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# About Camp + King

Camp + King is a boutique with muscle. It is a creatively oriented advertising agency with offices in Chicago and San Francisco and a majority partner in Havas, which gives Camp + King network muscle and global reach when needed.  In our 10-year tenure, we’ve been named one of AdAge’s Small Agencies of the Year four times over, recognized on the Ad Age A-List for 2021 and appeared in Outside Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Work list. 

Our agency philosophy is to Make Brands Conversationworthy™️. We do this by creating content for brands that’s worth engaging with, talking about and sharing. Some of our clients include: Papa John’s, Energizer, RE/MAX, Grove Collaborative, Jackson Hewitt, Akili Interactive Labs and Prana.

At Camp + King, we’re a diverse team with a conscience. Our goal is simple—to have a positive impact on people and the world around us. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are deeply important to us and we’re proud that 69% of our agency is made up of women, BIPOC, or LGBTQ+ team members. We believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and that’s why we’re committed to:
- Data transparency with the goal of doing more and doing better
- Closing the opportunity gap and amplifying diverse voices
- Training and education to create a more inclusive culture

# About the position

Our 3-year-old Chicago office is growing and was established to expand our new business opportunities with clients east of the Rockies. 

We need to find a special breed of a leader who can run one of the agency’s key accounts and help continue to build our Chicago offering.  We’re not only looking for masterful business lead that can drive their client’s business and be a creative catalyst for the agency, but also a cultural leader who nurtures our ‘one office two locations’ agency model and plays an indispensable role creating the long corridor between our SF and Chicago offices for both our internal agency and client teams. 

Specifically, we’re looking for a seasoned Brand Director with experience leading large, fast-paced, national retail accounts (ideally in the QSR category) to be the day-to-day brand business lead out of our Chicago office. 

The Brand Director will report to the Management Director of Camp + King Chicago, and have responsibility for both Brand Supervisors and a Brand Manager who will be based in both Chicago and San Francisco.

# Leadership capabilities
- A proven track record forging deep, credible, trusted-based relationships and casting influence with senior level clients (CMO/SVP/VP DIRECTOR)
- A relentlessly committed brand steward that will immerse themselves in the client’s business in order to embrace, inspire and elevate the creative idea.
- Strong strategic thinker and thought leader that can solve marketing and business problems with innovation, decisiveness, speed and clarity. Responsible for bringing the strategy to life in creative and managing both internal creative and external client parties to drive to the desired strategic outcome.
- The ultimate advocate for the agency and the work, while also representing a trusted and fair picture of the client’s perspective, needs and objectives. Responsible for building the bridge between client and agency and fostering mutual trust that allows us to elevate our creative product.
- A respected manager, mentor and inspired team leader with a proven track record driving and elevating the growth paths and success of your team members and direct reports
- An authentic collaborator responsible for forging strong partnerships amongst internal and external agency partners 

# Characteristics
- Someone who was raised (or spent considerable time) in a creative agency culture known for strategic problem solving and world class creative work with a track record of driving agency and client growth.
- A passionate leader who can help build a young agency and the Camp + King brand in the highly competitive Chicago advertising market.
- A self-starter who can quickly earn the respect and trust of their new team members and create a strong team dynamic that will close the distance between Chicago and San Francisco.
- A “roll-up your sleeves” mentality and willingness to play a role below and above them.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and attitude, with the ability to operate in a scrappy, “start-up-like” environment. A genuine commitment to do all it takes to help the agency and clients become great.
- The desire to both “do” and “lead.” Delegating shouldn’t be the default.
- A personality that doesn’t take themselves too seriously but takes the agency and its work very seriously.

# Creativity
- Recognize the relevancy of the agency’s ideas to your client’s business needs, demonstrate original thinking, and make a positive impact on your team
- Uphold high standards of excellence and provide valuable counsel in the creative development process to maximize the quality of the agency’s creative ideas
- Continually search for creative ways to drive the client’s business and improve our creative product.
- Lead the charge with senior members of the Agency team to foster, protect and sell the big idea
- Challenge yourself to be innovative in your thinking and take calculated risks
- Seek ways to become more creative by actively participating in your professional growth

# Knowledge & skill
- Effectively oversee the day-to-day needs of a complex, highly dynamic piece of business
    - You have a command of the highly dynamic QSR category and the key   drivers of the client’s business
    - You actively seek new ways to solve our client’s business problems and improve our creative product
    - You provide valuable business perspective and analysis
    - You routinely develop helpful perspectives to solve issues and answer assignments
    - You can help author marketing plans on behalf of your client 
    - You clearly understand how your client evaluates business success, understand their measurement tools and present recommendations to strengthen the business
- Demonstrate the ability to solve problems via observations, analysis and action
- A dynamic and charismatic presenter and can persuasively present a POV sell the Agency’s POV
- Equipped with a deep understanding of all aspects of production.
- Proven knowledge of all media. Examples of leading traditional, digital, social and mobile campaigns.
- Well-versed in campaign and pitch strategy development
- A leading contributor to the agency’s new business/growth efforts
- Constantly pursue your own professional development
  - You solicit feedback on your performance and respond well to it

# Productivity
- Effectively forecast and allocate resources based on current and future workload while monitoring how those resources impact the financial health of the business
- Play a meaningful role in the Agency’s financial management of the client’s business and agency costs
- Seek integrated solutions for the client’s business that also grows agency revenue
- Contribute ideas that result in real cost and time savings for the agency
  - You make every effort to control costs and ensure profitability
- Capable of managing an account P&L and SOW

# To apply
Please send your résumé to [careers@camp-king.com](mailto:careers@camp-king.com)


Account Director

Camp + King is a creative advertising agency with offices in San Francisco and Chicago. In our short-but-mighty 10-year tenure, we’ve been named to AdAge’s Small Agencies of the Year four times and have appeared in Outside Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Work. Our agency philosophy is to Make Brands Conversationworthy. We do this by creating content for brands that’s worth engaging with, talking about and sharing. 

We’re seeking a Brand Manager to join the team on our healthcare technology account, Akili—who is creating a new class of digital medicines for people living with cognitive impairment. 

Camp + King has a flexed work from home/office policy and is open to candidates in San Francisco, Los Angeles & San Diego, Austin and Chicago.

# Requirements
- 2-3 years of experience in a brand management role at an advertising agency.
- Traditional and digital production experience.
- Understanding of the entire advertising process, from client briefing to shipping, and all the steps in between.
- Strong writing skills. Writing samples may be required.
- Extremely articulate and capable of presenting to clients, as well as making persuasive arguments on the fly.
- Some healthcare or pharmaceutical brand experience a plus.

# Qualities
- Self-motivated problem solver: You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and get down to business.
- Resourceful and highly proactive: You’re able to solve problems on your own and keep work moving without being micromanaged
- Detail-oriented and hyper-organized: You’re a perfectionist who doesn’t let anything slide
- Positive, enthusiastic and driven: You set the tone for the rest of the team, good vibes only.
- Passionate: You love brand management and are committed to pursuing a career in it.
- Critical Thinker: You’re more than just a doer, you have a desire to contribute strategically to building better briefs and more successful creative. 
- Personable and easy going: You’re able to get along with all types of personalities across departments internally, and across client teams.
- Team player: You put your team first, which sometimes means putting in long hours (but having fun doing it). 

# To apply

Please send your résumé to [careers@camp-king.com](mailto:careers@camp-king.com)


Account Executive

Camp + King is a creatively-driven advertising agency with offices in San Francisco and Chicago. In 2020, we were named AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year Silver Overall, our fourth time receiving Small Agency award honors. We’ve also been selected as one of Outside Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Work. 

Our agency philosophy is to Make Brands Conversationworthy. We do this by creating content for brands that’s worth talking about. Our AOR clients include Papa John’s,  Energizer, RE/MAX, PrAna, Grove Collective, Jackson Hewitt and Akili.

We’re experiencing rapid growth, and looking for a strong brand leader to join our team. The Brand Director will run our newly-won account, Grove Collaborative, along with a second piece of business, to be decided pending the outcome of current New Business pitches.

The Brand Director reports into the Director of Brand in San Francisco, and will be responsible for mentoring and growing a small team.

# Requirements

- Seasoned Brand Director with 7+ years of Ad Agency experience
- CPG category experience 
- Strong strategic thinker and thought leader
- Proven success selling creative ideas to senior level clients 
- Highly proficient at writing and building Keynote presentations
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and get in the weeds, especially when it comes to Production. 
- Detail-obsessed and always striving to improve
- Experience managing a team, inspiring and mentoring young talent
- Extensive production experience, particularly in Video and Social/Digital
- Experience developing staffing plans and compensation proposals.

# To apply
Please send CV and a cover letter on why you think you’re suited for the role, to [careers@camp-king.com](mailto:careers@camp-king.com).


Brand Director

Camp + King is a creatively-driven advertising agency with offices in San Francisco and Chicago. In 2020, we were named AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year Silver Overall, our fourth time receiving Small Agency award honors. 

We create content for brands such as Papa John’s, Energizer, RE/MAX, PrAna, Grove Collective, Jackson Hewitt and Akili.

We’re looking for a hands-on Senior IT Technician to support both offices (approximately 60 employees, some in markets outside of SF and Chicago).  Havas has majority ownership of Camp + King and many finance and HR systems are provided by Havas.  This position is based in San Francisco, where our primary hub is located.

# Position needed: Senior IT Support Technician

This position will be in San Francisco to help support both offices and work very closely with Havas’ IT and procurement team.
The office and work environment is 99% Apple products and very creative in nature.  There will be a flexible work from home/in-office schedule, so you must be flexible in terms of working on and off premise, depending on workflow needs. 

This position would have a dual reporting structure into Havas NA IT Director and Camp + King’s Operations Director.

# Your daily responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Manage day-to-day IT support operations for all staff in both offices while having an explicit understanding and awareness of Havas systems and network.
- Manage software administration & implementing upgrades as needed.
- Provision and maintain local and SaaS-based user accounts including but not limited to Google Apps, Office365, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Manage Support & Automation Applications in a Mac OSX, including but not limited to JAMF, Anti-Virus, and Backup Configurations.
- Administrating collaborative services such as G Suite, Zoom, and Slack.
- Maintain a hardware and software inventory.  Assist in purchasing new equipment when needed and coordinating repairs.
- Troubleshoot network and connectivity issues.
- Able to troubleshoot the physical A/V and printing office equipment including Conference Rooms’ A/V setup, architecture, and support.
- Provide advice and troubleshoot any mobile or telephone system issues.
- Have a very good understanding and ability to troubleshoot remote presentation tools such as Zoom, Teams, etc...
- Help shape and enforce basic IT SOPs and Security Policies.
- Monitor and maintain the IT ticketing queue.
- Work very closely with HR and Ops Team in onboarding and offboarding full time employees and freelancers.

## IT finance

- Work with IT Vendors & Havas Procurement and Finance Director in a collaborative way to develop a robust support program, negotiate and track contracts and estimates and seek approval from Havas CFO & Procurement
- Work with finance for purchasing & management of IT inventory and fixed asset tracking

## IT security
- Develop and administer an IT security strategy in conjunction with Havas (Firewalls)

# Desired skills and experience
- Minimum 4+ years of IT Support Experience is required, preferably at an advertising agency or Apple products based creative industry.
- Excellent understanding and knowledge of Creative Suite.
- Understanding of video editing equipment and suites is a big plus.
- Strong understanding of Mac troubleshooting principles is necessary.
- Thorough understanding of troubleshooting principles with a willingness to constantly be applying these principles effectively is important.
- Personable and friendly demeanor is a must.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
- Understanding of IT security principals including “least privileged” access, data governance, etc.
- Must have a highly detail-oriented and very organized approach.
- Must be able to manage multiple tasks concurrently; Understands/values timeliness and deadlines and completeness for projects.
- Must be willing to work and accommodate emergency requests off hours.
- Must be a self-starter with experience managing IT projects and delivering results.
- Ability to seek proactive solutions to difficult situations.
- Experience with Compliance, Security Audits, Vulnerability and Penetration Testing.
- Cloud Infrastructure Experience – AWS, Google Cloud Platform, B2.

# To apply
Please email your resumes to:  [careers@camp-king.com](mailto:careers@camp-king.com)


Senior IT Support Technician

Camp + King is seeking a seasoned and excellent Strategy Director or Group Strategy Director. We’re looking for someone eager to take the next step in her/his planning career, who brings with them a well-developed strategic toolkit, killer planning chops and creative instinct, and has expertly honed their people and client management skills.

This is a critically important position for our agency. This person reports into the Director of Strategy with direct responsibility for a client business or portfolio. You’d partner with C+K leaders across Brand, Creative, and Production teams, including our unique Content Lab offering. Likely, you’ll be asked to serve as a strategic lead across other integrated partner agencies, too.

This role is located in Chicago.  We’re currently working remotely, but plan to return to the office this fall with a focus on flexible work arrangements.

# About you
- You’ve got 10 or more years of experience as an agency strategist, in research or consumer insight development, or in a client-side brand planning team and have a portfolio that demonstrates your mastery of strategic planning skills
- (Note that Group Strategy Director candidates are expected to have more than a dozen years of experience in strategic planning and have been previously responsible for managing an entire client portfolio)
- A significant portion of your career has been spent within an agency environment (required)
- Expert-level fluency across many languages of strategic planning, such as brand strategy, account planning, creative strategy, product marketing, social strategy, communications planning, content strategy, digital strategy, or multicultural marketing
- You can point to actionable audience, cultural, or market insights that you’ve personally developed, explain how you generated them, and demonstrate how those insights led to success
- You are an accomplished presenter, facilitator, interviewer, and researcher
- You’ve fostered strong client relationships and demonstrated an innate ability to understand the complexities of your clients’ businesses—so much so that you’ve got former senior (VP-level or higher) marketing clients willing to sing your praises
- You’ve got a demonstrated fluency in understanding clients’ approach to research, including the metrics they’ve prioritized and the methodologies and partners they’ve historically deployed
- Ambiguity or complexity doesn’t scare you; you’ve got a strong ability to gather, analyze and synthesize information
- You can build beautiful creative briefs that inspire great work… in your sleep
- You’ve proven yourself to be a trusted, effective, and imaginative leader; you’ve managed team members directly and inspired them to achieve their best work
- You’ve got a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area of study, including advertising, public relations, journalism, sociology, anthropology, or psychology; preference given to candidates with Master’s or other advanced degrees, or a demonstrated academic curiosity through other coursework

# What you’ll do
- Take responsibility for the C+K Strategy offering to an entire client or portfolio
- Immediately develop deep client relationships, serving as a virtual extension of their marketing teams; more importantly, be the first person our client partners want to bounce an idea off of or from whom they seek out counsel—in this role, our expectation is that you’ll quickly become the de facto strategic consultant to a Chief Marketing Officer- or Chief Brand Officer-level client
- Partner with the Director of Strategy and the CEO to help evolve the overall strategic offering for Camp + King 
- Partner with our Brand team leaders to not only effectively service client needs, but to galvanize organic growth, and to pitch and win new business with a high win-rate
- Partner with our Creative team leaders to inspire excellent creative work and tirelessly champion creativity
- Manage one or more Strategists directly, taking ownership for the overall quality of strategic planning across your portfolio; providing mentorship and day-to-day management; and taking responsibility for their ongoing career planning, goal setting, and performance assessment
- Author thoughtful, provocative thought leadership pieces and proactively seek out industry publishing or speaking opportunities; expected to publish or speak externally multiple times per year 
- Push beyond traditional client marketing relationships to help expand C+K’s role deeper into the organization—potentially across internal insights, innovation, R+D, analytics, employment branding, engineering, culinary, or development teams
- Other duties as assigned

# About Camp + King
Camp + King is a creative boutique that was recently named an AdAge 2021 Agency A-List Standout. In our ten years, we’ve also been recognized by AdAge’s Small Agency Of the Year four times, including most recently as the Silver Overall winner in 2020. Outside Magazine has included us on its Best Places to Work national list, too.

At Camp + King, we’re a diverse team with a conscience. Our goal is simple—to have a positive impact on people and the world around us. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are deeply important to us and we’re proud that 69% of our agency is made up of women, BIPOC, or LGBTQ+ team members. We believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and that’s why we’re committed to:
- Data transparency with the goal of doing more and doing better
- Closing the opportunity gap and amplifying diverse voices
- Training and education to create a more inclusive culture

# To apply
Please send your résumé to [careers@camp-king.com](mailto:careers@camp-king.com)


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