Ready to Switch Gears?

As an Account Supervisor at SixSpeed, you will lead a team in pursuing our goal of always being our client’s most valuable agency. Our Supervisors understand the needs of a brand’s total eco-system and how the creative work we do can best be utilized to drive a brand and it's followers forward. We treat our clients as an extension of SixSpeed and work with them to view us as an extension of their team and business. We are looking for a confident, yet humble, leader to help us take one of our largest, longest standing clients to the next level, and to build an internal team of Account Managers who are driven, solution-oriented and passionate about the work we do for our brands.

*Although our Minneapolis office is accessible, we are open to hiring fully-remote candidates for this position.

THE TASK AT HAND

• Build and maintains strong, active relationships with senior level clients for the purpose of growth, sell-in and effective delivery of strategic solutions
• Manage client budgets and sets price/willingness to pay
• Establish and maintain credibility and leadership with the client
• Lead team to offer new solutions, creative problem-solving and conflict resolution
• Proactively look for opportunities and offering to deepen existing client relationships
• Ability to have strategic conversations with clients to drive their business
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of business and marketing and has a strong ability to apply strategic business recommendations 
• Ability to anticipate client needs and pain points and drive proactive solutions
• Ability to be a source of truth for clients business as the agency works closely with various departments, and finds synergies between workstreams 


Account Management
• Manage annual account planning and financials for assigned accounts
• Share client business information so that the entire team has the appropriate understanding of client information/knowledge
• Deeply understand and applies business, client and marketing expertise to create solutions and proactive thought leadership
• In depth knowledge of client’s business and KPIs with a strong ability to guide and recommend work for business growth


Process Management
• Leads the development of proposals, scope of work documents, and estimates
• Responsible for strategic planning and thought leadership with internal team and clients
• Excellent financial acumen and strong ability to manage account forecast and financials
• Develop, present, and sell in strategic work  
• Lead and collaborate with other agencies to ensure work across all agencies is as informed and strong as it can be  


Team and Growth Management
• Responsible for managing and growing direct reports in their career path 
• Provides leadership, mentorship and motivation for the internal team 
• Conveys the vision and values of the SixSpeed Account Management Team to internal and external partners 
• Exemplify leadership with client relationships and internal team

WHO ARE YOU

• You have 5-8 years of Account Management and experience in the marketing/advertising and agency realm
• You've successfully managed a team of driven and passionate individuals 
• You’re always thinking about what’s next and determined to find a way
• You’re obsessed with asking questions and digging deeper
• You’re a natural with being a trusted partner, building and maintaining relationships
• You are passionate about building brands and finding new opportunities for them to grow
• You’re comfortable in almost any situation
• You’re genuine, relatable and believable
• Strong ability to develop team member skills and leads by example
• Big picture thinker (ability to see the forest through the trees)
• Willing and eager to prioritize diversity and inclusion, especially when working with external and internal partners.

WHO WE ARE

Driven, genuine, fearless, spontaneous, positive and hardworking; these are the qualities we hold with the highest regard. We make ourselves indispensable to our teams by tackling challenges head-on and crossing the finish line together.

We're SixSpeed. We do Action.

SixSpeed is an integrated brand agency dedicated to building brand loyalty & advocacy.

We turn campaigns, content, and activations into transformational experiences that fuel passion and participation. Want to turn consumers into brand advocates? Capture their attention with an action, not a message. Successful brands, the ones people stand in line around the block for, know that every touchpoint needs to feel more like an experience rather than a megaphone. That's why our creative doesn't start with identifying the right message but instead the right action your brand can take to serve your audience.

As a Creative Director at SixSpeed you’ll be the driving force behind this ethos, coaching creatives, engaging integrated project teams, guiding clients toward successful outcomes at all points of a creative project. You’ll direct the development of original concepts, global campaigns, and brand actions, while overseeing projects through execution. Additionally, you’ll manage a team of creatives, aiding them in advancing their skillset, careers, and craft. 

THE TASK AT HAND

• Lead the development of integrated campaigns and ideas for outdoor and active lifestyle brands in a fast-paced, team-centric environment
• Direct and shape work that is strategically sound, conceptually inspiring and creatively powerful to connect people and brands in new & innovative ways
• The ability to think beyond messaging and into brand actions when developing creative campaigns
• Maintain senior-level relationships with clients, acting as a strategic partner by demonstrating a deep understanding of their market, their business challenges and opportunities
• Partner with Account group to provide guidance, insights, and perspectives in support of client initiatives aligning our services with client needs
• Understand and translate clients marketing objectives, brand, consumer and competitive landscape to Brand group
• Inspire and motivate teams to create their best work
• Provide clear, timely, and helpful feedback to improve creative output and processes keeping work on budget and schedule
• Participate in new business pitches and presentations
• Directly manage, mentor and develop Brand group
• Advocate for SixSpeed through developing thought leadership and industry relationships

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Leadership, management, and mentorship of brand group members
• Successfully drives teams to ensure the objectives of creative brief are met or exceeded
• A firm understanding of how brand strategy influences creative and the ability to routinely direct teams to deliver work that is on strategy and positively affects business
• Owns the approach of pitching projects and ideas to clients
• Fosters strong, senior-level client relationships 
• Strong partner to directors across all agency groups 

WHO ARE YOU

• 5+ years as creative leader in advertising or marketing agency 
• 3+ years as a direct manager responsible for growing direct reports and providing mentorship
• A critical thinker, passionate, motivated, ambitious, self-confident, efficient, resourceful, and professional
• Organized, open-minded, and capable of delivering tangible results in a fast-paced and creative environment
• A robust background with experience in leading teams to develop nationally recognized integrated campaigns and solving big problems for a wide range of brands
• Strong communicator that’s engaging, persuasive, inspiring and motivating to clients, team members and peers
• Ability to articulate ideas well; be resourceful and persistent in their execution
• Committed to creating high-quality work and building positive working relationships with all team members and clients
• Willingness and open to the hunting/fishing space, including gear, firearms and ammunition
• Able and willing to travel as needed
• Willing and eager to prioritize diversity and inclusion, especially when working with external and internal partners

WHO WE ARE

Driven, genuine, fearless, spontaneous, positive and hardworking; these are the qualities we hold with the highest regard. We make ourselves indispensable to our teams by tackling challenges head-on and crossing the finish line together.

At SixSpeed, we believe that marketers don’t build brands. People Do. We exist to help people find their next gear by driving transformational connections–the kind of connections that inspire action and add value to people’s lives. 

SixSpeed is looking for an experienced editor and cinematographer to join our team where you’ll put your knack for powerful storytelling to work capturing and editing content for broadcast, social, web and other digital and interactive media. We are looking for someone who is fueled by solving challenges and is excited by the opportunity of developing a new and growing offering for the agency. We are looking for a well rounded cinematographer and editor who’s equally adept at capturing the action one day and going deep in edit the next. We’ll expect you to work with our team to deliver high quality work that exceeds what we’ve done to date for SixSpeed and our clients.

THE TASK AT HAND

• Own and develop a strong rapport with clients and team members as a subject matter expert and authority within video production and editing
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, enthusiasm, self-motivation, resourcefulness, grit, conceptual judgment and drive for results in a fast-paced environment 
• Organize, prioritize and multitask a shoot and edit with the ability to pivot and shift gears quickly as needed
• Produce large and small scale video productions in a client-facing environment
• Be knowledgeable of camera equipment, lighting packages, technical planning, color grading and finishing
• Edit content using software including Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Proficiently use the Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator. 3D Experience is a bonus.
• Utilize both a technical and creative mindset to ensure both video, audio and photography are captured with a creative eye on the end deliverable
• Create graphics and onscreen elements to enhance a edit
• Help produce sound recording and mixing
• Understand lighting conditions and beautifully compose shots
• Follow a script, screenplay or outline to assemble footage into thoughtful edit that achieves the project goals
• Work closely with creative directors, art directors and producers to present a final product that matches the creative vision
• Capture campaign productions and branded storytelling missions
• Help manage the post-production workflow process
• Identify project requirements and help secure resources to meet project objectives and deadlines
• Purchase and manage SixSpeed cameras and production equipment 
• Stay abreast on the most current developments, trends, techniques, editing technology and equipment in the industry

WHO ARE YOU

• You have 3-5 years experience producing and shooting large and small scale productions specifically for automotive, outdoor recreation, hospitality, and work & tool industries
• Maintaining industry relationships with capture partners, clients and other vendors comes easy for you 
• You’re a creative thinker and natural problem solver
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You are passionate about cameras, gear, and capturing moments 
• You have an eye for the finer details of creative work 
• You exemplify dynamism; flexing between the big picture and small details 
• You are both technically and creatively minded 
• Powersports, adventure and storytelling are causes you commit your work to
• Willing and eager to prioritize diversity and inclusion, especially when working with external and internal partners.

WHO WE ARE

Driven, genuine, fearless, spontaneous, positive and hardworking; these are the qualities we hold with the highest regard. We make ourselves indispensable to our teams by tackling challenges head-on and crossing the finish line together.

As a Senior Copywriter, you’ll be tasked with taking on big, sticky challenges—tackling them with pen, paper and an open mind. You’ll bring strong strategic, conceptual, and executional skills to the team while proactively understanding our clients’ needs from a business and brand perspective. You’ll develop distinct brand voices, campaign concepts and well-crafted executions. The ideal candidate has 4-8 years of creative agency experience, a proven ability to generate original ideas and the persistence to will them into the world. You’ll not only have ideas that leap from the page, but the skill and discipline to craft them into copy that inspires audiences to take action.

THE TASK AT HAND

• Engage in high-level collaboration with Art Directors and across agency departments to generate a volume of ideas and concepts
• Drive the creation of original concepts in all media that result in distinct, ownable, effective and compelling brand communications
• Research and understand client's needs, brand, products, audience and competition 
• Write original copy that is clear, concise and grammatically correct for a wide range of materials (technical, short form, long form, headlines, social media, etc)
• Comfortably vary voice, style, and other characteristics demanded by the industry, client, or target audience
• Be a student of the industry and culture; eyes, ears and mind open to produce new ideas for clients and the agency
• Build positive working relationships with all team members, vendors and clients
• Provide clear, timely, and helpful feedback to colleagues to improve creative output and processes while keeping work on budget and schedule
• Present vision, ideas and concepts to peers and clients—listening and reacting to feedback appropriate
• Generate high-quality targeted ideas and copy in a fast-paced, team-centric environment 
• Digest and understand technical product information and translate into compelling brand messages
• Craft deep core insights that inspire and come to life as both short and long copy 
• Translate a brand’s personality across channels 
• Proactively self-organize with teammates to creatively solve problems 
• Deliver copy to the team in a timely and effective manner, meeting all deadlines
• Commit to connecting people and brands in new and innovative ways 
• Achieving a high level of polish in creating, pitching and selling work 
• Consistent focus on details
• Active engagement in success of project outcomes from kick-off to completion

WHO ARE YOU

• You’ve got 4-8 years as a copywriter in a creative agency environment
• You’re passionate about adventure and being adventurous with brands 
• Own a strong portfolio, demonstrating an ability to craft and build strategically driven creative campaigns and solutions
• A critical thinker, detail-oriented, passionate, motivated, ambitious and resourceful professional
• Organized, open-minded, and capable of delivering tangible results in a fast-paced and creative environment
• Have eyes and ears for spotting creative opportunity—both large and small 
• Ability to concept and execute across all mediums
• Willing and open to the hunting/fishing space, including gear, guns, and ammo
• Sharp writing in a variety of brand voices
• Ability to concept and generate a volume of ideas with an eye for detail 
• Ability and willingness to stay on top of current trends and industry knowledge
• Quickly absorb and process information
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Take and incorporate feedback into work
• Time management and prioritization managing multiple teams and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Work collaboratively with senior team members to drive work forward
• Ability to work at a high-level with post production and external partners
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Google Docs and Slides 
• Willing and eager to prioritize diversity and inclusion, especially when working with external and internal partners

WHO WE ARE

Driven, genuine, fearless, spontaneous, positive and hardworking; these are the qualities we hold with the highest regard. We make ourselves indispensable to our teams by tackling challenges head-on and crossing the finish line together.

As a Senior Project Manager, you are the catalyst for great work, a trusted partner to internal teams and an organized leader. You’ll work end-to-end on accounts that move fast across traditional, digital and experiential channels by wrangling teams, deliverables, and budgets to make sure they’re all delivered on plan. Working closely with teams to ensure everything is moving smoothly, your excellent communication and process management skills will push the work and the team forward. 

THE TASK AT HAND

• Manage, mentor and guide associate project managers and project managers
• Participate in new business client projects and onboarding
• Oversee and facilitate project opening process, ensuring all project platforms are set up appropriately
• Develop, implement and manage robust project plans from the onset of a project through execution
• Build integrated teams by identifying resources needed and hours associated to successfully accomplish a project
• Define project scope and deliverables and develop comprehensive estimates and SOWs, timelines, and budgets 


Project Execution
• Lead large scale projects independently with flawless execution
• Coordinate and manage external vendors and budgets
• Communicate full project plan in the project kick off with clearly defined deliverables, team member responsibilities, and project milestones/timeline
• Schedule and lead creative kick off, internal reviews, project status, and client reviews. Agendas & meeting leaders should be created for each meeting. 
• Manage project timeline and internal team members to ensure all project milestones are delivered on time
• Ensure internal meetings (IRs, project status etc) are accounted for, scheduled, and productive
• Manage job cost throughout the life of the project, proactively monitoring hours and expenses
• Manage client invoice tracking in the progress billing schedule document


Controlling / Variance Management
• Maintain working knowledge of progress on all projects & client account goals 
• Anticipate and evaluate variances from the project plan, problem solve and correct any project issues or shifts
• Update and/or create a new plan (deliverables, resources, timeline, budget) to address project issues or shifts


Project Closing
• Complete budget reconciliation comparing to-date billings, hours, and expenses to project plan & budget
• Facilitate client invoicing, ensuring all project invoices are complete and correspond to the appropriate billing schedule
• Execute project closing process

WHO ARE YOU

• You have 5+ years of project manager experience, with several years spent specifically in the marketing/advertising and agency realm
• You tout a bachelor’s degree
• Demonstrate leadership and mentorship skills among team members 
• You’re knowledgeable in project management process and dynamic within it
• Exemplify strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• You anticipate and identify potential issues and proactively resolve conflicts/variance 
• You’ve proven flawless execution of integrated projects
• Experience in managing photo, video, & event production 
• You think 10 steps ahead and analyze all possibilities
• You always have a plan and you’re obsessed with how to get things done
• You’re savvy at creating action out of ambiguity
• You have a natural sense of urgency and work well under pressure
• You’re empathetic in nature and a fantastic communicator
• Willing and eager to prioritize diversity and inclusion, especially when working with external and internal partners

WHO WE ARE

Driven, genuine, fearless, spontaneous, positive and hardworking; these are the qualities we hold with the highest regard. We make ourselves indispensable to our teams by tackling challenges head-on and crossing the finish line together.