by Ronald Barron | Mar 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Product Designer, Growth
Location: Mountain View, CA / Remote friendly (US + Canada Only)
ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY
Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K – 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.
OUR COMMUNITY
Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we.Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger.We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve.We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.
THE ROLE
Imagine being a teacher in Sarasota, Florida, four years after the pandemic started, with a classroom full of 6th graders who havent had a normal year of school or learning since 2019. Its the reality of so many educators and students who use Khan Academy and our team is uniquely positioned to help them when they need it most.
We have no end of fascinating challenges that can only be solved with a deep empathy for our users, diligent product & UX thinking, and a strong drive to make a positive impact. Some questions were working on answering right now are:
- How do we support teachers who are dealing with the impact that the pandemic had on learning?
- How do we help students with learning gaps catch up to their grade level?
- How do we center schools serving historically under-resourced communities in our product design and development?
- How do we reach more school districts so our learning experience gets used in more classrooms?
- and more
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to embed within our Product Growth team and help us scale product adoption among users. The heart of this role is identifying opportunities to improve the user journey from acquisition to engagement, and designing experiences and features that contribute to the success of our products. You will help drive sign up conversion and ensure that new users find it easy and rewarding to use Khan Academy and Khanmigo regularly.
Some of the projects you will work on:
- Experimenting with different conversion strategies for core Khan Academy.
- Experimenting with different conversion strategies and growth loops for Khanmigo.
- Improving time-to-value for new Khanmigo signups.
- Supporting scaling into new international markets.
You will play a vital role on an inclusive, collaborative, small but mighty Design team, helping us fulfill the mission of the organization: to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Design has a seat on the Product Leadership Team, making Design a keystone in the way we deliver wow (one of our values), and means that youll never have to justify the importance of your work or why you should be included.
We genuinely care about people and value compassion in our everyday interactions. Youll be able to be yourself, feel valued, supported, learn and grow, no matter how experienced you are. Even if you dont check every box (no one does), we encourage you to apply.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Drive the end-to-end design strategy and execution for Product Growth projects, from early concepts to polished user experiences.
- Deliver design solutions that balance the companys mission, a seamless branded experience for end users, and ease of implementation.
- Autonomously move your own work forward in partnership with PM and Eng, using proactive communication and effective planning strategies.
- Cultivate a growth mindset (another one of our values) by soliciting feedback on solutions from internal stakeholders, senior leadership, and the Design team during critiques.
- Seek out, understand, incorporate and communicate user feedback throughout the design process, in partnership with UX Research and Data.
- Build alignment across diverse teams by successfully presenting ideas to a range of teams and stakeholders across Khan Academy.
- Write about, present, and share what you have learned, both internally and with the wider Design community via our blog and industry events.
WHAT YOU BRING
- 5+ years of experience as a product/UX designer.
- 3+ years of experience designing on product-led growth teams.
- Comfortable building experiences with Webflow (show us in your portfolio).
- Strong across interaction design, prototyping, and information architecture, with a keen eye for visual design and experience using quant/qual to make data-informed decisions.
- Track record of executing successful growth strategy through your design skill set, relationship building, and team alignment on desired outcomes.
- Ability to juggle ambiguous and broad problems/opportunities along with smaller, well-defined projects.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills for diverse audiences with neurodivergent and neurotypical, technical and non-technical colleagues.
- Comfortable in ambiguous situations and dynamic environments that run similar to a startup, where you regularly interact withand gather feedback from Senior Leadership.
- Scrappy, have a bias toward action, and can move quickly.
- Lean approach to delivering design solutions and regularly ask yourself: how do we learn quickly and ship regularly? Whats the most concise experience we can deliver that still provides value?
- Motivated by our company mission and a desire to tangibly improve the lives of millions by applying your talents.
- Bonus if you have experience with freemium models.
- Bonus if you have strong copywriting skills (show us in your portfolio) and a good sense of humor.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Design Manager
locations
US – Remote (Any location)
time type
Full time
job requisition id
17325
Job Family:
Design & Production
Travel Required:
Up to 10%
Clearance Required:
None
What You Will Do:
- Lead design strategy and visual concepts for a variety of needs, assessing whether internal or external creative resources are best suited for each project. This includes partnering with marketing managers to ensure timelines and deadlines are met.
- Collaborate closely with the Brand strategy partners to create frameworks for design, rooted in brand architecture, to allow for a consistent brand experience for our clients.
- Brand Stewardship & Management: Youll provide strategic design expertise and guidance to ongoing global cross-functional partners regarding the visual brand system and architecture. Balancing the nuanced needs of visual system integrity with supporting various of business needs and stakeholders
- Maintain consistency and ensure production quality by creating templates, guidelines, and additional support materials.
- Provide clear and concise strategic design feedback internally and externally on both projects leading as well as design guidance on shared internal initiatives with the broader design team
- Expertise in Brand Architecture and how it relates visually to various departments.
What You Will Need:
- Bachelors degree from an accredited university plus 6+ years of professional experience OR 10+ years of professional experience in lieu of degree.
- Experience with complex global design systems and their workstreams, including multiple physical and digital media, light to heavyweight executions, local cultural environments, and partnerships with agency partners.
- Proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Working knowledge of After Effects is a plus.
- Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint to create/update presentations.
- Knowledge of Marketing campaign, production, and conception workflows across print, digital, and physical activations from conception through final asset or toolkit execution.
- Ability to work independently to see projects through, managing and aiding designers and creative partners, pulling in the right stakeholders during socialization, while managing stress and adversity in a positive, constructive manner.
- Ability to manage the bandwidth of internal and external partners, assigning projects based on bandwidth, and always ensuring deadlines are met.
- Easily builds rapport with business leaders around the company to earn trust and ensure optimal outcomes and partnerships with the brand design team.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
- Experience working in complex global consumer, design-focused brand either in-house or at agencies
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Salesforce Administrator- Remote (Anywhere in the U.S.)
Location: Remote
JobDescription:
GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nations top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.
Salesforce Administrators at GuidePoint Security enjoy working on the cutting edge of Information Technology and Information Security. They are self-driven technology fanatics who consistently tinker, tweak, learn and improve. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, technology-centric environment, enjoys challenges with new technologies (Cloud and Mobile), streamlining traditional operations, can manage multiple initiatives and takes pride in enabling our employees with technology.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Maintain and evolve existing Salesforce platform and improve Salesforce security to meet company goals
- Administer and support our Salesforce environment and sandboxes to assist in critical business functions
- Work with subject-matter experts from different departments in order to understand their internal processes
- Create custom web hooks and build integrations with other systems
- Assist in defining and implementing the Salesforce roadmap
- Accurately and consistently document necessary information that is easily digested by other people (Wiki articles, procedural documentation, technical briefings).
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Thrive in a collaborative, team-focused environment.
- Demonstrate commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, delivering quality results and holding oneself accountable.
- Demonstrate ability to provide exceptional customer service to the GuidePoint user base.
- Proven ability to meet or exceed project objectives and user expectations.
Position Requirements:
- Possess strong client-facing and communication skills (written and verbal).
- Experience reading and interpreting technical documentation and procedure manuals.
- Experience in implementing custom objects, custom fields, picklists, page layouts, flows, approval processes, validation rules, custom tabs, reports, dashboards, and email generation according to functional requirements and technical designs.
- Experience in Opportunity management, CPQ and Orders within the Sales Cloud environment.
- Knowledge of marketing, campaign management, and lead generation.
- Experience in using/extending API Services provided by Salesforce.
- Proficient with JavaScript and web services
- Ability to communicate with customers and provide consultation on Salesforce solutions
- Excellent project management skills including providing timely updates, communicating impediments and the ability to multitask
- Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
- Experience in developing high-performance, reusable and reliable APEX code is nice to have.
Educational & Professional Credentials
- Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience as a Salesforce administrator or developer in cloud-based development
- 5+ years of experience working in and integrating to Salesforce or other cloud-based tools
- Salesforce certifications are a plus
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Protocol Research Manager
Location: Remote
JobDescription:
What are we all about?
We are a team of builders and researchers on a mission to empower enterprises and developers worldwide to access and build on decentralized systems.
Our expertise covers several domains: Ethereum and Starknet protocol engineering, layer-2, cryptography research, protocol research, decentralized finance (DeFi), security auditing, formal verification, real-time monitoring, smart contract development, and dapps and enterprise engineering.
Working to solve some of the most challenging problems in the blockchain space, we frequently collaborate with, such as Ethereum Foundation, Starknet Foundation, Gnosis Chain, Flashbots, Forta Protocol, Lido, EigenLayer, Open Zeppelin, RISCZero, Aleph Zero, and many more.
Today, there are nearly 200 of us working remotely from over 45+ countries.
View all our open positions here: https://www.nethermind.io/open-roles
Are you the one?
We are looking for a Protocol Research Manager to head our blockchain protocol research team. This role is perfect for someone with a blend of administrative acumen and a strong research background in blockchain technologies, especially in mechanism design, Layer 1 and Layer 2 designs, systemic risks, and consensus algorithms.
Responsibilities:
- Guide and manage a team of dedicated researchers in the development of innovative blockchain protocols, focusing on areas such as L2 designs, prover coordination, sequencer design, and various flavours of staking.
- Lead the research efforts on consensus algorithms, transaction fee mechanisms, and auctioning block-building rights, contributing both administrative leadership and hands-on research.
- Foster a collaborative environment that encourages the sharing of ideas and debate on research findings.
- Ensure the team’s research is communicated effectively through academic papers, blog posts, and forum entries.
Skills:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Economics, or related field, with a focus on distributed systems, algorithmic game theory, or similar.
- Proven leadership experience in managing research teams within the tech or academic sectors, with a strong track record of impactful research publications.
- Comprehensive understanding of Ethereum, L2 technologies, and a broad familiarity with consensus protocols.
- Exceptional communication skills, capable of motivating a team, articulating complex concepts clearly, and fostering an innovative research culture.
Nice to have:
- Experience in teaching or mentoring roles within the field of blockchain technology or related areas.
- Proven record in managing academic groups as a professor or post-doctoral researcher, demonstrating leadership and mentorship in a research setting.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Instructor, Web development (AM, Part time)
Remote
United States
Academic Instruction
Description
Fullstack Academyis a top-ranked immersive school for technology skills training. Fullstack offers comprehensive training opportunities across the U.S. and prepares students with the in-demand skills they need to launch fulfilling tech careers.
“Fullstack Academy has been a life-changing experience” is something we hear often and the reason why we come to work everyday. Were looking for a Part-Time Instructor to help transform the lives of our students, and through them, their communities and economies.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Part-Time Instructor, you’ll scale your impact as a web development/software engineering professional by training the next generation of web developers. Youll create engaging and dynamic learning experiences through deployment of instructional best practices that are student-centered and designed to meet the needs of adult learners. Youll facilitate lessons from the curriculum serving as a subject matter expert to students relating course concepts to the profession and real world. You will support students through exercises designed to build knowledge and skills and promote grit, problem-solving and a collaborative learning community. Ultimately, you will prepare students for the next chapter in their lives as they seek employment in the web development field.
This role reports to a Manager of Instructional Teams and is supported by a collaborative instructional team and dedicated support staff to ensure an exceptional experience for each student in the cohort.
Classes are delivered synchronously and are 100% online. Morning cohorts run for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30am-12:30pm EST.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Instructors are stewards, role models and brand ambassadors. They are respectful and professional and will neither discriminate nor tolerate discrimination by or against any members of the Fullstack Community. Instructors are critical members of the Instructional Team dedicated to developing their capacity for effective instruction, subject matter expertise and mentoring through this immersive role. They follow high standards to drive outcomes and motivate the students they serve to achieve competence, confidence and career readiness.
- Create a positive, professional and inclusive learning environment
- Teach select lessons in accordance with learning objectives and fidelity to session plans provided by Fullstack
- Employ strategies known to meet the needs of adult learners
- Leverage tech tools and instructional best practices that engage learners
- Help students connect content to the real world by sharing industry insights and professional experience
- Manage regular communication with students to align on progress, expectations, celebrate milestones and address concern areas.
- Provide individualized student support during synchronous class sessions and outside class synchronously during office hours and asynchronously through timely communication
- Respond to communication from students and staff in a timely fashion
- Leverage instructional resources to meet needs of the students with varying backgrounds and experience
- Adhere to all Fullstack policies instructional team expectations
- Evaluate student performance and progression toward competencies based on course deliverables and course rubrics
- Provide constructive and timely feedback to students in the cohort
- Maintain accurate and current records and documentation related to student progress
- Escalate concerns in a timely manner to the Lead Instructor
- Assist in management of Performance Action Plans for individual students who need additional support
- Serve as role model for students
- Exhibit professionalism, an ethical and empathetic approach and act as an ambassador for our brand whenever engaging with Fullstack staff, students, industry and the public
- Promote student retention and amplify student satisfaction by creating a positive classroom culture for the Learning Team, communicating timely with students and leveraging effective interventions and sharing of resources
- Encourage teamwork and seek feedback for continuous improvement
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2+ years experience in the web development or software engineering profession
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- You are ready to teach the following core technologies:
- HTML/CSS – Flexbox, Media Queries, CSS Selectors
- JavaScript – ES6, DOM manipulations, Data Structures
- Postgres – SQL commands, pg library, DB adapters
- Express – RESTful Routing, JWT tokens, User Auth, Bcrypt
- React – Hooks, React Router, Controlled Forms, HTTP requests
- Node – NPM packages, Modules, Async, Importing/Exporting
- Git/Github – Commits, Merges, Pull Requests
- A passion for the web development industry, and a desire to impact lives and business outcomes
- A passion for teaching and an ability to explain complex technical concepts to beginners
- A history of choosing a path of integrity
- The ability to joyfully commit to a rigorous course schedule
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