Careers at 829

What You’ll be Doing

• Advise clients on how to best accomplish their business goals through digital advertising
• Strategize, develop, and simultaneously maintain multiple search engine marketing campaigns for a variety of small to medium sized businesses
• Update clients regularly as to the status of their digital initiatives
• Monitor the effectiveness of campaigns as they relate to client goals, conversions, and events
• Serve as a technical resource to other departments

Must Haves

• Knowledge of various online advertising toolsets such as Google Adwords, Facebook Ad Manager, and Bing Ads
• Strong familiarity with Google Analytics
• Minimum 2 years managing paid advertising programs
• Proficiency in MS Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentational skills
• Exceptional time management and organization skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented environment

Nice-to-Haves

• Google AdWords/ Bing Ads certifications
• Experience managing display campaigns
• Familiarity with WordPress or a similar CMS
• Understanding of landing page best practices and optimization techniques

Please, no staffing agencies!

Overview

829 Studios is seeking a Project Manager who understands all disciplines involved in constructing beautiful, high-performing websites.  This includes the seamless coordination of designers, strategists, developers, producers and clients involved in the process.  You can confidently lead projects and advocate on behalf of both clients and internal teams.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Work directly with clients to manage project schedules, assets, content and expectations in an organized and detail-oriented manner.
• Coordinate with 829 Studios’ internal design, development,  production and marketing teams to keep projects on time and on budget.
• Maintain best practices by ensuring that protocols (like naming conventions and checklists) are being followed.
• Make website updates via content management systems like WordPress.
• Organize and prioritize task lists for both clients and internal groups.

Must-Haves

• At least 4 years of agency experience as a Project/Account Manager or comparable role with a focus on medium and large-scale website projects.
• A firm understanding of how WordPress websites are built, and the awareness to assign responsibilities and route tasks accordingly.
• Exceptional communication, presentation and organizational skills.
• The ability to effectively communicate project goals and articulate the ideas behind the work we produce.
• An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its various components.
• Experience using project management solutions (we use Wrike).
• An understanding of resource allocation and planning.
• The ability to provide macro-level strategic vision, and a willingness to get involved in “nitty-gritty” day-to-day tasks to support projects and clients.

Reporting To

Director, Inbound Marketing Strategy

What You’ll Be Doing

The Senior Project Manager for Integrated Digital Marketing projects here at 829 Studios will be responsible for contributing to our marketing program; planning & managing projects for a number of B2C and B2B clients.  This person will serve as the tactical point of contact for clients when it comes to project planning, timeline forecasting, organizing deliverables, relaying meeting minutes, and driving client engagements forward. Designing and articulating the all-encompassing strategy for clients with the aim to deliver realized results is a primary responsibility for this role. This person will need to possess the ability to provide successful project management in the areas of SEO, PPC, social media, inbound marketing, email campaign targeting and execution, analytical projects, marketing technology implementation or management, and campaign reporting.  

This Senior Project Manager will be responsible for collaborating cross-functionally with all departments for the purpose of keeping projects documented and completed on a timely basis.

Must-Haves

• Minimum of four years of experience in marketing project management or account management
• BA/BS, ideally in Marketing, Communications, Business, or relevant work experience
• Account management experience involving client engagements around marketing automation technology, email marketing, and/or lead generation
• Account management experience involving client engagements around SEO, PPC, and/or social media for the purpose of incorporating tactics in each category into one strategy for a client
• Experience in a client-facing role
• Hands-on experience in WordPress
• Google Adwords certified
• Hubspot Inbound certified
• A “lean in” personality willing to immerse themselves in learning the client’s business
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, both internally and with clients
• Initiative and ability to work in a team environment
• Strong organizational skills. Must be very detail-oriented and able to manage multiple projects and tight deadlines.

Nice-to-Haves

• Agency experience (managing multiple client engagements at once)

Overview

As an integrated digital marketing agency, 829 Studios crafts strategic online experiences that engage consumers across an ecosystem of touch points, from email marketing to SEO to website design. Design is at the heart of what we do. We have a talented team of visual and interaction designers who strive to set the bar higher each time when it comes to beautiful and effective websites.

829 Studios is seeking a user experience designer who has the chops to confidently lead the experience strategy and design of all digital projects. The role offers the opportunity to help build out an official UX discipline within our design team.

What We’re Looking For

As a user experience design practitioner, you get excited about solving complex design challenges in a collaborative team environment. UX is your passion and you’re not afraid to let your nerd flag fly. You advocate strongly for user needs while balancing business goals. You are on a mission to uncover the “why’s” and “how’s” to create experiences that are as intuitive as they are delightful. To truly create exceptional experiences, you also understand the importance of content and brand story development. All in all, you work well with others, know how to keep the momentum going through project ups and downs, and have a sense of humor to boot.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ideate for and lead kick-off and discovery workshops.
• Analyze and translate all data from client workshops, stakeholder interviews, analytics, audience research, and user-testing into strategic design solutions.
• Lead in the creation of information architecture such as, but not limited to: personas, content outline, sitemaps, user journeys, wireframes, and relevant flowcharts.  You must be familiar with large-scale websites that include hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of pages of content.
• Collaborate with visual designers throughout the design phase to address iterative feedback and to ensure that the form communicates the intended function.
• Establish yourself as the expert and a trusted advisor. Contribute to client presentations, convey ideas succinctly and deliver strategic recommendations with confidence.
• Evolve and implement best practices to achieve better quality digital experiences.
• Help to define and adhere to project scope for current and prospective work.
• Take on multiple projects at the same time and work with cross-functional teams.

What This Role is Not

• Visual or UI design. We have a team of visual designers who handle this.
• This is not a hardcore researcher role.  You should be prepared for continuous client interaction and organizing complex ideas.

Must-Haves

• Minimum of 4 years agency experience in a UX or strategy role.
• An understanding of WordPress and its capabilities.
• A strong portfolio of strategic work for large-scale products and organizations.
• Knowledge and understanding of human-centered design.
• Experience working collaboratively with talented designers, developers, and project managers.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Expertise with Sketch, Invision or similar prototyping tools.

Nice to Have

• An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its various components.
• An understanding of visual design principles and best practices.

Please, no staffing agencies!

What We’re Looking For

As a Website Producer, you possess a passion for collaboration, the creative process and using technology to produce world-class websites. You’re familiar with how websites are built and have an eye for great-looking web page layouts. You’re comfortable working and communicating with cross-functional teams including strategy, design and development. To succeed, you should be both a creative and technical advocate who can problem-solve in the most efficient way possible.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Producing WordPress websites, including individual pages, constructing menu/navigation systems, and integrating plugins. Ideally, you are a WordPress guru who knows all of the ins-and-outs of producing WordPress sites.
• Managing internal, partner and client-side development teams including outlining their tasks, priorities, keeping them on time, and reviewing their progress.
• Working as a conduit between our design/UX and development teams to create development guides, including functional requirements.
• Managing the client feedback process and interpreting client requests in order to route them accordingly.
• Adding SEO schema and meta data to the website infrastructure.
• Setting up and managing necessary touch points between teams such as stand-ups, status, and hours review.  Participate in weekly allocation and roadmap meetings.
• Responding to and resolving technical issues as they arise.  Effectively handle risk and escalate when needed.
• Contributing to the development of methodologies, standards and best practices to streamline processes and create efficiencies for the production of digital work.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• You should have a working knowledge of the Adobe suite of products, but you will not be expected to design websites or interfaces.  We have an in-house design team that will drive the creative direction and create assets when needed.
• This position does not require development/coding expertise beyond the basics that are found in WordPress’ WYSIWYG editor.  We have an in-house development team that can help when things get technical – you just need to know enough to troubleshoot and communicate to the appropriate team member.

Must-Haves

• At least 4 years of digital agency experience as a Project Manager, Developer, Producer or comparable role creating impactful, well-crafted WordPress websites.
• Experience in directing and participating in the full life cycle of a website build, including outlining functional specifications, scheduling and leading cross-functional teams, QA, bug resolution, and deployment.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills. You must be able to effectively communicate project goals and articulate the ideas behind the work we produce.
• An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its various components.
• A working knowledge of enterprise tools (Wrike, ActiveCollab, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack).

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working with large paid search / display campaigns.
• Familiarity with other digital platforms such as e-mail marketing systems (ie: HubSpot, MailChimp) and components of integrated campaigns.

Please, no staffing agencies!

Overview

We’re looking for a WordPress Developer who will work closely alongside our in-house team of designers, strategists and producers to create large-scale, award-winning websites.  If developing Awwwards-worthy code for a variety of cool companies makes you excited, we’re the perfect spot for you!

Responsibilities

• Work closely with an in-house team of designers, project managers, and digital strategists to take websites and applications from concept to working product for a variety of clients across multiple industries.
• Help maintain and add functionality to existing websites.
• Produce effective business-oriented solutions based on organizational goals.
• Communicate ideas clearly and in a manner that can be understood by clients and ‘non-techie’ personnel.
• Install, customize and maintain plug-ins and 3rd-party applications.
• Help refine and define 829 Studios’ processes and workflows.

Must-Haves

• Expert knowledge of the WordPress framework.
• Four or more years of experience developing front end web sites and applications using HTML5, CSS3, PHP, JavaScript and JQuery.
• Familiarity with UNIX infrastructure.
• Strong grasp of media queries and responsive design.
• Familiarity with a version control system (we use Git) and deployment procedures.
• Working knowledge of the Adobe suite of products for extracting graphical assets.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services
• Python/Django experience.
• Knowledge of Google Analytics

Please, no staffing agencies!