Sr. Editor





Director of Strategy – Pharma

The Strategy Director plays a key role in defining the agency’s approach to creating brand architecture and modern-day positioning. The role collaborates with consultants and creatives to uncover whitespace opportunities and deliver actionable strategies to help transform our clients’ businesses as they launch new brands or rethink their existing ones.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

The Strategy Director plays a key role in defining the agency’s approach to creating brand architecture and modern-day positioning. The Director collaborates with consultants and creatives to uncover whitespace opportunities and deliver actionable strategies to help transform our clients’ businesses as they launch new brands or rethink their existing ones. 

This role is an expert in research methodologies and you can write a brand value proposition or architecture deck with mastery.

  • Identifies whitespace opportunities and delivers innovative solutions and actionable strategies for clients.
  • Acts as the key strategic partner to senior-most clients (CMO’s, CEO’s, CTO’s, CIO’s) across a portfolio of brands.
  • Writes and presents actionable brand strategies having applied critical research methodologies (ethnographies, reports, interviews) and utilizing the right tools for the situation at hand (brand positioning, value proposition, brand attributes/ tone/value).
  • Genuinely listens to clients and consumers, and demonstrate optimism that unique solutions to their business and real-life challenges can be uncovered.
  • Quantifies opportunities, both internally and with clients, understanding what constitutes a big idea or a small one, what could transform a product or a category, and what is right for the challenge at hand.
  • Manages and mentors team members with a wide range of expertise -from econometrics, to brand design, to consumer research.
  • Continuously learn about disruptive industries, consumer interests, and business trends.
  • Provides thought leadership and approach to innovation consulting
    • Translates findings into insights to fuel strategic communication and creative
    • Crafts brand and tactical briefs
    • Builds data-driven presentations and masters storytelling
    • Leads tactical and activation plans
    • Evaluates creative through a strategic lens
    • Leads workshops and facilitates brainstorming sessions
    • Drives new business with minimal supervision
    • Partners effectively with both clients and agency team members,
    • including account, creative, medical, digital/channel planning,
    • analytics, media, and more.

 






Sr. Graphic Designer

The Sr. Graphic designer is a senior-level position in the Studio department and is responsible for creating original designs using graphic design software such as Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator.

This role requires at least five years of experience at an in-house or advertising agency; and must have worked on a wide range of projects for print and digital mediums from conception to completion. Must be able to apply innovative graphic designs and illustrations that meet the clients’ brief requirements and brand guidelines, while pushing the boundaries of creativity.

The candidate must be able to bring original ideas to life and follow direction from the Creative team & Studio Director in order to accomplish a flawless execution of advertising campaigns.

To be successful in this role, the candidate must meet the following requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in graphic design
  • Willingness to train more junior team members on best graphic design practices and review work to ensure accurate delivery of projects
  • Must be comfortable working with other team members to deliver marketing projects on time and within budget
  • Brand guideline expert with an exceptional eye to detail
  • Work in collaboration with other team members on advertising campaigns and incorporate teams’ feedback into the final design
  • Ability to work on several projects simultaneously and meet project deadlines without compromising creativity, consistency and accuracy
  • Must be able to clearly communicate ideas to more senior team members and management
  • Experience with the creation of branding elements, brand guidelines, client presentations, print collateral, digital assets, etc.
  • Feels comfortable manipulating images to fit with the brief requirements
  • Must have experience preparing print and digital pieces for final release to vendors and publications.
  • Animation skills preferred but not required





Creative Resource Manager

The Creative Resource Manager is responsible for resourcing and managing the workflow within the resource management tool. The Creative Resource Manager partners with the Director of Creative Services, Project Managers and Account Managers to assign sufficient and suitable resources to projects, balance workloads, source for freelancers and resolve resource conflicts across a large group of creatives and studio resources.
This role requires 10 years of progressive success in digital and traditional project management experience in both an agency and in-house capacity. The Creative Resource Manager should be organized and have a strong knowledge of project management methodologies, concepts and file delivery. They must be able to pivot, switch-focus and remain motivated in a fast-paced environment.

 

They must be a strong communicator, team leader and adept at managing relationships with stakeholders at all levels. In order to be successful at this role the candidate must meet the following requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field
  • 10 years in an agency or in-house experience in a resource or project management role
  • Solid knowledge of the creative workflow process
  • Comfortable working in a fluid environment
  • Understand complex project requirements, briefs and recognize potential risks and dependencies relevant to resourcing
  • Experienced in resource planning, allocation and assigning
  • Flexible, collaborative and a trusted confidant
  • Extraordinary communication and social skills
  • Requires a high level of patience, diplomacy and a strong voice in a creative and dynamic environment
  • Extraordinary communication skills, organizational skills, and people management skills
  • Build strong rapport with members of the department you support, in addition to partnering with functional and operations leadership and/or key contacts
  • Host check-ins with key stakeholders to ensure efficient assignment of all projects, identify excessive or under-utilization of talent and solve any potential resource gap areas
  • Lead weekly resource meetings reviewing and presenting a slate of incoming work
  • Expert at balancing workload across internal teams and freelancers
  • Shift and balance priorities based on the overall volume of work as necessary
  • Mediate resource sharing issues with functional leads
  • Resolve issues and solve problems throughout the entire project life cycle from briefing to final asset delivery
  • Shape resource management tools, systems and templates – constantly striving to improve processes and workflow standardization
  • Serve as system administrator for the creative project management tool and continually make improvements that make the department more efficient and accomplish a seamless end-user experience
  • Facilitate monthly reporting to highlight the number of projects & deliverables, hours invested in projects and overall project cost through the resource management tool





Jr. Project Manager

The Junior Project Manager is an effective problem-solver responsible for monitoring a project’s lifecycle to ensure it remains on track, meets deadlines, stays under hours/budget, and is developed according to plan.

This role will support the Sr. Program Manager by leading the gathering and definition of project requirements and ensure associated documentation is complete and accurate and effectively managed through the project life cycle.  Facilitate consistent communication between the agency’s Creative, Project Management, and Account Management teams, to ensure projects are executed on-quality (tactical) and on-time in support of the overarching campaign deliverables.

 

An effective problem solver, the Jr. Project Manager must be adept at anticipating problems and recognizing opportunities to realize efficiencies and minimize late delivery of assets and scope creep.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Project Lifecycle Management
      • Leads Project kickoff, presenting project brief, including key deliverables, initial spec sheets, and timelines 
      • Monitors project timelines daily.
      • Acts as filter for all creative deliverables, ensuring they align with original project brief request, before handing off to Account Services team. 
      • Accountable for staying within agreed upon budget and informing all parties of any changes to scope/assumptions/issues that arise. 
      • Identifies and proactively resolves any deliverables that might fall behind schedule. 
      • Manages tactical quality of all client partner deliverables (specs). 
  • Resource Management:
    • Alert Senior Management team of any potential concerns or issues with meeting key client deliverables due to resourcing. 
    • Monitor day to day project activities and resourcing, identifying potential instances of underutilization and actively work with Sr PMs to address and solve those issues. 
    • Attend weekly Creative Services meetings to discuss all active projects and potential new business as well as to stay informed of potential issues such as resource and change control matters. 

Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Advertising, or Marketing preferred.
  • 1-3 years project management experience in a creative services organization working with cross-functional stakeholders. 
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs, including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Good understanding of project management methodology, with proven experience managing creative workflows for Social, Print, Digital, and TV Production. 
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and drive initiatives in a cross-functional environment.
  • Motivated self-starter, comfortable operating in a highly ambiguous and fast paced environment.
  • Excellent time management, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, ability to coordinate team to meet deadlines, anticipate potential bottlenecks, and resolve issues independently.

 






Account Director

The Account Director will serve as leader, strategic partner, and problem-solver for client needs and opportunities through high-level client strategy on media campaigns, overseeing profitability of accounts, and successfully growing the business.

You will assist in leading the development of holistic campaign management, including off and online integration, and will bring value to the business through a wide range of ideas and solutions, proven leadership and day-to-day managements of accounts, and participation in larger strategy and cross-channel initiatives for clients. In addition, the Account Director will mentor, train and develop junior members of the Integrated Client Services Team.

You will have a passion for performance marketing and data analytics, a strong commitment to success, and desire to work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment. 

Client Management 

  • Engage independently with clients in all aspects of client management 
  • Develop, execute and measure a media strategy for traditional, hybrid, brand and retail clients autonomously 
  • Interpret multiple data sets and translate into ingestible meaningful output for inclusion in client presentations 
  • Lead clients by clearly communicating insights and how they apply to their media strategy with roadmaps that include a comprehensive learning agenda and the tools needed to measure this plan • Understand, explain, and utilize internal tools effectively (i.e. Our attribution and RAMP offerings that differentiate Edge from other agencies) 
  • Develop and manage strong relationships with key decision makers both internally and externally • Work with Executive team on client financial and revenue management Business and Client Development 
  • Create well thought out media strategy pitches to present to new business clients 
  • Recommend mediums beyond linear TV to clients when and where applicable 
  • Participate in speaking engagements as needed to develop, educate and share content within Edge’s Performance Network or at industry events 
  • Work effectively across various internal teams to lead and/or support client management and new business efforts Leadership, Internal Training and Communication 
  • Actively train and develop Client Strategy Team members • Serve as role model to team members in knowledge base, presentation skills, internal communication style and commitment to bettering the agency 
  • Key contributor in building committed relationships within Edge and consistently promote the shared goals of the department and team leader 
  • Support department vision by being highly responsive, interactive and collaborative with managers across Media Buying, Analytics, DOQS, Human Resources and Business Development

 

Position Requirements: 

  • Minimum 7-8 years’ experience in account management; media, performance marketing or direct response (TV or internet) experience required 
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience leading and managing a team; directly or indirectly 
  • You are experienced in account management and have proven success in establishing, building, and maintaining relationships with clients 
  • You have demonstrated success in “owning” high-quality programs that have provided measurable and meaningful results 
  • You have experience in participating or leading presentations, talking with clarity and confidence to clients and team members, and writing concise presentations and proposals 
  • You enjoy leading teams and have previous experience training and developing junior staff 
  • You can manage multiple projects with short timelines in a fast-paced dynamic environment and experienced in managing projects from concept to completion 
  • You work well under pressure, while maintaining accuracy, strict confidentiality, and a professional demeanor 
  • You enjoy interacting with people at all levels of the organization (internal and external stakeholders) and fostering strong cross-functional teamwork 
  • You have outstanding written and oral communications skills and the ability to think strategically • You have a high level of attention to detail and organization 
  • You have a desire and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment 
  • You are self-motivated and productive in both independently and in a collaborative team setting 

 

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business or related field of study preferred 
  • You are advanced in Microsoft PowerPoint (i.e. deck building) and Microsoft Excel (i.e. Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs), with the ability to analyze data and draw conclusive insights 
  • You have a strong understanding around media buying, traffic, data operations, invoicing, sourcing, and analytics 
  • You have prior work experience directly supporting larger, retained clients





Account Supervisor

Republica Havas is looking to hire a full-time Account Supervisor.

The ideal candidate must have experience with 360 campaign work, and strong digital skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages tactical initiatives for the Client’s business; maintains a focus on the short-term deliverables, concurrent with a firm understanding of client’s long-term goals.
  • Communicate regularly with client on status, time-line, budget, deliverables, performance reporting, competitive analysis and other follow-up items.
  • Assists Account Director in preparation of presentations and other materials needed for client meetings or demonstrations.
  • Coordinating client/brand team meetings, including project kick-off meetings, weekly update meetings and periodic update meetings with the client.
  • Submits proposals, suggested concepts, and estimated budgets to client for approval in conjunction with Account Director.
  • Coordinate and participate in all internal client-related meetings, keeping on top of client’s projects and current status; responsible for related internal follow-up.
  • Work closely with Project Management to monitor and direct as necessary the day-to-day project flow. Provide clear and timely direction to all other agency departments: team meetings, work order process with Project Managers, banner checking, creative/media briefs, task/status reports, contact reports, planning documents, or similar communication vehicles.
  • Supports billing and financial reconciliation activities, including monthly revenue recognition and projection direct responsibility. •
  • The ability to successfully organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment is a must.
  • Effective problem-solving skills, specifically the ability to assess situations, evaluate options, make decisions, draw conclusions, and exercise judgment, are required.

Qualifications:

  • 6 – 8 years of experience in Client/Account Management Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
  • Must have proven experience in 360 campaign development, with experience in TV/Video, print and strong digital chops
  • Must have experience with talent management and asset trafficking
  • You are client facing, can self operate and self manage
  • Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment.
  • The ability to successfully organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment is a must.
  • Experience with global accounts is considered a plus
  • Effective problem-solving skills, specifically the ability to assess situations, evaluate options, make decisions, draw conclusions, and exercise judgment, are required.





Sr. Account Manager

Summary

The Senior Account Manager takes ownership for specific aspects of account projects, assuming responsibility for the tactical implementation of the healthcare communications program. The SAM will be expected to continue to refine and enhance their PR skills, taking on the daily management of projects, coaching and delegating to the more junior members of the team, and helping with managing their workloads.

The SAM will need to be confident in their own capabilities and begin to take ownership in driving specific client activities.” 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Business Development

Work closely with senior members of the Client Services team during pitch work

  • Play a key role presenting at pitch presentations
  • Work with other members of the agency to prepare responses to Requests for Information and Requests for Proposals from clients
  • Ensure that clients are aware of all the services Langland can offer
  • Spot opportunities for new business and share them with your manager
  • Actively sell the agency’s services and project the Langland brand

 

 Client Relationships

  • Build and maintain good client relationships
  • Participate actively in client calls and run and control client meetings e.g. take a central role in discussions on specific materials you are responsible for
  • Meet regularly with clients’ team to plan and progress account activity
  • Analyze clients’ marketing plans and advise accordingly
  • Gather, share and act upon feedback from the client on campaign work to build satisfaction, recognition of agency value and feed credentials/effectiveness award entries
  • Utilize your experience to respond to situations and where possible limit the involvement of more senior members of the Client Services team

 

Strategy

  • Plan and conduct desk and field market research
  • Develop an understanding of marketing strategies and tactics that will be appropriate and effective for your clients
  • Develop an understanding of why creative work has been developed and its relevance to a client’s strategy
  • Get involved in brand/study planning workshops

 

Creative

  • Brief creative teams in a simple, concise, yet inspiring manner, ensuring, at all times, that they are fully aware of the client’s requirements
  • Critique creative work and provide evidence-based opinions
  • Ensure that the creative output matches the client’s brief and the Agency standards, as well being compliant with all the necessary legal and regulatory requirements
  • Present and sell tactical creative ideas and work to clients on accounts that you are managing on a day-to-day basis
  • Challenge client thinking when appropriate in line with campaign objectives and core creative idea/critique work in a constructive manner in line with the brief
  • Champion and demonstrate passion for the agency’s creative output

 

Delivery

  • Demonstrate organizational and time management skills to effectively manage work requirements
  • Ensure senior account team members are aware of all critical client deadlines to enable them to support you in prioritizing work
  • Take client briefs for assigned projects and draft marketing communications proposals for approval by a senior member of the Client Services team
  • Take ownership of all accounts within your portfolio, referring upwards when necessary / appropriate
  • Brief appropriate agency personnel on assigned projects
  • Ensure that Contact Reports are produced in a timely and efficient manner
  • Manage and update project tracking tools (e.g. progress reports, translation and print trackers etc.) on a daily basis
  • Review production timetables from the production and delivery teams, monitor progress of projects against timetables and effect timely delivery
  • Create and maintain resource/reference files to assist agency team on assigned projects in conjunction with Account Executives / Managers
  • Take client feedback throughout the development process and act as an intermediary between client and agency throughout the sign-off process
  • Ensure that both internal and external stakeholders involved in projects are informed of all developments, including time, budget and delivery issues, at every stage of the sign-off process
  • Identify opportunities to improve agency process and optimize profitability  

 

People

  • Foster good relationships with all internal departments and cross-functional teams
  • Encourage teamwork and good communication
  • As a senior member of the Client Services team, assist where possible with the coaching and development of more junior members of the team for example, Account Executives and Account Managers
  • Proactively support your manager, suggesting new ideas and questioning thinking where appropriate
  • Refer to senior team members for advice and support





Creative Director, Publishing – Magazines, Havas House

Havas Havas — the custom media, content, and publishing division of Havas Global — is looking for an experienced Creative Director, Magazine Publishing, to develop and manage high design standards for the company’s portfolio of publications. The Creative Director, Publishing, will devise and present concepts and strategies for current and potential clients. They will be able to implement their creative vision and become the point of reference for all creative plans. The goal is to achieve the best possible outcome of our projects both visually and creatively and essentially eclipse customer expectations and drive growth. Publishing and magazine experience required.

 

Summary of responsibilities:

The Creative Director, Publishing, will create strategically designed, eye-catching print (magazine) and digital products that engage readers and achieve results for Havas House’s custom publishing clients. The Creative Director, Publishing, will:

  • Oversee the overall visual strategy, creation and coordination of magazine design and prototype work for existing clients and new business pitches 
  • Professionally and creatively present ideas and strategies directly to clients and communicate with them as creative authority as needed
  • Drive creativity and innovation on behalf of Havas House 
  • Concept and implement a wide variety of magazine design styles to fit client needs, ranging from high-end luxury lifestyle to business-oriented projects and everything in between
  • Juggle several creative projects at once while adhering to multiple deadlines
  • Collaborate with Havas House’s editorial team, freelancers, photographers, and illustrators to ensure delivery of visually appealing and cohesive print and digital products
  • Stay current on publishing industry trends and technology and drive cutting-edge ideas for our products
  • Establish the design department budgets and work with the production manager to create production schedules for new products
  • Manage and adhere to budgets, processes and timelines
  • Work with sales teams to execute layouts that are in line with client and advertiser needs 

Qualifications/Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, or practical relevant experience 
  • 10-15 years’ related editorial magazine design experience (experience working with external clients in an agency-type environment is preferred)
  • Strong, creative publishing/magazine portfolio and passion for good design
  • Ability to understand and implement client strategy, branding and nuances in original designs
  • Firm design and layout skills including strong command of Adobe Cloud programs, especially InDesign/InCopy, Photoshop and Illustrator, and understanding of typography, infographics, maps and illustrations
  • Ability to direct and/or participate in department initiatives (time tracking, stock company negotiations, creating efficiencies, working with IT on upgrades and issues)
  • Clear knowledge of stock resources and original image licensing agreements
  • Ability to conceptualize, produce, negotiate and art direct commissioned photo shoots or illustrations when required
  • Ability to clearly and concisely express yourself and explain your ideas and concepts to clients and internal team members
  • Highly organized team player who enjoys collaboration
  • Management experience preferred
  • Problem solver
  • Willingness/ability to travel as needed
  • Willingness/ability to work long hours during deadline periods
  • Regular and reliable attendance is required

 






Business Magazine Editor

Global custom media, content, and publishing company Havas House is searching for a seasoned Editor to oversee an entrepreneurship publication. Produced biannually, the magazine caters to South Florida’s burgeoning business community. Editor must have experience with the city’s top industries, have connections with key business owners and local leaders, and be knowledgeable of current trends, new business openings, and more. Must be based in Miami, Florida, and have unique insights into the South Florida market.

 

Summary of responsibilities:

The Editor is responsible for developing compelling editorial outlines and topics, ensuring editorial excellence and tone of voice are in line with target demographic, managing freelance contributors, organizing photo shoots, adhering to production budgets and deadlines, and promoting social⁄online distribution of content. The Editor will:

  • Establish professional relationships with Editorial Director and in-house team, and maintain communication with them as needed
  • Brainstorm editorial content that is both interesting and in line with current industry trends, present ideas to Editorial Director and incorporate any special requests they may have
  • Leverage professional relationships and tap local business leaders for involvement
  • Compose original content while coordinating assignments with other freelance writers
  • Review and adhere to budgets, deciding how best to allocate expenses 
  • Contact and manage freelance writers and photographers, ensuring work is submitted in a timely matter and freelancers are compensated for their work
  • Organize custom photo shoots as needed
  • Ensure articles are properly fact checked, proofread and edited 
  • Work with Graphic Designers to provide all necessary content and photography for layouts
  • Ensure final products are of the highest quality, including text and design consistency, formatting, accuracy, etc.
  • Keep editorial content fresh and new
  • Develop social media calendar and compose posts in order to promote content throughout publication’s 6-month shelf life
  • Stay up-to-date on trends and technology and drive cutting-edge ideas for publications
  • Write marketing/PR content related to publications as needed

 

Qualifications⁄Skills:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in English, communication or journalism
  • 5–8 years editorial experience required with at least 3 years’ experience in South Florida’s business industry 
  • Experience working with multiple social media accounts and promoting company goals through digital strategies
  • Computer proficiency on MAC platform required, including experience with Adobe InDesign/InCopy 
  • Strong writing and editing skills
  • Familiarity with social media engagement and interaction
  • Ability to understand and implement strategy, branding and nuances in original editorial
  • Highly organized, team player who enjoys collaboration
  • Problem solver
  • Willingness⁄ability to work long hours during deadline periods