Account Executive

Job Description

RTD’s Marketing Department seeks a talented Account Executive to join our full-service, in-house creative services agency.

This position develops and executes strategic marketing initiatives for the agency and its programs to ensure consistent marketplace brand and program awareness as well as market penetration across all media. Serves as a primary client liaison and advisor, defines and executes project parameters, writes strong copy for programmatic initiatives, and performs pre- and post-project follow up to ensure goals are clearly defined and met.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or a related field

Minimum 5 years experience as a marketing project coordinator, project consultant, or account representative in a fast-paced creative or marketing agency, studio, or in-house setting

Minimum 5 years experience in client relations, with exceptional customer service skills

Minimum 5 years experience developing marketing plans and strategies and writing creative, promotional, or advertising copy across media

Experience in multimedia marketing tools including Web, web-based tools, social media, integration of interactive media into marketing plans, project research and analysis

Salary and Compensation

RTD offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

How to apply

Submit resume and application by Friday, May 25,2012 at 5:00pm to:

Regional Transportation District
1600 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80202
Job Line – 303-299-2309
Fax – 303-299-2015
Or visit our website to apply: www.RTD-Denver.com

EOE/AA/Drug Free

No phone calls please.

Students presented their work to local agency designers, business owners and artists from many art disciplines such as digital design, web design, print design and photography, in one-on-one sessions, similar to an interview. The professionals gave feedback on the students work, how they can improve and advice on how to present their work to land their dream job.

A.J. Croce, ADCD Vice President and Elysia Syriac, AIGA President, reviewed the top portfolios and handed out a $500 scholarship and Adobe CS5.5 Creative Suite to the winner of each review session.

And the winners are…

Best Portfolio AM Session

Best Portfolio AM Session: Sandi Grigoryan, Fort Hays University

Honorable Mentions AM Session

Honorable Mention AM Session: Ryan Bosse, Fort Hays University

Honorable Mention AM Session: Travis Wall, University of Wyoming

Honorable Mention AM Session: Gary Staebler

Best Portfolio PM Session

Best Portfolio PM Session: Greg Jesse, Metro State

Honorable Mention PM Session

Honorable Mention PM Session: Ryan Keeney, Metro State

Honorable Mention PM Session: Amy Retureta, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design

Honorable Mention PM Session: Jenny Goring, Metro State

Members are FREE and non members are $5. RSVP here.

Big Ideas to gain from this lecture:
:: Elevating a good design to a great one
:: Choosing issues worthy of covering
:: Identifying who cares about design today
:: How designers can stay relevant in today’s business world
:: Analyze communication barriers between designers and business professionals

Cliff Kuang, senior editor, founded Co.Design, a sister website of Fast Company. Previously, Kuang was an editor at I.D. magazine and The Economist online.

Register

Here is a little about the two of them.

Shanna was born in the booming metropolis of Sterling, CO. Due to the fact that her high school literally only had ceramics and photography (which she signed up for and dropped later to take P.E. for the hell of it), she had no idea what she wanted to do with her life. She finally decided to move to Fort Collins and attend Colorado State University, to major in Journalism with a minor in Web Design. Dead wrong on both counts. She disliked writing AND coding. But it did lead her to meet some people that put her in the right direction and 4 years later she graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design.

After graduation, she moved to Denver on a whim and a prayer that she would get a few freelance gigs. Luckily that prayer turned into a reality. For the next year, she bust her ass freelancing at multiple agencies, taking on random projects and volunteering for the Art Directors Club of Denver. She also had about 15-20 interviews, which all ended up telling her, “sorry, but no cigar.” As discouraging as it was for her, she wouldn’t change it for the world, because she wouldn’t be at the job she loves now.

Shanna is currently an Associate Art Director at The Integer Group, working on Regions for MillerCoors. She loves small dogs, Roseanne (circa 90s), window shopping and anything mustache related. She dislikes her inability to not blush when embarrassed, gluten and when people pop their knuckles. See Shanna’s work at: www.goodforyoushanna.com.

Ally was born and raised right here in Denver, CO. Always artistic as a kid, she headed off to try Southern California and costume design on for size in college. Lacking the patience to sew for hours, she landed on graphic design and printmaking and was hooked immediately. Turns out there’s not enough snow in SoCal for a native Coloradoan, so after graduating she headed back to our fair city and has been working in the local advertising and design world since.

Ally is currently an Art Director at The Integer Group where she cures the world of mediocre medical marketing on a daily basis, and spends her free time running, reading design blogs, and noodling around on her letterpress.

If you would like to get involved with running ADCD and meet lots of fun creatives, email us at info@adcd.com to attend a board meeting. ADCD is ran by an all-volunteer board consisting of 15+ members. Board members and volunteers to the board help organize and plan all our events.

Junior Designer

Description

Casual, but fast-paced, boutique design firm looking for contract/part-time to start, with strong potential to become full time for the right fit. Preferring 1-2 years experience in an agency or design firm environment. Candidate must be proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite and exceptional with composition and color. Also looking for an organized, responsible, perfectionist with meticulous attention to detail and a sense of humor. Projects are of a wide and various nature and include branding (logo & identity), packaging, reports, catalogs, direct mail, signage, special events promotion, web layout (programming skills not necessary) and brochure/pocket folder systems.

Requirements

* 1-2 years of Agency experience
* Must have good sense of design, color, composition and typography
* Ability to introduce creative concepts a plus
* Must be capable of creating clean files and production art for print
* Must know spot colors from 4 color process and have had extensive production experience
* Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
* Proficient in creating multi-page InDesign layouts w/correct use of the following:

• style sheets
• master pages
• linked text
• correct use of tabs

* Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator

• layers
• clipping masks
• pathfinder

* Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
* Can juggle multiple tasks and keep track of deadlines
* Can work as an individual (self motivated), as a team player and take creative direction
* Has some experience with print quotation, print management and press checks

How to Apply

Please e-mail resume, a pdf of design samples and salary requirements to:

kim@twistdesigngroup.com

Twist Design Group
1776 S. Jackson Street, Suite 101
Denver, CO 80210

No phone calls please.

Web Content Coordinator

Description

RTD’s Web team seeks a Web Content Coordinator to add his or her digital skills to our in-house communications department. You’ll work with RTD clients and departments, as well as marketing to develop, traffic, and deliver effective programs for the web, social media, and related electronic outlets.

Who’s our ideal candidate? Someone who’s both technical and creative, who can develop inspired content one minute and specify functional web requirements or maintain our website the next. Someone who knows social media inside and out, who communicates easily, and who knows just enough about code to be dangerous.

Requirements

* Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or a related field

* Minimum 3 years experience as a web content/social media coordinator in a fast-paced agency or in-house creative setting

* Minimum 3 years applied web and social media experience including writing, editing and proofing

* Minimum 3 years experience in client relations/customer service position

* Experience in marketing/advertising concepts, strategies, and multimedia marketing communications media

* Proficient in HTML, CSS, web analytics, and content management systems

Salary and Compensation

RTD offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

Submit resume, application, and electronic portfolio or samples by May 4, 2012 at 5:00pm to:

Regional Transportation District
1600 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80202
Job Line – 303-299-2309
Fax – 303-299-2015
Or visit our website to apply: www.RTD-Denver.com

Please note: Applications without portfolio or samples will not be considered.

EOE/AA/Drug Free

No phone calls please.

Web Designer

Description

RTD’s Marketing Department seeks a talented Web Designer to join our full-service, in-house creative services agency.

We are looking for a unique individual with web design vision, who also happens to have solid coding skills. Someone who can concept, design, develop, and code the RTD website and mini-webs, create front-end design interfaces for web applications and the intranet, and who can transform print designs into an interactive experience consistent with our brand. The type of Web Designer who can create a unique visitor experience, backed by knowledge of the latest web tools. Don’t worry about our back-end databases; that’s IT’s job.

Requirements

* Bachelors Degree in Web design and/or Multimedia Arts

* Minimum five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience as a web designer in an advertising agency, corporate marketing, or Web/interactive development environment

* Minimum five (5) years of experience with industry-standard graphics applications including the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat)

* Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible experience with standards compliant web design tools including HTML, XHTML, DreamWeaver, CSS, Flash, ImageReady, Fireworks, Javascript, and other XML-based applications

* Proficiency in FTP, CVS, SVN, or other service control software and experience in a shared file environment

Salary and Compensation

RTD offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

Submit resume, application, and electronic portfolio (please include links to active sites) by Friday, May 4, 2012 at 5:00pm to:

Regional Transportation District
1600 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80202
Job Line – 303-299-2309
Fax – 303-299-2015
Or visit our website to apply: www.RTD-Denver.com

Please note: Applications without online portfolio will not be considered.

EOE/AA/Drug Free

No phone calls please.

Graphic/Web Designer

Description

RTD’s Marketing Department seeks a talented Designer to join our creative services team. You will concept, design, develop, and execute multimedia marketing and image campaigns to extend and effectively communicate the RTD brand.

Our ideal candidate will be comfortable designing across all media (print, web environmental) to promote our programs and corporate image. You’ll need some web skills as well to design and lay out web pages, promotional emails, and web banners. And the prepress skills to prepare final art like a seasoned pro.

Requirements

* Bachelors Degree in Graphic Arts, Multimedia Arts, and/or Web Design

* Minimum 5 years increasingly responsible experience as a graphic designer in an advertising or corporate marketing environment

* Minimum 5 years experience with industry-standard graphics applications including the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat)

* Experience with standards compliant web design tools, which may include HTML, XHTML, DreamWeaver, CSS, Flash, ImageReady, Fireworks, and other XML-based applications

* Experience with Javascript and other specialized scripting languages for web development

Salary and Compensation

RTD offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

Submit resume, application, and electronic portfolio by May 4, 2012 at 5:00pm to:

Regional Transportation District
1600 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80202
Job Line – 303-299-2309
Fax – 303-299-2015
Or visit our website to apply: www.RTD-Denver.com

Please note: Applications without online portfolio will not be considered.

EOE/AA/Drug Free

No phone calls please.

Each year DAVA, as part of their curriculum, enters three teams into the Paper Fashion Show. “We have been so grateful over the years for ADCD’s involvement with our youth. Paper Fashion is the highlight of the year for kids who only imagine careers in design. They love being part of all the hubbub and naturally seeing their own designs come to life,” Says Susan Jenson, Executive Director of DAVA. “Kids are so changeable as teens and fashion is a huge inspiration—that and the fantasy component associated with no limits to the imagination. Because of ADCD, we are coming up from behind to continue offering free onsite programs for kids who just do not have access to arts programming.”

ADCD has donated $5,000 to DAVA this year bringing the total up to more than $27,000 donated to DAVA since the show began in 2004. “It’s ADCD’s mission to strengthen our community. We are humbled by the support of the community for this show and our club. DAVA is an amazing organization and we are grateful to be a part of something that truly impacts Denver’s youth,” says Tanner Bennett, ADCD’s President. “We also want to thank all our sponsors, including xpedx for donating the paper for the show, our volunteer Paper Fashion Show team headed up by Shanna McNear, Ally Feldman and Katie Matteo, and our members who have continually sought out ways to better our community.”

To find out more information on ADCD or to become a member visit www.adcd.com.

To donate to DAVA please visit www.davarts.org/donate.

The Art Directors Club of Denver, founded in 1955, is a local non-profit, multi-disciplinary creative organization focused on strengthening the creative community through education, workshops, informative events and an annual design competition. ADCD’s goal is to foster collaboration and inspiration among existing creatives, elevate local talent and resources, and empower the next generation of creative professionals.