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• Senior Digital Technology Lead

  The Senior Digital Technology Lead position will support digital technology strategy development and delivery for PJA, our clients and business development efforts. The Technology Lead will provide technical leadership for the agency, enabling PJA teams to reliably deliver innovative digital marketing solutions with excellence.

  Primary Responsibilities:
  • Passionately advocate for opportunities to support innovative marketing programs with digital technologies
  • Provide leadership and management for digital development team during all phases of client engagements, including technology strategy, technical requirements development, technical architecture, development, final delivery and optimization
  • Identify and evaluate technologies relevant to enabling digital marketing campaigns and platforms for our clients, including (but not limited to) CMS, site and application development frameworks, front-end presentation technologies, e.g., Flash, Flex, Papervision, etc., mobile web and application development, 3rd party APIs, analytics tools, optimization tools, marketing campaign automation platforms, etc.
  • Manage the ongoing evolution of PJA’s in/outsourced development model for best mix of quality, reliability, efficiency and agency profitability
  • Provide thought leadership for potential marketing applications of emerging digital technologies through internal training, pilot projects, presentations and social media presence
  • Interact effectively with senior clients, agency teams and agency partners to align expectations and outcomes with business and marketing objectives

  Required skills:
  • College degree
  • 7+ years relevant experience, including agency/consulting firm experience
  • Experience with broad range of range of digital development and delivery technologies, from front-end (HTML, Flex) to back-end (PHP required, .NET optional) development knowledge
  • Selection, planning, integration, change management and support experience with a range of CMS solutions, including home grown and open source solutions (including Drupal and Wordpress) as well as commercial offerings
  • Experience with multiple development languages, as a backdrop for evaluating different technologies for the particular needs of each project
  • Working knowledge in at least one database, including schema design and data management
  • Working knowledge of Google Analytics integration; Omniture integration a plus
  • Use of APIs for social network integration; XML communication
  • Demonstrated personal and professional interest in and experience with social media
  • Experience with marketing automation platforms a plus
  • Experience analyzing and documenting technical requirements
  • Oversight of multiple simultaneous projects, with blended delivery team models
  • Experience designing and supervising implementation of testing scripts and other QA methods
  • Demonstrated consulting skills, including building client relationships and conducting team facilitation
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritize
  • Positive attitude
  • Solid communication skills, both written and oral
  • Proficiency with Microsoft applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Ability to multi-task and take initiative
  • Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Dependability and solid work ethic

  Salary commensurate with experience.

• Front-end developer

  We are seeking a front-end developer to develop and implement digital experience designs for a variety of different kinds of project from Web sites to HTML email campaigns to animated banners. The qualified candidate will be able to collaborate with designers and art directors, developers and project managers in order to deliver the best possible product with the fewest surprises along the way, and will demonstrate a commitment to design, development, and deployment excellence.

  Primary Responsibilities:

  • Develop clean, portable front-end code for range of agency projects, including Web sites, landing pages, banner ads, email. and lightweight applications

  • Passionately advocate for opportunities to support innovative digital marketing experiences with digital technology

  • Work with internal teams, external back-end implementers and client teams to ensure technology requirements are established and followed

  • Collaborate with creative teams to ensure code delivers on full potential of agency’s creative product

  • Apply either creative or technical focus depending on project requirements

  • Contribute to technical and functional specifications documents

  • Develop style guide components, prototypes and proofs of concept

  • Keep skills up-to-date in core technologies; research and learn emerging technologies

  • Manage your progress on project deliverables against project timelines, balancing overlapping project schedules

  Required skills:

  • College degree

  • Experience with range of range of front-end digital development and delivery technologies, including hand-coding D/XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, timeline-based Flash, and ActionScript 2 and 3

  • Image production, using Photoshop

  • Expertise developing and testing code across multiple browsers, platforms, etc.

  • Experience optimizing HTML and Flash for search engines and humans alike

  • Experience with XML/XSLT, dynamic code (PHP, NET), WordPress (including plug-ins and architecture) and entering content into content management systems (CMS) are a plus

  • Familiarity and intermediate ability to configure and maintain an Apache web server

  • Understanding of principles of good UI design, and an ability to observe design specifications during implementation

  • Experience developing accessible Web sites (Section 508, W3C WAI Guidelines, etc.) and utilizing HTML validation tools

  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritize

  • Solid communication skills, both written and oral

  • Ability to multi-task and take initiative

  • Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines

  • Positive attitude, dependability and solid work ethic

  Salary commensurate with experience.

• Group Account Director

  The ideal Group Account Director candidate(s) will possess a strong combination of demonstrated strategic leadership as well as on- and off-line integrated communications skills. A proven team leader who believes in the power of effective collaboration with internal partners is also essential. Excellent written and oral communication skills are critical, along with ability to manage an integrated team of communications professionals, including multiple Account Directors and Account Managers. We love what we do, and you should, too. A strong B2B background is recommended but not necessary. A sense of humor, dedication and a desire to be part of an industry-leading agency is.

  Requirements:

  • 10-15 years experience of working within an agency, potentially in combination with client-side experience

  • Must have experience with building demand generation programs and have strong digital background

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to work autonomously, yet maintain clear lines of communication with head of account services, as well as other management team members

  • Self-starter who is willing to accept challenging responsibilities and accountability for results and performance

  • Collaborative spirit

  • Positive energy and enthusiasm

  • Bachelors degree required

• Accounting Manager

  The accounting manager will report directly to our Vice President of Finance, responsibilities include:

  • Monthly close including close schedule management and journal entries

  • Monthly financial statement preparation

  • Monthly account reconciliations including media reconciliation and cash

  • Client account analysis

  • Collections

  • Contract management

  • Sales tax reporting

  • Managing AP & AR processing

  • Ad hoc reporting

  • Assistance with financial system conversion

  • Assistance with facilities management

  • Additional responsibilities as required

  • Please note that agency finance and accounting experience is a requirement

  Required Skills:

  • College Degree

  • 5-10 years of relevant experience

  • Proficiency Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)

  • Strong interpersonal and organizations skills

  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritize

  • Positive attitude

  • Ability to multi-task

  • Ability to take initiative

  • Ability to work well under pressure and adhere to deadlines

  • Dependability

  • Solid work ethic

• Multimedia & Presentation Designer

  2+ years designing multimedia and PowerPoint presentations. Photoshop and Illustrator skills are essential. Familiarity with Flash, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects a very big plus.

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• Studio/Production Artists

  5+ years experience required in either Pre-press or prior agency setting. Proficiency in the following applications: QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, as well as hand-comping skills. Interactive production experience/proficiency (Flash, HTML, and CSS) a plus.