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Creative Manager – New York, NY

Location:

New York, NY

Overview
Do you want to work in an environment where you can affect the success of company? A position where you can leverage your sales experience, drive to help your clients’ meet their revenue goals and have high earning potential for yourself? If so, this is the opportunity for you!

Yodle is a leading provider of local online advertising that provides businesses with a simple and affordable way to get more phone calls and new customers.

Our integrated service approach is changing the way businesses advertise to local markets. From offline to online, from having no way to measure results, to knowing exactly how their investment is performing. It's no wonder that the leading venture capital firms, Bessemer Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson are funding Yodle's rapid growth. Yodle was founded in March 2005 by Nathaniel Stevens who, at the time, was managing online marketing for his father's car dealership. He realized that there was a better way for small business owners to connect with consumers, and Yodle was born.

The Creative Manager will ensure that creative work is being done as expected on the right time schedule. They are responsible for delegating tasks and quality control. Focus on time management, leadership and working under pressure and deadlines.

The Creative Manager is charged with determining the best ways/practices for design and functionality of new web properties of both internal and external customers. This will be accomplished through the use of A/B testing and various analytics programs. It also involves working with internal and external clients, and understanding client needs. The Creative Manager will be responsible for managing a small in house team and third party firms while also working directly with other Yodle departments.

Responsibilities
• Manages creative team (Graphic Design, Content and Usability) to ensure strategic and creative objectives are understood and consistently met, communicating project status and recommending adjustments to plan.
• Works with other departments to create/produce appropriate web properties and performance testing
• Create landing pages, banner advertisements and other web properties that are optimized for conversions
• Provide conceptual, design, analytics testing, and copy direction as appropriate for all web properties
• Communicate effectively with departments, team members and other project related groups to ensure project objectives are understood and consistently met, communicating project status and recommending adjustments to plan.
• Manage the resource allocation of internal and external resources of the creative staff (along with other dept managers)

Qualifications
• Undergraduate degree in Fine Arts or related field or equivalent visual design
• Must possess a thorough understanding of interactive communications and delivery systems, processes, and user interface design as well as industry best practices
• Must be great with graphic design and design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Flash
• Must be a great HTML/CSS Coder. Ability to hand code a must!
• Must be familiar with web metrics such as CTR, Conversion, CPC, CPM, etc…
• Experience in landing page optimization, design for direct response, A/B and multivariable testing
• Front end development experience and design required.
• Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography & limitations of the web
• A strong working knowledge of experience design, brand development, interactive commerce and creative process
• Print and web design capabilities: must know how to work in both media for integrated campaigns
• Ability to lead projects from concept to completion. Apply best practices in user interface and interactive design
• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments

Compensation
What we offer to you:
• An opportunity to further enhance your skills and refine your talent
• Competitive base
• Attractive Stock Option Plan
• Health/Dental benefits, 401 (K) plan
• Great work environment - we have fun!
• Accessible and open-minded leadership
• Opportunity to work with smart people and learn a lot about one of the fastest growing industries

To Apply:
Please send your resume to and reference “Creative Manager” in the subject line.

About Yodle
Yodle provides local businesses with a simple and affordable way to get new customers and phone calls using online advertising. Yodle, a company funded by Bessemer Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is transforming local online advertising by connecting local business owners with consumers in a simple, measurable and relevant way. Yodle has developed an integrated approach to signing up and serving local businesses that are transitioning their marketing budgets online. Yodle is headquartered in New York, NY with a presence in 18 major cities across the United States and has hundreds of employees helping thousands of customers. To find out more about Yodle, go to http://www.yodlemarketingsolution.com.

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