Act as the day-to-day liaison between Strut and our clients, help win new clients/projects and actively grow existing accounts:

• Develop new business leads when possible
• Respond to new business meetings and RFPs with written proposals
• Assess communications and marketing needs by meeting with existing and potential clients
• Up-sell when additional services we offer match well with client’s needs and goals
• Meet and correspond with current, past and prospective clients from time to time in order to keep Strut Creative top-of-mind
• Write descriptions for sample work and case studies to highlight key client project in order to keep the Strut website and proposal templates up to date

Develop plans and budgets for marketing/communications projects and programs: 

• Formalize client requests by writing detailed project briefs for client approval
• Develop communications and marketing strategies, plans, budgets, proposals and presentations
• Be knowledgable and stay up to date with clients’ brands/products/services/marketing developments
• Work with our Creative and Technology teams and suppliers to establish project estimates and schedules

Managing projects and client accounts

• Actively direct projects, don’t just let them unfold
• Brief the Creative and Technology teams on project requirements
• Generally manage client expectations and attend client meetings as needed
• Work with clients to ensure the Strut team has all necessary specifications, content, etc
• Manage project costs by keeping track of suppliers’ costs and time spent on projects by internal staff
• Manage project timelines by keeping an up to date work-back schedule for each active project
• Help manage productivity and resources to maintain project and account profitability
• Keep up to date on the status of projects and anticipate potential issues
• Make notes on services provided, and consolidate and confirm supplier costs for billing
• Delegate coordination of project management to coordinators as needed, while ultimately maintaining accountability for the tasks
• Mentor and contribute to the development of junior accounts team members 

 
Coordinate production of 3rd-party deliverables:

• Oversee freelance and/or contact-based suppliers as required 
• Coordinate production and delivery of print and ad materials
• Delegate coordination of production and delivery to coordinators as needed, while ultimately maintaining accountability for the tasks
• Act as liaison between Creative/Technology departments, suppliers, and clients
• Manage suppliers to maintain project and account profitability
• Manage production timelines to ensure Strut meets project milestones and delivers final product on time and on budget 

The ultimate responsibility for the quality and timeliness of our service rests on the shoulders of this position. The role requires strategic planning, budgeting, presenting and advanced social skills. Attention to detail is crucial to this position, as this individual will be responsible for managing deadlines, budgets and ensuring the accuracy of our work. 

• Effective organizational, planning and project management skills
• Strong relationship building skills with a talent for motivating team members and collaborating with clients at various levels within their organizations
• Ability to effectively prioritize and coordinate a variety of projects at the same time
• High level of professionalism combined with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• Understanding of design, advertising, communications, web and print production
• 7+ Years experience in an integrated marketing agency 

• A solid understanding of web and social media is a plus!

• Develop web applications from planning, architecting, coding, refactoring, testing and deployment
• Use web technologies (e.g. PHP / HTML / CSS ) with an emphasis on Javascript to develop applications while being the chief cheerleader for seamless user experience
• Develop within Wordpress, Laravel and CodeIgniter platforms for new and / or legacy application development and maintenance
• Develop technologies as part of our software product development team
• Troubleshoot issues
• Ensure code meets standards by living and breathing current best-practices while expecting the same from the other members of your team
• Engage in QA-related activities
• Participate in daily stand-ups and collaborate with the team to accomplish sprint goals at the Calgary office between normal working, weekday hours
• Offer solid interpersonal and communication skills with excellent fluency in English
• Communicate with Account managers and Technology Director to clarify system requirements and fine tune your deliverables to meet the expectations of the client
• Collaborate with teammates to analyze and creatively solve technical challenges with a goal of developing solutions that are robust and scalable
• Mentor junior developers to help build the team’s overall knowledge base
• Use Adobe CC Suite, primarily Photoshop

• A Bachelor’s Degree or diploma/certificate in related program
• 6+ years professional experience routinely using Javascript
• 5+ years professional experience with LAMP stack web technologies (PHP, modern HTML, CSS / LESS / SASS, MySQL, JSON etc.).
• 5+ years using web CMS platforms
• Expert understanding of vanilla JavaScript as well as jQuery
• Strong understanding of ES6+ JavaScript
• Understanding of modern build processes and code bundling (webpack / rollup / etc.) as well as the concepts involved (code-splitting, tree-shaking)
• Experience building and supporting Laravel, Wordpress, CodeIgniter, and / or Drupal applications
• Experience with front-end frameworks such as Bootstrap, Blade, Mustache, or Twig.
• Expertise in developing, debugging, and performance tuning websites.
• Good understanding of application development methodologies and experience with agile team development
• Experience with refactoring legacy code
• Experience with IDE development tools, Git and version control tools (GitLab, Github etc.), package management tools (e.g. Composer, NPM), and task runners (e.g. Gulp, Grunt etc.)
• Practical understanding of best SEO and accessibility practices and techniques
• Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent people skills with a focus on team collaboration and overall project success
• Comfortable in the Mac OSX and Linux environments

• Familiarity working with ES Modules
• Familiarity with the Web Components specifications
• Familiarity working with and developing custom node packages
• Experience in a digital agency supporting multiple clients and projects, a lot of the time, at the same time.
• Background in digital design mediums
• Intermediate Foosball skills
• Experience deploying and maintaining applications in an Amazon Web Services environment