ROLES
CADENCY
EST. 2020
ROLES
CADENCY EST. 2020
To accelerate Clemson University advertising students’ careers, we supply a fully student-led consulting agency for them to gain work experience by providing roles within account management, graphic design, research & strategy, copywriting, and UI/UX.
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
The Account Management role acts as the primary client contact and project lead. Responsibilities include defining scopes of work, writing creative and project briefs, coordinating client communications, and supporting planning and strategy. Students must clearly communicate timelines, challenges, and project needs to both clients and internal teams.
This role manages all external client communication—emails, meetings, recaps, status updates—and ensures all deliverables align with the project brief. Strong communication, organized task management, and a solid understanding of brand communications are essential.
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
The Account Management role acts as the primary client contact and project lead. Responsibilities include defining scopes of work, writing creative and project briefs, coordinating client communications, and supporting planning and strategy. Students must clearly communicate timelines, challenges, and project needs to both clients and internal teams.
This role manages all external client communication—emails, meetings, recaps, status updates—and ensures all deliverables align with the project brief. Strong communication, organized task management, and a solid understanding of brand communications are essential.
The Graphic Design and Art Direction role produces design and creative assets for Cadency and external clients. Responsibilities include developing campaign visuals, social and digital graphics, and contributing to photoshoots or video production as needed. This role requires strong creative thinking, collaboration, and the ability to present and refine concepts based on feedback.
The Videography and Visual Effects role involves concepting, storyboarding, filming, and editing video content. Motion graphics experience is preferred. Applicants for either role must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, have the equipment necessary for production, and be able to provide a portfolio of work.
GRAPHIC DESIGN
RESEARCH & STRATEGIST
The Brand Research Strategist role will be required to work with clients to activate research and collect consumer data to inform brand communications strategies for campaign projects. This role may be required to develop consumer segments, personas, user stories, and key insights to influence other team members’ creative business strategies. In the past, this role has required social listening tools, reporting, and e-commerce content audits.
An understanding of customer research and data usage to inform strategies is preferred, and the Brand Research Strategist will be required to partner with team members to write project briefs to inform creative team members of consumer insights for projects.
The Creative Copywriting role leads content writing and messaging for campaign work, partnering closely with designers and other team members to develop effective communication strategies. Deliverables may include taglines, digital copy, website content, and full campaign concepts.
Candidates should be strong creative writers, curious thinkers, and knowledgeable in brand communications. A portfolio showcasing writing and creative concepts is required.
COPYWRITING
UI/UX
The UI/UX role requires an interest and some background in digital technology and web development. This role will work alongside mentors to design and develop websites for clients or support web content needs in the future. Knowledge of HTML & CSS preferred. WordPress experience is also preferred but not required. A portfolio of past projects is also required.
