Situation works with leading media brands across the globe to support our entertainment industry clients. We work with all sizes of media, marketing and promotional partners with a simple goal—to identify ways to make meaningful connections between consumers and our clients’ brands. If you have an idea you would like to share that can help our clients, we’d love to hear from you.

Before you submit your application, we ask that you take a moment to review our core values as an agency so you have a clearer understanding of our company's culture.

  • Be a team player. Work cooperatively. Our strength comes from our capacity to communicate with each other, our vendors and our clients.
  • Be a problem solver. Create solutions. Focus on improving the situation and approach issues with a problem-solving attitude.
  • Act with passion. Enthusiasm shows in your work. Having passion for “what you do” is critical to the success of the agency.
  • Be honest. Extend trust to team members. The single most important ingredient for the future success of our agency is trust. Collaborative environments can’t exist without an honest team of people.
  • Respect tradition. Challenge convention. We must have respect for past precedents, while always seeking ways to challenge conventional wisdom.
  • Accept risk. Push the boundaries of your comfort zone. We accept risk as a needed element for innovation, and we clearly communicate those risks to clients.
  • Invite opinions. Build consensus. All participants in the process need to have a voice. We must actively engage in soliciting opinions from fellow team members.
  • Take responsibility. Accept accountability. Be dependable with duties given, and accept responsibility for failure.
  • Invest in innovation. Embrace new ideas. Provide resources for employees, clients and vendors to explore and present new approaches and fresh ideas.
  • Collaboration is key. Create a team environment. Our internal processes always need to include key check points that foster collaboration throughout.
  • Recruit like-minded clients. Aim to work with those that share our vision. “Birds of a feather flock together” — we only want to surround ourselves with those that make us stronger.
  • Commit to listening. There is always ‘a better way.’ We actively ask our employees, clients, partners and vendors how they feel we can be doing business better.
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SENIOR DESIGNER
MEDIA TRAFFIC COORDINATOR
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JUNIOR DESIGNER
PROJECT MANAGER
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PROJECT MANAGER SUPERVISOR

Leading NYC based interactive agency is seeking an exceptional candidate to lead our Project Management team. The Project Manager Supervisor is the "go to guy" of the agency. You will be responsible for hands on management of Project Managers, Traffic and the overall production process. Enforcing policies and procedures, ensuring the consistency of planning documents and runs daily status meetings.

Responsibilities:
  • Scoping projects and define all requirements and deliverables (schedules, budgets, goals etc)
  • Responsible for the timely and on-budget execution of projects
  • Serve as the main client contact for project related communication
  • Collaborates with the project team to identify the approach, deliverables, schedule and tools to deliver the project within established constraints
  • Manages overall use of external resources
  • Responsible for overall QA process
  • Using our project management software to effectively track schedules, budgets, timesheets, and communication associated with projects
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Responsible for reporting on projections
  • Responsible for training of new Project Management and Traffic staff
  • Maintain and enforce agency policies

Qualifications
  • 4+ Years interactive agency experience (MUST HAVE AGENCY EXPERIENCE)
  • Must have been in a client-facing role
  • Expert understanding of the web design/development lifecycle
  • Experience creating client-ready documents such as schedules, budgets, and project specification documents
  • Must have managed a team of at least 3 people
  • Strong problem solver

Please send your resume and information to careers@situationinteractive.com. This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


SENIOR DESIGNER

Situation Interactive is an award-winning, innovative interactive agency specializing in live entertainment. We are seeking a Senior Designer to work with our team on interactive campaigns for high profile entertainment clients. This is an opportunity to take a leadership position within a team of designers and copywriters, working on exciting interactive campaigns from brainstorm to launch.

Our work:
Our diverse range of clients gives our Creative Team opportunity to innovate in all areas of the creative process, be it concepting and strategy, interface design, animation, or development. We have been the recipients of numerous interactive awards most recently winning Best in Show at the 2010 OMMA awards for our work on Next to Normal: The Twitter Performance.

What you'll do:
  • Work with the creative team to develop new ideas and concepts for interactive media
  • Communicate and create overall design vision and be accountable for the design quality and overall creative execution of the project and the successful approval by the client.
  • Lead the creation of initial visual concepts; direct the design of overall project
  • Mentor Jr. Web Designers
  • Direct freelancers/vendors on the creative execution of projects
  • Attend client meetings to present work

What you'll need:
  • A strong creative portfolio
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills - must be able to effectively present ideas/concepts
  • Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
  • Good knowledge of HTML and CSS
  • Knowledge of Flash is a major plus
  • Agency experience and/or a desire to work in an agency setting
  • Bachelor's degree in graphic design or web development, or an equivalent combination of education and experience are required

Please send us your resume and portfolio or links to examples of your work to creativejobs@situationinteractive.com - Please specify your role in each project.

This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


MEDIA TRAFFIC COORDINATOR

Situation Interactive, a leading interactive agency specializing in entertainment marketing, is seeking a Media Traffic Coordinator.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Work with the media planners to fully launch, optimize, and complete online media campaigns
  • Work with the third-party ad server Doubleclick to traffic campaigns
  • Gather creative assets for campaigns from account team
  • Deliver campaign tags to vendors in advance of campaign launch
  • Confirm campaigns are up and running on start date, serving correct tags, etc
  • Optimize the campaign by recommending revised ad creative, weighting ad creative, revising placements, etc
  • Review, analyze and report findings on campaign performance

Requirements:
  • A minimum  of one year of advertising or marketing experience is preferred
  • Past experience with interactive marketing
  • Superior time management and organizational skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
  • Detail-oriented self-starter who enjoys collaboration
  • Sense of humor

Please send your resume and cover letter to mediatrafficsearch@situationinteractive.com.
This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


WEB DEVELOPER

Situation Interactive is an award-winning, innovative interactive agency specializing in live entertainment. As a member of our growing team, you will be involved in next generation web, mobile and interactive projects for high-profile clients including Tony and Academy Award winning productions. You will join a talented group of Designers, Developers, Copy Writers and Project Managers in a cool, casual working environment located in Midtown, Manhattan.

Our work:

Our diverse range of clients gives our Creative Team opportunity to innovate in all areas of the creative process, be it concepting and strategy, interface design, animation, or development. Our work on Next to Normal: The Twitter Performance won the Best in Show OMMA during this year's Advertising Week. As a member of our team you will work collaboratively with people specializing in all of these disciplines to create rich, interactive experiences that are on the cutting edge of web design.

The Job: We currently have an opening for a web developer. This is a fast-paced, high-profile development position focused on front-end web applications. The ideal candidate is self-motivated yet seeks collaboration, thrives when challenged, is an ultimate team player, and is dedicated to staying at the forefront of emerging technologies. We prefer out-of-the-box, innovative developers.

Requirements:
  • Extensive knowledge of (x)HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and SQL
  • Strong working knowledge of CakePHP and/or Rails frameworks, as well as jQuery
  • Understanding of OOP and metaprogramming techniques
  • Working knowledge of Photoshop
  • Able to understand and use Linux via command line
  • Standards-compliant front-end development techniques
  • Focus on best-practice programming techniques and language semantics
  • Comfortable with complex and relational databases as well as ORM
  • Able to work well in collaborative development environment
  • Able to modify, expand, or refactor existing code contextually
  • Extreme attention to detail
  • Strong desire to learn

Bonuses:
  • Familiar with various design patterns (esp. factories and singletons)
  • Interactive agency experience
  • Strong sense of design
  • Able to use AS2/AS3 comfortably
  • Strong knowledge of SVN and remote application deployment
  • Familiar and comfortable with RESTful development, web services, common APIs (Facebook, Amazon EC2/S3, Twitter, YouTube, etc), Facebook Connect, and oAuth
  • A sense of humor

Please send us your resume and portfolio and/or links to examples of your work to careers@situationinteractive.com. Please specify your role in each project. If selected, please be prepared to present and discuss some examples of your work, including source code.
This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Situation Interactive, a leading interactive agency specializing in live entertainment, is seeking a Senior Account Executive for their satellite office in Las Vegas.

Responsibilities include:
  • Direct the development and execution of the overall interactive marketing strategy for our live entertainment client base.
  • Coordinate across NY based and Las Vegas based agency departments to craft a detailed plan covering three core marketing disciplines
  • Content and communications
  • Media and promotions
  • Consumer engagement and retention
  • Oversee project management cycle to ensure clients projects are completed on time
  • Review, analyze and report key findings across all key performance indicators including sales analysis, website analytics, media performance and customer communications.
  • Manage and maintain overall interactive marketing budget
  • Coordinate with key strategic partners including advertising agencies, public relations teams, group sales and ticketing agencies.
  • Lead client meetings to coordinate overall agenda for the agency.
  • Management of an Account Executive and/or an Assistant Account Executive whose responsibilities include:
  • Creation and maintenance of reports that monitor key performance indicators including sales analysis, website analytics, media performance and customer communications
  • Organization and coordination of internal and client meetings
  • Facilitation of regular updates to clients and to core social channels

A minimum of 5 years of agency and interactive experience is preferred. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented self-starter with excellent communication, collaboration and organization skills as well as a sense of humor. Hands-on experience in entertainment marketing is a plus.
Please email saesearch@situationinteractive.com and put "Las Vegas SAE" in the subject line. This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


JUNIOR COPYWRITER

Situation Interactive is an award-winning, innovative interactive agency specializing in live entertainment. As a member of our growing team, you will be involved in next generation web, mobile and interactive projects for high-profile clients including Tony and Academy Award winning productions. You will join a talented group of Designers, Developers, Copy Writers and Project Managers in a fun, fast-paced working environment located in Midtown, Manhattan.

Our work:

Our diverse range of clients gives our Creative Team opportunity to innovate in all areas of the creative process, be it concepting and strategy, interface design, animation, or development. Our work on Next to Normal: The Twitter Performance won the Best in Show OMMA during this year's Advertising Week. As a member of our team you will work collaboratively with people specializing in all of these disciplines to create rich, interactive experiences that are on the cutting edge of web design.

What you'll do:
  • Work with the creative team to develop new ideas and concepts for interactive media
  • Write copy for website, social media, newsletters and other interactive campaigns
  • Assist in creating client ready presentations
  • Assist with script writing for video content and other support of video projects
  • Proof read and conduct quality assurance reviews of our work

What you'll need:
  • At least 1 year of copywriter experience, preferably in interactive
  • A Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, advertising, marketing (or comparable work experience)
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Some knowledge/background working with theatrical productions and other live entertainment properties
  • Experience working in an agency is a major plus

Please send us your resume, cover letter and a writing sample to be considered to creativejobs@situationinteractive.com. In the subject line write Situation Jr. Copywriter.
This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


JUNIOR DESIGNER

Situation Interactive is an award-winning, innovative interactive agency specializing in live entertainment. As a member of our growing team, you will be involved in next generation web, mobile and interactive projects for high-profile clients including Tony and Academy Award winning productions. You will join a talented group of Designers, Developers, Copy Writers and Project Managers in a fun, fast-paced working environment located in Midtown, Manhattan.

Our work:

Our diverse range of clients gives our Creative Team opportunity to innovate in all areas of the creative process, be it concepting and strategy, interface design, animation, or development. Our work on Next to Normal: The Twitter Performance won the Best in Show OMMA during this year's Advertising Week. As a member of our team you will work collaboratively with people specializing in all of these disciplines to create rich, interactive experiences that are on the cutting edge of web design.

What you'll do:
  • Work with the creative team to develop new ideas and concepts for interactive media
  • Create and assist with designs for client campaigns such as banner units, microsites etc
  • Support sr. staff in designing elements for campaigns such as internal website pages, modules etc
  • Assist with front-end development when required

What you'll need:
  • A solid creative portfolio
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong knowledge of Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
  • Good knowledge of HTML and CSS
  • Knowledge of Flash is a major plus
  • Agency experience is a major plus
  • Bachelor's degree in graphic design or web development, or an equivalent combination of education and experience are required

Please send us your resume and portfolio or links to examples of your work to creativejobs@situationinteractive.com. Please specify your role in each project. Please put the job position in the subject line.
This is a full-time, on-site position offering 401k and health benefits.


PROJECT MANAGER

Situation Interactive, a leading interactive agency specializing in live entertainment, is seeking a Project Manager.

Responsibilities Include:
  • Define the project scope of work (SOW), reduce the project to a set of manageable tasks, and collaborate on building a team or teams to perform the project work
  • Create team understanding of project requirements
  • Responsible for financial planning, budget and change management
  • Work collaboratively to drive projects from start to finish providing project direction, controls, and reporting structure
  • Primary internal point of contact, establishing and maintaining schedules and estimate (SOW) to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met accordingly
  • Provide tactical project leadership
  • Work collaboratively to establish project priorities
  • Manage workflow and daily schedules, risk assessment/mitigation and change order management
  • Organize and lead status meetings
  • Manage external vendors; including managing budgets, specifications and delivery of materials
  • Communicate effectively with clients and vendors at all stages of development.

Additional Requirements:
  • Working Interactive Background
  • Strong understanding of the web design/development lifecycle
  • Strong problem solving ability
  • Good communication and organization skills
  • Detail oriented
  • Works well in a fast paced environment; ability to quickly adjust to changes

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to pm@situationinteractive.com.


INTERNS - Situation Inter(n)active

Situation Interactive is a leading interactive agency with a specialty in live entertainment, and we're looking for bright, eager, dedicated interns to join our team. We pride ourselves on offering a collaborative environment where great ideas become fully realized. As a Situation intern, you?ll be a valued member of the team and gain invaluable experience by working in real world scenarios. If you want to have a great time, while learning a great deal, join us!

Situation Interactive offers four categories of internships. As a Web Design, Web Development, Media, or Marketing Intern, you will have the opportunity to participate in the following:

  • Agency brainstorm meetings
  • Creative Process
  • Client interaction
  • Q&A with president/agency directors
  • Hands-on experience with agency projects
  • Exposure to data & analysis
  • Client & agency research
  • Agency events

As a member of the Situation Intern Program, you will acquire:
  • Agency knowledge
  • Networking opportunities with industry professionals
  • An understanding of technology & marketing
  • Your very own Situation mug!

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Creative Assistant

CREATIVE ASSISTANT INTERNSHIP

What you'll be doing:
  • Assist the team in the creation of proposals, reports and internal process documents
  • Conduct research on the latest trends in technology, social media and other interactive topics
  • Attend brainstorms, write and distribute notes
    • Assist in the setup of video shoots
  • Other general office duties as needed by members of the team

The right candidate:
  • Passionate about interactive creative and technology
  • A motivated self-starter with a passion to learn how an interactive agency works
  • Willing and able to take on any job
  • Dependable and organized
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Has strong writing skills and wants to get better
  • Ideally you will have a working knowledge of Powerpoint or Keynote
  • A sense of humor

Internship goals include:
  • Gaining knowledge and understanding of an interactive agency and the collaboration between different departments
  • Develop an understanding of how creative is used to further the goals of our clients
  • Become familiar with the documents needed to conceptualize and present creative ideas
  • Improve your knowledge of presentation software such as Powerpoint and keynote

A stipend will be available for this position.
To be considered please submit a cover letter and resume to internships@situationinteractive.com and put the title of the internship in your subject line.
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Web Design

INTERACTIVE DESIGN INTERNSHIP

What you'll be doing:
  • Designing landing pages, emails, and assisting Sr. Designers on the design of large scale campaigns
  • Participating in project brainstorms and meetings
  • Attending agency training sessions
  • Assisting with front-end development

The right candidate:
  • A design portfolio with potential
  • Basic front-end development skills
  • An interest in technology and learning how an interactive agency works
  • A sense of humor (you'll need it!)
  • A passion for the entertainment industry

Internship goals include:
  • Overall improvement of design skills and developing a better understanding of how to design for interactive channels
  • Gaining knowledge and understanding of an interactive agency and the collaboration between different departments
  • Improve front-end development skills

A stipend will be available for this position.
To be considered please submit a cover letter and resume to internships@situationinteractive.com and put the title of the internship in your subject line.
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Marketing

MARKETING INTERNSHIP

Situation Interactive, a leading interactive agency with a specialty in live entertainment, is seeking a Marketing Intern to assist our Account Management teams in day to day client operations.

Duties will include, but not be limited to:
  • Maintenance of client account files
  • Maintenance and uploading of social networking content
  • Maintenance of site stats
  • Review of current websites, landing pages and offers
  • Writing conference reports
  • Site research
  • Projects as assigned by departments or teams

Ideal candidates are self-starters that function well in a fast-paced environment, exhibit strong organizational and communication skills, are proficient in Excel and have a sense of humor.

Internship goals include:
  • Gaining knowledge and understanding of an interactive agency and the collaboration between departments
  • Understanding Marketing Plans, Strategy Documents, Media Plans, the Creative Process and Search Engine Marketing
  • Familiarity with 3rd party vendors that we employ and that might be encountered in other agencies including DART Search, DFA, Creative Manager Pro, Google Analytics, Urchin, Sparklist

A stipend will be available for this position. To be considered please submit a cover letter and resume to internships@situationinteractive.com and put the title of the internship in your subject line.
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Media

MEDIA INTERNSHIP

Situation Interactive, a leading interactive agency with a specialty in live entertainment, is seeking a Marketing Intern to assist our Account Management teams in day to day client operations.

Duties will include, but not be limited to:
  • Monitoring campaigns
  • Pulling search and display reports to see how they are performing
  • Notifying media of any issues
  • Creating site placements in Doubleclick
  • Creation of Media Cards
  • Processing of IOs
  • Researching
  • Reaching out to account teams re: providing tickets to shows and then contacting the vendors for free placement
  • General admin tasks: filing, taking meeting notes, scheduling meetings
  • Upkeep of media kits and contacts
  • Search Keyword Optimization
  • Pulling screen shots
  • Help with Twitter

Ideal candidates are self-starters that function well in a fast-paced environment, exhibit strong organizational and communication skills, are proficient in Excel and have a sense of humor.

Internship goals include:
  • Gaining knowledge and understanding of an interactive agency and the collaboration between departments
  • Understanding Marketing Plans, Strategy Documents, Media Plans, the Creative Process and Search Engine Marketing
  • Familiarity with 3rd party vendors that we employ and that might be encountered in other agencies including DART Search, DFA, Workamajig, and Google Analytics.

A stipend will be available for this position. To be considered please submit a cover letter and resume to internships@situationinteractive.com and put the title of the internship in your subject line.
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