The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network and cultivate connections. 

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity.

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution. 

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them. 

General Summary

Team One, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi, is a full-service, advertising agency specializing in aspirational brands headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Dallas.

With its very first marketing campaign in 1987, Team One was responsible for one of the most notable brand launches in history and helped to make Lexus the automotive industry’s greatest success story. In addition to Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Team One has a diverse portfolio focusing on aspirational brands, which has included Dacor, The Ritz-Carlton, Haagen-Dazs International, Indian Motorcycle and 2K Games.

You will have the opportunity to become immersed in the craft of creating marketing and communication solutions for a global roster of high-profile clients. At Team One, every facet of brand communications is developed under one roof, from broadcast television to Web development to branded events and experiences.

Creating an environment that inspires great ideas is something we’re pretty passionate about. So we are thrilled to say we’ve placed #27 (out of 50 U.S.-based advertising and media companies!) in Advertising Age’s Best Places to Work AND #53 (out of 100 U.S.-based companies!) in Outside magazine’s Best Places to Work. These are national awards that are dedicated to celebrating the best and most dynamic work experiences across the country. 

This is the THIRD time we have made Advertising Age's list, and the SECOND time we’ve made Outside’s. Team One is the only L.A. agency on Outside’s magazine’s list, and one of only two companies in L.A overall. Candidates are given the chance to work alongside seasoned professionals in a wide variety of disciplines, including:

Account Management / Client Services - Responsible for the management of agency work and relationships with clients.

Production - Responsible for the production of integrated content creation across multiple platforms, including broadcast, digital, print and social media. 

Media Planning / Communications - Responsible for planning the purchase of ad space for clients. Planners decide when and where ads should be placed and then negotiate rates for ads.

Strategic Planning – Responsible for researching consumer truths and insights that help guide the agency’s creative work, ensuring the work will be relevant to consumers and effective in the marketplace.

Strategic Analytics – Responsible for using various tools to prepare business strategies by evaluating the opportunities and challenges faced by the company as it moves forward in the marketplace.

The Team One Intern Program will provide real advertising experience, opportunities to contribute to award-winning work, respectable résumé padding, and all the Agency Kitchen leftovers you can eat.

We will have a weekly speaker series where you will have the opportunity to interact with our leadership team and learn how they got to where they are today.

Terms:

Duration of internship: Beginning June 3rd and lasting until August 2nd -commitment of 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. All Internship are paid.

Must be currently enrolled in college. Open to rising juniors and seniors, new college graduates, and grad students.

Travel/housing expenses are not provided.

Internship application submission process ends March 1, 2019.

Intern selections will be made March 29, 2019.

This application is for the LA office only.

To Apply:

Go to www.teamone-usa.com/careers.

Click on Team One Summer Internship 2019

In addition to completing the application fields, please create a 15 to 30 second submission video.

What should it be about? The sky is the limit! This is your chance to show your creativity. Maybe tell us about yourself? Maybe show us what makes you the right choice for this internship? There is no wrong way to go with this one, so have fun with it!

Upload your video to the site of your choice (i.e., Youtube, Vimeo, etc.) and enter the link on the internship questionnaire.

The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network 

and cultivate connections.  

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity. 

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution. 

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them. 

GENERAL SUMMARY

Based, in Los Angeles, the Account Supervisor for the Agency Marketing Group leads marketing communications for Team One’s 5 office locations, ensuring appropriate representation of the agency for new business and agency growth pursuits. This position is a strong right-hand to the Group Director of Business Development, and works in close collaboration with all agency departments and offices. 

 Day to Day:

Leads and Manages the following Agency Marketing projects:

• Creation of all agency marketing materials, including credentials template, reel updates and placement
• Team One website, including frequent refreshes, content management system and functionality
• Team One case studies and credentials, including implementation of process for new case studies for future work 
• Team One Brand Library for greater-Agency use, including new templates and forms as needed
• Responsible for communicating agency positioning within marketing materials
• Implement and maintain SEO/SEM marketing for Agency website 
• Inquiries from info@teamone-usa.com
• Manage business development resource tools/partnerships, including Agency profile listings (i.e., WinMo, Access Confidential,     AdForum, etc.)
• Identify/Provide training opportunities for the greater AMG team (Mirren, 4A’s, Access Confidential, etc.)
• T1 business development marketing programs such as: Keep In Touch, Referral Program
• Conduct business development lead qualification based on Director of Business Development’s vetting process

Support of New Business:

• Pitch support: Opportunity brief writing, pitch research, pitch material development, pitch scoping, presentation structure and staff scoping for win. 
• Support Director of New Business in fielding inbound new business opportunities (and help cultivate more legitimate inbound inquiries)
• Support Director of New Business in identifying and cultivating relationships with potential clients
• Develop staff plans as needed for pitch responses
• Manage department budget
• Scope and track pitch budget for integrated team
• Support Director of New Business in outreach to prospective target list

Experience:  8+ years of professional experience (preferably some or all agency).

Education: A bachelor’s degree is preferred. 

Skills and Abilities: This person must be highly organized, with a charismatic and varied communication style. 

Overview

This position will work on integrated media plans for Lexus, across all media types. This position sits in our Los Angeles office. They will assist on all aspects Broadcast and Out-of-Home planning, as well as the planning/negotiating of our Connected TV/Over-the-Top packages. This is inclusive of stewardship, reporting, and budgeting.

What we’re looking for:

The Assistant Media Planner will support the building of media plans across all media types, with skills including:

• High comfort and interest in working with numbers and data, research and budgeting purposes
• An interest in consumer behavior, psychographics and demographics
• An interest in the entertainment and media landscape; understanding how people choose to spend their time with media.
• A curiosity about advertising and the world of marketing
• Accurate and detail-oriented
• High energy and attention to detail; personable and engaged

Skills/Abilities:

Must have strong organizational skills and possess an aptitude for accuracy and details. Computer literacy is mandatory (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Able to multi-task projects and prioritize urgent projects to meet deadlines (internal and client deadlines). Requires strong communication skills to work effectively with MP and department counterparts. Must be a self-starter, possess a positive attitude, and contribute toward building a cohesive team.

Experience: Entry level

Education: A bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Skills and Abilities: This person must be highly organized, with a charismatic and varied communication style.

The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network 

and cultivate connections.  

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity. 

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution.  

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them. 

General Summary:

Team One is currently looking for an experienced CG Lead to head our Los Angeles studio (aka TiltShift). As a CG Lead you are responsible for overseeing a team of 3D artists producing assets in a commercial pipeline (these assets could be anything from print layouts to configurable web assets to XR deliverables).  You will lead your team technically and creatively as well as maintaining clear communications between the artists, production and clients.

The role is a hands-on one as the CG Lead will manage the team but also be working on individual projects.  The CG Lead must be comfortable working collaboratively with agency creatives to come up with creative solutions and is a true hybrid, who is as comfortable with the creative as they are with the technical side of 3D.

This person will partner closely with the Director of Post Production & VFX, as well as the Director of Operations, to help build out the 3D offering so that it flourishes at Team One. 

Day to Day:

• Come up with creative solutions and ideas and guide clients through the 3D creative process.
• Create visually stunning and photo-real assets for high-end advertising projects.
• Lead jobs from concept to delivery, overseeing all elements created by the 3D team.
• Oversee and optimize the 3D pipeline of the studio.  This pipeline begins with clean-up and organization of client-supplied CAD data and ends with final deliverables.
• Work closely with Producers to maintain in-depth understanding of a project's status while taking responsibility and ownership of the workload, time management, as well as notes/feedback required by Supervisors & Producers.
• Partners with the Director of Post Production and VFX and the Director of Operations to ensure that the 3D offering is sound financially and has a solid business model.

Requirements:

• At least 10+ years of CG experience.
• Expert in Maya and highly proficient in other industry standard software (Houdini, VRay, C4D, etc).
• Extensive experience with high-end automotive advertising.
• Have created high-end 3D assets for all media channels (print, online, video, experiential, etc).
• Familiarity with AR and VR.
• Familiarity with Unity and other game-engine systems and knowledgeable about innovations in the 3D space.
• Understand how to partner with other vendors on projects and knowledgeable about best practices when outsourcing elements of individual jobs.
• Highly creative, with an eye for high quality visuals and technical perfection.
• Thorough understanding of the complete VFX pipeline.
• Knowledge of advanced 3D modeling, rendering, animation, texturing, lighting, shading, effects and rigging.
• Proactive in picking up proprietary tools and new techniques. Proficient in compositing (Nuke).
• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Exceptional Technical ability in order to trouble-shoot problems
• Knowledge of the entire production pipeline and how all facets of production interact with CG.

Education:  

Bachelor’s degree in film or related field or equivalent training.

The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network 

and cultivate connections.  

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity. 

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution.  

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them. 

GENERAL SUMMARY

The primary focus of an Content Producer is to manage and make recommendations to the Creative department for photography, CGI, illustration and other creative assets, specifically creating high volume CGI asset creation, focusing on visualizer/configurator projects. The producer is responsible for reviewing and presenting various options based on the vision of the creative team and in consideration of current industry talent, resources, execution and rates. The producer will negotiate effectively and fairly while serving as the agency liaison between the client and the artist.  The producer is also responsible for content creation, particularly in the digital space. Oversees content projects of high-levels of complexity for Lexus and other clients.

Day to Day:

• Provides the creative team with options for execution in consideration of the “creative vision.”
• Negotiates effectively and fairly to ensure needs of agency and clients are met with regard to photography, CGI, illustration or other forms of artwork. 
• Continually reviews artist portfolios within the agency and/or externally networking at nationwide portfolio reviews.
• Works within usage rights standards and legal complexities.
• Collaborates with other producers for integrated projects to create well-balanced production.
• Looks for emerging, breaking and proven photographers/CG artists by staying current with industry talent and resources.
• Works to secure stock photography assets.
• Works within client budgets and timing for photography, CGI, illustration or producible digital assets.  
• Maintains and is current with current industry standard rates.
• Maintains and nurtures excellent outside photographer/CG artist and agent relationships with talent of all levels.
• Manages all new jobs through retouching and invoice approval.
• Interfaces with the New York Legal department as required.
• Arranges for all aspects of required photo shoot & CG projects (scouting, casting, permits, product, pre-pro, fitting etc.).
• Works closely with Creative, Account, Product, Digital Asset Management, and Business Affairs Team.  
• Presents budgets, portfolios and preproduction information to clients.  
• Works closely with creative for image searches.

Experience: 3-5 years of art, CG, or content productionexperience or related experience (e.g., Artist Representative, Producer)

Education: A bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Skills and Abilities:  

Diplomatic. Works well under pressure. Must be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks at one time. Objectively judges the quality of photography, CGI/digital, and illustration talent. Can manage budgets efficiently and effectively. Maintains successful and respectful relationships within agency, with clients and with outside suppliers. Balances logical and conceptual thinking.  

The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network 

and cultivate connections.  

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity. 

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution.  

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them. 

GENERAL SUMMARY

This role is responsible for working collaboratively with the Director of Creative Services, Group Creative Directors and creative teams to help manage workload, assignments, workflow, award show contest entry and overall group support.  

This role has clear understanding of the creative strengths of each creative group member, so as to effectively consult on assignment type and appropriate allocation. This person works with Director of Creative Services and acts as a liaison between Account/Client Services, Project Management and Producers for creative team assignments and to help forecast future creative resource and freelance needs.  This position supports the Director of Creative Services with the management of all freelance paperwork. This position also supports creative group in terms of contest entry, potential tools acquisition (software, hardware, literature, research materials). Continual support for the creative vision and understanding of the creative purpose is key to this role.

Day to Day:

• Manages weekly status report and resource tracking report for weekly status meetings and attends Upcoming Workload Meetings, gathering information to ensure creative resources are effectively aligned to projects
• Generates freelance request forms and offer letters for approval, follows the freelance process and  processes Creative freelance employee paperwork with HR and maintains creative freelance files on secure server
• Coordinates with Office Services and Information Technology for pace/cubes/office location placement and computers for creative freelancers and full time
• Provides support and training to all full time and freelancers relating to server procedures, voicemail, e-mail, timesheet processing, and expense processing, use of conference rooms and conference systems
• Organizes and maintains all freelance paperwork, timesheets, payroll logs, freelance req forms and offer letters
• Manages of freelance, award shows, and storyboard budgets for all Creative projects
• Supports CDs with gathering creative for presentations and understand the location of cloud filing system in order to retrieve archived projects
• Prepare and submit materials for all creative contest submissions, maintaining all creative contents entries and awards list
• Works with IT to ensure software, hardware requests are completed and manages server storage
• Books storyboard artists, generates and manages POs and invoice payment
• Provide support for ad hoc projects as needed assigned by the Director of Creative Services and Creative Directors
• Work collaboratively with the Creative Coordinator and Executive Assistant of CCO as needed to for coverage/support
• Responsible for resource management of digital creatives and experiential designers and assist with recruiting, scoping of upcoming fiscal year, out of scope requests as needed

Experience: A minimum 2-4 years experience working in advertising agencies is preferred. 1-3 years experience in managing resource plans or project management background and experience with award show submissions.

Education: Bachelor’s degree required.

Skills & Abilities: Strong organizational skills and ability to communicate effectively across multiple team members is highly preferred.  Ability to advocate for the creative product and recognize the value of certain creative needs being applied to specific project types.  Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to foster cross group collaboration.  Adept at learning new online or desktop resource allocation tools and/or software is preferred. Skilled in excel with ability to use formulas and create pivot tables.

Contact with Others: Works closely with Director of Creative Services, Group Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters and Digital Studio to advocate skill sets and monitor project progress against project plans.  Works collaboratively with others within the agency and engages effectively in larger group settings to support the workflow within the group.

Work Direction Over Others: May give direction to group coordinators and creative teams in terms of assignments, prioritizations and time tracking.

Supervision Received: The Director of Creative Services is the immediate supervisor and provides approval on all creative resource allocations. 

Pace of Work: Rapid pace responding to project needs. Must be detail oriented and able to handle a variety of tasks. Must be able to prioritize properly to meet all deadlines. Ability to shift priorities quickly and handle multiple interruptions.

Scope:  The individual must be comfortable on the Web and should enjoy change, since our work is evolving constantly.  The Creative Operations Manager is responsible for recommending teams to the Group Creative Directors to take on new jobs as they come in. As such, this position needs to be familiar with the creative individuals in the department along with their creative strengths and challenges.

Impact: Must work effectively with Creative Directors, Project Management, Production & Client Services to keep workflow optimized and resources utilized.

At Team One, talent is our most important asset.  We seek to hire the best in the business and create a culture where ideas are supported, growth is encouraged and remarkable ideas continue to flourish.

We’re always looking for new talented individuals to join our team. If you are interested in working at Team One and don't see a position listed on the website that matches your experience, please submit your application here.

The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network 

and cultivate connections.  

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity. 

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution.  

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them. 

GENERAL SUMMARY

The primary focus of a Producer is to be a steward of the idea amplification and execution. The Producer manages the execution and the vision of the creative idea, and is dedicated to finding the best path to execute the work.  Responsibilities include providing solutions to technical problems, providing alternative suggestions, sharing new and evolving options for deliverables, finding suitable production partners for ideas, and being able to understand the limitations and possibilities of the medium. The Producer partners with the Project Management, Creative, UX, Account, Media and Technology teams.  Managing projects’ scopes, schedules, procurement and negotiations are also integral parts of this role. 

DAY TO DAY:

Project Quality

• Partners closely with Creative teams to transform creative ideas into tangible deliverables.
• Combines production and technical knowledge with innovative ideas to enhance and inspire the core idea.
• Nurtures and develops relationships with vendors and companies to allow Team One to excel in the industry. 
• Provides an execution strategy that is created in conjunction with the client’s project parameters.
• Reviews media plans, wireframes, designs, development specs, etc., at appropriate stages to ensure quality balances.
• Manages testing and quality control through appropriate sources.

Project Budget/Initiation/Assignments/Scope

• Manages the project-specific production budget.
• Develops a project estimate that may include internal and external costs/resources. Negotiates with vendors to ensure the purchase and production of high-quality work at competitive prices. Evaluates and estimates specifications with appropriate vendors, and recommends changes that will improve both cost and the perceived value.
• Maintains accountability to the project’s realistic scope, timing and budget through consulting and enhancement of the evolving idea.
• Shapes the project’s scope using insights related to production options, media opportunities, new technologies, or creative solutions.
• Continues to update the Project Manager and Account lead, especially regarding the potential for “scope creep.”
• Only accepts work that is requested via the proper channels.

Project Schedule/Time Management

• Collaborates with Project Manager while developing the initial project schedule.
• After the estimate and idea are approved, the Producer creates a detailed schedule (at the production execution level) to work in conjunction with master project timelines.
• Alerts Project Manager and Account lead to timing or cost issues that may arise.
• Defines/communicates deliverables timing with external vendors.

Project Communication/Integration

• Communicates the production’s impact to the Project Manager, who communicates any issues to the team, and to the Account lead, who communicates any issues to the client.
• For multi-channel campaigns, collaborates with other Producers (media specific/subject matter experts) to seek efficiencies on behalf of client’s budget, project parameters and creative vision.

Project Risk Management  

• Anticipates potential production issues, and provides options to help prevent them from becoming challenges.  When production challenges do arise, the Producer provides solutions and options to resolve them.
• Develops contingency plans when potential risks are identified.

Project Resources (Internal) 

• Serves as a partner in idea development and execution options.
• Edits the “message” to suit all audiences, without compromising its original intent.
• Alerts the Project Manager and Account lead when additional internal resources are required.

Project Resources (External)

• Maintains resources at all levels and capabilities.
• Partners with client Technical teams, media publishers, vendors and ad serving networks
• Alerts the Project Manager and Account lead when external resources with unique expertise are required.

Experience:   Minimum 3-5 years of solid production knowledge and experience in advertising or related business is required, as is experience with similar accounts, experience with cost consultants and proven ability to accurately cost out jobs

Education:  Bachelor’s degree is preferred. 

Skills and Abilities: The candidate must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and possess strong interpersonal and management skills.

The Team One C.O.R.E.

C = Collaborative

Builds and sustains strong, genuine relationships with people of all levels and takes positive steps to extend network and cultivate connections. 

O = Optimism

Is utterly reliable, always delivering on promises and maintains the highest standards of honesty and integrity.

R = Results-Driven

Acts strategically to exceed goals and has the ability to adapt to changes in process and execution. 

E = Entrepreneurial

Constantly looking for and identifying actionable and thought provoking opportunities for the company and executing them.

GENERAL SUMMARY

An ideal candidate will need to be a self-starter with the knowledge and energy to develop and execute Paid Search strategy & plans. Additionally, you will be capable and confident in presenting to and collaborating with client(s).

Manages the planning, execution and reporting of Search account(s) across multiple engines, with  support & guidance from the Search Director

Collaborates with media leads to develop Search strategy, and then executes and optimizes the Search campaigns in an autonomous work environment

Develops Search roadmaps that include modern Search tactics like audience targeting, bidding automation & attribution to help hit campaign KPIs

Responsible for on-going client relationship building and collaboration in order to meet client expectations and achieve goals

Experience: Minimum 2-3 years of experience in Paid Search, preferably at an agency

Education: A bachelor’s degree

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Day to Day:

Manage daily budget pacing, campaign optimization & roadmap execution

Conduct keyword research, draft ad copy, implement bidding strategies, define audience targeting

Maintain knowledge of industry trends, new Search products, betas, etc.

Perform ongoing performance analysis to identify new opportunities and areas of improvement

Work in Search Ads, Bing Ads, Search Ads 360 and other various Search & reporting platforms

Partner with analytics team to compile reporting for both internal analysis and client review

Collaborate with other media leads for integrated campaign planning, optimization and reporting 

Communicate with client(s) regularly to deliver performance results and discuss campaign activity

Work with Search Director to put together client presentations (i.e. QBRs, Strategy decks, etc.)

Partner with Engine account teams and builds strong relationships with relevant Search vendors

Handle special projects assigned by the Search Director such as POVs, industry research, etc.

Skills and Abilities: 

Ability to Collaborate effectively in cross-team settings

Strong degree of accuracy and attention to detail

Embody the characteristics of Team One’s Core

Experience with Google Shopping Campaigns preferred

Ability to apply critical thinking and analysis in business writing

Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

Efficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint

Expert knowledge of Google & Bing, and the Editor tools

Familiarity with Search Ads 360 is desirable

Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects 

Automotive or retail media experience is desirable

AdWords Certification is a strong plus

Working Conditions:  Team One is a professional, fast-paced, creative business environment.  All employees are expected to support Team One’s commitment to providing a respectful & safe workplace.  There may be times when lifting up to 25lbs. is required.  Overtime, including evenings and/ or weekend work- may be required.  There may be occasion to travel.  All employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and acceptable manner during working hours and all work-related events, including but not limited to, holiday parties, off-sites, client meetings/events, shoot locations, etc.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.  This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

As an employee of Team One, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, you are expected to be aware of and adhere to all Publicis Groupe Policies, in addition to Team One and Saatchi & Saatchi policies. All Publicis Groupe policies supersede other policies except for when in conflict with California State Law.