Senior Analyst, FP&A
Job Summary
In this role that directly supports the Finance team, the Senior Analyst, FP&A will report directly to the agency CFO.
In this role, you will provide support to agency Finance, Leadership, Client Services, Project Management and Business Affairs teams to analyze information that supports projects and agency financials. In addition to supporting agency finance best practices, you will be adept at maximizing efficiency, maintaining accuracy, and confidentiality of the financial data.
Responsibilities
The Senior Analyst, FP&A will be responsible for the following:
- Leads the development of timely, complete, accurate, high-quality reporting, planning, forecasting for business overhead functions including Finance, HR, Operations, Account Management, Creative, Strategy & Business Development.
- Develops relationships with stakeholders and high-level business leaders.
- Manages business intelligence software (Microsoft Power BI) and develops
dashboards and actionable analytics. - Defines and implements the right KPIs to drive actions at the executive and functional level (e.g. utilization, FTE analysis, client allocation, project & client profitability).
- Identifies opportunities, maximum revenue throughput scenarios, and cost efficiencies.
- Supports a variety of short-long term special projects across the agency, as required by executive leadership to drive informed decision-making.
- Leads the development of internal management reporting including external client financials.
- Provides monthly reporting of G&A costs to budget owners across functional departments.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or equivalent
Experience
- 5 years of previous Finance, FP&A experience, or equivalent role
- ERP systems or agency planning system experience
- Business Intelligence Software management
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Exceptional communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Must be detail oriented and organized with excellent analytical and problem-
solving skills. - Strong technical skills, especially in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, Advanced formulas, etc.)
- Excellent storyteller and ability to translate data into valuable insights that lead to action.
- Organizational and time-management skills.
About OKRP
OKRP is a Chicago-based, independent agency that brings big brand creativity with startup ingenuity to clients. We bring nimble, quick, and prolific creative solutions to clients, including Burger King, Ferrarra (Nerds, SweeTARTS, Brach’s candy), Ace Hardware, P&G, Constellation Brands, Illinois Office of Tourism, and many others. Accolades include Ad Age 2015 small agency of the year, 2019 Agency Stand-Out, 2020 ANA Multicultural Excellence and 2021 Small Agency of the Year, Culture.
Video Editor
Job Summary
As an Editor at Putney, you are a motivated, curious, individual who will play an important role in our busy and expanding studio, reporting to the Head of Production and the Supervising Editor. You are both creative and technical, wanting to grow with any project you are assigned to.
The person best-equipped to succeed in this position is not easily intimidated by large deliverable batches and quick turnaround times. You are an organized and strong communicator with a team-player mindset, as well as a thought leader who can add value to teams and projects by offering up innovative ideas. You thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Along with being highly organized, the Editor will be great at prioritizing and able to balance multiple projects, potentially on various accounts at one time. To that, you must be able to work with various account lead, creative team and project manager personalities.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Editor is responsible, in the area of production, for:
- Creating outstanding content for broadcast, cinema, social, and internal use from offline edit through final delivery.
- Loading dailies, create proxy files and sync sound if needed.
- Assessing footage through repeated screenings and selection.
- Using temp music, VO, graphics and sound effects to create a film which reaches creative goals but also surprises and delights with new ideas.
- Working in session with OKRP teams to craft the final film, taking creative and client notes and goals into account.
- Preparing for finish sessions such as color, mix, and VFX.
- More often than not, conforming the final edit after finishing sessions. Adding final VFX, graphics, and slate information.
- Outputting to delivery spec for multiple outlets and traffic options.
- Demonstrating proficiency in After Effects.
- Adapting to many styles of filmmaking, whether docustyle, narrative, montage, rip, etc.
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Film Production and / or Post-Production.
Experience
- Previous experience in professional editorial settings, whether through internships or entry level work.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Basic / working knowledge of Adobe Premiere & Photoshop.
- Knowledge of other programs like After Effects, Resolve, or Avid is a plus.
- Exceptional time-management, organization, multitasking and communication skills.
- Ability to be a team player.
- Possesses energy, curiosity and an ability to maintain your sense of humor under tight timelines and long hours.
- Has an eye for detail.
- Resourceful in problem-solving and knows when to elevate concerns to receive more guidance.
- Flexible and adaptable in the face of ambiguity and change.
- Organized and maintains an organized file management system and file server.
About OKRP
OKRP is a Chicago-based, independent agency that brings big brand creativity with startup ingenuity to clients. We bring nimble, quick, and prolific creative solutions to clients, including Burger King, Ferrarra (Nerds, SweeTARTS, Brach’s candy), Ace Hardware, P&G, Constellation Brands, Illinois Office of Tourism, and many others. Accolades include Ad Age 2015 small agency of the year, 2019 Agency Stand-Out, 2020 ANA Multicultural Excellence and 2021 Small Agency of the Year, Culture.
Brand Strategist
Department Overview
Strategy is the study and application of human behavior in service of creative ideas that solve for business problems. It’s built on a foundation of art + science, uncovering insights through data and research (with curiosity) that reveal a space for solutions that resonate with people. Working closely with your partners in Account Management and Creative, you are the protector of the brand and the champion of the consumer. As a Strategist at OKRP, you are empowered to make the work stronger, bolder and braver.
What does a Senior Brand Strategist do?
The Brand Strategist helps to represent the consumer, brand and business. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute across a diverse array of the strategic range including delivering research, insights, strategic grounding and creative development. This role works closely with the strategic leadership on the business and collaborates with partners in Account Management and Creative.
Core Responsibilities:
- Strategic Acumen
You see the big picture and help develop strategic initiatives towards inspired solutions. You have a passion for digging into a client’s business and understanding category and cultural trends, as well as providing insight into the competitive landscape. Working with your agency and client partners, you will be involved in positioning, platform, and messaging strategies that elevate and bring the creative idea into the world. - Creative Storytelling & Inspiration
You understand how to synthesize and distill data, research, and cultural trends into inspiring and unexpected creative briefs. Using the range of agency tools, collaborative ideation, and side-by-side partnership with creative teams, you’ll help to deliver insights that raise the bar for the creative work and unlock unexpected creative solutions. - Research and Insights
You will be a part of all research activities across qualitative and quantitative methodologies in order to gain consumer learnings and drive effective creative performance. In addition, you’ll help define key performance indicators and measurement for all client efforts. - That Little Something Extra
Planning is a leadership position. Whatever the level, you must bring a passion for what communication and creativity can achieve in the world. You’ll be empowered to contribute to intellectual products for the agency, and to develop your plus-up superpower that brings a little something unexpected to the planning department. Most importantly, we want you to be a champion of OKRP culture—independent yet collaborative, entrepreneurial, driven, all with a fun attitude and joy in the process of making and doing great work.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s required, preferably in a social / human-oriented field (e.g., Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, etc.) or communication / marketing (e.g., Integrated Marketing, Brand Planning, etc.). Master’s degree or higher is desirable.
- Work experience of 2 to 3 years in marketing either in creative agency or market research, working in a strategic insights function
- Experience outside of marketing and advertising that provides value, expertise, and fresh perspective to Agency is desirable: digital shop, ethnic agency, ethnography, research house, retail or promotions agency, university lab, etc.
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Digital “fluency” is expected, given the speed of changes in communication. Familiarity with the latest trends and development in social media and interactive and is appreciated
- Experience with multi-cultural marketing (primarily Hispanic or African-American) is a positive.
- Curious and passionate about understanding and researching the behavior of the consumer.
- Able to thrive in an entrepreneurial culture where creativity and data are both highly valued.
About OKRP
OKRP is a Chicago-based, independent agency that brings big brand creativity with startup ingenuity to clients. We bring nimble, quick, and prolific creative solutions to clients, including Burger King, Ferrarra (Nerds, SweeTARTS, Brach’s candy), Ace Hardware, P&G, Constellation Brands, Illinois Office of Tourism, and many others. Accolades include Ad Age 2015 small agency of the year, 2019 Agency Stand-Out, 2020 ANA Multicultural Excellence and 2021 Small Agency of the Year, Culture.
Account Supervisor
Job Summary
The Account Supervisor is someone who is a proactive thinker, resourceful problem solver and possesses an outgoing, get-it-done attitude. The AS will work closely with the cross- functional team (including Creative & Production) to provide day-to-day support to ensure smooth internal processes and positive deliverables for our clients.
To succeed in this role, you must be highly organized and able to perform multiple tasks for different teams / clients on an ongoing basis. Your high level of business insights will help you independently troubleshoot with limited oversight and insightfully recognize opportunities with our current and potential clients. You will have experience with marketing campaigns and a deep understanding of exceptional client service. Our ideal candidate is able to manage daily responsibilities, adaptable to project deliverable changes and actively participate in cross-functional team ideation sessions.
Your ongoing engagement with the team will reinforce client confidence in driving their business and the successful growth of our agency by being an essential part of the Account Management team.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Account Supervisor is responsible, in the area of account management, for:
- Being the first line of defense within the agency and with the client
- Supporting the account lead on day-to-day client / creative deliverables
- Building strong and trusting relationships with your client counterpart, helping them solve problems and challenges
- Leading weekly client and internal team status meetings along with managing corresponding status reports
- Effectively negotiating client and agency needs and desires.
- Routing creative / copy internally and with clients for proper reviews/approvals
- Managing traffic schedule with internal production and media agency partners
- Partnering and leading communications with media teams, providing guidance best suited towards creative campaigns
- Seeking opportunities to help improve the creative product based on strong understanding of client business situations
- Looking for opportunities to manage and grow your internal team when it comes to decision-making, prioritizing and conflict-resolution
- Monitoring brand news and industry trends to keep the team abreast of any hot topics
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree mandatory; a concentration in advertising, marketing and/or communications is a PLUS
Experience
- 5-7 years industry experience and strong recommendations
- Creative production and media experience
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Exceptional computer, written/verbal communication and presentation skills
- Organizational and time-management skills
- Experience managing teams and clients
Copywriter
Job Summary
OKRP Copywriters search to find the big idea and also have the passion to sweat the details. Our writers are problem solvers with soul who find solutions that feel both human and true, drawing insights from the real word. At OKRP, we believe work is ready when we “feel” it.
Our creatives are prolific and iterative in their approach to the work. They’re deeply collaborative, transparent communicators who always endeavor to “bring something extra” to each assignment. Egoless creativity is key. People that work at OKRP are smart, driven and collaborative.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Copywriter is responsible, in the area of creative for:
- Delivering the “Big Idea” that is on brief. Always.
- Ownership is key to success. The Copywriter is responsible specifically for the written elements of the big idea across TV, print, digital and social channels while directing photographers, illustrators, animators and junior designers with the utmost attention to detail.
- Participating in all meetings, calls and creative briefings for the internal creative team
- Supporting day-to-day creative deliverables, as Creative Director deems appropriate
- Routing creative / copy internally for proper approvals with Creative Director
- People that work at OKRP are smart, driven and collaborative. They care about each other and are expected to help each other grow as creatives and as people.
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
- Managing projects’ creative assets and schedules to ensure on-time deliverables
- Working with CDs and GCDs to seek out constant improvement, in the work that is created and growth as an individual. The Copywriter should always be looking to master their craft and improve on their skills.
- Staying current on trends beyond advertising – understanding what is relevant in both culture and technology.
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Show a dedication to growing their craft with exposure to outside creative classes.
- Possess a strong command of the English language – including all grammatical nuances that come with it.
- Be both right brained and left brained – but never overthink work.
- Possess strong communication skills
- Exceptional time-management, organization, written/verbal communication skills
- Fluent in Microsoft Word, Google shared documents and have familiarity with Keynote.
Senior Copywriter
Job Summary
We are looking for Senior Copywriters that are searching to find the big idea, but also have the passion to sweat the details. A problem solver with soul that finds solutions that feel both human and true, drawing insights from the real world. At OKRP, we believe work is ready when we “feel” it.
Our creatives are prolific and iterative in their approach to the work. They’re deeply collaborative, transparent communicators who always endeavor to “bring something extra” to each assignment. Egoless creativity is key.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Sr. Copywriter is responsible for:
- The execution of your ideas across TV, print, digital and social channels with the utmost attention to detail.
- Participating in all meetings, calls and creative briefings for the internal creative team.
- Supporting the Creative Director in day-to-day creative deliverables.
- Delivering thoughtful solutions to client briefs.
- Managing projects’ creative assets and schedules to ensure on-time deliverables
- Always striving to find the big idea, but also recognizing little nuances that give the perfect tone and feel.
- Working with CDs and GCDs you will seek out improvement, both in the work that is created and growth as an individual. Always be looking to master your craft and improve on your skills.
- Be current on trends beyond advertising – understanding what is relevant in both culture and technology.
- People that work at OKRP are smart, driven and collaborative. They care about each other and are expected to help each other grow as creatives and as people.
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Possess strong copywriting background / skills.
- Be both right brained and left brained – but never overthink the work.
- Resilient in the face of ambiguity and change.
- Should be a strong internal communicator, excellent at managing up and down, and a great presenter for pitches.
- Exceptional time-management, organization, written/verbal communication skills.
- Energy, curiosity and an ability to maintain your sense of humor under tight timelines and long hours.
- Fluent in Microsoft Word, Google shared documents and Keynote.
Art Director
Job Summary
We are looking for Art Directors that are searching to find the big idea, but also have the passion to sweat the details. A problem solver with soul that finds solutions that feel both human and true, drawing insights from the real world. At OKRP, we believe work is ready when we “feel” it.
Our creatives are prolific and iterative in their approach to the work. They’re deeply collaborative, transparent communicators who always endeavor to “bring something extra” to each assignment. Egoless creativity is key.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Art Director is responsible, in the area of creative for:
- Working with an existing (exceptionally talented!) OKRP copywriter, you will deliver strategic concepts and art direction across existing clients. You’ll be our work’s greatest advocate, able to process feedback then respond with creative that exceeds expectations.
- Always strive to find the big idea, but also recognize little nuances that give the perfect look and texture.
- Working with CDs and GCDs you will seek out improvement, both in the work that is created and growth as an individual. The Art Director should always be looking to master their craft and improve on their skills.
- The art director should be highly iterative and refuse to settle.
- Ownership is key to success. The Art Director is responsible for the execution of ideas across TV, print, digital and social channels while directing photographers, illustrators, animators and junior designers with the utmost attention to detail.
- The Sr. Art director should be current on trends beyond advertising – understanding what is relevant in both culture and technology.
- People that work at OKRP are smart, driven and collaborative. They care about each other and are expected to help each other grow as creatives and as people.
- Will perform other duties as required or assigned that at are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Possess strong art direction background / skills
- Be both right brained and left brained – but never overthink work.
- Resilient in the face of ambiguity and change
- Exceptional time-management, organization, written/verbal communication skills
- Energy, curiosity and an ability to maintain your sense of humor under tight timelines and long hours
- A passion and expertise for art, design and photography.
Senior Art Director
Job Summary
We are looking for Senior Art Directors that are searching to find the big idea, but also have the passion to sweat the details. A problem solver with soul that finds solutions that feel both human and true, drawing insights from the real world. At OKRP, we believe work is ready when we “feel” it.
Our creatives are prolific and iterative in their approach to the work. They’re deeply collaborative, transparent communicators who always endeavor to “bring something extra” to each assignment. Egoless creativity is key.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Sr. Art Director is responsible for:
- Working with a Sr. Copywriter, you’ll deliver strategic concepts and art direction across clients. Together, you’ll be your work’s greatest advocate, able to process feedback then respond with creative that exceeds expectations.
- Always strive to find the big idea, but also recognize little nuances that give the perfect look and texture.
- Working with CDs and GCDs you will seek out improvement, both in the work that is created and growth as an individual. You should always be looking to master your craft and improve on their skills.
- Ownership is key to success. You’ll be responsible for the execution of ideas across TV, print, digital and social channels while directing photographers, illustrators, animators and junior designers with the utmost attention to detail.
- Be current on trends beyond advertising – understanding what is relevant in both culture and technology.
- People that work at OKRP are smart, driven and collaborative. They care about each other and are expected to help each other grow as creatives and as people.
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Possess strong art direction background / skills
- Be both right brained and left brained – but never overthink the work.
- Resilient in the face of ambiguity and change.
- Exceptional time-management, organization, written/verbal communication skills.
- Energy, curiosity and an ability to maintain your sense of humor under tight timelines and long hours.
- A passion and expertise for art, design and photography.
Senior Producer
Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior Producer—a proactive thinker, resourceful problem solver who possesses an outgoing, get-it-done attitude. The Senior Producer will work closely with the internal cross-functional team to provide day-to-day support to ensure smooth production processes and positive deliverables for our clients.
You will manage projects including, but not limited to, video production, print production and content creation. As a Senior Producer you will maintain relationships with outside partners including, but not limited to, production companies, recording studios and post facilities – securing estimates and outlining parameters and schedules for agency projects. Strong and clear communication, attention to detail and organizational skills are required for this position.Ideal candidates must be able to perform well under pressure and be nimble—able to anticipate potential conflicts and production needs, problem solve and provide alternate solutions as changes arise during a project.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The Senior Producer is responsible, in the area of Production, for:
- Managing production activities on multiple accounts and maintaining professional client contact
- Leading a project team of production resources including staff, freelance and vendors
- Collaborating with creative teams to determine suitable production partners for each creative concept
- Working with production companies to obtain director treatments and preparing estimates and triple bids as necessary
- Developing production and post production schedules
- Oversight of all phases of production including shoots, edits, voice-over and sound mixing and color sessions
- Maintaining exceptional working relationships with clients and attending status and review meetings as required
- Oversight of post-production and final deliverables, including shipping and completion reports
- Performing other duties as required or assigned that at are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Knowledge of SAG talent rules and requirements
- Flexibility and adaptability in the face of ambiguity and change
- Ability to collaborate quickly with external and internal teams
- Time management skills and ability to manage priorities and workflow
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and respond quickly to change
- BONUS: Spanish language skills
Physical and Medical Standards
- Standing, walking, reaching, stooping, crouching, twisting, bending, crawling
Working Conditions and Environment
- Typically, this is an office environment which can involve periods of sitting, standing, bending, twisting
Hours Worked
- Full-time employees are required to work a minimum of 40 hours per week. Work hours vary by customer need and role.