We’re looking for someone different.

We want a person that clients–even difficult ones–and co-workers would trust and feel comfortable with. Someone that can respectfully disagree, tell people why, and then lead the way to a better solution.

What we need is a seasoned Senior Account Executive or an up and coming Account Supervisor. You will be required to perform all typical account management duties, provide strategic solutions for a variety of clients, roll up your sleeves when you need to, and last but not least adapt to several client personalities and styles.

We’re an interesting group of people with the common thread of creativity. If  you’re curious about who we are, go to baileygardiner.com, check out our portfolio, read our blog, and comment on your favorite post.

You have 5-7 years of large and/or small advertising agency experience, positive attitude, strong presentation skills, and national consumer marketing experience. We pride ourselves on being integrated and we need our team members to think that way as well. Digital experience is required and please don’t try to fake it. For example, you will be expected to strategize and execute PPC, online advertising, email campaigns, and websites. In addition to living in an online space, you know how to integrate your approach to marketing and have worked in most, if not all,  elements of advertising (print, radio, television, outdoor).

Salary will be commensurate with experience and competitive. We offer medical, dental, paid vacation, holidays, sick/PT, 401k and profit sharing, not to mention great weather.

Send resume to resume@baileygardiner.com. Your resume will not be considered without salary requirements.

No calls or emails. Really.

We’re a fast-paced shop with great clients, and we’re looking for another piece to fit our growing puzzle.

We need a talented Interactive Designer with an incredible online/interactive portfolio to design web-based applications and interactive multimedia. Does that mouthful sound like you?

Typical interactive projects may include: storyboarding, wire framing, information architecture, email templates, websites, banner advertisements, landing pages, and blogs. More traditional projects may include: branding/identity, collateral, and other print advertising.

You should have 3+ years of strong interactive experience in design. Agency experience preferred. From branding to collateral to web design, you are capable of working on a variety of design projects and enjoy climbing the proverbial Mount Everest. Demanding deadlines? No sweat, considering your aptitude for quick, creative thinking. You also have an acute attention to detail. Along with the ability to multi-task in a fast paced and open working environment.

Cue infomercial sound bite. But wait- there’s more.

You must be proficient in: Adobe CS/CS2 Illustrator, Photoshop, In Design and laughing in the face of doom. Front-end coding skills are like syrup. Tasty, but not required. (Flash, CSS, HTML, Javascript, AJAX).

You like the idea of living in one of the most beautiful places in the country, getting paid a competitive salary, enjoying healthcare benefits, saving for your retirement (401k), taking paid time off, benefiting from profit sharing and working with a dedicated, fun group.

Send your resume and link to your portfolio to: resume@baileygardiner.com. BFA preferred. No amateurs, self-taught designers or prima donnas. No calls or other emails, please. (We’re serious about this last point- we’re testing how well you follow directions.)

We’re looking for someone different.

We want a person that clients–even difficult ones–and co-workers would trust and feel comfortable with. Someone that can respectfully disagree, tell people why, and then lead the way to a better solution. Someone that keeps clients happy and makes them look great.

What we need is a dynamic Account Executive. You will be required to perform all typical account management duties, provide strategic solutions for a variety of clients, roll-up your sleeves when you need to, manage budgets, measure your work and show positive outcomes.

We’re an interesting group of people with the common thread of creativity. If you’re curious about who we are, go to baileygardiner.com, check out our portfolio, read our blog, and comment on your favorite post(s).

Requirements: 3-5 years of solid advertising agency experience, positive attitude, strong presentation skills, and national consumer marketing experience. Real online experience is required – your clients will generally layer off- and online and mostly talk to their customers there. Rich media, PPC, email, SEO and social media are essential parts of our work.

Salary will be commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, paid vacation, holidays, sick/PT, 401k and profit sharing, not to mention great weather.

Send resume to resume@baileygardiner.com and tell us why you want the job. Resumes without salary requirements will not be considered. Last but not least: Don’t call or email us, really.

Bailey Gardiner is looking for an advertising account intern to start as soon as possible.

A little about you:

• In school, or just graduated in a major relevant to marketing or communications

• Able to commit to a minimum of 20 hours per week, set hours are preferable

• A well-organized, self-starter who shows ownership over assignments

• A great communicator- both oral and written

• Eager to learn

• Creative

A little about your responsibilities:

• Assist the Traffic Coordinator, by helping with the flow of projects

• Coordinate print related projects from start to finish

• Handle insertion orders and assist with organization of the media placement process

• Research-new publications, online opportunities, guerilla marketing-which sometimes requires going out in the field and gathering information, materials, photos
and more

• Maintain and write posts for Bailey Gardiner’s intern blog

• Responsibilities will vary and can grow with your willingness!

While we can’t compensate you with pay, the experience you will get at Bailey Gardiner is invaluable. We’ll take the time to teach, support, provide you with responsibility and have some fun. For a little more information about us, visit baileygardiner.com If you’re interested, please email your cover letter and resume to becca@baileygardiner.com.

*No phone calls please*

Bailey Gardiner is a creative agency.

We are a fast-paced shop with great clients seeking a talented graphic designer to join our growing creative department.

You have 2-3 years of agency experience and while you want to contribute immediately you know you still have lots to learn and want a place to do that. You can operate in the print environment, but have experience in and love the online world. From branding to collateral to web design, you are capable of working on a variety of design projects and enjoy a challenge.

You must be proficient in Adobe CS/CS2 Illustrator, Photoshop, and In Design. Production and file prep experience as well as working knowledge of Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks skills are a plus.

You like the idea of living in one of the most beautiful places in the country, getting paid a competitive salary, enjoying healthcare benefits, saving for your retirement (401k), benefiting from profit sharing and working with a dedicated, fun group.

Send your resume, portfolio, and salary requirements to resume@baileygardiner.com. You will not be considered without them. BFA preferred. No amateurs or self-taught graphic designers and no calls, please.

It’s that time again!  We’re looking for not one but two brilliant public relations interns with:

• A communications, journalism or English major in process

• Ability to work at least 15 hours/week

• Outstanding communications skills (verbal and written)

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, energetic, highly creative setting

• Previous PR/media experience

• An enthusiasm for social media – beyond your facebook account – we’re looking for someone who gets it from a marketing perspective and really, really loves it.

Here’s what you’ll get hands-on experience doing:

• Direct media pitching

• Writing media releases and alerts

• Upkeeping digital clipbooks

• Blog and social media correspondence

• Brainstorming

• Research

• Creating and updating media lists

•   General account support

And working for us isn’t so bad either. While we can’t compensate you with pay, the experience is invaluable. We’ll take the time to teach, support, provide you with responsibility and have some fun.  Please note that you must be working for school credit.

If you fit the bill, please send your resume, cover letter and references to lizzie@baileygardiner.com or call (619) 295-8232.

Bailey Gardiner is looking for an Advertising Account Intern for the Fall Quarter/Semester.

A little about you:

•    A college student (junior or senior) majoring in Communications, English or Marketing
•    Must be able to obtain college credit for the internship
•    Willing to commit to a minimum of 15 hours per week, set hours are preferable
•    A well-organized, self-starter who shows ownership over assignments
•    Excellent communication skills- both oral and written
•    Eager to learn
•    Creative

A little about your responsibilities:

•    Assist the Traffic Coordinator by helping with the flow of projects
•    Coordinate print related projects from start to finish
•    Handle insertion orders and assist with organization of the media placement process
•    Research new publications, new business prospects, online opportunities and guerilla marketing, which sometimes requires going out in the field and gathering information, materials and photos
•    Writing for “Feed The Interns Blog” with other Bailey Gardiner interns
•    Responsibilities will vary and can grow with your willingness

This position is unpaid and only open to current college students who can obtain college credit through the internship.

The experience you will receive at Bailey Gardiner is invaluable. We will take the time to teach, support, provide you with responsibility and have some fun.

For a little more information about us, visit our website or the blog by our interns.

If you are interested, please email your cover letter and resume to becca@baileygardiner.com.

No phone calls please.

Having done my fair share of interviewing in the relatively short time since I graduated, I was blown away by the number of options available to reach out and touch someone, as I searched for a job ahead of my impending relocation to San Diego this past May. The advent of the Social Web has fundamentally changed the way people connect, communicate, and get introduced. In fact, I wouldn’t be writing this post, if social media hadn’t come through for me, (you can see how it all started by scanning the comments right here…), so with this in mind, here are some useful tips for job hunters across some of the major social media destinations:

LINKEDIN

Fill out your profile
Research cuts both ways – you can be sure that while you’re using LinkedIn to find out more about that dream job, some interviewers are likely looking you up also, so give them something to work with, and get a better sense of who you are, and what you’re like.

Get introduced
Know somebody who knows somebody? Request an introduction through that contact. You’d be surprised at how easily you can get your foot in the door at a company you want to work for. Kevin Bacon would be proud.

Talk about achievements, not responsibilities
This is an evergreen tip that still holds true for traditional job-hunting as well as in social media. Interviewers often want to know how you did, not what you did at your previous jobs. Stats are your friend here – did you make or save the company money? Did you reduce turnaround time, or help them win an award? Quantifying your performance makes it real for your interviewer

Write recommendations
Harness some social media karma, and say nice (true) things about others in your network – they’ll likely return the favor, which will only give you bonus points when interviewers look you up

Get a vanity URL
Which would you remember better: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonamunwa, or http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-amunwa/1/4/a6?

LinkedIn is an incredible networking tool, with tons of functionality – check out this great article on Mashable to dive even deeper.

COMPANY BLOGS/TWITTER
Follow the latest news
Many companies have been blogging for a while, and others are using Twitter too – some are even using these channels to announce new hires, rather than go the Monster/HotJobs/CareerBuilder route – subscribe to/follow them, and watch them for any new openings. In some cases, you may even get advance notice over the traditional listings sites, helping you get your application to the top of the pile. Thanks to this tweet from @BGIndra, I managed to get my resume towards the front of the queue referenced in this tweet!

Be social!
Engage in a dialogue with the author, retweet them, ask them questions, and follow other people from the same company to get a clearer picture of day-to-day life there. People notice this, and pretty soon, your name will become familiar around the office, before you’ve even dealt an introductory handshake.

FACEBOOK
Keep your private life private
Facebook offers its robust privacy settings for good reason. Hide any content you wouldn’t share with interviewers before you start your search. With that said, leave your profile open to be found in searches – you want interviewers to know you exist, but not what happened when your buddies challenged you to drink a quart of milk in an hour.

Join relevant groups, fan relevant pages
As with blogs and Twitter, groups and fan pages give you another opportunity to get your name known in the right circles, and raise your profile among companies who may be looking for someone just like you.

GOOGLE TOOLS
Get a Google Profile
Google’s recent response to the now widely-known phenomenon of googling people’s names was to allow you to create your own ‘official’ profile. This is powerful in that it allows you to take control of your online reputation, rather than whatever results pop up. It also means that you’re less likely to be confused with the frat boy who shares your name, and insists on regularly posting outrageous drunken party pictures to Flickr.

Put your resume online
There are a number of ways to do this, including using an online resume service, or simply adding a page to your personal website. For ease and speed, I imported my resume into Google Docs, and made it publicly viewable.
Bonus: use TinyURL & you can reference it in your cover letters, biz cards, etc. with a vanity URL, e.g. http://www.tinyurl.com/yoursmarttaglinehere

Use an RSS reader
Many of the larger job listings sites allow you to create a custom RSS feed for the types of jobs you’re looking for. Use an RSS reader and subscribe to these feeds, as well as industry/company blogs, to consolidate all this info into one place – you’ll greatly expand your ability to monitor the new jobs being posted in your area.

OTHER TIPS
Comment, tweet and post on industry blogs
Not only does this get the attention of people who read/follow these streams of content, it makes you more likely to appear in related search results. Sharing your opinions on relevant industry topics helps establish you as an expert and leader in your field

Turn on your email/sms notifications
These days, time is of the essence, so make sure you have your finger on the pulse of all fronts of your online presence, and are ready to respond at the drop of a hat no matter where you are.

Be genuine & make it fun
Nobody likes a poseur, so just be human and let your personality come through online

Most importantly
Don’t forget that all of the above should be employed in addition to traditional jobseeker methods. It’s a new reality we’re living in, folks, and job opportunities can come from anywhere, so take steps to be prepared. The multitudes of outlets for your online presence is a way to extend your traditional search, not replace it.

Do you have any social-media job-hunting tips or anecdotes of your own? Let us know in the comments!

At Bailey Gardiner, we’ve always found it rewarding to hire, develop, and work with interns. We’ve worked with interns from both ends of the spectrum. In college for class credit, summer interns “vacationing” in San Diego, MBA students, even eager yet recently laid-off professionals. Really, all kinds.

I have always thought of us, the agency, teaching and mentoring the interns. Allowing them to learn from our real world clients and soak in our smarts. Now, after more than ten years of advertising and agency life, it has taken our recent (and amazing) batch of interns to make me realize several things that are re-shaping and re-energizing my work life. Who knew that interns would be teaching me?

Here is some insight from their fresh and unadulterated minds:
1. I have come a really long way. From the early days of learning how to use a fax machine (really), to learning what an insertion order was, to understanding the difference between PMS and CMYK. Working in an agency is truly a lifelong education. I learn something new every single day. Just think, when I first started in advertising, we were sending print ads on FUJI film (I am cringing at the thought of the FedEx bills and carbon footprint we accumulated) and faxing proofs of ads to our clients.

Hearing our interns ask what a v-card is or what our common nicknames, like specs are (short for the specifications of a project/job), or overhearing them wondering to each other about how we go after clients and win business — all reminded me that I started in the same place.

2. I really love what I do. I love being creative and I get to apply creativity to everything that I do. No two days are ever alike.

3.  Perspective. While I am totally in love with what I do, I also love to exercise, go to the beach, walk my dogs, and spend time with my friends. These things are really easy to lose sight of when you bury yourself in a job you also love. I have really enjoyed overhearing our interns talk about their weekend activities or seeing them take off for a lunchtime jog.

4. Attitude, teamwork, drive, and eagerness to learn. Enough said.

5. Sometimes the little perks and successes are the biggest. Pizza and a day at the Del Mar Racetrack go a long way, especially for college students. No longer am I immune to these gestures, thank-you’s and activities, I appreciate all of the wonderful perks that surround my job! The smallest successes are celebrated by our interns with high-fives and happy hour. Busy schedules and high-profile projects have jaded my view of success. Even the smallest successes should be recognized.

6. I didn’t really learn anything in college. Some of the most important things I do come from my life and work experiences. How to deal with different and sometimes difficult personalities, how to manage projects, people, clients, and yes, even your boss.

I am so thankful to our current interns, that, for a very long list of reasons, have helped to re-energize my life in advertising.

Given only the directive to “start their own intern blog,” I am proud to share their new (and quite hilarious) endeavor into the blogosphere. They came up with a concept and content that is really refreshing! Check it out and hopefully you will be as inspired as I am.

Thanks BG Interns!