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Interactive Team Manager
Interactive Team Manager
We are looking for a talented mid-level (3-5 years) account manager with experience in an advertising agency on interactive accounts to provide excellent client service and account management skills. The individual will manage and execute cross-platform strategies to support and validate the businesses, brands and campaigns of our client and their projects.
The candidate will be responsible for managing a leading Fortune 500 client account with exciting growth plans for 2012 that will yield a high volume of interactive project work. Exceptional communications (written and oral), organizational and client service skills required. Must be able to create strategic project briefs and execute them through the production level and direct flow of work process for design, review, revision, build and approval of all projects while staying on time and on budget.
This is an opportunity to grow your career with one of the best IMC agencies in the nation.
Skills
• Build/maintain strong client relationships
• Dynamic, intuitive, a strategic thinker and strong team player
• Manage communications between clients, creatives, designers and developers
• Understand agency procedures and requirements including status reports, performance metrics and analysis, estimates, production schedules, billing, website testing/QA
• Establish and manage timelines ensuring projects launch on-time and on-budget
• Create scope-of-work documents and estimates with team and coordinate client approvals
• Facilitate Quality Assurance for online campaigns ensuring the highest quality product
Requirements
• Proven project manager who can handle multiple projects at once, meet deliverables, create budgets and manage resources
• Strong understanding of online space, especially website development, banner advertisement and digital video
• Detail-oriented, organized, strong communication skills and team player
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of education
• Familiarity with basic HTML programming is a benefit
Nice to have: overall understanding of print and broadcast advertising
Please include a brief cover letter with examples of projects you've managed and a copy of your resume as a PDF or Word doc.
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Digital Team Leader/Production Coach
Digital Production Coach
We're looking for an experienced digital marketing Team Leader to lead active client business and drive agency efforts to identify and secure the services of the best digital production talent in the greater Los Angeles area.
Specific job responsibilities of this dual role include:
Team Leadership:
· Strategic, client-facing leadership of a team of talented integrated marketing communication specialists to collectively determine the client’s needs, create impactful messaging and media, produce/develop/deliver the final solution(s), and analyze performance and ROI, post-launch.
· Includes creation of engaging strategies and ability to drive them through execution.
· Creation and utilization of supporting processes and documentation (status reports, estimates, production schedules, billing, etc.)
Production Coach:
· Assembly and maintenance of a stable of freelancers and digital development companies across all major programming languages, skill sets and other development areas of digital production for the agency to call upon as workloads require.
· Along with other digital specialists, consultation with agency teams and clients about strengths and weaknesses of various technical approaches for potential projects, leading to initial technological directions.
· Education of agency associates on emerging digital technologies and their ramifications to the marketing communications arena.
· Strong participation in new business efforts, especially as it relates to digitally based marketing communications.
Requirements:
1. 5+ years of digital marketing communications experience (agency preferred)
2. 5+ years of client-facing account management experience (agency preferred)
3. Broad understanding of all areas of the digital production and development process, including information architecture, user interface design, desktop/mobile/app design, predominant programming languages, project management/production techniques, etc.
4. Strong communication (written and oral), organizational, project management and client service skills.
5. Dynamic, intuitive, and strong team player
6. Excellent attention to detail
7. Bachelors degree or equivalent level of education |
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Search Engine Marketing Manager - 4 to 6 years experience
We are looking for an experienced Paid Search (PPC) manager. This person would be responsible for the execution, coordination, reporting, client interaction and management of paid search marketing for multiple clients as well as leading the Search Marketing discipline at The Phelps Group.
This person needs to be capable of strategic thinking and be able to manage and lead a team of search specialists. This position requires excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, computer skills and a expert knowledge of the search engine space.
This position offers the opportunity to join a full service integrated marketing communication agency that has been honored as one of the "Best Places to Work" in Los Angeles for the last five years.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
General:
• Position acts as paid search resource for all agency clients, as well as advocacy and training on paid search to other agency staffers
• Client presentation and communication including monthly and quarterly reviews and new business opportunities
• Review and monitoring of clients' and their competitors' websites and campaigns
• Detailed reporting of paid and natural search showing results, analysis and recommendations
• Consult industry data made available through engine tools and coordinate with search engine reps and clients to gain insights into industry trends
• Lead and train a team of media and search specialists as well as making sure the agency is up-to-date on all the latest in the search marketing space
Paid Search:
• Execute search marketing tactics, including: strategic thinking, keyword research, keyword expansions, ad copy creation, ad copy execution, bid changes, campaign performance tracking & reporting, A/B testing, analysis
• Create and refine cost and traffic estimates to project a campaign's potential
• Quality control: test tracking codes, review landing pages and ad rank
• Facilitate billing process to ensure timely and accurate invoices
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 4-6 years of working and managing paid search campaigns with Google and Bing, at minimum
o Google AdWords and Bing AdExcellence Certifications
o Experience and understanding of Omniture Suite and Google Analytics
o Knowledge of search engine webmaster accounts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of advanced Excel features(e.g. pivot tables, complex formulas)
• Previous experience with bid management tools and search campaigns of over $5MM annually
• Ability to thrive working in team environment
• Help team member improve and horn their skills as search engine specialist
• Eagerness to meet and exceed objectives
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects at once
• 4 year college degree required
• Understanding of API feeds, a plus
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.Net Developer
We are looking for a talented mid-level .NET Developer to join our Development team. You will participate in the development and ongoing enhancement of one of our key Fortune 500 client’s website as your primary responsibility as well as other smaller development projects as needed. This is an onsite full-time permanent position in Santa Monica, CA. Some travel within the Los Angeles area will be required from time to time for client facing meetings. The successful candidate must be versatile in all facets of web application development.
Required skills /abilities / experience:
• 3+ years of experience in software and/or application development
• Experience with OO methodology, and system design, development and enhancement
• Research, diagnose, and troubleshoot code and/or system defects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• High Transaction volume experience
• Experience in an Agile environment
• Experience with web services
• ASP.NET Web Forms
• C#
• Experience with Subversion
• The ability and willingness to learn new skills
Nice to have:
• Front end development experience
• Experience developing all layers of a web-platform (client, services, application, data-store)
• LAMP experience
• Classic ASP experience
• Web analytics implementation experience
JavaScript knowledge / experience
A Better Way to Work. A Better Way to Live. Celebrated as one of L.A.’s “Best Places to Work” for five years running. The only agency in L.A. in the top 15 on both the advertising and PR charts for 14 years. And 30 years as a truly integrated agency. The Phelps Group threw out the old agency model years ago. Instead of “departments” competing with each other for our clients’ budgets, we’re organized in client-centric, self-managed teams thriving in a full-feedback environment where the best business-building ideas rule. Advertising, public relations, promotions specialists -- distributing our work via online and offline media -- all working together to collaborate, strategize and execute fully-integrated campaigns for socially responsible clients. It’s smarter. It’s powerful. It’s the edge we deliver.
We offer a range of progressive workplace benefits, including: reimbursement for education classes and programs; ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan); telecommuting; pet-friendly work environment; green workplace program; full-feedback environment; competitive pay and health benefits; weekly educational seminars; and hosted lunch twice a week.
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Senior Search Engine Optimization Marketer
We are looking for an experienced SEO expert with a proven track record to join our high performance team. This person would be responsible for the execution, coordination, reporting and management of search engine optimization for multiple clients and driving the SEO discipline at The Phelps Group forward.
This person needs to be capable of strategic thinking, have excellent analytical skills, strong attention to detail, great computer skills and an expert knowledge of the search engine space. We would also be looking for them to help in paid search and basic web analytics for clients as well, however previous expert in these areas is not necessary.
This position offers the opportunity to join a full service integrated marketing communication agency that has been honored as one of the "Best Places to Work" in Los Angeles for the last four years.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
General:
• Present and communicate with clients including monthly and quarterly reviews and new business opportunities
• Review and monitoring of clients' and their competitors' websites and campaigns
• Detailed reporting search showing results, analysis and recommendations
• Consult industry data made available through engine tools and coordinate with search engine reps and clients to gain insights into industry trends
• Help and train the agency to keep up-to-dated on all the latest in the natural search marketing space
• Understanding of current search engine optimization best practices, along with keeping up to date with future best practices
• Execute search engine optimization from both a strategic and tactical standpoint
• Coordinate with developers to implement optimization strategy for all web development projects
• Quality control: test tracking codes, review landing pages and ad rank
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 4-6 years of working and managing SEO
• Experience and understanding of Omniture Suite and Google Analytics
• Knowledge of paid search a plus but we are willing to train
• Knowledge of search engine webmaster accounts
• Knowledge of various SEO tools
• Strong analytical skills and an expert grasp of both SEO best practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of advanced Excel features is preferred (e.g. pivot tables, complex formulas)
• Ability to thrive working in team environment
• Eagerness to meet and exceed objectives
• 4 year college degree required
• Understanding of API feeds, a plus
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Internships for summer: Account Management, Media, Video Production and Public Relations positions
Current internships available in summer for media, account management video production and public relations disciplines:
Description of the internship: Assist in different aspects of project execution and coordination for our clients. Depending on the discipline/team, this may include preparing media authorizations, spreadsheets, marketing plans, new business presentations, filing, research, brainstorming ad concepts, supplier coordination, developing cross-promotional ideas, proofreading, running errands, assisting in ad and collateral creation, word processing, assembling media kits, database development and updates, production traffic, interactive and web site coordination and development. We ask for a minimum of 20 hours per week.
We're a team-oriented Santa Monica agency with a great reputation and lots of quality clients. We’re the only marketing communications agency in Los Angeles to be ranked in the Top 10 for both advertising agencies and public relations firms by The Los Angeles Business Journal.
Account Management Intern
We are looking for a talented, organized and energetic intern to work with us in Account Management this spring.
Opportunity to learn all functions in account management.
Qualifications: Excellent Word, Powerpoint, Excel skills, attention to detail, willingness to do what it takes to get the job done, team player and organization, excellent written/verbal skills.
Media Intern
We are looking for a talented, organized and energetic intern to work with us in media planning and buying this spring.
We're a team-oriented Santa Monica agency with a great reputation and lots of quality clients. We’re the only marketing communications agency in Los Angeles to be ranked in the Top 25 for both advertising agencies and public relations firms by The Los Angeles Business Journal.
Opportunity to learn all facets of media planning: print, broadcast, online and paid search for clients in entertainment, travel, healthcare.
Preferred qualifications
Excellent Word, Excel, Powerpoint skills, attention to detail, comfortable working with numbers/analysis, willingness to do what it takes to get the job done, team player and organization, written/verbal skills a must. HTML, other computer skills a plus.
Video Production Intern
We are looking for a talented, organized and energetic intern to work with us in video production and post production.
We built our edit bay/production facility to service the diverse needs of our clients, from corporate DVDs, to TV and radio spots, to online videos.
Preferred qualifications
• Basic understanding of NLE systems (FCP mandatory)
• Basic knowledge of video/audio technical specs, including framerates, codecs, formats, etc
• Experience with video compression software (Compressor, Episode, etc)
• DVD authoring experience
Requirements: Senior-year students or recent university graduates preferred. Suggested minimum of 20 hours a week. Must commit to at least one semester/quarter. When applying, clearly state the months you are interesting in working and supply a portfolio link.
Fall internship applications due 8/1.
Spring internship applications due 12/1.
Summer internship applications due 4/1. |
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The Bench
We're always looking for talented people to join our team. People like us, who have a passion to do great work for deserving clients in a healthy working environment, to realize our clients' goals and our potentials. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to join our Bench. |
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