Project/Traffic Manager

We are looking for a seasoned Project/Traffic Manager with advertising agency experience, print production experience, and interactive experience.

You should possess the organizational and project management skills required to move both large and small scale integrated campaigns through a busy small agency. You should have a nearly obsessive attention to detail. You should be highly energetic and able to work seamlessly with the diverse personalities of designers, developers, account managers and clients. You should have a proven track record leading multiple, simultaneous, projects involving cross functional teams within budgetary and schedule constraints. Alongside our interactive and creative directors, you will manage every project within our agency, including design and development workflows/schedules, coordination of creative reviews, involvement in press checks, and client file delivery.

Essential Job Functions:

• Ability to work on multiple projects and accounts simultaneously.
• Serve as liaison between agency Partners, Account Team, Creative & Development teams.
• Partner with the Account Management team to ensure the highest quality client experiences and results are met on time and within budget.
• Provide daily and weekly status updates and keep the team informed at all times.
• Traffic all creative work through agency
• Initiate and maintain schedules for all jobs
• Ensure all delivery dates and deadlines are met on time
• Track and monitor individual creative and development staff workloads
• Assess needs for additional resource allocation
• Negotiate rates and turnaround times with freelancers and outside partnering groups
• Proofread and perform quality control checks for all creative work (print and digital)
• Monitor and document all missed deadlines, both internal and client.
• Create project specifications and manage schedules to guarantee that any changes to the initial job specification and resulting timeline are actioned accordingly
• Maintain a positive and cooperative working relationship with internal teams, vendors and clients.
• Coordinates creative review meetings, including kickoff and midpoint meetings.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4 years Project Management (or similar role) experience in an advertising/interactive agency setting
• A sense of humor, tact and diplomacy
• Experience in the trafficking and management of digital campaigns and websites
• Advanced organizational and multitasking skills
• The ability to manage multiple projects while adhering to overall departmental processes and best practices
• The ability to effectively use diplomacy in conflict resolution and problem solving matters
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (specifically Word and Excel)
• A working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite is a plus

Mid-Level Web Developer

Looking for a mid-level LAMP based web developer who focuses on MVC back-end development but has a strong front-end dev skillset. You'll work alongside other back-end and front-end developers as well as directly with our project coordinator and design team.

Requirements:

• Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience (2 years experience min)
• PHP Expert (Kohana and/or CodeIgniter required)
• XHTML/CSS/JS (Jquery and otherwise)
• Necessary skills in Photoshop for front-end dev
• Cross-browser compatibility
• Great command of MySQL
• Personable, team player

Hopes:

• Interest in Mobile Web Development
• Version control experience
• Content Management System development
• Experience with third-party apis (ie: Facebook, Twitter, etc)
• Desire to work in agency environment (ie: fast paced, multi-tasking, cares about how things look, not just how they are built)
• Personable, team player
• Working knowledge of Linux OS
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Dedication to deadlines
• Take pride/joy in your work and that of your teammates
• Strong Social web interest
• Interest or skill in mobile app development (iPhone/Android Obj-C)
• AS3
• Other back-end languages: .NET, JAVA, Ruby
• Funny
• Ability to fully architect a solution on your own
• Server / DNS management
• Load testing experience
• Experience with Google app engine

Please note: This is an onsite position in our Charlotte, NC studio. This is not a freelance opportunity. No headhunters.

Please send a copy of your resume, and sample links to jobs@madebymode.com with subject "WEB DEVELOPER".

Designers, Developers and Animators

We are always looking for talented designers, developers and animators. To apply, please send a copy of your resume and portfolio (PDF form or online) to jobs@modevisual.com with the subject "GIVE ME A JOB".