The Perfect Fit

St. Louis Agency, Immediate Hiring: Strategic Account Director #23041

We're thrilled to be working with this well established St. Louis Agency again.  This will be the third search for them, in the past year.  This agency's leadership is more committed to their employees success, well being and professional success than most employers.  They are a great client and I love working with them! 

Overview:
We’re conducting a retained search for our well-established agency in St. Louis. Our client is poised for growth and in need of a strategic account services leader to help achieve that growth. The Strategic Account Director is an up-and-coming strategic business and marketing leader, an over-achiever who’s been successful and is looking for that career opportunity to start leading an entire Account Service team.  Operating as the strategic north star for a given client or campaign, the Account Director has an intimate understanding of both agency and client goals and knows how to bridge them for mutual success. 
 
This role will need to see the big picture, be able to get things done, with attention to detail, and ultimately wants to build for the future.  This is not an opportunity for remote work but is hybrid.
 
Primary Responsibilities:
• Strategically build client relationships and effectively negotiate & drive scopes of work
• Responsible for overall client satisfaction always hunting for solutions and innovative ideas
• Help lead cross-functional teams inclusive of strategy, creative, technology and production to deliver integrated solutions and identify new business opportunities

St. Louis Senior Event Producer #19024

Overview:
Our St. Louis Client wants you to lead your Clients to help build connections with their customers, by creating powerful brand experiences that are seamless, innovative, immersive and successful! From strategy, creative, and digital to logistics and event technology, you’ll lead teams that place the Client at the center, helping them connect to people in meaningful and personal ways. As a Sr. Producer, you’ll be responsible for the largest projects for the premier Clients.

Principal Responsibilities:
• Partner with the Client to analyze and identify event goals and the event concepts and strategies to meet those goals.
• Identify, manage and report on budgets, timelines and all other logistics related to the production of the show. Write and deliver proposals, contracts, presentations and reports to Clients, as needed.
• Identify, hire and manage third party vendors and contractors, from the venue, to technology, environmental design, entertainment, catering and support staff.
• Monitor and create timely status updates to all applicable teams, regarding project progress against the proposed plans including budgets, timelines, quality criteria and risk management.
• You will participate in the show set-up, run and load out, which often happens at unusual times or on weekends.
• There is moderate travel, as necessary.

Urgent Need: Associate Creative Director for Our STL Client!

Our St. Louis Client has just contacted Bishop Partners for help with their urgent need for an Associate Creative Director.  Here's the job description.  Please contact Bob asap, telling him of your interest and sending a portfolio.  Thank you!

Job Number: 19013
Associate Creative Director

General Description:
We’re working with our St. Louis Client to recruit an in-house Associate Creative Director with the experience and talent to produce engaging visual communications for both internal and external audiences. Strategy, innovative thinking and compelling creative are the foundation. The ACD is proficient in the concept, design and execution of a diverse range of communications materials, including print and digital collateral, video, internal and external communications materials, meeting presentations and experiential.

You should be a well-rounded art director/designer who thrives on contributing ideas, utilizing your earned knowledge of the most current industry standards and trends. You possess exemplary presentation skills to share concepts and final executions with internal clients at all levels. The ideal candidate also has the ability to comprehend diverse and complex ideas and translate them into simple, clear and cogent visual communications.

Primary Responsibilities:
Develop innovative concepts, create compelling design solutions and follow through to final delivery on a wide variety of B2B and B2C marketing projects
Work with Creative Directors and Copywriters to create attention-getting work for consumer lead generation, retention, and engagement initiatives
Provide graphic design support to field force effectiveness initiatives, including; sales collateral design, presentation design and design of internal training materials
Collaborate effectively with internal marketing managers, strategic planners, and product owners/managers from across the organization.

New STL Search: Senior Creative Researcher/Strategist

Overview:
Our St. Louis client is seeking a Senior Creative Research Strategist to help take a unique, well established and growing Marketing Research Agency to the next level. Candidates should have at least eight years of strategic advertising experience in either agency Creative or Account Planning (the ideal candidate would have both) or with a research agency specializing in research for marketing or advertising.

Creative Research Strategists are the achievers of insight and facilitators of alignment. Creatively-trained problem solvers,  strategic writers, creative thinkers.  Creative Strategists are responsible for research design, execution, analysis and deliverables for all projects. They develop and optimize research processes, identify and curate research tools and always seek ways to enhance offerings. With both Clients and Respondents, Creative Strategists approach every element of their work with empathy and energy.
Strategists should be capable of accountability for decisions related to design, execution analysis and deliverables on their projects.

All candidates should be willing and able to travel (up to 33% at times, including international travel); be self-motivators that need little supervision and who can handle the demands of the workflow.

Who is the Client?
Our Client is a St. Louis based marketing research agency, founded in 1998 which has evolved to have only large, loyal global clients. They are comprised of (among other roles) creative strategists – people with advertising agency creative, planning and/or research backgrounds, as well as senior level client-side marketing experience, who specialize in:

Now Hiring, STL Client; Design Director, In-House Creative Leader

We're happy to have once again been hired by one of our regions premier brands for this in-house Design leadership opportunity.  They are feeling a sense of urgency and are interested in interviewing candidates as soon as possible.

General Description:
The key objective of this role is to ensure continuing design excellence – strategic and operational - in brand development across a growing portfolio. This means planning organizing and implementing consistent design principles and production processes to ensure that designs meet all brand consumer and production guardrails and objectives, both internally and externally.  

We’re looking for an experienced design leader to grow our team, while also continuing to be an individual contributor. Be responsible for consistent brand development strategy across diverse, yet “synergistic” elements. You’ll be able to build both great products and a great team.

As Design Director, you’ll provide mentorship and support to the other designers and project team members in your office with one-on-ones and reviews. You’ll also be responsible for presentation of design strategies and resulting executions to internal and external stakeholders, as needed.

Responsibilities will Include:
• Develop innovative concepts, create compelling design solutions and follow through to final delivery, on a wide variety of B2B and B2C marketing projects
• Collaborate with business partners, other directors, designers, copywriters, editors and developers to create unique, compelling, break-through work

New Search: STL Media Client SaaS Enterprise Sales Manager

General Description:
We’re hiring high performing sales professionals to help us scale our St. Louis Client’s SaaS business in the enterprise space.  Our founders are proven entrepreneurs and customers love our products.  The Enterprise Sales Manager will drive recurring SaaS services revenue via both strategic channel partners and enterprise ‘Fortune 2000’ brands.  

This role is accountable for the creation, development and implementation of the entire sales process lifecycle, which includes (but is not limited to) pipeline development, prospecting, and close ratio metrics. It’s imperative to have an attitude and willingness to build our channel partnership program from the ground up. Approximately 50% of your leads will come from Inbound with approximately 50% of your leads being self-generated.

Principal Responsibilities:
• Build and execute a sales plan based on ABM principles and consultative selling techniques.
• Meet and exceed quarterly and annual sales revenue goals
• Identify key growth opportunities/ initiatives and build and execute a plan around such initiatives (Channel and Enterprise)
• Provide accurate sales forecasts; consistently meet both budget and committed revenue goals.
• Attend shows and other networking opportunities, as designated by management

Now Hiring in STL, Sr. Creative Visual Content Designer 18061

We've started interviewing for this role, for our St. Louis digital media/agency client.

Overview:
As a Sr. Visual Content Strategist (ACD, Sr. AD or Designer), you'll be harnessing your creativity, passion and forward-focused visions to produce engaging visual content and campaigns for our national clients. This person will manage a team, mentor our creative staff, deliver award-winning work, and sell creative vision to our client stakeholders.

You’ll have an aptitude for adaptation and ability to understand what engages an audience regardless of industry or communications channel. In addition to content creation and management, you’ll also spend time building relationships with clients and targeting your strategizing efforts to best account for brand characteristics, goals, initiatives and budget. You’ll have a collaborative mindset and willingness to ensure success amongst fellow team members and clients.

Communication skills: You communicate visually and can express your ideas with skill and grace whether standing at a whiteboard, drawing on a napkin, or presenting on screen. You see visual design as a language and can explain what your design decisions are meant to communicate. 

Collaboration: You demonstrate a strong, collaborative ethos and have the ability to inspire and facilitate collaboration with others. 


Prototyping skills: You understand that building proofs of concept and iterating helps you and others explore fail and learn quickly. You work at varying levels of fidelity and are always interested in trying new tools and methods.

Ready to Hire: Vice President of Marketing

General Description:
This position reports to the CEO and is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction, for both internal and external marketing communications, across all channels and in support of our Client’s brand identity and ongoing, rapid growth. Our Client’s offices are located in Chesterfield, MO. The ideal candidate will be an effective collaborator and motivator, with an entrepreneurial, “can do” attitude. You’ll lead a team of marketers to ever greater success in this fast paced environment.

Principal Responsibilities    

    -- Oversee (negotiate) full implementation of the company's marketing strategy, including marketing collateral, communications, content strategy, branding, websites, digital marketing, social media, PR and trade shows.
    --  Work in partnership with the company’s Sales team to produce appropriate materials and     presentations geared for company success, and also to most effectively utilize our data in    Salesforce.com
    --  Oversee the day to day activities of the marketing team, freelancers and outside      agencies. 
    --  Manage and measure the company's social media presence.

    --  Maintain editorial control and supporting data on all marketing and PR collateral that is         released by the organization.
    --  Responsible for the company's website, including SEO and site analytics.
    --  Represent the organization at company trade shows.

    --  Manage and oversee internal company marketing initiatives, including employee         recognition, charity outings, Christmas and other holiday parties, etc. 
    --  Travel as necessary, up to 20%.

Experience:
We looking for candidates with a related degree (MBA preferred) and with seven years in B2B marketing, who’s forward thinking, creative, positive and high energy. Superior candidates are masters in the art of communicating, verbally and with the written word.

We’re specifically looking for experience directing marketing for a business services company. Healthcare experience would be helpful. Expertise with SEM and Google Analytics certification expected. Those who are ambitious, positive and driven to grow their department and themselves. Someone who’s “always pushing”, relentless about building the brand without losing the existing, coveted, brand identity.

Compensation:
We offer an excellent base salary and a superior supporting benefits package, including: 401k with match, medical insurance (with vision and dental options), life, long term disability and ADD insurance, EAP and generous PTO. We will provide re-location assistance or there is the possibility of creating a plan to work remotely, for the supremely experienced candidate who cannot re-locate. A schedule of frequent visits to St. Louis would have to be developed.

About Our Client:
Our client is a national, rapidly growing, award winning company, that’s been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Modern Healthcare, Becker’s Healthcare and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. They have also been recognized as one of the top outsourcing companies in the world, in any industry, by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and published in Fortune Magazine’.

In addition, both their CEO and President have been recognized as top executives by Glassdoor Inc. and The St. Louis Business Journal. When you walk through the front door, you’ll feel the energy and want to be a part of it. They’re a mid-sized company that’s growing every day, they’re exploding into the future, dominating their category. It’s a fun place to work! EOE

If you’d like to know more, let’s talk. Please start the process with sending your resume to Bob@Bishop-Partners dot com.

 

STL Now Hiring: Paid Social Media Campaign Manager, Strategist/Analyst

General Description

Our St. Louis client is looking for a paid Social Media Strategist and Campaign Manager to join its St. Louis office. This is a relocation opportunity!

This is a hands-on position that will work with the company's management team, actively managing several live campaigns (at tens of thousands of dollars per day, each) across a variety of social media platforms. The position requires hands-on experience as an SEM practitioner, a leadership capability and the ability to work independently. We like candidates with an entrepreneurial spirit or those who have started their own business. Organization and time management skills will serve you well and help maximize your efficiency and as a result, your income.

Primary Responsibilities:


• Become an expert on all proprietary in-house software (our client will train you)

• Manage end-to-end SEM campaigns (keyword research, campaign strategy, ad writing, bid management, engine relationships, & margin optimization).

• Leverage detailed data analysis to identify opportunities in the marketplace to expand & optimize profitability.

• Monitor all competitive and market forces and react appropriately to any changes.

• Prioritize between dozens of opportunities to choose the most profitable tasks
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• Work to set and deliver on PPC campaign growth targets

• Manage, train and support both existing employees and new hires

Now Hiring; Associate Creative Director #17091 in St. Louis

Associate Creative Director #17091
Location: Downtown St. Louis

General Description
The Associate Creative Director (ACD) is a complete creative, responsible for leading a team in the thinking and making of ideas big and small. Part manager, part writer and all about making things happen, the ACD is just as likely to inspire a team with direction  as they are to lead by example.
 
There’s nothing quite like the feeling when an idea comes together. And you’ve been putting great ideas together for quite some time. With a penchant for writing, a love of art direction, and a soft spot for creative teams, you’re comfortable leading all three. Because, well, that’s what it takes to make great ideas happen.
 
The Work
    -  Be an expert on client business beyond the creative challenges

    -  Tell a compelling story in four words or 4000.  Every medium. Every brand voice.

    -  Follow a brief, and know when something’s missing or when something needs to be challenged

    -  Help the client build their business and help the agency build ours

    -  Participate in presentations (and lead some too)

    -  Lead ideation sessions with support of CD and creative team

    -  Make sure the work is smart, accurate and awesome

    -  Give solid direction and constructive feedback to the team (design and copywriting)

    -  Manage day-to-day creative workflow, timelines and budgets


The Team
    -  Assist the CD to help grow the team

    -  Assist the team to help grow the work, providing insight, motivation, encouragement and               constructive feedback

    -  Contribute to employee reviews

    -  Be accessible to team members as a mentor and coach

    -  Lead by example (in every way)

    -  Be collaborative, flexible and open-minded

    -  Take the work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously 


STL Advertising Opportunity: Group Creative Director

General Description:
Our St. Louis client is looking to hire a Group Creative Director with strategic vision and bold creativity. As GCD, you’ll have the opportunity to help build and foster a culture in which delivering creative excellence, experimentation, and innovation are expected. The GCD will also be a driving force in business development – someone who enjoys the client-focused aspect of our work and who will have a customer-service mindset.
The GCD person who is an inspirational leader by example, the GCD will inspire the team, and will encourage an environment in which new ideas are eagerly shared by everyone. Try new technology tools for communication. This role is for you if you have a deep appreciation for compelling content and conceptual design, and can see beyond any one specific project to identify bigger, longer-term opportunities. This role reports to the Chief Creative Officer.

Principal Responsibilities:
    Lead, develop, mentor and inspire the design, editorial, copy and engagement teams to create smart and innovative work
    Promote creative direction that aligns with Manifest’s mission to craft ideas that inspire devotion
    Develop and guide strategic creative solutions, from concept to execution
    Build and maintain stellar working relationships with clients, agency leadership and cross-functional agency teams
    Work closely with CCO to develop omni-channel solutions to client marketing challenges
    Actively participate in new business pitches, and represent our creative capabilities
    Through both research and personal insight and experience, inspire the team and stay ahead of industry trends
    Enhance the agency’s creative reputation among clients and the industry through award shows, thought leadership and creative community     leadership and networking

VP, Director of Account Strategy/Service #17062

WANTED: One smart, ambitious and experienced Director of Account Strategy/Service. Build your own team at The Proof Agency. Must have 1. Spirits experience 2. Being comfy swimming in the risky pool 3. Comfy with self-management 4. Hate BS and office politics 5. Willing to deliver and accept blunt criticism 6. Juggle while kids are sick and partner is pissed.  EOE

We are growing fast with very strong Spirits undertaking for Global clients. We’re looking for an attitude that usually gets you in trouble.

If this is you then you found us. Jack Thorwegen

If you’d like to know more, let’s talk. Please start the process with sending your resume to Bob@Bishop-Partners dot com with a cover letter detailing your interest in and qualifications for the position, as you imagine it.

Now Hiring, Copywriter/Satirist in St. Louis

General Description:
This is a full time position that will be the online/social/PR and advertising/shopper marketing voice, launching a new spirit brand in the United States. We’re looking for clever commenter of culture, someone with a twisted way of looking at what others see normally. Perhaps the “Gary Larsen of copywriting”. We’re looking for an informed, smart and irreverent approach to the brand and the target market. We want our brand to be engaging and fun. We want it to stand apart . . .

Experience:
We’re looking for candidates with a degree and a portfolio illustrating how your approach to the mundane is anything but . . . we would like to see prolific social content creation and social media strategy as part of your expertise. Additionally, PR/Communications and advertising strategy will also be an important part of the mix. You should be assertive and have an opinion on everything. You also should be collaborative and fun to be around. We’re selling spirits, not finding cures for cancer!

About Our Client:
Our client is a new agency staffed by industry veterans. The founders are literally, “the best in the business” and have a track record to prove it. They know what they’re doing and look forward to sharing their knowledge and helping their team achieve greatness. They are working with legendary Global clients with brands in the spirits, beer and wine categories.  EOE

 

If you’d like to know more, let’s talk. Please start the process with sending your resume to Bob@Bishop-Partners dot com, with a cover letter detailing your interest in and qualifications for the position, as you imagine it. We’d like to see samples of your satirical writing style.

New STL Retained Search: Senior Account Manager #17040

We're excited to be working on several searches with a new client.  If you have preliminary interest in learning more about this (or any other opportunity), please don't hesitate to get in touch.  I'd be very happy to talk to you and answer any questions you might have.  Your interest is always held in the strictest confidence.  If you have friends or colleagues who you think might have interest, please let them know!

General Description:
Our St. Louis Client is looking for a passionate, experienced Senior Account Manager to join their Brand Builder team.  Account Managers deliver daily on making extraordinary things happen for their clients, their brands and their customers. Successful candidates will have a track record of achieving outstanding results using strategic skills such as managing the planning process and account and project management. You’ll coordinate with other agency disciplines like influencer engagement, creative, media, multimedia and digital. You’ll develop, execute and support innovative strategies and tactics for some of the leading brands that reach and engage audiences in the categories related to family and home.

This is an opportunity to showcase your passion and deep knowledge for building brands and marketing and for using your strategic planning and management ability to help ensure that a single project or major campaign is executed on time, on budget and with impact.

We’ll expect you to learn our clients’ businesses and audiences at a depth that will enable you to maximize your ability to provide/manage solutions that will help clients achieve business objectives. Develop relationships with your clients to identify objectives and opportunities and discuss strategic approaches to their business.

Career Opportunity: Social Media Content Manager in St. Louis

General Description:
Behind every social community, there is someone driving the conversation. You listen to the buzz and are enthusiastic about joining the discussion. You have experience monitoring and managing social media presence for multiple clients across different social platforms. You’re highly motivated, organized, and have strong communication skills. Above all, you’re a social native who’s plugged in 24/7. You’re a good writer and understand how to communicate visually with pictures and videos, even if you aren’t creating them.  if you want to get into technology, this is the place to go.   Our St. Louis Client is building a category, not just a company!

Responsibilities:
•    Work with agency team members (strategy, creative, and account teams) to craft compelling content that resonates with a variety of audiences, while being responsible for daily client deliverables.
•    Serve as the community moderator, answer comments and questions, and prompt further engagement- escalating issues to Client Success Managers, following up on issues, and maintaining community standards. Perform conflict management and crisis management when needs arise.
•    Execute platform-specific best practices across Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram. Provide internal/external teams with a recap, including implications and a unique and thorough point of view.
•    Perform outreach activities, and develop and maintain relationships with key bloggers and other influencers. Leverage those relationships and opportunities where appropriate.

Sr. Account Manager, St. Louis Online Marketing Agency

Here's an special opportunity for those of you who want to be involved on the forward edge of digital marketing innovation.  Our client is establishing a new category of online communications!

General Description:
Here’s your account service opportunity with a wickedly fast moving, “established start up”.  If you want to get into technology and marketing, this is the place!  It’s very stable and well financed . . . they’re a start up that’s on third base.   They are already generating revenue and expected to double their size in both revenue and people this year. 
Our client is on the front lines of digital marketing.  They’re building a category, not just a company.  They’ve been validated by outside investors as creating an advertising agency alternative in this “anti advertising” world.  There’s a compelling system and proven method, that’s been successful for scores of Fortune 2000 clients so far.  

If you’re a “people person”, an energetic conversationalist who understands business and developing client relationships, let’s talk.  We’re looking for a conduit between the client and the creative team.  You’ll meet with clients in person and on the phone.  We’d like you to explore networking opportunities and be attentive to new business development opportunities.

Director of Human Resources

We're excited to be starting a new retained search for our St. Louis agency client.

General Description:
The Human Resources Director is directly responsible for the overall administration, coordination and evaluation of the human resource function of our St. Louis client.  You will implement human resources strategies by establishing department accountabilities and protocols, including talent acquisition, staffing,  employment processing,  compensation, health and welfare benefits, training and development, performance management, safety and health, succession planning, employee relations and retention, AA/EEO compliance, and labor relations.  This is a fabulous opportunity to help an already established agency build a first in class practice.

Experience:
We’re looking for candidates with at least eight years’ general HR experience in an advertising agency, PR or marketing communications firm. with experience establishing successful protocols, maintaining positive employee relations, recruiting and benefit administration.  A Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or similar certification preferred.

St. Louis Social Media Client: Product Manager #16125

General Description:
Reporting to the CTO, The Social Media Product Manager is the catalyst for development and stewardship of our St. Louis Client’s product platform. You are the in-house product expert, able to speak to and make recommendations for client solutions. You will serve as a bridge for these products from the research and recommendation phase to the concept, design, and implementation with internal staff. The Director of Product Development will facilitate product development meetings and manage the portfolio of product development initiatives. You will collaborate regularly with Client Success teams, Media, and Community Engagement Managers to understand client and market needs.

Primary Responsibilities:
Market Analysis and Strategic Planning
•    Research, analyze, and monitor client industry needs and trends.
•    Define business value of potential solutions for target markets in order to guide and prioritize development of products, and features (or their components) for Client Success teams.
•    Specify market requirements for current and future products through market research, industry experience, and design inputs from stakeholders, customers, and prospects. Support ongoing management of product portfolio, including managing to long-term product development roadmap.
•    Participate in defining strategic pricing models for new and existing products, considering competitive pricing models, internal costs, value proposition metrics (e.g., benefits, savings to clients, process costs, etc.), market acceptance, and adoption rates, and present final pricing recommendations to leadership for approval.

St. Louis Corporate Motion Graphic Designer

This position is an excellent opportunity for an expert animator/motion graphics designer to use their creative storytelling and video production skills to create high quality programming to internal and external audiences.  

This creative animator & video editor will be part of a team that operates a fully functional broadcast studio with capabilities that include live broadcasts, a studio footprint for video production shoots including green screen, and post-production editing and animation suites. The broadcast studio team is responsible for the development and execution of creative video and initiatives which help build our Client’s brand to B2B and B2C audiences.

This position plays a lead role in the creation of 2D (and some 3D) animated videos, supporting motion graphics and video editing and storytelling for multiple video content types including corporate product videos, training and live broadcasts, as well as web events and highly polished animated programming for use on websites and other online properties.

We are looking for a creative person who is a master at motion graphic design and video editing/story telling. Someone who can go beyond pushing buttons to bring a project to completion.

This person should be curious, want to understand our client's business and be able to respect and elevate their brand. A creative and collaborative partner who brings energy and contributes creative solutions that solve for the project’s needs.

St. Louis Marketing, Lead Digital Research Analyst

We're excited to be starting a new search in this changing world of Big Data.  It's been fascinating learning more about the power of that data, if utilized properly.  Our client is delivering best practices in that area.

General Description:

Our St. Louis client is a modern marketing tech agency with specialized capabilities.  They’re growing and developing a premier client list, already including iconic clients like AT&T and Starbucks.   They partner with those high level clients and with advertising agencies who do not have the in-house capabilities our client has.

This is the age of data driven everything.  Our client is on the forefront of providing the data analysis that makes the huge amount of available data useful.  They take an agile approach to website, app and API development, to help their clients reach their business goals faster.  Every website delivers analytics, but the vast majority of website owners have no idea how to harness that information to reach their goals.

Another driving innovation is the internet of things.  Our client is working with manufacturing clients, helping develop a new line of IoT products that are interactive with personal smart devices.  Our client develops the online infrastructure that allows their clients to utilize the best of new technology for their benefit.

The successful candidate should have a solid web analytics background and in-depth knowledge of digital marketing, along with experience in strategic and analytical management of digital campaigns.  Candidates with research backgrounds and experience utilizing predictive modelling will be particularly valuable.  We’re looking for the self-driven and motivated entrepreneurial leader who’s experienced with:

VP or Senior Director of Digital Strategy #16080

General Description:

We’re looking for an experienced marketing digital strategist who has the experience, vision and the confidence to build and lead an imaginative and effective digital marketing team.   You’ll have the support of our St. Louis Client’s senior leadership team to develop the digital philosophy that strengthens an already powerful agency, along with the team that delivers on that philosophy.

We need you to assess the existing team and identify gaps.  Assess the clients’ needs, the existing agency digital capabilities and capacity, to identify missing components.  Design and develop a digital marketing department that will be well positioned to thrive, be inventive and grow into the future.

We need that thoughtful and engaging strategist who’s comfortable collaborating with Senior Client leadership in developing and explaining digital strategies that engage and deliver beyond expectations.  You’ll have to be very comfortable talking about digital strategies and tactics and how to push the boundaries of what’s been done before and what’s really possible.  Creatively identify tactics to attract attention in market whitespace.

This is a strategic role, not a tactical one.  Our client already has powerful tactical technicians and developers.  The goal is to find the articulate, forward thinking visionary leader, who has an entrepreneurial spirit and is driven to build something.  You’ll be collaborating with iconic global brands that are category leaders while delivering input to the media buyers who might be anywhere in the world.  Knowledge of media planning and programmatic buying is critical as is strategic content marketing streams.   Experience with new product development and patent engagement is especially useful.

This is a career opportunity in a successful, growing advertising agency in St. Louis.  There will be vast potential for long term success, increasing responsibility, compensation and professional growth.