Help craft and tell beautiful stories, achieving the most creative and effective end result for the brand and the agency. Boutique ad agency with lifestyle clientele seeks to add highly passionate Project Management Director who will be the workflow authority for the agency. Someone who has built a career in Project Management, and understands that the agency is a business and you look to manage its workflow & resource deployment while minimizing churn.
What you’ll do:
-Motivate the PM and broader agency team by displaying a high level of respect, accountability and command for timelines, process and resource management across the agency
-Partnering with the CCO, ECD’s, Managing Director, and account management team, utilize a holistic view of the departments to offer guidance and recommendations on staff allocations
-Identify opportunities for workflow enhancement and embark on ways to refresh and share best practices across teams
-Assign and align resource needs with staff availability, strengths and developmental needs to maintain project and staff efficiency across multiple teams
-Participate in SOW creation process with Account Directors
-Monthly monitoring of agency hours to track burn across accounts, partnering with Account Directors to manage
-Assume accountability for the training and mentoring of PM staff, even those outside your brand assignment
-Project Manage key priority clients for the agency, while keeping track of other smaller projects working in tandem with other PM’s and Account Management team
-Integrate with other Senior leaders across departments to further the success of the Agency
The perfect candidate has:
-10+ years of project management experience within the advertising industry across multichannel media projects
-Experience managing and mentoring with a proven track record of hiring and developing staff
-Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead teams in high-pressure situations
-The ability to think big picture, while not losing sight of the details
-Quality decision making and problem solving
-High level Emotional Intelligence and ability to navigate different personalities
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PLACED: Project Management Director, NYC; $125-150K
Help craft and tell beautiful stories, achieving the most creative and effective end result for the brand and the agency. Boutique ad agency with lifestyle clientele seeks to add highly passionate Project Management Director who will be the workflow authority for the agency. Someone who has built a career in Project Management, and understands that the agency is a business and you look to manage its workflow & resource deployment while minimizing churn.
What you’ll do:
-Motivate the PM and broader agency team by displaying a high level of respect, accountability and command for timelines, process and resource management across the agency
-Partnering with the CCO, ECD’s, Managing Director, and account management team, utilize a holistic view of the departments to offer guidance and recommendations on staff allocations
-Identify opportunities for workflow enhancement and embark on ways to refresh and share best practices across teams
-Assign and align resource needs with staff availability, strengths and developmental needs to maintain project and staff efficiency across multiple teams
-Participate in SOW creation process with Account Directors
-Monthly monitoring of agency hours to track burn across accounts, partnering with Account Directors to manage
-Assume accountability for the training and mentoring of PM staff, even those outside your brand assignment
-Project Manage key priority clients for the agency, while keeping track of other smaller projects working in tandem with other PM’s and Account Management team
-Integrate with other Senior leaders across departments to further the success of the Agency
The perfect candidate has:
-10+ years of project management experience within the advertising industry across multichannel media projects
-Experience managing and mentoring with a proven track record of hiring and developing staff
-Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead teams in high-pressure situations
-The ability to think big picture, while not losing sight of the details
-Quality decision making and problem solving
-High level Emotional Intelligence and ability to navigate different personalities
Sounds perfect, right? Shoot your resume to hunter@thehuntinglodgenyc.com. Not for you? Please feel free to pass this opportunity along to a friend.
PLACED: Account Manager, Experiential, B2B; $75-80K, NYC or Miami
Are you the kind of problem solver that doesn’t get called a problem solver because you solve problems before anyone knew there was one? Then we want you!
Join an experiential marketing agency of strategists, producers, creatives and talented problem solvers growing their team. We need someone who doesn’t turn water into wine, but knows that people will want both. We want someone who is thirsty to learn new skills and hungry to manage big projects, and ready to enjoy the occupational banquet of experiential, content, social and digital work.
The Account Manager is responsible for the overall management of client relationships and businesses, including overseeing execution, owning the project, championing the vision, planning and handling program elements and financial management. You’re experienced in managing and overseeing multiple direct reports in the field (Brand Ambassadors), as well as in sourcing event materials through various vendors, negotiating competitive pricing. You enjoy interacting with the creative team, communicating briefs and feedback. You possess experience in working with venues, knowledge of union rules for venues, venue fee structure as well as procurement of public permits in large cities across the US. Quick thinking and the ability to be resourceful in high-pressure situations is a must, as is previous work on B2B executions, such as conventions, trade shows, road shows, exhibitions, etc. Please be tech-savvy with complete knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially strong proficiency in Excel). Finally, you should have high standards, a strong work ethic and enjoy working in a team environment. 3-5+ years of experience; non-traditional work hours and frequent travel.
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PLACED: Senior Project Manager, Retail; $85-100K, NYC
Boutique ad agency with lifestyle clientele seeks to add highly passionate Senior Project Manager to help craft and tell beautiful stories, achieving the most creative and effective end result for the brand and the agency. This well-esteemed shop has major credentials on integrated and strategic campaigns for some of the biggest fashion and beauty brands on the market. As the Project Manager on-site, all candidates must be savvy with the production process, ideally from tv and radio to direct mail and digital through social; you believe that Production is as much of an art as a science. From kick-off through creative development, your ability to help drive, manage and execute work in tight timelines, while fostering cross-team collaboration, sets you apart; be able to see the big picture with the ability to keep multiple trains running on time. This position requires a confident and friendly personality with excellent management skills to foster and maintain a healthy, positive work environment. Previous ad agency experience required; retail experience a plus. Minimum 4-6 years in a PM role.
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PLACED: Project Manager, Media; $60-70K, NYC
Named a “Top Entrepreneur” by Crain’s magazine, this boutique independent media agency is seeking a smart, motivated Project Manager to assist in creating long-lasting consumer connections. This person will focus on engaging audiences across all media channels, from paid social to traditional. As such, your background should be truly integrated, strongly digital. And you better like hats, because you’ll be wearing plenty – client-facing, building out media strategies, ad trafficking, financials, production, etc. Clients range from for-profit, non-profit, start-up, and arts and culture. To succeed in this collaborative and casual environment, please be a self-starter and quick learner with a sense of humor. Previous media or ad agency experience is required – preferably 1-3 years. You’ll…
Assist with advertising operations (particularly digital): coordinate with external vendors, provide QA/functional review of digital creative assets, traffic ads. Exposure to digital and social campaign set up/tracking a plus.
Manage advertising and production projects from inception to completion: create and maintain schedules and deadlines, keep projects on track across cross-functional teams, create estimates, manage budgets.
Support client accounts: summarize meetings/calls, communicate project action items and updates, keep media plans updated, proactively collect and manage all client project details, update media decks. Excel and PowerPoint skills a must.
Conduct media, consumer, market, and brand research; coordinate and administer new business development system and operations. Contribute to daily office management: calendar management, phones, etc.
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PLACED: Account Director, Partnerships/Activation; $90-120K, NYC
Award-winning boutique experiential marketing agency fueled by a talented team of strategic thinkers, brand marketers and visual artists believes that an idea is only as powerful as its execution. Established by a former client-side marketer, the agency’s business model builds brand loyalty and ROI through impactful experiential programming rooted in true brand values. This fast-paced work environment seeks talented team members who crave learning new skills and aren’t afraid to tackle big projects.
The Account Director is responsible for the overall leadership of agency’s client relationships and business, including the development of strategic plans and oversight of the execution of plans and program elements, as well as managing all related finances. You’ll be responsible for research and outreach for potential partnership opportunities as defined by the client and have the business acumen to develop a variety of partnership models. The Account Director must demonstrate an ability to manage workflows and manage internal teams to meet client deadlines. Charismatic with a commanding presence, you possess excellent presentation skills that represent the agency’s thinking as well as creative strategy. With a hybrid skill set of strategic planning, communication and execution, you anticipate potential client and/or program issues and communicate these observations to agency leadership and provide solutions. You’ll establish plans for success and define KPIs with clients and lead internal teams to deliver on program goals. Further, you have an ability to identify new business opportunities within existing client base. As expected, the Account Director will track profitability, define and communicate schedules and budget to junior staff as well as delegating workload. Please be tech-savvy with complete knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially strong proficiency in Excel). Finally, you should have high standards, a strong work ethic and enjoy working in a team environment. 6+ years of experience; non-traditional work hours and frequent travel.
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HOLD: Global Manager, Paid Media; Beauty, $90-100K; NYC
Are you ready to join a company that is all about diversity and individuality?
This category-leading Beauty brand has collaborations with adored names from popular culture, art and fashion. Sold today in over 120 countries around the world, the brand remains committed to developing new categories, products and over 50 collections each year, all of which continue to serve the demand of consumers and professional makeup artists alike. The brand’s popularity has grown through a tradition of word-of-mouth endorsement from makeup artists, models, photographers and journalists around the world. As a brand-led innovation company — aimed at reaching the most discerning consumers around the world, regardless of age or ethnicity — they have a rich understanding of the competitive beauty landscape and a command of the social, digital and traditional communications platforms needed to connect with audiences.
Are you a talented and strategic Media mind with a passion for beauty? Come help develop and amplify a body-positive corporate, brand and product message. We’re seeking a Global Media Manager with 5+ years of experience to join an in-house team, establishing, facilitating and maintaining the brand media strategy across regions and the globe. You’ll be in daily communication with the Global Consumer Marketing team, Creative and all other contributing departments, overseeing the development, delivery of an integrated range of programs – print, digital, video, social media, experiential, promotions, retail, collateral, etc. This is less about execution of media buys (though there might be a bit if it’s a test and learn), but the main role is to create global media frameworks, strategies and KPIs for each of your efforts, partner with the global media agency and ensure delivery of the right assets. As shopping habits and social media converge, and as digital commerce becomes increasingly important, digital capabilities and insights are helping to create a seamless omnichannel experience to capture new opportunities.
YOU should be a motivated self-starter who can take a macro level view while managing the details of the nitty-gritty. Our team serves in a hybrid function that requires strong Media Strategy and Project Management capabilities while servicing the internal client and any of our external partners. We are only seeking candidates with previous Media Strategy experience; global/regional experience ideal, or at minimum a very global mindset with a P&G model background. Previous work in communications planning also a major plus. You’ll take ownership of projects and seamlessly follow through from inception to execution. Pro-active and flexible, you can adapt to the personalities of a large global team and provide support where needed. Beauty, luxury, fashion, lifestyle or other image-based brand experience a plus.
The company is committed to developing the next generation of leaders with a strong focus on professional growth and continuous learning; their signature executive education programs stimulate professional growth and cultivate business relationships across the enterprise. The global nature of your work across multiple regions and brands, functions and channels provides fertile ground for mobility and career growth. An inclusive culture embraces diversity of thought and empowers individuals to think as entrepreneurs. Further, corporate citizenship and sustainability are central to their beliefs — from employee volunteerism and cause-related campaigns to the creation of high-performing and safe products, all while caring for people and the environment.
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