Who We Are

We are a fiercely entrepreneurial ad agency that blends creativity and performance to build great brands. We call this approach Soul + Science. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Seattle, we serve as collaborative business partners to some of the world’s best brands including Ben & Jerry’s, Jose Cuervo, Alaska Airlines, Charles Schwab and OkCupid, among others.

Being a Mekanista requires a rare combination of being a weird, fearless and wonderful person who enjoys birthday cakes, well-behaved dogs, and shared sensibility of respect and not taking ourselves too seriously.

Mekanism has been named to Ad Age’s A-List and twice to their Best Places to Work list. Most recently, Mekanism was named Independent Agency of the Year by The Drum and a Top 10 Most Effective Independent Agency in the US by the Effie Index. We have been profiled by The New York Times, Fast Company and ABC’s Nightline. Our campaign methodologies are studied by Harvard Business School.

Role

The brand management team is made up of entrepreneurial, innovative & fearless leaders who drive the growth, relationship & success of our brands. We are the “tip of the spear.” We are business industry experts, client relationship masters, and creative/performance champions.

More than anything, we love ideas, we are problem solvers, we have conviction, we bounce-back from rough moments, and we are trusted leaders.

The Brand Director is a passionate, collaborative, outgoing, creative-oriented leader. Mekanism’s overall goal is to become a critical piece of our clients’ marketing mix, to solve problems, not just execute on projects.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Build and Grow Relationships
  • Be a main point of client & partner contact.
  • Understand our client’s business and generate new ideas to enhance client performance.
  • Make Amazing Creative
    • Spend your days trying to create and produce amazing creative that helps our clients.
    • Project Manage Many Moving Parts
      • Develop timelines, traffic sheets, and creative rotations in tandem with production and media.
      • Partner with finance to ensure invoicing, PO’s, travel approvals etc are all submitted in the necessary timeframe.
      • Oversee account financial health with Group Brand Director oversight.
      • Manage and drive the overall profitability of accounts
      • Creative Brief, Strategy Development, and Presentation Improvement
        • Partner with Brand Strategy to turn our client briefs into strong creative briefs for our creative leads.
        • Maintain a strong presentation process with our clients, making sure all creative is presented in a strong and compelling way with a clear Mekanism POV.
        • Effectively Manage Team
          • Foster teamwork and a constructive work environment across a multidisciplinary group of social media, digital, creative & production teams.
          • Help Develop Brand Management Department
            • Help build the brand management at Mekanism. Identify and communicate ways to improve the team and department.
        • Qualifications:
          • At least 10 years account experience in a creative advertising agency
          • A proven track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound critical thinking skills and maintaining composure in stressful situations.
          • Must have video production experience with national and/or global brands. You should be able to drive the process flawlessly with grace.
          • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of employees.
          • Proven ability to change direction flawlessly on a dime and adjust quickly to shifting priorities and short timelines.
          • Detail oriented with excellent organizational and time management skills.
          • A “roll up your sleeves” attitude and a sense of humor.

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