You won’t find any cubicles here. In fact, we don’t have many walls in general. That’s because here at Small Army, we think of ourselves as one big team — office dogs included.
Whether you’re working furiously in a room by yourself, collaborating in a group, or attending one of our many offsite enrichment opportunities, Small Army wants you to leave work every day feeling inspired and empowered. Our work-life balance is off-the-charts incredible, and we have a PowerPoint somewhere to prove it. But you should really just come and see for yourself. (That way you can pet the dogs, too.)
Seeking a Relationship Supervisor for our Account Service department. This position requires 5-7 years advertising agency experience. Along with a positive attitude, the Relationship Supervisor at Small Army demonstrates the ability to strengthen client relationships, adds value to the conversation, and knows how to motivate and energize their teams. As a strong strategic thinker, the Relationship Supervisor is passionate about great creative that is on strategy, distinctive, relevant, and measurable. And as an emerging leader of the Relationship Management team they are expected to begin taking the role of a thoughtful manager and thinking of ways to the help grow the Agency.
What you’d do:
What you’d bring to the table:
Consensus, collaboration, and trust with Clients, colleagues and those you supervise.
We are looking for an Associate Relationship Manager for our Account Services department. This position requires 1-3 years Advertising Agency experience—the right balance of knowing how an agency works but eager to learn and do more. The Associate Relationship Manager must be a project management pro—organized, able to galvanize teams to get work done, and good at overseeing timelines and meeting deadlines. As an entrepreneur at heart, we’re looking for those who like to wear many hats and think on their feet.
What you’d do:
· Keep it all together: manage budgets, projects, meetings, timelines to ensure everything keeps moving.
· Build trust and relationship both internally and with Client.
· Able to assess creative and assess if it meets project objects.
· Dive deep in your Client’s business and become an expert in their industry.
· Work collaboratively and help draw consensus with those you work with.
· Mentor interns.
What you’d bring to the table:
· 1-3 years experience working at an advertising agency (previous ad agency experience is a requirement – no exceptions).
· A deep desire to always want to learn.
· A passion for working with others and an attitude that keeps the team calm in the storm.
· An attitude of not being afraid to ask, “how can I help” or boldly say, “I can do more.”
Some perks working at Small Army:
· An open vacation policy.
· Pet friendly.
· A work from home policy.*
· Summer Fridays (close at 3pm each Friday in the summer).
· A fully stocked kitchen (beer included).
· Many company parties, events, and enrichment activities.
· A fun bunch of colleagues with an attitude of “we like to work here.”
*Note we are currently fully remote due to the pandemic. Once our office is able to open and employees return to the office, our work from home policy will be reinstated.
Due to the high volume of submissions, we are not able to reply to each individual applicant. You will be contacted if you have been selected for an interview.
Job Summary:
The Media Planner will be working with the local and national paid media team members, supporting execution and measurement for all media efforts. He/she will own their plans, reports, and recommendations – seeing campaigns from start to finish, and will continue to hone their media planning and buying skills.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Education and Experience:
Knowledge & Skill Requirements:
We are looking for a digital production support intern who wants to gain experience in the world of advertising by working with the team at Small Army. Along with basic administrative tasks, working side-by-side with the Digital team on client projects will provide invaluable insight into the many layers of a successful agency.
This individual will primarily support the Digital Production team in the creation and maintenance of interactive web sites and management of online media production.
WHAT YOU NEED
Candidates must possess a can-do attitude and be proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. A good understanding of social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) is recommended for this position. This position will be perfect for college students or recent graduates interested in exploring the world of advertising. Please note, this is a paid internship.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Position responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
SKILLS REQUIRED
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
Small Army’s Account Management Leadership Program is a full-time internship which will provide the vital skills needed for success in account management at an Advertising Agency. In this paid program, interns will get to do and see it all—strategy and research, project management, financial management, guiding creative process, building client relationships, and assisting operations. This program provides real agency experience and knowledge about the industry. Successful candidates are enthusiastic about any challenge, always willing to do more, and want to be part of a fun, growing ad agency.
For consideration, please provide an essay (up to 500 words) on what your moral is and how it will make you an invaluable part of Small Army. You can attach this essay as a page in your resume document or place the essay in the “Tell us about yourself” section [please title it “My Moral”].
Due to the high volume of submissions, we are not able to reply to each individual applicant. You will be contacted if you have been selected for an interview.
You are a web designer. Not just a graphic designer who has “done some web stuff,” but a full-fledged web designer through and through.
You not only understand the challenge of designing for an unknown canvas size, you embrace it. You live to solve the problems that exist at the intersection of language and technology with beautiful and dynamic creative design work.
You might be a little embarrassed to let your friends know that in your free time you are listening to podcasts about web design, reading blog posts about content strategy, and scouring Twitter for updates on the latest CSS3 standards.
Don’t be embarrassed, we have a place for you here at Small Army. We are looking for a designer who lives and breathes the web. Here you will work with the UX team to take concepts from IA and communication professionals and build beautiful and usable responsive web designs. And work closely with our creative and digital team to ensure that your design vision is implemented across all browsers and device sizes.
Responsibilities
QUALIFICATIONS:
Partnered with a copywriter and under the guidance of senior creative staff, the associate art director develops conceptual and artistic approaches for digital, print, broadcast, and social media campaigns. AADs will use their love of image, type and big idea thinking to solve a multitude of creative problems across a wide range of services and industries. Associate art directors have an inherent curiosity for the world around them and bring that energy to work every day, driving themselves and others, furiously through the intersection of “been there” and “done that.”
JOB EXPECTATIONS
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
3 months – 2 years’ experience working in an agency or client-side creative department
Hands on experience with:
Logo design, typography, color, layout composition, video, digital/web design, print production, image selection, package design, presentation design
Proficient in:
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, google slides, Powerpoint
Bonus Points:
Adobe XD/Premiere/Adobe After Effects, Media Encoder, Lightroom
Triple Bonus Points:
Sketch/Invision/Figma
*Portfolio Required – Submissions without a link to view work will not be considered.
Senior ADs develop and execute big ideas that conceptually and artistically push the boundaries of our clients’ brands across digital, print, broadcast and social media campaigns. They embody and inspire a standard of creative excellence and ensure attention to detail and craft. Senior ADs are self-motivated, presenting and defending their work with confidence, creativity and strategic thought. They also set a positive example for collaboration and teamwork while always looking for ways to push a brand to greatness with their own creativity.
JOB EXPECTATIONS
JOB REQUIREMENTS
6-8 years of experience at an in-house or external ad agency and a portfolio of work that demonstrates your skills.
Hands on experience with:
Logo design, typography, color, layout composition, video, digital/web design, print production, image selection, package design, presentation design
Proficient in:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, Google slides, Powerpoint
Working knowledge of:
Premiere/Adobe After Effects, Media Encoder, Lightroom
Bonus points:
Sketch/Invision/Figma
*Portfolio Required – Submissions without a link to view work will not be considered.
ACDs take the lead in defining the creative strategic direction of storytelling campaigns and projects across a broad range of client products and services. Art ACDs are self-motivated, presenting and defending their and others’ work with confidence, creativity and strategic thought. They set a positive example for collaboration and teamwork while always looking for ways to push a brand to greatness with their own creativity. They demonstrate superior conceptual art direction and design skills while helping foster and develop those skills in senior and junior art directors.
JOB EXPECTATIONS
JOB REQUIREMENTS
7-10 years of experience at an in-house or external ad agency and a portfolio of work that demonstrates your skills.
Hands on experience with:
Logo design, typography, color, layout composition, video, digital/web design, print production, image selection, package design, presentation design
Proficient in:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, google slides, powerpoint
Working knowledge of:
Premiere/Adobe After Effects, Media Encoder, Lightroom
Bonus points:
Sketch/Invision/Figma
*Portfolio Required – Submissions without a link to view work will not be considered.
Under the guidance of senior creative staff, the art director develops the conceptual and artistic approach of specific digital, print, broadcast, and social media campaigns. They are always looking for new and surprising ways to express a brand’s purpose, through ideas that are driven by curiosity, innovation, and the element of surprise. Art directors are also armed with all the layout and typographic mojo of a star designer and are constant students of media, culture, technology, and life.
JOB EXPECTATIONS
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
2-4 years’ experience working in an agency or client-side creative department
Hands on experience with:
Logo design, typography, color, layout composition, video, digital/web design, print production, image selection, package design, presentation design
Proficient in:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, Google slides, Powerpoint
Working knowledge of:
Premiere/Adobe After Effects, Media Encoder, Lightroom
Bonus points:
Sketch/Invision/Figma
*Portfolio Required – Submissions without a link to view work will not be considered.
Can you write headlines that stop people in their tracks? Take long format content that’s deathly technical and turn it into human-speak? Come up with big conceptual ideas that make other creatives say, “Dang I wish I’d thought of that!” If so, we’d love to meet you!
But before we get ahead of ourselves…in order to be considered for this position, you also need to have 5-7 years of copywriting experience at an in-house or external ad agency and a portfolio of work that demonstrates your mad skillz.
Responsibilities include:.