Address:
150 South 5th St #3500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 338-8401
To Inquire:
Renee Rausch
Director of HR
(612) 371-2319 Renee.Rausch@mw.bbdo.com
150 South 5th St #3500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 338-8401
To Inquire:
Renee Rausch
Director of HR
(612) 371-2319 Renee.Rausch@mw.bbdo.com
What is Proximity Minneapolis?
We are part of a worldwide network of interactive agencies aligned with BBDO in 59 countries. We enjoy the benefits of a small and nimble agency along with the resources and reach of a global network. We're about solving complex business problems with a simple strategy: enable individual consumers to change their behavior by applying our digital expertise, our relevant consumer insight and our imagination.
What is a Community Manager
As the Community Manager for Proximity, you are responsible for growing a community of passionate users from the ground up. You will do this through outreach efforts, engaging users through creative campaigns and contests, answering their questions, and using creative tactics to make users feel welcome in communities we manage. We rely on you to tell us everyday what our users are doing, what they like, what they don't like. Specific responsibilities include:
What responsibilities are included?
We are part of a worldwide network of interactive agencies aligned with BBDO in 59 countries. We enjoy the benefits of a small and nimble agency along with the resources and reach of a global network. We're about solving complex business problems with a simple strategy: enable individual consumers to change their behavior by applying our digital expertise, our relevant consumer insight and our imagination.
What is a Community Manager
As the Community Manager for Proximity, you are responsible for growing a community of passionate users from the ground up. You will do this through outreach efforts, engaging users through creative campaigns and contests, answering their questions, and using creative tactics to make users feel welcome in communities we manage. We rely on you to tell us everyday what our users are doing, what they like, what they don't like. Specific responsibilities include:
What responsibilities are included?
- Responding to questions and addressing concerns on a personal level both 1-to-1 and one-to- many, while being able to scale for high volume of contacts.
- Build actionable reports using metrics and data appropriate to our goals that weigh the value of our efforts.
- Participate in ideation, planning, implementation, and execution of creative programs and activities to engage users and build product and brand loyalty.
- Execution and analysis of campaigns and promotions to grow, engage, and retain our user base.
- Soliciting and interpreting user feedback and translating that into actionable product/feature recommendations.
- Cultivate internal teams for support and promote internal champions, leaders, and other team mates.
- Ownership of all public points of contact (profiles, personals, fan pages, blogs, forums). This may include building these from scratch.
- Coordinating and mobilizing evangelists to drive new and sustained activity with the product.
- Love helping people and find it rewarding to assist others in finding solutions.
- High degree of intellectual curiosity. You should have a demonstrated ability to learn fast and complete simultaneous priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt tone and writing style to fit the circumstances and situation (feel free to submit links to work).
- Event planning. Conceptualize, negotiate, wrangle, plan and execute cool, fun and buzz-worthy events/parties.
- Strong analytical skills and a proven ability to understand users. You should be able to spot patterns and derive meaningful user insights from both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Someone who can work both independently and as a strong contributor to a team.
- Creativity to devise campaigns for strengthening community among all users.
- Comfortable being measured on numerical goals and targets.
- BA/BS degree.
- 2 years experience in community work for a consumer facing application or website.
- Marketing background.
- Deep understanding of social network structures.
- To be an integral part of the creative process from the beginning
- To be challenged creatively and technically
- To be given the means of professional development
- To be respected and to have fun
What is Proximity Minneapolis?
We are part of a worldwide network of interactive agencies aligned with BBDO in 59 countries. We enjoy the benefits of a small and nimble agency along with the resources and reach of a global network. We’re about solving complex business problems with a simple strategy: enable individual consumers to change their behavior by applying our digital expertise, our relevant consumer insight and our imagination.
What is a Technical Experience Developer?
More commonly referred to as a Front-End Developer, we prefer a title that better describes the role-which is to technically bring a design to the user experience.
Skills required:
Develop outstanding executions across a broad spectrum of online communications including websites, online media, email programs, simple applications, etc. A desire to learn emerging development tools and platforms. Thrive in a team environment via contribution and acceptance. A deep understanding of web and accessibility standards as well as browser
and platform issues.
What you can expect from Proximity?
We are part of a worldwide network of interactive agencies aligned with BBDO in 59 countries. We enjoy the benefits of a small and nimble agency along with the resources and reach of a global network. We’re about solving complex business problems with a simple strategy: enable individual consumers to change their behavior by applying our digital expertise, our relevant consumer insight and our imagination.
What is a Technical Experience Developer?
More commonly referred to as a Front-End Developer, we prefer a title that better describes the role-which is to technically bring a design to the user experience.
Skills required:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience with HTML, XML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, AS 2.0/3.0 and FLEX Framework.
- Experience with database applications such as MySQL
and SQLServer a plus. - Knowledge in PHP, ASP.NET, WordPress, Drupal, Facebook,
iPhone development a plus. - Excellent documentation skills for functional and technical
requirements including accurate. - estimates of time and appropriate resources needed.
- Proficiency in development best practices such as code naming conventions, code commenting and object-oriented design.
- Basic capabilities in information architecture as well as video
and motion graphics. - An ability to multi-task and manage time.
Develop outstanding executions across a broad spectrum of online communications including websites, online media, email programs, simple applications, etc. A desire to learn emerging development tools and platforms. Thrive in a team environment via contribution and acceptance. A deep understanding of web and accessibility standards as well as browser
and platform issues.
What you can expect from Proximity?
- To be an integral part of the creative process from the beginning.
- To be challenged creatively and technically.
- To be given the means of professional development.
- To be respected and to have fun.
What is Proximity Minneapolis?
We are part of a worldwide network of interactive agencies aligned with BBDO in 59 countries. We enjoy the benefits of a small and nimble agency along with the resources and reach of a global network. We’re about solving complex business problems with a simple strategy: enable individual consumers to change their behavior by applying our digital expertise, our relevant consumer insight and our imagination.
What is the role of our Interactive Account Planner?
We are seeking an ambitious Interactive Account Planner to join our growing Interactive Planning & Optimization team.
A composer of digital conversation. A creative communicator. Decipher how the Web connects us then direct the tempo of the conversation. Innovate with each message and choose the channel or create a new one. Take advantage of the blank pages and endless possibilities in interactive marketing by doing something worth talking about. This takes talent and vision - add some taste for risk and we'll give you the environment to make something big happen.
The challenge: our new interactive account planner will help establish the vision that will direct smart interactive marketing campaigns through a complete comprehension of the consumer and the client's business. They will create actionable interactive marketing strategies based on insights grown from data. They will help the team create the conversations between the brand and the customer locating the pivotal touch points online and offline. They will write creative briefs, conduct qualitative research, conduct or commission and decrypt quantitative research, inspire ideation, and present strategic recommendations to some of the world's most respected brands.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
We are part of a worldwide network of interactive agencies aligned with BBDO in 59 countries. We enjoy the benefits of a small and nimble agency along with the resources and reach of a global network. We’re about solving complex business problems with a simple strategy: enable individual consumers to change their behavior by applying our digital expertise, our relevant consumer insight and our imagination.
What is the role of our Interactive Account Planner?
We are seeking an ambitious Interactive Account Planner to join our growing Interactive Planning & Optimization team.
A composer of digital conversation. A creative communicator. Decipher how the Web connects us then direct the tempo of the conversation. Innovate with each message and choose the channel or create a new one. Take advantage of the blank pages and endless possibilities in interactive marketing by doing something worth talking about. This takes talent and vision - add some taste for risk and we'll give you the environment to make something big happen.
The challenge: our new interactive account planner will help establish the vision that will direct smart interactive marketing campaigns through a complete comprehension of the consumer and the client's business. They will create actionable interactive marketing strategies based on insights grown from data. They will help the team create the conversations between the brand and the customer locating the pivotal touch points online and offline. They will write creative briefs, conduct qualitative research, conduct or commission and decrypt quantitative research, inspire ideation, and present strategic recommendations to some of the world's most respected brands.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the interactive advertising creative teams are given inspiring, single minded brief
- Use research, both primary and secondary, to deliver true consumer insight
- Act as a bridge between smart strategic thinking and great creative solutions
- Define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions to drive insights
- Keep abreast of developments within the client's industry and pass on this knowledge to the rest of the team
- Be enthusiastic and passionate about producing great work
- Contribute to ongoing thought leadership initiatives based on consumer insights
- Identifying the best experience for the user while balancing the needs of the brand
Qualifications
- 2 years' interactive planning experience, or other relevant experience and a strong point of view that proves you have thought about what a digital planner is
- 5 years in advertising planning, brand strategy, consumer insights, or other fields that you can demonstrate pertain to digital account planning
- A deep understanding and passion for digital marketing
- Comfortable working in highly flexible, entrepreneurial environments
- Demonstrable strategic marketing skills
- Proven success working in cross functional teams
- Innate curiosity and ability to connect insights and gain inspiration from disparate sources
- Confident and clear communicator
- Bachelors degree
- To be an integral part of the creative process from the beginning
- To be challenged creatively and technically
- To be given the means of professional development
- To be respected and to have fun