If you’re self motivated, have fresh ideas and are looking to make a big impact on how marketing and communications can evolve in the energy sector, consider joining our team of one-of-a-kind thinkers, marketing pros and energy sector experts!
You’re guaranteed to learn a lot and take your career to the next level.
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Senior Marketing Strategist
Location – NYC
Reporting to the General Manager, this position plays a pivotal role by supporting the development of C-suite level recommendations and strategies. This role is a unique opportunity to help lead the utility market transformation for some of the most iconic utilities and energy service companies in the US and beyond.
Job Responsibilities
- Support client engagement teams and guide strategy development
- Develop compelling and engaging communications that speak to broad audiences, spanning many channels including print, email, web, video, digital, and social media
- Work with design teams to convert topics into visual content
- Work with clients through the editing and approval process
- Support new business development efforts and contribute to proposals
- Develop thought leadership for the company
Skills/Requirements
- Prior experience as a strategy consultant or a strategist at a marketing agency
- Bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years of highly relevant experience
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience navigating complex client organizations
- Previous energy and technology sector experience are preferred but not required
- Experience leading marketing projects with minimum guidance
- Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to change status quo
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company, as needed
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Eastern Region - Graphic Designer
Location – NYC
Essense Partners is looking for a graphic designer to join our talented team. Our ideal candidate is a creative individual with a strong portfolio of work, demonstrated attention to detail and the ability to transform complex technical concepts into effective visual creations. You will create a wide variety of marketing materials across all forms of media.
Responsibilities
- Work with the strategy team to translate insights into effective campaigns
- Develop high-impact creative strategies and implement them across all media
- Actively manage projects through all phases of production
- Think creatively and strategically
- Work collaboratively as part of the team with the art director, strategists, copywriters, C-Suite and other designers to keep projects on track
- Works from concept to completion on a multitude of projects, managing your own time, and delivering pixel perfect, print ready files.
- Develops creative concepts from the creative brief and brings them to life within branding guidelines.
- Manages digital assets through an organized taxonomy system.
Skills/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design
- 2+ years of experience as a graphic designer
- Highly skilled in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Ability to communicate ideas effectively and maintain timeline, budget, and deadlines.
- Superior organizational skills and high level of attention to detail with a flexibility and openness to design
- Basic knowledge of HTML is a plus
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company, as needed
*Intern candidates may also be considered for this role
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Western Region - Graphic Designer
Location – San Francisco
Designers serve a central role in every project. They lead design activities across all media and channels, working closely with our Strategy team. If you want to see your designs published across cities, states, and even countries, this is the job for you…but that also means you’ve got to be really, really, really good.
Job Responsibilities
- Help develop and execute creative strategies and implement them across all media
- Work with Strategy team to translate insights into effective campaigns
- Actively manage projects through all phases of production
Qualifications
- Competency in the Adobe Creative Suite of applications including Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Digital Publishing experience is also very helpful
- 2+ years of work experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Previous energy or technology sector experience are preferred, but not required
- Experience working on client design assignments with minimum guidance
- Ability to present design concepts to the Art Director
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Motion Graphics Designer
Location – NYC
Essense Partners’ explosive growth has created a unique opportunity for a talented motion graphics expert to join us in our exciting journey towards transforming the energy sector. To be successful in this role, you should be someone that has free-flowing creative ideas and is comfortable taking complete ownership of motion graphics development (footage capture/selection, editing, design, animation, production, etc.)
Job Responsibilities
- Develop motion graphics and animation for variety of projects and audiences
- Work closely with project managers, strategists, and designers to incorporate design assets into motion graphics.
- Translate concepts, ideas, and storyboards into dynamic still and motion graphics.
- Assist project manager regarding preconceived ideas and the realities of production
- Develop project timelines, create storyboards, and communicate requirements of the job
- Collaborate with team during strategy and brainstorming sessions. Think strategically and proactively contribute ideas and concepts
- Review and edit video footage. Combine video footage with graphics and audio, ensure consistency and relevancy to production, monitor technical quality of final product
- Occasionally assist with on-site video shoots and post-production process
Skills/Requirements
- Editing software: After Effects, Premier, Photoshop, Illustrator
- Excellent design, editing, and animation skills
- Clear understanding of client objectives with ability to effectively and creatively incorporate those objectives into creative, high-impact visual design
- Experience developing complete packaged motion graphics videos, including visual storyboards, film editing, and animations
- Understanding of media file conversation, and working knowledge of sound mixing and color correction
- Skill in visualizing and designing concepts effectively
- Ability to communicate effectively and work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company as needed
Applicants must provide samples of past work and state their contribution level (individual project, team effort, etc.)
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Technical Consultant/Writer
Location – NYC
Essense Partner’s continued growth in the technology-rich energy sector has created a unique opportunity for an experienced technical consultant to join us in our exciting journey aimed at transforming the energy sector. To be successful in this role, you should be someone that has the proven ability to take on complex energy technology topics and convert them into compelling and engaging communications that speak to broad audiences.
Job Responsibilities
- Work with technical client representatives and internal marketing strategists to develop compelling messages and communications around energy related advancements, spanning many channels including print, email, web, video, digital, and social media
- Work with design teams to convert technical topics into visual content
- Work with clients through the editing and approval process
- Review content for technical accuracy
Skills/Requirements
- Background in engineering or related field, with experience in the energy industry
- Bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years of highly relevant experience (advanced degree preferred)
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, particularly when working with non-technical people
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience navigating complex client organizations
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company, as needed
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Eastern Region - Senior Director of Strategy and Marketing
Location – NYC
Reporting to the General Manager, this position plays a pivotal role by developing C-suite level recommendations and campaign strategies. This role is a unique opportunity to help lead the utility market transformation for some of the most iconic utilities and energy service companies in the US and beyond.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead client engagement teams and strategy development
- Create compelling campaign ideas that speak to broad audiences and span many channels including print, email, web, video, digital, and social media
- Lead and mentor team of marketing strategists
- Work with design teams to convert topics into visual content
- Work with clients through the editing and approval process
- Support new business development efforts and contribute to proposals
- Develop thought leadership for the company
Skills/Requirements
- Prior experience as a strategy consultant or a strategist at a marketing agency
- Bachelors degree plus 4+ years of highly relevant experience
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience leading teams, working with clients, and navigating complex client organizations
- Previous energy and technology sector experience are preferred but not required
- Experience creating and implementing marketing campaigns
- Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to change status quo
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company, as needed
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Copy Editor
Location – NYC
Essense Partners is looking for an experienced copy editor to join our talented team. Our ideal candidate is a detail-oriented grammar expert with great interpersonal skills, the ability to multitask and a passion for introducing the latest clean energy solutions to consumers. You will contribute to a wide variety of energy marketing materials, including ad campaigns, blogs, videos, social media posts, infographics, newsletters and technical documents.
Responsibilities
- Work with strategists and designers to ensure accuracy and clarity of copy
- Ensure that final product is always client-ready
- Think through work flow and process to ensure that no error is missed
- Participate in team and/or client meetings to understand the voice and goals of different energy providers
- Think creatively and strategically about how to inspire a variety of consumer audiences to make a change in their energy use to benefit the environment
- Seamlessly multitask to handle multiple high-profile client projects on deadline
Skills/Requirements
- 1-2 years of experience in a copy editing position with excellent track record
- Expert at fixing grammar and conventions
- Expert at editing a variety of texts and text features
- Comfortable with highly technical subjects
- Familiar with AP style
- Able to accommodate the styles and channels of different clients
- Able to adapt editing to different projects and team members
- Able to maintain consistency throughout long documents with a variety of text features
- Can distinguish between editing for major conventions, editing for preferred conventions or editing for style and audience
- Able to track multiple projects and shifting requests
- Able to occasionally flex evening schedule to meet client deadlines
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company as needed
Preferred Skills
- Background in journalism or publishing
- Background in clean energy, utilities or the environment