Primary Responsibilities:
• Understand our client’s unique approach and be able to persuasively deliver dynamic presentations, resulting in loyal relationships and ongoing sales.
• Research, identify, qualify and present to potential clients.
• Develop the relationship to the point of the prospect hiring your company. Maintain responsibility for overall client satisfaction.
• Act as primary client liaison through the development of client strategy and resulting appropriate project executions, including budget and timeline oversight.
• Travel (~20%) as necessary to develop and support new business and account activities.

Experience:
We’re looking for candidates with a related degree and about 7-10 years of marketing leadership and aggressive creative new business sales success at clients’ “C” level. We want strategic marketing consultants who know what questions to ask to identify opportunity. We’re looking for candidates with national B2B marketing, advertising or event related experience from either the agency or client side. Experience in video production and sales is a significant plus. Premier candidates have succeeded in this role before and understand sound marketing communications strategy. We expect a proven ability to identify and contact prospects, develop relationships and close sales! You should have a desire to work very hard to represent a nationally recognized firm (with a superb reputation) and move them to the boardrooms of the country’s most desirable clients.

Compensation:
Compensation will be commensurate with experience and your ability to deliver results. The compensation is based on a salary and commission, coupled with an outstanding benefits package including medical, life and disability insurance and a 401K. Our client is willing to pay top dollar for premier candidates and there is no glass ceiling to earnings. This is an outstanding opportunity for significant financial success, career longevity, and ongoing growth both professionally and personally.

About Our Client:
Our client is over 20 years old and a consistent leader in their marketing thinking, working with loyal clients who are leaders in their category like: BMW, Panera, H&R Block, Curves and United Van Lines, to name a few. Their business has consistently grown year over year. There is a veteran staff of professionals to support your sales and resulting tactical efforts and assure your clients’ ongoing satisfaction. Our client’s leadership team is smart, forward thinking, nimble, entrepreneurial and innovative, always thinking about developing new ways to help their clients communicate their message. The environment is modern, creative and professional and your colleagues are passionate about high level thinking, in support of strategic marketing communications, They also enjoy having a great time together and supporting each other, both professionally and personally. EOE

Please apply through our website, www.Bishop-Partners.com by uploading your resume. Please send a separate cover letter to Bob detailing your interest and specific applicable experience. Thank you.

Contact:

We’re looking for an intelligent and energetic receptionist who will take pride in maintaining a welcoming and pampering environment for our clients. Responsibilities include:

CLIENT RELATIONS
Answer all phone calls. Greet clients who arrive at the studio. Take client lunch orders and arrange for carry-in delivery. Plan and prepare daily breakfast snacks and afternoon snack trays for clients. Respond to client requests. Be our ambassador, our concierge, the face of our business.

MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENT
Maintain kitchen/coffee station. Keep refrigerator and snack drawers stocked. Keep lobby, conference room and other client areas clean and organized. Maintain public areas music and television channel selections, magazine subscriptions.

STAFF SUPPORT
Arrange, track, confirm and notify clients about incoming and outgoing couriers and UPS/FedEx shipping. Maintain billing records for shipping.
Assist Project Managers with daily tracking of staff work hours. Perform word processing, data entry, internet research tasks. Provide other backup support as required.

PARTY PLANNER!
Coordinate BBQs on the patio, happy hours, parties, client schwag. Make it a fun and exciting place to hang out.

THE COMPANY
90 Degrees West is a leading media creation studio providing shooting, editing, animation and sound design services to produce award-winning motion media for television, web and mobile. Our clients are top advertising agencies and corporations. We’re located in the vibrant Lafayette Square neighborhood of St. Louis, with a current staff size of 16. Check us out at www.90degreeswest.com
The studio environment is creative, casual and social. We’re looking for someone who is plugged into digital and social media.

APPLICATION
Full-time, Monday-Friday. 8:50am — 5:10pm. Send resume to future@90degreeswest.com Please compose the subject line as follows: Receptionist — your name ]]> http://adsaint.com/jobs/receptionist-90-degrees-west/feed/ 0 http://adsaint.com/jobs/media-production-project-managerscheduler-90-degrees-west/ http://adsaint.com/jobs/media-production-project-managerscheduler-90-degrees-west/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:45:55 +0000 Chris Lawing http://adsaint.com/?p=11024 PROJECT MANAGER/SCHEDULER WANTED IMMEDIATELY

THE COMPANY
90 Degrees West is a media creation studio providing shooting, editing, animation and sound design services to produce award-winning motion media for television, web and mobile. Our clients are top advertising agencies and corporations. We’re located in the vibrant Lafayette Square neighborhood of St. Louis, with a current staff size of 15. Check us out at http://www.90degreeswest.com

JOB OVERVIEW
This exciting and fast-paced position will put you in the middle of every aspect of our creative process. Primary responsibilities include scheduling and tracking the staff, freelancers and resources required to complete our projects. You will work closely with our Executive Producers to make sure projects stay on time and on budget. You will be in constant contact with clients from top advertising agencies regarding creative direction, deadlines, changes, budgets and deliveries. Your responsibility will be to allocate necessary resources to meet and exceed client expectations.

The studio environment is creative, casual and social. We’re looking for someone who is plugged into digital and social media.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Using a dedicated software program (ScheduAll), schedule staff, freelancers, voice talent and resources required for shoots, editing, animation, audio production and duplication. This requires constant coordination with clients and our Executive Producers.
• Participate in creative conference calls and pre-production meetings to understand client needs
• Coordinate with Executive Producers to prepare project budget proposals
• Create project calendars and revise when necessary.
• Negotiate music and talent rates with vendors
• Schedule voice talent and connecting ISDN
• Locate and gather required media assets from outside sources
• Coordinate plans for shoots.
• Keep clients informed about the status of their projects
• Keep creative staff informed about deadlines
• Manage client Purchase Order paperwork.
• Track billable hours for every component of every project
• Work with Executive Producers to track the progress of each project through completion and billing preparation. Prepare billing for final invoices.

REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor degree preferred
• exceptional multi-tasking, time management and organization. Without these qualities, you will not succeed in this position
• The ideal candidate will have had at least 2 years experience in position with responsibilities very similar to the one available, in a professional motion media creation environment
• Experience with ScheduAll software a major plus!
• must have a thorough understanding of the entire production workflow (pre-production, shooting, digitizing, editing, graphics/animation, audio, duplication and library)
• smart, with a desire to constantly learn and improve
• strong computer skills; self-motivated learner with capacity to learn new processes quickly
• multi-tasking abilities
• good communication skills
• informed about what’s happening in the world; engaged in the community
• a positive, enthusiastic attitude

COMPENSATION
Excellent compensation commensurate with experience; plus 100% paid health and dental benefits, company-match retirement plan; paid vacation and holidays

CONTACT
send resume to future@90degreeswest.com ]]> http://adsaint.com/jobs/media-production-project-managerscheduler-90-degrees-west/feed/ 0 http://adsaint.com/news/dycus-joins-infuz/ http://adsaint.com/news/dycus-joins-infuz/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:44:12 +0000 Dewayne Nickerson http://adsaint.com/?p=11017

Peter Dycus is making the jump from Coolfire Media to Infuz to become the digital marketing agency’s new Director of Production.

Dycus has been working in St. Louis for more than a decade. He spent time at Zipatoni in project management and account services roles working with clients like Splenda, Exxon and AOL. While at Coolfire, as head of interactive, he managed projects for clients across the country, including Shocktop Beer and YouAreTheTechnology.com.

His interactive and project management skills will be put to good use at Infuz. He’ll be overseeing project management, managing resources (vendors, partnerships, etc) and helping with new business. Another focus for Dycus will be redefining the overall production process at Infuz.

Dycus says it’s the energy and growth possibilities that drew him to Infuz.

“One of the reasons I’m excited, there’s a lot of good energy taking place here and a lot of good opportunities,” remarked Dycus.

In our industry, career suicide can come one of two ways.

1.)   Get caught in a scandal that gets you blacklisted. (Or, at least requires you drop off the radar until people forget.)

2.)   Become irrelevant, by not expanding your mind and skill-set.

There is a third form, but that would require shaving cream, a yak, and an oracle. I have heard this has been done in Silicon Valley, and those people are either never seen or heard from again, or end up multi-millionaires. Go figure.

You would have to have been living under a rock for the last few years to see that our industry has experienced some drastic shakeups. Resulting in many shops shutting their doors, new boutiques opening, and many people staking out on their own, or playing musical chairs as they get shuffled from place to place.

We’ve also seen demand rise drastically for roles that previously, were never in our vernacular. Social Media Manager/Strategist or UX Analyst, anyone? Traditional roles have evolved as well, with no one person not being expected to bring more to the table, or find themselves nervously looking over their shoulder for the trend hunting, smooth-talking, hotshot that will replace them.

I recently spoke to a person who is active in their job search, namely looking for a Brand Manager type role. When I questioned them about their experience in the interactive arena, this person said that they “Were seeking a more traditional role,” and that they weren’t versed in anything digital.

While I am sure such roles DO exist, those employers will eventually realize the need to have person in the role that at the very least, understands various media (especially anything residing online), or is willing to take the initiative and learn.

It is far easier to adapt to the changing times as they come, instead of trying to cram a ton of knowledge and lingo in the night before a critical interview. My point is this:

Never stop growing – professionally, or for that matter, personally.

Employers are asking more and more of candidates and with people retiring much later these days. Your career requires that you keep informed of what’s in-demand in your industry, and be at the very least, somewhat versed in it – or surround yourself with talent that is. But if that’s the latter is the case, be wary. That person you hired for their brilliance in all the skills that you don’t possess may get promoted to your role, while you are kindly shown the door.

I can assure you that age is not factor here. I have met plenty of new grads that don’t dabble in new technology and tools, in addition to those over the age 55. As an individual, you owe it to yourself to keep a curious nature. Besides, it makes you an interesting person to speak to in social situations. People like to be intrigued, and enjoy conversation that leaves them with a good takeaway or laugh. Preferably both, because that’s what will make you memorable and someone they would like to know more.

The next time you see an opportunity to learn or do something new, go for it.  It just may be a skill that will land your next role, or at the very least, show your current employer you aren’t as irrelevant as a cassette – retro sure, useful – not really.

Till next time AdSaints and Sinners,

The ADgitator,

Anne