Key Responsibilities:

• Create stellar, intuitive, useful visual design solutions, working from a creative brief through conceptual design and design production.
• Communicate with clients to understand their goals and sell the resulting design solution.
• Execute design cut-ups and efficiently prepare designs for delivery through multiple channels
• Communicate with the project team throughout all stages of design.
• Work within a process and keeps all work organized according to team standards.
• Focus on increasing skills and knowledge.
• Contribute to and support a development team in the fulfillment of multiple ongoing projects.
• Participates in creating thought leadership to internal and external teams through social media channels
• Optimization of web video – working alongside our video teams for web delivery
• Meet all project deadlines without exception.

Position Requirements:

• 3-5 years of experience as a designer in an agency environment
• Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
• Adobe Flash animation experience
• XHTML/CSS Hand-Coding and an understanding of Web standards
• .NET, ASP and/or PHP experience
• Strong knowledge of designing and developing for social media – WordPress, Facebook, etc.
• Understanding of designing and preparing rich media ads
• Strong knowledge of Javascript, JQuery and/or AJAX
• Knowledge of streaming media
• Keen understanding of quality control and quality control standards
• Excellent communication skills
• Possesses a “take charge attitude”
• Remains on the bleeding edge of technology

Bonus Points!:

• Advanced knowledge of XML in Flash
• Intensive knowledge of all versions of Actionscript

If this sounds like you, please supply your resume, cover letter and link to online portfolio here.

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Our social media team is growing and we are looking for that guru that lives and breaths in the spaces. The Community Moderator will serve as an integral member of the Hart Associates team, monitoring and managing an individual’s or organization’s online presence, reporting and providing insights on the results. They will report directly to and fully support our Social Media Strategist. This is an entry level position with huge potential for someone who has a passion for digital and an analytical mind.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting comprehensive social media strategies for our clients’ brands and specific programs
• Assisting Social Media Strategist in identifying specific methods to generate awareness
• Social media monitoring and reporting
• All aspects of engaging, responding and communicating within communities

Working closely with Hart’s public relations and interactive teams, the Community Moderator
will help manage social media activities for channels and branded communities to help to generate exposure and opportunities for our clients.

The ideal candidate will be highly active in the social media space and has the potential to be a rockstar in building communities and engaging users online., This individual should have outstanding written and verbal skills and can easily demonstrate this in work that they have done. Skill sets and expectations include:

• Assist in developing and be responsible for implementing social media strategies for our clients’ brands and specific programs, leveraging the major social networks (LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, etc.), blogs, video, stand-alone social networks, social commerce and more
• Strong analytical skills and have an amazing ability to quickly disseminate information online
• High level of comfort with technology including use of search, blogging, social media and standard office applications.
• Demonstrated ability to completely understand the social media space through their own presence in them. (we will be looking at candidates spaces)
• Strong ability to execute research online and document findings in a highly professional, presentable way
• Document and distribute regular client reports regarding campaign status and social media metrics
• Expert in all things digital, including: blogging/microblogging, podcasting, video sharing and streaming, widgets and gadgets, viral campaign management, mobile marketing, social networking, etc.
• Previous experience using analytical / monitoring is a super huge plus.

Position Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in social media by having a strong personal presence
• Attention to detail, client management skills and the ability to research and coordinate information with prompt turnaround
• Creative aptitude
• Familiar with all major forms of social media with your own actively cultivated network on at least one of the social media channels
• Potential to be an outstanding communicator in the online and offline space
• Ability to multi-task, maintaining focus under the pressure of deadlines

Sound like you? If so, send cover letter, links on all social spaces (we will be checking) and any other info here.

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About This Position

We are looking for an experienced Account Executive with a strong, interactive/digital background to add to our growing team.

Responsibilities include supervising day-to-day efforts on behalf of our clients and supporting and developing the strategic direction of brands through both digital and traditional applications.  Position serves as a liaison between our client contacts and internal agency departments and is directly responsible for managing the profitability of the account.  Also ensures that the agency provides the highest quality service/product and manages the workflow to ensure completion on time and within agreed upon budgets.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop positive relationships with clients and create an atmosphere in which the client is receptive to agency efforts to ensure organic growth and continued development of the account.
• Provide strategic and marketing guidance and leadership to client and agency team.
• Nurture, guide and influence budget allocation and growth initiatives for clients.
• Gain a thorough understanding of clients’s business and industry, in particular digital initiatives among other relevant best-in-class brands. Educate staff on same, as appropriate.
• Proactively provide client with points of view and recommendations on business building, market research and competitive activities.
• Monitor all new product and new business opportunities at the client, assess how the agency can capitalize on them and integrate into the digital space, and provide updates with recommendations.
• Function as internal team leader, making sure that all members of the internal team work together smoothly and effectively.
• Ensure total quality control of final output to client, encouraging excellence from all agency resources.
• Generate or supervise the generation of accurate work orders and provide timely estimates/revised estimates when appropriate for all active projects.
• Assist in management of account profitability by generating or supervising the generation of financial reports and monitoring the hours against ongoing agency projects.
• Proactively anticipate both internal needs and client needs in the course of ensuring accurate and timely delivery of projects.

Qualifications/Skills

• College degree in marketing, advertising, communications or related field preferred.
• 5-7 years progressive experience in account, interactive, digital or marketing management, preferably with a retail emphasis.
• Analytical with an eye for detail across all aspects of creative, commercial, editorial and technical processes.
• Possess a clear understanding of social media strategy and how to apply this into tactical approaches that can be used on digital programs.
• Practical knowledge of interactive marketing and execution for medium to large-scale interactive/digital projects
• Versatility with strong experience of online marketing in some of the following: SEO, social media and email marketing. You will be expected to apply your knowledge of these on a daily basis with client and help maximize client visibility within the online market place, driving traffic and conversions.
• Understanding and experience with traditional marketing approaches: print, broadcast, direct, collateral, etc.
• Excellent analytics knowledge with the ability to communicate to clients verbally and in writing.
• Experience in revenue forecasting, billing processes and development of budgets and estimates
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Displays sound judgment to problem-solve and take corrective action.
• Comfortable with taking the lead relating to client interaction and participating in client-related activities.
• Ability to give and accept direction.
• Must be able to work well within a team environment, taking a leadership role when appropriate.

If this sounds like you, please send a resume here.

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