Gilmore Marketing Concepts, Inc.

I am sick! Is your brand healthy?

https://www.theadvenger.com/2024/07/23/tips-for-keeping-your-brand-healthy/

Weathershield has been a client since 2012. We are super excited to get started on a brand new state-of-the-art website for them. Their last new website was over 5-years-ago and needs an update in order to stay fresh in Search Engines like Google and Bing.

We are exited to welcome our newest client and stinkin' cutest logo ever, the Pink Bakery!

Pretty excited to be working with Disney for streaming ad buys. This platform offers premium inventory, precise targeting and impressive performance and ROI for our clients. For streaming on ABC, FX, Hulu, National Geographic and more, call today!

Top ad fails in the past 40+ years.

https://www.theadvenger.com/2024/04/24/top-ad-fails-of-the-20th-and-21st-century/

How was everybody’s eclipse day? 🌖🌗🌑

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Our newest major award arrived! This puppy is heavy! 🏆

https://www.theadvenger.com/2024/02/14/love-at-first-brand-a-valentines-tale-from-gmci-creative/

We are SO excited to announce we are Summit International Award Winners in Emerging Media for our NIU MBA digital ad buy campaigns in 2023.

We are hiring a Senior Web Designer!

PM us for more info or to apply

Job Summary
Boutique ad agency in Elgin is searching for a creative, fun, web developer/web designer for in-house full-time work. We are looking for that needle in a haystack that can spot a typo from 100 yards, leap tall deadlines in a single bound, work hard and fast and know their stuff. Our agency has over 100 clients that want their websites, landing pages, sales funnels and SEO to bring them work. Are you up to the task? The Advenger team wants YOU.
Qualifications:
We are looking for AT LEAST 5 years’ experience in a fast paced, deadline sweating job where you have loved every 404 error, attempted hack, missing link, and half built responsive site. We will need to see some amazing websites in WordPress that include great security features. SEO integration is a required skill along with the Google suite of SEO programs. The ability to troubleshoot website issues and work through past built sites (Divi Builder and others) is a superpower we need you to have. App development is a plus as the boss loves them. Adobe Suite product knowledge is necessary. We want to learn cool tricks from you as much as we want to teach you cool tricks and programs. Also, A HUGE PLUS Google Ad Words and Google Analytics certifications.
Responsibilities and Duties
If you get this totally rad job, you will be expected to, play ping pong on the conference room table, work directly with clients and project managers on responsive websites, WordPress templates, and more. You will register client websites, add landing pages, create sales funnels, and register and manage websites and passwords. But wait there is more! You will program small website applications in WordPress, update WordPress websites, draw all over our write on wipe off table, and maybe, have a field trip or two for video and photo shoots.
We want creative thinkers that can interpret client's business needs and develop concepts, estimate time required to complete work, design creative briefs, produce quality work, use innovation to redefine a creative brief within the constraints of cost and time and work with a wide range of media. We want the world, and you will LOVE working with us.
Qualifications and Skills
Bachelors degree in Graphic Design UX/UI Web Design. 5+ years’ experience in similar ad agency environment. Adobe Creative Suites proficient and FAST. Word Press certifications, (maybe Joomla, and HTML) proficiency imperative.
Benefits
Working at the cool kid’s table.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
• Have knowledge of HTML code.
• Stay up to date on current trends and techniques about web development.
• Stay up to date on website development compatibility related the most relevant web browsers.
• Be able to design aesthetically pleasing and functional custom and templated websites.
• Be able to implement a content management system into a website.
• Stay up to date and be able to apply the most current search engine optimization techniques.
• Have an understanding and stay up to date on complimentary coding languages that run web applications and programs in a website.
• Maintain a comprehensive list of logins and passwords related to websites and complimentary web applications.
• Create website tutorials and be able to educate clients through hands-on tutorials for front end usage and updates.
• Be willing to professionally communicate with clients related to their website and Internet presence.
• Be willing to work with other individuals in a professional manner on projects when required.
• Maintain day-to-day functions of our Gilmore Marketing Concepts Inc. and our client’s websites and Internet presence.
• Familiar with using JavaScript, PHP or related coding languages.
• Create and maintain email accounts
• Set up and maintain web hosting
• Register and maintain domain names
• Maintain websites with updates and regular back ups
• WordPress security and organization best practices
Secondary responsibilities:
• Create videos and video graphics knowledge a plus.
• Setup and track Google Analytics in websites knowledge a plus.
• Setup and maintain Google AdWords campaigns knowledge a plus.
Programs and Applications:
· Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
· WordPress CMS (Managing and Custom Templating-Divi Builder and plug ins)
· WP Forms
· Joomla CMS (Managing and Custom Templating) knowledge a plus.
· Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Google AdWords.
· For video: Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere and Adobe Audition (for audio correction). knowledge a plus.
· cPanel (for webhosting)
· Javascript (coding or ability to customize)
· Microsoft Office suites
· Google suites

Job Type: Full-time
Benefits
Sitting at the cool kids table.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
• Flexible Schedule
• Paid Time Off
• Professional Development Assistance
Schedule:
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
• Bonus Pay
• Commission Pay
Experience:
• fast paced: 5 years (Required)
Education:
• Bachelor's (Required)
Location:
• Elgin, IL 60123 (Required)
Company's website:
• www.gmcicreative.com
Company's page:
• www.facebook.com/theadvenger
Work Remotely:
• Fridays

We are so excited to get started on a year-long tourism push for Kane County and the Fabulous Fox! Water Trail. The Fox River was designated a National Water Trail last June and we have the distinct pleasure of promoting the trail in Kane County to bring people to the river for kayaking, fishing, boating, picnicking, strolling, dining, shopping, hiking, and any other fun thing you can think to do along the gorgeous Fox!

Big pitch today. Cross your fingers for us! 🤞🤞🤞

Fun meeting this week to go over Middle school philosophy pieces with one of our favorite clients. We love being a good steward of branding for the second largest school district in the state!

We are proud to announce, we are the agency of record for First Congregational, United Church of Christ in Elgin. We look forward to helping get their message of inclusion and love out to the community and beyond. 🌈 Their church building is an inspiration in itself. 🥰

Holiday gift stuffing party at GMCI! 🎄🥰❤️🎁

Knocked a 2024 budget presentation out of the park today. Got a yes nod from the Board on another 2024-25 budget and pulled in a signed web contract today.

Today is a GOOD day! 🥰

Enjoying the State of the City breakfast this morning at Elgin Community College. The brochures we researched, wrote, designed, filmed & printed for the Elgin Area Chamber, Elgin Development Group & the City of Elgin are dotting each table.

Take our jingle quiz to see if you are an advertising wiz kid!

https://www.theadvenger.com/brand-quiz/

Challenge coins and warm fluffy scarves are a few of our favorite custom designed promotional items this fall. 🥰😍

Sometimes our jobs are extra interesting!

Why does your logo look like THAT?

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Why-does-your-logo-look-like-THAT--Reclaiming-Your-Logo-s-Integrity-.html?soid=1101134644152&aid=QuE4ovtkZkU

Scary Bad Marketing! BOOOO!

Scary Bad Marketing BOOOOO!

https://www.theadvenger.com/2023/10/17/a-guide-to-avoiding-the-dark-side-of-marketing/

GMCI along with Carolyn Buhrow and Carol Gieske created this dynamic economic development piece for the Elgin Area Chamber and the Elgin Development Group.

Exciting news! The Elgin Data Viewbook for 2024 is now available! This comprehensive resource provides businesses and organizations with detailed information on Elgin demographics. The viewbook is hot off the press.

Elgin Illinois Data Viewbook The Elgin Data Viewbook is a comprehensive resource for businesses and organizations that are interested in learning more about the city of Elgin, Illinois. The viewbook provides detailed information on Elgin's demographics, economy, workforce, education, and quality of life. The Elgin Data Viewbook...

Blog post: Toot toot!

https://www.theadvenger.com/2023/08/30/the-hoops-we-jump-through-for-you/

Who really cares about Taylor Swift?

https://www.theadvenger.com/2023/08/17/who-really-cares-about-taylor-swift/

Today is a day of drone footage on the River & middle of nowhere soybeans.

Meta put this on our home page. Gotta love the great advertising! Thanks Meta.

Except: steal? People can steal our strategy? Harumph!

Really fun 30 page book, video, presentation pieces and interactive work we are in the midst of for Kane County. Best part is taking photos and videos of the gorgeous farmland we have right here in Kane County!