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Company Description

Part of Dentsu International, Dentsu Creative is a Global Creative Network that transforms brands and businesses through the power of Modern Creativity. Led by Global Chief Creative Officer Fred Levron, 9,000 experts across the globe work seamlessly together to deliver ideas that Create Culture, Shape Society and Invent the Future. Dentsu Creative was launched in June 2022 to address a client need for simplicity and will be Dentsu International’s sole creative network by the end of 2022.

Job Description

We’re looking to hire a Creative Director, Social to join our rapidly growing Social Creative Lab at Dentsu Creative. You will report to the Group Creative Director and will be working on Social AOR for multiple well-known brands – this includes evergreen social, reactive opportunities and larger social-first campaigns, as well as in-house and external productions, and new biz pitches.

Our culture is everything. Everyone is here to make great work in a collaborative environment that runs on creative energy. We also make a promise… if you join our group, you will make a lot of great work for your book.

Dedication To Craft

Key Accountabilities

• We want to make beautiful things for the internet in whatever format is deemed most relevant. We stand out in the market because every detail is considered. We consider the small things as much as we do the big.

‘Of The Internet’ Thinking

• We’re looking for talent that has a deep passion for people and how they activate on the internet. You’ll need to be able to connect our brands to culture and have a strong track record of consistency with groundbreaking campaigns.
• You should be obsessed with pop culture, have a personal interest in social networks – particularly TikTok, Twitter and Instagram – and whatever cool new thing pops up next.
• You’re an early adopter and experimenter – you were playing around with BeReal months ago.
• You’re a social-first creative who understands social-first thinking doesn’t end in channel
• You have the belief that all facets of social are powerful and deserve the same care – from text-only tweets to an IG story to collaborating with the influencer team, and especially large activations that drive UGC.

Things This Job Is NOT

• A social post factory.
• We are not the ‘can you do the social posts for my TV spot’ group. We win our own clients. We run our own projects. We have our own relationships with clients (and they really are awesome).
• Limited. We work whatever format makes sense for the project.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience
• Examples of digital-first thinking. You need to love the internet and creating in that space.
• Comfortable leading large teams (ex: 5-8 creatives at a time per client); we move at speed, we make lots of work, we need clear-eyed leaders. You need to love mentoring junior talent.
• Interest in and ability to manage high volume of work while maintaining a high level of craft and creativity
• You can master and keep straight multiple tones of voice
• Independent and forward-thinker who believes in total accountability
• Experience building and navigating relationships and trust with clients
• Multiple levels of production experience – from big to small budgets
• Understanding of importance of strategy to the work that we do and authoritatively push internal partners to get creative teams what they need

Additional Information

Working with us

Joining Dentsu Creative, you will be part of a creative network, delivering ideas that are brought alive in new ways. Along the way, you will team up with inspiring people across the world and become part of a truly inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and create the best work of their careers; always learning and always listening to shape ideas, create culture and change behavior. By bringing together the capabilities, experience and relationships of our collective experts, the opportunities for personal growth and development are endless.

We Are United By Four Signature Strengths

Boundless Creativity – Kitsune Fox: In Japanese culture – the Kitsune Fox sees the future. We run towards the future, forever asking: what’s next? Our imagination has no limit. Our clients seek us out because we believe there is no problem we cannot solve with the power of modern creativity.

Intelligent Scale – Ryujin Dragon: The Ryujin Dragon controls the ocean and the tides. We flow the right talent around the right brief in the right moment, wherever it sits in the world. We scale our unique ideas with precision, using intelligent technology to make personal connections with millions around the world.

Obsessive Craft – Orizuru Crane: The Orizuru Crane carries the soul up to paradise. It inspires the most classic and iconic Japanese origami. We elevate the soul of our work with an obsessive focus on craft, nurturing the next-gen craft skills needed to soar in a modern world.

Radical Collaboration – Kohaku Koi: The Koi swim upstream against the tide, united as one. We chart new territory through the power of radical collaboration. We seamlessly connect Creativity, Media and CXM to imagine new solutions at the intersection of craft, data, culture, and innovation.

Our Values

We believe our work can only resonate in the modern world if the people behind it reflect the modern work. We can only be truly relevant when we create a truly inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. That means – we are tough on the work but gentle with each other. We lead with empathy and are always listening and always learning. We support each other, we cheer for each other, we win together. We celebrate difference as the only way to make the work that makes a difference.

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $113,00 – $174,500. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. The company’s incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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Levitate Media is a live-action and animated video production company that has been crafting award-winning videos since 2009. We are headquartered outside of Atlanta, GA, but we welcome and support a creative and dynamic group of remote team members across the United States.

About the position:

We are looking for a detail-oriented and highly motivated Associate Producer to join our team.

Our ideal candidate is an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, has production experience (preferably in the live-action space), and is comfortable working alongside creatives, producers, and production teams. This person is confident in their abilities, highly resourceful, a self-starter, and has an “if I don’t know, I’ll figure it out” attitude.

In this role, the Associate Producer will serve as our VP of Production’s right hand by:

• Scheduling calls / communicating with clients and creative associates by email and phone
• Creating presentation decks, call sheets, and project briefs
• Creating/updating project timelines
• Posting RPF’s
• Searching and sourcing stock imagery/video/music
• Overseeing large transfers of raw footage
• Sourcing, scheduling, and paying associates
• Supporting the creation of paper edits/ uploading videos for transcription
• Production budgeting, ensuring all costs have been recorded
• Sharing assets between creatives and clients

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience working in media or agency environments
• Salesforce or similar CRM experience
• Understanding and a working knowledge of Adobe products
• Familiarity with production platforms such as Basecamp, Hive, Vimeo, Worksuite, and Frame.io
• Agility and adaptability with numbers and budgets
• Flexibility to meet continuously changing priorities and challenges
• Outstanding and professional written, verbal, and presentation communications skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, team environment as well as on your own

What you can expect from us:

• A dependable team of fellow learners, doers, and creators
• Work-from-home (work from anywhere) capabilities
• PTO
• Monthly bonus opportunities

Levitate Media is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. 

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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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A huge iGaming business located in the Caribbean are looking for a Creative Director to act as the creative heartbeat of the business.

Salary: Competitive (Tax Free)

Location: Caribbean (Relocation Provided)

We are looking for a talented and motivated Creative Director to lead the company’s creative department.

What you’ll do:

• Work with the marketing team to produce new ideas for company branding, promotional campaigns, and marketing communications.

• Evaluate trends, assess new data and keep up-to-date with the latest marketing techniques. • Create and implement tailored plans based on each of our product vertical needs.

• Direct brainstorming meetings and creative sessions.

• Shape brand standards and create procedures to ensure all products are brand appropriate. • Supervise the department’s daily workflow, assign project workload, and monitor deadlines and budgets.

• Develop exceptional and well-crafted copy that meet our requirements.

What we’re looking for:

• A hands-on builder who is capable of designing promotions, seeing ideas to fruition and operating in a fast-moving and constantly changing environment

• A minimum of 5 years’ digital experience, particularly with, but not limited to web, social and emerging technologies.

• A solid understanding of design, copy and web practices.

• Strong iGaming experience

Pentasia

About Us

Trampoline is anything but an ordinary marketing communications agency. Our approach is personal, and long-standing partnerships are where we shine. Purpose often trumps profit; we’ve turned down some pretty big jobs that didn’t sit right. And when it comes to the work, our agency of diverse talents makes for an integrated powerhouse—with strategy, creativity, media and technology all coming together to connect our clients with their intended audiences.

Based in Halifax, collaboration is one of the key values we hold close as we believe it creates the most powerful work. We have a beautiful large, open space overlooking the Halifax harbour, which allows us to stay safe and distant from each other as we need when we are together in the office.

Our mantra is to be a force for positive change in the region. While we’re anchored to Nova Scotia, our mission extends beyond people and place. This positivity inspires us at every level. We’re proud of how we show up: in the office, in our community and beyond.

The Role

As a Senior Art Director, crafting creative concepts that translate visually is your bread and butter. You are an original thinker and a team player—matching strategic direction with appropriate creative results across all channels. In addition to creativity, keen attention to detail makes your work stellar. Also, you want to keep learning, but you want leadership experience, too.

Responsibilities:

· Contribute to strategic direction/creative briefs as appropriate

· Conceive, develop and present creative and design concepts.

· Strong abilities in adapting and customizing concepts appropriately across a multitude of channels

· Manage creative projects from concept to final delivery, with collaboration being a key component to your approach through this process

· Ensure quality control of your work.

· Collaborating effectively as a creative partner with writers, internal teams such as media, social media, web/digital, and clients.

· Work with production manager to source photographers, illustrators and external resources as required.

· Review junior creatives and studio work and drafts to ensure quality.

• Interact with clients, whether in person or remotely.

Requirements:

· 7+ years’ experience within a creative agency.

· Develop creative concepts and design work for wide range of clients and mediums.

· Familiar with agency processes.

· Can responsibility run projects from beginning to end.

· Think strategically, identify breakthrough concepts and ideas, and ways to bring them to life.

· Demonstrate a clear understanding of campaign objectives and strategies to achieve them.

· Web design and knowledge of UX/UI design best practices.

· Manage projects with limited input from a Creative Director.

· Balance creative with client business requirements.

· Visualize and verbalize creative concepts to team and client.

· Ensure that Trampoline stays progressive and innovative in all stages of creative; from research to development.

· Proficient in Mac operating systems and Adobe Creative Suite (animation and/or film editing will be considered an asset).

Trampoline

FOX61 in Hartford, Connecticut is seeking a creative and ambitious newsroom leader to help transform our 7-hour morning show. The Executive Producer will work with a team including a co-executive producer, producers, reporters, photographers and digital content producers to craft impactful content that is highly engaging and memorable. If you are a visionary that looks beyond the norm and takes risks… we want you on our award-winning team!

Responsibilities

• Manage team of anchors, producers, reporters, meteorologists, photojournalists, digital content producers and editors
• Work closely with Co-Executive Producer, Assistant News Director, Digital Director and Managing Editor on daily and future assignments
• Contribute to editorial process and make solid decisions in breaking news situations
• Review and approve scripts and rundowns to ensure accuracy and quality in accordance with stations guidelines
• Lead all aspects of additional assigned special projects from inception to completion
• Assist in scheduling of assigned direct reports
• Regularly critique newscasts with the staff, both as a team and with individual producers
• Execute strategies that engage and grow audiences across all platforms
• Work collaboratively with other managers
• Perform other essential functions as assigned

Requirements

• At least three years of newsroom leadership experience preferred as an executive producer, assistant news director or news director
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including holidays, mornings, evenings and weekends
• Experience successfully leading teams through content transformation
• Excellent verbal, written and analytical skills
• Knowledge of AP ENPS, Edius and content management systems a plus
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time-sensitive deadlines
• Bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, communications or related field a plus

Travel: Rarely: less than 10%

Work Environment Set: Office: normally performed in a typical interior/office environment

Physical Demands Set: Sedentary work: Involves sitting most of the time; walking, lifting, bending, standing, etc.

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 63 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA’s OTT advertising service. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.

TEGNA requires all employees to be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus.

EEO Statement

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are a drug free, EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We encourage and consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, veteran status or genetic information. TEGNA complies with all applicable laws related to accommodations.

FOX61 in Hartford, Connecticut is seeking a creative and ambitious newsroom leader to help transform our 7-hour morning show. The Executive Producer will work with a team including a co-executive producer, producers, reporters, photographers and digital content producers to craft impactful content that is highly engaging and memorable. If you are a visionary that looks beyond the norm and takes risks… we want you on our award-winning team!

EEO Statement

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are a drug free, EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We encourage and consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, veteran status or genetic information. TEGNA complies with all applicable laws related to accommodations.
FOX61/CW20

MNF: Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars – Skilled Utility

Date – 1/7
Project – MNF: Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Location – TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville, FL)
Position – Skilled Utility
Rate – $339.50/10

**Must be fully vaccinated**

Hush is a fast-growing fashion and lifestyle brand, founded 18 years ago by Mandy Watkins and now established as one of the UK’s leading online fashion retailers. We employ around 150 staff in our head office and across 30 John Lewis concessions, creating and selling a beautiful range of women’s clothing and accessories that are characterised by an elegant simplicity and laidback sense of style. Despite the challenges to the retail industry over the past 2 years, hush has continued grow – but our company culture still reflects our entrepreneurial roots and relaxed aesthetic – we love hard-working and talented people with a can-do attitude and a passion for what they do.

The Role:

We are looking for a dynamic, creative and passionate Senior PR and Influencer Executive to join our Brand Marketing team at an exciting time for hush. Working alongside the Senior Brand, Social and PR Manager and our external agency, you will play a pivotal role in delivering our ambitious press and influencer marketing strategy, creating unforgettable PR campaigns and moments that generate buzz, awareness and love for the brand.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and execution of the PR and Influencer strategy and activations.
• Manage influencer campaigns to drive coverage and buzz. Be proactive in identifying new talent that align with hush’s brand and work with other teams to create campaigns that are 360
• Manage and grow hush’s brand ambassador programme to increase advocacy and awareness
• Design and execute a calendar of engaging influencer and press events and creative mailers to ensure cut-through
• Day-to-day management of our PR agency, working together to achieve KPIs and wider marketing objectives
• Work with our PR agency to secure press features, ensuring hush is positioned correctly in the right titles
• Proactively create engaging PR opportunities to pitch to media
• Daily management of the hush press office, responding promptly to enquiries and sample requests
• Draft, edit and issue high quality, compelling written materials including press releases, interview briefing documents and quotes from hush spokespeople
• Sample management
• Work with the Senior PR Manager to execute our media partnership strategy
• Arrange product orders for VIP, stylist and journalist gifting and call ins
• Track press and influencer coverage, maintain our PR dashboard and report results to the wider team
• Monitoring PR budgets
• Be a constant champion for PR across the business

The Person:

• 4 years+ PR experience within the fashion industry, including working with influencers and tastemakers
• Great influencer and press contacts within the women’s fashion industry
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• The ability to build strong relationships
• A great multi-tasker who is used to working in a fast-paced environment
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Proactive with a can-do attitude
• Agency management would be advantageous

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications are encouraged from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships

hush

Description

ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:

Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children’s media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?

Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

This role will report full-time ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

The Role:

We have an exciting opening for a Brand Marketing Director to join the Brand Marketing team for our live action brands, Blippi and T Rex Ranch. We are a young high-growth business, and this is a unique opportunity to shape some of the fastest growing and fun brands in the kids’ entertainment space.

The Brand Marketing Director will be responsible for driving affinity and growth of the Blippi and T Rex Ranch brands globally, leading the annual marketing plans from conception to execution. Results will be measured in audience and revenue growth.

Further, the Brand Marketing Director will work with our research and insights partners to lead audience insights, set the direction for the optimal exposure through existing marketing and distribution channels, work with our many brand partners to build a holistic brand experience across partner and Moonbug channels as well as create and implement marketing plans and analyze the impact of our efforts.

This role is a great opportunity for someone with a business, marketing or similar degree and previous experience in a brand marketing role, ideally within an entertainment and/or kids-focused business, to work in one of the most exciting kids’ entertainment companies.

The ideal candidate has a passion for the digital media landscape and understands the intricacies and unique attributes of every step in the marketing funnel – ideally with prior experience with entertainment and/or family marketing. Also critical to the role is a deep understanding of how marketing can drive commercial success, while ensuring the long-term health of the brand.

The successful candidate must be autonomous and self-organized, while creative and self-motivated; have strong attention to detail and great communication skills. The candidate must also be proactive, process-driven, meet committed deadlines and great at working collaboratively in a fast-paced, international environment.

As we are still a young company you will get to build up a team which will be dedicated to Blippi and T Rex Ranch. You will be working collaboratively with the marketing, creative and comms team as well as research and insights partners to deliver world-class experiences for our audience.

The Job:

• Collaborate with Brand owner (GMs) & Sr. Brand Marketing Director (U.S.) to set marketing strategy and annual plans for both brands globally.
• Work closely with GM to define the vision for the brands. Be the steward to protect the brand vision, mission and values while ensuring all marketing efforts align with brands’ commercial needs.
• Be the expert on the brands’ target audience and consumer, and lead consumer insights plans.
• Develop and implement strategies to drive affinity for our brands, drive consumption of our content, engagement on social media platforms and drive conversion on our various retail partner platforms.
• Establish relevant KPIs for marketing plans. Track department performance against KPIs to identify opportunities to improve department performance, increase brand scale, and enhance efficiency of marketing spend.
• Oversee creation of brand assets including trailers, sales materials, style guides and other marketing materials.
• Build supporting Brand Marketing team
• Support licensing and distribution partners to develop and execute strategies across their business units and channels integrating with our marketing channel infrastructure.
• Oversee brand marketing team collaborations with internal cross-functional teams like content, brand partnerships and legal for campaign approvals and coordination.
• Develop robust test & learn plan to improve performance and marketing spend efficiencies across channels, based on data & analytical insights
• Responsible for managing Brand Marketing budget
• Drive innovation with partners to get them excited to promote our fun and enriching shows and characters.

Requirements

• You have 8+ years’ experience in a marketing role or brand strategy role with a strong focus on digital marketing
• Experience with family entertainment a benefit
• Bachelor’s degree required. Masters/MBA degree preferred
• Analytical mindset with an understanding of acquisition funnel, performance marketing KPIs and profitability levers
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to effectively present ideas and concepts to internal/external stakeholders at all levels
• A strong communicator (written and oral) with a can-do, positive attitude who is calm under pressure and can influence and achieve buy-in at all levels
• Able to prioritize, multi-task and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Hungry and curious – constantly bringing new insights, ideas and opportunities to the brand
• Passion for brands that move fast and shape culture
• Fluent English, essential; other languages beneficial
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Excellent strategic planning skills with the ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate high impact campaigns and initiatives
• Strategic self-starter with ability to navigate cross-functional teams. Must have a proven track record of successfully driving high impact projects from start to finish
• Sense of humor and desire to have fun!

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Wellness Resources
• Others

Moonbug Entertainment

Description

Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children’s media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?

Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

The Role

• Oversee post sale activities and day to day client communication on assigned accounts.
• Effective client communication to ensure their needs are understood, anticipated and exceeded with the overall goal of delivering brilliant client service.
• Responsibilities include post sales coordination, media integration, asset delivery, creative and production schedule management as well as campaign reporting deliverables.
• Proactively identify opportunities within your account list to provide suggestions that will increase client satisfaction.
• Partake in brainstorming sessions to generate creative ideas for client pitches.
• Collecting and analyzing campaign data and consumer trends data.
• Oversee the delivery of client reports and ensure they are delivered in a timely manner to the client.
• Run the client status meetings, ensuring efficient meetings and strong follow ups.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholder teams: brand partnerships, media & ad ops, data, creative, production, social, marketing & finance.
• Become a subject matter expert for all Moonbug IP.

This role will report full-time ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience within the media industry: media agency, publisher or creative agency background.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage short-term and long-term deliverables.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage large, complex projects as well as juggle multiple projects at one time.
• Solutions oriented with strong problem solving skills.
• Effective communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excited by a fast paced environment.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Wellness Resources
• Others

Moonbug Entertainment