On-Call Associate Creative Director – Energy

by Ronald Barron | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized

About the Role

Title: On-Call Associate Creative Director – Energy

Location: Reston, VA United States

time type

Part time

job requisition id

R2501023

Job Description:

What is the single most important conversation for the human family today? Energy. Where we get the power for our homes, cars, devices, Ai, food – everything – is a critical concern that demands powerful thinking and talent to steer our way forward. This is where you come in.

ICF Next is an award-winning agency that partners with energy distributors in large key markets. In both the residential and business to business space, our clients depend on an authentic and robust communication with customers, stakeholders, legislators, activists and media around energy efficiency and service. Doing this right demands leveraging strategy and insight for concept, error-free execution, and teamwork. We need a professional, a complementary creative lead to take the team and the work to new levels.

If this sounds like you, join our growing Creative Studio of mission-driven creatives, communicators, strategists, and technologists who love what we do. Send your resume and a link to your portfolio-we’d love to see your work!

What makes this job awesome:

• Lead and design a wide variety of creative work, including branding campaigns, advertising campaigns, and high-visibility websites.
• Work with project managers from across the company to identify creative approaches and consult with clients to find the best solution that is on message and brings fresh thinking to the projects.
• Collaborate with a large team to ensure content works toward changing behavior.
• Mentor and foster development of junior members of the creative team.

The must-haves:

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in graphic design or a related field)
• 10+ years of advertising and design experience.

The nice-to-haves:

• Skill working with web development teams and directing the design process while understanding the technology and front-end development.
• Up-to-date with current trends in web design, web tools, and social media integration.
• A portfolio that showcases the variety of projects you’ve contributed to.
• Ability to conceptualize large campaigns.
• Proven creative success in collaborating with multifunctional teams.
• Ai capable – you lean into emerging applications and apply them to your creative toolbox
• Experience in energy sector specifically in power production/distribution

What makes you awesome:

• Self-motivated and able to work independently but keep senior creative team leaders updated and have work reviewed.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to succinctly and effectively present creative to clients.
• Highly organized, with strong workload prioritization and management.

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Product Owner- AdTech

by Ronald Barron | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized

About the Role

Title: Product Owner- AdTech

Location: Chicago, IL United States

Contract

Job Description:

Company Description

Blend360 is an acclaimed, forward-thinking Data, Digital Marketing, & AI Solutions Company, dedicated to fueling remarkable outcomes for our Fortune 500 clients. Our trajectory is one of continuous expansion, emerging at the crossroads of cutting-edge analytics, data proficiency, technology, and digital marketing excellence.

Job Description

We are seeking a Sr. Product Owner, AdTech, to support our Fortune 100 financial services client’s digital transformation initiatives. This role will play a vital role in supporting technological advancements and product implementations across the organization.

The Senior Principal Product Owner is responsible for the identification, implementation, and optimization of AdTech properties, which are the core within the company’s digital advertising efforts. Working with Marketing, Analytics, Engineering, and third-party agency partners, this individual will determine strategic direction, prioritization, and timeline delivery of AdTech products that meet requests from stakeholders and customers. This high-profile position requires a fundamental understanding of the digital advertising space and AdTech ecosystems. Financial category experience is preferred.

The Details:

• Location: Remote in U.S. (Chicago area preferred)
• Duration: Approximately a 6-month consulting role via Blend360 with the goal of conversion to hire
• Benefits: We do offer benefits to our full-time consultants, including Health, Vision, Dental, 401K plan, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and an incredibly supportive team cheering you on!

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain product vision by collaborating with stakeholders on key product considerations and align with product vision, features, and roadmap to support business unit goals.
• Leverage customer insights, feedback, financials, compliance, and risk data to define product features and roadmap in partnership with other SMEs and potentially grow existing and/or build new product portfolios through new value-added and enhanced customer experiences.
• Lead design, development, and implementation of new product strategies. Work cross-functionally to manage shared goals and priorities.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for the product family and ensure alignment with senior leadership. Define and create prototypes (e.g., MVPs, POC, etc.) based on customer feedback to test, learn, and validate ideas before committing to larger scale development.
• Synchronize and align with Product Family Product Owners on prioritization and delivery to maximize Product Family Value. Define product family MVPs, prioritizing and accepting priorities in partnership with POs and architects.
• At the family level: Responsible for definition, guidance, and execution of product-related activities for a particular portfolio through the entirety of product lifecycle, from strategy and roadmap definition to development and market readiness. Set business objectives for the product development process and oversee execution, internal or external, as necessary.
• Validate user story acceptance criteria. Ensure appropriate testing frameworks for product features (e.g., market testing, functional performance, etc.). Work with Data Stewards in their respective LOBs to ensure the required data quality controls are identified and implemented. Inspect and evaluate product progress through each iteration.
• Identify sources; monitor, analyze, test, and interpret key product performance metrics including financials, network volumes, key statistics, internal/external customer feedback trends, industry trends, research findings, and competitive innovations. Develop and communicate findings; make strategic and tactical recommendations for performance improvements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Provide mentoring, fill in business and/or technical knowledge gaps, etc. Negotiate and influence others across shared services and product teams across product families.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and execute go-to-market strategies.
• Partner with business technology to outline needed technical features that are required to continuously optimize system components and underline infrastructure maintenance.
• Build a culture of accountability and ownership by empowering the product team to make decisions as close to the work as possible. Serve as business lead on cross-functional teams and assist in managing dependencies with other teams’ functions while identifying, building, and managing strategic partnership across different product teams. This includes collaborating to develop or support efforts of go-to-market strategies. Provide vision and direction to a team.
• Coach team to be able to identify, manage, and escalate risk, and effectively manage risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration & Management, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Product Management or Engineering role
• Prior experience in Financial Services or Tech Industry
• In lieu of a degree, 10+ years of experience in Product Management or Engineering role within the Financial Services or Tech Industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate has 3+ years of hands-on experience in the use and implementation of AdTech solutions, ideally with clean room capabilities for the purposes of audience enablement and digital media measurement.
• 8+ years professional experience in providing AdTech/MarTech support for advertising, digital marketing, media planning etc.
• Knowledge of digital media campaign activation and AdTech ecosystem. As an example, experience with DSPs (e.g., DV360, The Trade Desk), DMPs (e.g., Adobe Audience Manager), Social Network Ad Managers (Meta, Snap, TikTok), Clean room solutions (e.g., Amazon Marketing Cloud, Habu), and Data Onboarding (e.g., LiveRamp).
• Has interacted with media and marketing partners and understands their needs that can be translated into solutions.
• Can gather requirements and work with Engineering teams (internal and external) to deliver solutions.

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Senior Full Stack Developer – Microsoft Bookings

by Ronald Barron | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized

About the Role

Title: Sr. Full Stack Developer – Microsoft Bookings

Location: Any Location / Remote

Job Description:

Responsibilities for this Position

Full Part/Time: Full time

Job Req: RQ197651

Type of Requisition:Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:None

Public Trust/Other Required:None

Job Family:Software Development

Job Qualifications:

Skills:API Management, Cloud Development, Graph API, Microservices Architecture, Microsoft Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Certifications:None

Experience:8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:No

Job Description:

We develop integrated solutions using the Agile Framework. We focus on software development to deliver systems which consists of mission-critical case management and related software to support external stakeholders.

The successful candidate should be capable of developing software solutions in cloud-native platforms. The duties and assignments include translating high-level requirements for complex calendaring/Event scheduling functionality into a front-end, backend and data storage solutions, integrating the calendar service with various other application.

Responsibilities

• In addition, this role is expected to execute the following responsibilities:
• Working with Microsoft Bookings, Outlook, Microsoft Graph API.
• Implementing RBAC.
• Creating micro-services for creating calendar events, syncing with outlook calendar.
• Develop standards operating procedure and best practices, including performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Participate in an agile team to deliver the full lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, development, testing and deployment.
• Update and maintain system design and architecture documents.
• Review and provide feedback on functional and technical requirements.
• Define and propose solutions for meeting future requirements of the organization.
• Define and implement and end-to-end integrated software development lifecycle (SDLC) pipeline to include tools to support test-driven development (TDD), static code analysis, code reviews, continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), and automated security scanning.
• Working closely with other government architects and technical leads to ensure system design follows the industry best practices and standards that align with the Judiciary framework.
• Investing in learning the software development efficiency of the entire office through teamwork, personal responsibility, individual and group training, and process improvement.
• Recommending coding solutions for other developers to implement.
• QUALIFICATIONS
• 10+ years of general experience in information systems
• 8+ years of specialized experience
• Minimum Education: MA/MS
• Experience may be considered in lieu of degree as follows: HS (16+ years), AA/AS (14+ years), BA/BS (12+ years), Doctorate Degree/Ph.D. (9+ years) Bachelor of Computer Science (BS) or equivalent with minimum of 6-8 years of experience.
• Must have 1-3 years of experience in Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft Graph APIs.
• Must have experience developing use cases using Microsoft Graph API based solutions.
• Must have knowledge on API Management.
• Experience with OAuth2.0 / Microsoft Identity Platform for authentication and authorization when accessing Bookings via API.
• Good to have Sharepoint & Outlook Integration knowledge.
• Must have 2-3 years Experience developing JavaScript, HTML, CSS, NodeJS, ReactJS, Azure Functions.
• Experience with Java, ReactJS and other open-source technology stack to provide cross-platform options implementation.
• Bonus points for familiarity with Document management systems such as Hyland Alfresco, Azure or AWS certification
• Communication and Organizational
• Excellent presentation and communication (oral and written) skills.
• Consultant mindset with the ability to work with high level customer stakeholders and build excellent customer relationship.
• Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement.
• Experience with process design and documentation methodologies, and design and production of quality deliverables, process and use case modeling, business case development.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team.

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Digital Instructional Designer

by Ronald Barron | Apr 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

About the Role

Title: Digital Instructional Designer – Remote

Location: United States

time type: Full time

job requisition id: R7105

Job Description:

We are seeking a creative and tech-savvy Digital Instructional Designer to join our enterprise Learning & Performance Enablement team in IFF’s Global Talent & Organizational Effectiveness Center of Excellence (COE).

In this role, you will collaborate with peers in the COE, subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to design and develop/curate innovative, learner-centered digital learning solutions, and ensure content is effectively captured, organized, and deployed through a well-structured learning ecosystem. You’ll have the opportunity to shape learning and knowledge management strategies in a collaborative work environment that values creativity and continuous learning.

Digital Instructional Designer – Learning & Performance Enablement – Remote

IFF is seeking a creative and tech-savvy Digital Instructional Designer to join our enterprise Learning & Performance Enablement team in IFF’s Global Talent & Organizational Effectiveness Center of Excellence (COE).

In this role, you will collaborate with peers in the COE, subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to design and develop/curate innovative, learner-centered digital learning solutions, and ensure content is effectively captured, organized, and deployed through a well-structured learning ecosystem. You’ll have the opportunity to shape learning and knowledge management strategies in a collaborative work environment that values creativity and continuous learning. Please note, this is a remote role with occasional travel requirement to team meetings within the U.S.

Key Responsibilities

Instructional Design & Digital Learning Development

• Design and develop/curate synchronous and asynchronous learning solutions, including digital microlearning, videos, job support tools, vILT, and interactive content.
• Apply instructional design models (e.g., ADDIE, SAM) and adult learning principles to create engaging learning experiences.
• Develop assessments, simulations, and interactive exercises to reinforce learning outcomes.
• Use eLearning authoring tools (e.g., Articulate Storyline, Rise, Captivate) to create high-quality instructional content.
• Ensure digital content is SCORM/xAPI compliant and compatible with the Workday Learning Management System (LMS).
• Stay abreast with the latest trends and innovations in digital learning and propose innovative solutions and tools to enhance digital learning design and experiences.

Knowledge Management & Content Curation

• Establish and maintain a structured knowledge management framework and centralized repository for COE learning resources, job aids, best practices, and institutional knowledge.
• Organize, tag, and structure digital learning assets for easy searchability and retrieval.

Intranet Site Page Design & Management

• Design, develop, and maintain the enterprise Learning intranet site to serve as a central hub for knowledge sharing and employee learning resources.
• Create an intuitive user experience (UX/UI) to ensure ease of navigation and engagement, applying UX/UI best practices to ensure a seamless digital learning and intranet experience.
• Regularly update and enhance the enterprise Learning site with new learning content, updates, and interactive elements.

Collaboration & Project Management

• Partner with SMEs, HR, and business leaders to translate complex content into engaging digital learning experiences.
• Manage multiple instructional design, knowledge management, and web development projects from concept to deployment.
• Gather user feedback and leverage data analytics to continuously improve learning solutions and intranet usability.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Learning Technologies, Web Design, Knowledge Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in instructional design, digital learning, or eLearning development.
• Strong knowledge of UX/UI principles and web design best practices.
• Proficiency in eLearning authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, Rise, Captivate, etc.).
• Experience managing knowledge repositories and implementing metadata tagging/taxonomies.
• Familiarity with learning science, adult learning theories, and instructional design models.
• Strong project management, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for intranet customization.
• Understanding of AI-driven knowledge management and content personalization.
• Familiarity with LMS platforms (Workday, Cornerstone OnDemand), adaptive learning, and mobile learning solutions.
• Compensation ($90K-$119K) is based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and location.
• Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, vacation, holidays, paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), and an annual bonus plan.

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Data Engineer AWS, Databricks

by Ronald Barron | Apr 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

About the Role

Title: Data Engineer (AWS, Databricks)

Location: Saint Louis United States

Job Description:

For more than 50 years, NISC has worked to develop technology solutions for our customers, who we call our “Members”. Those Members are comprised primarily of 960+ utilities and broadbands across North America. Our mission is to deliver technology solutions and services that are Member-focused, quality driven and valued priced. Our Members have over 16 million end customers (residential and businesses who receive power, internet, television and/or telephone services) that our enterprise software solution enables our Member’s employees to compete effectively in the industry, while excelling in providing customer service to their end customers.

NISC exist to serve our Members and help them serve their communities through our innovative software products, services and outstanding customer support.

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our growing team of data analytics experts. The hire will be responsible for curating and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for various application teams. The Data Engineer will support our application experts, software developers, database architects, and data analysts on a Data Roadmap strategy and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects. They must be comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products. We look for individuals who will thrive in a team environment, be committed to accomplishing a common goal and excited by the prospect of optimizing or even re-designing our company’s data architecture and have some fun along the way.

Work Schedule:

• Hybrid from one of our office locations:
• Cedar Rapids, IA
• Lake Saint Louis, MO
• Mandan, ND
• Hybrid Schedule: Minimum of working 3 day per week out of an office location and ability to work up to all 5 days a week from an office location.
• Required Days from an Office Location: Tuesday and Wednesday – the third required day will be up to the candidate and their supervisor to choose.
• Virtual Office: Candidates working from a remote location within approved states will be considered for those who have applicable industry experience with Databricks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
• Understanding of Data Warehouse and Data Lakehouse paradigms.
• Design and build optimal data pipelines from a wide variety of data sources using AWS technologies.
• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
• Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing a unified data stream.
• Work with other data engineering experts to strive for greater functionality while making data more discoverable, addressable, trustworthy, and secure.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Create and maintain a culture of engagement and one that is conducive of NISC’s Statement of Shared Values.
• Commitment to NISC’s Statement of Shared Values.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Preferred:

• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.
• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.
• Build ETL processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management.
• Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable data stores.
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• Candidate with experience in a Data Engineer role, who has attained a BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, or another quantitative field. They should also have experience using the following software/tools:
• Experience with AWS: Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, etc.
• Experience with Databricks and Delta Lake.
• Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Oracle, Postgres Cassandra, and DynamoDb.
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Hevo Data, Airflow, etc.
• Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, Databricks, EMR
• Experience with stream-processing systems: Apache Spark, Kafka Streams, Spring Cloud, etc.
• Experience with object-oriented languages: Java, Scala.
• Nice-to-have
• Experience with scripting languages: Python, JavaScript, Bash, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate composure and think analytically in high pressure situations.

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