vStream are recognized as the one of the most innovative and technically advanced digital agencies in Ireland and are seeking an experienced Digital Account /Project Manager to work with them in their new state of the art facility on Leeson Close. The successful applicant will report to the Technical and Creative Directors of vStream and service the company’s local and international blue chip client base to help grow the business domestically and internationally.

The experienced Digital Account /Project Manager will be responsible for the management of multiple accounts. Their primary concern should be ensuring best practice in day-to-day management, delivery of work to deadlines and gold standard client service. The position is full time, and salary is negotiable.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Account Management

• Regular senior client contact and relationship building
• New business development, pitch preparation and delivery, tendering
• Implementation of a strategic approach to a client’s business
• Full fiscal control of clients digital projects, including quoting, hours estimations, budget tracking, change management and billing
• A good understanding of how the agency functions and the profitability of accounts
• Deep technical and creative understanding, including the ability to communicate technical
• concepts to clients in an effective manner

Project Management

• Management of technical and creative teams (5 – 10 strong), on innovative and high pressure digital projects
• Detailed project planning (using MS Project or similar), status reporting, budgeting, change management, delivery analysis and project post mortem
• Management of multiple projects, assignment of resources, team building and motivation
• Sign off all work leaving the team and retain sole responsibility of quality control
• Staff performance review

Personal Skills

• Deep understanding of people management, specifically technical and creative staff
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and multi-tasking
• Excellent presentation skills
• 100% Service focused
• Strategic and implementation skills
• Articulate and confident communicator
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent listener

Minimum Requirements

• Marketing Qualification
• 5+ years agency/client experience on digital marketing campaigns at a senior level
• Experience with video production projects, and online video
• Deep understanding of digital marketing disciplines and technology
• References

Please email CV’s to info@vstream.ie

After three great years in the Digital Hub, vStream have relocated to the swanky envorons of Leeson St, with our new state of the art facility at 37 Leeson Close. We will be inviting all our friends and clients down to check out the new studio soon, so drop us a line if you'd like to pop by.

Our new contact details are

vStream Digital Media
37 Leeson Close,
Dublin 2
Ireland
01 662 2345

vStream, a leading digital marketing specialist in Ireland has developed an interactive experience entitled "The Aviva Stadium 3D Experience" which will give sports fans across Ireland unique access to the stadium in a dramatic 3D personalised experience, housed in a travelling simulator.

A world first, vStream has developed software to personalise stereoscopic 3D video, to allow the viewer to experience the build up to an international soccer or rugby match in the first person, with their name and picture being featured throughout the content. .



The story centres around you, the viewer, a relatively unknown academy player, who on the day before a big international match gets a call up to the international team. The story follows your journey over the next 24 hours leading up to the match, culminating with you walking out onto the pitch to a full capacity Aviva stadium.
More about the aviva stadium 3d experience here

Good news for our clients (courtesy of AdWorld)!

Video advertising is set to become the fastest growing online advertising formats according to the digital sales agency Ad2One Group Ireland and is likely to show a 78% growth by 2012.

One of the largest international third party sales agencies in the world Ad2One Group Ireland says that TV advertising will suffer as more companies are invest in online video ads as an alternative advertising medium. Online video advertising, it says, will drive greater traffic and marketers can expect a trade-off for the continued high CPM costs of video ad placements.

Read more here...

vStream are proud to announce the launch of the following campaigns:

Roma Recipes

Learn to cook Italian food online with celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio, presenter of RTE's 'Catherine's Italian Kitchen'.

vStream developed a digital strategy for Roma, part of the Shamrock Foods Group, to capitalise on their sposorship of the RTE TV show by creating an online destination with value added content to convert their offline audience into an engaged online audience, with weekly video cooking tutorials released to coincide with each show. A competition to win an all expenses paid trip to and Italian cookery school helped encourge signups to the Roma email database.

Check out Roma Recipes here

Jameson Mix It Up

Jameson are promoting their delicious whiskey as a mixed drink, and asked vStream to develop a full service online campaign to promote trial and consideration, and drive traffic to the Mix It Up tasting events taking place in Dublin throughout the year. Our strategy incorporated the use of video, gaming and mobile content, with an innovative invitation mechanism to get people trying Jameson with Coke, 7up and Ginger Ale.

Check out the Jameson Mix It Up site here

The team at vStream are delighted to announce the following award nominations:

2009 Golden Spider Awards:


Coors Light Viral - Best use of Film, Digital Animation or Motion Graphic
Digital Marketing School - Best Education, Research & Training Website
Digital Marketing School - Best Digital Media Website


Independent Digital Grand Prix



Coors Light Viral - Best Online Campaign - public vote

Wish us luck!

vStream founder and Technical Director Andrew Jenkinson is presenting a half day workshop with the Irish Internet Association on the 24th Nov.

"Increase Revenues and Reach with Online Video"

Event Date : 24 Nov 2009

Normal price per person : €195.00

Member price per person : €145.00

IIA members should log into the site to avail of the member price.

Proceed to booking form here

We look at where it is appropriate to use video and the impact it can have, how seeded and viral video can be used to best effect and we’ll illustrate this through case studies. We’ll discuss the channels on which to distribute video for maximum impact, results and returns and, finally, we’ll examine what’s in store for video use and quality as broadband speeds improve.

10% Discount

Groups of 3 or more benefit from a 10% discount applied automatically when booking online.

Course Outline

This course will be broken up into the following categories:

The benefits of online video:
Real world examples of the benefits of online video for branding, direct response and viral campaigns. A look at the technology advances and milestones.

How to create video content, and when each format is relevant:
In-house vs. professional vs. user-generated content

An online video project, step by step:
For many people, creating video content will be a new endeavour, or their experience will lie in the traditional media. We will outline the steps involved in a typical online video project, things to watch out for along the way, and tips on how to brief production companies to make sure you get what you want out of your project

How to make friends and influence people:
Why asking a digital agency for a seeded video is better than asking for a viral, the nature and forms of viral content referencing comedy, creativity and falsehood. Case studies including 'Will It Blend' and 'The Cadbury's Gorilla' and the most recent 'viral' successes

Branding vs. ROI:
Using short-from video content to build an online community and maximise brand impact, integrating short-from video into display to increase click-through and ROI. Case studies to include Unilever and Enjoy England, video as a communications tool - higher information retention - Case study: The Referendum Commission

Casting Out and Reeling In:
An examination of the different platforms including YouTube, Joost, video in widgets, WebTV and mobile, looking at how the combination of platforms allows you to attract people to your channel and leverage each individual as a distributor, Maximising your assets - from still photography and VO to the digitisation and archiving of old video content - case study bbc.co.uk, VSEO - Defining Google Universal and Yahoo! Glue and how to maximise your assets for searchability (combining platforms)

The future of online video:
The use of voice recognition in future VSEO, compression and future video quality as a ratio to broadband speeds and roll-out in Ireland, Europe and the US. Mobile video and clickable video.

Takeaway:
An online video strategy for your company - A proven strategy to help tie everything that has been learned in the course together for a brand, which will enable them to start benefitting from online video. Case study - www.digitalmarketingschool.com

Trainer

Your trainer is Andrew Jenkinson from vStream Digital Media.

Venue

The course is held in the Rainsford Room in the Digital Exchange, Crane Street, Dublin 8. Click here for a map and directions.