Monty's Collective Blog

Best of, with Bianca: Stalking technology

I had the pleasure of attending ‘Now Next Why’ hosted by Contagious. A key theme was this idea of perceptive media, which continued a few discussions we have had in the office around filter bubbles and bespoke marketing.

Whatever your view point on data sharing, perceptive or ‘smart’ branding should actually make everyone’s lives a little easier. This is not the opportunity for brands to shout louder, but for us to filter out all the useless blanket marketing. Read more…

Wanted: Digital Senior Account Manager

The role
We’re looking for a highly experienced Digital Senior Account Manager (approx 3-4 years experience+) with strong client-servicing skills, and a deep knowledge of digital marketing, processes and trends. This role is perfect for someone keen to grow fast in his/her role, and become an Account Director in the next 12/18 months.

Summary
This Senior Account Manager position is a key role within the business. You will manage, help direct strategically and grow our biggest account, Honda.

You will be a team player with a strong commercial focus.

You are most likely working at an established digital or integrated agency (with proven digital experience), but now want to spread your wings in a more flexible environment. You also want to have a much greater influence and work with a wider range of talented people. Our team is made up of energetic, fun, passionate, ambitious and intelligent people and we expect you to be the same.

This is a role for someone who feels that their best work is in front of them and is looking for a platform to really show the world what they can do.

You need to be a natural team leader, politically astute, persistent, diplomatic, and persuasive, with exceptional communication skills.

This is a revenue generation role that reports into the Senior Account Director with great opportunities for career progression. Read more…

Wanted: Design Intern

The role:
We’re looking for a Design Intern wanting to cut their teeth at a creative, digital agency where great ideas and quality execution are the order of the day.

Summary:
The successful candidate will be bright, ambitious, and possess an impressive portfolio that demonstrates a flair for design and premium execution. A good understanding and genuine passion for all things digital is also a must. In return, we offer a collaborative, nurturing and fun environment, with the opportunity to work on some the UK’s most exciting brands.

This is a great opportunity to join a team where you will be actively encouraged to grow. We’ll support your learning through regular appraisals and you’ll be given the opportunity to actively participate in the agency’s planning function.

Please note that this is a voluntary unpaid placement. You will be reimbursed for any travel or business related expenses.

We’re looking for someone to start immediately on a three-month placement.

If this appeals, and you’re now looking for a placement where you can make a big difference and feel a part of something, then we are off to a good start.

Wanted: Mid to Senior Developer

The role:
We are looking for a mid to senior skilled back end developer to join our growing development team to deliver medium to large scale projects.

Summary:
We are looking for someone who is passionate, driven and self-motivated who will absorb all knowledge given the opportunity. You will have practical knowledge of PHP and be aware of best practice methods. Ideally you will have knowledge of the Zend PHP framework and have experience with using WordPress. You will have experience in the integration of HTML and CSS templates into a back end system which may consist of a framework or a CMS system. You will also be able to build applications or services that will interact with third party APIs.

In return we’ll offer you creative and interesting work with an award-winning independent agency. We’ll support your learning and you’ll be given the opportunity to actively participate in the agency’s ‘future first’ strategy, with plenty of opportunities to use and learn new technologies and services.

Wanted: Analyst Intern

The role:
We’re looking for an Analyst Intern to join our growing Planning team and bolster our analytical offering to existing and prospective clients.

Summary:
You’ll support the planning/analytics function at Collective by providing data analysis and insight on our clients’ campaigns. You should have a strong academic record, ideally with an emphasis on subjects with a strong analytical foundation (such as Mathematics or Economics). Critically, you must be able to derive valuable and relevant insight from data, and present findings in a manner which can be easily understood by those who have little or no analytical understanding.

In return we’ll offer a genuine work experience opportunity within an award-winning independent agency. We’ll support your learning through regular appraisals and you’ll be given the opportunity to actively participate in the agency’s planning function.

Please note that this is a voluntary unpaid placement. You will be reimbursed for any travel or business related expenses.

Read more…

Collective @ The Pitch

Collective played in the Agencies vs Students event at Wembley goals, hosted by The Orchard, a group of Advertising and Branding students graduating this year from The University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey (abcorchard.com). Watch how we got on…

New iPad, old problems

As the new iPad drops this Friday (16th March) it brings with it a headache for developers and designers – a retina display of 3.1 million pixels with a 2048 x 1536 resolution. While increased pixel density means a sharper delivery and better looking graphics, there’s a cost — larger images mean more bandwidth required and longer page loads.

SSX fans defy reality for new film

To celebrate the release of the adrenaline-pumping snowboarding game SSX this week, Collective teamed up with EA Games to challenge fans to ‘race, trick and survive’ a dramatic 400-metre long zip-line night jump from Battersea Power Station in London.

Shredding the night

The ‘SSX Defy Reality: Live’ short film showcases the nerve-wracking moments game fans from across Europe arrived at a mystery location to face an exhilarating challenge: flying down from an iconic landmark from 60 metres up, at speeds reaching 80kph. And they’d be zipping over a giant video screen where more fans were getting hands-on with the game.

Recreating the gravity-defying gameplay and signature stunt action of SSX in an astounding urban landscape, the Live experience was a rush of emotions for the gamers who descended from the mountain of Battersea Power Station on the specially constructed zip-line.

With little or no real world snowboarding experience, nothing had prepared the gamers for anything quite like this. Each was equipped with full snowboard gear, along with a zip harness allowing them complete freedom of movement – plus, for the brave… flares!

Ascending to the roof of Battersea Power Station, they were strapped in to their decks and then took the plunge in to 20 seconds of heart-racing ‘big air’. Many pulled off spectacular tricks and stunts in the spirit of SSX on their descent. All of them defied reality – all became snowboarding legends.

See for yourself in film below:

Lunchtime League: Collective 9 WSPA1

Game 2 of the Tuesday Lunchtime League and we lined up against The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) – although after seeing the score line they should probably consider renaming themselves the World Society for the Protection Against Collective.

The Collective team for this week’s battle: