by Ronald Barron | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Associate Partner, Policy
Location: Remote/Home Office
Use your expertise in education policy to inform how public officials, practitioners, advocates, funders, and others work to create solutions and systems that better serve students furthest from opportunity.
Bellwether is looking for an Associate Partner, Policy to join our Policy and Evaluation team. We are a remote-first team, and our work is national in scope, which means this role can be based anywhere in the United States. This enables us to hire the best person for the role, regardless of geography. We also offer a flexible office if an employee lives near our physical coworking space in Washington, D.C., and is interested in a hybrid work model. Travel up to approximately 25% may be required.
About Bellwether
We are a national nonprofit that exists to transform education to ensure systemically marginalized young people achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives and flourishing communities. We work hand in hand with a diverse range of education organizations to accelerate their impact, inform and influence policy and program design, and share what we learn along the way.
Our Policy and Evaluation team conducts analyses that inform leaders, organizations, and the broader field on how to improve their work and the policy ecosystems in which education systems operate for America’s marginalized students. We produce quantitative and qualitative analyses of contemporary education issues, conduct traditional and innovative evaluations, and generate new ideas and solutions for the sector. We develop and communicate recommendations to improve outcomes for students across the P-20 landscape that are informed by rigorous analytical methods; our extensive understanding of the local, state, and federal policy landscape; and our experience working with a wide range of early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary systems, leaders, and practitioners.
Responsibilities
Associate Partners manage project teams to drive impact for our clients and the field. As project managers, Associate Partners lead day-to-day communications and engagement with clients and funders, including planning and facilitating discussions and presentations with client and funder leadership. Associate Partners see the big picture of a project, understand when to be proactive in adjusting or redirecting the team’s work, and have a strong sense of ownership of executing projects with a high level of client satisfaction, field relevance, and impact. Associate Partners also develop project plans and coordinate tasks and timelines with Bellwether support staff and project/team leadership; identify critical questions, form hypotheses, and manage research and analysis; and synthesize findings and lead teams to generate recommendations for our clients or the field.
Associate Partners also work closely with Bellwether Partners and Senior Associate Partners to ensure best-in-class work quality and support the professional learning and development of more junior staff.
This role will report to a senior leader on the Policy and Evaluation team.
In this position, you should expect to:
- Manage project teams to develop high-impact analyses and insights for clients and the field.
- Work with Bellwether senior leaders, clients, and funders to align on and meet high expectations for work products and project impact.
- Develop and execute project plans with a high degree of independence, including identifying and mitigating potential risks to project success.
- Grasp and take ownership of project objectives and actively coach and mentor more junior staff in executing research and analytical functions to ensure the successful execution of project goals.
- Oversee and manage Bellwether Senior Analysts, Analysts, Research Assistants, and Interns to perform research and analytical functions, as well as support their development through feedback and coaching.
- Perform and manage others to perform quantitative and qualitative analysis, owning responsibility for quality assurance for analyses performed by other team members.
- Guide team members to identify relevant sources of evidence and gather evidence through primary and secondary research.
- Facilitate project teams in collaborative insight generation, effectively leveraging team members’ expertise and supporting the cultivation of curiosity, rigorous inquiry, and productive dissent within a respectful and collegial culture.
- Write, edit, and deliver high-impact reports, presentations, and plans.
- Take on internal roles to build out Bellwether’s key capabilities.
- Generate creative, action-oriented insights and recommendations for both internal and external improvements.
- Learn to manage different types of projects and develop expertise in new policy areas.
Qualifications
Excited? We are too. You should apply if you have:
- A passion for and commitment to improving educational opportunities for high-need students and familiarity with the challenges and disparities facing underserved students and education reform efforts in the United States.
- An understanding of and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- At least five to seven years’ professional experience in early childhood, K-12, and/or higher education policy development, analysis, or implementation, ideally in a role working with or advising policymakers or public officials.
- A strong orientation toward client service and a demonstrated ability to deeply understand client objectives, preferences, and challenges, and align actions and recommendations to meet clients’ unique needs.
- Demonstrated success in managing projects to successful conclusions, including exceptional time and project management skills; the ability to work backward from desired results to set clear project milestones, define key deliverables, and optimize for successful project completion; and experience using project management tools and processes to drive extraordinary outcomes.
- Ability to effectively manage a distributed and remote-first project team, fostering collaboration, maintaining regular and clear communication channels, and facilitating knowledge sharing.
- Demonstrated success in managing and supporting the development of team members in a direct reporting relationship.
- An empirical mindset with a demonstrated ability to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to inform recommendations and continuously refine solutions based on feedback and new information.
- An ability to zoom in and out seamlessly, focusing on project details and the broader strategic context to ensure work aligns with project objectives and goals.
- A well-rounded interpersonal skill set with the capacity to collaborate with many diverse stakeholders within the organization and externally, including building strong client and funder relationships, working effectively and collaboratively in a team environment, and facilitating joint problem-solving with clients, funders, and team.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively lead the synthesis of large amounts of information into easy-to-digest work products (slide decks and/or narrative briefs and reports).
- A highly self-motivated work style and comfort with proactively taking on leadership roles within project teams and the organization.
- Ability and experience in thoughtfully giving and receiving feedback from team members at all levels of seniority to drive continuous improvement in personal and team member performance.
- A sense of curiosity to explore and understand complex issues, diverse perspectives, and broader trends in education policy and practice.
- Deep familiarity with the challenges facing schools and education reform efforts in the U.S.
- A strong academic record, preferably including a graduate degree, preferably in public policy or a related field, and preferably including training in foundational statistics/quantitative and qualitative methods sufficient to support skilled assessment of the quality and credibility of research and analysis. (Note: This role does not include an expectation of ability to perform or oversee complex statistical analyses beyond basic descriptive analysis or trend analysis and does not require facility with statistical packages such as SPSS, STATA, R, etc., though that capability is welcome.)
- Comfort and interest in joining a growing entrepreneurial organization with a flexible but fast-paced working environment.
- Comfort with some travel.
Compensation
The base salary range for this role for incoming team members is $135,000 to $160,000 annually, with the opportunity for compensation to increase over time commensurate with performance in the role. While the final offer amount will be determined by multiple factors including previous experience and content knowledge and may vary from the listed range, Bellwether is committed to transparency, and all offers align with our compensation philosophy.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Growth Marketer
US, Remote
Opportunity:
We’re looking for a Growth Marketer with experience building innovative campaigns across paid and organic channels. Someone who has a passion for data driven marketing, experimentation, and a passion for the built environment. This person will identify new and creative ways to drive growth throughout the conversion funnel. We’re looking for a creative T-shaped marketer with strong experience in performance and a special interest in designing and implementing various forms of organic and paid growth loops. The ideal candidate gets excited about crafting unique experiments that communicate value propositions to drive awareness and conversion.
As our Growth Marketer, you will be able to make an immediate impact on our organization, playing a critical role in a rapidly scaling company. You will report to our Chief Marketing Officer and work closely with the rest of the Marketing team, Sales, Product and Customer Success.
What you’ll be responsible for
- You’ll use a data-driven approach & a vigorous testing process to evaluate hypotheses and extract insights on strategy and performance for existing and new channels
- You’ll own performance channel strategy and execution across paid channels, affiliates, and referrals
- You’ll oversee performance tracking and calibration on a daily basis to drive decision-making around budget allocations, performance optimization and forecasting
- You’ll identify and test new paid marketing channels to drive scale and performance
- You’ll map out, define and implement growth loops throughout our Marketing channels to maximize organic reach
- You’ll work closely with the Product team as a partner to design experiments and ensure full funnel consideration and success
- You’ll work closely with Revenue Ops to surface opportunities, establish clear reporting, lifecycle design and determine enrichment strategy
- You’ll craft and execute unique top-of-funnel campaigns in collaboration with Sales
What you’ll bring to the table
- 8+ years of Marketing experience at a fast growing start up where you were responsible for contributing to pipeline growth
- You have deep familiarity with CPA, CPC, CVR, and LTV
- You are experienced within Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) and have a grasp of A/B testing, and metrics-driven performance marketing
- You have a great mix of creative and analytical thinking while being customer-focused and brand-obsessed
- You are fluent with data, metrics, measurement, and analytics. Good understanding of experimentation, A/B testing, and incrementality.
- You understand general web and app technology: cookies, pixels, SDKs, tracking, tagging, APIs.
- You have an integrated marketing mindset and understanding of the interplay between SEM vs SEO, offline vs online, brand vs performance marketing.
- You have an ability to lead, influence, communicate, and work across departments, building strong relationships with a broad range of peers and executives. All this, with high autonomy and little guidance.
- You are agile and adaptable to changing goals, priorities, resourcing, and business needs, associated with a high-growth startup environment.
- You are able to balance long term strategic initiatives with short term needs and ad hoc requests.
- You have a growth mindset. Every challenge is an opportunity and any problem can be figured out. Not all experiments succeed and any setback is a chance to learn and iterate.
- You get excited about automation tools like Integromat, Parabola, and Phantombuster
- You have deep experience with attribution — you recognize the evolution of buying behavior, the challenges of attribution, and can speak with conviction about how performance should be used.
You’ll Love Our Benefits
- 4-day workweek
- Health, dental & vision for US-based employees and families
- New laptop & equipment
- Wellness Stipend
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Manager, Social Media
Remote – USA
Full time
REQ5101
Working at Real Chemistry and in the healthcare industry isn’t just a job for us. We got into this field for different reasons, but we all stay for the same reason to uncover insights, make meaningful connections, infuse creativity, and improve the patient experience by transforming healthcare through AI and ideas.
Real Chemistry creates the world around modern therapies with over 2,000 talented professionals, and for the last 20+ years has, carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, data & AI, and the people at the heart of it all.
We work with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies and are built for uncommon collaborationwe believe we are best together, bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be.
This one-of-a-kind model allows us to work in a way that better reflects how people experience healthcareall with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can’t do it alone you in?
Job Summary:
Real Chemistry is looking for a Manager, Social Media join our growing team!
This role can be remote in the US or in any of our US offices, including New York City, Boston, or Philadelphia.
What you’ll do:
- Master all things social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, YouTube, Pinterest, you name it. You will have in-depth knowledge of today’s top social platforms.
- Develop Paid Strategy: Counsel clients on best practices incorporating paid social into an overall social strategy. Display knowledge of the functionality, strategies behind social media driven campaigns and best practices of all major social platforms including Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
- Sharpen your creative skills: You will write compelling, engaging and fresh social media content as well as work with creative teams, including designers and copy writers, to develop outstanding content for our clients, customized for social platforms and ad units.
- Collaborative cross-functionally: Act as day-to-day social media lead across multiple healthcare accounts, but part of an integrated team of account, paid social, earned and digital media colleagues. Advise the execution of social media tactics including content development and distribution, paid promotions and results reporting.
- Thrive in an environment that requires constant learning and innovation: Cultivate and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of social media trends and platforms to guide account teams and help Real Chemistry continue to be a leader in the space.
This position is a perfect fit for you if:
- Our Company values Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an I really speak to you.
- You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
- You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
- You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.
What you should have:
- 2-4 years of experience in social media, ideally in a regulated industry (such as biotech or pharmaceutical or financial)
- College degree (BA or equivalent)
- Shown proficiency in social media, both personally and professionally
- Understanding of how paid promotion works on the main social media platforms: Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn. Experience with social media ad technologies is a plus
- Highly organized, mindful of deadlines with the ability to multi-task and work under limited supervision
- Experience collaborating effectively internally and externally as part of an integrated team
- Diligent, well-organized professional who performs with a sense of urgency, and stays on schedule and on budget
- Outstanding written and oral communications and presentations skills
- Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint
- Agency experience in a client-facing role preferred
- Understanding of the FDA regulations guiding social media efforts for biotech and pharma clients preferred
Pay Range: 70,000-85,000
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Brand Creative, Designer (New Health Care Company)
Remote
US, Minnesota, Maplewood
Remote-United States
Full time
R01115034
Job Description:
Brand Creative, Designer (New Health Care Company)
3M is establishing twoindustry-leading companies, creating value through the spin-off of its Health Care business, while 3M will continue to be a global material science leader, focusing our innovation to win in favorable global megatrends and attractive end markets. This new Health Care Company will be a leading global diversified health technology company with:
- Proven category leadership
- Exposure to attractive end-markets
- Innovation mindset driving improved patient outcomes
- Collaborative customer relationships
- Deep global regulatory experience
- Operational excellence and strong cash flow
- Strong sales growth and profitability with significant recurring sales
We expect the creation of the two companies will be completed by the end of 2023. For now, we will continue to operate as one global company. This role is positioned to drive the success of the “New Health Care Company.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The Brand Creative, Designer will play a key role in advancing the Health Care company’s global visual brand identity. They will support the business through design consultation and services that empower a consistent and cohesive visual expression of our brand across touchpoints and experiences.
This includes the development and maintenance of corporate and product brand guidelines and assets in partnership with key stakeholders: corporate brand manager, division brand manager, design, marcomm, integrated media, UX, and accessibility.
Within assigned portfolio, manages and champions primary recommendations for design programs and priorities. Provides advice and consults with leadership team to set short- to medium-term strategic design direction and improvement initiatives. Develops and influences business and design strategies and though typically handling multiple projects develops solutions for highly complex and multi-faceted problems.
Identifies and promotes self-initiated design improvement project/projects, demonstrating the ability to understand the potential significance and business impact. Recommendations are grounded in analysis, testing, trends and research.This work will also require the execution of brand review and approval duties and packaging style guides.
As a Brand Creative Designer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Influencing design for key moments of truth for the new health care company brand.
- Creating and protecting a cohesive on brand experience
- Supporting the launch of a new world class health care brand.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited university
OR
- High School Diploma/GED (completed and verified prior to start) and a minimum of fourteen (14) years of experience in corporate branding.
- Seven (7) years of experience in brand design and corporate identity in a private, public, government or military environment
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- You are passionate about design and have an inspiring portfolio that backs up your ability to design in a variety of formats.
- You are impact-oriented, you care deeply about impacting the growth of the company.
- You take pride in your ability to research the customers your designs are catered to, from this research you understand their pain points, and operations to include in your design strategy.
- You are collaborative, you seek out and appreciate feedback on your work, and thrive in team-based environments
- You have deep experience in corporate brand design.
- You are incredibly organized and have the ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines at once
- Skilled designer with expert command of all Adobe Creative suite products.
- Expertise in specialty design skillsets (e.g., packaging design, UI/UX, environmental design, tradeshow and event, etc.) is preferred.
- Knowledge of health care personas, customer journeys, and business models.
- Experience with Digital Asset Managers (DAMs) and other related MarTech solutions an asset.
For current employees, internal transfer restrictions may not apply. For more details, contact your local recruiter/HR team.
Work location: Choose 1:
- Work Your Way Eligible (Employee choice to work remote, on site, or hybrid)
- Remote
Travel: May include up to 10% travel
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
UX DESIGNER II
at BOLD
United States (Remote)
We are looking for a UX Designer to enhance our current payment experiences across our global portfolio of products. This position closely partners with our team of Product Managers and Designers to identify opportunities, pain points, and new opportunities to market our offerings to our job-seeking audience. The ideal candidate is passionate about using data and product experimentation to drive their work and reveal what our users need when they need it.
This role may work remotely from any of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
ABOUT THIS TEAM
This position is part of BOLD’s UX & Design department and will work directly with the Ecom/Payments Product team. This team works collaboratively to identify opportunities to support our users in their purchase decisions, add new payment features, and help showcase the value of our tools.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Develop data-driven design solutions supporting BOLD’s experimentation-focused development process.
- Define wireframes, prototypes, and UI specifications.
- Support strategic efforts with innovative and user-centered thinking.
- Participate in the design process throughout an entire project drive decisions, track issues, and work with developers to produce exceptional work.
- Communicate design choices and direction effectively to stakeholders.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- 3+ years of web and mobile design experience (preferably for a high-traffic, consumer-facing website).
- Portfolio featuring design thinking, decision-making, and high-fidelity design deliverables.
- Ability to convey concepts through wire-framing, flows, and mockups.
- Effectively work on multiple projects simultaneously, with shifting priorities.
- Interest in driving product growth through experimentation, A/B testing, and product optimizations.
WHAT’S GOOD TO HAVE
- Experience designing checkout or e-commerce experiences.
- A background in visual or graphic design.
- Knowledge of in-product A/B testing and experimentation.
- Ability to build and maintain component libraries in Figma.
Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
Individual pay is based on location, transferable skills, experience, and other relevant factors. This estimated range is based on the best available market data and factors, all of which are subject to change. This position may also be eligible for a bonus and medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability insurance, 401(k), paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays, all subject to applicable plan terms.
Starting Pay Range
$95,000$139,000 USD
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