Can you help? We’re looking for an Account Coordinator to help our Account Services team implement marketing plans for our clients.

We’re looking for someone who is ready to dive in head first in strategic planning, communication, and organization to keep our clients looking good. Are you forward-thinking? A planner?

How’s your communication? (Now’s a great time to show it off.) Why’s it important to be able to let clients know what’s up, and also be able to keep the internal team up to speed?

Are you organized? Can you keep track of multiple projects at once? Keeping all the plates spinning is crucial – and there are a lot of plates!

Would your past coworkers call you a team player? We’re a small agency, and nobody has time to say “that’s not my job.”

The stuff you’ll do:

• Support the account team across multiple clients and projects
• Help manage client project deadlines and build schedules
• Own ongoing client research and competitive analysis
• Work to understand each client’s brand inside and out
• Manage internal time, deadlines, and deliverables
• Be proactive and make sure things are moving forward
• Help support new business efforts
• Take great notes

Now, the stuff you’re looking for: This is a full-time position. We offer a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonuses, major medical benefits, paid vacation accrual, retirement, and ongoing professional development.

And diversity matters, so we encourage women, LGBTQ+, and candidates of color to apply.

Interested? Send your resume to [email protected]

Are you experienced? Not in the Jimi Hendrix way but, say, 2-3 years of experience working with clients in marketing roles?

Can you develop integrated marketing campaigns? Manage an account? Keep clients happy and projects moving?

We want to talk to you.

Tell us how you build strategies and marketing programs that exceed expectations and stick to the budget.

Tell us why strong communication matters on the client side AND internally. (And show off some of those communication skills when you tell us.)

Tell us you’re detail-oriented, but everyone tells us that, so maybe tell us you know why that matters and how it has worked for you in the past.

Tell us that you’re the kind of person who’s able to work independently. We’re small. You’re going to have to hold your own hand sometimes. And yeah, everyone’s a team player come interview time, but would your past coworkers agree?

Oh, and do you have agency experience? It’s not a must, but it’s a nice-to-have.

The stuff you’ll do:

• Build client relationships and be their most adamant agency ambassador
• Project manage work between the client and our creative team
• Develop strategy and ideas around opportunities and planning
• Be the brand enforcer for each of your clients, ensuring things align with brand guides
• Manage client/project budgets and internal time management
• Be proactive and make sure things are moving forward 
• Work on new business pitches 
• Organically grow existing client business

The stuff you want to know about:This is a full-time position. We offer a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonuses, major medical benefits, paid vacation accrual, retirement, and ongoing professional development.

And diversity matters, so we encourage women, LGBTQ+, and candidates of color to apply.

Interested? Send your resume to [email protected]

The Spears Group is a full-service advertising agency, that also owns a number of experiential products,  headquartered in New Orleans, LA, with offices in Houston, TX. Our firm specializes in multicultural and cause-related marketing and communications. We build and execute strategies that build lasting relationships and improve society. Over the years, we have won over 150 coveted industry awards from the American Advertising Federation, Public Relations Society of America, American Marketing Association, and a host of others while working with marquee brands.

We’re looking for a mid-level website developer who can help to elevate the agency’s capabilities. This role would be essential in building, maintaining, and growing our digital development as well as being our in-house expert in all things web related. This role includes a combination of both front-end and back-end responsibilities, from developing new digital experiences that attract, engage, and convert visitors on multiple WordPress-based websites, to managing CMS updates and back-end infrastructures. You’ll partner with our design team to drive world-class UX/UI and ensure the websites are technically sound, optimized, and successful in helping clients achieve their goals and KPIs. This role also includes ongoing WordPress maintenance and help desk support – including plugin and theme updates, content edits, and technical troubleshooting.

Reports to: Senior Vice President of Client Services

Your strengths:

• Front and back-end experience building and managing WordPress and Joomla CMS sites
• Experience developing custom WordPress themes and integrating plugins
• Experience using premium front-end builders (YooTheme)
• Solid understanding of usability, responsive design, testing, and technical SEO
• Strong understanding of performance optimization best practices and tools
• Proficient using HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP/MySQL
• Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and other data analytics tools
• Proven track record of understanding goals and requirements and delivering solutions
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and manage various projects based on changing business requirements

What you’ll do:

• Help influence UX/UI design and website functionality for new and existing digital properties
• Build new WordPress sites using custom post-types and native development 
• Maintain, update, and improve multiple WordPress and Joomla sites using YooTheme
• Participate in digital project onboarding, including estimation and functionality scoping
• Server and web hosting oversight, capacity and traffic management, technical support, upgrades for back-end platforms, and optimization
• Collaborate with our creative leads to develop website designs and page components that provide amazing web experiences
• Build responsive, optimized pages in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP
• Continually update and monitor client CMS plugins and upgrades
• Manage integrations and APIs
• Recommend and implement technical SEO updates
• Research and provide insights into digital best practices, security, and new technologies
• Review and respond to operational issues, escalating as necessary

Desired Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or similar degree or equivalent experience
• Experience working with modern front-end UI frameworks
• YooTheme front-end builder or similar experience
• Basic knowledge of graphical tools, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, to crop, resize, and perform small adjustments to assets
• Experience with Agile development process

Experience:

Preferred: 3+ years of WordPress development experience building small to medium websites, managing back-end platforms, and proficient in CSS

Perks and Benefits:

• Annual off-site retreat
• 50/50 work from home policy 
• 18 days of PTO in year one
• Health insurance benefits including a 75% employer contribution
• 401(k) plan matched up to 4% 
• Annual bonus structure

Spears Group embraces diversity as a core value. Women, LGBTQ+ and candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates please send portfolio and resumes to [email protected].

The Spears Group is an award-winning, 8a certified, full-service advertising agency. We believe deeply in culture, and our people, are our greatest assets.

The company received our federal 8a designation in October of 2020. We are currently looking for a dynamic business development professional with substantial experience and a proven track record in federal government contracting and business development. The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Previous experience leading business development efforts for a professional services firm transacting business with the federal government
• Previous experience working inside the federal government in leadership or contracting capacity
• Deep knowledge and understanding of government procurement processes, procedures, etc. 
• Deep knowledge and understanding of the various procurement vehicles the federal government utilizes
• Deep knowledge and understanding of federal procurement sites and tools, including FedBizOpps, Beta.Sam.gov, and others
• Deep experience in writing proposals
• Substantial experience developing responses to requests for proposals, sources sought, requests for qualifications, etc.

We offer a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonuses, major medical benefits, paid vacation accrual, retirement, and ongoing professional development.

Diversity is at the core of our company, we encourage women, LGBTQ+, and candidates of color to apply.

Interested candidates should email their resume, portfolio, and supporting materials to substantiate their qualifications to [email protected].