Job Opening: Senior Planner of eMarketing

Senior Planner of eMarketing

 

Summary
Support the development and implementation of strategies to drive growth and maximize return on our SEM, comparison shopping, targeted content, and remarketing/display investments as well as new online marketing opportunities.  Heavy focus on forecasting budgets and revenue managing spend targets, and analysis of programs.  Support SEO initiatives.  Ability to adjust strategies in a very fast paced business environment.
 

Responsibilities

Core responsibilities:

§Take a leadership role in the planning, development and execution of paid search, comparison shopping, and remarketing display programs to meet revenue and ROI requirements.

 

§Conduct measurement and analysis on the effectiveness and efficiency of eMarketing programs.  Work proactively with external agencies to make and implement recommendations for programs.

 

§Ensure Search and Display Marketing initiatives are “on brand” with merchandising, promotional, and overall business strategy. Work with eCom merchant VPs and multiple WSI teams.

 

§Ensure seamless seasonal and ad hoc launches and execution of SEM, content, CSE, remarketing initiatives, including optimizing datafeeds and trafficking creative and copy assets. Ensure optimal brand messaging is always being used.

 

§Identify and leverage synergies between these search programs. Evaluate new customer acquisition metrics and subsequent value of customers acquired.

 

§Take a leadership role in managing external business partners including providing prioritization and feedback.

 

§Proactively work with team members, other marketing teams, merchandising, creative, IT, and other cross-functional groups.

 

§Manage budget, forecast, invoices and accruals weekly/monthly/annually.

 

§Present findings, analysis and recommendations to management through Senior Executive levels.

 

§Analyze competitive marketplace and follow eMarketing trends.  

 

Paid Search:

§Monitor performance by engine and analyze results.

 

§Meticulously track spend, revenue, productivity measures/KPIs on a weekly basis and adjust investment as necessary.

 

§Work with manager and key business partners to create seasonal strategies, including important keyword categories, site map updates, bid strategy, etc.

 

§Recommend and manage keywords and landing pages on an ongoing basis.

 

§Develop and implement new tactics including evaluating copy and landing page tests, geo-targeting and other tactics.

 

§Rapidly incorporate changes or new information from market, competition or business conditions.

 

Remarketing:

·Responsible for seasonal builds/changes in message strategy. Work with agency and internal cross functional stakeholders to maximize creative.

 

·Monitor and report KPIs on a weekly basis.  Adjust spend targets accordingly.

 

§Work with manager to develop and implement new acquisition and retention strategies  

 

Experience/Qualifications

§3 years of experience with SEM, SEO, Comparison Shopping and/or online media planning required.

§Bachelors degree required

§Exceptional written, verbal and presentation communication skills

§Ability to work in fast paced environment with ability to prioritize and be flexible.

§Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ability to analyze results.

§Meticulous attention to detail required.

 

§Experience with a web analytics system a plus. 


Email cover letter and resumes to: ateisch@wsgc.com

Create In Clay Ceramics Party – November 19th!

Come have fun with us and help our vision come to life with your donations! 

 

We can't wait to see you at the Create In Clay School of Ceramics Launch Party this Thursday November 19th, at the Mecury Lounge. We hope you'll help us spread the word about the event and the school – feel free to email your friends about the event, post our video to your profile and brings frriends Thursday night!

You can buy an advanced ticket at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88347

With a donation of 60 dollars at the event or online, you will receive a free one hour scheduled lesson at Create in Clay with Chris. In addition the evening will include:

* Hors d'oevres and drinks
* DJ and music/dancing
* The ability to buy art and objects to help out the school

The silent auction and raffle will include:
* Art by the artist Christian Moffat
* Wine and wine related objects including:
* Specialty items from selected wineries
* An overnight stay in St. Helena
* Winery tastings from the same places shown in "Sideways"
* Dinners at top restaurants in Napa
* The satisfaction of helping a good cause!

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

Check out our Small commercial:

Won't you join us in launching this school to meet such an important need in our community?!?!!? We hope to see you there!!!

Create In Clay School of Ceramics

The school is a non-profit that will teach ceramics to both autistic and non-autistic individuals. Having both a creative outlet and a constructive social environment can be very meaningful and life-enriching for individuals living with autism. This school aims to provide these sorts of skills and experiences for those that are interested.

And just as it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a community to launch such a venture. As a result of this event, the school expects to have enough money to finish the customization of the space and to provide the starting materials required for the first classes.
 

Great Fun With Camera Lighting

During a walk in the Presido here in San Francisco over the weekend I got a chance to play with my new camera and some of the fun settings.  Check out how you can so easily change the feel of a picture just by bringing out some of the reds & oranges of the changing leaves.

 

 

Job Opening: Social Media PR Account Executive

As a Senior Account Executive or Account Manager, you will be rewarded for your proactive nature, enthusiasm and drive. Your professional skills will be enhanced every day you spend at the company, and you’ll be working with a team that has your back. Every time.

 

You will play a key and visible role in the execution of integrated PR programs for a range of B2B and consumer tech clients. You will primarily be focused on proactive engagement and relationship building with media, bloggers and social media influencers, leading to positive awareness and coverage for each client.

Want to learn how to translate all that media goodness into measurable results? By working with us, you’ll get a deep insight into how PR and social media can deliver tangible ROI, using sophisticated tools to monitor and measure results, awareness levels and where the key influencers are.

 
What you can offer us:

You’re bright, personable and technology-savvy, with a passion for both traditional and social media, and a broad range of experience and interests. You will need a bachelor's degree in a related field with an above average GPA, knowledge of technology (either enterprise technology or gaming/digital entertainment are important) and have excellent multi-tasking/organizational skills. Usage and an avid interest in social media channels will also get you through the door.

We’d love you to have 3-7 years of relevant public relations experience, and hope you will be articulate, detail-oriented, creative, energetic and ambitious. You should have some experience managing teams as well as day-to-day client activities.

 

Apply

Steelers, LinkedIn and Late Shabbat

What is this week turning into?

I first had no plans , calendar clean.  Now I'm looking for a way to keep up with everything.  Parties to plan, holidays to look forward to, missing my Brazil and of course volleyball.  Last night, 7-3 at the end of the half and then BAM!  Nothing happended in the first half, and then we just came out guns blazing.  I have to admit, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers last night reminds you of this little tihng called teamwork.  Even the talking head guys on ESPN said sometihng nice to the effect of "what makes the Steelers different from all the teams in the NFL is that they are a team, a family, from the owners down to the kicker, they stick together and are always there for each other…"  And growing up in Pittsburgh you knew that ,and that is the type of values you take away from living there, growing up there – and I try to do everyday. 

 

It's really weird that all of these "SPORTS" folks don't place Ben in the Top Ranks of QB's, shame on you.  I'm trying to get in the habit of more blogging, or at least more blogging than just pictures.   Certainly after I heard that Twitter and LinkedIn are going to be intergrating services.  I think whatever the platform, communications are becoming more decentralized – on the other hand, there will be many more options to find what you are looking for!   I hope to see you at Late Shabbat tihs week, Friday night, Temple Emmanuel, here in SF.  Come on, come all, Jewish or not – come for the good times, stay for the sushi!

Speaking of LinkedIn – check me out here: http://www.linkedin.com/mfindling

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Chrissy Fields in November

I went for a run at Chrissy Fields today, just a few shots of the sun, the beach, the fun…

Half Moon Bay

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Halloween 2009 At The Crime Party

Halloween Crime Party!

SF Pictures from October 2009

Some great pics from SF this month in California…

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Where Is Michael Findling One Year Later? Life is good.

What one year will do. Let us review shall we. One year ago personally and professionally, I am not afraid to say it…I lacked…focus and was well, let’s just say it, a miserable human being. Markets were tanking, I was in a revolving door of interviews, settling into a new apartment, learning a new world – trying to gain some foundation here in California….San Francisco – trying to learn about why I left my life in New York City for a brave new world.

One year later I can almost quantify the quality of my new life. I’ve found a wonderful home to volunteer with, not just in the Jewish Community, but the Environmental one. I am honored to sit on the Young Leadership Committee of Temple Emmanuel and be the main photographer for San Francisco Green Drinks. Each day I leave my home in beautiful Pacific Heights and within a short amount of commuting time I am right smack in the middle of my office here at Embarcadero Technologies.

Last October I was asked to be the Online Marketing Manager at Embarcadero. I work with amazingly smart, funny and compassionate people. I have the ability to be creative and at the same time am challenged to be better. And in the end, having your office 2 blocks from the San Francisco Ferry Building, your gym in basement and surrounded by natural beauty your mind wanders into a place that it may not have known before…a sort of calming ability to think clearly.

Moving forward into my 2nd year in San Francisco the Jewish New Year is here again. And I am feeling blessed that my life has a strong foundation now. I love my work, I savor the neighborhood I live in, I adore the friends and relationships I’ve built and….feel confident that I can accept the past, understand the good, the not so great – and starting to learn how to truly thinking clearly about the future.

The future is not just what we make of it, but how we harness the best possible scenarios that lie ahead. I am not writing this note to gloat, or to think that I need to prove my happiness. But I’ve seen many cross my path, new to SF, those leaving for new ventures and even those that have spent all their lives here, looking for a way to truly, oh what’s the expression: get busy livin…or get busy dyin…

I hope whether you are Jewish and celebrating the New Year, or perhaps another religion and this is just another day, that each day brings out the best in you and you find any solid foundation you may need. That you are at peace, your family, friends and loved ones know that your heart is pure and your compassion for life is great. And if you happen to stumble upon this, read this and know that you are in a good place in your life…my only request upon you…well, what Yoda asked: pass on what you have learned.

And to my Jews, my beloved Jewish Communities of NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, London, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo(!), Toronto, Vancouver, Paris, …and wherever else the Jewish people may live and breathe…SHANA TOVA!!

Much love and peace….
Michael