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September 23, 2015

New hire at Stoltz Marketing Group

Stoltz Marketing Group has added to their staff recently, with the hire of Jay Bowen as Senior Account Director. From their recent release about the hire:

Stoltz Marketing Group (SMG), a Boise-based integrated marketing communications company, recently welcomed Jay Bowen as senior account director with a specialty in content and marketing automation.

In her new position, Bowen will oversee accounts in a variety of industries, including financial and professional services, retail, foodservice, and construction and maintenance.

“Jay is an innovative marketing game-changer in the digital space,” SMG President Ken Stoltz said. “She will help broaden our services in account management and digital marketing capabilities, and we are thrilled to have her on board.”

Prior to SMG, Bowen was VP of Sales and Marketing at Metageek, and Digital Content Director at DaviesMoore before that. She has over 15 years of agency and client-side experience working in the technology and digital space in South Africa, London, and the United States in a broad range of industry sectors such as travel, telecommunications/cable, government, non-profit, and financial. Bowen has degrees in both marketing and journalism from the London School of Marketing.

In addition to her experience in marketing, Bowen is the founder of Idaho Women in STEM, a nonprofit that raises scholarship money for young women who want to study STEM subjects in Idaho. She is also on the board of directors for the Boise Advertising Federation and recently represented the STEM space on the TEDx Woman Boise panel event.

Congratulations Jay.

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September 9, 2015

Job opening: Art Director

Stoltz Marketing Group in Boise is looking for an Art Director. Is it you?

From the job listing on LinkedIn:

We’re looking for an Art Director raconteur.

We need AD’s and brand designers in Boise. Bring your design and concepting chops– a.k.a., your ability to distill complicated marketing problems into elegantly simple solutions–and we’ll provide you a platform to thrive in an agency filled with super-smart creatives, brand strategists and digital agitators. Clients range from packaged goods to outdoor rec, finance, tech and insurance. Shoot me a link to your portfolio and CV if you’re interested.

Full details about the position and how to apply can be found here.

Disclosure: By day I can usually be found here, so you’d have to put up with me regularly. But longtime readers already know that.

April 4, 2014

Job opening: Senior Art Director

Stoltz Marketing Group in Boise has an opening for a Senior Art Director:

Art Director, raconteur

We’re a Boise-based ad agency hell bent on being a gold standard creative shop serving B2B, B2C and CPG clients nationwide. We choose to live here because there are few other places in North America where you can do what we do at a high level and then ski, ride, fish, run, hike and climb after work. It’s that simple.

You? You’re an articulate, smiling, team-playing, concepting AD who can blow the doors off campaigns, identity and UX/UI while making sure it all sticks to, challenges and improves strategy.

The mandatories:

A portfolio that demonstrates award-winning concepts, design, art direction, copy and strategy in web, mobile, print, social media, identity, packaging…
High comfort level with website usability and web standards (UI, UX, Responsive Design)
Proven track record managing complex projects
Ability to take projects from concept to completion and stay within budget and timeline
Excellent understanding of printing, prepress and best practices while working with vendors
Collaborate with photographers and give overall direction on photo/video shoots
BFA in graphic design or a worthy AA with other relevant training or experience
4-6 years experience working in-house or at an agency
Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
Working knowledge of CSS and HTML 5
Proficient in motion graphics, Adobe After Effects

Email us your online portfolio and if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch.

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February 10, 2014February 9, 2014

Job opening: Senior Account Director

Stoltz Marketing Group in Boise is looking for a Senior Account Director:

We’re Stoltz Marketing Group, a creative-driven advertising and marketing agency located in Boise, Idaho, that’s hell-bent on expanding our emerging national footprint.

And you are? You embrace our conviction that we can beat the best agencies anywhere and are ready to roll up your sleeves to help us do it. You’re a thought-leader who’s part consumer anthropologist, technologist, strategist and culturalist. You also like the idea of trading in long commutes for 300 days of sunshine, brewpubs and the Rocky Mountains that sit just beyond our office windows.

And now for the mandatories:

You think 3-dimensionally and understand that a great idea transcends all media: web, mobile, ambient, print, etc.
You turn client challenges into opportunities before they even know they exist.
You demonstrate thought leadership without grandstanding.
You know how to write insightful brand plans, positions and creative briefs.
You manage client pitches, budgets and schedules to ensure projects deliver on time and align with marketing goals.
You have a four-year university degree (Anything from theater to physics).
You have more than eight years of proven agency or in-house experience and can demonstrate the above mandatories with real samples for real clients or projects.
You exude a positive, can-do attitude and back it up with timely, well-considered action.
You smile a lot.

For more information or to apply, email careers@stoltzgroup.com or see the job listing on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: By day (and some nights) I can usually be found at Stoltz Marketing Group, so you’d have to put up with me as well.

January 8, 2014

New Creative Director and Digital Media Producer at Stoltz Marketing Group

Stoltz Marketing Group in Boise recently added two new faces to its staff: Ward Duft as creative director and Bill Doty as digital media producer.

In his new role at SMG, Duft will oversee the agency’s creative team in the development of campaigns and concepts for clients in a variety of industries, including construction and building materials, insurance, healthcare, foodservice, consumer packaged goods, agribusiness, resort/travel, financial services, higher education, and more.

“Ward brings more to the table than just creative ideas,” says Ken Stoltz, president of SMG. “He delivers a unique blend of strategic insights and creativity and inspires others to do their best work. We’re all looking forward to the growth and success he will help us achieve.”

Prior to joining SMG, Duft served as creative director at Magner Sanborn, located in Spokane and Seattle, where he developed integrated campaigns for national, regional, and local clients and helped the agency earn Ad Age’s 2012 West Coast Small Agency of the Year. He’s also worked for agencies and companies in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Seattle for brands such as Eddie Bauer, Intel, Westin Hotels, Disney, Nordstrom, and Birkenstock. Duft received his undergraduate degree from East Carolina University and studied post baccalaureate at Duke University and Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts.

Bill Doty joins the agency as digital media producer. Prior to SMG, he worked for Turner Broadcasting for three years, writing and producing content for digital media and television. During his career he’s been a featured producer for Funny or Die, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and Fox Network. He’s written for The Onion, Broken Newz, Yahoo!, AOL, and National Lampoon, working in markets such as Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and New York. Doty studied communications at Fresno State.

Congratulations to both.

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