• Brand Engagement Manager
• Senior Account Executive
• Senior Art Director
• Interactive Art Director

Brand Engagement Manager

MWV is looking to expand its Brand Engagement Team with a creative brand and consumer focused strategist with a strong background in advertising, brand development, marketing and/or design. Primary responsibilities will be to convert consumer, brand and market insight into clear, focused strategic direction that will guide the creative development of packaging concepts for our highest value customers.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT MWV

As the Manager, Brand Engagement, you will provide thought leadership, inspiration and ideas to drive brand value for our customers’ via packaging; research marketplace trends, conduct consumer and brand analysis to assist in creating project packaging strategy and provide overarching design direction for our packaging innovation process. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead, drive, and support a project’s strategic creative vision, development and execution including client presentations
• Interface with internal teams, including market insights, research and development and account management
• Prepare presentations and present to customers

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Successful candidates will be energetic, positive and dynamic critical thinkers. This position requires high levels of flexibility, multi-tasking and ingenuity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Design or related field is required
• Minimum of 5 years marketing experience, with a particular focus on consumer brands within an agency, design studio or similar client marketing environment
• Experience with customer-facing engagements and presentations
• Strong strategic, management and implementation experience interfacing with a design group
• Requires a deep understanding of brand strategy and visual design
• Skilled in developing and delivering compelling client presentations
• Exceptional strategic, communications, presentation, interpersonal and team-oriented skills
• Experience with consumer research methods and analyzing resulting data
• Consumer packaging experience is a plus

MWV is a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions. Our fresh insights, innovative products, global manufacturing, and unparalleled service make us the partner of choice for many of the world’s most admired brands in the healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, home and garden, and tobacco industries. Our end-market expertise is also the foundation for success in our other businesses – Consumer & Office Products, Specialty Chemicals, and the Community Development and Land Management Group.

We touch people’s lives every day, everywhere. We help people keep track of their medications (Dosepak®, and Shellpak® packaging) and their busy schedules (AT-A-GLANCE® and Day Runner®). We help people take care of their homes and gardens (Mixor® Trigger Sprayers) and their communities (Evotherm® asphalt). We develop products and solutions that not only grow our customers’ brands, but also improve our – and their – customers’ quality of life.

With about 17,500 employees worldwide, MWV operates in 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 nations. But no matter where we’re doing business, we do things the right way – with a focus on integrity, sustainability, and positively contributing to the communities in which our employees live and work.

MWV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please apply online at www.mwv.com/careers: requisition number 2357BR

Senior Account Executive

The King Agency in Richmond has an opening for an experienced Sr. Account Executive to manage local and national client accounts. Candidate must have at least 5 years account service experience with an agency or marketing firm and experience in both B2B and retail categories. Must posses in-depth knowledge/experience with media. This position requires candidate to be very detail-oriented, have a proven track record of relationship building, understand advertising and branding principles. They must also have the creativity to develop advertising programs that exceed client expectations and be excellent with communications and presentation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains direct, day-to-day, senior level client contact
• Monitors clients’ market landscape identifying opportunities
• Proactively provides clients integrated marketing plans
• Devises communications strategy and communications plans
• Helps TKA’s business development through existing account growth and new business opportunities
• Represents TKA at industry functions – promotes TKA at every
• opportunity

Job Requirements:

• 5 to 10 years AGENCY experience
• Extensive experience in both B2B and B2C markets
• Experience planning and directing digital marketing efforts.
• Ability to lead clients strategically through effective verbal and written communication
• Effectively apply analytical thinking to generate creative and effective solutions
• Desire to be an integral part of a team within a flat company structure

Please send your resume and salary history to careers@thekingagency.com.

Senior Art Director

Position Summary:

Delivers world-class design and leads other creative resources to deliver a quality end product for West Cary Group

Role Qualifications:

• Focuses on the visual development of the product, and works closely with the Creative Director, Chief Creative Officer and Account Service team to ensure the quality and integrity of the product meets or exceeds product vision, and pushes the boundaries of competitive visual execution
• Supports team’s goal of delivering world-class creative products

Position Responsibilities:

• Inspires, leads, and drives the visualization process, from collaborative conceptualization through final product
• Creates design that translates across platforms and print/digital formats
• Manages team of art directors and designers (contract and FTE, depending on need)
• Establishes and maintains VERY aggressive deadlines for meeting demands for multiple client projects
• Troubleshoots and devises solutions with both the internal art team as well as external clients
• Other duties as assigned

EssentialSkills and Experience:

• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in art direction/design
• Must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign,Photoshop, and Illustrator)
• Interactive art direction is a huge plus (Website design, Mobile app/site design, etc)
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized, with strong visual design skills; layout, typography and high graphic standards
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team
• Strong understanding of socialmedia and web technology
• Previous ad agency experience is a must
• Previous experience in all print media desired
• Previous corporate experience is a plus
• Previous personnel management experience is a plus

Company Information

WCG is a full-service, minority-owned small business and award-winning marketing communications and advertising agency headquartered in Richmond, VA.

We specialize in branded communications & collateral (internal and external), interactive communications (web, mobile, social media) and integrated multi-channel marketing & communications (TV, print, web, out of home, radio and direct).

Our fundamental belief is that diversity of thought is our most powerful asset. By building teams with diverse experiences, skill sets, backgrounds and perspectives, we create a much stronger competency base.

Inside five years, WCG has built an impressive staff of experienced design talent, account managers and strategists, as well as a roster of Fortune 1000 clients. By applying exceptional design, copywriting and editing, robust quality assurance processes, WCG has quickly built a reputation as a flexible, reliable go-to firm for high-quality communications.

Contact

Blair Keeley, EVP-CCO
West Cary Group
5 West Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23220
P: 804-343-2029
bkeeley@westcarygroup.com
www.westcarygroup.com

Interactive Art Director

Position Summary:

Delivers great digital design and leads other digitally-centered creative resources to deliver a quality end product for West Cary Group

Role Qualifications:

• Focuses on the visual development of the product, and works closely with the Producers, Account Service team, and Chief Creative Officer to ensure the quality and integrity of the digital product meets or exceeds vision, and pushes the boundaries of competitive visual execution
• Supports team’s goal of delivering world-class creative products

Position Responsibilities:

• Inspires, leads, and drives the visualization process, from collaborative conceptualization through final product
• Creates design that translates across platforms and digital formats supplemented by a deep technical understanding of front-end web development.
• Collaborates closely with back-end developer(s) to develop a comprehensive and solid web presence for our clients.
• Manages team of designers and copywriters
• Establishes and maintains VERY aggressive deadlines for meeting demands for multiple client projects
• Troubleshoots and devises solutions with both the WCG digital team as well as external clients
• In some instances, maintain content management-related work for some larger clients
• Other duties as assigned

EssentialSkills and Experience:

• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in interactive art direction/design
• Must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator primarily)
• Solid HTML coding experience and the ability to transform Photoshop files into HTML pages.
• Experience in dynamic, motion-related executions (Flash, jQuery, etc.)
• Healthy portfolio displaying website design and Mobile app/site design
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized, with strong visual design skills; layout, typography and high graphic standards
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team
• Strong understanding of social media and web technology
• Previous ad agency experience is a must
• Previous corporate experience is a plus
• Previous personnel management experience is a plus

Company Information

WCG is a full-service, minority-owned small business and award-winning marketing communications and advertising agency headquartered in Richmond, VA.

We specialize in branded communications & collateral (internal and external), interactive communications (web, mobile, social media) and integrated multi-channel marketing & communications (TV, print, web, out of home, radio and direct).

Our fundamental belief is that diversity of thought is our most powerful asset. By building teams with diverse experiences, skill sets, backgrounds and perspectives, we create a much stronger competency base.

Inside five years, WCG has built an impressive staff of experienced design talent, account managers and strategists, as well as a roster of Fortune 1000 clients. By applying exceptional design, copywriting and editing, robust quality assurance processes, WCG has quickly built a reputation as a flexible, reliable go-to firm for high-quality communications.

Contact

Blair Keeley, EVP-CCO
West Cary Group
5 West Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23220
P: 804-343-2029
bkeeley@westcarygroup.com
www.westcarygroup.com