Colle McVoy

Colle McVoy is a full-service creative agency that builds enduring relationships between forward-thinking brands and people. We believe these times of rapid change are filled with opportunities, so we constantly strive to push the boundaries of creativity, pressure test best practices and create new brand futures. To thrive, we need Intrepid Thinkers – people who are fearless and adventurous, relentlessly pushing past conventional boundaries into interesting new spaces.

We nurture a creatively driven, award-winning culture, rife with opportunities for people to grow, advance, evolve and develop new skillsets. At CM, everyone is empowered to create their own career path and where people can be the inspired, energized, authentic individuals they are. As a Certified B Corporation, we believe a better future means we have a responsibility to use our expertise as a force for good to benefit all people, communities and the planet. We welcome applicants seeking meaningful careers that never stop evolving and who share our values of passion, partnership, integrity and courage.

Group Creative Director

As a Group Creative Director, you are the tireless force leading teams to create world-class concepts and articulating the power of those ideas to clients. You have already done your share of making award-winning work and now’s your time to bring that out of a creative team, help them refine it and level up the standard of work every day. You create the environment for great ideas and polished executions to happen. You believe in taking a media-agnostic approach to problem solving. You work well with coworkers and clients. And you push for insight-driven strategies that ultimately lead to emotive, effective work.

Responsibilities:

• Direct and inspire teams
• Lead the selling and execution of the work
• Understand strategic intent of projects and audience/customer goals
• Direct creative output on multiple projects, all the while keeping work aligned with brand and strategy
• Create strong and effective internal partnerships, leading collaboration across integrated teams
• Push yourself and others out of comfort zones to think differently and be innovative in what we deliver and how we deliver it
• Exhibit a positive, constructive and collaborative attitude, even under pressure
• Manage creative talent, ensuring their potential is met and that project expectations are delivered upon
• 90% manage / 10% make

Required Skills:

• Exceptional creative chops
• 360 campaign experience
• Ability to see the big picture and drive ideas through to specific tactics
• Proven leadership
• Strategic thinking
• Fantastic presenter; persuasive and effective communication
• Strong relationship building
• Comfort with the uncomfortable

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience at creatively renowned agencies
• 4+ years of experience as a creative director
• Experience leading brands, projects and creative teams
• Exceptional portfolio with demonstrated versatility across all media
• Experience supporting, pitching and winning new business
• Conversant in industry trends and current technology
• Ability to travel as needed
• Based in or open to relocate to Minneapolis

About Colle McVoy:

Colle McVoy is a full-service creative agency that builds enduring relationships between forward-thinking brands and people. These times of rapid change are filled with opportunities, so we constantly strive to push the boundaries of creativity, pressure test best practices and create new brand futures. As a Certified B Corporation, we believe a better future means we have a responsibility to use our expertise as a force for good to benefit all people, communities and the planet. Our client list includes some of the world’s most recognized brands and our innovative culture has been named a Best Place to Work by Ad Age, Outside magazine and the Star Tribune. For more information, visit collemcvoy.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Colle McVoy

Colle McVoy leads brands to their next. We combine purpose, innovation and experience in new ways to give businesses a competitive advantage, because brands that set the bar win. To help fulfill this mission, we need talent deeply rooted in the marketing strategies and techniques of now paired with the burning curiosity and courage to shape what’s next. We nurture a creatively driven, award-winning culture that’s all about empowered entrepreneurship – where people can be the inspired, energized, authentic individuals they are, while embracing opportunities to push themselves and the work. We believe we have a responsibility to our employees, clients, community and the environment to not only act with integrity in everything we do, but to use our expertise as a force for good to benefit all people, communities and the planet. We welcome applicants seeking meaningful careers that never stop evolving and who share our values of passion, partnership, integrity and courage.

Associate Producer

Reports to Sr. Producer

As an associate producer, you’ll be the Swiss Army Knife of production. Some days you’ll put your skills to work producing a social campaign lickety split, while on other days you’ll be assisting other producers who are mostly likely running around with their hair on fire. It’ll be great fun because you’ll gain a lot of experience quickly working a range of social video content, photoshoots and integrated projects for a cornucopia of clients. You’ll learn about hiring talent, sourcing music and footage, prop shopping and pulling off the seemingly impossible.

Responsibilities:

• Assist on video and photo shoots in varying roles as needed, including line producing and capturing content as an in-house content creator (primarily for social)
• Act as Agency producer by running small productions from start to finish on content production jobs, post-production, new business pitches and more
• Assist producers with procurement of production assets and services
• Outside facilities including production and audio studios
• On-camera and voice over talent
• Music & stock footage licensing
• Props, wardrobe and product procurement for production
• Assist producers with the bidding process, estimating and all pre-production tasks
• Become skilled at estimating and scheduling various types of productions
• Assist Production Business Affairs Manager with purchase orders and contracts as needed
• Export and traffic final assets to appropriate personnel and vendors
• Organize, tag and archive project files, assets and documentation
• Schedule, announce and manage vendor screenings and presentations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

• Have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrate the ability to anticipate needs and be a resourceful problem solver
• Keep current on advertising, social platform specs, production trends and emerging production technology
• Ongoing learning of audio and video production and post-production processes
• Maintain a positive, can-do attitude with the ability to keep calm under pressure
• Photography and/or Video skills required, but do not need to have a professional portfolio

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience
• 1-2+ years of agency experience preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel as needed

About Colle McVoy:

Colle McVoy is a full-service creative agency that leads brands to their next. We combine purpose, innovation and experience in new ways to give businesses a competitive advantage. We bring this approach to a diverse collection of client partners, including 3M, AGCO, Associated Bank, Blu Dot, Boston Scientific, Burnett Dairy, CHS, Children’s Health, Cub Cadet, Deluxe Corporation, Elanco, Florida’s Natural, Goodyear, Haribo, Houston White, Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism, Medtronic, Northern Tool + Equipment, Perdue, the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, Stanley Black & Decker, Target, UnitedHealth Group, U.S. Bank, Vermont Creamery, Whirlpool, Yelloh (formerly Schwan’s Home Delivery) and Zoetis, among others. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Colle McVoy has been named a Best Place to Work by Ad Age, Outside magazine and the Star Tribune. For more information, visit collemcvoy.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Colle McVoy

Colle McVoy leads brands to their next. We combine purpose, innovation and experience in new ways to give businesses a competitive advantage, because brands that set the bar win. To help fulfill this mission, we need talent deeply rooted in the marketing strategies and techniques of now paired with the burning curiosity and courage to shape what’s next. We nurture a creatively driven, award-winning culture that’s all about empowered entrepreneurship – where people can be the inspired, energized, authentic individuals they are, while embracing opportunities to push themselves and the work. We believe we have a responsibility to our employees, clients, community and the environment to not only act with integrity in everything we do, but to use our expertise as a force for good to benefit all people, communities and the planet. We welcome applicants seeking meaningful careers that never stop evolving and who share our values of passion, partnership, integrity and courage.

Assistant Media Buyer

Reports to VP, Director of Media Investments

Colle McVoy is looking for a Assistant Media Buyer who will provide administrative support in the stewardship of media buys across multiple media accounts. You will work closely with the Media Buyers with day-to-day operations of the media department.

While broadcast buying is the core responsibility, we are seeking someone who is curious about media, passionate about the evolving data-led, advanced targeting video/audio landscape, understands that “people are people” (not just standard demos) and thrives on collaboration with media strategy/planning teams to uncover and create new, bespoke opportunities for our clients. Bottom-line, we’re looking for an up-and-coming negotiation rock-star who is detail-oriented/organized/accountable, positive and thrives in our creative media culture.

Responsibilities:

• Support Media Buyer on all accounts
• Receive and approve makegoods in a timely fashion and update buying systems to reflect any schedule changes
• Negotiate and steward assigned client broadcast (video/audio) buys
• Work with Media Accounting to process invoice discrepancies for timely vendor payments
• Request updated schedules, pre-logs, tracking and post reports from Networks
• Effectively communicate buy maintenance needs to vendors to receive results in a timely manner
• Recommend solutions to day to day stewarding issues
• Develop strong relationships with sales representatives and internal agency departments

Required Skills:

• Thrives on efficiency and organization
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and multi-task
• Excels in problem solving and collaboration with internal teams and clients
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Desire to Learn, be continually challenged and grow
• Ability to work independent and as part of a team
• Creative problem solving and decision-making skills, excellent judgment
• Demonstrated ability to handle high stress situations with effective results

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing (preferred), journalism, mass communications or liberal arts with strong business curriculum
• Experience with Strata preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

About Colle McVoy:

Colle McVoy is a full-service creative agency that leads brands to their next. We combine purpose, innovation and experience in new ways to give businesses a competitive advantage. We bring this approach to a diverse collection of client partners, including 3M, AGCO, Associated Bank, Blu Dot, Boston Scientific, Burnett Dairy, CHS, Children’s Health, Cub Cadet, Deluxe Corporation, Elanco, Florida’s Natural, Goodyear, Haribo, Houston White, Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism, Medtronic, Northern Tool + Equipment, Perdue, the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, Stanley Black & Decker, Target, UnitedHealth Group, U.S. Bank, Vermont Creamery, Whirlpool, Yelloh (formerly Schwan’s Home Delivery) and Zoetis, among others. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Colle McVoy has been named a Best Place to Work by Ad Age, Outside magazine and the Star Tribune. For more information, visit collemcvoy.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Colle McVoy