Marketing Executive

Job Description

As the Marketing Executive for MassMedia Studios you will utilise your writing and communication skills to implement our communication plan across our forthcoming blog, website, podcast and newsletter campaigns. We're looking for someone with a sharp mind and astute observations skills to help us re-invigorate our marketing dogma.

You are an amazingly gifted wordsmith and your friends often comment that "you should be in marketing" (better that than having a "face for radio"). Your own blog or podcast is picking up steam and you want to develop your skills in a more professional capacity. You're probably working on a script for this year's Tropfest, have penned the first few chapters to your book or you've never left the safe confines of your diary. Or perhaps you're a wannabe media mogul mixing up video/audio productions in your bedroom. Either way, you're a very clever writer who can turn a good phrase, you could put spin on a global disaster or can make people stop and think about what they're reading.

Alternatively, you're currently in marketing - pumping out brochure-ware (or you would be if the boss would just sign-off on the bloody copy) and you dream of cashing in on this whole digital marketing malarkey but the right job has never come along… until now.

If this sounds like you or the you you'd rather be, then please write to us and tell us why you'd make an excellent Marketing Executive working for "The world's best digital interactive agency, ever"*. Don't just send us your resume with a boring covering letter, make us want you, make us need you or make us a cake.

What you'll be doing when you get here:

• Managing our internal communications
• Liaising with our PR agency
• Writing case studies
• Writing and editing our Newsletters (yes, plural)
• Blogging
• Podcasting (if you're up for it)
• Maintaining our website (not our current website, no-one should be tortured with that task)
• Working on client pitches and proposals
• Working with a creative team of designers, producers, developers and other people who do other stuff
• Use simple, brief and clear writing and effective visuals to optimise the organisation's offering to our customers
• Liaise with key contacts within the Agency to obtain specific information and updates for bid responses
• Build up a repository of proposal templates and pitching assets
• Provide the Sales and Client Management teams with best-in-class sales materials while enabling them to maximise customer-facing time
• Occasional face-to-face customer contact and basic research required

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Understanding of interactive technologies and the digital marketing landscape
• Demonstrated experience in creative writing skills / business writing skills / marketing / journalism / corporate communications
• Master of the English language (oral and written) and business acumen
• Experience in the proposal/bid process
• Communications, Marketing, Agency or Consulting work experience desirable
• High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Visio, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Ability to integrate responses to complex questions to form a unified message under tight timelines
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, deliver results and manage multiple tasks without compromising quality
• Ability to work in a highly pressured and challenging environment
• Self motivated can-do attitude

As you can see there is a lot of variety in the role. We're looking for someone with great ambition, passion and communication smarts. Could this be you?

To apply for this role, please visit our online application form at: www.massmedia.com.au/recruitment/managerecruit.asp

Senior Designer

Here is your opportunity to join an industry leading interactive agency in the heart of Surry Hills. MassMedia Studios is a fast paced, rapidly expanding Digital Interactive agency based in Sydney with offices in London and New York. Our offices are fully equipped with pool table, ping pong, "on wall" digital TV with surround sound as well as a beer fridge for those times when you need to let off a little steam! Ah yes, and we won many awards too, so in other words, we're going places:

• BRW Magazine ranked us at 19 in their 2005 "Upstarts" feature
• We came 38th in the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 50
• Recently MassMedia was one of only nine Australian companies to be included in the shortlist of 200 nominations for the Red Herring Asia 100.

Mass Media is looking for a switched-on, conceptual Senior Designer to work across our outstanding roster of clients.

Good graphic design and typographic sense, animation skills and a passion for interactive media are obligatory, as is some experience in an interactive or agency environment.

We offer the promise of doing award winning work on great accounts and a chance to grow in a dynamic and upbeat environment.

You'll get to work across a range of digital media; from promotional websites, to enterprise application interfaces, games, virals, kiosks, mobile applications and brand development.

Anything you want in your design career can be made possible at MassMedia Studios.

Job Description

A Senior Designer at MassMedia Studios is

• Responsible for creating visual designs and animations for display on the internet and variety of digital devices. This includes the development of campaign ideas, interface design, storyboards, animation, branding, typography and illustration
• Responsible for ensuring that all projects are of the highest quality design, meet the clients needs, conform to industry best practices and are just damn sexy to look at
• Required to be across industry trends and to find better ways to increase productivity, improve information architecture and to heighten design expectations

The Senior Designer will:

• Develop the stylistic and functional requirements for each project, and work with dedicated Flash Developers, Designers and Interface Developers to ensure the designs are implemented appropriately
• Work in conjunction with the Producer and Business Development Manager and represent the creative strategy to existing and potential clients
• Be proactive in maintaining their knowledge of emerging techniques, technologies and design tools, and be capable of adopting them

Skills/Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma or training in Graphic Design, Advertising or a related area
• At least 3 years experience as a Graphic Designer in one of the following areas; multimedia, agency Creative, Graphic Design. At least 1 year experience in Web design
• Expertise in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash (more animation than coding)
• High level of expertise in information, usability and interface design
• Solid understanding of designing for the internet and digital devices
• Solid understanding of industry best practices
• Demonstrated strong design style
• Demonstrated experience producing creative design solutions within the constraints of budget and time
• Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a team environment
• Solid understanding of time management and resource management in a Creative department
• Additional skills in video editing, animation, compositing, sound editing and programming are useful, but not compulsory

NB: This role requires very strong skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash... It is important to note that the Senior Designer does not 'cut' any code, except for basic actionscript within Adobe Flash.

To apply for this role, please visit our online application form at: www.massmedia.com.au/recruitment/managerecruit.asp

Junior .NET Web Developer

• Industry-leading digital communications company
• 1-2 years development experience essential
• Professional, down-to-earth persona
• Creative warehouse environment in Surry Hills with pool table and drum-kit

Are you an enthusiastic .NET developer with a drive to create industry-leading solutions?

Would you relish the opportunity to work with a passionate, innovative team in a great environment?

Here, at Massmedia Studios, we take pride in:

• Being creative in our work and play
• Providing appropriate technical solutions
• Our process driven production environment
• Our culture that encourages entrepreneurial and innovative thinking
• Having a fun working environment

Skills/Qualifications

• Familiar with Visual Studio 2005, C#, .NET Framework 2.0, SQL 2005
• At least 1 year of commercial experience in .NET technology is required
• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and DHTML
• SQL capability - basic stored procedures, database management, indexing, constraints
• Ability to follow coding standards
• Understanding of capabilities of browsers and design constraints on the Internet
• Strong attention to detail is essential
• Ability to prioritise and execute work with very little or no direction
• Ability to track and follow through with multiple tasks
• Ability to work in a team within a fast paced environment
• Innovative, pro-active approach
• Experience with high traffic web sites or content management systems a bonus
• Digital agency experience a bonus

Responsibilities Include [but are not limited to]

• Helping to estimate tasks where required
• Building client/middle/data tiers for web-sites
• Communicating progress and issues to other team members
• Adherence to quality standards and ensuring that completed tasks function correctly and to specification prior to delivery
• Adherence to functional and technical specification documentation
• Keeping up with new technologies and implementation techniques
• Contribution to company's technical infrastructure
• Maintenance of knowledge of industry standards and developments, and communication of relevant advancements to Producer, Development and Creative Team

To apply for this role, please visit our online application form at: www.massmedia.com.au/recruitment/managerecruit.asp

Project Manager (London)

If you're passionate about online, good with the details and like working with defined processes then we want to hear from you.

MassMedia Studios is a rapidly expanding and fast paced digital agency with offices in both UK and Australia. We are looking for a forward thinking Project Manager to work with us in our London office to implement our product solutions, coordinate and work with our local and international teams and complete website and campaign applications for a range of global clients.

Here, at MassMedia Studios, we take pride in:

• Creativity in our work and play
• Providing great digital solutions
• Our strong process driven production environment
• Our culture that encourages entrepreneurial and innovative thinking
• Having a fun working environment

This combination has helped us develop partnerships with a wide array of clients across public and private sectors both locally and internationally; from e-learning and custom software development to websites and online advertising campaigns.

This role is central to the successful completion of projects by MassMedia Studios. The Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of online and mobile projects to the agreed specification, budget and timeline and to a high quality.

Reporting to the Head of Solutions, the Project Manager coordinates the team members and develops strategies with the project team to anticipate problems, analyse solutions, identify alternatives and make recommendations. They partner with the Client Services team to communicate and manage client expectations.

Skills

• Proven ability to lead, prioritise and manage multiple projects and resources, while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
• Project management experience in a digital production environment. Experience successfully managing interactive/web project budgets and schedules.
• Understanding of all facets of web development including strategy, design and implementation.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to communicate and negotiate in a calm, professional manner with clients.
• Ability to pro-actively identify issues and risks, and to recommend appropriate solutions.
• Ability to create functional designs and specification documents for web sites and multimedia.

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of HTML, and other interactive languages (e.g. JavaScript, XHTML), and design constraints/capabilities on the Internet.
• Understanding of capabilities of browsers and design constraints on the Internet.
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Microsoft Project and Visio.

Advantageous Experience

• Experience with a range of project management practices.
• Experience with developing or managing mobile applications
• Strategic and campaign analysis experience
• Product support experience
• Developing user manuals
• Pan-European, US, multi-lingual, experience

Responsibilities Include [but are not limited to]

• Manage the development and deployment of digital marketing solutions through to completion in a timely manner.
• Support the Client Services team in defining integrated digital marketing solutions that meet client requirements
• Develop clear and comprehensive project documentation including briefs, specifications, costing, project plans and test scripts.
• Deliver projects on time and within budget by co-ordinating required resources.
• Create and manage multi-channel digital marketing campaigns via Traction's interface for clients.
• Provide a high level of support and training to clients in their use of Traction.
• Report on all active projects and their progress as well as related issues/risks and how these will be managed.
• Contribute to development of best practice production and campaign management processes and procedures.
• Maintenance of knowledge of industry standards and developments, and communication of relevant advancements to other team members and clients as required.
• Adherence to company guidelines relating to administrative processes, such as time recording procedures, leave application, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

To apply for this role, please visit our online application form at: www.massmedia.com.au/recruitment/managerecruit.asp