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The Manager, Web Search will manage Digitaria's Search team. The Manager, Search will be responsible for managing a team of search strategists, sem managers and analysts, developing client solutions, establishing processes and protocols, and creating a continuous learning and improvement environment their team. Successful candidates will offer a strategic perspective, sound business judgment, deep analytical capabilities, and a collaborative working style. 

• Ensure team consistently meets all billable requirements
• Ensure team is working as efficiently as possible
• Manage weekly production schedules
• Allocate project budget and resources logically
• Conduct performance reviews
• Identify hiring and training needs
• Ameliorate issues prior to elevating them within the organization

• Identify opportunities for new and recurring business
• Provide scoping and level of effort estimates for new and recurring business
• Participate in creation of sales presentations for new business/client presentations
• Support company and department marketing activities
• Thought leadership and expertise

• SEM/SEO
• Global search strategies
• Localized search strategies
• Universal search strategies
• Reputation management
• Enterprise search strategies
• Communication planning
• Competitive analysis
• Site audits
• Content development
• Search Measurement

• Educate and coach clients and teams to actively identify opportunities for improvement according to business objectives.
• Serve as point of contact to assigned clients and vendors
• Provide continuous education and training by evangelizing search strategies throughout the company.
• Mentor team members by showing leadership in the areas of strategy, problem solving, work ethic and quality
• Institute and conduct internal reviews and feedback for team members’ client deliverables
• Contribute to department process improvements for improved efficiency and quality of work
• Develop technical guides for Digitaria’s site development process and integrate the SEF technical guides within the technology team process to improve efficiency of building Search Engine Friendly (SEF) sites

• Provide strategic support for SEO and SEM strategists on all clients
• Ensure quality of client deliverables
• Research and identify target audience during the discovery phase to develop successful strategies and meet the clients' business goals through search marketing
• Lead SEF programs to ensure a strategic development of new sites as well as to ensure implementation of appropriate technical SEF solutions

The Senior Search Strategist is responsible for developing, launching, optimizing and analyzing search campaigns (large and small) to help Digitaria clients. The Senior Search Strategist must be strategic, detail oriented, analytical and experienced in client services.  The Senior Search Strategist is results-oriented, flexible and possesses exceptional business acumen and communication skills. They lead project teams, integrate with other teams, as well as to work well independently.

• Strategic management of existing client relationships (collaborating with account, producers and other discipline leads), providing thoughtful leadership and understanding of their search strategies.
• This includes conducting in-person meetings, presenting best practices, strategies, tactics and making presentations.
• Mentor team members to do the same, with senior oversight
• Monitor competitive landscape and industry trends, keeping clients and peers apprised and delivering POVs
• Actively engages in understanding of search, social and analytics  landscape
• Shares best practices through mentoring and training more junior team members and peers
• Develops rapport with publisher partners, internal and client teams
• Aids in on-boarding new personnel to team and training them in SEM best practices
• Participates in cross-functional initiatives to better understand Digitaria’s service offerings
• Responsible for maintaining a steady learning curve to advance the entire teams’ search knowledge and skill set
• Monitor and optimize campaigns against objectives
• Explain changes in performance and actions taken to improve results
• Anticipate client questions  and assist in developing responses to client questions
• Research and identify target audience during the discovery phase to develop successful strategies and meet the business goals through search marketing

• Design Strategies and execute tactics for organic search initiatives
• Search Engine Friendly (SEF)
• Work with engineering and development teams to create technical guides for Digitaria’s site development process and integrate the SEF technical guides within the technology team process to improve efficiency of building Search Engine Friendly (SEF) sites
• Lead SEF programs to ensure a strategic development of new sites as well as to ensure implementation of appropriate technical SEF solutions
• Search Engine Optimization Programs (SEO)
• Using industry best practices, develop search opportunities and visibility strategies for clients. This research is based on in-depth client interviews, strategic data analysis and critical project plans focusing on timely execution.
• Create and confirm site architecture and site map for client’s websites working closely with Project Managers, Content and Development.
• Guide SEO project tasks to timely and successful completion.
• Communicate SEO strategies with clients focusing on how they fit into the larger picture marketing strategy,  tactics implemented, short and long-term solutions, and creative strategies involving both proven and emerging technologies.

• Management of PPC and paid social marketing campaigns.
• Manage overall paid search campaign strategy and implementation across a range of search and social platforms  
• Manage budgets towards performance goals
• Develop  successful bidding strategies and effective keyword management
• Actively propose solutions to improve ROI
• Develop bid management strategies across search engines, including formulation of campaign. optimization plans.
• Monitor, analyze and optimize campaign performance from a 10,000 ft view
• Develop creative strategies to further enhance and drive client revenue
• Adjust strategy and tactics as necessary to increase effectiveness and overall campaign performance
• Act a primary contact for SEM vendor relationships
• Test new platforms, programs and techniques
• Oversee  development of campaign components including keywords, copy, landing page selection, account structure etc.
• Responsible for overseeing day -to day trafficking, test execution, optimization and troubleshooting
• Accountable for monthly media spend accounting

• Identify opportunities for new and recurring business
• Provide scoping and level of effort estimates for new and recurring business
• Participate in creation of sales presentations for new business/client presentations
• Support company and department marketing activities

The Business Development Director is responsible for driving revenue and establishing relationships with prospective clients. Working with the VP of Business Development, the BDE is focused on client relations, new business opportunities, strategic consulting, and growing the Digitaria brand in the Midwest and Southern US markets. 

The role of the Business Development Director on the sales team is to hunt for new business opportunities in identified markets by building relationships, uncovering business problems and needs and provide solutions with great business impact.  

The Business Development Director requires a minimum of 5 – 8 years working experience in Digital marketing with broad experience in all aspects of interactive marketing development. The Business Development Executive (BDE) works closely with and supports the VP of Business Development in all aspects of promoting Digitaria, prospecting and targeting potential clients, responding to prospect inquiries and conducting new business pitches. Experience in the healthcare industry is a huge plus! ++

The sales team is responsible for targeting new client opportunities and cultivating these relationships. This includes prospect list generation, outbound marketing strategies and working with the executive team to foster profitable relationships.

He/she will report to the VP of Business Development and will collaborate closely with ongoing client services team to maximize revenue opportunity of business on an ongoing basis.

• Identify, prioritize and pursue new and existing opportunities with prospective clients
• Develop new business opportunities for Digitaria in the Midwest & convert them into new business
• Ability to lead new business meetings and presentations with potential clients
• Manage a client portfolio from A to Z (from client relationship to contract management, etc.)

• Write crisp, clean, on target body copy, long-form copy and headlines for multi-channel projects (web, mobile, OOH, video, blogs, print, editorials/advertorials, etc.)
• Participate in all aspects of your team’s project, focusing on creative ideation (the big idea, executions) and messaging
• Be able to edit, proofread and provide feedback on all written project deliverables
• Collaborate with visual designers and engineers to develop concepts and comps for internal/client review
• Expertly craft documentation for concept presentations, RFPs and internal initiatives
• Understand and work within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, usability, technical constraints, as well as budget, scope and deadlines
• Cultivate an understanding of industry trends and share your insights with the agency

• 5+ years of copywriting experience
• Present a portfolio that represents a diverse body of work, including online and offline ad campaigns, microsites, mobile app concepts and long-form copy
• Experience collaborating with small to medium-sized teams
• Ability to defend creative choices to internal teams and clients, when necessary
• An ability to be communicative, flexible and precise under tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Meticulous attention to detail (grammar freaks encouraged to apply)
• Strong organizational skills  
• Works well under pressure
• Excellent attitude and desire to learn

**Please include a link to your online portfolio**

• Write headlines, body copy and long-form copy for multi-channel projects (web, mobile, digital OOH, video, print, etc.)
• Participate in all aspects of your team’s project, focusing on creative ideation and messaging
• Be able to edit, proofread and provide feedback on written project deliverables
• Collaborate with visual designers and engineers to develop concepts and comps for internal/client review
• Expertly craft documentation for concept presentations, RFPs and internal initiatives
• Understand and work within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, usability, technical constraints, as well as budget and schedule
• Cultivate an understanding of industry trends and share your insights with the agency

• 3+ years of copywriting experience
• Present a portfolio that represents a diverse body of work, including online ad campaigns, microsites, mobile app concepts and long-form copy
• Experience collaborating within small to medium-sized teams
• An ability to be communicative, flexible and precise under tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Strong organizational skills and an attention to detail
• Works well under pressure
• Excellent attitude and desire to learn

**Please include a link to your online portfolio**

The Creative Director is responsible for generating and articulating ideas and solutions for brand experiences, campaigns, platforms and applications at Digitaria. The Creative Director should have the confidence and wherewithal to present concepts and pitch new business as needed, company-wide. This position requires a deep understanding and working knowledge of 360 advertising: Print, Broadcast and Digital.

Your job:

• Contribute greatly in pitching and winning new business.
• Be a lead creative for assigned accounts and relationships.
• Be part of making our agency buzzing, happy, innovative, dedicated, inspired, and profitable.
• Be a lead for assigned accounts and projects – you own the ideation and creative execution.
• Collaborate with ECD and other account team leads to provide best possible solutions and ideas
• Partner with Strategy and Planning teams to deliver overall solution.
• Take responsibility and full accountability for assignment output quality.
• Develop great relationships with our clients. Make sure they are happy, educated, informed and ready to work with us on future assignments.
• Be a contributor for assigned accounts and projects – provide your insights, expertise, ideas and solutions to account team.
• Manage your assignments’ creative resources.

Accountabilities:

• Complete commitment to project and client success
• Deepest understanding of our clients brand and customers
• Outstanding quality of your deliverables
• Be a leader, example and inspiration for our department and agency
• Win awards because of your ideas, leadership and brilliant execution

About You:

• You have a breathtaking portfolio. You do amazing work. You make others do even better work.
• You are all about great relationships with the client.
• You live and breathe ideas (big, scary, delicious and doable ones).
• You will never approach assignments as a One Man Show – you will embrace and foster team spirit and respect.
• You will be great mentor to our junior team members.
• You understand your assignments’ profitability, sales forecasts and staffing needs.
• Experience in all forms of advertising (traditional, digital, experiential, social) is a must.
• Experience in mobile, complex UI design, product design and application would be a huge plus.
• Experience in CPG marketing is a plus.
• Willingness to relocate to Minneapolis is a plus.

**Please include a link to your online portfolio**

We are currently seeking an experienced Design Director with a steel-trap mind, a limitless vision and a knack for innovation. Essentially we want the Patrick Swayze of design to keep this digital Roadhouse running smoothly.

The Design Director must be absorbed in the latest interactive and digital experiences, and understand how such experiences should function on web, iPhone Apps, mobile sites, social networking and self-service kiosks. Being a bit of a Ping-Pong powerhouse is also an added bonus.

So, if you have a killer jump shot, a thirst for free beer and great ideas inside of your dome, give us a shout. We’d love to hear from you.

• Establish creative strategy, budgets & schedules for key accounts / assignments.
• Pitch key accounts and deliver creative strategy.
• Manage and mentor the creative team while challenging and introducing new and innovative methods of creative execution.
• Communicate and create overall interactive team design vision by defining the direction and goals for the group.
• Lead projects, critique work and approve final design executions.
• Ensure quality, usefulness, and successful delivery of creative assignments.
• Set and maintain creative standards for the department and enforce accountability when standards are not met.
• Assign creative leads and teams to accounts and projects.
• Sell department capabilities.
• Help maintain an active list of creative contractor resources, i.e.: art directors, copywriters, visual designers, photographers, Flash designers/developers, 3D artists, etc.
• Work with executive team to improve processes and tools to increase product quality & efficiency.

• You have a breathtaking portfolio. You do amazing work. You make others do even better work.
• You are all about great relationships with the client.
• You live and breathe design.
• You will never approach assignments as a One Man Show – you will embrace and foster team spirit and respect.
• Amazing presenter, conceptual thinker
• Great people skills – have to inspire and lead client and internal teams
• Problem solver on every level
• Superior visual design sensibilities and principle knowledge
• Great understanding/respect of User Experience / Interaction design
• Excellent experience managing budgets, teams, timelines, deliverables

**Please include a link to your online portfolio**

We create Beautiful Logic. We are looking for someone that has the desire and passion for big thinking and even bigger design challenges. We’re looking for problem solvers, craftsman, communicators, team players, and all around cool person. You’ll be working on some of the largest and innovative media projects online. The VD will be responsible for brainstorming creative concepts with the project team, developing original design concepts, executing designs based on established style guides, participating in visual design presentations to clients, and developing design specs for production.

Digitaria designers are versatile and multi-faceted. An understanding of web technologies and grasp of the tools is expected of all designers. The VD’s job is to create great interaction design schemes for clients and to help associate designers do the same. You should be able to handle the day-to-day interactions with existing projects without needing monitoring. You must have excellent communication skills and be a great team player.

• Inspire and collaborate with your co-workers to produce inventive, thoughtful, relevant work for clients
• Work closely with your team to execute on the creative strategy for projects
• Participate in all aspects of your team’s projects, focusing on innovation and quality
• Collaborate with visual designers and engineers to conceive and prototype interaction models, information architectures, and user interfaces
• Expertly craft documentation to represent the user experience, including: product requirements documents, functional specifications, flow diagrams, schematics, and prototypes
• Understand and work within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, usability, technical constraints, as well as budget and schedule
• Work with User Experience Designers to implement interaction design guidelines
• Experiment with new tools and techniques to improve our work
• Cultivate an understanding of industry trends and share your insights with the studio

• 2+ years of experience designing software experiences
• Present a portfolio that represents a diversity of projects as well as a clear design perspective
• Experience working on small to medium-sized teams
• An ability to be communicative, flexible and precise under tight deadlines
• Proficiency with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Strong organizational skills and an attention to detail
• Works well under pressure
• Works well with senior designers and directors
• Excellent attitude and desire to learn

**Please include a link to your online portfolio**

Non-web designers need not apply.

A key role within the Experience Design department, the Interaction Designer collaborates internally with team members from account, planning, research, product development and visual design to concept and define award-winning experiences. This position requires someone who is passionate about UX, UI and Visual Design and can successfully balance client brand objectives while advocating for user needs and goals.

• Collaborate with Creative Director, Experience Director, Visual Designer & Technology Leads to define and/or roadmap deliverables for experience projects.
• Create, coordinate, lead, inspire and/or oversee all UX deliverables including: client/internal briefs, research, competitive audits, experience roadmaps, interaction design and/or visual designs for concept delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams and clients to ensure integrity of envisioned experiences pre-launch as well as iteration post-launch.
• Passionately sell (and defend) UX design decisions to clients via strategic and relevant deliverables and impactful presentations while being open to feedback and collaboration.
• Partner with other agency disciplines and leads to ensure a holistic approach to UX outcomes across integrated digital touch points.
• Champion current methodologies and thought leadership for UX design in defining outcomes.
• Support and balance team recommendations with research, analytics, usability testing, customer insights and other quantitative/qualitative insights as appropriate to advance ideas.
• Be a leader, example and inspiration for the Experience Design department and Digitaria to inspire and commit teams to long-term client success.
• Win awards, clients and media interest as a result of your ideas, leadership and brilliant executions.
• Mentor and support junior experience team members by reviewing/supporting work, coordinating workloads and working closely with traffic department for resource allocation and planning.

• Experience defining and creating experiences across applications, mobile, website, social and interactive display channels. Interactive agency experience is a plus.
• Expert knowledge and demonstrable portfolio of work experience via OmniGraffle, InDesign, Photoshop or similar graphic packages for communicating UX client deliverables (ex: sitemaps, wireframes, visual designs).
• UX design, consulting experience and a demonstrable portfolio across a variety of large B2B and/or B2C clients. Experience as one or multiple of the following preferred: Information Architect, Interaction Designer or Visual Designer.
• Understanding of the technical capabilities of HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript and Flash.
• Strong client presentation and visual communication style, excellent verbal and written skills mandatory.
• Strong understanding, passion and thought leadership for digital technologies, trends and design with an understanding of how they can benefit brands.
• Strong client management skills with the ability to balance scope, brand objectives and user goals.
• Comfortable working with tight deadlines across multiple projects.
• Mobile design experience via mobile sites or applications (iOS, Android) is desired, but not required.
• Occasional travel as needed for client presentations and meetings.
• This is a full-time, salaried position available for our San Diego or Minneapolis office.

• You like to solve problems with the mind of an analyst and the passion of a painter.
• It’s beyond pixels, boxes, visual design, interaction or even usability. It’s about strong critical thinking skills and the ability to see the big picture across client, brand and user insights to design inspired digital experiences. 
• You’ve done the research and REALLY know the client, their brand and their customers.
• You believe experience design is not just a step in the process…it is integrated in everything we do and the essence of the brand itself. 
• You validate through research, think creatively, empathize with clients, customize activities and respond to ongoing feedback to continually evolve client products and services.
• You like to talk…and listen.
• You are the spokesperson for creative ideas and approaches; able to find an optimized balance between brand objectives and user needs. 
• You sell clients on yourself, your team and your commitment to the brand. Our client is the hero, the brand is well positioned and the experience buzzworthy.
• You do great work. You make others do really great work.
• You work with cross-discipline team members including brand, analytics, interaction design, information architecture, content strategy and visual design to define award-winning concepts.