Job Description - PR Account Manager in Cambridge

PR Account Manager

Our Cambridge based client is currently looking to add a PR Account Manager to the team. You will already be working within a successful agency or in-house PR department but understand the agency culture.

Our client is looking for an Account Manager to manage its regional, national and international clients. Pan-European experience would definitely be a plus here!

Our client is looking for someone who is a team player, someone who takes the initiative and is an experienced PR practitioner preferably within an agency but they would consider candidates from an in-house environment if they have the right mix of skill.

B2B and B2C experience is essential, as they work across a variety of sectors, so hospitality, healthcare, property and/or financial PR experience will be useful. Experience of online PR and utilising social media skills for PR campaigns – or a willingness to develop those skills – is a must. Writing skills must be very sharp, and you must have an ability to write PR plans and proposals, as well as experience giving advice to clients and reporting back on results and future programmes.

Our client is looking for a detail-oriented professional with a knack for meeting deadlines and exceeding expectations. They want someone with a passion for selling in to the media with relevant, timely feature ideas and a history of achieving regular sustained coverage for clients. Our client will be looking for a portfolio with diversity. You will need PR pieces demonstrating a range of experience covering print, broadcast, online and social media, as well as other types of copywriting. Also the ability to place stories in a cross section of the media. If you enjoy a lively, exciting place to work and a good challenge, this is a position worth looking at.

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Job Description - Middleweight Account Manager in Cambridge

Middleweight Account Manager

Our Cambridge based agency client is looking for an Account Manager to add to their offline team following some new account wins. Their core services include strategy, branding, design, digital marketing and PR. They are a friendly but hard working team of people creating some really cool work for clients locally, nationally and internationally.

You will play a lead role in supporting the account handling team. This is a fast paced environment where attention to detail, hard work and a willingness to continue learning are essential. You will be key in developing accounts and managing the workflow between the clients and the studio representing the agency to the client and the client to the agency. You will need excellent communication skills and a diplomatic charm which you will be expected to use. You will use your own initiative and manage your own time efficiently. And of course a formal marketing qualification or degree, and at least three year’s agency experience will be required.

Above all, a passion for integrated marketing communications is required here as is committed to delivering the best for your clients to fit the clients drive and culture.

You will be given ownership as well as the responsibility to manage and develop some of the key accounts, with support and direction from an Account Director. They will reward you with a competitive salary, an inspiring and passionate team, and an opportunity to progress quickly and learn and develop along the way.

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Job Description - Mid Weight to Senior PHP Web Developer in Cambridge

Middleweight/Senior PHP Web Developer

Our Cambridgshire based client has a rapidly growing digital department and they are seeking a talented, motivated, web developer to join their digital team.

Essentialy you will be comfortable working with PHP frameworks including although not exclusive to the following; Concrete5, Codeigniter, Zend, Modx. They also require you to be experienced in working with object-orientated programming and the Model View Controller (MVC) development model.

You will need to demonstrate a high level of competency in the following:

• PHP & MySQL
• Object orientated programming knowledge
• (X)HTML / CSS / AJAX
• Be able to create valid semantic code
• Industry standard applications such as Adobe suite, Dreamweaver and Photoshop

Desirable skills:

• Experience of Concrete 5 framework is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of mobile development (RIM, IOS and Andriod) would be beneficial

You’ll also need to be proficient with the Microsoft Windows platform.

Working here you’ll be with an existing team of highly talented Web Designers and Developers. You will be required to liaise closely with the Account Managers and Project Managers on a daily basis. You’ll have a pro-active approach and not be afraid to consider the near impossible and look for a solution.

This position will involve working on high profile brands and the latest technology.

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Job Description - Junior Account Manager Exe in Colchester

Junior Account Manager Exe

Our Colchester based client is looking for a Junior Account Manager, Handler or Executive.

We're looking for someone that’s either been working for a year or two in an agency side environment, probably artwork, design, marketing or advertising orientated or a similar in house marketing studio environment.

The type of work you’ll be doing will involve the following:

• Processing adverts
• Dealing with schedules
• Speaking to clients
• Taking amends and other comments
• Briefing the studio
• Checking and rechecking ads
• Gaining approval or sign off
• Sending ads to papers and other publications

Other responsibilities will include:

• Briefing in to the studio for mailers, brochures, signage etc.

Above all of the required skills our client is looking for someone that is exceptionally well organised and has an impeccable respect for time management. Your ability to priorities is paramount.

You will be working under two Account Directors and an Account Manager.

Apply urgently as Interviewing starts this week.

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Job Description - Digital in Suffolk

Media Planner and Buyer

Our client is looking for a Digital Media Planner to work in their Suffolk based offices. A fantastic opportunity for a digital planner that enjoys all aspects of the job from building relationships to planning and buying.

You will be responsible for assisting clients to plan and develop intelligent online strategy to devising the spend. Your experience in supporting the client should be apparent in the results it delivers. As a planner you will have a fantastic knowledge of what digital channels fit where and why, efficiently meeting the clients objectives, on time and in budget.

You will fully understand when to use your knowledge in identifying new business opportunity too, cross-selling to other channels within the group or agency. Other services offered within the group cover Website design and Build capabilities, Search (covering Paid and SEM) and display, Branding, mobile and response.

You will, be capable of campaign development and management. You will understand how to monitor competitor activity and you’ll have a clear understanding of advertising and the seasonality of it. To maximise your potential across all of the aforementioned you will need to be a great relationship builder who can communicate knowledgably and with confidence.

You’ll also need to:

• Work well in a team
• Be able to monitor and maximise Spend and agency Income from your accounts.
• Take and develop a brief
• Creative digital strategies and plans
• Manage campaign and identify the need for creative requirement
• Create reports based on Results, analysis and insight
• Plan and buy digital media

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Job Description - Digital Media in Suffolk

Business Development Manager

Our client is looking for a Business Development Manager from the digital marketing agency sector to generate new leads and manage email campaigns targeting potential new business.

You will work with other business development managers and senior members of the group to strategically target businesses that the agency could potentially win over.

You will come from an agency side culture and have at least three to four years experience developing business across digital channels covering but not limited to, Web design and build projects, social, viral, display and paid marketing. This position will require experience making cold and warm calls, follow ups to mail campaign and all directed towards agreed contact data and desired target businesses. Someone who can take a more considered and strategic approach, creating higher conversions.

You will be a strong candidate both in your knowledge of the digital marketing sector but also when it comes to your confidence when speaking with senior level contacts within potential client businesses.

Your experience and skills should also cover:

• Ability to generate new leads through cold calling
• Maintain already warm and receptive contacts.
• Ability to intelligently qualify potential opportunities
• Build strong relationships and nurture a prospective client
• Management of your own diary
• Time and appointment keeping
• Work with other business developers in the group
• You will need to be able to identify current work being undertaken that could be used in blog posts or PR campaigns that could benefit the strength of the company and its experience to help it develop business within that or other associated markets.
• Ability to work with others in the group to generate marketing material for the agency

You will be:

• Confident
• A self Starter
• Keen to develop your knowledge base
• Passionate about your job
• Someone who gets a buzz from winning new business
• Very persuasive
• Great at combating objections but resilient and good at taking the knocks too
• Able and capable of speaking at the most senior level
• A great communicator, verbal and written
• On time every time.

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Job Description - Digital Media Planner Buyer in Ipswich

Account Director – Digital Media Planner Buyer

A fantastic opportunity has come up for an Account Director working in Digital Media Planning and buying to join a prominent Digital Marketing Agency Group with offices in Suffolk.

Our client is looking for an Account Director or Senior Account Manager looking for a move. You will come from a Digital Planning and Buying background and be running a team already. We need someone that is a real relationship builder and someone that is confident in there ability to manage others and happy to take direct responsibility for there performance. You will be commercially aware, proactive, strategic. We’ll need you to be willing to try new things and keep pushing the boundaries, a clear thinking creative individual that’s always looking for the latest and most cleaver way to tackle difficult situations.

Our client will expect an in-depth knowledge of all the digital channels and where each one is most appropriately uses dependant on the campaign, brand, client and the target market. With an eye permanently fixed on the desired business objective.

You will understand business and the importance of exploring other opportunity through cross-selling other services and capabilities the agency has in search marketing display. You will also know when to offer and recommend other services offered within the rest of the groups agency’s such as creative, branding, mobile, web design and build and so on.

You skills and knowledge will enable you to successfully develop and manage digital campaigns, always keeping an eye on the broader marketing objective as well as being aware of competitor activity, offline advertising and seasonality too.

A sucssesful Account Director in this business has the ability to build strong relationships, install confidence, gain trust and as a result command respect.

Skills required but not limited to, are:-

• Great communicator
• Impeccably organised
• Ability to manage time, yours, the teams and meat deadlines.
• Take and write client briefs
• Strategic Planning
• Budgetary and Credit control
• Pitching and Presenting, Verbal and Written
• Digital Marketing
• Paid for Search and Campaign Management
• SEO
• Media Planning Buying
• Team Management

Your direct report would be the Client Services Director.

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Job Description - Creative, Advertising or Marketing Agency in Colchester

Account Handler - Creative, Advertising or Marketing Agency Junior Urgently Required

Our Colchester based client is looking for a junior Account Handler.

They are looking for someone that’s either been working for a year or two in an agency side environment, probably artwork, design, marketing or advertising orientated or a similar in house set up.

The type of work you’ll be doing will involve the following:

• Processing adverts
• Dealing with schedules
• Speaking to clients
• Taking amends and other comments
• Briefing the studio
• Checking and rechecking ads
• Gaining approval or sign off
• Sending ads to papers and other publications

Other responsibilities will include:-

Briefing in to the studio for mailers, brochures, signage etc.

Above all of the required skills our client is looking for someone that is exceptionally well organised and has an impeccable respect for time management. Your ability to priorities is paramount.

You will be working under two Account Directors and an Account Manager.

Apply urgently as Interviewing has started.

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Job Description - Digital And Print Based Agency in London E1

Relationship Director

Our integrated agency client is looking for a new Relationship Director to be based within their East London office. Near Liverpool Street Station

Our clients mission is to deliver on brand on time. Your role as Relationship Director is to maintain and develop profitable income from a group of Clients through delivering high levels of marketing planning, exemplary campaign delivery and client loyalty whilst being a key driver of the agency’s mission to deliver.

Overview of the job and it’s responsibilities

Your marketing literate, a commercial thinker with a strong understanding of Brands and how It’s delivered to the customer. A self starter with a ‘can do’ attitude with the ability to apply a strategic approach to communications. We need you to direct the relationship between the client and the agency, seize opportunities and know how to grow an account organically or through new areas of the business. We need you to be aware of potential threats to loss of business or the potential of it. We want you to truly own the piece of business you work on, building powerful relationships with senior client personnel – decision makers not just influencers. Your ability to work with the Relationship Owner to plan the activity for the year will make the difference between success and failure. You will be the sort of person that’ll share your knowledge and expertise of your clients and their business. We want you to financially own and deliver against income forecasts, recognizing the importance of accurate forecasting to dependent departments. Someone that can formulate and strategically deliver probing questions and can display excellent listening skills to identify the clients ROI expectations to fully support the agency vision of Brand Payback will be recognized through successful business wins. Your team will help back all this us by creating great creative work beyond client expectations. You are going to need to be able to dissect a brief, understand the insight, create the proposition and drive the conceptual creative process. We would like to you to have the flare and ability too develop creative briefs, ones that the creative teams are highly motivated and excited by making them want to work on your briefs.

Essential skills to deliver this role

• To challenge your clients constructively, ensuring that you are always the champion of their customers
• To seize every opportunity to innovate and demonstrate passion to your clients
• To act collaboratively across the agency to ensure that a seamless and inspiring experience is delivered to your clients
• Committed to delivering the highest level of client service
• A detailed and analytical approach analysing opportunities to increase revenue
• First class verbal and written communication skills
• First class presentation and organisational skills
• Have an in‐depth understanding of the financial status of your client portfolio
• Employ excellent listening and probing questioning skills to fully understand: the client and their industry sector
  the client’s brand , products and services
  the client’s marketing objectives
  the client’s Return On Investment (ROI) objectives
  
• Increase your awareness of client competitor marketing activity to aid informed recommendations to campaign planning

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Job Description - .NET Software Developer in IPSWICH

Software Developer / Senior Software Developer

C#, VB.NET, SQL, web applications and design, Web Services, XML, HTML, OOD, Silverlight, javascript, jquery

C# developer with mid to advanced level n-tier Microsoft (.NET framework 3.5-4.0, C#, Silverlight, WPF, WCF/Web Services, Windows services and remoting) rich Internet application (RIA) development experience preferably gained within Agile environments required by long established & highly successful organisation to join their talented development team.

The successful candidate can look forward to a challenging & varied role with responsibilities covering the design, development, testing & implementation of rich Internet applications using Microsoft .NET/C# technologies with MS SQL 2000-2008R2 as the backend. Any hands-on experience with CTI, call centre technologies an CRM would be useful, as would any exposure to Visual Studio 2010/.NET 4.0, jQuery, Silverlight. Applicant should have a first class attitude & exceptional communication skills and ability to work hard on demanding projects under pressure in a small and vibrant team.

Location: Ipswich

Salary range: £22K-£35K per annum  + benefits

Type: permanent & full time only.

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Job Description - Artworkers X 2 in Essex

Artworkers Urgently Required

Our Essex based client is looking for two new artworkers to work within there busy studio.

You will need to be proficient and quick Artworker capable of moving around the Creative suite, Quark, Adobe and Power Point.

You will be required to work on high end marketing materials including but not limited to Brochure, Direct Mail, Adverts and much more.

We are looking for people keen to work hard. At times you will be expected to work late to meet deadlines.

Apply urgently to jobs@leedrecruitment.co.uk

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Job Description - Flash AS3 Object Oriented Developer in Suffolk

Flash AS3 Object Oriented Developer

Our Suffolk based client is looking for a Flash AS3 Object Oriented developer with some design skills too. You will have advanced Flash AS3 and hopefully some AS2 programming skills. As lead Flash developer you will be required to help create New and maintain alder Flash based websites and other work too as the need arises.

Skills need to include:

• AS3 (object orientated AS3 and AS2 would be a bonus)
• Adobe Air
• CS4 or 5
• Good Design Skills desirable

Note:

No timeline Flash it will all be scripted Flash

If you have the following that would be a bonus:-

• ASP.net
• Javascript
• HTML 5

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Job Description - Graphic and Interior Designer in Essex

Designer – Graphic, Space Planning and Interior Designer – With AutoCAD

Our client is looking for a senior graphic designer with interior design skills to compliment.

You’ll probably come from an agency offering both graphic and interior design services to their clients, either from a corporate or retail specialist agency with brand development and space planning specialisms.

The type of work you’ll be doing is:

Graphic Design covering Brochures, Advertising, Direct Mail, Signage, POP, Digital, Interactive, Brand, Space planning and specifying.

The Software you’ll need.

• AUTOCAD
• CS4 or 5
• Microsoft Office

There’s no particular salary set for this were just looking for the right combination of skills, you’ll need some very recent and relivant work samples that covers all of the above.

Please supply pdf’s or links to an online folio on your application.

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Job Description - A unique Opportunity for the area in East Anglia

Account Management Team

Our Client is looking to take on an Account Management Team comprising 1 Account Director, 1-2 Account Managers and and Account Executive.

You will be used to working together and fully understand the importance of each role within the chain.

The skills required are:

• Client facing
• Brief taking
• Client management
• Understanding of the design process
• Great communicators
• Prioritizing
• Being able to brief the creative team
• Take amends
• Exploring business opportunities with the client.
• Scheduling
• Cost and Pitch Proposal writing.

We are interested in talking to any teams in and around the Suffolk and Essex area that would consider a move together.

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Job Description - Senior Designer in East Essex

Senior Conceptual Designer

Our client is looking to add another addition within their very busy design studio. A senior designer with brand knowledge would be ideal but most importantly a well rounded creative will the ability the conceptualise.

You will be used to working on brochures point of sale and advertising, as well as apply those designs to the digital space too. In addition if you have experience working on web projects this would be a bonus but not essential.

The position.

Your role as a conceptual designer within this well respected agency will be both challenging and rewarding. You will need to be capable of thinking laterally as much of the work is conceptual, in addition you will need to think creatively to produce emotive lifestyle orientated projects that makes our clients products breath style and desirability.

A creative that thinks about the copy and subject they are designing for will probably understand this process and this will be reflected in the type of work you have in your folio.

Of course we are looking for someone that uses all of the industry software packages as second nature. You will be from an agency environment and you will have a portfolio of work that’ll impress the hell out of us.

To apply we’ll need to see a CV and a pdf of folio samples from past projects, or a link to your online folio, no larger than 5megabite in size though please if it’s a pdf.

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Job Description - 3D CGI Artist and Animator in Chelmsford

3D CGI Artist and Animator

We have just received in a project that would last about 6-8 weeks for a 3D CGI Artist and Animator.

The brief.

We are looking for a 3D/Motion graphics freelancer for 6-8 weeks of work (starting 5th Dec) Skills that are essential are: After Effects and a 3D package such as studio max/Maya… Ideally, we would like you to be working on site with your own gear (unless rendering out)

The current work planned is:

• 1 x 4 min video
• 1 x 30 sec video
• 2 x 1 min video
• 2 x 2 min video

Please send showreels to jobs@leedrecruitment.co.uk

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Job Description - Front End Developer with JAVA in Essex

Front End Developer with JAVA

Our client is looking for a talented front end developer, someone capable of making their fantastic web, smartphone and tablet applications work. You will be experienced in working on interactive applications for a variety of devices.

Although they need you to have a broad set of skills that encompass the list below they are also very keen to make sure you particularly are a JAVA wiz.

All the other skills you’ll need too:

• JavaScript and Javascript Framework Ext.JS
• Object Oriented Programming
• HTML/HTML5
• CSS/CSS3
• Flash AS2?AS3
• JQuery/YUI/Ext.JS/Mootools or other

Skills in developing mobile applications, Agile development methods; Flash Unit Testing and JavaScript Unit Testing Frameworks, are desirable.

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Job Description - Search Marketing Director in Suffolk

Search Marketing Director Suffolk

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in the Suffolk area for a Search Marketing Director.

Our Suffolk based client is a very successful company within the online marketing space. They are now looking to add to the senior management team by creating the new role of Search Marketing Director.

Your post will be a significant one and will add another dimension to an already impressive line up. Your role within the company will be to manage some of the senior account directors and managers and guide them to successfully attracting and wining new projects from existing as well as new clients.

You will be required to focus and plan new strategies for paid and naturally gained search engine positioning campaigns within the online space. You will be comfortable leading teams and building relationships across both new and existing business. With a clear objective and an eye on the end game in each case. Making sure objectives and the all-important targets are met every time.

All the normal business techniques will come second nature, pitches, networking, building relationships and ongoing development of business and the team. But more importantly, your ability to communicate strategy to the team and the client will be key in achieving a winning formula in the digital strategy you offer. You will know if this is you, please get in touch with us to find out more, send your CV in the strictest confidence.

Salary c50K Neg

A commute from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex would suit this position.

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Job Description - Visual asset Coordination Manager in Brentwood

Visual asset Coordination Manager

A Visual asset Coordination Manager is required to work on creative, imaging (photography) and re-touching.

In addition you will be required to undertake the following.

Project management

You will be used to managing and overseeing your projects from start to finish autonomously.

Client management.

This is a position that will require you to have some client contact at times, as such you will need confidence and to be comfortable in a client facing environment.

Database Management.

The database of images needs to be well managed and up-to-date with all the correct information regarding were and when they are being used.

It would also be good if you have the following. Having some web development experience would also be very favourable too.

The company.

Our client, based in Brentwood. With an impressive client list and a track record of success spanning more than thirty years, they now seek to recruit a Visual asset Coordination Manager to join their Essex-based team.

The hours for the role are 9am - 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am - 5pm Friday, forming 37 hours per week. The Company operates a flexible start time policy.

This role will require overtime (paid), sometimes at short notice, to meet client deadlines.

All applicants must hold relevant status documentation to work in the UK/European Community prior to applying for this position.

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Job Description - Digital Designer Developer in Essex

Digital Designer Developer

Our Essex based client is looking for an experienced Digital Creative with around 5 years + experience in creating websites for blue chip clients.

The purpose of the Digital Creative is to ensure a high level of creativity and production methods are applied to all Digital projects, utilising new technologies to ensure the client receives the best solution to their brief. In addition, scope out and develop ideas for multimedia and interactive web based projects.

You will be a well rounded designer with the technical know how to create and produce designs that can be presented to well known and respected brands

You’ll need to tick a good number of the following boxes.

• Proven track record within an Digital Agency environment
• Front-end design and art direction
• Motion design and animation
• Expert in Adobe CS Suite
• Flash AS3 Flash Video and Sound
• Flex Air
• JavaScript
• JQUERY
• HTML
• HTML5
• 2D and 3D Animation
• Illustration
• Photoshop
• But most importantly, you’ll need to be a brilliant designer capable of using the above.

A proactive individual with an eye for details, remains calm under pressure and is deadline driven.

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