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VRX Studios is a leading global content creation and curation agency specializing in travel, tourism and hospitality. We have been photographing hotels for the past 24+ years and are recognized as the leader in the industry, delivering quality, consistency and scale. We’ve built a reputation for our commitment to innovation and our dedication to quality and customer service.
VRX Studios is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. We were recently acquired by Connelly Partners, a global integrated communications agency headquartered in Boston, with a European hub in Dublin.
Connelly Partners is firmly rooted in shadow cities with a full-service approach. All resources are offered in-house for efficiency and consistency – strategic planning, creative, production (including an-onsite studio), analytics, media, influencer marketing, social media, PR, technology and shopper marketing.
For more information on Connelly Partners, visit connellypartners.com or follow them on Twitter (@ConnellyAgency) and Instagram (@ConnellyPartners).
Whether your needs are simple or complex, as a global company we can be of service anywhere in the world. Reach out to us and we will be sure to respond within 48 hours.
Global Headquarters
Suite 415, The Landing,
375 Water Street, Vancouver, BC
Canada V6B 5C6
USA Offices
46 Waltham Street,
Boston, MA 02118
Europe Offices
Portview House,
Thorncastle Street,
Irishtown, Dublin 4
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Boston, MA
USA
Irishtown, Dublin
Ireland
Our people are our greatest asset. We look for teammates who are motivated, talented and creative, and who know how to provide outstanding customer service.
We firmly believe in creating a team that is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. We have a diverse and respectful environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging and do impactful work together. If this sounds like you – we would love to hear from you. E-mail your resume to hr@vrxstudios.com.
Department Name: Client Service
Office Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Job Title: Senior Brand Manager
Reports to: President
Date: August 2023
VRX Studios, A Connelly Partners Company, has been the leading global content creation and curation agency in the travel, tourism, and hospitality space for over 20+ years. Our team of professional photographers and image editors have created award-winning architectural images for more than 21,000 hotels in 131 countries. As demand for our creative content grows, we’re looking for a full-time Senior Brand Manager.
Job Purpose:
This Senior Brand Manager is a strategic client contact and advisor, with visible ongoing engagement, to help drive the most successful outcomes. This role is responsible for the day to day management of multiple hospitality brands, driving processes and profitability while proactively managing and developing brand team members.
**This is a full-time, in-house position only open to candidates currently living in or willing to relocate to the Vancouver, BC area.** Individual must be willing to travel to various locations throughout the world for photoshoots when required - passport to be up-to-date with no travel restrictions.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
Client Relationship Management and Development:
Executional Ownership and Guidance of Projects:
Financial Leadership and Organic Revenue Growth:
Internal Leadership and Management:
Industry Knowledge and Thought Leadership:
QUALIFICATION AND COMPETENCIES
We are looking for a positive, proactive, energetic self-starter passionate about client service, who will thrive in a collaborative, culturally diverse, and fast-paced environment with a global team.
Skills & Abilities
Experience and Background
About VRX Studios:
VRX Studios is the world’s leading content creation and curation agency within the Hospitality space. We have been photographing hotels for the past 20+ years and are recognized as the leader in the industry delivering quality, consistency and scale.
We’ve built a reputation for our commitment to innovation and our dedication to quality and customer service. Our photography, videography and digital content have enhanced marketing programs for more than 19,000+ customers across more than 25,000+ unique sites and channels.
We proudly have enjoyed long term partnerships with some of the leaders in Hospitality including Hyatt, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Fairmont, Wyndham, Shangri-La, Kempinski, Radisson Hotel Group, IHG, Princess Cruises and Holland America among others. We have a unique set up that sets us apart from the rest which is why we have maintained these relationships for so many years.
VRX Studios is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. We were recently acquired by Boston Company, Connelly Partners, a global integrated communications agency.
About Connelly Partners:
At Connelly Partners, our vision is to be the world’s most aggressive advocate of the human voice and our day-to-day mission is to shine a light on the importance of human truths and their power in a data-driven world. To protect our brands from self-importance, every team member has a role in amplifying their heartbeats and embracing empathy over entertainment. We value the importance of data, but also the power of emotion. We use data to ask better questions and are in the business of pursuing the WHY.
Headquartered in Boston, with a European hub in Dublin, not New York or London, we’re firmly rooted in shadow cities with an independent fire and a full-service approach. All resources are offered in-house for efficiency and consistency – strategic planning, creative, production (including an onsite studio), analytics, media, influencer marketing, social media, PR, technology and shopper marketing.
For more information on Connelly Partners, please visit connellypartners.com, follow us on Twitter (@ConnellyAgency) and Instagram (@ConnellyPartners), or like us on Facebook (@ConnellyPartners). Connelly Partners is unable to sponsor visas at this time.
*To protect the interests of all parties, Connelly Partners will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Connelly Partners will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
If you have met all the requirements above, please submit your application here.
Job Title: Brand Manager
Reports to: Director of Brand Services
The Opportunity:
As the world continues to open to travel post COVID, we will yet again expand our services as a global content agency and continue to deliver the level of excellence for which we are famous. The opportunity that we have at VRX Studios is the role of a Brand Manager who will lead their own client relationships from strategic recommendation through to execution for our hospitality clients, on multiple brands, for multiple countries as part of a larger team.
About You:
You are passionate about marketing, advertising and creating content. You bring an understanding of multiple international cultures and are comfortable in ambiguity, enjoy problem solving, are willing to offer your POV and are also highly collaborative, detail-oriented and can work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to maximize efforts for our clients. And clients love you – because you truly listen and are a strong communicator - you ensure that we are delivering against the client needs but elevate them at every touch-point.
You have an uncompromising commitment to quality.
You believe in the relentless pursuit of innovation.
You choose to succeed as a team vs a lone wolf.
You thrive in helping those around you in achieve personal growth.
You have rock solid integrity.
You live our values.
What you will do:
Day-to-Day Client Management
The Brand Manager is responsible for management of the day-to-day initiatives of their designated account/s. The Brand Manager is instrumental in the development and implementation of new projects/plans as well as the ongoing maintenance of existing projects to ensure successful execution. You will manage specific brand accounts under companies such as Hilton, Hyatt, Fairmont, Intercontinental Hotel Group, to name a few.
Cultivate Client Relationships
You are adept to establishing quality relationships and engage firsthand with high-level/prestigious brands and the client leads; manage all standard account leadership requirements (discovery calls, strategic recommendations, costing, project management through to delivery) as well as to manage expectations, address inquiries, and assess customer requirements with accuracy.
Knowledge/Creativity
You either bring knowledge, or have the ability to develop expertise in industry trends and research related to the accounts you lead in order to keep up with and understand the hospitality industry best practices and emerging strategies. This knowledge will be what will keep our business and our clients business maintaining a competitive edge (connect those to client’s objectives through development of forward-thinking strategies).
Collaboration
You are wonderful at working cross-functionally with other departments (creative, production, sales) and are open to feedback, and providing feedback in which help us to shape how we can work more effectively.
Key Responsibilities
Revenue Growth
Here’s What You Can Expect In Return
A leadership team who is excited to scale this business back to where it was pre-COVID and then beyond.
A Director of Brand Services as your leader with a strong reputation, who comes from an integrated advertising agency background who is looking to deepen her Account leadership bench at VRX and needs proactive and engaged team members. You will work incredibly close with this leader.
Team partners that genuinely care about each other and working in an environment that allows each of us to bring our best authentic selves to work. Our team culture is important to us despite the challenges the pandemic has thrown at us. We believe in open and honest communication, inspiring each other, holding each other accountable through diversity in both personnel and in our cultural thought, and collaboration is essential. We have a young, exciting team looking for support and leadership and we expect you to be excited about the prospect of nurturing our talent.
A team that is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We have a diverse and respectful environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belong and do impactful work together.
As a condition of hire, all new employees will be required to provide proof of vaccinations against COVID-19. Any request for an exception under Human Rights legislation must be supported by evidence to be considered by VRX Studios on a case-by-case basis.
About VRX Studios:
VRX Studios is the world’s leading content creation and curation agency within the Hospitality space. We have been photographing hotels for the past 20+ years is and are recognized as the leader in the industry delivering quality, consistency and scale.
We’ve built a reputation for our commitment to innovation and our dedication to quality and customer service. Our photography, videography and digital content have enhanced marketing programs for more than 22,000+ customers in 131 countries and counting.
We proudly have enjoyed long term partnerships with some of the leaders in Hospitality including Hyatt, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Fairmont, Wyndham, Shangri-La, Kempinski, Radisson Hotel Group, Caesars Entertainment, IHG, Princess Cruises and Holland America among others. We are unique in our approach, methodology that sets us apart from the rest which is another factor in why we have maintained these relationships for so many years.
VRX Studios is headquartered in Vancouver Canada. We were recently acquired by Boston Company, Connelly Partners, a global integrated communications agency.
About Connelly Partners:
At Connelly Partners, our vision is to be the world’s most aggressive advocate of the human voice and our day-to-day mission is to shine a light on the importance of human truths and their power in a data-driven world.
To protect our brands from self-importance, every team member has a role in amplifying their heartbeats and embracing empathy over entertainment. We value the importance of data, but also the power of emotion. We use data to ask better questions and are in the business of pursuing the WHY.
Headquartered in Boston, with a European hub in Dublin, not New York or London, we’re firmly rooted in shadow cities with an independent fire and a full-service approach. All resources are offered in-house for efficiency and consistency – strategic planning, creative, production (including an onsite studio), analytics, media, influencer marketing, social media, PR, technology and shopper marketing.
For more information on Connelly Partners, please visit connellypartners.com, follow us on Twitter (@ConnellyAgency) and Instagram (@ConnellyPartners), or like us on Facebook (@ConnellyPartners).
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE NOT MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE.
Applications and portfolios should be emailed to hr@vrxstudios.com
VRX Studios is a global, full-service Visual Content Agency specializing in Photography, Videography and strategy. As the global leader in hospitality content for over 20 years VRX Studios has delivered high quality visual content for over 20,000 properties in 131 countries. Our leadership approach helps companies build identity, create positive brand sentiment and achieve measured results through outstanding content, advanced technology, innovative ideation and powerful strategy. As we continue to shift the paradigm of how the world thinks about the hospitality industry, we seek to partner with talented and passionate creatives.
As a VRX Studios photographer you will have the opportunity to shoot a range of exciting and challenging projects. You will be expected to plan, manage and execute both large and small projects, problem solve uniquely challenging situations, interact with and educate teams and clients alike, and deliver potentially award-winning images.
All our photographers start out as Regional Architectural Photographers, where you will be responsible for conducting photography assignments within your geographic region. As your image quality, photographic skills, commitment and overall leadership abilities are proven, you will have the opportunity to move up to Preferred Photographer and Senior Photographer roles where you will be involved in larger more complex international projects.
All photographers report directly to our Head of Photography and are responsible for conducting, managing and delivering photography assignments within the assigned time frames and spec. Assignments include, but are not limited to architectural, destination, food & beverage, lifestyle and drone photography and can be anywhere between 1 and 15 days in length. VRX Studios manages all the pre-shoot logistic and planning as well as all the post-shoot editing and final delivery to our clients. We do not require our photographers to do any postproduction or editing. All images will be delivered to VRX Studios via FTP in raw unedited format.
To be considered for the position you must be…
To qualify, you must have all the following equipment:
Photographers must also have:
All travel expenses and per diems are paid on top of daily rates.
To be considered please submit a portfolio which showcase your experience in architectural photography. F&B, lifestyle, destination and drone portfolios will also be considered. A cover letter outlining your experience and why you should be considered must be included.
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE NOT MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE.
Applications and portfolios should be emailed to hr@vrxstudios.com