Storytellers for Confident Brands™
Careers
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.)
Open Positions
Studio Designer
Description
Under the guidance of senior creative staff and production team members, the Studio Designer assists in creative design projects through the entire creative lifecycle but specifically in the production phase. You will be part of the team responsible for the execution of project concepts from start to finish. Attention to detail should be second to none, and you should demonstrate the desire and ability to continually innovate and push the boundaries of your work.
JOB EXPECTATIONS
- Prepare mechanical print-ready files in accordance with production specifications, confirming all brand guidelines are adhered to prior to packaging final art files, and release for production.
- Produce detailed print specifications defining final sizing, colors, folds, panel sizes, die-cuts, etc., and create folding dummies, if necessary, to ensure flawless production.
- For digital production, prepare comprehensive build-kits for web development. Cut up and release digital assets in accordance with developer specifications.
- Help manage and maintain server structure, confirming all final project assets are saved and that they are filed appropriately. Help steward the quality of the creative department by being a living example of positivity, forward thinking, kindness, curiosity, and creativity.
- Maintain high graphics standards and proactively learn about new techniques and trends in advertising and graphic arts.
- Be a constant student of current and evolving technology, helping to deliver creative in new, cool, and surprising ways.
- With approval and guidance from your team leader, monitor all materials through each stage of pre-production and production.
- Manage a full plate of assignments across all channels (print, video, social, digital, etc.).
- Be highly organized and complete all assigned work correctly and on time, regularly reporting the status of projects to your team leader.
- Take and distill feedback from team members, relationship managers and clients.
- Help foster a team atmosphere built on positive, productive, collaborative working relationships.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Background Includes Minimum of: Two-three years’ experience working in an agency or a client-side creative studio department
Hands-on Experience with:
Print production, digital/web design, image selection, packaging files, presentation design
Proficient in:
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Google Slides, Figma
Bonus Points:
Adobe XD/Premiere/Adobe After Effects, Media Encoder, Lightroom
Triple Bonus Points:
Sketch/InVision
Work Samples Required – Submissions will not be considered without a link by which to view work
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Senior Media Planner
Description
The Senior 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:
- Participate in development of integrated media plans and strategies
- End-to-end management of media campaigns
- Implement and monitor tracking of KPIs and overall ROI
- Execute a wide variety of online media (including display, video, paid social, digital audio, content marketing, email marketing, native, etc) and/or offline media (print, TV, radio, OOH)
- Construct and deliver detailed reports on a monthly basis
- Presentation of key media deliverables
- Maintain status reports and/or department documents
- Manage billing alongside Assoc Media Planner/Media Planner and Accounting counterparts
- Conduct industry, competitive, and audience research using media tools and agency resources
- Foster partnerships with vendors and other 3rd parties
- Daily pacing and budget tracking
- Stay up-to-date with media trends and best practices
- Learn the latest media platforms/tools
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2-4 years advertising or media agency experience
Knowledge & Skill Requirements:
- G Suite (sheets, docs, slides), Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Self-serve social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok)
- Google Marketing platform (Campaign Manager, Google Analytics, Google Data Studio)
- Ability to conduct critical analysis and identify key insights
- Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Comfortable in a client facing role
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Solid project management and organizational skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and perform under tight deadlines
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Intern - Account Management Leadership Program
Description
Small Army’s Account Management Leadership Program is an 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.
How to Apply
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”]. Please indicate if you are available full or part-time.
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.
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Copywriting Intern
Description
Do you have a way with words? Do your friends always ask you to come up with a witty line for party invitations? Are you the master of memes? King/Queen of captions?
If so, you could be our next Copywriting Intern!
We’re looking for someone to aid and abet our creative teams with things like Facebook and Instagram ad ideas, post copy, banner headlines, tiktok videos, website copy, billboards, as well as a bunch of other stuff that might come up…Like helping complete a 1000-piece puzzle or doing a lunch run.
- Internship begins ideally in January
- Can be part time (20 hrs/week) to full time.
- We are in-agency Wednesdays & Thursdays. It’s not required that you be, but it would definitely enhance your learning experience.
Requirements:
- Online portfolio or writing samples
- Extra points if you’re a college senior or recent grad.
NOTE: Must be 21 for access to beer fridge/jello shot stash
- Sense of humor a plus
Sound good? Apply here. We’ll follow up soon if we think it’s a good fit.
All internships are paid and eligible for academic credit.