HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING IDEAS COUNT?
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This business is, by its very nature, collaborative. But in an organization as integrated as Colle+McVoy, collaboration takes on a new meaning. Most projects and campaigns
here will involve people from multiple disciplines, often performing tasks outside their normal roles, thinking in ways they haven’t had to think in previous jobs, and engaging our clients at an earlier stage than most agencies would find comfortable. If you’re up for the challenges and the opportunities, please get in touch.
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Account Executive
Position Summary
The Account Executive is primarily responsible for the initiation and execution of all marketing, creative, creative contact and research projects for assigned accounts. He or she is the client’s day-to-day contact and brand steward within the agency.
Responsibilities
Support CP team (supervisors, planners) in executing plan elements
- Understand role and function of other agency disciplines and when those staff members should be brought in to interface with the client
- Set and communicate clear expectations with team for each project
- Maintain a positive relationship between agency and client and provide leadership within the agency on behalf of the client
- Lead and manage brand initiatives and projects
- Understand clients’ business and strategic direction
- Assist with the development of marketing and communications objectives and strategies for annual planning and for individual test plans
- Work with Account Planner, Creative Director, and Account Supervisor/Director to draft creative briefs that support stated strategy and positioning
- Write monthly account status reports for Director of Client Services
- Review, analyze and evaluate the following, relative to the client’s needs and objectives: creative contact output, creative output, research reports and client data
- Initiate and issue call reports and ACOs after client meetings/discussions when AAE is not present
- Follow up on all work in progress to ensure meeting due dates are met
- Manage all creative development, production, media planning/execution, network clearance, legal approvals, client approvals, etc.
- Keep immediate supervisor informed to status and progress of all projects, drawing upon the supervisor for assistance and advice as needed
- Review billing worksheets, work with Accounting and Production to manage costs, interface with client to answer billing questions and clear up accounts receivables
- Monitor all budget, research and production activity on assigned accounts and communicates status of each project to appropriate agency and client personnel
- Help mentor AAE
- Participate in new business as appropriate
- Be passionate and brave in everything you do
Qualifications/Traits:
- BA/BS Degree in Communications, Marketing or Advertising
- 3 – 5 years agency account management experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Passionate about strategy development and a superior creative product
- A leader as well as a team player
- Works well in a collaborative environment, considerate of others
- Self starter, motivated, eager, inquisitive and enthusiastic
- Confident and resourceful, can function with minimal supervision
- Must thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Has excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Able to multi-task and prioritize effectively
- Able to persuade and sell ideas
- Has excellent written and oral communications skills
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Account Supervisor
Position Summary
The role of an account supervisor is to lead and motivate agency teams toward helping clients – and their brands – create a strong future. More specifically, he or she must be an active listener, passionate partner and brand steward, day in and day out. Their role includes empowering involved teams, fostering collaboration, and continually pushing for fresh, new ideas.
Responsibilities
Oversee and/or act as day-to-day client contact on one or more accounts
- Build and nurture strong client relationships that are honest, fun and built on a mutual respect for one another
- Instigate and champion great ideas internally and externally
- Continually work with account planning to provide insightful input to client and agency team members on the brand’s strategic goals and vision
- Determine how to best match the agency’s services to the client’s needs, within budget
- Be the “glue” or key integrator for all advertising and marketing functions, including strategic and creative development, creative contact management and integrated marketing activities
- Lead strategic development of marketing communication plans to grow the client’s business
- Oversee creative brief development and work with Account Planner, Creative Director, and AE to finalize creative briefs that support stated strategy and positioning
- Keep Account Director informed on key initiatives and/or account concerns
- Ensure that the agency is adequately compensated for services rendered and generate financial forecasts and reports upon request
- Supervise, mentor and motivate account service team members
- Play an active in new business as appropriate
Qualifications/Traits:
- BA/BS Degree in Communications, Marketing or Advertising
- 5 – 8 years agency account management experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to confidently persuade, present and champion ideas
- Ability to anticipate problems/challenges
- Must thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
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Agribusiness PR Counselor
Role
The role of the agribusiness counselor is to manage multiple client assignments, manage direct reports, deliver planning and counsel that result in high client ROI and organic growth to the agency.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic development of client marketing communications plans to grow business
- Oversee and/or act as day-to-day client contact on one or more accounts within the PR agribusiness practice area
- Provide high-level, ongoing communications consulting to solve client problems and grow the business for the agency
- Determine how best to match agency services to client need
- Be the key integrator for all agency marketing functions when appropriate
- Ensure that the agency is properly compensated for services rendered
- Supervise, mentor and motivate account team members
- Successfully manages organic growth opportunities; helps lead new business opportunities in the next generation agriculture sector
Traits
- Ability to confidently persuade, present and champion ideas
- Ability to anticipate problems/challenges
- Must thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Ability to develop and execute media relations and social media strategies
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
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Interactive Strategist
Position Summary
The Interactive Strategist will work closely with the Account Management and Account Planning teams to assist in developing game-changing interactive experiences for our clients. Considering the unpredictability of consumer behavior and technology in the interactive world, there’s never a pre-defined approach to fall back on. The Interactive Strategist must welcome this notion, be comfortable with the unknown and keep their minds on the pulse of the latest developments in emerging media. The Interactive Strategist is the key catalyst for driving insight, integration and activation of interactive solutions for the agency and its clients.
Primary Responsibilities
In partnership with the Account Planning team, the Interactive Strategist will surface the non-obvious and unexpected relationships between people, products and technology. The Interactive Strategist will also work with the Account Management team to understand the client’s brand, how it lives online and offline, the business model and their products and services. The Interactive Strategist is responsible for bridging the gap between consumer insights and the clients’ business objectives, resulting in a well-defined interactive strategy with defined metrics of success. In partnership with the Interactive Producer, the Interactive Strategist is also responsible for guiding all interactive executions in collaboration with Account Planning, Account Management, Creative, Contact Planning, Public Relations, Technology and to ensure all tactics measure up against the client’s business objectives. The Interactive Strategist is equally a generalist, capable of framing the Big Picture, and a specialist, with extensive expertise and passionate about trends and innovation in the interactive space.
Broader Responsibilities
- Proactively identify interactive opportunities for clients
- Facilitate brainstorming and enable meaningful discussions
- Author interactive strategy documentation and presentation decks
- Champion savvy user experience design across all interactive solutions
- Help define the role of online advertising with Contact Planning
- Manage and report on client Web analytics and social media monitoring
- Educate clients and colleagues on interactive marketing best practices
- Provide support to Senior Interactive Strategists on selected accounts
- Assist in the development and execution of the Digital Education Series
Must-Haves
- BA/BS in Communications, Marketing or Advertising
- 5-7 years interactive marketing experience
- Passion to do the best
- Strong interactive curiosity
- Collaborative approach to problem solving
- Exceptional writing and presentation skills
- Strong “on the spot” cognitive thinking sills
- Translate technical jargon into layman’s terms
- Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple projects at once
- Expertise in social media, mobile, online advertising and analytics
- Demonstration of experience by walking the walk vs. talking the talk
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint … Keynote even better
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Senior Interactive Designer
Position Summary
A Senior Interactive Designer at Colle+McVoy leads interactive creative projects both in practice and through mentorship. From strategic involvement to ideation, design exploration, refinement and development, the Senior Interactive Designer is responsible for making every project the best it can be.
This role calls for talent combined with a team-oriented personality: someone who can consistently deliver big ideas, execute them brilliantly, knows the web well enough to break the rules, participates in interactive strategy, needs little supervision and inspires others to excel.
Experience Guidelines
- 5+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of internationally recognized and award-winning work.
- HTML, CSS, and other front end development skills.
- Possess an understanding of all aspects of interactive, including the strengths and limitations of current and emerging platforms.
- Ability to gracefully handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrate thinking and execution beyond digital into all marketing mediums is a plus.
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Colle+McVoy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
