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7/25/2008 - Technical Charts, Graphics: News periodical experience required. [7472] - NYC
Windows-savvy freelancer wanted to create support graphics for news stories. Illustrator and Excel are the primary tools. News periodical (newspaper, magazine) experience required. $24/hr capped.

7/25/2008 - Prufewheater whantud. (Wait. What?) [7564] - New York, NY
Superb proofreader wanted. We’re looking for a go-to freelancer for a wonderfully demanding editor at a Murray Hill advertising agency. This job involves detailed proofreading and a wee bit of editorial. The client has their own, excellent test. It took the author of this ad down, that’s for sure.

7/24/2008 - Freelance Powerpoint artists for August events work. [6096] - New York City
Picky, picky, presentations firm seeks expert Powerpoint artists for conference and events work. They have an excellent take-home test which definitely tests your mettle. Rate ranges from $25 - 30/hr. Interview now for upcoming project work, schedule TBD. This is a good client to have when you’re looking for consistent-but-sporadic freelance work.

7/24/2008 - Onsite, 35/hr, Jr-Mid Copywriter. [7196] - White Plains, NY
World-class purveyor of luxury and comfort items seeks nimble writer to handle headline copy, signage, brochures, and service descriptions. This is an ongoing freelance gig performed on a project by project basis. Easily commutable (with or without a car) White Plains location.

7/23/2008 - 4 Month Pre-press Operator - Advertising Agency in NYC. [7648] - NYC
Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Fonts, Fun, and Glory. Our client needs an experienced “last set of eyes” for files before they go on press. Primary stuff is healthcare advertising (display ads, POS, direct mail, collateral). $25 - 35 / hr, DOE. Could start ASAP, or in a few weeks. Apologies for the uncertainty.

7/22/2008 - Quality Assurance for Interactive Advertising [7592] - New York, NY
To be up front: this position may not come to fruition. Our client is letting us know shortly.
With that said: interactive QA person wanted to handle platform, OS, and version testing for banners, sites, and rich media. This is a full time position, for a junior interactive pro at a fabulous ad agency with excellent creative and technical staff. If you’ve got this kind of experience, especially on the agency side, please get in touch. Even if this gig doesn’t pan out, we’re always on the lookout for the championable.

7/21/2008 - Interactive Producer / PM - Freelance AND Full-time. [7496] - New York City
Two positions available at interactive advertising powerhouse. One freelance, one staff. Salary to 100k, freelance 50 - 60hr. Starting with creative briefs, you’ll be scoping, estimating, managing resources, allotting staff, overseeing quality control, and enforcing strict timelines for deliverables (which include microsites, email campaigns, banners, more.) The freelance project is several months in duration.

7/18/2008 - Staff front-end developer - major advertising agency. [7596] - NYC
HTML. CSS. JavaScript. Could be static, could be dynamic, could be Ajaxian. Staff position available for capable, accurate coder who works well with both creatives and back-end developers. Several years of agency-side coding experience required. Salary commensurate with experience. Please include requirements with your application. This ad has many stilted sentences.

7/18/2008 - Flash Developer, AS2.0 expert, full-time, to 90k. [7588] - NYC
New York headquarters of advertising powerhouse seeks full-time ActionScript developer for sites, banners, landing pages... pretty much anything you can pull with an HTTP request. This is not a design position, but you’ll get to work with tons of fabulous creatives, bringing their dreams to life.

7/17/2008 - Creative Director, Live Events and Product Launches, $185,000+ [7056] - New York, NY
Salary $185k minimum for a staff position at an events-based marketing agency. This opportunity is copy-focused, conceptual yet hands-on, able to lead a campaign from big idea to specific use. The perfect candidate understands the unique world of live events. You should have a strong background in electronics and automotive. Your experience should reflect the maturity and ability to enhance dialogues between multiple national offices and large creative teams that only a professional with 20 years in the business could possess.

7/17/2008 - Senior Copywriter - Inside the minds of teens & tweens. [6848] - NYC
Perm opening at one of the country’s fastest growing agencies specializing in live event and online marketing. To be considered your book must show experience targeting to the 14-29 demographic. This is a mid-to-senior level position (8+ years at an agency) that manages Junior Creatives and works with Creative Directors to concept and execute highly engaging campaigns. Experience marketing to audiences across multiple platforms, including websites and banners, broadcast, and event collateral is a prerequisite to consideration.

7/16/2008 - ActionScript-based animator for advertising SuperStudio. [6768] - NYC
SuperStudio servicing several mutli-billion dollar advertising agencies seeks fast, accurate, Flash animator who works almost exclusively in code. Paying 45 /hr for a freelance tryout (after a small, take-home test), and 80k for a staff position, this is a great opportunity for the code-based animator who wants to work with a wide variety of high-profile campaigns. This is not a design position, however. Production and animation only.

7/15/2008 - Print designers for financial products - $35/hr [6480] - NYC
Freelance designers sought at a financial-focused agency. This reputable shop wants to expand their repertoire of hands-on, independent designers. Using Quark, InDesign (some internal folks like one, some like the other), Photoshop, and Illustrator. Strong permalance possibilities for the right person.

7/14/2008 - Web and Flash Art Director - 85-88k [6444] - New York, NY
Fab pharma agency seeks interactive art director. This is a staff position, at $85-88k, designing direct to physician sites. Facility with non-standard interactive media helpful (touchscreens, tablets, iPhones), as well as traditional websites, totally helpful.

7/8/2008 - Flash Gaming ActionScripters - Freelance to Staff [7404] - Manhatttan
Freelance and staff positions available at busy branded-gaming company. Quality coders wanted with mature object oriented design skills, knowledge of data structures, and ability to work in a team. Confidence in your coding skills is half the battle.

7/7/2008 - Because life IS branding: Environmental Designer wanted. [7480] - NYC
It’s like designing for the Choice Creative Offices, only much, much bigger. International renowned Branding company’s environmental unit seeks designer to create branded environments for corporate, hospitality, event, and public spaces. Disciplines included interior design, identity, industrial design, and architecture. Also required: a substantial knowledge of materials, substrates, lighting and environmental technology.

7/3/2008 - Staff Interactive PM, Mid-level and Senior, 80 - 100k. [7476] - New York, NY
Stellar advertising agency (one of the historical greats, too!) seeks project managers for staff positions, mid-to-senior. It’s typical by description: scoping projects, managing talent, scheduling milestones, adhering to (and help planning) budgets, but the clients are top-flight, and the environment quite excellent.

7/2/2008 - Copywriter, ongoing freelance projects, beauty and fashion. [7456] - New York City
POS, Direct, Packaging, even the occasional sub-product name or two. We’re looking for versatile copywriters with either beauty or fashion experience for ongoing projects. There’s no specific timeframe, we just are looking for one or two more go-to folks.

7/1/2008 - Assistant Studio Manager - Easy Night Shift [7376] - Manhatttan
2pm - 10pm. Now that’s a night shift we like!If you’re a capable studio manager with a year or more of agency experience, this is a great opportunity to get into a well-known advertising firm. The base skills: priotizing the studio workload and assigning jobs based on the skillsets of your studio staff. You must also be hands on - competent in CS3, Quark, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Because it nobody else can do it, it falls to you. Salary to 65k.

7/1/2008 - Two month gig: online art production / traffic! [7464] - New York, NY
This is an awesome summer gig. Well-known media firm seeks someone with a blended skillset of photo research, Photoshop, and a wee bit of HTML, combined with the grace-under-pressure and scheduling chops of a junior traffic person. Articles will come in, you’ll research the appropriate art to pair to the content, format according to given standards, and have the right person sign off. Prioritizing by time-due is a key thing, here.

6/30/2008 - News periodical, print production, business graphics, freelance. [7472] - NYC
News publication seeks Windows-savvy freelancer to create support graphics for news stories in illustrator, charts in Excel. News / journalism / media experience exceptionally helpful.

6/27/2008 - SuperPowerful youth marketing firm seeks Interactive Director! [7304] - NYC
Effectively, this title could be “Supreme Manager of Interactive Project Managers.” Interfacing with every level of client and creative, you’ll be responsible for maintaining scheduling, budgeting, people, deliverables, etc., from the overarching viewpoint of a leader of leaders. Salary to 100k, possibly higher.

6/26/2008 - Digital Strategy: National Accounts. [7448] - New York City
Fabulous opportunity for senior media supervisor who actually lives the “media independent” buzzword. You’ll be helping create new (and enhance existing) media relationships, and analyzing market demographics and competitive strategies to bring new insights to the table. You’ll be client-facing, and part of the presentation process. If you’re a message-delivery junkie, boy is this gig for you.

6/26/2008 - Online Media Planner, to 60k [7444] - Manhattan, NY
Research, present, buy, and monitor. As the media manager/planner for a national account, you’ll be responsible for contributing to the overall online media strategy and execution, plus the ongoing monitoring, tweaking, reporting thereof. Excellent interpersonal skills for deftly managing media relationships and two year’s of advertising agency experience required.

6/25/2008 - Pharmaceutical Advertising Writers Wanted: Staff. [7428] - New York, NY
Successful advertising agency seeks the perfect counterpart to it’s scientific and medical affairs teams. Focus can be either DTP or DTC areas, across a wide variety of practice areas. This agency is looking to hire ASAP, and offers VERY competitive salaries.

6/23/2008 - Freelance studio artists: off again, on again. [7368] - Manhattan.
Looking for pickup ad studio work? Look no further. Or, feel free to look further, but also reply to this ad. Fashionable NY studio looking for expert CS2/CS3 folks for mechanical work. InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat. This is onsite, in Manhattan, 9-5 (or a bit later, of course).

6/20/2008 - Interactive Project Manager - Agency Experience Required. [7000] - New York, NY
It’s a best-of-both-worlds scenario. You’ll have the opportunity to dip your feet into strategy, technology, budgeting, and scheduling, as well as helping to decide the mix of deployment options that best serve a client’s needs. Excellent documentation experience - SOWs, wireframing, usabliity, more - also required..

6/20/2008 - Pharma Studio Print Production, freelance, Aug - Nov - Manhattan - [7100]
Pharma experience (ads, inserts, possibly packaging) required for 3 month freelance positions at InDesign-based ad agency. Serious pre-press exerience required, too. As they transition to the full CS3 suite, they’ll need folks who can support their formerly Quark-focused production team, as well. Testing now for an August start.

6/18/2008 - Flash Game Developer, Front End, 2d, 2.5d, 3d. [7192] - NYC
Stay on the cutting edge of flash gaming with this fast n’ furious programming gig. You’ll need to have prior multiplayer gaming experience from the viewpoint of network optimization, 3d programming in a streaming environment, game logic, and non-player character AI. Godlike ActionScript skills should be a given.

6/17/2008 - Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Creative Director, Advertising, New York, NY [7344]
Imagine this: you have the opportunity to take the creative helm of a division of an internationally known advertising agency, and refine the culture into the kind of place that makes your dreams come true.
Your goal: to assemble a team and delivers creative that establishes your work as elite, invaluable, and wholly in demand.

6/17/2008 - ActionScript-based animator for advertising SuperStudio [6768] - Manhattan.
SuperStudio servicing several mutli-billion dollar advertising agencies seeks fast, accurate, Flash animator who works almost exclusively in code. Paying 45 /hr for a freelance tryout (after a small, take-home test), and 80k for a staff position, this is a great opportunity for the code-based animator who wants to work with a wide variety of high-profile campaigns. This is not a design position, however. Production and animation only.

6/16/2008 - Senior Level Pharma, Direct-to-Physician Copywriters wanted. [6572] - NYC
Major player in the pharmaceutical advertising world is hiring senior copywriters. Must have experience in that overlapping region between medicine and marketing, to execute copy for direct to physician materials. Direct-to-Physician / Direct-to-Doctor (DTP/DTD) experience is required.

6/13/2008 - Interactive Project Manager - [7336], New York City
Budget, schedule, scope and supervise. You betcha. New York / London agency has transatlantic project requiring New York-based PM. You’ll be working on site redevelopment, and possibly new consumer-facing product sites as well. No coding required, be technological versatility from a ”conversant enough to discuss with pros” standpoint required.

6/12/2008 - SuperPowerful youth marketing firm needs new ECD! [7304]
Executive Creative Director wanted for established-but-rapidly-growing marketing firm’s New York office. You’ll need have seriously excellent experience spearheading unusually eye-catching marketing across interactive and traditional media, targeting the youth market. Salary in the low six figure. Engage, engage, engage.

6/12/2008 - Hair, Skin, Products, Packaging: Studio Retoucher Wanted. [7312] - NYC.
Mid-size ad agency needs all-purpose retoucher to do everything from base color correction to collaging to skin work and packaging mockups. A straightforward portfolio of before/after Photoshop work will do the trick. Professional, under-the-gun, deadline experience required.

6/11/2008 - Production and Iterative Design: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. [7308]
Have you been the person in the studio that every Art Director wants for his project? If so, we very much want to meet with you. We need 1st (9am - 5pm) and 2nd shift (5pm - 1am) production artists who can iterate an Art Director’s layout to look typographically and visually balanced in whatever size/specification the traffic department requires.

6/10/2008 - ActionScript Developer, $44-47/hr [6768], Manhattan
Banner production of the highest caliber needed for a temp-to-perm senior role at a leading ad agency. ActionScript animation (tweening-free) required, plus 3D After Effects work, an awareness of utilizing XML, and lots and lots of banners in your portfolio! There will be no design involved. Staff hire at $80-90k, with a freelance trial of 1-2 weeks first. Interviewing immediately.

6/9/2008 - Multidisciplined Project Manager: Interactive & Promotions, to 85k. [7132]
Scope, schedule, budget, and oversee. These are the tasks of the day. Our client, a mid-sized agency, needs a multidiscplined project manager who can handle online, print, promotions, rich media. Expert-level Microsoft Project skills required.

6/9/2008 - Account Executive for National Events Firm [7116]
5 - 10 years of profitable experience with major clients will give you a shot at a terrific Account Executive position with a national powerhouse in marketing communications and event production.

6/6/2008 - Flex, Flash, ActionScript 3: Through July 31 [7296] - Manhattan.
Tablet PCs are the delivery method of choice for this monthlong project aimed at delivering medical information to professionals. You’ll be programming the interface and interaction of an application that will have a variety of skins and content. It’s an intense project at a professional, well-run, well-liked interactive agency. $60/hr

6/6/2008 - Art Director $70-95k, Events and Spaces [7060] - New York, NY
National marketing agency is expanding it’s NYC office. Accounts range from automotive to biotech. Your role: create themes and style guides for live events: wall graphics, exhibit spaces, wayfinding systems, and experiential imagery.

6/6/2008 - Night Shift - Advertising Studio Production, Awesome Shop. [7276] - Manhattan
Worldwide leader in advertising and marketing has night shift availability for insanely talented studio artists. You’ll work on everything an electronics firm can put out: OOH, POP, billboards, ads, inserts, bus wraps, shelf-talkers. This company has a pretty serious production test that they put potential candidates through. But if you can pass that, you gain entry to a tremendous shop with terrific opportunities.

6/6/2008 -Interactive Techcnical Director for International Entertainment Company [7240] - NYC
Senior-level technology wanted for incredible opportunity at a highly diversified entertainment firm:
- ASP, .NET, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Flash
- A deep understanding of data-swapping and transforms using XML and XSLT
- Formal projgect management process training: Prince 2, MSF, etc.
- Experience with a variety of hosting and deployment platforms.
- Experience with several flavors of SQL.
- Superior leadership skills.
- Proven experience managing large, high-traffic websites.
- Experience with Content Delivery and Distribution Networks
- Deep facility with Visio and Project for planning, architecting, and milestoning.

6/5/2008 - Interactive Designer at mid-size agency with an excellent history! [7256] - Midtown!
360 marketing is the phrase of the day. Our client is seeking someone who, while focused on interactive, thinks in terms of, well, EVERYTHING. Print, direct response, non-traditional, you name it. Video and motion graphics experience would be fantastic, too. Salary is 65k.

6/5/2008 - Digital Print Production Artist - Evening Shift [7260] - Manhattan.
We’ve got two ad agencies staffing up night shifts over the next month. The positions require expert-level knowledge in building and preflighting digital mechanicals using QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. You’ll be working on OOH, billboards, bus wraps, display ads, FSIs, and more. Hours are from 4-12 or 5-1. Rates range from 26 - 30 / hr.

6/4/2008 - Flash developers wanted, 45 - 65 / hr, multiple projects & clients.
Once again, we're in desperate need of Flash developers... ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0 folks (not necessarily both) that can manipulate content (via XML), can animate without the timeline, and who take layered photoshop files from Art Directors and code them to life. LIFE!

6/3/2008 - One-month HTML/CSS/JavaScript assignment. [7216] - SOHO - updated!
Our client - kind of a big-agency All Stars group - seeks a front-end coder for an up-to-one-month assignment. You’ll be working from layered Photoshop files, with pretty much all of the various menu, nav, and button states neatly aligned in layer groups. Nice stuff. Some photoshop work for slice and dice, but mostly HTML/CSS for page creation, along with incorporating several JavaScript libraries for content management and DOM manipulation.

6/2/2008 - White Plains, NY: Copywriter wanted, luxury/comfort brands [7196]
World-class purveyor of luxury and comfort items seeks nimble writer to handle headline copy, signage, brochures, and service descriptions. This is an ongoing freelance gig performed on a project by project basis. Easily commutable (with or without a car) White Plains location.

6/1/2008 - Project Manager, Interactive, for Major Media Outlet [7212] - Midtown Manhattan
3 month gig with staff possibilities. Seeking project manager with intimate knowledge of web development processes, who also has something of a creative background, and can assess usability and creative integration, while also insuring that projects undertaken by the development team remain relevant to an evolving business model. Keen organizational skills required.

5/30/2008 - Flash Sitebuilding Project: ActionScript 2.0 and Flash 8 only. [7208] - Soho!
Two week sitebuilding project available ASAP for an edgy, mid-size division of a global advertising network. Nimble skills with built-in classes, facility with full-site building, and full ActionScript 2.0 skills for image manipulation, animation, tracking, etc. This is onsite in SOHO.

5/30/2008 - Temp-to-Staff Front-end Web Work [7200] - NYC
Staff position with two-week tryout. This is a storied ad agency (with some fabulous books written by one of the founders) that is making a tremendous push into interactive, leveraging some of the best creative around. You will create email blasts and banner ads using given Photoshop designs, using handwritten HTML, and a bit of Flash. While Art Directors will concept, you will be given free reign to execute the briefs in the most effective way. This means you need to understand HTML email processes, animating banners in Flash, and be able to make design decisions as needed. $35/hr freelance, to $60k salary.

5/29/2008 - Freelance print designers needed in Manhattan [6480]
Freelance designers sought at a financial-focused agency. This reputable shop wants to expand their repertoire of hands-on, independent designers. Using Quark, InDesign (some internal folks like one, some like the other), Photoshop, and Illustrator. Strong permalance possibilities for the right person.

5/29/2008 - Senior Copywriter, financial [7004] - New York City
Staff position at an interactive marketing agency, writing for financial accounts. Do you excel at creating enticing copy for landing pages, microsites, and banners, aimed at both corporate and private investors? Do you have 5-8 years agency experience as a copywriter? Do you have a knack for developing personal metaphors for abstract concepts? If so, we’d like to talk. Some healthcare and client pitchwork may be thrown into the mix. Salary $80-90k

5/28/2008 - $140,000 / year Senior Flash Developer. [5760]
Excellent opportunity to develop, manage, and deploy Flash-driven advertising and marketing campaigns across multiple internationally famous brands. This is a truly senior position, requiring elegance of code, excellence in documentation, and the ability to interface with the highest levels of management while simultaneously getting down and dirty with the most intricate and cutting edge Flash programming projects available. Future projects will incorporate standalone AIR apps for user-customized content.

5/27/2008 - Westchester Print Production for Pharma Advertising: temp to staff. [7096]
The tools: Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. The job: print production on a variety of materials for meetings, training, direct-to-physician advertising, more. This is located in Westchester, about a 40 minute ride from GCT (short cab from Train Station). Easy drive, too.
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