The Quill

The Creative Company, an Award Winning Madison public relations and interactive agency, is looking for a top notch, intuitive, kind, intelligent office manager with strong AP/AR skills to join our team.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need to love variety, work independently, communicate well and be organized. You are also the director of first impressions so a servant heart, a positive spirit and a “can do” attitude is essential.

We are looking for a motivated individual with a proven track record in office administration. You must have a proven ability to work under pressure and prioritize. The right candidate will play an integral part in the future expansion of our company.

Key responsibilities involve:

• AP process – recording and paying invoices in a timely manner.
• AR process - Invoice clients and manage accounts payable.
• Track employee hours and report the hours to a third party payroll provider bi-weekly.
• Daily bookkeeping entries including tracking client charges, filing, organizing and maintaining records in a timely and professional manner.
• Training and on-boarding new employees in key systems at the Agency.
• Ensure job descriptions for all positions are accurate and up to date.
• Scheduling employee reviews.
• Maintain excellent facilities – office cleanliness and organization.
• Work directly with professional services firms.
• Managing procurement of all office supplies.

Character, integrity, commitment and kind and professional communication skills are required.

There will also be ad-hoc and project work such as you’d expect in a growing, dynamic company!

The diversity of this role means you will be involved in many aspects of the company and will be a key part of a team.

You will need:

• strong business and finance administration knowledge
• 10+ years of experience
• University or College degree
• Strong leadership, project management and time management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal skills.
• Ability to develop strong relationships and work with executives.
• Solid business acumen, management reporting and problem-solving skills.
• basic accounting skills with a high degree of accuracy
• knowledge of the public relations and communications profession helpful
• ability to produce business correspondence, proofread for grammar, spelling and punctuation with a high degree of accuracy
• some sales support experience is desirable, but not mandatory
• experience managing the calendar of a busy office
• the desire to make a real difference in a small company, and to have some fun along the way

If you are the right person for us, please apply, including a one page cover letter telling us why you’d be perfect for the job! Apply by emailing the company president, Laura Gallagher, at laura@thecreativecompany.com or connecting with her on Linked In. The Creative Company offers a competitive salary and benefits which include Chaplaincy service, paid vacation and holidays.

The company website is www.thecreativecompany.com. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Yesterday, Laura Gallagher spoke at another Wegner CPA rountable event.  If you are interested in her presentation, click here to view as a pdf. Click here to view the video about the Slavery Footprint Campaign

If you are interested in coming to the next roundtable on social media for non-profits, click here for more information and to register.

This morning, Laura Gallagher presented at Wegner CPAs Rountable Event where she spoke on Social Media for Non-Profits. Thanks to everyone who came out!

Here is a copy of the slides she presented so you can have them for your reference.

Please note, the first slide includes a video that is unable to play in the format we have saved the slides in. For your convenience, here is a link to that video.

We’re adding a new position to our team! We’re looking for a Sales & Marketing Senior Account Executive to do variety of different roles, but to take the lead on creating new business opportunities and maintaining the ones that already exist.

Please send your resume and cover letter to the company President, Laura Gallagher at laura@thecreativecompany.com and connect with her on LinkedIn. Be sure to include “Sales & Marketing Senior Account Executive-BSN” in the subject line. We would like to make a hiring decision in the next 30 days.

For a more detailed job description, visit here.