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PTO & holiday pay
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Company 401k plan & match
Generous 401K plan + match to grow your nest egg.
A hybrid work schedule
A healthy mix of in-person collaboration and maximum at-home focus.
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Open Positions
Tuscaloosa
Senior Graphic Designer
GRO, a full-service digital marketing and creative agency based in Tuscaloosa, AL is looking for an experienced Graphic Designer to join our growing agency in the Birmingham, AL or Nashville, TN areas. The main role of the Graphic Designer is to carry out creative projects for our clients and help build and elevate the landscape of our Creative Department.
You will be responsible for creating display and social advertising graphics as well as developing brand and logo design, website UI design concepts, and print designs. Using your skills and experience from previous roles, you will recommend/implement processes for the Creative Department to help our rapidly scaling agency.
Detroit
Digital Marketing Specialist
GRO, a full-service digital marketing and creative agency based in Tuscaloosa, AL is looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Specialist to join our growing agency in Detroit. The ideal candidate is smart, ambitious, and analytical. The Digital Marketing Specialist will create, manage, and optimize our client’s paid advertising campaigns. This candidate should be autonomous, organized, proactive, articulate, and collaborative, as well as being a highly effective problem solver.
This position has a half-time work from home policy in place, in order to give employees flexibility in their schedule and provide a better work/life balance.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop, execute and manage advertising campaigns using various digital advertising platforms including, but not limited to: Google Ads, Google Doubleclick, Bing Ads, Facebook Business Manager, LinkedIn Ads, Pinterest Ads, Snapchat Ads for business, Geofencing, and other DSPs.
- Collaborate with client-facing teams on research, campaign creation, and optimization efforts.
- Be present on client calls where technical expertise may be necessary.
- Ensure proper tracking and attribution using Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixels, etc.
Monitor and report performance of campaigns, along with providing recommendations for improvements. - Translate strategic recommendations concerning digital experiences into actionable items.
- Effectively manage budgets throughout the month.
- Demonstrate an unparalleled enthusiasm and passion through continuously improving skills and staying abreast of industry and relevant news.
Skills & Qualifications:
- At least 3+ years of experience in creating and managing paid search, display, and social campaigns.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
- Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel management.
- Problem-solving skills; ability to adapt to new technologies.
- The desire to research and test new opportunities within the growing search marketplace.
- Able to multi-task and prioritize—must work well under pressure.
- Knowledge of integrated digital media campaign planning and execution.
- Demonstrated grasp of leveraging KPIs to interpret results and make data-based decisions.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of PPC media experience
- 3+ years of Google Tag Manager based event tracking
- 3+ years of Google Analytics experience (interpreting and acting on analytics data)
- Advanced knowledge of the PPC landscape
Strong writing, editing, and proofing skills - Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to think strategically and implement flawlessly
- Proficiency in Google Suite (Slides, Sheets, Docs), Asana, and Dropbox
- Knowledge of SEO strongly preferred
- Intermediate experience of HTML and Javascript implementation in a CMS
This position has a half-time work from home policy in place, in order to give employees flexibility in their schedule and provide a better work/life balance.
Nashville
Digital Marketing Specialist
GRO, a full-service digital marketing and creative agency based in Tuscaloosa, AL is looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Specialist to join our growing agency in Nashville. The ideal candidate is smart, ambitious, and analytical. The Digital Marketing Specialist will create, manage, and optimize our client’s paid advertising campaigns. This candidate should be autonomous, organized, proactive, articulate, and collaborative, as well as being a highly effective problem solver.
This position has a half-time work from home policy in place, in order to give employees flexibility in their schedule and provide a better work/life balance.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop, execute and manage advertising campaigns using various digital advertising platforms including, but not limited to: Google Ads, Google Doubleclick, Bing Ads, Facebook Business Manager, LinkedIn Ads, Pinterest Ads, Snapchat Ads for business, Geofencing, and other DSPs.
- Collaborate with client-facing teams on research, campaign creation, and optimization efforts.
- Be present on client calls where technical expertise may be necessary.
- Ensure proper tracking and attribution using Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixels, etc.
Monitor and report performance of campaigns, along with providing recommendations for improvements. - Translate strategic recommendations concerning digital experiences into actionable items.
- Effectively manage budgets throughout the month.
- Demonstrate an unparalleled enthusiasm and passion through continuously improving skills and staying abreast of industry and relevant news.
Skills & Qualifications:
- At least 3+ years of experience in creating and managing paid search, display, and social campaigns.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as with a team.
- Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel management.
- Problem-solving skills; ability to adapt to new technologies.
- The desire to research and test new opportunities within the growing search marketplace.
- Able to multi-task and prioritize—must work well under pressure.
- Knowledge of integrated digital media campaign planning and execution.
- Demonstrated grasp of leveraging KPIs to interpret results and make data-based decisions.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of PPC media experience
- 3+ years of Google Tag Manager based event tracking
- 3+ years of Google Analytics experience (interpreting and acting on analytics data)
- Advanced knowledge of the PPC landscape
Strong writing, editing, and proofing skills - Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to think strategically and implement flawlessly
- Proficiency in Google Suite (Slides, Sheets, Docs), Asana, and Dropbox
- Knowledge of SEO strongly preferred
- Intermediate experience of HTML and Javascript implementation in a CMS
This position has a half-time work from home policy in place, in order to give employees flexibility in their schedule and provide a better work/life balance.
Birmingham / Nashville
Senior Graphic Designer (hybrid)
You will be responsible for creating display and social advertising graphics as well as developing brand and logo design, website UI design concepts, and print designs. Using your skills and experience from previous roles, you will recommend/implement processes for the Creative Department to help our rapidly scaling agency.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Creative tasks will include but are not limited to: Logo design, digital ads, visual IDs, print design (booklets, menus, vehicle wraps, fence screens, stationary, etc.), and possibly motion graphics and video production.
- Maintain strong file management and organization practices within shared cloud storage.
- Work with Associate Creative Services Director and Creative Services Director to fulfill all tasks that are assigned to your department.
- Consistently produce a high quality of work within the given time constraints detailed in your tasks.
- Clearly communicate with account teams to ensure a clear understanding of what is expected for projects.
- Provide recommendations and designs based on the needs of the client.
- Participate in quarterly goals to expand professional skill sets and industry knowledge.
- Stay up to date with the best practices and trends in digital design / marketing and advocate knowledge across the Creative Team.
- Working on-site (in office) is subject to the employee’s location, but job responsibilities may be performed remotely if approved by your manager. There may be rare occasions where travel is required. Full reimbursement of travel expenses will be provided.
Skills & Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud apps – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Davinci Resolve, Audition, Bridge preferred but not required)
- Professional design skills, including a strong knowledge and understanding of what makes good design, brand building, typography and general design layout and spacing.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and work quickly and accurately to produce high quality deliverables.
- Self-disciplined and able to work both independently and collaboratively with the creative and account management teams.
- Strong attention to detail is an absolute must.
Requirements
- Degrees in Commercial Art, Graphic Design, Visual Communications or related fields are preferred.
- At least 3+ years of experience working in graphic design or related creative fields (preferably at an agency).
- An eye for creating marketing assets that will appeal to consumers and adhere to best practices within relevant ad platforms. Must have a proficiency for conveying brand messaging in a creative way while adapting to the required canvas size of a project.
- Strong time management and organizational skills, and the ability to handle multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Videography and photography skills preferred but not required.
- Video editing skills preferred but not required (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Davinci Resolve)
- Web development skills preferred but not required (WordPress, Elementor)
- Portfolio samples / website is required.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, & life insurance
- 401K with company match
- Generous PTO
- Paid Holidays: New Years Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and the following Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
- Paid birthday off
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Monthly Parking Assistance in Downtown Nashville (Includes Weekend Parking)
- Free Coffee and Snacks (Nashville Office)
- Company provided MacBook, Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse.