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Art directors are responsible not only for the visual style of brands but also in brand innovation. Their days may be filled with strategy sessions, internal approvals and meetings with the design team, as well as design sessions as they work on logos, brand boards, and more. They also work with outside producers and directors to oversee the production of motion/film projects, trade show exhibits, immersive experiences, and physical spaces. Their work requires them to understand the design elements of projects, inspire other creative workers, and keep projects on budget and on time.

What you do...

• Provide guidance and leadership on brand design strategy for our clients which may include everything from developing concepts, to design sprints, to how to tactically execute the solution
• During the Brand Assessment, contribute to the brand audit (visuals and messaging) and provide insight of competitive landscape to the Brand Strategist
• Lead all aspects of design process and application; partnering across teams and ensuring full understanding of briefs/team responsibilities
• Collaborate directly with the Brand Strategist and the Director of Brand Experience in developing the overarching brand’s UX strategy
• Collaborate directly with Marketing leads to develop cohesive campaigns that are rooted in the brand and run across a variety of platforms (i.e. physical and/or digital)
• Determine how best to represent a concept via traditional design means (graphically/visually) and lead the creation of mood boards, key visuals for brand boards and full brand identities
• Work with other disciplines within BrandExtract (Creative, Digital Marketing, Development) to execute all pieces and extensions of the brand
• Present design strategy, concepts, and visuals directly to the client when required
• Quality assurance as design is being applied to digital deliverable
• Present design strategies, concepts and visuals to clients for approval
• Work with Accounts to develop detailed budgets and timelines
• Provide input and guidance on job schedules for creative/branding as they’re being developed
• Provide oversight/supervision of the designers as they are working on your job(s) and review/approve what they are working on
• Provide guidance and feedback to outside vendors when needed (i.e. illustrators, 3D artist)
• Determine or provide guidance on which photographs, art, or other design elements to use
• Collaborate and guide outside vendors in the production of motion/film projects, trade show exhibits, immersive experiences, photoshoots and physical spaces
• Execute other duties as assigned, including new business pitches, internal agency projects, press checks (if needed), art direction for photo/video shoot
• Contribute to agency knowledge sharing (i.e. Insights Articles, Podcast)
• Mentor the Junior and Senior Designers on the team

What you are good at...

• Excellent leadership abilities
• Acting as an ambassador for the brands you have worked on
• Taking direction from non-creative stakeholders and translate their business needs into campaign/creative ideas
• Making strong/compelling presentations
• Being self-directed, motivated, collaborative and willing to learn, adapt and grow
• Superior attention to detail while balancing multiple projects
• Award winning design skills
• Thinking strategically to produce high-impact products

Your experience...

• B.F.A. in design communications or equivalent
• 6-8 years of design experience for a variety of industries and for a variety of solutions from logos to ads.
• Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch and MS Office proficiency
• Proven services experience

Art Directors report to the Director of Brand Experience (currently the acting Creative Director).

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If you are a servant leader and looking for a Business Development opportunity where you can make friends and help people reach their goals, then this is the right place for you.   If you want a place with a great culture and a great team, we want to work with you. We can work together to further accelerate our growth and expand our reach into different markets. You’ll have a place at the table and work with leadership to identify, connect with and close business. 

BrandExtract is a “culture first” firm, with a focus on developing ESG markets with a passion to give back.  The ideal person is flexible, outgoing, dedicated to exceptional outcomes, and good at self-managing and reporting.  If that sounds like you, this is an opportunity to join an ever growing firm and build a long-term career with us.

Who You Are

• Passionate about branding and corporate strategy
• Love building relationships and consulting with executives
• Effective communicator
• Personable and outgoing
• Experienced in business development and sales
• Insightful customer service skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficient in business writing
• Empathetic and understanding

What You Do

• Identify, establish, develop and grow new business relationships
• Develop proposals with the team to win new business
• Grow, manage, and optimize CRM-driven sales pipeline in HubSpot
• Understand our company's business drivers, challenges, pain points
• Contribute & iterate on internal sales processes & methodologies
• Clearly communicate on key metrics, process improvements, and deliverables
• Occasional travel
• Qualify externally generated leads
• Strategize (with SMEs) successful branding and marketing campaigns with prospective clients
• Educate clients on our services and their branding and marketing functionality
• Provide service proposals to prospective clients
• Confirm with Billing Dpt. that contract payments are processed with accuracy and efficiency
• Maintain communication with existing and previous customers, alerting them of new services or features that may be of interest

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 4+ years demonstrated sales experience, preferably in marketing, branding, and B2B
• Must be able to travel on occasion to pitch or network with accounts at industry events
• Must be able to travel to Houston HQ once a quarter for a few days for company team events

 

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If you are a talented designer with proven experience in a variety of industries then BrandExtract may have a home for you. Work side-by-side with some of Houston’s best creative talent. This is a permanent position and the compensation package is excellent.

The selected candidate will be involved with a wide range of projects including but not limited to brand development, logo and identity creation, print and digital communications, advertising, direct marketing and experiential design. This position will also be involved in the strategic, creative and production processes, which can include collaborating with senior executives, industry partners, clients, their customers and our internal design staff.

What you do...

• Work directly with senior and executive management on the brand and design development of projects for a wide variety of clients
• Understand the client's business model and strategic plans
• Align concepts accordingly
• Meet with clients to address communications requirements
• Brainstorm ideas and concepts that will drive brand recognition
• Create brand concept, development and design solutions

What you are good at...

• Interpersonal communication
• Working with clients to effectively meet their needs and deadlines
• Balancing multiple projects while maintaining superior attention to detail
• Thinking strategically and conceptually to produce high-impact products
• Collaborating with people of diverse perspectives and talent sets

Your experience...

• B.F.A. in design communications or equivalent
• One to five years of design experience for a variety of industries and for a variety of solutions across experiential, digital and print media
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office and various other digital platforms
• Proven creative experience

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The Inbound Marketing Internship is designed to teach candidates inbound marketing strategies and tactics. When the internship ends, you’ll know how to create inbound marketing strategies, produce digital content like emails and website pages, update databases with customer information, and other client-facing work. This internship lasts three months, with the potential to extend to an additional three months if successful. A candidate who excels in this intern role may be offered a full-time role at the conclusion of the sixth-month internship. 

Because inbound marketing is a newer, niche field, candidates are not expected to know everything now. But ideal candidates will learn new processes quickly, be eager to learn and have an existing interest in digital or inbound marketing. Ultimately, this role will involve creating inbound programs and content for clients and BrandExtract, alike. 

Ideal candidates are familiar with inbound marketing software, email-sending platforms, website builders, or CRM tools. Regardless of previous experience, the Inbound Marketing Intern will be available to work 20-25 hours per week in a hybrid work environment. 

What You Do…

• Learn the fundamental strategies of inbound marketing
• Learn to create a wide range of digital marketing assets - landing pages, emails, forms, CTA buttons, social posts, and more - through a variety of software
• Contributes to brainstorming new marketing strategies and tactics, or identifying short-term and long-range opportunities
• Produces content for a variety of clients within HubSpot, and inbound marketing software
• Opportunities to gain Inbound Marketing certifications (while on the clock). 
• Support email marketing efforts for our agency and clients
• Learn to automate digital marketing tactics, like automated email marketing campaigns
• Learn to report on email marketing performance, and how you can identify opportunities for improvement. 
• Collaborating with internal teams to enhance reporting on marketing efforts, lead generation and sales

What You’re Good At…

• Self-starter who requires minimal supervision to stay on task, execute projects, and meet deadlines
• Curious and eager to continuously learn about the new digital and inbound marketing strategies

• Strong communicator (both written and verbal) with the ability to clearly explain complex ideas 

• Strong presentation skills

Your Experience…

• Currently holds (or is on track to earn) a Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field in the next 6 months – preferred
• Familiarity with Inbound Marketing strategies or software
• Familiarity with digital marketing software, like website builders, email marketing platforms, social media scheduling tools, or similar software.

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A Program Coordinator has limited experience and joins the team as part of a dedicated team. Applicants must have a marketing/advertising/communications degree.

The Program Coordinator is a key support to the brand team and is responsible for the effective day-to-day administration of the projects. Attention to detail is imperative, as is the ability to cope and work in a fast-paced environment. The job entails working closely with clients, the consulting team, resourcing and production, and the creative teams on the day-to-day management of the business including client management, internal briefing, status report maintenance, managing cost estimates and processing billings.

Reports to the Managing Director, Program Management.

What you do...

• Support planning, scheduling and coordination of a program and its activities

• Ensure implementation of policies and practices

• Work closely with Strategy Consultants and Program Management Consultants to understand the project needs

• Work with the Resourcing team to manage resources, to ensure client projects are on time and on budget

• Maintain budget and track expenditures/resources/transactions

• Manage communications through different resource department leads

• Help build positive relationships within the team and external parties

• Secures and coordinates necessary assets from a client

• Schedule and organize meetings/events, maintain agendas and notes

• Ensure technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing, presentations, etc.)

• Help secure estimates from vendors and freelancers, in coordination with the Production Manager

• Schedule internal and client meetings as needed

• Prepare paperwork and order materials for team/meetings as required

• Keep updated records and create reports or proposals

• Support the growth and program development

• Support Program Management Consultants with monthly billing, ongoing accounting status reports and reconciliation of all projects

• Set up contractors and issues POs for assigned projects via Workamajig, coordinating with Production Manager and Office Manager

• A team player and a thriving member of the BrandExtract culture

What you are good at...

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Excellent delivery of timeline management

• Excellent record-keeping and documentation 

• Strong sense of curiosity with an enquiring mind

   

• Highly motivated and a self-starter

• Ability to work well within a team and independently

• Ability to think quickly, pivot and prioritize requests

Your experience...

• Relevant degree (marketing/advertising/communications/project management)

• 0-2 years of related marketing experience

• Basic knowledge of Digital Marketing channels and tactics (social media, SEO/PPC, email marketing, content marketing, etc.)

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent people skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Experience with project management software (strongly preferred)

• Thorough understanding of the planning and production processes

• Willing to share responsibility, capable of working under pressure and a team player

• Full computer literacy in MS Word & Excel & Google based platforms (Sheets, Docs, etc.) are prerequisites (keynote is advantageous)

• Experience with Workamajig is a plus

• Previous agency experience would be beneficial but not essential

• Prepared to work overtime and weekends when required

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If you are a talented senior designer with proven experience in a variety of industries then BrandExtract may have a home for you. Work side-by-side with some of Houston’s best creative talent. This is a permanent position and the compensation package is excellent.

The selected candidate will be involved with a wide range of projects including but not limited to brand development, logo and identity creation, print and digital communications, advertising, direct marketing and experiential design. This position will also be involved in the strategic, creative and production processes, which can include collaborating with senior executives, industry partners, clients, their customers and our internal design staff.

What you do...

• Work directly with senior and executive management on the brand and design development of projects for a wide variety of clients
• Understand the client's business model and strategic plans
• Align concepts accordingly
• Meet with clients to address communications requirements
• Brainstorm ideas and concepts that will drive brand recognition
• Create brand concept, development and design solutions
• Mentor other designers
• Oversee production

What you are good at...

• Interpersonal communication
• Working with clients to effectively meet their needs and deadlines
• Balancing multiple projects while maintaining superior attention to detail
• Thinking strategically and conceptually to produce high-impact products
• Collaborating with people of diverse perspectives and talent sets

Your experience...

• B.F.A. in design communications or equivalent
• Four to seven years of design experience for a variety of industries and for a variety of solutions across experiential, digital and print media
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office and various other digital platforms
• Proven creative experience

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You are the senior strategic face of BrandExtract to all of your clients and the face of the client to all your team members in the company. As the primary go-between with the C-suite, VPs and Marketing Managers, you play the most critical role in collaborating on strategic plans, and leading the plans, while you oversee the programs, and your team handling the amazing deliverables.

Reports to the Managing Director, Strategy.

What you do...

• The Strategy Consultant leads a particular piece of business within a constructive and creative operating environment.

• Lead with innovative thinking, embedding an ethos and desire to push boundaries.

• As the leader of the Strategy Consulting/Account Management team and as the primary manager of the account. As such, he/she must recognize his/her prime responsibility for ensuring the quality of the agency’s product, particularly the strategic and creative product, and for inspiring the highest standards in other team members. In so doing, he/she will contribute to the successful and profitable stewardship of clients' brands.

• Be an active and enthusiastic advocate of the Brand, in theory, and in practice. This means both completing the procedural sides of Brand Stewardship and living and breathing the philosophy of stewarding each Brand worked on. Live the Brand.

• Build strong and enduring relationships with clients, professionally and socially, particularly at the Marketing Manager or equivalent level.

• The Strategy Consultants' leadership role in his/her business should also contribute to the department in a positive manner by setting an example of best-practice account management & strategy skills.

• Have a deep understanding of the client’s business and of the key broader factors and trends shaping their markets and categories. Looks for opportunities to engage in broader business dialogue with clients.

• Continually champion BrandExtract and the work produced by the agency.

• Promote BrandExtract strategy both internally and externally.

• Is the Managing Director/Snr Strategy Consultant/CEO’s first port of call on all questions relating to the business.

• Regularly seek out ways to add value to the client/agency relationship (joint speaking appearances at conferences, effecting introductions to other members of agency management, agency presentations on broader industry issues).

• Open clients' minds on links between communication ideas and desired business or brand results.

• Responsible for setting the creative context of the business: knowing what type of creative solution the Brand needs and understanding what the client thinks he/she wants, if these differ.

• Is an excellent judge of creative work and is willing and able to argue a case in any client/agency forum that is grounded in strategic reasoning.

• Understand how best to present the agency's work in a client forum in an innovative, fresh and inspiring way.

• Ensure team briefing sessions are creative and inspirational.

• Monitor creative output to ensure communication is on agreed brand strategy.

• Recognize when an idea has the potential to work across multiple touchpoints and to encourage the creative to go further than the brief.

• Write business plans/project fee proposals, present and sell to clients.

• Responsible for maximizing the accounts billings and revenue and for seeking out additional revenue opportunities.

• Contribute to the good financial management of the business, improving profitability wherever possible

• Ensure that timesheets are always up to date and given to Finance timeously.

• Responsible for ensuring appropriate timescales on all major productions.

• Responsible for ensuring the right resource is allocated to the business in this area.

• Responsible for ensuring that the client understands the importance of having enough time for creative development.

• Ensure that team building and relationship management is present.

• Form a strong and enduring relationship with his/her PMC on the business.

• In tandem with the PMC, develop the most insightful brand/marketing strategies and sharpest creative briefs possible.

• Challenge the brand strategy within the context of the broader business, financial, cultural, and social environments.

• Understands global and local competitor environments to best inform the strategy and the team on opportunities and threats.

• Oversee the team’s media output and carries out quality control and effective resource management.

• Keep abreast of all developments in areas of media and fosters the use of best practice in media research, planning/buying tools, and methodologies etc.

• Keep he Media Partner apprised of relevant client/account issues.

• Responsible for the account running smoothly at a macro level operationally, creatively and financially and is answerable on these points to the client and to the VP/Snr Strategy Consultant/CEO

• Create the best possible environment in which to produce the best possible work. Is responsible for ensuring that his/her teams have the right time and resources to deliver this, within the client’s time frame.

   

• Build the respect and loyal commitment of team members, of the department and of the agency as a whole.

• Inspire and energizes individuals and teams to achieve their own and company objectives.

• Delegate effectively and appropriately upwards to the VP/Snr Strategy Consultant/CEO, as well as downwards, and to other departments.

• Involve the Managing Director/Snr Strategy Consultant/CEO appropriately on all relevant issues: status of the business, brand health, creative projects, timings, etc.

• Build knowledge across the BrandExtract divisions through the sharing of knowledge, experience and marketplace insights.

• Positively seek or construct learning and feedback opportunities for peers, self, team and clients.

• Demonstrate continuous personal and organizational improvements.

• Create a culture and environment where everyone has the opportunity to learn.

• Ability to seek, identify and follow through on additional revenue streams. Bring these to the Team Lead and Management's attention.

• A role model for the BrandExtract values and behaviors.

  What you are good at...

• Avid active listener

• Tactful and diplomatic in conflict resolution

• Using group input to make decisions when appropriate

• Projecting a level of experience and maturity that commands trust and confidence

• Enthusiastic/confident/professional and proactive

• Excellent attention to detail

• Excellent time management skills, organizational skills and presentation skills

• Exceptional interpersonal skills

• Strong overall business acumen

  Your experience...

• At least 7+ years’ experience working in an Advertising Agency in Client Service, with 2 years being in a Strategy Consultant/Account Director role or similar.

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Business Management / Marketing / Communication / Advertising.

• Proficient in MS Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint) and G-Suite

• Thorough knowledge and experience in disciplines relevant to the business.

• Strong leadership and managerial skills

• Able to take strategic control of all accounts

• Self-reliant and take total ownership of the portfolio

• Have a strong overall business acumen

• Self-motivated with a high energy level

• Good presentation skills

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The Traffic Coordinator will support the Traffic Manager with a variety of daily activities and on-going initiatives. Provide traffic and workflow support for creative projects, maintaining accurate, detailed records of projects in our Project Management Platform. A creative problem-solver and self-starter who can collaborate and lead the coordination of projects through various stages of the project life-cycle. This individual will help organize and track projects and deliverables, including managing resources, schedules and deadlines.

Reports to Traffic Manager

What you do...

• Ensure project schedules are maintained, track and monitor progress
• Support the Traffic Manager in providing ongoing Project Management Platform learning and development
• Assist in organizing and handling resources to deliver the elements required to complete a project with defined scope, quality, time frames and cost constraints
• Lead the efficient flow of work and information between departments
• Work in partnership with project teams, creative and other internal stakeholders to support creative business development
• Support the Traffic Manager in maintaining clean and accurate projects in our Project Management Platform
• Keep project teams informed of next steps and updates as they occur
• Monitor, update, and communicate project status; generate reports as needed or assigned

What you are good at...

• Creative project coordination
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Eager to learn and work in a fast-paced, dynamic setting
• Able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized
• Fast learner able to adapt to new systems and methodologies
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, wearing multiple hats as needed

Your Experience...

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Agency experience required
• Proven, demonstrable ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in Workamajig is a plus

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