Williams Group is an equal opportunity employer. Send inquiries including letter, resume and portfolio to info@wgsite.com.
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Williams Group
Attn: Human Resources,
70 Ionia Ave SW, Suite 200, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
We are seeking a writing professional looking to contribute to a dynamic team. This position requires 3+ years of experience, a four-year degree, and excellent strategic thinking, analysis and writing abilities. Our highly collaborative environment involves working in tandem with fellow writers, designers, project managers and consultants. The ideal candidate for this position is creative, self-directed, organized, easy to work with, adaptable to change and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Must be a natural problem solver, able to produce multiple ideas, accurate solutions and high-quality work for a variety of media under the pressures of time and budget. Williams Group offers competitive salaries and benefits in a positive work culture and innovative work space.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3+ years of experience as a professional writer
- Four-year degree in journalism, English or a related field
- Portfolio demonstrating strength with multiple writing styles and outputs
Key responsibilities:
- Conduct excellent communication with clients and colleagues
- Provide a broad range of writing skills for creative and technical communications—including research, planning, analysis, story development and interviewing, copy writing, editing and proofing
- Assist consultants with concept development, project planning and documentation, content process and organization, and project details
- Develop a wide range of ideas, communications solutions and implementation plans in multiple media, including web, print, video and presentations
Required skills and abilities:
- Proven capability as a critical thinker, in addition to writing and editing for all media; preference is given to candidates with experience and skill in writing for the web
- Experience and understanding of online writing practices, including working knowledge of content management, architecture, user experience and usability, search engines and analytics, social media and community-building practices
- Demonstrated understanding and application of diverse writing styles and voice, from formal to casual to provocative
- Established ability to solve problems through verbal expression
- Solid understanding of strategic communications and marketing concepts, and capacity to apply creative solutions to business problems
- Ability to organize, connect and manage multiple content elements
- Strong time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to build and manage strong relationships with clients and colleagues
- Strong collaboration skills; ability to work closely with other writers, editors, designers and consultants, both remotely and in person
Key personal qualities:
- Proactive, motivated, creative and imaginative
- Collaborative problem solver
- Enjoy working independently and in intensive team settings
- Emotionally mature, flexible, adaptable
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines, work well under pressure
- Enjoy challenge of working on different projects concurrently
- Value continuous learning
- Good character, impeccable integrity
- Well-rounded with a wide range of interests
Are you community minded?
Williams Group believes our business is part of our community—we are actively involved in supporting the Heartside Neighborhood, Grand Rapids Public Schools and nonprofits throughout the area. We are seeking people who are engaged in community and who feel called, professionally and personally, to contribute to the well-being of others.
We are seeking a graphic design professional looking to contribute to a dynamic team. This position requires 1 to 2 years of experience, a four-year degree, and strong motivation to contribute to the creation of excellent communications. Our highly collaborative environment involves working closely with other designers and team members. The ideal candidate for this position is creative, self-directed, organized, easy to work with, adaptable to change and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Must be a critical thinker and problem solver, able to produce accurate solutions and high-quality work for a variety of media under time pressures. Williams Group offers competitive salaries and benefits in a positive work culture and innovative work space, and is an inclusive employer.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 1 to 2 years of experience and a four-year degree in graphic design or related field
- Portfolio demonstrating strength in web and print design skills
- Solid communication skills
Key responsibilities:
- Contribute to the design team by helping inform and implement creative concepts
- Provide design production leadership for web and print projects
- Research and develop solutions using various technologies based on client needs and project budgets
Required skills and abilities:
- Ability to explain the design rationale for solutions created
- Knowledge of design aspects including complex layout challenges, typography, color, spacing, sizing, usability, standards for web and print file variations
- Detail-oriented; able to produce accurate and high-quality work
- Work well with a team and under direction of a designer
- Organize, plan and prioritize work; manage time well
- Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Assure the careful maintenance of all electronic files
- Work within the parameters of cost, time and team inputs
- Develop/maintain relationships with industry resources
- Demonstrate proficiency with tools and technologies to create, produce, and distribute visual messages. Emphasis is on web languages/software; and print capability is of secondary importance (CSS, HTML, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, etc.)
- Exhibit motivation and desire to stay abreast of technology developments that impact communications design, and assist others on all technical advances
Key personal qualities:
- Critical thinker and problem solver
- Creative, innovative, proactive and motivated
- Good character, impeccable integrity
- Ability to work calmly and prioritize under pressure
- Enjoy challenge of working on different projects concurrently
- Emotionally mature, easy to work with, adaptable
- Value continuous learning
- Ability to collaborate effectively and develop strong work relationships
- Interest in community and the well-being of others
Are you community minded?
Williams Group believes our business is part of our community—we are actively involved in supporting the Heartside Neighborhood, Grand Rapids Public Schools and nonprofits throughout the area. We are seeking people who are engaged in community and who feel called, professionally and personally, to contribute to the well-being of others.
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