Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead the strategy, creative concept, and execution of marketing actitivies for the Summer Thornton Design brand.
- Personally create, edit, and post photo/video imagery & content to the Summer Thornton Instagram page & website
- Work with outside videographers and editors on video content edits
- Personally manage the development of creative content across multiple platforms including but not limited to instagram, pinterest, e-mail newsletter, website, popular external blogs, videos, etc
- Create a content calendar & distribution schedule leveraging various platforms to maximize exposure for the Summer Thornton brand & personally deploy content against said calendar
- Establish & build relationships with key influencers & brands in the social media space for cross-promotion, partnership, & brand-building opportunities
- Develop strategies & tactics to maximize online sharing of Summer Thornton content through instagram, pinterest, popular blogs, and more
- Develop strategies & tactics to maximize followers & subscribers to Summer Thornton social media pages & newsletter
- Create & deploy quarterly or semi-monthly e-newsletters highlighting key updates about the brand to followers
- Personally update website through wordpress CMS including adding project imagery & press articles; manage the redesign and launch of a new website
- Assist the Managing Director with other marketing activities including mailings, sourcing requests, photoshoots, editor quotes & imagery requests, PR, etc
- Assist in the accessorizing & styling of rooms for photo shoots; and in some cases for smaller shoots of before imagery and/or in-progress photos personally facilitate the shoot unassisted
- May require up to 10% travel out-of-state
Key Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum of 4+ years (ideally 6+) professional experience in related field (social media, marketing, art direction, graphic design, web design, photography, videography, etc)
- Avid consumer of high quality editorial content & ideally an experienced contributor (writer, photographer, graphic designer, editor) of such content
- Bachelors degree in Art, Marketing, or related fields (photography, graphic design, marketing, etc)
- Extensive knowledge & passion for the interior design & architecture industry including awareness of notable brands, leading designers & architects, design magazines & books, etc
- Impeccable aesthetic taste as well as alignment with Principal’s design style and philosophies
- Photo & video-editing
- Ability to problem-solve, try new things, and seek solutions with limited supervisor direction
- Experience with wordpress, Squarespace, or other back-end CMS for creating online content preferred but not required
- Proactive self-starter – shows both initiative and detailed follow-through/completion
- Strong attention to detail & strong organizational skills
- Positive and fun, team player, utmost integrity, honesty, & no-drama/ego attitude a necessity
This is an in-office position in our Lincoln Park (Chicago) office.
SEND RESUME, CREATIVE PORTFOLIO, SALARY REQUIREMENT & REFERENCES TO: CAREERS@SUMMERTHORNTONDESIGN.COM
Summer Thornton is an American designer known for decorating with the wildest abandon, creating lively bold and colorful interiors! Her book "Wonderland: Adventures in Decorating" (Rizzoli 2022) was a #1 New Release and the top selling architecture & design book the year of its debut. Summer’s work has been featured in AD, Veranda, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, The Wall Street Journal, NY Times and more including several national cover stories. Her influence is wide reaching, inspiring 140k+ followers on Instagram. Headquartered in Chicago, her firm works on projects coast-to-coast throughout North America including projects in NYC, LA, San Francisco, Aspen, Cabo, Naples, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago and more.
