by Ronald Barron | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Digital CRO Strategist (Remote)
Location: United States
Type: Full-Time
Workplace: remote
Category: Design Team
Job Description:
Remote
Barrel is a digital agency that designs, builds, and optimizes e-commerce websites for brands. We work with exciting brands across fashion, beauty, CPG, and home goods. We are a highly collaborative and fully distributed team.
Barrel is looking for a freelance Digital CRO Strategist to collaborate alongside our remote-first team. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of conversion rate optimization strategies and a proven track record of improving website performance. As a CRO Strategist, you will analyze user behavior, identify conversion barriers, and implement strategies to enhance the overall user experience and increase conversion rates.
Responsibilities:
· Establish KPIs for conversion rate optimization and create a robust A/B testing roadmap for newly launched websites.
· Perform website audits and provide strategic recommendations based on UX best practices and usability standards for existing client websites
· Define, report, and present the performance of website A/B and multivariate testing initiatives to clients
· Develop internal and client-facing POVs, guidelines, and templates for building new websites, tracking performance, SEO and CRO testing
· Consult with clients to develop, articulate, and implement comprehensive SEO strategic plans/roadmap that align with client’s overall goals and broader strategies
· Continuously identify new SEO growth opportunities for clients by analyzing existing content architecture, keyword constructs, audits, and data/traffic analysis
· Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in CRO and digital marketing to continuously improve our services.
· Collaborate with designers, developers, and other stakeholders to implement CRO strategies and ensure seamless integration.
Skills:
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- Demonstrated experience using website testing tools such as Google Optimize, Adobe Test and Hotjar
- Solid background in creating SEO and CRO roadmaps for both newly launched and established websites
- Experience creating and managing reporting/analytics frameworks with Google Analytics and Google Data Studio
- Experience in presenting strategic plans and performance reporting to clients
- Ability to work cross-departmentally and collaborate with UX Design, Web Development and Client Services teams
Experience:
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- Experience as a CRO strategist or similar role.
- Strong understanding of conversion rate optimization principles and best practices.
- Proficiency in using CRO tools such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, Optimizely, Intelligems, Shoplift, VWO, etc.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and generate actionable insights.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Experience in UX/UI design is a plus.
- Minimum of 3 years managing digital strategy and optimization
- 2 + years of experience creating strategic roadmaps and reporting in an agency environment
- 2+ years of experience creating POVs and training both internal and external client teams on CRO and SEO best practices
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Principle Design Program Manager
One of The Sage Group’s clients is looking for a Principle Design Program Manager experienced with global events. Client is a market leader that sells database software and technology, cloud engineered systems, and enterprise software products—particularly its own brands of database management systems.
The Brand Experience team is seeking a Principal Design Program Manager to join our team. Our team is focused on brand stewardship, management and execution of projects which span all creative disciplines (video, audio, copy, motion graphics, photography, and design) with partners across Marketing, Brand, Sales, Events, and Product. This role will focus on the delivery of our global tours, with programs going live from January through April and potentially more.
This role serves as a key contributor and driver and will anticipate and help solve creative problems, work collaboratively with partner teams, and be able to think outside the box. We are looking for someone who knows how to navigate and support our desire to keep things fun, innovative, and fluid. If you are skilled in organizing requirements, leading through ambiguity, creating timelines, progress, and providing ownership and accountability to see projects through completion, then we want to talk.
Core Responsibilities
- Drive a range of complex and multi-disciplinary projects from kick-off through execution, including managing timelines and deadlines, running meetings, scheduling creative reviews, and being a primary liaison with partner teams
- Own massively complex global design initiatives and deliver them flawlessly
- Support the delivery of multiple medium scale events (1500-5000 attendees each) with competing timelines, priorities, and deadlines and limited resources.
- Understanding of delivery, workflows, and workstreams for live events
- Support the delivery and scale of sophisticated web and digital production projects including the optimization of process and workflow for a high functioning design and creative organization.
- Provide transparency on design team activities to partner teams and manage expectations.
- Work with partner teams to organize project requirements and drive to limit ambiguity.
- Routinely communicate project statuses, clearly manage expectations
- Assess and manage risks, foresee and resolve bottlenecks, proactively escalate potential issues, and balance business needs versus technical constraints
- Work closely with Creative Directors to proactively clarify requirements and use cases, actively seeking clarification when there is ambiguity
- Work across teams to create strong relationships with stakeholders and senior leadership teams
Qualifications
- 8+ years operating as a project manager or producer in the creative and/or digital advertising industry (agency-side, design studio, or in-house) – live events experience a must
- Understanding of graphics process, especially as it comes to live events.
- Experience working with international territories/global stakeholders
- Experience working with Project Management software. Wrike is a PLUS.
- Familiarity with creative and multimedia projects file formats and tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, etc.
- Understanding of project management principles, creative process, and production workflows within a creative department or advertising agency
- Experience managing complex, multi-discipline creative projects and marketing with multiple cross-functional partners, and ensuring successful delivery for all parties involved
- Excellent communication and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, monitor and manage workload
- Able to identify and mitigate risk on projects
- Experience leading multiple projects with fast timelines and different personalities
- Confident managing projects in a constantly evolving environment
- Thrive on direct, honest, and supportive communication
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
- Pro-active self-starter who anticipates needs, aligns with team members, and delivers a seamless experience to key partners and stakeholders
- Appreciation for new challenges and undefined projects
- Responsive and flexible to ever changing needs and environment while staying calm to effectively problem-solve and gain alignment among stakeholders
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Content Designer
Remote – Los Angeles, CA
$70,000 ‒ $100,000 Annually
Content Designer
What you’ll do:
As a Content Designer at Squanch Games, you will be in charge of making the translation of design concepts into high quality game execution. You love thinking about how to bring great character-driven narrative and content to life. Building a world experience is extremely important to you and you have great ideas on how to make this even more impactful and funny.
In this role, you will:
- Own side content in the game while assisting other designers.
- Create & prototype unique side content from ideation to scripting.
- Our side content and puzzles make use of everything in our toolkit including abilities, traversal, eclectic characters, the size of the environment itself, and often have mechanics all their own. You will leverage and facilitate the creation of those elements.
- Humbly collaborate: You know that the best work comes from a team who trusts and respects each other. You strive to collaborate with others and don’t care whose ideas win. Best ideas win!
- Utilize your previous experience and knowledge in Blueprints.
- Be a great communicator of your designs, using whatever methods necessary to ensure that everyone understands them through every step of the process.
- Seek out and find solutions to problems, and seek feedback & iteration when necessary.
- Play to your strengths and not be afraid to admit your weaknesses
What we’re looking for:
- Unreal Engine 5 experience required.
- Previous professional experience in the games industry.
- Bonus if you’ve worked on narrative side content before!
- Credit on at least 1 shipped title is preferred.
- A shipped console title is a plus!
- A strong knowledge of Blueprints with ability and willingness to make prototypes.
- Confidence in creating narrative-driven experiences.
- Bonus if you’ve done things to make people laugh!
- A fountain of fun ideas that fit our unique style.
- Tech-friendly: Regardless of whether your tech background includes programming, scripting, or working in engine editors, we need folks who are flexible and willing to dive in and make changes when necessary. No paper-only designers, please!
- Be comfortable with some structure and process, but willing to roll with the punches
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Front-End Developer, Angular
Location: Boulder United States
Job Description:
Location(s):
Louisville (Kentucky), United States Dallas (Texas), United States Boulder (Colorado), United States Boston (Massachusetts), United States Nashville (Tennessee), United States
Categorie(s):
Technical
Job Description
Software Engineer – Front-End Development
Schneider Electric has an opportunity for a Software Engineer specializing in Angular development in our Energy and Sustainability Services group. The preferred location is Louisville, Kentucky. As part of a team of talented architects and developers, the Sustainability Software Developer is responsible for the design and implementation of business-critical applications across the Sustainability business. They work with software architects and stakeholders to understand requirements and constraints, and then develop plans and execution strategies to meet those needs.
Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Architecture Group initiatives involve leveraging the latest technologies to build innovative and sustainable solutions. They use Azure services such as IoT, AI, and machine learning to develop solutions that enable customers to optimize their energy usage, reduce their carbon footprint, and improve operational efficiency. Software Engineers play a key component in the overall success of the team with a focus on the design and development of software solutions in the overall strategic architecture and platform strategies leveraging their expertise in Angular development.
Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy management and automation solutions. They are committed to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions, and their business focus is on providing solutions that help customers achieve their sustainability goals.
Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.
What will you do?
- Work on a talented team of experienced architects and developers building SaaS-based energy and sustainability solutions for our business clients and customers.
- Develop and enhance core business systems and applications, focusing on front-end development using Angular, and providing integration to other internal and external systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop software solutions that address sustainability challenges.
- Build external and internal facing software solutions for companies to track, report, and reduce their carbon emissions and achieve sustainability goals.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using Angular, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Develop APIs and web services for data collection and analysis in collaboration with back-end developers.
- Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and issues.
- Keep up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies relevant to sustainability.
What will you bring?
- Proficiency in Angular development.
- Strong understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices.
- Experience with front-end development, including Angular, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Knowledge of back-end technologies such as .NET Core and C# is a plus.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Qualifications
We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.
Required Skills:
- Angular, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Experience designing and developing front-end solutions using Angular.
- Knowledge of modern UI frameworks and front-end development best practices
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools
Preferred Skills:
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Knowledge of cloud computing; experience building scalable, resilient applications using Azure is a plus.
- Experience working in collaborative teams and in an agile development environment.
- Previous energy or sustainability industry knowledge is a plus.
- Familiarity with back-end development using C#, .NET, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core
- Experience with Azure services and Kubernetes
- SQL Server, NoSQL Databases
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by Ronald Barron | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
About the Role
Title: Platform Engineer
Job Description:
Platform Engineer Job ID: 24-04758
Job Title: Platform Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 months
Contract Type: W2 only
Pay Rate: $50-$60/Hour
Job Description
- This position will be responsible for configuring, deploying, and maintaining data services capabilities, including Service Catalog EMR Clusters, GDC Sync Checkouts, EMR Clusters, Attunity Jobs, Informatica Servers, and Aurora databases.
Specialized Knowledge & Skills
- Solid knowledge and understanding of multiple IT subject areas (e.g. development, configuration, deployment, testing, configuration, deployment, monitoring etc.).
- Solid knowledge and understanding of infrastructure technologies and application development methodologies.
- Solid knowledge and understanding of System Administration (configurations, installations, patch management, server maintenance, etc.) and Network Management (firewalls, proxies, IP management, routing, DNS).
- Knowledge and understanding of GitLab and Jenkins
- Solid knowledge and understanding of Bootstrap
- Demonstrated experience with AWS services, including, but not limited to KSM, Glue catalog, Athena, IAM, S3, Logging (EMR, EC2 & RDS)
- Demonstrated experience with Linux
- Knowledge and understanding of ETL and Informatica
- Solid knowledge and experience debugging, identifying root cause and solving of applications
- 5+ years demonstrated experience in a DBA role configuring and supporting a wide range of multiple database platforms (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server).
- Solid knowledge and experience provisioning, upgrading, and tuning database services
- Need someone who has strong skills in AWS and deployment to fill this position.
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