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Since 1998, “the WD” has helped some of America’s favorite premium brands grow and excel in their categories by delivering innovative advertising, marketing and public relations solutions. Our award-winning combination of industry veterans and rising stars can provide you with a complete menu of the strategic, research, media planning, PR, Social Media, creative and interactive services your brand needs to truly thrive in the marketplace.
Openings & Applying
Submit Cover Letter & Resume stating the position for which you are applying to the email address below. Potential candidates will be contacted for a phone interview.
Back-end Developer
The back-end developer is responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the applications you build.
Details
What You’ll Do
- Demonstrate proficiency in all stages of web development, from conception to deployment
- Assists in creating technical documentation for projects
- Maintains and updates existing applications and websites
- Develops creative and elegant solutions to client needs
- Delivers high quality, production-ready code
- Provides direction for upcoming projects
- Achieves project deadlines within established budget parameters
Education & Experience
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a web developer
- Familiar with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- Familiar with Version Control systems (Git, or similar vcs)
- Proficient in HTML, CSS, SASS
- Proficient with JavaScript
- Experience developing with at least one major JavaScript framework (examples include: Angular, React)
- Experience with MVC frameworks and OO
- Thorough understanding of RESTful APIs
- Experience with TDD/BDD
- Skilled working with relational and non-relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL)
- Familiar working with Gulp and Grunt
- Familiar with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban)
- Familiar developing WordPress Themes
- Ability to consider all aspects of a project
- Ability to learn new technologies
- Utilize established code best practices
- Excellent communication/listening skills
- Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
- Ability to adapt quickly and to work autonomously
Personal Characteristics
- Trust – Demonstrates character and competence at every point of interaction or delivery
- Humility – Appreciates others with an attitude of service and responsiveness. Is proud of the results delivered to the clients, demonstrated in collaboration and without arrogance
- Relevance – Adapts to the changing needs of our clients and our industry
- Innovation – Brings new ideas and solutions proactively and regularly
- Vision – Knows the desired outcome for the client and the individual
- Excellence – Is dissatisfied with ‘average’ and willing to invest the required effort for greatness. Isn’t afraid to put in the extra mile to achieve and exceed
- TEAM player – Works collaboratively across departments to turn ideas into action and have fun doing it!
Account Executive
The Account Executive exists to create a buffer between the agency departments and the client, serving as a liaison for project completion. The Account Executive keeps projects on track and communicates goals and objectives while managing final deliverables.
Do you have what it takes to join our dynamic team of star players?
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Duties/Responsibilities
- Expresses enthusiasm for the agency and for the client
- Employs exceptional problem-solving ability
- Executes project briefs and provides deliverables for the client
- Clearly communicates project goals and objectives, using agency project briefs
- Maintains consistent management of project timelines and budgets
- Initiates and maintains trust with the client, displaying a professional presence in dress, language, and availability
- Holds the client in high esteem, ensuring the client’s sense of importance with the agency
- Proactively directs the agency team in serving the clients
- Negotiates difficult client issues with integrity, ensuring continued client trust in the agency
- Manages multiple personalities and activities
- Develops creative solutions to difficulties
Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- 2+ years experience on the agency side of the advertising model
- Articulate in written and oral communication
- Relational and composed in various settings
- Excellent judgment in agency and client needs assessments
- Experience in consumer packaged goods, a plus
- Sales experience, a plus
- Flexibility in working with a variety of clients
- Self-starter
- Excellent communication/listening skills
- Lifelong learner
- Ability to adapt quickly
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to work autonomously
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Mac experience, a plus)
Account Coordinator
The Account Coordinator provides administrative and client support to account executives. The Account Coordinator assists in the day-to-day administration of creative and digital initiatives on client accounts. The Account Coordinator maintains a high level of awareness of client activities, managing excellent communication with client contacts.
Do you have what it takes to join our dynamic team of star players?
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Duties/Responsibilities
- Provides administrative support to the account team in creative and digital projects
- Assigns tasks and deliverables to the creative and digital teams
- Proactively communicates and manages communication with clients (timelines, project status, deadlines)
- Pursues, develops, and maintains a working-level understanding of client industries
- Attends to client needs and seeks to add value to the client-agency relationship
- Fields and processes internal and external information requests
- Provides input and documents client meetings and conference calls
- Generates estimates
Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- Excellent customer service skills
- Self-starter
- Excellent communication/listening skills
- Lifelong learner
- Ability to adapt quickly
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to work autonomously
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Mac experience, a plus)
Social Media Strategist ***active***
The Social Media Strategist will create, monitor, and report on paid social campaigns. The Strategist will work on a variety of paid social accounts across multiple social platforms, including but not limited to, Facebook/Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, and more. The individual in this role works closely with other teams and departments.
Details
Duties/Responsibilities
- Create, Monitor, and Report on Paid Social Campaigns
- Brainstorm and develop tactical, purposeful paid social campaigns designed to drive, and exceed, client goals
- Monitor and report on campaigns on a week-to-week, month-to-month basis, depending on client needs, presenting findings to clients and team members, as needed
- Manage relationship with Facebook representatives
- Handle investment from clients in an ethical, strategic way
- Work with Other Teams and Departments
- Participate in group brainstorms to achieve client goals
- Participate and conduct research projects based on briefs provided by the client and account team
- Maintain constant communication on status of campaigns and client projects to ensure deadlines are being met
Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or above (Marketing, Research, or Strategy degrees, a plus)
- 1+ years of experience managing paid social campaigns, including Facebook Ads Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, or other paid social buying platforms
- Excellent analytic, reporting, and presentation skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with and understanding of using social media platforms for achieving goals
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Mac, Excel, and Word
- Personal Characteristics
- Trust – Demonstrates character and competence at every point of interaction or delivery
- Humility – Appreciates others with an attitude of service ad responsiveness. Is proud of the results delivered to the clients, demonstrated in collaboration and without arrogance
- Relevance – Adapts to the changing needs of our clients and our industry
- Innovation – Brings new ideas and solutions proactively and regularly
- Vision – Knows the desired outcome for the clients and the individual
- Excellence – Is dissatisfied with ‘average’ and willing to invest the required effort for greatness. Isn’t afraid to put in the extra mile to achieve and exceed
- TEAM player – Works collaboratively across departments to our ideas into action and has fun doing it!
Working/Physical Requirements
- Traditional office environment with some remote flexibility
- Heavy computer use (Mac)
- 8-hour day
- Occasional nights and weekends, as required (example: monitoring Black Friday and holiday-specific campaigns with certain start/end dates)
UX/UI Developer
The UI/UX Developer is responsible for applying interactive and visual design principles on websites and web applications for a positive and cohesive user experience. This individual observes user behavior to improve the visible design of an application. Primary goals include raising user satisfaction, decreasing user churn, and ensuring user-based company goals are reached.
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Duties/Responsibilities
- Creates and maintains digital assets
- Develops UI and UX strategies based on goals
- Conducts research and deconstruct the user’s digital interactions and habits
- Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g., responsiveness)
- Research and track advancements in mobile application design patterns
- Achieves project deadlines within established budget parameters
- Executes planning, design, and development of client and internal projects
- Overcomes client challenges relating to current industry standards and user expectations
- Delivers high quality, production-ready code
- Explains the dynamics of website development to project managers and account executives in order to facilitate communication with the client and to fulfill client expectations
- Adapts to new technologies and processes in order to accomplish projects dependent upon technical requirements
Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- Proficiency in designing interfaces and building clickable prototypes
- Demonstrative history of deconstructing user behavior to create an improved experience for users
- 2+ years of experience as a UI/UX designer
- Basic knowledge of CSS, CSS extension languages, and CSS preprocessor tools
- Basic knowledge of HTML5 and its best practices
- Excellent understanding of browser compatibility issues
- Agile development methodology
- Passion for quality, clean design
- Detail-oriented
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