Position: Experiential Designer
Location: San Francisco
Start Date: ASAP
Status: Contract Role, 6+weeks
 

Our client, a leading experiential marketing firm, is looking for an Experiential Designer to work onsite in a contract role for a minimum 6 week duration.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with Account teams, Producers, and Strategists to lead visual design and creative experiential thinking across a variety of projects (ie: proposal decks, installation designs, event signage, branding, and social media assets)
• Research, ideation and development of original, scalable concepts and experiences
• Research and prepare documents to communicate ideas to clients, including proposals, presentations and reports
• Work dynamically with Project Managers and Producers to identify design needs, inform timelines and adjust resourcing
• Support creative producers in understanding opportunities and limitations in print and build techniques and materials
• Prompt and maintain in-house digital and physical design archive
• Prepare design files for print and online delivery, ensuring all deliverables are on time and carefully exported to output specifications
• Initiate, plan, and execute awesome, collaborative internal projects and events
• Hire, onboard and manage interns and freelance design staff
• Train new employees from other disciplines in company design protocol and process
• Support in business development, creative concepting process and strategy brainstorms
• Source references and identify trends from the worlds of design, art, film and music
• Research, recommend and support in outreach to creative partners and collaborators
• Responsible for enforcing the integrity of the design process and fostering a positive relationship with the creative community

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 4+ years experience in autonomous creative role 
• Proficient with InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Google Slides, and Squarespace
• Previous experience creating proposal decks (indd/google slides), installation designs for event activations, event signage, branding, and social media assets.
• Excellent writing skills and strong design background; understanding of typography, layout, form and color; versed in design process and production methods
• Comprehensive knowledge of emerging creative technologies, best practices and experimental approaches in design, marketing and brand communications
• Ability to scale ideas to budget, brand needs, timelines, environments, etc.

POSITION: Visual Designer (KeyArt)

LOCATION: San Francisco
STATUS: Contract (Contract-to-Hire)
START DATE: Immediately
HOURLY RATE: Market

Job responsibilities entail working closely with the lead Art Directors and Visual Designers on a wide range of design projects;

• KeyArt - Game packaging and logos

• Social assets (for Facebook)

• Style guides

• Shopper marketing in-store assets

• Banners and bundles

• Photocomping

6–8 years of experience on packaging design or entertainment/video game company is required.

POSITION: Copywriter
LOCATION: Mountain View
STATUS: Full-Time
START DATE: Immediately
SALARY: Market

Our client, a full-service marketing agency, is looking for a talented Copywriter to add to their team.  This Copywriter's main focus will be introducing Google to various stakeholders across the Americas.

Requirements:

• BA, or professional experience equivalent
• 5 plus years of copywriting experience with an agency or in-house team
• Previous consumer electronics or retail brand industry experience
• Have the ability to understand complex issues and explain them via social media, blog posts, e-mails, FAQ's, video scripts, and more.
• Have solid knowledge of tech trends and how to apply them to Google Fiber
• Have experience with social media, direct response, collateral, and other printed materials

Responsibilities:

• Evolve and apply the Google voice in a variety of mediums
• Evangelize and articulate a cohesive voice through guidelines
• Help to drive the product narrative across a variety of touch points
• Serve as editor and staff writer for marketing team, direct response communications
• Take on a wide range of writing and editing projects
• Partner with internal and external resources to execute marketing programs
• Ensure consistency, growth, and relevance across the organization

POSITION:Content Manager 
LOCATION: Mountain View 
STATUS: Full-Time
START DATE: Immediately
SALARY: Market

Our client, an award-winning SaaS company is looking for a Content Manager to join their team. 

Responsibilities: 

• Ability to create and publish engaging content
• Ability to oversee all content creation activities for the organisations website.
• Ability to coordinate other content creators, including leadership, and other marketing staff, and clients
• Ability to edit and proofread materials to ensure consistency in style and tone
• Ability to research markets and industries to compare and create content that is innovative and original

Requirements:

• 5+ years of content management experience
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of the latest technology and social media trends

POSITION: Motion Designer
LOCATION: 50% San Bruno / 50% San Francisco
STATUS: Full-Time
START DATE: Immediately
SALARY: Market

Our client, a highly reputable digital agency, is looking to hire a talented Motion Designer.

You will be part of a 4 person team that will spend half their week onsite at the client location and the other half onsite at the agency.  You will be tasked with creating meaningful digital stories and crafting beautiful animation.  

Requirements: 

• 5 plus years of experience
• Experience creating gifs, video animation, animations for social media, rich media banners, motion graphics for advertising formats, and other digital formats
• Strong skills in After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Familiarity with 3D programs such as Maya/Cinema 4D
• Familiarity with Final Cut or Premiere
• Experience with user scenarios, task flows, conceptual models, and user experience product demos
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills among team members
• Ability to assist in client presentations and helping to demonstrate a clear vision of how the work addresses the client challenge
• Strong portfolio showcasing your design skills

Responsibilities:

• Produce motion mood boards/rip-o-matics, storyboards, design briefs, sketching, visual language guidelines, motion studies, and other artifacts required to develop and evolve user experience designs
• Work with visual designers, brand designers to ensure design enhances the user experience and is reflective of brand strategy

Position: ECD
Location: San Francisco
Status: Full-time
 

TBD 

Position: Interactive Creative Director 
Location: San Francisco
Start Day: May 1st
Status: May 1st to Sep 26th

Our client, the world's leading experiential marketing agency is looking for an Intearctive Creative Director to join their Creative team. The ideal person will guide one of the largest events in the world. 

Responsibilities:

• Ability to shape and guide every aspect of large-scale live experiences
• Ability to concept across all media: interactive, digital. live events, physical, VR/AR
• Ability to concept live experiences filled with emotion and build digital engagements packed with interaction 
• Ability to guide and mentor multidisciplinary design teams 

Requirements: 

• 10+ of design experience experience ( Advertising Agency, Experiential) 
• Advanced level of experience with Creative Suite
• Portfolio of relevant work 

Position: e-learning Developer (Articulate Storyline)
Location: San Francisco
Status: ongoing contract (6+months)
Start Date: Immediately
Hourly Rate: $40-60/hr DOE

• As an eLearning Developer, you will be responsible for the development of innovative and engaging online training content. Reporting to the Manager, Education Production and Resourcing, you will incorporate mixed media and sound instructional design/development methodologies. In addition, you will:
• Coordinate, manage and execute all necessary aspects of eLearning development and maintain an advanced understanding of trends and best practices
• Collaborate with Instructional Designer to storyboard module based on SME input
• Research, organize and create content in logical eLearning sequences for maximum learner retention
• Create custom graphics and animations as needed to elevate the learning experience
• Ensure training content adheres to audio/visual technical specifications for mobile and desktop learning, as well as brand guidelines and industry best practices
• Thoroughly test, debug and troubleshoot across multiple devices and browsers
• Design and build module while incorporating stakeholder feedback

We’re excited about you if you have:

• 3 - 5 years instructional design experience focused on eLearning and/or multi-media development
• Combination of creative design skills and technical knowledge; experience with graphic design, video, micro-learning, responsive design, gamification, simulations, animation/motion graphics preferred
• Proficiency with various eLearning tools Articulate Storyline, Camtasia and solid knowledge of responsive design and advanced actions, audio editing program (i.e Audacity), and Learning Management Systems (i.e. Cornerstone)
• Intermediate to advanced skill in Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, HTML5 and CSS and strong knowledge of effective Instructional Design, using either ADDIE or SAM methodology
• Ability to conduct sound research, bring innovation to the team, independently troubleshoot/solve multi-faceted instructional technology issues
• Experience designing for a millennial audience with stimulating ideas – not e-learning Developer (Articulate Storyline) your “traditional” eLearning design

POSITION: Art Supervisor / Art Director (Pharma Advertising)
LOCATION: San Francisco
STATUS: Full Time
START DATE: Interviewing Immediately 
ANNUAL SALARY: Market

Our healthcare agency client is looking for am Art Supervisor /Art Director to join their team!

You will be responsible for the design of a variety of digital and print materials including: sales sheets, marketing collateral, websites, promotional videos, and presentations.

The Art Director will work cross functionally and will prioritize projects and timelines.

Additionally, you will hire and direct freelance talent and supervise shoots etc.

You MUST have:

• 5 plus years of experience
• Typography and infographic experience
• Deliverables: variety of digital and print materials including: sales sheets, marketing collateral, websites, promotional videos, and presentations.
• A portfolio showcasing your skills

Position: ACD/Creative Director
Location: San Francisco
Start Date: Immediately 
Status: Contract 

Our client, an award winning marketing agency is looking for an ACD/Creative Director to join their team. 

• TBD