Job Description - to Generate new business across Digital, Print and CGI in East London/Essex

Business Development Director

C50-55Kish + 4.8K Car Allowance + 4.5K Benefits

Our client is looking for a Business Development Director to Generate new business for them across Digital, Print and Computer Generated Imagery. You’ll be required to search for new business opportunities, develop existing clients as well as revisit dormant or non active accounts.

Along with managing and converting pitch proposal opportunities you will also be required to maintain a new business plan and new business reporting, including maintenance of the Groups Global New Business report.

You will also be required to coordinate and direct our clients new business development activity across different geographies and disciplines, including management of market intelligence and consultants. In addition you will work with the Head of Client Services and Digital Strategy Director to develop the company’s brand and offering including marketing materials, internet and PR.

• Maintenance of new business plan, database, reporting, and activity logs
• Running of monthly new business meetings
• Quarterly report to Operating Board
• Monthly email intranet update to all agency personnel.
• Build effective network and relationships with the group contacts including other group Business Development Directors.
• Deliver marketing materials as agreed, such as website content, brochure, presentations etc.
• Coordinate CI management and implementation with Creative Team
• Co-ordination of other Offices new business activity in conjunction with those office managers
• Development and proactive implementation of frequent and ongoing PR activity
• Provide consultancy service to clients as and when required

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Job Description - Digital Image Library Administrator in Chelmsford

Digital Image Library Administrator

Our client is looking for an Digital Image Library Administrator to Assist in the running of the image library.

Your job will be to ensure that images and information are stored and distributed in an efficient and accessible manner.

Providing a key service to internal and external customers, in Europe and across the rest of world.

• Assisting in the management and maintenance of library assets across all brands, models and markets including cataloguing and completing metadata for all new and existing images.
• Working with Retouching and data departments to ensure that correct images are catalogued with accurate data.
• Ensureing that images used are of the correct specification and meet the user requirements. Handle updated images where product specifications change.
• Assisting in actioning internal and external requests for our clients images, logging requests on a request sheet. Maintaining a record of CDs and FTP actions for invoicing purposes.
• Maintaining and overseeing an archive system for non-current images.
• Helping maintain and overseeing the image content of the online client product Library website.
• Helping obtain images from outside agencies and image libraries, and undertake research for images from other sources when required. Establish costings for usage rights.
• Helping to maintain a library of raw images, cromalins and their supporting New Photography/Image Form, respecting all embargo dates and usage rights.
• Provide training on the image library for internal users.

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Job Description - CGI Data Model Artist in E London And Essex

CGI Data Model Artist

Our Essex Nr London based client is looking for a CGI Data Model Artist to assist the 3D team in the preparation of Cad Data and product checking images. You will texture and create shades for the CGI model as well as model 'soft surfaces' and low poly model various components.

• download CAD data from ftp transfer
• handle all aspects of file preparation, surfacing and texturing files, and modeling soft surfaces high and low poly
• render/re-touch/composite final asset images in Photoshop
• Interface with the Cad retrieval team and Senior lead Artists
• photograph textures and references when needed
• develop 3D skills using Max and Maya
• burn CD's, DVD’s etc, upload files to ftp etc
• perform Ad hoc duties and tasks

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Job Description - Search SEO SEM PPC Paid Search in Essex or Suffolk

Search Marketing Specialist

Our Essex based client looking for a search specialist to take a consultative approach towards developing client search strategies. You will ideally have 2 years search marketing experience and will have a good understanding of both organic and paid for search marketing.

We are looking for someone who really enjoys the challenge of search marketing. You will need to be analytical, organised and full of enthusiasm.

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Job Description - Artworker in Essex

Artworker

Our client currently requires an Artworker to join their Essex-based team. The successful candidate will be working on some of the biggest brand names. They are looking for someone who’s got the ambition to be part of a dynamic and thriving organization.

• Illustrator
• Quark Xpress
• CS2-3-4
• Photoshop
• Acrobat
• Artworking for Print ready artwork.
• Artworking for Exhibitions and signage.

This role requires overtime, sometimes at short notice, to meet deadlines. All applicants must hold relevant status documentation to work in the UK/European Community prior to applying to us.

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Job Description - Technical Project Manager in Nr London

Technical Project Manager

My client is a leading creative, marketing communications company offering services across the marketing communications mix, from corporate identity and design for print, to direct marketing materials, point of sale, Internet and new media communications.

With a track record of over thirty-five years in graphic design and marketing communications, they represent a key asset in a number of world-wide partnerships, offering the opportunity for any level of service right through to a completely integrated, through the line, global campaign.

The Technical Project Manager's role is to deliver projects throughout the full project management life-cycle, whilst managing client expectations throughout the project. In addition, the Technical Project Manager manages internal and external resources to ensure that resources are fully utilized and communicates effectively between the gap from our creative team to our developers’.

The successful candidate will have proven agency experience, a strong technical understanding of the latest web technologies and be familiar with managing medium to large technical web builds. You will have client facing experience and be able to demonstrate excellent organizational and communication skills to enable you to scope, manage, budget and deliver a range of digital projects in a creative marketing agency environment to strict deadlines and on your own initiative.

Throughout managing a project with overall responsibility for project success you will be dependable for: general day to day client contact; resolving client issues/disputes; internal resource management; producing client documentation including PID’s Functional & Technical Specifications; Milestone sign-offs, and Test Scripts; provide guidance, leadership and assistance to fellow Project Managers to ensure the quality of our clients projects are met; define and collect metrics to establish the success of a project, and work with the department to establish process and quality procedures. You will ensure that all projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest quality, with the ability to manage multiple projects and remain calm under pressure.

You should be highly pc and internet literate, possessing a solid understanding of MS Office, including Project, Visio, Team Foundation (or similar), with experience in Agile Project Management and Functional and Technical Specification Development, including wireframes. In addition, experience and skills in HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSLT, SQL, ASP.NET, databases and TDD is desirable but not essential.

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Job Description - Account Handler or Manager in Colchester

Junior Account Handler

Our Colchester based client is looking for a Junior Account Handler to work on high volumes of printed marketing collateral.

You will be from an agency side environment, probably a creative agency, working on brochures and other printed material. This is an office based Account Handling position and you will be required to liaise between the production team, Account Directors and Clients where necessary.

This position requires someone that isn’t afraid of working hard, can deal well with the detail, you’re meticulous and are comfortable working on the same type of work for long periods of time.

Although a very rewarding position, this isn’t for someone that likes each project to be different, it’s more about production and paying attention to the detail.

• You will be an effective communicator both verbally and through email. You will also be able to work in Word and be computer literate.
• You will be used to working to tight deadlines.
• You will understand artwork
• You will understand the print process and be required to check proofs.

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Job Description - CGI Artist 3D Animator in East London Essex

CGI Artist 3D Animator - Essex or East London

Working within the CGI Studio you will be required to report directly to Senior Creative Director and CGI Director/Team Leader

To produce highest quality 3D animation and photo-realistic stills

• Lighting and texturing
• To create photo-realistic scenes for the products
• To render hi res stills and create animated and composited sequences
• To photograph appropriate texture maps
• To aid the development of our processes
• To share existing knowledge with the team
• To run projects on time and to budget in conjunction with Lead Artist and CGI Technical Director/Team Leader

• to best represent the company to their customers and suppliers
• to be responsible and accountable for the company’s quality standards and delivery of work to brief and on budget.
• to ensure compliance with their ISO standards
• to participate in the company’s procedures and training plans in order to maintain a good standard of work and improve personal skill levels
• to maximise own ability to produce quality work, on time, and to brief, utilising best skills and available technology.

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Job Description - Senior Lead CGI Artist in Nr London

Senior Lead CGI Artist - Essex or East London

Working within the CGI Studio you will be required to report directly to CGI Director/Team Leader

To lead large and more complex projects from brief to final delivery, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, on brief and on brand.

Planning jobs in terms of hours, resource, skill sets, software requirements and QC reviews./br Mentor and develop Assistant CGI artists/CGI artists.

• Lighting and texturing
• To create photo-realistic scenes for the products
• To render hi res stills and create animated and composited sequences
• To photograph appropriate texture maps
• To aid the development of our processes
• To assist in the evaluation of new software
• To share existing knowledge with the team
• To run projects from brief to delivery ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget and on brand.
• To keep CGI director/team leader, studio manager and producers aware of project status and highlighting in advance any potential issues arising.
• Monitor development and identify training and development needs for their DRs
• Review and manage the progress of their DRs to ensure their skills are best utilised on upcoming projects

• to best represent the company to their customers and suppliers
• to be responsible and accountable for the company’s quality standards and delivery of work to brief and on budget.
• to ensure compliance with their ISO standards
• to participate in the company’s procedures and training plans in order to maintain a good standard of work and improve personal skill levels
• to maximise own ability to produce quality work, on time, and to brief, utilising best skills and available technology.

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Job Description - Artwork Coordinator Trafficker in Nr Chelmsford

Market Coordinator

Required to join one of the UK's leading through-the-line Creative Marketing Communications companies.

Our client has an impressive client portfolio and now seeks to recruit an additional member of the friendly Market Coordination team.

Acting as a central liaison between their Client Services department and the European markets, you’ll be enthusiastic, analytical and have good communication skills. Contact will be telephone and email based and a European language would be a definite advantage.

You will be responsible for the coordination of artwork using our clients own production process and ensuring availability and awareness of new artwork for different markets.

In return, our client will offer competitive salaries with a generous benefits package, including private healthcare, PHI, life assurance, flexible start time, paid overtime, discretionary performance-related bonus, and stock options.

As an Investor in People Company, they are committed to the ongoing personal development of everyone in the Company.

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Job Description - with Digital Experience in Colchester

Account Manager

Our Suffolk Essex client is looking for an experienced Account Manager to join their sales team, preferably with some digital experience.

• A digital marketing background with previous sales experience would be highly advantageous.
• Our client prefers the consultative approach to selling so being used to working in that way would be beneficial.
• You will be self-motivated and possess excellent communication and presentation skills too.

You will be responsible for both new business development and client management.

• A competitive salary
• Private Health Care
• Share option

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Job Description - Flash AS2 and AS3 Programmer in Colchester

Flash AS2 and AS3 Programmer

Working in either our Essex or our Soho London offices, our Marketing Agency client has a newly available position to fill within their creative department for a Flash based developer. You will have advanced Flash AS2 and AS3 programming skills. As our Flash developer you will build interactive Touchscreen applications for the marketing of our products. You will also be required to help create Flash websites when the need arises. Working in either our Essex or our Soho London offices.

• AS2/AS3 programming
• Current Design Skills
• Illustrator
• Fireworks
• Dreamweaver

• Adobe Director
• Adobe Air

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Job Description - Marketing PA to MD in Near Colchester

Marketing PA to MD

My Colchester based client is looking for a Personal Assistant who has a degree in Marketing or Business or some Marketing agency experience to become her right hand girl/man.

The agency is very successful and is growing at a fast pace. As such the Managing Director needs an assistant to keep things running smoothly, making sure all of her schedules are kept to, and become the first point of contact for all staff member and clients.

• Making sure Milk is in the fridge! First things first.
• Make sure the day’s plans are clear and what needs to be actioned.
• Confirm appointments.
• Make sure all staff are aware or meetings or visitors.
• Making sure other members of staff are kept up to speed about any new projects and changes.
• Be first point of contact within the company for visitors, client calls and staff.
• Update the managing director of staff and client enquiries, amendments, sign offs and deadlines.
• Booking meetings, press passes and scheduling calls via phone and email.
• Maintain clear open channel of communication between suppliers and the company – liaising with printer’s media owners and other suppliers.
• Check there is enough milk for the next day!

You will be fully aware of what is going on from day to day and communicating to the Managing Director, Staff, Clients and Suppliers about anything that needs to be communicated.

You will learn a lot from this position and potentially play a bigger part within the company. Ideally you will have a degree in Marketing or Business and the managing director will be able to identify any raw talent you have and develop it further.

You will need to be a good verbal and written communicator with great grammar and the ability to spell. You will be a self-starter and not be phased by hard work.

The right person will be rewarded with a competitive salary, discretionary bonuses and a gym membership after 6 months on the job.

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Job Description - Copywriter (Freelance) in Essex Suffolk

Copywriter

Our client, an established marketing agency based in Essex, currently has a requirement for a freelance Copywriter to work on consumer branded copywriting projects. You will be responsible for devising original, strategically sound, persuasive consumer relevant copy. (not flowery fluffy stuff)

You will have genuine creative flair, a good use of English punctuation and grammar with a proven background in strong writing skills for big brands.

The ability to understand and interpret a brief and understand the target audience for whom the material is being prepared is very important.

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Job Description - Marketing Manager (Financial) in Brentwood

Marketing Manager

Our client is a nich financial services company based in Essex. They are currently looking for a Marketing Manager with the bredth and depth of experience required in a marketing position today. The following job decription will give you a good idea of the trype of person you need to be skills wise.

You will have overall responsibility for developing and maintaining marketing strategies and activities to support company objectives.

You lead brand development and strategic thinking for the company and its sub-brands.

You will manage and execute campaign activity, champion the marketing function within the company (building strong inter-departmental relationships) and develop appropriate marketing campaigns to support internal and external activities including

Launch of the all new brand initiative

Development and execution of robust marketing plans for 2010

Manage, organize and develop the marketing function/team to maximize opportunities and embrace new technologies and tools.

Interface with clients, Heads of Department and third party suppliers such as agencies.

Responsible for the effective marketing of company products and services to both B2B and B2C markets. Also for the development and execution of internal communication, including the management of company materials and documentation.

Deliver central marketing services & activities for the company across a range of channels and platforms, not limited to:

• Website development
• Design for print (press, DM etc)
• Online advertising and digital communications
• Ecomms and CRM activity
• Tactical campaign management – IE: Introducer and Intermediary Marketing
• Case study and customer focus group development
• Newsletter production

In particular champion the development of new media channels within the company and in particularly the industry as a whole, embracing the company’s brand values of innovation, value and simplicity.

Demonstrate and apply technical marketing skills and product knowledge, proactively championing and advising on the marketing function within the group

Brand management and development: Champion the Company’s brand within the group executing the role of brand guardian. Develop and apply the brand to ensure that the comany retains it’s class leading position. Continue to develop market awareness of the Company as a brand, financial organisation and product amongst intermediaries, lenders and the wider business community.

Play an active role in managing the CRM function, ensuring that the existing database of contacts and customers is nurtured and developed to its full potential and that timely and effective communications are delivered to ensure that repeat business is maximized. Ensure that the CRM function and also measurability remains at the heart of all campaign activity and is used appropriately

In conjunction with the sales department develop an annual marketing plan that details the years activity against measurable targets to meet agreed company objectives. Manage the ongoing development and quarterly review of this plan to ensure it evolves and takes into account changing trends and market requirements.

Budget management – Ensure that departmental budgets are effectively managed and that all activity is delivered within the agreed budgets.

To proactively manage and develop the marketing team and the marketing function to ensure that they/it reacts to the changing and developing needs of the company.

Work with appropriate organisations and suppliers to achieve frequent, timely and positive media coverage across all appropriate channels

Play a leading role in the development and management of the product lifecycle for key products and offerings and to ensure that measurement, learning and development play a key role within this process.

Conduct market research in order to identify market requirements for current and future products.

Analyse potential strategic partner relationships for product lines.

Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet company core values.

• Extensive experience of developing, maintaining and delivering on marketing strategies to meet objectives
• Approximately 4-6 years of varied experience in the marketing industry
• Experience with a company in a related company sector
• A strong understanding of customer and market dynamics and requirements
• Proven people/team and project management skills
• Practical working knowledge of digital asset development, media channel selection and event management
• Excellent drafting and proof reading skills
• Appropriate Marketing qualification

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Job Description - Braintree in Braintree

ASP.net Web Developers

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for 2 windows developers to join a rapidly expanding ecommerce team in Braintree, Essex.

You should have a strong background in Microsoft technologies including SQL server, ASP, ASP.NET, SOAP/XML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, Web Services, have a deep understanding of high availability issues with regards to B2C facing eCommerce websites and have excellent knowledge of the infrastructure requirements to support such a demanding eCommerce offering.

The successful candidate will need to have over 2-3 years commercial experience with developing eCommerce systems you will also be a team player with experience of the AGILE method of project development.

As well as your technical background you will have exceptional interpersonal ability and be able to communicate at all levels. Knowledge of security and compliance (PCI/PADSS) is essential.

You will be expected to hit the ground running on this role so please only apply if you can support all of the above technologies unaided.

Php / Linux skills advantageous.

Portfolio will be required.

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Job Description - with marketing and Account Management experience in Essex Suffolk Border

This Suffolk Essex border based design and marketing agency requires an enthusiastic Business Developer/Account Manager/ with at least 1-2 years relevant creative agency experience.

You will be responsible initially for opening new doors, to enable the account management team to develop and acquire new business to increase the scope of their existing portfolio. In addition you will help to maintain the company’s relationships with existing clients. You will be the face of the business, looking at the bigger picture and helping them to the next level of their development.

You will help build and develop a database of potential prospects, maintaining a continued campaign promoting our clients ‘offering’ at the right level to develop and secure new business opportunities.

• The ability to identify and approach potential prospects.
• The ability to manage mailings for business development.
• The experience to manage a CMS database to it’s full potential for the marketing of the agency.
• Being comfortable using the necessary software to manage your accounts such as Word, Excel, Power Point and email.
• Great creative and conceptual understanding.
• The ability to brief your creative team.
• The ability to move between one project and another as required.
• A full understanding of print and it’s limitations.
• A keen eye for detail.

• Great interpersonal skills.
• The ability to present at board level.
• The ability to take a client/creative brief.
• Being able to communicate to your team and client with ease.
• Great project and personal time management skills.

• PC Literate (Mac literacy could be useful). .
• Word.
• Power Point.
• email.

Our client is a marketing and creative services agency and as such requires you to be comfortable handling whatever is required of you. Each project is different, one day it will be a Brochure and an Exhibition stand, the next an Advertising or Branding project.

We are particularly interested in receiving applications from people who haven’t registered with us before.

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Job Description - Business Developer in Essex

Agency Business Developer & Account Management

Our client is an established small Suffolk Essex border based design agency. They require an enthusiastic New Business Developer with Account Management skills. Ideally you with have a proven track record and relevant creative agency experience in Business Development/Marketing & Account Management.

You’ll be responsible for creating new opportunities, enabling the company to develop and acquire new business to increase the scope of their existing portfolio. In addition you will help to maintain the company’s relationships with existing clients. You will be the face of the business, looking at the bigger picture and elevating them to the next level of their development.

You will help build and develop a database of potential prospects, maintaining a continued campaign promoting our clients ‘offering’ at the right level to develop and secure new business wins.

• The ability to identify and approach potential prospects.
• A full understanding of press the media and how to use it to best promote the company and its services both on and offline. (desirable but not absolutely necessary)
• The ability to manage mailings for business development.
• Being comfortable using the necessary software to manage your accounts such as Word, Excel, Power Point and email.
• Creative and conceptual understanding.
• The ability to brief the creative team.
• The ability to move between one project and another as required.
• A full understanding of print.
• A keen eye for detail.

• The ability to plan, write and implement creative, innovative marketing plans.
• The ability to plan, write and implement creative, innovative pr campaigns.

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Job Description - Travel Marketing Executive in Essex

Marketing Executive (Travel)

Our client is an expanding Travel company, based in Essex. Through further development they are offering more holidays to the public and therefore they seek to market these effectively, while meeting their clients' requirements and maximising sales opportunities.

They are seeking a Marketing Executive to join the existing successful Marketing team, to be responsible for marketing a particular area of their business, which also involves organising and attending events, meetings and marketing face to face, as well as producing material that is specifically tailored to be placed in a variety of media to increase market share of sales.

The ideal candidate will have a good deal of marketing experience, with demonstrable proven results, experience within the travel & cruise industry would be advantageous. If you are driven to achieve results through different methods of marketing, enthusiastic about travel & cruising and want to join a progressive organisation with a friendly team, then we look forward to receiving your CV.

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Job Description - Web Designer/Developer in Colchester

ROLE:Web Designer/Developer

LOCATION:Colchester

SALARY:c£22-26k

Our client is an Essex based, Graphic, Web-Design and Print Agency with over fifteen years trading experience. Due to continued business growth they are looking to employ a talented Web Designer/Developer in a full time capacity.

The successful candidate will be highly creative with an excellent working knowledge of Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Photoshop along with experience with CSS, XHTML and Cold Fusion as well as working knowledge of hosting environments and their set up.

Ideally you will come from a new media or design company and have at least 3 years commercial experience.

The salary will be based on experience and be between £22 - 26k although this will be reviewed if the skills set is outstanding.

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