The Perfect Fit

New Retained Search: Director of Account Services #21103

I'm very excited to have been trusted by my new St. Louis Client, to help them identify recruit and hire account management leaders.  We are ready to hire right now!  If you have a friend or colleague who you believe might be interested to hear more about this uncommon career opportunity, please have them get in touch.  I handle all inquiries with discretion and confidentiality.

About Our Client:
Our Client is a branding based, human business consultancy that helps organizations design integral solutions to crises of change. Using strategic foresight, creative communications, technology, human-centered design and organization strategy, they help leaders traverse the unknown, to create greater alignment, communication, systems, engagement and success. Our Client’s growing team provides comprehensive and sustainable solutions, guiding their clients to embrace marcom driven, technology-enabled strategies to improve their business.
They wonder, if their Clients’ culture is working, are they building leaders for the future?  Seeing the possibility of the future can (should?) drive the goals and aspirations . . . the futurist piece gives our Client an unusual and a very cool foundation for talking to their Clients about how they see their business.  The approach is different, it’s powerful and it’s effective!

This is an opportunity to work remotely.

How Our Client Describes Their Need:
Have you ever wanted to have the opportunity shape an organization or brand strategy from start to finish?  Are you someone whose ideas are very innovative, but weren’t taken seriously enough previously?  You’ll have autonomy, a chance to work with people who take the time to understand what’s strategically smart about what you have to say.

We’re after someone who has a deep set of knowledge and experiences. How can you help shape the Client experience?  We want curiosity about the work.  It’s about true collaboration fostering a deeper understanding.  We do our best work when we collaborate and have an appreciation for everyone’s ideas.  We need someone who’s an experienced business practice leader.  Someone who has a vision for how we manage client services, what works and what doesn’t. 

We need someone who’s a strategic thinker.  Someone who can establish our business practice of Client Management and Development.  This person will be leading the Client Service team. We want a people person, a developer of people.

New STL Opportunity! PPC/SEM Specialist #22091

I'm very excited and proud that this St. Louis client, who's a national leader in their category, is partnering with me to help them build their internal marketing department.  We’re looking for ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit.  If you want to help build better solutions, have your ideas heard and feel proud about contributing to an already “best in class” national service company dedicated to helping fellow humans, here’s your opportunity for hybrid work. 

General Description:
Our St. Louis area client is seeking a PPC Specialist with solid experience in paid search (SEM/PPC), programmatic, and/or social advertising. The right candidate will work on direct response lead generation across multiple products and services and have experience in paid advertising campaign creation, keyword/audience development, ad copy creation, persona development, tactic selection, and assisting the Director of Digital Marketing with the launch and optimization tactics necessary to meet campaign performance goals. 
We’re looking for ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit.  If you want to help build better solutions, have your ideas heard and feel proud about contributing to an already “best in class” national service company dedicated to helping fellow humans, here’s your opportunity for hybrid work. 

Responsibilities:
·       Conducting and reviewing keyword, audience, bid research and management, monitoring budgets for all active client campaigns.
·       Thinking of tests that will ‘move the needle’, and overseeing the implementation, tracking, and reporting on those tests.
·       Text, ad copy writing and social ad creation; overseeing the development of display ads.
·       Compiling and presenting detailed, easy-to-read reports; finding insights and suggesting solutions based on those reports; working with the analytics             team to build new reports as necessary
·       Calculating bids based on potential ROI, while building ad campaigns in various user interfaces and editing tools

Manager of Marketing Automation & Analytics in Greater St. Louis

I'm excited that this client is engaging me to help them continue to grow their internal marketing team.  We've recently recruited several other marketers and helped them move their marketing to in-house.  They are an exceptional employer with the way they treat their employees, while delivering a very valuable service to improve the lives of their customers.

Our St. Louis client is experiencing consistent growth resulting from their success nationally, in their category of service.  They are committed to building a world class in-house marketing team in support of their goal of making fellow Americans’ lives better.   You’ll work directly with and report to the Director of Digital Marketing. 

General Description:
The Manager of Marketing Automation and Analytics is responsible for the processes, tools, insights and reporting for our St. Louis client’s customer lead generation efforts. This individual will spearhead their multi-vertical marketing automation efforts across an array of marketing automation tactics including paid search, email, SMS, and mobile. This is a hands-on role responsible for driving measurable results by partnering with cross-functional marketing, product and analytical teams’ teammates. As the Manager of Marketing Automation and Analytics, you goal will be to optimize current marketing automation initiatives as well as explore untapped opportunities and areas of potential to grow the existing business and enter new verticals.

Responsibilities:
• Implement digital marketing campaigns to drive new leads, including SEM, email marketing, mobile, paid social media and other multimedia channels, continually evaluating these for improvements.
• Maintain Marketing Automation integration with CRM and assist in the integration of additional platforms into the marketing automation software.
• Work with management to define KPIs, create reporting, analyze campaign performance. Create recommendations to improve campaigns continuously.
• Manage marketing automation efforts and processes, proactively researching and implementing the latest best practices, strategies, and industry standards.
• Plan and perform A/B testing to define and execute enhancements to productivity, conversion rates, programs/campaign ROI, and sales growth.
• Utilize BI tools to analyze data, partnering with Marketing Analytics team, in order to drive results and improve efficiency.

Who You Are:
You’re a candidate with a degree and at least four years of experience automating marketing campaigns.  Experience with CRMs, Hubspot, SalesForce, Marketo and/or Pardot. We’re looking for ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit.  If you want to help build better solutions, have your ideas heard and feel proud about contributing to an already “best in class” service company dedicated to helping fellow humans, here’s your opportunity.

New St. Louis Agency Search: Senior Account Manager

I'm excited to be working with this new St. Louis client!  The owner and I originally met decades ago, when he was a creative director and I was a photographer.  It's been wonderful to re-connect and help him grow his agency.  This is a spectacular opportunity, because you'll rarely find an employer who respects and cares more for his employees than Dan does!

General Description:
The Sr. Account Manager (5-8 years’ experience) is a leader not only of the projects they work on but also of the client. An account manager is a client and industry expert--or becomes one--when they are on an account. They want to have an understanding of what the rest of our teams’ (creative and media) needs are in order to do their piece of the job. They provide helpful information in the form of a well-written) creative brief. They are curious and want to strategically understand a project--to be a part of the project and not just over see timelines.  
 
Along with various agency departments (traffic, creative, media, pr) the AM works to keep all projects on timeline and in budget in a fast-paced, respectful and collaborative setting. This role has major input in developing strategic marketing plans for their clients.  Our client is ready to hire immediately!  This a hybrid opportunity.  It is not a remote opportunity.
 
Compensation:
Our client offers a casual and flexible work environment, an excellent base salary with quarterly bonus, along with full benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability & Life insurance, maternity, paternity and bereavement leave), three weeks PTO beyond Holidays, 401K (with match), and the chance to work with talented, smart and collaborative colleagues.   Our client encourages and supports respect, diversity and continuous professional growth for their team.
 
About Our Client:
Our client is a well-established agency that’s been experiencing consistent growth over the past 15+ years.  The agency has created an inclusive and collaborative culture for the benefit of their employees and clients.  Management is interested in hiring the very best, respecting them, retaining them and helping them grow into long term, satisfying and successful careers.  It’s about being around the kind of people you like being around and genuinely liking the clients you’re working with.  The place isn’t ego driven and everyone (even a rookie) has a voice.  They have loyal clients because everyone has fun while doing superior work that gets noticed and succeeds.  EOE
 
If you’d like to know more, let’s talk.  Please start the process with sending your resume to Bob@Bishop-Partners.com, with a cover letter detailing your interest in and specific qualifications for the position, as you imagine it.

New Search for Manager of Social Media and Strategic Alliances

Manager of Social Media and Strategic Alliances
Location: Greater St. Louis
 
Overview:
Would you rather be using your social media expertise to sell products or in support of your fellow Americans’ well-being and quality of life?  The Manager of Social Media and Strategic Alliances is responsible for designing and executing our client’s social media and strategic alliances communications efforts.  This includes creating compelling content that supports business growth and fosters strategic communication objectives to, ensure high brand awareness and, educate the qualified and drive referrals of the company’s services to targeted audiences with disabilities, nationwide.   In addition, this role is primary liaison for strategizing the collaboration of disability groups at local, regional and national levels.  You’ll help improve the lives of Americans with disabilities.  This is a hybrid opportunity.

This integrated communications position requires development and execution of high-quality content adapted and distributed across social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, as well as broader public relations channels. Includes managing customer reviews, blogs, e-communication (direct messages, live chat, customer posts), news summaries and web-based events. In addition, the position is responsible for creating and managing editorial calendars and social media communities; identifying and managing opportunities to engage consumers and affiliate and referral partners (i.e., disability groups), such as sponsorships, webinars, digital and social media events; and supporting efforts to grow the consumer business through organic and owned digital media. Works closely with digital marketing and agency teams to ensure content and messaging is integrated across all channels, and with human resources to support employee engagem

Experience:
Must have a degree and at least three years’ social media communications experience. Must possess solid analysis/optimization tools skills, SEO and experience with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, as well as other PR channels.  Prior experience in healthcare, insurance, or disability sectors is helpful.

New Retained Search: Remote Senior Key Account Executive #21105

It's great to see St. Louis agencies expanding, through all of the Covid-based turmoil!  I'm excited to help my new Client continue their accelerating growth and capabilities!

About Our Client:
Our Client, who's located in Clayton, MO is a branding based, human business consultancy that helps organizations design integral solutions to crises of change. Using strategic foresight, creative communications, technology, human-centered design and organization strategy, they help leaders traverse the unknown, to create greater alignment, communication, systems, engagement and success. Our Client’s growing team provides comprehensive and sustainable solutions, guiding their clients to embrace marcom driven, technology-enabled strategies to improve their business.

Position Overview:
As a result of growth, our Client is looking for an Sr. Key Account Executive to be the glue that helps keep projects and people together. As the principal liaison between Clients and cross-functional internal teams, you’ll serve as the primary contact with Clients while managing strategy, ensuring project performance and most importantly, creating trusted relationships with Client stakeholders.

We need curious, non-traditional thinkers who are proactive, empathetic and detail-oriented project managers. Key day-to-day agency liaison responsible for supporting the development of creative solutions to meet established client objectives. Responsible for managing multiple projects across a variety of strategies and client contacts, to ensure all deadlines are met and quality solutions delivered. Digital experience related to websites, apps, content, social media, creative sales materials and/or advertising are all desired. There is an opportunity to prove you can handle increasing degrees of responsibility, providing long term career growth.

This is an opportunity to work remotely.

Urgent Need: Sr. Professional Services Copywriter #21074

Senior Digital Marketing Copywriter #21074
Location: St. Louis or Remote (in the Central Time Zone)

Overview:
Our client is experiencing consistent growth resulting from their success in their category of service. They are committed to building a world class in-house marketing and creative capability. You’ll work directly with and report to the Director of Digital Marketing. You’ll also collaborate with the Director of Marketing Communications, the Social Media Manager and Senior Designer, as well as in-house IT teams. Remote work from the Central time zone is possible.

Principal Responsibilities:
• Content development and creation, with primary emphasis on digital-marketing copywriting.
• Write articles and create content for use in digital and print advertising and marketing projects, particularly to generate new business referrals across a variety of channels (i.e. email, web, mobile).
• Responsible for ensuring that brand identity and messaging are executed consistently in the creation of compelling content for use across all audiences, products and services for our Client and its subsidiaries.
• Website content support and responsibilities, for example, writing metadata descriptions, keyword strategy, and SEO tactics applied to copywriting.
• Develop and maintain thorough knowledge of the organization’s brand, business model, products, services and marketing goals.
• Assist Marketing team with creating, reviewing, proofreading and revising marketing materials and publications.
• Support the brainstorm, conceptualizing, development of marketing campaigns, including paid advertising, email marketing and social media campaigns.
• Excellent editing, proofreading skills, attention to detail, and ability to take direction

Strategic Business Development Manager (REMOTE) #21032

General Description:
Our St. Louis Client is a marketing resource specializing in Corporate Communications, both internal and external. They take pride in conveying a company’s message through engaging tactics, suited to their individual culture. Are you passionate about helping a business grow and create extraordinary customer experiences?

Our Client is seeking a talented, highly motivated and dedicated relationship development leader to engage leading corporations and promote internal culture communications. As a customer-obsessed, engagement communications enthusiast, you will influence and build upon the success we have had with other iconic Brands like, Southwest Airlines, Jimmy John’s, Ulta Beauty, TEDx, ABInBev or The Goddard School.

Our Client’s on a mission to hire the very best and is committed to creating an exceptional employee experience, where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! There is opportunity to work from a remote location in the Central Time Zone.

Principal Responsibilities:
• Execute new business efforts, including proactive targeting, RFI/RFP response and financial negotiations.
• Deliver compelling, benefit-focused presentations tailored to each client; ensure presentations stand out from the pack
• Determine where there is a potential opportunity for business and qualify, convert, and engage these opportunities
• Identify and manage the creation and development of presentation materials and room theater.
• Lead the development, customization and delivery of RFP and RFI responses
• Provide accurate and detailed communications, pipeline and financial forecast within Salesforce. Be accountable for each project’s hitting profit targets.

Experience:
We’re looking for experienced new business developers with a marketing, advertising or digital media background. We’d like five to ten years’ experience, most recently in an agency or consultancy environment. If you’re smart, ambitious, articulate and looking for long term career growth opportunity, let’s talk! If you have experience in the Technology, Healthcare/Pharma or Finance categories, we’ll be even more excited for that conversation!

Lead Generation Strategist (REMOTE) #21033

For this role, we want you to elevate the strategy and content components of our new business development protocol. You will work directly with strategic accounts to drive creative content strategies that deliver prospects interested in learning more about our Client (your new Employer). This is the opportunity to improve your skills in marketing automation, create and refine input and help grow a Marketing Agency of the Year.

Our St. Louis Client is an award-winning communications agency, with a respected national reputation for engagement excellence. They believe an agency should be transparent, honest, open-minded, and focused on its clients and its employees. The culture should welcome, embrace respect and support each individual as an integral part of the entire company's success.

This Lead Generation Strategist will run the day-to-day strategy with some guidance with the Chief Growth Officer. Digital experts will partner with you to shape campaigns that unlock exceptional performance. All the while, you will monitor your strategies; partnering with external agencies to drive superior results – the kind of outcomes that lead to long-standing relationships that make marketing matter. 

You will present to clients with authority, "front" meetings, and take ownership of projects/campaigns and their outcomes. Scope of expertise should also cover best practices for executing against a journey-based planning framework that intuitively directs owned, earned and paid distribution channels. There is an opportunity to work remotely, within the Central Time Zone.

Principal Responsibilities:
• Serve as a content marketing manager for agency teams supporting clients with content development and distribution deliverables.
• Integrate with the planning efforts of the strategy account development teams to define audiences, customer journeys, and content ecosystem dynamics associated with client marketing campaigns and objectives.
• Help define and establish the role of content marketing in overall strategic marketing plans, and champion the importance of the content marketing discipline.
• Lead the development and distribution of compelling and engaging content strategies and executions, working closely with martech and business intelligence teams to measure and report and fine-tune performance metrics.
• Lead the agency’s own content marketing effort through strategic activation of social media assets and other owned, earned and paid channels, while managing two external digital media agencies supporting your efforts.

Experience:
Three to five years’ experience in an agency or consultancy, working hands on with digital media, metrics and content strategies. Experience directing the development of a variety of social media and content marketing materials (link to portfolio requested), including use of a CRM. Salesforce, Pardot or Marketo experience strongly preferred. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, social listening tools and marketing insight software.

Now Interviewing for Sr. B2B Marketing Manager for our St. Louis Client

We're excited to be starting a new search with a new Client.  We're also excited about the fact that the job market is getting more active.  I'm expecting the activity to continue picking up so that in January of 2021, companies are going to start hiring again!  I know that would be a welcome change of events for lots of you who've been affected by Covid!

Senior Strategic B2B Marketing Manager #20102

Location: Clayton, Missouri

General Description:

This Strategic Marketing Manager in Clayton, MO will be responsible for developing growth oriented, marketing strategy and communications plans across three companies, in North America and Europe. A communication, design and tech enthusiast who displays the kind of organized, multi-tasking leadership skills required to research current markets and competition, while juggling multiple projects simultaneously?  You’ll report to the CEO, while collaborating with the Presidents of three other companies to develop and execute compelling B2B sales and marketing strategies.  You’ll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, while building the foundation for future initiatives that support our Client’s ongoing global growth.  You will earn a seat on the Executive Leadership Team . . . Interested?

Principal Responsibilities:

• While reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll collaborate with three other companies, creating marketing strategies and techniques to tell their stories internally and externally.

• Finalize the worldwide re-organization and re-branding initiative initiated in 2020, including logo identity system and related documents, the update/re-design sales collateral, websites, social media and all internal and external communications
• Develop and execute engaging multi-channel marketing campaigns to generate awareness and drive demand; achieve measurable goals for key initiatives and engagement.
• Create and execute strategies for industry and customer trade shows, while collaborating with sales on smaller, regional events.
• Design and manage market research projects supporting brand positioning, product development, customer segmentation and the industry’s future.
• Plan and execute all web, SEO/SEM, CRM marketing, email, social media, PR and display advertising campaigns.  Produce and direct videos as necessary.
• Be accountable for the marketing budget, while managing third party vendors as necessary.
• There will initially be some International travel, to research the company’s cultures.

Now Hiring: Ecommerce Key National Account Manager in St. Louis or Las Vegas

General Description:

Our Client is looking for a smart and ambitious eCommerce Marketplace Manager to join their team. As their eCommerce Manager, you will be responsible for taking care of day to day operations for select online marketplaces/sales channels, while delivering strong digital marketing strategies, execution, and improving sales.  Our Client is still growing, so you’ll receive personalized hands-on training and development from the Founder & CEO, who’s also the Sales & Marketing Manager. We’re looking for smarts, ambition, attention to detail, dedication, hard work and an entrepreneurial and fun-loving spirit.
The opportunity is to help continue to grow our Clients Brands and organization, while earning increasing responsibility and financial reward, for the long term.

Principal Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the CEO, Director of Sales & Marketing, this position will be responsible for leading the product catalog on account sites, developing strategies to drive growth, while seeking new accounts to onboard. The opportunity is working in a fast paced, high energy environment working directly with the CEO. Self-direction and making your own decisions will be encouraged.
• Serve as a primary ecommerce account lead and contact, managing the day-to-day relationship with external selling partners to optimize sales and profit performance – site visits, conversion and AOV.
• Evaluate, prioritize, strategize, develop, implement and manage initiatives.
• Monitor and manage online product assortment and content with goal of maximizing online presence and driving sales.
• Create online listing content for new products using templates and copy for new product listings with keywords and SEO (Copywriting).

• Provide analytic reports of online business including ROI on marketing spend and channel analysis, etc., setting and measuring against clear financial performance goals.
• Microsoft Excel fluency (VLook-Up function, Pivot Tables, sorting and filtering data) is a must

Now Hiring for Our STL County Client: Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager #19121
Location: St. Louis County

General Description:
For our St. Louis County Client, marketing is about understanding people — and building awareness about how our products/services can satisfy their needs. We’re looking for an experienced and versatile marketing manager who is hungry to do this and more. Our ideal candidate has experience developing and executing marketing campaigns while managing and inspiring a team. He/she will be comfortable with day-to-day marketing activities, as well as long-term strategy, thriving with tight deadlines and changing needs. If you are a people-person who loves the rewarding challenge of building a brand, we want to hear from you.

Objectives of this Role:
• Establish positioning, identify target audiences, and develop marketing plans with specific objectives across different channels and segments 
• Lead the execution of marketing programs from start to finish, leveraging internal support and driving collaboration
• Create, maintain, and conduct analytics reporting across multiple platforms and extract key insights for future campaign development and go-to-market strategies, complete with formal proposals and recommendations on tactics
• Partner with email, performance marketing and web teams to design, test and evolve lead nurturing tactics.

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.

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.

FutureHire is NOW!

Today’s “agencies” are already radically different than even two years ago. We knew there was an inevitable tidal wave of digital marketing’s and data’s growth and influence. Digital data is better understood and ever more deeply relied on. Digital marketing through targeting based on data insights, has become ubiquitous. Two years ago, we thought “digital marketing” had arrived . . . we were wrong. Two years from now, I’ll look back at this post and wonder, “what the hell was I thinking?” The future is here now, and moving very fast!

Those “agencies” who are unwilling or unable to change (relying solely on creative), adapt or hire the talent that understands how and why data must be utilized for their clients’ benefit, are disappearing.  There will be continuing, ever more complex challenges (or opportunities), innovations and data insights to be explored and utilized for our clients’ benefit. Keeping up with consultancies deep pockets, talent acquisition goals and innovation is dissolving the holding company model.

Talent is the missing link to success for agencies and brands. Who do you hire who understands what data is available, where to find it and most importantly, what to do with it? You can step in line with every other agency or brand that’s trying to hire the same experienced pros, for the same reasons. Demand is driving compensation and benefits higher. Candidates are scarce and ever more “picky”. They want more than a job, they want a life! How do you as a owner, CEO, COO or President find the talent you need in a timely way?

Experienced, top achieving talent is hard to hire. The experienced, brilliant data analysts, strategists and planners are not looking at job boards. If they’re not happily employed, most know where to go for better compensation, career growth, benefits and perks. Many contact recruiters, who they know and have a specialty in their niche.

I’ve been in the same marketing, advertising and now digital media niche for years. I’m proud of the trusted reputation earned by consistently adding value and succeeding for both our clients and our candidates. We always have a file of “Most Placeable Candidates” across virtually every skill set and experience level out there. Some of the titles didn’t even exist two years ago.

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.

 

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