Street level views of marketing & advertising in Idaho
Recently, the Idaho Falls Advertising Federation highlighted their board members on their Facebook page.
Given the work that they — and all members of any Ad Fed board — do, and the time commitments they’re willing to make to serve on the board, it warranted sharing here as well.
Duft Watterson is looking to add to their team. They currently have openings for an Account Manager and a Director of Growth. From the respective job listings:
We’re on the hunt for an account manager to join our forward-leaning team of marketing writers, artists, strategists and digital experts.
You are: A good-natured, team-playing, detail-oriented account manager or project manager with deep experience at an advertising/design/digital agency or inside a high-performing marketing department. You’re an insightful self-starter who values inclusivity and a culture of trust. You’ll jump in to help wherever needed and ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and on target.
Working directly with the Duft Watterson leadership team, this position will oversee both reactive and proactive new business efforts as well as RFP and business pitch processes.
Full details about both positions and how to apply can be found via their respective links.
H/T to Loren Morris and The Good Jobs Report for the find on the openings.
PRWeek recently reported that Boise-based Micron Technology has consolidated its PR and marketing work to a cross-agency Interpublic Group team led by Golin.
The team will be handling global PR and integrated marketing and supporting Micron with crisis and issues-related communications duties. According to the article, the cross-agency group, called teamM, also includes Weber Shandwick and digital marketing shop MRM.
Read more about it in the PRWeek story.
What this ultimately means for local shops that have been doing project-based work for Micron remains to be seen. Given the size of the company and the nature of those types of projects, however, I suspect they will continue to some extent.
The J.R. Simplot Company has an opening for a Digital Project Manager – Marketing Operations. From the job listing on their website:
The Digital Project Manager will be primarily responsible for collaborating with key players to coordinate support of day-to-day activities that lead to successful completion of marketing projects. In this role, you will work closely with the Marketing and Sales teams to manage projects related to digital and content marketing, brand awareness, customer insights and sales enablement. This role will act as a digital media buyer to buy and optimize campaigns and will be focused on paid social, paid search, digital ads, programmatic display ads.
Responsibilities (partial):
Full details about the position and how to apply can be found here.
Drake Cooper currently has three open positions listed on their website:
Account Coordinators make things happen. They own all of the logistics of an account with scheduling, file sharing and responsive communication to client calls and emails. They work across functional teams shepherding client requests through the agency. The Account Coordinator ensures things are accurate and organized, and a successful Account Coordinator is the foundation for a successful client relationship.
An Interactive Developer at Drake Cooper is expected to write clean, organized, and scalable code. They should keep up on web trends and best practices and be able to use technology to solve business problems. They are responsible for website and web app development for various clients across various modern tech stacks. We need this person to write beautiful code in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways.
Drake Cooper is looking for a developer who is passionate about React development. You will partner with a Drake Cooper designer to deliver great work for our clients. We need this person to write beautiful code in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways. This person will be a part of a digital team that is responsible for all aspects of the ongoing development from the initial specification, through developing, testing and deployment.
Full details about each position and how to apply can be found via the respective links above.