Who We Are:

We solve real business problems using a strategic blend of storytelling, high design and/or low-brow humor.  It’s basically just advertising.  We do it for brands your Mom’s heard of – Pepsi, Charles Schwab, Method, GE, Virgin Mobile, Amazon, Ralph Lauren, Ben & Jerry’s, Muscle Milk, Nordstrom Rack, Brisk, AMP Energy, NBCUniversal, and a few others.  Our innovative approach to get assess in seats and move product from shelves has earned Agency of the Year Awards the past two years, two Harvard case studies and all sorts of industry hardware. 

We take great pride in making unconventional campaigns for brands in conventional categories.  Our patented blend of storytelling for emerging media takes a small army of Mekanistas to pull off.  What is a Mekanista you ask? Being a Mekanista requires a rare combination of being a strange, wonderful and talented person who enjoys coffee, crying, ping pong and penis birthday cakes.  We are smart, strange, wonderful folks that brave our contentious and often violent brainstorming sessions to make advertising magic.

The Client Strategist:

Client Strategy Department is made up of creative-minded brand leaders. We are part account managers, part brand builders, and part creative strategists. 

The Mekanism Client Strategist is a self-assure, collaborative, creative-oriented, problem-solver. They help our NY-based work grow by managing and sustaining current client relationships & projects, while working closely with the Senior Client Strategist to identify additional growth opportunities. 

It is the Client Strategist’s job to ensure that Mekanism value (creative, strategy, problem-solving, and beyond) is woven into everything we do on a the day-to-day level. This requires keeping the client happy, helping to hit deadlines and supporting the business overall while making great creative.  You’re expected to learn a ton, make a few mistakes, but ultimately grow into one of the few client leaders at Mekanism.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Be The Go-To Person on all things Pepsi Football and Starbucks (your clients)
• With the Senior Client Strategist, know this account better than anyone else.  All Mekanistas should feel secure coming to you with any Pepsi Football or Starbucks question. 
• Stay current on all timelines, client briefings, launch dates & meeting times.
• Keep the team current on the beverage/energy category & competitor brands.
• Organize meetings and calls internally and externally, to include agenda beforehand and recap within 24 business hours.

•  Help Senior Client Strategist to manage and lead
• Be a main point of client & partner contact along with the Senior Client Strategist.
• Proactively help lead the account across all partner agencies. 
• Manage daily communication with the team in SF.
• Work with Senior Client Strategist to uncover creative opportunities for Mekanism to build the Pepsi / Starbucks business.

• Build and Grow Relationships
• Establish trust and credibility with your client counterpart.
• Develop strong collaborative, working relationships with the Mekanism creative, social media & production teams. 

• Creative Briefs and Presentation Improvement
• Author creative brief for all day-to-day projects.
• Learn the art of planning & building strong presentations, making sure all creative is presented with a clear Mekanism POV.

• Effectively Work Within a Team
• In every meeting: foster teamwork & productivity; bring something unique.
• Learn the various arms of production at Mekanism, being able to represent each division to our clients.
• Manage up to Senior Client Strategist.

• Support Financial Organization and Performance
• Develop an understanding of estimates & bids across retainer, (social) media & production.
• Contribute to the Company Strategy
• Help grow the NY Mekanism office by working on NY based new business development if time allows. 

You must be awesome.

You should definitely have a passion for problem solving ,creativity and brands.

You could have 3 - 6 years of relevant or not so relevant advertising/marketing experience.

We hope you get excited by words like “strategy”, “innovation”, “nimble”, and “Mekanism.”