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Finch Brands, a premier boutique branding agency, is seeking a passionate and intelligent team player looking for an entrée into the world of branding and marketing through the role of Operations and Account Coordinator. This is a visible and fast-paced position requiring strong interpersonal skills, a self-starter entrepreneurial mindset to get stuff done, detail-orientation and an ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. This job will afford somebody in the early career stages a chance to take on real responsibility and learn a great deal more about business and branding than most positions at this level.

This person is the first point of contact for all office visitors and is the voice/face of Finch Brands.  He/she owns the office experience and is an extension of who we are and how we bring the brand experience to life.  The right candidate will be expected to manage general office functions with excellence, including support of simple accounting tasks and the prideful and proactive maintenance of our office environment.

This person will also support the brand strategy and marketing team in areas related to account service. In this aspect of the role you will gain significant exposure to how agencies work, including a deep understanding of brand strategy, marketing research, and the creative process. As such, it is a great developmental role for someone looking to establish and further their career in branding.  A strong performer in this role will be able to earn the opportunity to expand his/her responsibilities, growing into ownership of some account and strategy work to gain new experience, practice branding concepts, and contribute to overall agency work product.

The position has a dual reporting relationship to the Accounting Manager and SVP / GM. This position requires 1-2 years of experience and is ideal for someone with general office management experience and who is a strong and clear communicator.

Company Description

Finch Brands is a real-world brand consultancy.
We blend insight, intuition, and creativity to shape strategy and drive people to action.

Finch Brands was founded in 1998 by executives instrumental in the ascent of IKEA and David’s Bridal. Their original vision was to create the firm they never could find when they were in our clients’ shoes – an end-to-end brand development and management powerhouse that seamlessly delivers breakthrough brand strategy and irrepressibly creative design.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Operations
• Manage office cleanliness
• Manage office supply needs
• Coordinate and keep track of office contracts
• Handle front desk and phones
• Welcome and manage visitors to the office
• Oversee intern hiring process and manage workflow
• Handle mail distribution
• Account Coordinator
• Responsible for entering signed engagements into proper systems
• Assist account managers and account directors with various tasks including meeting scheduling, proofreading, and building deliverable decks
• Assist in project management
• Participate in brainstorm sessions
• Manage some strategy / creative projects directly in time commensurate with demonstrated abilities (special projects)
• Accounting
• Enter and post daily Cash Receipts
• Responsible for Accounts Receivable Process – entering and preparing invoices
• Responsible for Weekly Accounts Receivable report
• Handle the collection process
• Monitor and track all hard costs
• Monthly credit card bill and payment

Candidate Attributes:

• A high aptitude and high ‘motor’
• A positive attitude with strong interpersonal skills
• A ‘team first’ attitude
• A ‘flow to the work’ mentality and a knack for solving unstructured problems
• Experience with all facets of operations
• Strong computer skills

If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.

Please send your resume and cover letter to info@finchbrands.com

Finch Brands’ is inviting a Freelance Designer to work with our core creative team on an as-needed basis with the possibility to extend into something more. This person will touch a spectrum of creative projects from marketing collateral to brand identity to digital design.

In this role, the Freelance Designer will need to be comfortable starting with a strategic directive and advancing design to the point where s/he is leading the brand vision across multiple deliverables. This role is mid-level (a minimum of 3-5 years of professional design experience) and is ideal for someone with a design background who is seeking flexibility and thrives in smaller studio environments where ordinary boundaries don’t apply.

Company Description

Finch Brands is a real-world brand consultancy. We exist to help brands win when it matters most. We do this by blending insight, intuition, and creativity to shape brand strategy and drive people to action.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Develop and envision concepts that suit the business needs of a healthy range of clients
• Show creative muscle inside the Adobe Creative Suite
• Rely upon typographic sensibilities that can create ownable typography for our clients
• Be able to both interpret and create brand guidelines, with passion for consistency and originality
• Demonstrate familiarity with Sketch, Squarespace
• Manage project milestones and estimate time required to achieve deliverables

Candidate Attributes:

• Participate as a positive, productive part of a team but also be comfortable pursuing self-directed independent work
• Nurture a natural curiosity regarding brands and business
• Draw upon experience from more than one creative atmosphere, with flexibility and openness to change

If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.

Interested candidates, please submit an online portfolio, resume and cover letter.

Finch Brands works with clients in various industries to help them build successful businesses and brands. As a Brand Strategy Intern you’ll have the opportunity to play an integral role in the company immersing yourself in the day-to-day life of an account manager. With broad exposure to a variety of marketing, strategic planning and business consultation disciplines, this position is geared towards individuals who are eager to build their knowledge on a daily basis while contributing to the company’s continued growth.

• Assist in primary and secondary research projects
• Assist Managers with client presentations and deliverables
• Assist in the new business process
• Copywriting/proofreading
• Industry and event research
• Attend internal and external meetings
• Various office administration tasks as required

Company Description

Finch Brands is a real-world brand consultancy. We exist to help brands win when it matters most. We do this by blending insight, intuition, and creativity to shape brand strategy and drive people to action.

Required Experience and Skills:

• We are seeking candidates who are highly motivated, and possess excellent communication and organization skills
• Comfort with Microsoft Office, strong oral and written communications skills, excellent organization and interpersonal skills (as well as a creative mind) are required

Candidate Attributes:

• Self-starter mentality (Be a driver, not a passenger) with a strong bias for action
• A growth-oriented mindset and willingness to move beyond their current comfort zone to develop new skills
• A remarkable work ethic and superior attention to detail
• An ability to learn new things quickly
• Collaborates effectively and has coworkers backs
• A natural curiosity regarding brands and business with a focus on delivering results

If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.

Interested candidates, please submit your resume and cover letter.

Finch Brands’ diverse agency is fast-paced and we are looking for hard-working students or recent grads with a passion for design who take pride in creating quality work. Our interns get the opportunity to learn about being a designer in the “real world” and produce pieces for their portfolio. Interns that work with Finch Brands’ Creative team will have a priceless opportunity to observe and participate in the development and management of brands.

• Design: Assisting Associate Art Director and Senior Designer on logos, websites, brochures, invitations, magazine ads, posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
• Production: Ad resizes, project mock-ups, mounting presentation boards
• Brand Development: Defining brand guidelines; designing to align with core brand messaging

Company Description

Finch Brands is a real-world brand consultancy. We exist to help brands win when it matters most. We do this by blending insight, intuition, and creativity to shape brand strategy and drive people to action.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Proficient (or stronger) in Adobe InDesign
• Proficient (or stronger) in Adobe Photoshop
• Proficient (or stronger) in Adobe Illustrator
• We are looking for candidates who can work independently and without instruction
• Applicants should be in their junior or senior year, or a recent grad
• We are flexible with school schedules and are looking for a candidate who can work between 2-4 days a week

Candidate Attributes:

• Self-starter mentality (Be a driver, not a passenger) with a strong bias for action
• A growth-oriented mindset and willingness to move beyond their current comfort zone to develop new skills
• A remarkable work ethic and superior attention to detail
• An ability to learn new things quickly
• Collaborates effectively and has coworkers backs
• A natural curiosity regarding brands and business with a  focus on delivering results

If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.

Interested candidates, please submit an online portfolio, resume and cover letter.