Penda Publishing has recently experienced a burst of growth. Our out-of-the-box style has kept us not only afloat in this hard economy, but has us moving up by leaps and bounds! Now we need the right people to help sustain and continue our growth.
Telemarketing Department
Description:
Telemarketers in our company need to be friendly customers service focused individuals with a drive to make sales. Responsibilities include: making cold calls to set up appointments for our account representatives, informing local businesses of special offers, and communicating with the public in a polite and professional way.
Necessary Skills:
Phone Skills
Effective communication skills
Experience is a plus
Sales Department
Description:
Sales team members work to sell advertising space in our publications, maintain the advertising needs of current clients, and sell the design services of Penda Publishing. Sales team members may sell through the phone, or by visiting the client during appointments.
Other jobs include coordinating with the client to reach an effective advertising plan, having the ability to efficiently communicate that advertising plan to the Creative Services department, delivering proofs to the client and coordinating changes.
Necessary Skills:
Friendly, outgoing personality
Salesmanship
Dependable Transportation
Organizational skills
Microsoft Excel
Creative Services Department
Description:
Those in Creative Services are creative, flexible, and fast working graphic designers and layout designers. They are called upon to design and create effective advertising for local businesses that purchase ad space in our publications. Creative Services is also responsible for the design and layout of the content in our publications.
Other jobs include conceptualizing the look of special issues and coordinating with printers
Necessary Skills:
Basic knowledge of design and layout
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Media Services Department
Description:
Media Service employees are creative graphic designers, web developers, and web designers. Media Services is responsible for the creation and upkeep of all of websites associated with the parent company of Penda Publishing, as well as the design and maintenance of websites purchased from Penda Publishing.
Other jobs include the design and production of advertisements for the web (especially those made in flash), conceptualizing the look of special issues, serving the design and branding needs of Penda Publishing’s parent company, working as a designer for companies that purchase the design services of Penda publishing, working to develop an effective solution to various graphic design problems around the company.
Necessary Skills:
Firm Knowledge of design and layout
Firm Knowledge of web designing
Experience in html web design and upkeep
Experience in CMS web design and upkeep (such as Joomla, Mambo, or Word Press)
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Flash
*Adobe Audition, Pinnacle Studio, or any video and audio editing is a plus
