Designers

Posted on 18th January.2012 - 5:37pm Advertising / Recruitment

We are always interested in hearing from highly creative designers with a view to them joining our talented Creative team.

Our designers deliver a credible and inspirational creative design service, which meets and exceeds client expectations.  They explore creative solutions to client briefs and continually develop and enhance design concepts whilst ensuring all projects run on schedule and within budget.

Core skills required: Adobe Creative Suite, Quark Express, Microsoft packages and an understanding of digital design technologies.

While not essential, skills in motion graphics (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash and Final Cut Pro) will be preferred.

Are you organised and solutions-focused, with a keen eye for detail and have the passion and commitment to push your creative style?  If so, then send your CV and portfolio, along with your salary expectations and why you think TBWA\Manchester needs you to mcr-recruitment@tbwamanchester.co.uk.

Account executive vacancy

Posted on 25th November.2011 - 5:00pm Advertising / Recruitment

UPDATE: we are no longer taking applications for this vacancy.

TBWA\Manchester is a group of multi-channel communication and advertising specialists. We work with local, national, and international brands and develop creative ways of shaping consumer behaviour to suit a business need. Our goal is to deliver greater success to each of our clients.

Are you the type of individual who can make things happen?

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced, passionate and dynamic Account Executive to work as an integral part of our established Account Handling team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support and engage in a range of Account Handling activities working on specific clients and be able to demonstrate the following:

  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • The ability to adapt to changing workloads to match changing priorities
  • Have the competency to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
  • Have excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
  • Flexible, adaptable, self-motivated, and delivery focused
  • Be an enthusiastic team player with good communication skills
  • Be methodical and process driven, meeting monthly delivery of retail point of sale
  • Have hands-on experience and knowledge of print and production
  • Have the capability to liaise with clients and attend client meetings
  • Tenacious and outgoing
  • Ideally have 6 months, or more, previous industry experience

This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven and career minded individual to be part of a talented team and join an amazing Agency.

To apply, please email your CV with a covering letter, noting your current remuneration package and salary expectations to Kimberley.Ormerod@tbwamanchester.co.uk

We regret that we shall not be able to write personally to all applicants who are not shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Front-end developer vacancy

Posted on 25th November.2011 - 10:36am Digital / Recruitment

UPDATE: vacancy filled.

Key Skills
Ninja front-end developer, you love to build intuitive and engaging experiences and add value to the design and build process. And that’s not just websites, but all digital channels… email, social media, mobile … you get the picture.

We don’t want you to be a designer, but you will need an appreciation of creativity balanced with an understanding of how to build following best practices, with strong knowledge of SEO, usability and accessibility.

Experience in Actionscript 3 would be a huge bonus but not a deal breaker.

You need to be able to guide and direct our junior developers both in work as well as process. And just as importantly, you will be ready to learn lots more.

Key Characteristics
Passionate about all things digital, with a passion for learning more
On top of what’s current in the development world, as well as more broadly across the digital industry
Perfectionist with a tenacious approach – no such thing as ‘it’ll do’
Take a user-centric approach to development, while also understanding what we’re ultimately trying to get the user to do
Able to work collaboratively with fellow developers, as well as creative teams, designers and account teams
Able to mentor our talented junior developers
Able to work under direction…
…as well as be self-initiated
Confident and passionate about your work, and share that enthusiasm amongst the team
Able to QA and test work to ensure the best product leaves the building
Able to manage your time and your workload to deliver to the right quality, on time

Technical knowledge
Mandatory: Expertise in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX. Demonstrable knowledge of Photoshop/Fireworks. Experience working with content management tools.

Any of these would be a bonus: Working within Episerver CMS. Basic knowledge of Actionscript 3, PHP 5

If you think ‘yeah, that’s me’, please send your CV with a covering letter to recruitment@tbwamanchester.co.uk noting your current salary and salary expectations. Alternatively for further details please contact Helen Marks on 0161 908 8139.

We regret that we won’t be able to write personally to applicants who are not shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks, you should presume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.


Finance Administrator vacancy

Posted on 21st November.2011 - 5:05pm Recruitment

UPDATE: vacancy filled.

TBWA\Manchester is a group of multi-channel communications and advertising specialists looking to recruit a Finance administrator to join the Finance team. This is an extremely varied and diverse role, which will involve

Key Responsibilities

  • Managing and providing a professional, effective, efficient and accurate financial administration service for the Finance Department.
  • Providing standard and non-standard reports to the business as and when required.
  • Summarising and analysing of the in-house financial recording system reports.
  • Providing feedback of any issues, trends and concerns, where policy/process is not being followed or where changes to practices would bring improvements.
  • Managing timesheet process including chasing and checking of timesheets for accuracy.
  • Undertaking all ad hoc departmental administration as and when required.

Skills

  • Excellent administration and organisational skills.
  • Enthusiastic team player with good communication skills.
  • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
  • Excellent time management skills and adapts to changing workload to match changing priorities.
  • Resilient when meets opposition from client service teams and remains calm under pressure.
  • Flexible, adaptable, self-motivated, outgoing and delivery focused.
  • Works as a team with other Finance team members to provide cover where necessary.

Experience Required

  • Excellent MS Office skills - Excel skills (essential).
  • Advanced Excel reports in chart, pivot table and database formats (desirable).
  • Excellent communication skills (essential).
  • Knowledge of Media/Communications industry (desirable).

To apply for this great opportunity, please email your CV with a covering letter, noting your current remuneration package and salary expectations to kimberley.ormerod@tbwamanchester.co.uk

We regret that we shall not be able to write personally to applicants who are not shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Closing date Friday 2nd December 2011

Junior Interactive Designer vacancy

Posted on 17th November.2011 - 5:34pm Digital / Recruitment

UPDATE: vacancy filled.

We are looking for a Junior Interactive Designer to join our growing digital team. We work with great brands on exciting campaigns and projects. We do integrated as well as pure-play digital. And digital is never an after-thought. All in all it’s a great place to learn and develop your career.  Sound interesting? There’s more, read on.

Key Skills

Rockstar designer in the making, you will design intuitive and engaging experiences not just for the web, but all digital channels… mobile, outdoor… you get the picture.

We also need you to be a bit science-y, with knowledge of usability and accessibility. We don’t want you to be a developer, but you will need an understanding of how things are built, development restrictions, that kind of stuff.

Knowing your way around a timeline and a tween will help too… Flash animation, motion graphics and/or video experience are a BIG bonus.

And most importantly, you will be ready to learn lots more.

Key Characteristics

  • Passionate about creativity, design and the web, and a passion for learning more
  • On top of what’s going on in the design and digital industries
  • Perfectionist
  • Take a user-centric approach to design, with no self-indulgence
  • Able to work collaboratively with fellow designers, as well as creatives, developers and account teams
  • Able to work under direction
  • Confident and passionate about your work (and spread that enthusiasm)
  • Able to manage your time and your workload to deliver on time

Software knowledge

  • Mandatory: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, MS Word, Excel
  • Brucie bonus: Dreamweaver (basic knowledge of HTML/CSS build and or understanding), After FX

To apply send your CV and salary expectations to mcr-recruitment@tbwamanchester.co.uk. Alternatively for further details please contact Helen Marks on 0161 908 8139.

Please
Send a link to your online portfolio if you have one, we like pretty pictures.

We regret that we won’t be able to write personally to applicants who are not shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks, you should presume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Freelance TV Producers

Posted on 17th October.2011 - 10:20am Advertising / Motion / Recruitment

We are currently on the lookout for talented, freelance TV producers. You will provide clarity and guidance on all aspects of TV production, whilst ensuring the creative vision is understood and maintained by everyone involved in the project.

The essential skills, knowledge and attributes required include:

  • Substantial experience in TV production within the advertising industry
  • An in-depth understanding of the production process, along with a network of contacts in the industry
  • Experience of working with compressed schedules
  • Flexibility, patience and diplomacy
  • Commercially and financially aware
  • Ability to work constructively with others
  • Have a keen eye for detail
  • Tenacity and resilience

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to mcr-recruitment@tbwamanchester.co.uk.

Brand Director vacancy

Posted on 2nd September.2011 - 9:40am Recruitment

Inspirational thinker? Brilliant project manager and team leader? Passionate about brands? This is a really exciting opportunity to take your career to an exciting new level.

We are currently looking to recruit a Brand Director with the aptitude, hunger, and determination to succeed in such a challenging, demanding, imposing, but yet rewarding role.

How would you like…

  • To assume the role of a client’s Brand Guardian within the Agency, ensuring TBWA\Manchester delivers a class-leading integrated approach to maximise return for clients and profitability for the Agency?
  • To work across a diverse range of recognized brands in the current marketplace?
  • Be responsible and accountable for leading a set of high performing team players?
  • Be responsible and accountable for developing and driving effective brand strategies across the portfolio?

If you think you’re a strategic thinker who can formulate and deliver business solutions with passion for branding and the energy, creative flexibility, and cross-functional skills to shape and strengthen our business by building great brands, then this could be the next role for you.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience working at a senior level within an Agency environment; have the ability to build strong collaborative relationships with a diverse range of partners, proficient influencing skills combined with strategic understanding of the relationship between brands and a wide range of marketing communications.

This is a fantastic position for a driven and career minded individual.

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please send your CV with a covering letter to kimberley.ormerod@tbwamanchester.co.uk noting your current remuneration package and salary expectations.

We regret that we shall not be able to write personally to applicants who are not shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks, you should presume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

TBWA Have Raised £4000 for charity

Posted on 18th April.2011 - 10:46am News & PR

For the past year we’ve been supporting Henshaws as our Annual Agency Charity.
Henshaws is a fantastic local charity that began in Manchester 173 years ago, with
the aim of helping blind and partially sighted people to lead independent and fulfilling lives.

As a visual communications agency Henshaws was the perfect fit for us, and we’ve
been very proud to support them with our marketing services and fundraising. In 12 months
we’ve raised nearly £4000 through cupcake baking, wine tasting, Pimms on the Lawn,
running The Great North Run and setting up an agency tuck shop. We’ve also donated
hundreds of hours of creative, digital and account time. Look out for the brand campaign coming soon.

If you’d like to support Henshaws, please visit their website.

We’ll be announcing our new Annual Agency Charity soon.

TBWA\Manchester Recruitment

Posted on 3rd September.2010 - 12:20pm Recruitment

We are always interested in hearing from talented and creative people who would like to join our team.  If you have the passion and commitment to succeed in a fast paced and exciting agency, then send your CV, along with your salary expectations and why TBWA\Manchester needs you to mcr-recruitment@tbwamanchester.co.uk