Photoshop and/or broader Adobe Creative Suite and Social Media platforms
• Clear, concise communication style and good judgment are imperative
• Ability to manage competing priorities, while remaining responsive and communicative
• Ability to work independently
• Experience in communications/marketing or related field is preferred
• Working knowledge of the film industry is an asset

Compensation:

• $24.04 – $33.17 per hour. Full time employees are expected to work 40 hours per week.
• Health / Dental / Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and Employer Contribution
• Employer provided 5% contribution of gross wages annually.  No match required.
• PTO:  2 weeks vacation (accrued) plus 6 days of Sick and Safe Time (accrued)
• 11 Paid Holidays Annually
• 1 Floating Holiday (to be used at the employee’s discretion)
• Work from Home Reimbursement

How to Apply:

Submit a cover letter and resume. The deadline to apply is Friday, September 22, 2023.

Who We Are:

Washington Filmworks is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) organization that manages the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program as well as a diversity of resources for the creative industries in Washington State. The mission of Washington Filmworks is to create economic development opportunities by building and enhancing the competitiveness, profile and sustainability of Washington State’s film industry. In 2020, Washington Filmworks launched Whipsmart, a partner organization to support Washington’s creative economy.

Washington Filmworks

Celebrating Diverse Abilities Casting Call

Job Details: We are excited to announce an open casting call for individuals of all ages, races, and genders, with a special emphasis on persons with disabilities, for an upcoming project celebrating diversity and inclusivity within our community.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in various scenes and activities as directed by the production team.
• Collaborate with fellow cast members and crew to bring the project’s vision to life.
• Bring authenticity and your unique perspective to the project, contributing to the celebration of diverse abilities.

Requirements:

• All ages, races, and genders are welcome to apply.
• Individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to participate.
• Availability for work on Sept 19, 20, 21, and 22. While not all participants may be required on all four days, availability for all dates is necessary for consideration.

Compensation:

• Rate: $250 per 12-hour work day.
• Payment will be processed after completion of the project.

Location:

• DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) and surrounding areas.

Non-Union Commercial Casting | Background Roles – Males & Females Ages 18-28 & Friends

Job Details: We are currently casting males and females of all ethnicities, aged 18-22, to portray friends in a non-union commercial. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a dynamic project in the DMV and surrounding areas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in scenes as directed by the production team.
• Interact naturally with fellow cast members to create a realistic portrayal of friends.
• Follow instructions provided by the director and crew during shooting.

Requirements:

• Gender: Males and females
• Age: 18-22
• Ethnicity: All ethnicities welcome
• Availability: Must be available on September 19, 20, 21, and 22. While all four days are required for consideration, please note that you might not work all four days.

Compensation:

• Rate: $250 per 12-hour work day
• Payment will be made on the scheduled work date.

Female Soccer Player Casting Call

Project Type: Non-Union Commercial (Background Role)

Rate: $250 for a 12-hour workday

Job Description: We seek talented females aged 18-24 to fill background roles as high school-aged soccer players for an upcoming non-union commercial project. This is an exciting opportunity for those with a passion for soccer and a desire to participate in a dynamic production.

Job Responsibilities:

• Portray high school-aged soccer players in various scenes as directed by the production team.
• Collaborate effectively with the director, cast, and crew to achieve desired on-screen results.
• Follow all instructions provided by the production team for the shoot duration.

Requirements:

• Female individuals aged 18-24.
• Must have a genuine interest and preferably some prior soccer experience.
• Availability on September 19, 20, 21, and 22 is mandatory. Note that not all individuals will be required to work on all four days, but candidates must be available for consideration.

Location: The shoot will occur in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) and surrounding areas.

Compensation: Selected candidates will be compensated at $250 per 12-hour work day. Payment will be issued per work date per person.

Athletic & Fit Males Casting

Job Type: Background Non-Union Commercial Casting

Rate: $250/12 (per work date)

Job Details: We seek athletic, fit, and sporty males aged 35-60 to participate in a non-union commercial shoot.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in various scenes and activities as directed by the director and production team.
• Maintain a high level of physical fitness and stamina throughout the shoot.
• Follow instructions and cues provided by the production team.
• Collaborate with other cast members and crew to achieve desired shots.

Requirements:

• Male, aged 35-60.
• Must have a fit and athletic physique.
• Previous experience in similar roles is a plus but not mandatory.
• Must be available for all four work dates (Sept 19, 20, 21, or 22), although not every cast member may be required to work all four days.
• Must be located in or able to travel to the DMV and surrounding areas.

Compensation:

• Rate: $250 per 12-hour work day.
• Payment will be issued within 30 days of completion of the shoot.

Mom and Daughter Casting Call

Job Details:

We are currently casting for a dynamic Mom and Daughter duo for an upcoming project. We seek individuals who can embody the roles of a working mom in her 30s to early 40s and a vibrant, expressive daughter between the ages of 8 and 12. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your acting skills and bring depth to these relatable characters.

Job Responsibilities:

• Portraying the authentic dynamic between a working mom and her lively daughter.
• Bringing emotion and authenticity to the roles, making the characters relatable and engaging.
• Collaborating with the director and other cast members to create a compelling narrative.

Requirements:

• Mom:

  • Age: 30s to early 40s
  • Open ethnicity
  • Ability to convey the complexities of a working mom’s life, balancing career and family responsibilities.
  • Strong acting skills and the ability to convey emotions convincingly.

• Daughter:

  • Age: 8 – 12
  • Open ethnicity
  • Expressive and energetic with a natural ability to connect with the camera.
  • Previous acting experience is a plus but not mandatory.

• Both:

  • Must be available for all four work dates: September 19, 20, 21, and 22.
  • Flexibility to adapt to the director’s vision and collaborate with other cast and crew members.

Compensation:

• Rates: $500 per 12-hour work day (per person).
• Payment will be issued for each work date.
• Travel expenses will be covered for locations within the DMV and surrounding areas.

Casting Call: Background Roles for Non-Union Commercial

Job Details: We seek talented individuals to fill background roles for a non-union commercial. The commercial focuses on a group of socially conscious friends who value their community. This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a dynamic project celebrating friendship and community engagement.

Job Responsibilities:

• Portray a friend who enjoys socializing and is socially conscious.
• Act naturally and comfortably in group scenes with other background actors.
• Follow directions from the director and production team to achieve the desired atmosphere and tone.

Requirements:

• Gender: Female
• Age Range: 20s-30s
• Must be available for all four work dates (September 19, 20, 21, and 22). Please note that you might not work all four days, but availability for all is required for consideration.
• Must be in or willing to travel to the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) and surrounding areas.

Compensation Details:

• Rate: $250 per 12-hour work day (per person).
• Payment will be made on a per-work date basis.
• Meals will be provided on set.

Roller Skaters and Bladers – Background Roles

Job Detail: We seek experienced roller skaters and rollerbladers for a non-union commercial shoot. This is a fantastic opportunity for skilled skaters to showcase their talent on screen. So, as you know, this is a background role.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute various skating maneuvers and routines as directed by the choreographer and director.
• Maintain control and balance while performing on various surfaces and terrains.
• Follow all safety guidelines and instructions provided by the production team.
• Be punctual and professional throughout the shoot.

Requirements:

• Must be an experienced roller skater or rollerblader.
• Must own your skates or blades in good working condition.
• Proficient in executing a range of skating moves and tricks.
• Availability for all four work dates (Sept 19, 20, 21, or 22), though not guaranteed to work all four days.
• Must be in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) or surrounding areas.

Compensation:

• Rate: $250 for a 12-hour work day.
• Payment will be made on a per-work date basis.