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Open Roles.

• Media Strategist

  Blaze Partners is seeking a Media Strategist to lead paid media strategy, planning, and performance across a portfolio of clients. This role is for an experienced media thinker who can own strategy end-to-end, lead execution, and serve as a trusted strategic partner to both clients and internal teams.

  Located in Falmouth, Maine, Blaze Partners is a digital marketing and advertising firm serving clients across outdoor recreation, renewable energy, higher education, financial services, and more. Learn more at blaze-partners.com (and get a sense of agency life on Instagram: @blaze_partners).

  THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

  You are a media strategist first and foremost. You understand how channels work individually and how they work together to drive real business outcomes. You’re comfortable making recommendations, defending them with data and experience, and adjusting when performance signals change.

  You bring:

  • An understanding of performance data, media metrics, budgeting, and optimization frameworks

  • Strong independent thinking and the ability to operate with minimal oversight

  • A strategic mindset paired with hands-on platform expertise

  • Clear, confident communication in client conversations and presentations

  • Curiosity, adaptability, and an interest in helping shape how media strategy evolves at Blaze

  RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Own execution and support paid media strategy across paid search and paid social

  • Support media planning efforts, including channel mix recommendations, budget allocation, pacing, and forecasting

  • Translate client objectives into actionable campaign tactics, testing plans, and performance KPIs with guidance from senior team members

  • Execute campaigns, monitor performance, and identify optimization opportunities across platforms

  • Analyze performance data and contribute insights to improve media and creative strategy

  • Prepare client-facing reports, presentations, and performance summaries that clearly communicate results

  • Collaborate with creative, account, and web teams to align media strategy with campaign execution

  • Manage day-to-day campaign operations including QA, trafficking coordination, pacing checks, and budget tracking

  • Contribute to testing initiatives and document learnings to inform future campaigns

  • Follow established internal processes, documentation standards, and best practices

  • Represent Blaze professionally in client interactions and internal collaboration

  REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

  • 2–4+ years of experience in paid media strategy and execution, preferably in an agency environment (or equivalent experience)

  • Solid understanding of major media platforms, buying models, and measurement approaches

  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data and identify optimization opportunities

  • Ability to manage multiple campaigns and priorities in a fast-paced environment

  • Comfort working with budgets, pacing, and spreadsheets

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills

  • Intellectual curiosity and interest in staying current on media trends, platforms, and industry changes 

  DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

  • Entrepreneurial — Growth and change are part of our day-to-day

  • Collaborative — At the core of this job is an innate desire to make everyone better.

  • Smart — We expect this individual to think creatively and analytically, connecting dots in interesting ways. 

  • Ego-free — Check your ego at the door. We value everyone’s opinion, regardless of role or level of seniority. We expect that this individual can thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, team-focused environment without rubbing people the wrong way.

  • Results Driven — This individual will be critical to our client’s success. We expect that they can always bring it back to the results. Our client's success is our success.

  • Comfortable with Ambiguity—As a growing company, the path forward can sometimes look more like bushwhacking. We need someone who is comfortable creating structure where there is none and defining best practices for a growing, entrepreneurial company.

  JOB TYPE

  • Full-time

  • In-person 4-days per week

  Finally, it’s important that this candidate brings a sense of fun and optimism. We work hard, think critically, and still believe advertising—and media especially—should be interesting and enjoyable.

  Blaze Partners values diversity in backgrounds and experience. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and an anti-racist organization. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or veteran status.

  Blaze offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, 401(k), health and dental insurance, and more.

  Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@blaze-partners.com

• Account Strategist

  Blaze is seeking an Account Strategist, to be based in the Falmouth, ME office. 

  Requirements of the Account Strategist:

  • BA or BS with 5-7 years of business experience, preferably in marketing, advertising or agency environments OR master’s degree with 3+ years of experience

  • A healthy right/left brain balance, understanding and appreciating both analytical and creative

  • Exceptional communications skills, both written and verbal

  • Outstanding interpersonal skills: ability to motivate teams, resolve conflicts and adjust communication style depending on the audience

  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple clients and projects simultaneously

  • Strong project management and time management skills

  • Experience with website development and/or digital marketing programs is highly preferred

  • Highly developed working knowledge of advertising production: print, direct mail, digital and video, so that strong solutions and accurate timelines can be developed

  Benefits of the Job:

  • Starting annual salary range of $80k and up, dependent upon experience

  • Discretionary bonus based on agency performance

  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan – every team member is an owner

  • Generous paid time off

  • Retirement plan with match

  • Medical, Dental, Vision

  • Life, Short and Long-term Disability

  • Health Savings Account

  Responsibilities of the Account Strategist:

  • Independently manage the day-to-day relationship between the agency and larger clients with responsiveness and professionalism.

  • Lead the integration of creative and media strategies into the development of an overarching client strategy. Model proactive and innovative thinking in the development of client strategies.

  • Oversee strategy and project execution, coordinating with creative directors, freelance talent and production teams.

  • Lead the development of client-facing strategy, media and creative presentations, building strong cases and compelling arguments using data, research, creativity and industry trends. Collaboratively or independently present information to clients.

  • Generate project briefs to ensure all stakeholders understand project requirements, goals, budgets and schedules. Lead internal kickoff and meetings to ensure agency partners have the information they need to be successful.

  • Partner with agency operations in the successful implementation of project management tools and software to ensure workloads can be forecasted, tracked and measured over time. Actively contribute to the agency operations team to identify best practices.

  • Independently manage the day-to-day progress of client projects within the agency, ensuring the work is on schedule, on budget and in support of the overall client strategy. Maintain status reports as needed. Proactively address risk of budget overages and resolve conflicts if they arise.

  • Working with the web team, coordinating the content, design and implementation of complex websites. Work with agency leadership and operations to forecast upcoming workloads. Understand how capacity and billable hours impact the profitability of the agency.

  • Oversee the coordination for all pre- and post-production of photography and videography shoots. This includes assisting the creative team in talent selection and negotiation, location scouting, script approvals, call sheets and production budget management.

  • Play a role in new business development proposals and pitches, both written and verbal. Independently develop SOWs for new and existing clients.

  Blaze is a local, innovative agency that seeks to hire smart, curious and creative thinkers to work with a diverse group of clients - from global to local – who can rise to the challenge and guide brands with courage.  Blaze fosters growth, education and diversity in their workforce and is a certified B-Corp. Skillcloud HCM Solutions has been engaged to manage this search. NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITERS PLEASE.

  Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, familial status, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

  We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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• Freelancer Per project

  We’re always on the lookout for new, trusted creative partners who can help us scale up when the right project calls for it. Think you’d be a good fit? Reach out.

• Client Our full-time attention

  We like to think of our clients as part of the team. Need a brand refresh? A new website? Looking to roll out a fully-integrated ad campaign? Let’s talk.