Employment

 

PROJECT MANAGER

 

Looking for an exciting, challenging opportunity to catapult your career? Interested in applying your existing talents and knowledge while simultaneously expanding your skill set?  Seeking a fast-paced, high-energy environment where creativity and collaboration are nurtured, talent and ability are rewarded, and a work-life balance is valued?  Then we have the perfect position for you!

 

Mind & Media's Alexandria, VA office has an immediate opening for an energetic, enthusiastic individual to come onboard as a Project Manager.

 

• As an integral part of our Client Services team, you will act as a lead project manager on multiple, short turn projects and create and implement product/project plans, and run project teams.
• Your exceptional interpersonal skills will allow Mind & Media to continue providing our eclectic mix of clients with communications solutions that inspire action and keep our clients coming back to work with us again.
• Your ability to think on your feet and multitask in a high-intensity environment will empower Mind & Media to continue meeting—and exceeding—client expectations.

 

The ideal candidate for this position is a sophisticated professional who possesses the ability to accurately track and manage project milestones, finances, profitability, ensure quality assurance, and handle conflict resolution (both internally and externally). The individual must also be able to think creatively and help suggest solutions to clients that lead to organic business growth. This individual must also be a self-motivated, positive, client-focused thinker capable of working with minimal supervision in a team environment.

 

If you’re a Project Manager with a proven track record, or a professional with relevant experience, looking to land a dynamic position at an innovative creative media organization, this is your opportunity. Join our team and experience firsthand why both the Washington Business Journal and Washingtonian selected us as one of the DC-area’s best places to work!

 

Education and Experience

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree is required
• Minimum 5 years experience in project and client management, business development or sales. Government project/client management a plus
• Proven track record of excellent client service including successfully managing client projects and expectations
• Good PC computer skills, including working in a network environment, Windows XP, and Microsoft Office (especially MS Excel)
• PMP certification a plus

 

Benefits

This job provides the benefit of working for an innovative, award-winning communications company where creativity and collaboration are nurtured, talent and ability are rewarded, and work-life balance is valued. Mind & Media provides its employees with a comfortable, casual work environment designed for creative communications professionals and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation, 401(k), health (PPO) and dental insurance, free parking, fitness reimbursement, and a flexible work schedule.

 

This is a basic description of the essential elements of the position. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

 

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter to:
Email: HRJobs@mindandmedia.com (Subject: Mind & Media – Project Manager Position)
FAX: 703-837-0936 (Attn: Project Manager Position)
Mail:
Attn: HR – Project Manager
Mind & Media Inc.
9 N. Loudoun Street, Suite 207
Winchester, VA 22601

 

 

 

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ACCOUNTANT

 

Mind & Media, a cutting-edge communications firm with offices in Alexandria and Winchester, Virginia, needs an experienced, process-oriented individual to work as the right hand to the CFO. This position requires both thorough accounting knowledge/experience and stellar communication skills, and will be based out of our Alexandria office.

 

Primary Responsibilities/Objectives

• Handle all general accounting functions including billings, AR, AP, collections, purchase orders, and monthly close outs
• Track budgets and job costs
• Provide general pricing support for proposals
• Submit GSA quarterly reports, reports to the bank, reports to tax accountants, and other financial reports as necessary
• Oversee general audits –GSA, DCAA, state and local
  

 

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or related field
• Five years experience
• Demonstrated understanding of cost-based accounting principle
• Experience on the Deltek system preferred
• Experience using Excel
• Excruciating attention to details
• Excellent communication skills

This is a basic description of the essential elements of the position. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

 

Benefits

This job provides the benefit of working for an innovative, award-winning communications company where creativity and collaboration are nurtured, talent and ability are rewarded, and work-life balance is valued. Mind & Media provides its employees with a comfortable, casual work environment designed for creative communications professionals and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation, 401(k), health (PPO) and dental insurance, free parking, fitness reimbursement, and a flexible work schedule.

 

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter to:
Email: HRJobs@mindandmedia.com (Subject: Mind & Media – Accountant Position)
FAX: 703-837-0936 (Attn: Accountant Position)
Mail:
Attn: HR – Accountant Position
Mind & Media Inc.
9 N. Loudoun Street, Suite 207
Winchester, VA 22601

 

 

 

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COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT/ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

 

Are you ready to work for a company where you’ll not only make a contribution to the bottom line but bring in work that makes a positive difference in our world? Do you want to work in a direct, open, and non-political work environment, an environment where you’re rewarded just as much for meeting sales targets as you are for maintaining healthy and cooperative relationships with clients, vendors, partners, and colleagues? If so, Mind & Media is waiting for you. We’re looking for a communication consultant/account executive who is a sophisticated communicator who is efficient and organized work habits enable him/her to meet sales goals while also maintaining a work/life balance.

Possessing the ability to work in an environment that demands a solutions-oriented approach to challenges, the communication consultant/account executive shall be responsible for bringing in a minimum of $2M in new task orders (as a mix of new and organic business), with federal agencies and prime contractors. These new task orders should be:

• 80%+ sweet spot

• Focused on awareness campaigns, workforce recruitment and customized training in the federal sector (military, health, environment and education)

• Priced accurately and strategically to achieve 15-20% profitability

Time will generally be allocated as follows:

• Pre-proposal, pitches, prospecting – 60-70%

• Concept papers, proposals, pricing – 20-30%

• Post proposal, negotiation, closing – 10-20%

If you’re an Account Executive with a proven track record, or a professional with relevant experience, looking to land a dynamic position at an innovative creative media organization, this is your opportunity. Join our team and experience firsthand why both the Washington Business Journal and Washingtonian selected us as one of the DC-area’s best places to work!

 

Benefits

This job provides the benefit of working for an innovative, award winning communications company. Mind & Media provides our workers with a comfortable, casual work environment designed for creative communications professionals and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation, 401(k), health (PPO) and dental insurance, free parking, fitness reimbursement, and a flexible work schedule.

 

Education and Experience

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree; Masters a plus

• Skilled in-high-level client communication and communication consultation

• Five to ten years experience in business development/sales.

• Government sales and/or contracting strongly preferred

• Strong understanding of how to price strategically on FFP and T&M contracts in the federal sector

• Thorough understanding of media production and project management

Salary will be determined based on experience. This is a basic description of the essential elements of the position. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

 

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter to:

Email: HRJobs@mindandmedia.com (Subject: Mind & Media - Account Executive Position)

FAX: 703-837-0936 (Attn: Account Executive Position)

Mail:
Attn: HR - Account Executive Position
Mind & Media Inc.
9 N. Loudoun Street, Suite 207
Winchester, VA 2260

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WRITER

 

We’re looking for an extremely rare breed of writing/consulting talent to join our team. If you’re someone who:

• Can move between the roles of writer, content developer, creative consultant, and editor with agility
• Feels equally at peace leading a complex content development meeting with clients one day and then buckling down solo behind the computer screen the next
• Prefers—and excels at—writing in a vast variety of mediums, from electronic to video to paper
• Can write anything for any audience—and can get that audience to care and act as a result of your words and ideas
• Knows how to channel creative ability into meeting your clients’ needs
• Has produced inspired, practical communications products and messages
• Understands how to communicate, listen, and build strong team relationships with clients and coworkers

…Then you’re the person we’re looking for.

 

Requirements

Ability to think logically, see the big picture, yet attend to the details

Proven writing skills, with an extensive range of web and electronic, broadcast, and print media

Firmly established analytical, strategic, writing, editing, and research abilities

Superb interviewing and communication skills with clients and subject matter experts

Ability to edit a wide variety of written materials and give feedback to others

Excellent proofreading capability, in terms of proper mechanics and clear grammar

Ability to be both fast and accurate, meeting deadlines without compromising project quality

Knack for organization enhanced with ability to prioritize multiple projects

Excellent communication and teamwork skills with supervisors and members of the Mind & Media team

Discipline to work reliably, with minimal supervision, while keeping co-workers and supervisors informed of assignment status and workload


Good business sense

Basic PC computer skills, including Windows XP, Microsoft Office (especially Word and PowerPoint)

Education

Minimum of Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Liberal Arts with an emphasis on strong researching, reading, writing, thinking, and speaking skills. Advanced degrees a plus.

Experience

Minimum of five years’ writing and editing experience is required.

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter to:

Email: HRJobs@mindandmedia.com (Subject: Writer Position)

FAX: 703-837-0936 (Attn: Writer Position)

Mail:
Attn: HR - Writer Position
Mind & Media Inc.
9 N. Loudoun Street, Suite 207
Winchester, VA 22601

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