A Junior Strategic Planner is an essential source of inspiration and support for both a strategy and creative team.They are the ultimate insight-miner, someone who’s hungry to learn and to share what they love (and see!) with their co-workers to inspire creative briefs. Serves as primary strategic support for senior members of planning team, primarily Senior Planners, Associate Planning Directors, and Planning Directors. Accesses and analyzes data, financial services trends and emerging cultural trends that may relate to client business. Must be Bilingual in English/Spanish. 

• Always connected with the latest cultural trends.
• Sharp mind to dig into data and present it in an inspiring way. This means more than sharing what the data says, but rather the opportunities, contradictions and challenges found within it that can lead to a bigger idea about the people we need to reach.
• Bring forward opportunistic ideas proactively to take advantage of new technologies, launches, pop-culture and current events in real-time. EAT, SLEEP AND BREATHE CULTURE.
• Help create and present ‘intelligence’ reports in audiences and the latest trends such as connected TVs, social media, startups, emerging technology, cause marketing, pop culture, retail shopping, connected devices, internet of things, wearables, content, etc.

This is a contract role till June of 2023 based in Dallas, CA. 

We are looking for a Freelance-Management Supervisor for Toyota.  A Conill Account person is a natural born leader, possessing high energy, curiosity, and a strong collaborative spirit. Our Account leads are critical to the pulse and success of the agency.  They drive our agency positioning, growth, and development. We seek talent that is collaborative, enthusiastic and innovative - experts in client servicing, people management and who are personally motivated in helping shape and evolve the brands with whom we partner. You must be an architect of great work and believe in the power of creativity.  This role requires someone who is extremely resourceful, a self-starter, with excellent people skills. 

The Management Supervisor (MS) leads and oversees day-to-day client business and understands the client business overall. MS responsibilities include maintaining relations with senior clients and supervising the strategic aspects of the client's business. This will include multiple projects, both online and offline, happening simultaneously. Must be able to focus on the business needs of the client, seek and articulate agency perspective on recommended solutions that contribute to innovative ideas in support of the client's goals, and provide team leadership.

The ideal candidate for our art director position will passionately strive to move the agency’s creative agenda forward. Works closely with copywriter partner to develop ideas for all forms of communication, recognizing that today’s constantly changing media and technology offers new tools and demands new approaches and solutions. Strong digital experience. Creative excellence is essential. Must have a dedication, persistence and passion for relevant, groundbreaking ideas, be organized and an excellent communicator. Must be fluent in Spanish and English.

Portfolio is required to be considered for this position. 

Responsibilities Include: 

• Contribute original ideas for ad campaigns
• Brainstorm copy ideas and possible angles for a client's ad materials. Conceptualizes, brainstorms, imagines, and develops creative ideas and executions for television, print, digital, outdoor and any other applicable media opportunities
• Demonstrate how your ideas tie together both brand and media strategies
• Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met
• Strong understanding and execution mastery of typography, layout and imagery
• Solid knowledge of composition, color theory, and careful attention to detail
• Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams on particular accounts, planning and social media to determine client needs
• Attend shoots and editing sessions and supervise production team.
• Responsible for creating the creative deck that will be presented to client (i.e. ideas, visual references, mock-ups, executions, etc.)
• Presents concepts/solutions clearly and effectively within the agency as well as to client
• Meets all deadlines while managing multiple projects 
• Delivers ideas and work that exceed creative expectations and client business goals
• Displays curiosity about the latest marketing trends and digital tools and anything related to constantly-evolving forms of communication and storytelling

The ideal candidate for our copywriter position will passionately strive to move the agency’s creative agenda forward. Will work closely with art director partner to develop ideas for all forms of communication, recognizing that today’s constantly-changing media and technology offer new tools and demand new approaches and solutions. Strong digital experience. Creative excellence is essential. Must have dedication, persistence and passion for relevant, groundbreaking ideas, be organized and an excellent communicator. Must be fluent in Spanish and English (either equally proficient in both, or stronger in Spanish).

Responsibilities

• Contribute original ideas for ad campaigns.
• Write clear, persuasive, original copy through the various iterations of a project.
• Conceptualize, brainstorm, imagine, and develop creative ideas and executions for television, print, radio, digital, outdoor and any other new media opportunities.
• Demonstrate how ideas tie together both brand and media strategies.
• Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met.
• Responsible for concepts and copy on creative decks that will be presented to client
• Present creative decks internally and to the client.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams on particular accounts, planning and social media to determine client needs.
• Oversee the entire production process, working closely with designers and producers to carry out multiple projects as well as working with directors, photographers and illustrators.
• Display a curiosity about the latest marketing trends and digital tools and anything related to constantly-evolving forms of communication and storytelling.

As a strategic leader, the Senior Social Media Planner will be a silo-buster. Someone able to guide people through the latest social trends and platforms, while having a firm grasp of traditional planning. Across the board, a Senior Social Media Planner is expected to be an enthusiastic collaborator, inspirational thinker, and a thought leader. With the ability to present original thinking. Thinking that is inspirational and persuasive to both your teammates and client partners alike. You are expected to be confident in your opinions but open to new and differing ideas. 

As a Senior Social Media Planner, you will be a valued partner to both internal account management and creative leadership, as well as a visible and trusted face of strategy for Conill’s clients. You will be primarily focused on the day-to-day operational success of a key client, with the opportunity to touch other exciting accounts as well. Always dedicated to increasing brand awareness, fostering brand love, generating earned media, and driving product and service consideration.  Bilingual in Spanish/English is required.

• Content strategy - define role of platform, brand approach, publishing cadence and content calendars across a broad range of social platforms including but not limited to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Snap 
• Cultural opportunities - Leverage breadth and depth of up to the minute multicultural knowledge to identify opportunities for the creation of earned brand moments 
• Creative briefs - Develop insightful and inspirational creative briefs that elegantly draw on first and third party data, consumer psychographics, and cultural understanding 
• Performance reports - Analyze social performance data to identify key opportunities for
• Brand voice - Establish foundational principles and steward the evolution of brand tone of voice to guide stakeholders across creative teams, client social management teams, and partner agencies 
• Campaign activation - Partner with creative, production, account, and clients leads to plan and implement activation of integrated campaigns across social platforms 
• Trends and features - Monitor the evolution of social platform from both cultural and product standpoint to surface key opportunities and integrate them into creative briefs and comms plans 
• Comms planning - Foster the development of content ecosystems that facilitate the movement of consumer prospects from awareness through to conversion 

The Branded Content Specialist will be responsible for leading and support during the execution and maintenance of all branded entertainment and integration items.  Job responsibilities might vary depending on the type of execution. Responsibilities include establishing and maintaining interpersonal relations and providing assets and information to Media partners, communicating to the clients to approve items, and working across internal agency teams. Branded Content Specialists are required to have the ability to handle more than one thing at once and the capacity to meet deadlines and work under pressure. Will be required to travel for Branded Content Productions. Bilingual in English/Spanish is required.

• Manage Media sponsorships with Media vendors and internal agency teams
• Understand Brand Guidelines of account to properly provide assets to media partners for sponsorship elements
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with clients, vendors and ads agencies members
• Understand media flighting and creative message to tailor sponsorships appropriately
• Communicates with clients on sponsorships and managing their approvals
• Manage production timelines to ensure deadlines are met
• Attend Branded Content productions for clients, ensure all client brand guidelines are adhered to
• Relationships with key stakeholders are harmonious and productive
• Achievements are recognized by finishing media sponsorship and preparing recaps

Conill is hiring an Account Supervisor to lead and oversee client business for a leading Fortune 500 company in the Financial space. A Conill Account person is a natural born leader, possessing high energy, curiosity, and a strong collaborative spirit. Our Account leads are critical to the pulse and success of the agency.  They drive our agency positioning, growth, and development. We seek talent that is collaborative, enthusiastic and innovative - experts in client servicing, people management and who are personally motivated in helping shape and evolve the brands with whom we partner. You must be an architect of great work and believe in the power of creativity.  This role requires someone who is extremely resourceful, a self-starter, with excellent people skills. Able to ignite new connections, build them, and work through an intricate web of both client and agency teams. 

• Thoroughly understand designated pieces of client's business for which the Management Supervisor is responsible.
• Build meaningful relationship and trust with designated clients.
• Build trust with and advise clients, providing a range of options to address various issues and opportunities.
• Oversee "day-to-day'' designated client initiatives, including, but not limited to, business-building, strategy, media and creative projects.
• Play an essential role in major presentations to clients, including annual planning, and selling creative, media plans and integrated campaign initiatives.
• Provide guidance to clients, assisting them with all aspects of their marketing and advertising. Be willing to engage clients on difficult issues.
• Develop all assignment briefs in partnership with strategic planning.
• Take responsibility for managing client budgets and scope. Manage client contract, fees and compensation.
• Define project parameters and client needs. Manage client expectations regarding timing, schedules and process.

• Participate in and lead brand/communication initiatives
• Work with senior team members to set communication objectives and strategies
• Manage preparation, development, execution, and stewardship of media plans for specific clients and/or brands, and accountable for supporting the team and ensuring plans are executed in line with agency and client processes and standards
• Develop ability to independently manage all aspects of the brand, while briefing the Directors on key happenings and issues
• Develop and maintain timeline of projects
• Develop and advise on ongoing paid social media activation plans based on client RFPs
• Develop and manage campaign activation workflow and communication protocol between planning, operations, creative, and analytics teams
• Deliver technically accurate media points of view for activation recommendations and campaign outcomes
• Communicate key learnings to appropriate agency and client stakeholders to ensure alignment and efficiency of campaign deployment
• Oversees production of reports that evaluate performance of the media plans and buys
• Lead face to face client and vendor meeting
• Act as a final resource for all inventory, billing, and invoice for discrepancies
• Works with account teams to develop media strategy briefs
• Responsible for facilitating each team member’s development
• All other duties as assigned

The Assistant Media Planner will assist in the day-to-day stewarding of media activity for assigned account(s), and has responsibility for updating client documents, the development of media plans and demonstrating how media investments deliver on business goals of client(s) based on key performance metrics. This person will be responsible for knowing the procedures and processes of running day-to-day activity.

This is an entry-level position and relevant employment (internships or prior agency experience) and/or academic courses related to marketing/media planning are preferred. This is a hybrid role and will report to our El Segundo, CA office. 

Responsibilities

• Assist the media team in the development, implementation and maintenance of media objectives/strategies and plans utilizing research tools and historical data
• Perform ongoing stewardship of media plans and client documents
• Keep abreast of new media opportunities and developments and share information with planning group
• Prepare and maintain heavy data documents including plan budgets & flowcharts
• Effectively coordinate with internal and external client partner teams
• Assist the team with Point of Views (POV’s) and ad hoc projects
• Assist the team with campaign management and monitoring media buys, including digital media optimizations & reporting
• Schedule, coordinate, and facilitate meetings with internal teams and media partners
• Attend internal meetings/statuses to stay up to date on campaign(s) progress
• Meet with sales representatives to analyze value and applicability of media vehicles for client media plan
• Work with calculations and other quantitative data
• Input media schedules into system
• Monthly reconciliation and processing with accounts payable
• All other duties as assigned

The Account Coordinator (AC) supports the account executive and account team members in day-to-day client business management. Responsibilities include assisting the Account Group with all ongoing, account maintenance projects. The candidate has outstanding project management skills.

Responsibilities:

• Draft monthly sales reports
• Assist in development of presentations/charts
• Organization/archiving of relevant documents
• Assemble and distribute work requests and timelines
• Update and manage creative archives
• Collect and maintain archive of competitive advertising
• Coordinate smaller-scale productions
• Read industry related materials to stay abreast of trends and market activity
• Participate in strategic discussions
• Oversee creative development process when appropriate
• Interact with management, the media department, and the creative department on a weekly (minimum) basis

The creative director will lead the concepting, development and execution of creative visions. This position requires excellent digital and creative skills, the ability to resolve complex issues, the ability to internalize and react to data and consumer behavior, experience managing all-around efforts, an interest in strategy, and a passion for advancing significant ideas. Must be able to spearhead a variety of projects while collaborating with teams across disciplines and sister agencies. Must have excellent presentation skills and experience with presenting to senior, high-level clients. Must be able to provide a list of recent industry awards and achievements and have an online portfolio. Bilingual English/Spanish required.

Position summary

The Director of Digital Planning has an insatiable curiosity and passion for understanding consumer behavior, particularly in the digital and social media space. He/she/they constantly seek to uncover actionable consumer insights and build them into compelling strategies, while inspiring other team members to push the strategic envelope as well.

This position takes the strategic lead in the critical areas of Communications Planning and data-driven insights, while shaping the digital/social media strategies for a variety of clients and new business pitches. Crafting strategic stories and consumer journeys out of digital consumer insights and data is key. This person works closely with the agency’s Creative team in bringing data-led and digital strategies to life. He/she/they gain considerable exposure across the agency and clients, often presenting decks and data in a highly persuasive, compelling way. This person is also passionate about identifying ways to optimize strategic development on an ongoing basis.

The desire and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, often changing environment is a must, particularly being self-sufficient and nimble with pulling/analyzing data and coming up with creative solutions on the go. The Director of Digital Planning contributes to making Conill a recognized industry leader. Full fluency in Spanish is preferred (speaking, reading, writing); however, what is required is the ability to read Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Provides deep consumer understanding and insight, and overall thought leadership -- particularly in the digital and social media spaces
• Derives insightful analyses and recommendations out of a variety of data, including pulling the data as appropriate
• Inspires multidisciplinary teams (creative, media, digital) and other members of the Strategic Planning team, providing mentoring and leading by example
• Leads the strategic development for new business pitches, including developing the strategy decks, collaborating with other agency teams, and presenting in pitches
• Brings the consumer to life in enticing ways (e.g., creating insightful and visually stimulating presentations, videos, highly visual consumer journeys, etc.)
• Turns research (secondary and primary research, both qualitative and quantitative) and information into insights and compelling stories and strategies
• Creates insightful, visually engaging presentations
• Presents compellingly and confidently; able to think on their feet; has great ability to listen and think in the moment.
• Provides market context and understanding of current and potential targets for communication strategies
• Turns marketplace and environment insights and trends into opportunities and implications for clients’ businesses
• Oversees the execution of strategy related projects
• Participates in the execution of agency initiatives and research projects (e.g., white papers, Xploring)
• Leads the development of stimulating Creative Briefs
• Initiates and influences creative development, feeding the creative and media teams with insight and working with them to ensure the work is on strategy
• Builds a relationship of trust and respect with internal stakeholders
• Builds a relationship of trust and respect with clients