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Careers: Digital account manager
Digital whip required...
Immediate vacancy:
Ahoy all digital account managers (or digital execs looking for a challenge) we are looking for a new person to join our team. As with most digital design agencies this role requires a mixture of account management, project management and business development.
The successful candidate will report to the managing director and be responsible for the account management of new and existing clients. You will be the main point of contact for all your clients and will work alongside them to ensure that their digital marketing briefs are delivered correctly, on time and within budget. You will work alongside another account manager and lead a team of designers and developers.
You will have help to deliver larger projects but will have sole control over smaller campaigns. You will therefore need a minimum of 2 years website project management experience.
There is also an element of business development to this role as you will be expected to generate business by helping existing clients as well as contacting sales leads and discussing opportunities.
The ideal candidate will feel comfortable working across a range of digital projects, including websites design and build, email design and build and online advertising. We want someone who genuinely loves the web and will help guide our clients on how best to profit from the latest in digital developments.
Skills and experience:
· Min 2 years website project management experience.
· Project management experience of small and large web projects.
· Experience of working on online marketing accounts.
· The ability to develop digital strategies.
· Some digital sales experience.
· Excellent communication skills.
· A strong and confident personality.
· The ability to work in a high pressured environment.
· Very organised.
· Enjoys mixing with work friends socially.
Please send your CV to hello@ahoycreative.co.uk
Posted By: Mark
02 February 2011
Looking for a foot in the door?
We're currently on the look out for hot new talent to join our creative team here at Ahoy. If you’re fresh out of uni and hungry for a bit of experience in an agency, this could be for you. Initially starting with a 2 week run, you’ll have a chance to work on live projects, build up your portfolio and experience how an agency works. If you’re really good (and you make a cracking cup of tea) there might be a job in it for you.
We're really keen to see what talent is out there, and would like to give the opportunity to someone who:
• Is Creative
• Loves design and is eager to learn and progress
• Knowledge and use of Adobe Creative Suit and the ability to work on Mac
• Is adaptable (we're a multi-disciplinary agency)
• Has a sense of humour
• Punctual and organised
Please send us examples of your best work along with a little bit about yourself, and why you want to work here at Ahoy to: placements@ahoycreative.co.uk
Posted By: Matthew
20 January 2012
HTML5 Web Design: Shiny future, or not?
People frequently hail some of the new features coming in with HTML5 as the second coming of the internet. Something that will kill off Flash and bring a world of rich interaction and media. It's not hard to see why given some of the amazing animations and user interfaces that have come about in recent years. However the technology is still in its infancy, and whilst browsing the homepage of MSN UK recently, I had to wonder whether the future may not be as shiny as hoped once commercial interests really take hold.
MSN's website is guilty of one hideous mistake many big commercial sites do, and that's that they've abused Flash advertising to an excessive degree. On the day in question, I went on the site to be greeted by a large Mary Poppins, floating over the top of the whole site to plug something or other, rather than actually being able to get to the site I was after. Needless to say, I left the whole site quite quickly! This is no one off, as it's usually car manufacturers going overboard with their ads. At the moment such advertising is the reserve of Flash, thus it is fairly easy to block by just blocking Flash. However as the web moves forward, it's inevitable such abusive advertising will just change to use HTML5 instead.
And what happens at that point? As HTML5 is not a plugin but directly integrated into the browser's rendering, it can't just be 'disabled'. Instead exactly what happened with popup ads (you older folks may remember we used to have those) will come about. The browser vendors will have to start introducing more and more options to 'block sites from performing xyz feature' and pretty soon the shiny new HTML5 will end up crippled once more.
Posted By: Terence
16 January 2012
The Value of Time
"Mark, you're a graphic designer, you can do a logo for my new business can't you?"
If I had a piece of cheese for every time I was asked this, I'd have... well, a lot a cheese really, and as a vegan that'd be fairly useless to me - entirely irrelevant in fact, and perhaps as irrelevant to me as the question itself now I come to think of it. Unless that is, you're prepared to talk hard cash, in which case let's sit down and I'm happy to let you make me an offer.
The point here is that if you were a builder-slash-bricklayer or a painter & decorator, you wouldn't get friends asking you to knock up a quick garden wall for them or stick a few coats of gloss over their living room ceiling; so why, one has to raise the question, would you think it okay to ask your good buddy to give up his or her valuable time to spend it doing something that requires considerable skill and is potentially worth about £35 an hour on a freelance basis?
I'm guessing that this is a phenomenon that's not exclusive to designers; in fact I know it isn't and have often heard accounts from acquaintances in the auto-repair industry that they've been asked by friends to fit new exhausts or head gaskets on their weekends. I'd be pretty sure it stretches to other industries, with the common denominator between every request being the assumption that such a task would be performed as a favour and without the subject of financial reward ever being mentioned. Bizarre.
Posted By: Mark
13 January 2012
London 2012: the Marmite of Logos
When the London 2012 logo was
revealed way back in June 2007, reactions to it were diverse to say the least.
While many hailed it as youthful and edgy, a great many others struggled to
find enough superlatives to convey their sense of disbelief and disapproval. Indeed,
when the BBC set up a page on their site inviting opinions, the response was
overwhelming, with comparisons made ranging from ‘a broken swastika’ to ‘a pink Larry
Grayson doing the "I'm a little tea pot" dance’.
Now five years on, with the games just over 6 months away,
it’s interesting to see how the logo has contributed to the development of a
clearly discernible brand. Widespread acceptance and recognition, along with
its successful absorption into popular culture, offer evidence of the logo’s
virtues while offering a grand two-fingered salute to all the naysayers who
were so quick to condemn it.
What all those knee-jerk
reactions neglected to take into consideration was just how unique the 2012 design
is. When placed next to the logos produced for the last 5 summer games, it’s
hard to argue otherwise, regardless of whether your still loathe to accept its aesthetic
properties. Moreover, in dismissing it too quickly, it’s easy to overlook the
fact that the logo’s structure and proportions make it perfect for viewing on
the screens of mobile phones, something that its creators, brand consultancy Wolff Olins, recognised as essential in an
increasingly digital age.
With several colour variations already released and others due in the
run up to the big opening ceremony on July 27th, it’s clear that versatility
can also be added to the list of the logo’s more notable qualities, further
reinforcing its contribution to the success of the brand as a whole.
Posted By: Mark
13 January 2012