The Perfect Fit

New Retained Search: Creative Director-Writer #13013

General Description:
Our client is a well respected leader in its particular marketing niche, working with Fortune 500 and 100 clients all over the country from their main office in St. Louis.  We’re looking for an energetic, charismatic leader of creatives.  This is a sensational opportunity to work with passionate colleagues in a supportive and collaborative environment, producing innovative work across diverse marketing channels.  Our client’s creative products are all created/developed  “in house”.  Principal marcom channels include event, video, print, direct marketing (both on and offline) and of course web based, including mobile and social.  It’s an exciting, modern place keeping its technology and deliverables on that cutting edge.

Primary Responsibilities:
•    You are the agency creative leader and responsible for all creative output.
•    Enthusiastically support continual creative excellence and innovation.
•    Develop unexpected creative concepts pushing the boundaries of “typical”, yet still providing solutions to the clients’ strategic issues.
•    Distill the agency thinking into writing and delivering persuasive sales pitches.
•    Be on the agency management team, helping guide the strategic direction of the agency while managing the creative staff to surpass agency goals.
•    Become an integral part of the new biz development process, presenting to clients in the C-suite.
   
Experience:
We’re looking for creatives with a fine art or related degree and at least five years of creative leadership experience.  We need a diverse range of expertise . . . a seasoned writer with a creative opinion and POV on everything.  The best candidate will be fluent with print, video/audio, digital and experiential marketing.  Direction or production of plays, galas and tours/large venues would be valuable additional experience.  All this experience, with an enthusiastic, empathetic and altruistic personality.  If that’s not enough (and it rarely is!), we need descriptive, articulate speakers who can write!

Senior Visual Communications Designer #130103

Happy to say that the New Year is starting out with our remaining very busy . . . and happy to be so!

Here are the details on this new opportunity in St. Louis:

General Description:
Our Client is looking for an additional graphc designer as a result of company growth and need.  We want an innovative designer who can simply the most complex ideas, someone who can communicate visually, in this day of shortened attention spans.  We want a pro who can work independently one minute, and the next jump into a brainstorm session with colleagues.  Your confidence and experience have prepped you to be articulate, calm and compelling while presenting work to a wide range of internal and external clients.  Your portfolio has a blend of interesting interactive, smart infographics and engaging print as a result of refined graphic design and non-traditional communications.

Primary Responsibilities:
•    Effectively present design concepts and recommendations and execute on them to support the marketing and delivery of a highly technical product.
•    Transform text-based data into visually stimulating, simple and cohesive design that tells a story and doesn't miss a single opportunity to visualize data.
•    Design email marketing campaigns, optimized to increase open and click-through rates, drive program participation and expand reach and engagement.
•    Visually communicate technical concepts and rework diagrams and sketches into final formats for a variety of web, print and multi-media executions.
•    Thrive in a fast paced, performance driven environment while supporting your colleagues and contributing to the culture in a positive way.

Experience:
We’re looking for candidates with at least five years’ experience and a graphic or digital design degree.  We like portfolios that are diverse, innovative and exhibit superior conceptual and tactical skills including web, print, presentations, multi-media and videos.  Illustrations and/or animation skills would be a significant plus.  We want both left and right sides of the brain supported by an insatiable quest for knowledge and a desire to “learn every day”.

Compensation:
Our client is interested in hiring premier candidates and their compensation and benefits package is outstanding.  The salary is at the top end of the regional market and benefits include full medical (dental option), 401K with match, tuition assistance, life and disability insurance, employee stock purchase plan.

About Our Client:
Our client is a 25 year old company with a robust and innovative and growing creative department.  Creatives are encouraged to push the envelope of marketing communication through a wide range of media, from video, online and print to on and offline direct marketing.  There is exceptional opportunity for long term career growth, including increasing responsibility, promotion and financial reward.  Be part of a collaborative team that respects each other and plays well together!  EOE

Please apply by uploading your resume to Bishop-Partners dot com.  We’d also like you to send a cover letter directly to Bob detailing your specific interest and qualifications for this position, as you understand it.