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Must be willing to relocate or travel regularly to Austin, Texas. The role is mostly remote but will require in-person filming sessions on a regular basis in Austin, Texas.

The company’s Paid Media Creative Producer will assist in leading the company from a strategic perspective regarding advertising, marketing, design, and art direction. This person will manage the creative process from concept to completion, translating marketing objectives into clear creative strategies and marketing campaigns. The Paid Media Creative Producer will help strategize and plan advertising objectives, set team vision, and provide team guidance. This person will be the right hand to the CEO in making his vision for the company come to life as well as overseeing the execution of the process in a collaborative manner.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced, knowledgeable leader who understands the ins and outs of direct response marketing and click advertising. Other priorities include executive production of large amounts of video content, analysis, and campaign execution across several platforms, and how to position the company creatively on these platforms. This person should be proactive, innovative, and passionate about the company’s product offerings.

ABOUT US:

Publishing.com is an online education company, founded by Rasmus and Christian Mikkelsen, that helps everyday people build their own online book and audiobook publishing business. We are a team of 79 with over 25,000 paying customers and over $50M+ in revenue year-to-date. Our book, The Freedom Shortcut is also a Wall Street Journal Bestseller and is a great introduction to how anyone can find financial freedom through publishing.

WHY US? At Publishing.com, we are committed to living out our mission and core values every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community. But, don’t take our word for it – Employee Testimonials

• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement.
• 100% paid medical and life Insurance for employees. Plus, an option to add dental and vision insurance coverage. Employees also have the option to elect insurance coverage for their immediate family members.
• Work-life balance by working 100% remotely from anywhere.
• Generous and flexible paid time off.
• Paid holidays and sick days.

OUR MISSION: Over 25,000 people around the world are creating financial freedom for themselves through our online programs. We teach everyday people how to leverage the fast-growing audiobook industry using Audible so they can fund their vacations, pay off their debts or even spend more time with their family. Our mission is to help as many people as possible achieve that extra level of happiness that they never thought possible. By making our training as great as it can be, filling our team with expert coaches and motivators, and constantly innovating solutions within the publishing sector, we move one step closer each day.

OUR CORE VALUES:

• Student Obsessed Student success is our success. Treat their business like it’s your own.

• Work Hard, Stay Humble Do the best work you can and welcome feedback to be better. Take accountability and own your wins and losses.

• Great Freakin’ Attitude Your enthusiasm for your work inspires others. You are the ultimate team player.

Core Responsibilities:

Defines the creative vision

• Define the creative vision for the Publishing.com brands; which includes digital advertising campaigns across multiple channels and mediums, marketing messages, articulating and managing brand consistency and guidelines.

Establishes budgets & timelines

• The Paid Media Creative Producer will establish budgets and timelines for short-term and long-term projects, plan tasks accordingly, and ensure goals and deadlines are met. They will also ensure that the execution of all creative work stays within budget.

Leads the creative team

• The Paid Media Creative Producer mentors, motivates, and supervises other creative team members within the marketing team which includes, full-time, contract, and agency team members. Key responsibilities include: nurturing creatives’ ideas, executing strategic projects by organizing the team to deliver on key initiatives, and monitoring team performance.

Key Activities:

• Sets business objectives, lead acquisition and advance brand awareness by identifying and studying market trends to determine the course of action and creative campaign ideas
• Strategize the content needed based on audience, marketing needs, and brand, directing the talent as necessary regarding all video needs
• Lead the creative/marketing team to develop digital marketing campaigns across multiple platforms, and oversee/ensure their successful deployment
• Offer expert advice to develop innovative advertising, public relations, and social media via digital advertising across multiple digital platforms
• Develop and maintain training materials/SOPs to support team growth, collaboration, and consistency
• Liaise with the creative team, internal stakeholders, external agencies, and vendors as necessary to execute on the vision
• Communicate a common goal and creative strategy to company stakeholders so they are aware of marketing/brand/creative objectives and how their departments are affected
• Oversee social media presence and direct programs to improve social media reputation and recognition

Desired Results:

• Build killer ads and scale the acquisition process across multiple platforms
• Marketing and Creative campaigns to drive business decisions based on campaign performance.
• Produce high-quality video courses and commercials that yield high engagement and consumption
• Manage the team efficiently to execute ideas from start to finish to fulfill the vision
• Oversee departmental projects, build-outs and properly track and monitor within the current applications such as Clickup and Hubspot.

Requirements:

• Must be creative and talented in storytelling through video
• Experience working with common digital advertising platforms such as YouTube, Google Ads/Display Network, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.
• Ability to align marketing strategy with the vision of the CEO and company values
• Knowledge of analytics tools to understand ROI of campaigns
• Excellent numerical skills, including utilization of metrics and processing figures with spreadsheets
• Experience working in a startup environment and building a team/department
• General “good taste,” including an innate sense of aesthetics, a love for great copy, and a creative, witty style of communication via video
• Ability to present concepts in new ways and from new perspectives
• Ability to coordinate and communicate across all departments as needed
• Self-directed and able to work closely with a high-performance CEO
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency to drive the creative efforts forward

Publishing.com

Position: Creative Director

Location: Austin – Hybrid role – 2-3 days per week in office (downtown)

Status: Freelance/ possible Full-Time

Estimated Duration: 3-6 months

Starts: December

Rate: Up to $70 per hour, DOE

Job Description:

Our client, a global technology company, is looking for a Creative Director join their team. This role will be 40 hours per week and could convert to a full item, salaried role.

The top candidates for this role have demonstrated experience leading a creative team and contributing to design in a hands-on way.

Must have experience working with business-to-business and/or high-tech communications expertise and samples to show

Senior Creative Director Responsibilities

– Lead a team of 4 including an art director, video producer and production artists

– Lead the look and feel of the company brand all digital and traditional channels

– Deliver engaging and on-brand experiences that support business initiatives and goals

– Create mood boards and wire frames and visual designs

– Ensure adherence to brand guidelines

– Must be able to work on site 2-3 days per week.

Senior Creative Director Requirements

– Bachelors degree in marketing, design or related field

– 5+ years’ experience leading creative teams

– Experience in an agency, creative team or start up leading freelancers

– Demonstrated experience working quickly, under tight deadlines and evolving goals

– Skills telling a story through campaign samples

– Ability to bring ideas and recommendations to current creative process to improve the final deliverables

Must Have: Experience working with business-to-business and/or high-tech communications expertise and samples to show

Creative Circle

Overview

The Creative Director is an upper-level management position that defines and drives the creative strategic vision, voice, and style of the Cavender’s brand. The Creative Director will inspire creativity in graphic designers, photographers and supporting staff. The Creative Director is a Marketing role that heavily supports Ecommerce and Merchandising. The position reports to the Director of Marketing. This role requires a high degree of partnership and flexibility to get the job done while pulling multiple departments together. The position must process a driven, highly detailed and passionate personality, focused on creative leadership. This role must be determined to deliver results through continuous improvement of Cavender customers’ all-around experience. The ability to work across multiple departments to develop, schedule and ensure photography and design are aligned with Cavender’s marketing and brand needs is required. This role has a strong focus on the customer experience, professionalism and partnership internal and external to Cavender’s.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the “Cavender’s Culture” and drive our Mission, Vision, and Values
• Serve as a strategic partner and key support resource to the company
• Inspires and nurtures creativity and quality in the work of designers and photographers
• Oversee and lead team of designers for print, digital, broadcast, OOH and in-store marketing
• Establish and refine Cavender brand standards and style guides
• Oversees creative campaign execution and ensures brand consistency at all customer touchpoints
• Oversees Cavender’s in-house photo studio and drives decisions on photography style, locations, models and external contract associates
• Leads and directs photo shoots on location, ensuring accuracy and authenticity
• Ensures all product samples are shot for website, print, social and other marketing channels in a timely manner
• Evaluates trends in marketing and western fashion to ensure authenticity of presentation
• Establishes timelines and budgets driving creative projects from concept to completion
• Supervises creative departments’ daily workflow, assigns project workload and monitors deadlines, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery
• Partners with Merchandising, Ecommerce and Marketing to determine and drive development of the best content types (text, visuals, and video) to serve to the customer based on need and channel
• Partner with Buying/Merchandising to create Visual Merchandising Standards and create an excellent customer experience through Visual Merchandising
• Make focused decisions based on brand integrity and company values to ensure an understanding of our core customer for highest customer satisfaction
• Set priorities, foster cohesion and provide motivation to cross-functional teams

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Graphic Design or Fine Arts, or related field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of progressive experience in the marketing or graphic design fields
• 5+ years of experience in a creative leadership role
• 5+ years of progressive experience in the retail environment
• In-depth knowledge of brand development in a multi-channel retail environment
• Proficient in Mac operating system, Adobe CCS, Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible during times of change
• Based in Tyler, TX at our home office; Tyler area residence
• Ability to travel to meet the needs of the company, 20% on average

Preferred Skills

• Possesses stellar communication, presentation, and creative problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of western fashion, lifestyle and culture
• Ability to handle confidential materials and matters with maximum discretion
• Demonstrated success in eliciting cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management and other departments
• Functional expertise in a blend of Marketing, Graphic Design, Ecommerce, Merchandising and Photography with the ability to organize and manage workload
• Keen eye for identifying creative design and photography talent
• Superior project management skills with an ability to multi-task and work in a dynamic environment
• Strong persuasive, encouraging and motivating skills
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to transform strategy and direction into actionable plans

Cavender’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, military status, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, or any other personal characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

Cavender’s will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with a disability upon request. If you have a disability and need assistance completing the application, please call Customer Service at (844) 283 – 8423 or visit your nearest Cavender’s store.

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We’re looking for the crazy ones that are going to change the world – if that’s you – apply now.

Newchip is a virtual startup accelerator that provides world-changing early-stage companies with the software tools, training, mentorship, and the investor network necessary to successfully raise capital, build, and scale their businesses to eventual exit. We’re in 100+ countries and have a portfolio of over 2,000 startups that have raised $1B+ in funding since our launch in 2019.

Do you love Shark Tank? Imagine every day being like an episode but on a global scale, that’s what we do. We recruit top startups and we launch virtual cohorts each month from our HQ in Austin, TX, with a goal of coaching each to a point of invest-ability. We then invest in our top program graduates alongside our 3,000+ investor network and work with them until exit.

• We’re a veteran founder team with decades of experience, acquisitions and exits under our belts, and we’re looking for the next member of our team that meets both our core values and can add their skillset to our melting pot of diversity.
• We’re only recruiting entrepreneurial and driven individuals who are in it for the long haul to reach an IPO and that want to truly assist startups to drive results that create investment returns to our investors and investor partner network.
• If you’re looking to make a difference in the world and learn in 1 year what most learn in 5, we’re here to provide the mentorship, leadership, and potential to make that dream a reality – if you’re here looking for a 9-5, our company isn’t for you.

Apply today to join the 100+ employees in our HQ in Austin, Texas, or join one of our remote teams around the globe!

We are looking for a creative and driven Art Director who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and loves the challenge of discovering what makes startup CEOs “tick”. You will work with a design-savvy team to translate marketing and branding strategies into innovative and impressive campaigns that stimulate targeted audiences.

Responsibilities

• Generate clear ideas and concepts in tandem with the copywriter
• Produce sketches, storyboards, and roughs to visualize ideas
• Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience
• Cooperate with the rest of the creative team across different types of media
• Take work from concept to final execution within deadlines
• Manage and delegate responsibilities to other designers and provide directions
• Present completed ideas to clients/team members
• Stay on top of all trends and maintain best practices

Requirements

• Proven working experience as Art Director
• Hands on experience with logo design, typography, color, web layout design, print production, image selection and package design
• Proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator or other visual design and wire-framing tools
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
• Incorporate feedback and take/give direction well
• Team player with strong communication and presentation skills
• Relevant education or training

Benefits

• Be a part of a global team with a hybrid in-office and remote culture with a headquarters in East Austin, Texas
• Industry leader in compensation packages including base plus performance incentives, equity, and company stock.
• Fully covered benefits that include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances; plus a 401k program.
• Join an active culture and become a pillar in the startup community with weekly team outings and community events.
• Access to all of our accelerator certificate programs if you launch a startup during your career here (valued at $1M+).
• Active culture with a gym at HQ with bouldering, weight gym, classes, yoga, steam-rooms, and showers on-site.
• Unlimited PTO policy, Holidays, Sick Days, and Election Day off.
• Hybrid roles receive up to 60 days of remote work allotment per year at the discretion of your leadership team.
• ClassPass membership gives you worldwide access to thousands of top-rated gyms, fitness studios, salons, and spas.
• Weekly catered lunch on Fridays, as well as unlimited snacks and Starbucks coffee.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a revolutionary space working with thousands of startups around the globe.

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Title: Executive Producer

Location: Remote

Contract: Permanent

1518 studios is looking for an Executive Producer to join a new top-tier team, to help craft our next clients innovative AAA games.

The Executive Producer is responsible for making sure all our client projects are released on time and within budget. As the Executive Producer, you are ultimately responsible for our clients AAA projects and your goal will be to manage development from concept through to release and delivery of a high-quality engaging game for various platforms. You will be collaborating with global teams, management, internal, and external stakeholders.

As an Executive Producers you will be an engaging communicator, creative problem solver, and thoughtful collaborator. You will use your depth of experience across all facets of game development, providing vision and clarity across the production process, ensuring all the pieces fit thoughtfully together, so we can deliver the unique and memorably gaming experiences our clients fans demand.

As our Executive Producer, you will help drive the development team towards their production goals, determine resource requirements, and manage various risks to any of our client projects.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for game’s full development cycle, where you lead the development and champion the product’s vision to the team.
• Accountable for the game’s overall quality and delivery.
• Responsible for the P/L of the games and that the games reaches agreed goals.
• Manages ongoing financial tracking for the games, coordinating between the project and the financial department.
• Responsible for the collaboration with external clients and internal stakeholders.
• Liaising with PTW’s Business Development to co-create new pitches in the pitch process to our new clients.
• Oversees project risk mitigation efforts and ensures they are effective.
• Accountable to define the project’s production goals and monitor the relative KPI’s.
• Mentor & coach key project personnel.
• Partner with studio creative leadership to drive product vision and ensure execution at the highest quality level.
• Own and optimize the overarching creative roadmaps & schedules for products, ensuring that all production phases flow efficiently between teams.
• Lead any legal/contractual/licensing discussions.
• Balance project production requirements within budget and staffing constraints while ensuring high production values are never compromised.
• Proactively surface issues, roadblocks, and concerns between development teams, driving alignment and consensus for projects and priorities.
• Grow and expand a culture promoting collaboration and continuous improvement, ensuring the team is consistently set up for success.
• Effectively communicate the needs of the project, building and strengthening communication at all levels and with all key stakeholders.
• Bring energy, momentum, passion, and charisma to inspire and motivate the team.
• Build the appropriate scaling structures inside the team to allow it to grow as needed.
• Foster a healthy, collaborative, and impactful team culture. Use inclusive behaviours to ensure all voices are heard, invite input from many perspectives, and resolve disagreements.
• Partner with the Studio Senior Managers on innovating, refining, and improving processes throughout development (from concept to release).
• Craft clear, detailed, and proactive communication to your immediate group, the studio leadership team, and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 8 years experience as a Producer within game development production, where at least 4 years be in a position with management experience;
• At least three released and successful games as Executive Producer, Senior Producer, Game Director, or similar.
• Previous experience applying Agile methodologies to game development projects.
• Ability to gain and maintain the respect and trust of development teams through thoughtful discussion and perseverance.
• Persuasive communication skills, able to diplomatically and effectively negotiate efficient solutions across cross-functional teams.
• Comfort with a variety of project management tools and methodologies, able to fluidly move between systems and approaches.
• You understand and have hands-on knowledge of all aspects of game production from concept through live operations.
• Proven leadership skills, with an inspiring, enthusiastic spirit for collaborative teamwork.
• Credit on at least three shipped games as Producer or above or been involved with two projects through a complete development cycle.
• Has directly led a full or significant part of a development team as a senior producer or similar management role.
• Extensive knowledge in game and software development methods.
• Experience with identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies.
• Great problem solving skills and ability to motivate others to find solutions in new and dynamic environments.
• Ability to lead teams of 20+ individuals in different Time Zones.
• Agile with budgeting and numbers, able to analyse, plan and strategize in coordination with our Financial department.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Desired Qualifications

• A background in animation will be a big plus.
• You are knowledgeable about current trends that impact player motivations and behaviour.

Benefits

• Highly attractive remuneration, and career advancement opportunity.
• You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and leadership support and the opportunity to work with the biggest games clients in the world.
• Competitive full company kit, remuneration, pension and holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. Collaborative teamwork with people from all around the world, different nationalities and languages.
• A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing programme.

Who We Are

35+ Studios | 26+ Years of Experience |1,000+ Products | 60+ Awards for Clients | 8,500 Employees

PTW is a video games services company that supports video game developers and publishers through outsourced production services. We started 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year on year to where we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1500 titles across all genres and all platforms, including 8 out of the past 10 Game-Of-The-Year-winning titles.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 35 sites spanning the globe. The PTW Family of Brands includes SIDE, 1518, and Orange Rock. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. Orange Rock is our in-house game and product development studio. 1518 is our award-winning global art studio providing art-related services at every stage of the game or app development process.

1518

Our in-house art team offers the highest-quality assets: from 2D concept design to 3D animation, in-game to package art, smartphone to VR, we make everything look amazing.

1518 Ranged across time zones and countries, we’re a diverse group of tech wizards, engineers, and strategists, with over 25 years combined on-the-job experience. Alongside our internationally-acclaimed art directors, artists, and animators, we’re building immersive game worlds through Art and Co-Dev. Our client list includes Electronic Arts, Google, Jam City, Disney, Warner Bros, and Uber. No detail is too small or insignificant, and no vision is too big or ambitious. Let’s make beautiful worlds together!

Our Values

Pole To Win’s core values are imbued across our global organization: Reinforced by our actions and our attitudes. Echoed throughout our approach to our operations and our clients. Exemplified by our culture, and most of all, our people. We build people and their careers. We actively turn to team mates for counsel, inspiration, and diverse perspectives. Relationships are built on mutual respect. Personal and professional integrity is our guiding principle. We are honest, authentic, transparent, and ethically sound. Our primary goal is to advance our clients’ businesses and their customers’ satisfaction. We set the bar for generating imaginative and effective solutions for the most challenging problems. We move with speed and agility. We love what we do. We have unwavering loyalty to our DNA, our culture, our values, and ourselves.

Welcome to PTW, Family of Brands

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Overview and Responsibilities:

Louder with Crowder is looking for a Showrunner who has experience leading a Live production in television or streaming. You have a solid work history of day-to-day production and creative development and are a senior member of leadership.

Fundamentals:

• Coach and lead the internal team to research and map topics for the daily, Live show.
• Oversee and be a resource for the production of overlays, graphics, sound, etc. You are the captain of a ship of dedicated and resourceful personnel that will look to you for insight and feedback.
• Strong multi-tasking skills and confidence manage multiple projects at various stages. There are a multitude of topics in each show as well as sketches and you can keep all of them moving and consistently adhere to brand standards.
• You’re passionate about producing digital content and podcasts. We’re breaking news and providing context to stories that mainstream media doesn’t cover and you want to lead the charge in producing these shows.

Work Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in entertainment or content production, with 2+ years as a Showrunner or Production Supervisor.
• Must have experience leading a team and will be able to discuss the composition of your previous teams, your management style and success stories for the content you’ve made.
• Experience working directly with high-profile talent and guests. Our awesome talent booker coordinates valuable individuals, and you make sure the internal team of writing and marketing is preparing and promoting to optimize their time.
• Proven track record of producing high-quality original content across multiple platforms. We’re a live show Monday-Thursday at 9AM CT on YouTube, Rumble and #MugClub and the audio version is available on podcasting platforms. Your work experience is conducive to what we do, and you can hit the ground running on Day One.
• You can work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, and weekends as needed. The workday starts early, and news is always happening, and you thrive in being in the daily media cycle.

Louder with Crowder

Specialized experiential marketing firm is looking for a versatile designer to help bring brand activations to life for some very well know B2B and B2C technology clients.

The ideal individual is someone who appreciates and thrives on the design process from concept partnering with creative leadership through completion in a very collaborative and fast paced environment.

You will be integral part of the creative team working very closely with the design leadership to ensure that the vision set forth is brought to life in a unique and thought provoking way while following brand guidelines.

Coming in with both agency and consultative experience will be extremely helpful in being successful working a well known technology client, managing creation of many assets within budget and on-time! Bring ideas, inventiveness, inspiration and your all-around creative thinking to the table every day.

You will articulate concepts to client, expand/evolve creative directions into both semi-permanent as well as promotional brand experiences.

This is a contract to perm position HYBRID role. You’ll be required to be in either Boston or Austin office periodically.

Responsibilities:

• Work very closely with the CD on bringing to life vision across all projects.
• Partner with all disciplines (digital, technology, sales, marketing and production).
• Brainstorm initial creative direction and provide design rationales outlining direction and tactical solutions.
• Ensure designs meet objectives, budget, timeline and quality of deliverables.
• Commitment to continuous process improvement initiatives and ability to solve problems.
• Inspiring confidence to work independently and in support of department goals and business objectives.

Qualifications

• 4+ years industry experience (Agency or Design Studio)
• Degree in Graphic Design or a related creative discipline
• Portfolio, showing a strong sense of design and typography in both digital and environmental
• Poise and focus under pressure
• Having some events, interior design and/or brand activation experience/interest will be extremely helpful
• Advanced in the Adobe Creative Suite; InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
• High level sense of design, layout, and typography combined with strong conceptual skills reflected in portfolio
• Strong creative, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills; a team player who is positive and collaborative
• Passion! (the ability to view the work as fun!)

If interested, please submit a resume and portfolio showing relevant experience to be considered.

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