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Account Director

2007-06-06

Pod1 is an established London-based digital media agency. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction. It is therefore essential to us that we continue to recruit people who are highly skilled and highly motivated.

We are looking for brilliant individuals with the creativity, technical ability and the experience to take our clients' brands forward. And more than this, we want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

As an Account Director you are responsible and accountable for the effectiveness of client relationships, the quality of the deliverables and the strategy, formulation of ideas and account resources across the business.

It is essential the client views the Account Director as a proactive individual who possesses four important qualities:

1. Thorough understanding of client’s brand, market, business and culture.
2. Possess the imagination to devise cutting edge solutions, confident strategies, innovative technical solutions and transformational creative work.
3. Team leadership skills that will ensure flawless execution and will work with the rest of the account team to ensure quality, timely and cost effective delivery to a budget.
4. Analytical, working with the client to provide a full understanding of effects of investment and how such investment should be optimised.

Key Responsibilities
• Oversee and ensure the quality of client deliverables, e.g. timely, on brand, on strategy and to defined standards
• Act as senior day to day contact with all client managers to address their business issues, needs and requirements
• Seek out opportunities for additional revenue within key accounts
• Where possible look to secure annualised contract relationships (retainer)
• Inspire confidence in our clients that Pod1 recognises their needs, business issues and strategies
• Provide thought leadership and direction to Pod1 account managers

Additional Responsibilities
• Maintain accurate revenue performance reporting and the creation of accurate revenue tracking and forecasting
• Work with the Commercial Director to create and develop annual account plans and quarterly account reviews
• Work with Project Management to ensure adequate levels of resource are maintained to deliver against project requirements
• Day to day management, mentoring and career development of direct reports including conducting reviews
• Adhere to company guidelines, such as correct time reporting, accurate revenue forecasts and achieving average untilisation of 75% or better

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Strategic Planner

2007-06-14

Pod1 is an established London and New York based creative digital agency. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction. It is therefore essential to us that we continue to recruit people who are highly skilled and highly motivated.

We are looking for brilliant individuals with the creativity, technical ability and the experience to take our clients' brands forward. And more than this, we want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

The Senior Account Strategist is responsible for providing strategic direction across a range of client accounts. The role is to develop and deliver strategic frameworks and business rationales for wide range of websites, E-commerce, eCRM projects.

Much of the role is client facing and involves delivering strategic input at all levels so excellent client facing skills is a prerequisite. This includes the production of strategy and business case documents and working alongside the rest of the project team and client to ensure strategy underpins the deliverable.

You will be able to demonstrate a history of delivering strategy and be able to identify, articulate and endorse your insights and recommendations to clients.

The Senior Strategist will be required to work with the senior management team to raise the profile of the strategic planning amongst Pod1 clients.

Provide strategic marketing input to include:

• Facilitate user workshops, and brainstorming sessions with clients and internal teams
• Deliver quantitative and qualitative research to support strategy
• Distilling and analyzing data and research information to deliver strategic direction and business case rationale

Manage the strategic approach and consistency of thinking, and deliverables across a group of client accounts including:

• Identifying strategic opportunities for ongoing improvement and business development from existing clients
• Working with Group Account Director and New Business teams to pitch and win business and marketing strategy projects
• Developing best practice strategic frameworks, templates, tools, and processes for wider use within the strategy and planning team
• Maintain strong working relationships with the test of the senior management team

Minimum requirement:

Minimum 5 years of experience in digital
Strong analytical thinking
Ability to develop strategic frameworks
Strong planning and facilitation skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Confident in engaging with clients up to Executive Board level

If you are full of ideas and think you are good enough to join the team at one of the UK¹s most creative (and enjoyable) Digital agencies and you are looking for a fantastic opportunity and believe that you are the passionate and hard working individual that we're after please APPLY NOW

Digital Project Manager

2008-05-22

Pod1 is an established London-based digital media agency. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction. It is therefore essential to us that we continue to recruit people who are highly skilled and highly motivated.

We are looking for brilliant individuals with the creativity, technical ability and the experience to take our clients' brands forward. And more than this, we want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

We are looking for a Project Manager who will be responsible for managing the execution of all project deliverables within their allocated business sector and maintain a good working relationship with the client on all project deliverables.

The Project Manager will work to understand the vision and objectives of the project and communicate this vision to the rest of the project team.

They are also expected to work with the creative teams and with the technical team to develop a detailed requirements specification, and to build, test and deploy the application in line with the agreed specification.

The ideal candidate will assume responsibility and ownership for the following:

1. Production of accurate project planning documentation including project plans and baseline budget estimate.
2. Working with the technical, design and account teams to secure an accurate and clearly defined project specification document .
3. Driving the creative and technical development from conception through to delivery.
4. Management of the project team throughout the lifecycle of the project.
5. Daily, Weekly and Monthly tracing of project resource.
6. Maintaining a cost plan and track budget reconciliation against target.
7. Scheduling of any resources to secure a successful conclusion to a project.
8. Conducting post project evaluation reviews.
9. Quality assurance and testing of the project.
10. Ensuring the final deliverable is ‘fit for purpose’ against specification
11. Delivering client feedback in a timely manner to internal team members and properly manage client expectations

If the thought of creating stunning concept-driven work pushes your buttons, if you are full of ideas and think you are good enough to join the team at one of the UK¹s most creative (and enjoyable) Digital agencies and you are looking for a fantastic opportunity and believe that you are the passionate and hard working individual that we're after.

HR Manager

2008-05-22

Pod1 is an independent creative digital agency with offices in London and New York. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction. It is therefore essential to us that we continue to recruit people who are highly skilled and highly motivated. We want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

This is an ideal role for someone wanting to advance their HR career in a stand alone generalist role. You would be responsible for the following key areas of our business.

* Employee Relations
* Recruitment
* Learning and Development
* Retention and Rewards
* Office Management

The ideal candidate for this role will have 2- 3 years experience, be fully or partially CIPD qualified and have knowledge of working in a media, technology or creative environment This is a hands on role that lies at the core of our organisation requiring a true all rounder looking for a challenge. If you think you are the dedicated and hard-working individual we are looking for then APPLY NOW

Agency Co-ordinator

2008-05-23

Pod1 is an established London and New York creative digital agency. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction. It is therefore essential to us that we continue to recruit people who are highly skilled and highly motivated.

We want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

The Agency Co ordinator role is a key role within the agency and covers key aspects of the business.

Key Responsibilities

New Business

* Qualifying and servicing inbound enquiries
* Offering assistance, support and coordinate all
   departmental activities
* Assist in the production and implementation of
   marketing activities
* Implement supporting marketing activities & #
   collateral
* Assist in preparing proposals
* Preparing pitch materials and co-ordinating pitch
* Assist in picking up a brief
* Lead Tracker and Support Databases
* Keeping abreast of the trade press
* Co ordinating New Business team diaries for
   internal and external meetings

Front of House

* Answering and screening telephone calls
* Ordering and maintaining stationery supplies
* Management and preparation of meeting rooms
* Greeting clients and dealing with all client
requests to a high service standard
* Processing mail
* Ensure reception housekeeping is maintained to a
high standard
* Provide support to company directors including
coordinating diaries and travel

The Successful Candidate will...

Be VERY organized, have a strong working knowledge of the internet and preferably experience in digital.

SEO Specialist

2008-06-17

Pod1 is an established London-based digital media agency. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction. It is therefore essential to us that we continue to recruit people who are highly skilled and highly motivated.

We are looking for brilliant individuals with the creativity, technical ability and the experience to take our clients' brands forward. And more than this, we want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

We currently have an opening for a SEO Technical Manager.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing the production and development of the search engine optimisation offering. Working on existing client campaigns you will use your technical and development abilities for SEO implementation and maintenance on a wide range of client websites.

Key Activities;
- provide technical consultancy on all SEO campaigns

- use web analytics tools, keyword research, linking analysis, benchmarking, content writing for search & site analysis

- define and implement SEO solutions to meet campaign objectives

- work with the Client and/or Account Manager to develop & improve the client’s SEO campaigns

- monitor and address any SEO issues with the Client

- keep up to date with SEO marketplace developments and implement where needed

This is an ideal opportunity to be the first person within the newly formed technical SEO team.

The ideal candidate will have 2 years SEO experience in a digital agency or dedicated SEO company with a technical as opposed to pure account management bent. You will need to be reliable, hard working and up for the challenges of working in a busy agency environment

If the thought of building our SEO capability pushes your buttons and think you are good enough to join the team at one of the UK's fastest growing digital agencies then you are the individual that we're after !

Account Manager

2008-06-23

Pod1 is an established London-based digital media agency. We are passionate about the work we do and have built a reputation and a great client list on the high quality of our thinking, our delivery and client satisfaction.

We are looking for skilled and highly motivated individuals with the the experience to take our clients' brands forward. And more than this, we want people who share our values: people who are collaborative, intelligent, agile, results focused and plain speaking.

As an Account Manager you will be responsible and accountable for client satisfaction, account strategy, growing the value of your accounts, and the quality of the deliverables.

It is essential the client views the Account Manager as a proactive individual who possesses four important qualities:

1. Smart : thorough understanding of client’s brand, market, business and culture.

2. Creative : the imagination to devise cutting edge solutions, confident strategies, innovative technical solutions and transformational creative work.

3. Team player : skills that will help ensure flawless execution and timely and cost effective delivery.

4. Analytical : working with the client to provide a full understanding of effects of investment and how such investment should be optimised.

Key Responsibilities
• Oversee and ensure the quality of client deliverables, e.g. on time, on brand, on strategy and to defined standards
• Act as day-to-day contact with all client managers to address their business issues, needs and requirements
• Seek out opportunities for additional revenue within key accounts
• Where possible look to secure annualised contract relationships (retainer)
• Inspire confidence in our clients that Pod1 recognises their needs and business issues

Additional Responsibilities
• Maintain accurate revenue performance reporting and the creation of accurate revenue tracking and forecasting
• Work with the Account Director to create and develop annual account plans and quarterly account reviews
• Work with Project Management to ensure adequate levels of resource are maintained to deliver against project requirements
• Adhere to company guidelines, such as correct time reporting, accurate revenue forecasts and achieving average untilisation of 75% or better

If you are looking for a fantastic opportunity and believe that you are the passionate and hard working individual that we're looking for APPLY NOW