by Ronald Barron | Oct 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Social Media Associate
LOWER 48 UNITED STATES /
POLICY & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS – POLICY & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS /
FULL-TIME
/ REMOTE
We are looking for a collaborative and creative Social Media Associate to join our Communications team. This is a key role supporting our work to grow and diversify our audience and volunteer base as we work to engage millions more in our fight to protect and strengthen democracy.
In this role, you will work closely with teams across our organization to support our strategy to drive engagement through the Common Cause national social media accounts, our Democracy Wire blog, and through collaboration with our state teams on their social media accounts. You will also be a first point of contact for volunteers and members who reach out to us on our social media platforms and via email.
This role reports to the Multimedia Director and can be based anywhere within the lower 48 United States. We hope our new Social Media Associate will start as soon as possible.
Responsibilities
Support our creative and data-driven social media strategy
- Use our brand and style guidelines to manage Common Cause’s national social media accounts, drafting timely, cross-channel graphics, videos, and text content that promotes our priorities and key message
- Collect data on top-performing content and overall performance
- Stay up to date on new features and best practices in social media platforms
- Identify events and opportunities to expand our reach, engage our followers, grow our following, and further our mission
- Support our planning for long-term social media campaigns and high-profile moments
- Monitor and identity breaking news and cultural moments that can promote our work
- Uplift and promote content from our followers, elected officials, partners, influencers and others
- Collaborate with teams to plan for weeknight, weekend, and holiday social media publishing and on-call coverage
Collaborate with other teams and leaders in and out of the organization to expand our reach
- Assist teammates across the organization with strategies and draft content that can drive engagement and promote our work through their personal social media accounts
- Develop social media toolkits with templates and strategic guidance that increase our state teams capacity to promote priority campaigns
- Manage a system for timely responses to members and activists who contact us
- Build and maintain relationships with the social media practitioners at allied organizations; and play an active role in coordinating coalition-wide collaborative efforts.
You will thrive in this role if you have:
- A strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission, and a desire to communicate that mission to promote our work
- An understanding of how to use existing social media to engage an audience, and excitement for learning new social media technology
- Strong writing skills and the ability to translate complex information into easy-to-understand content
- Experience working quickly and in a fast-paced environment
- A track record of building strong relationships and working collaboratively with diverse groups of people
- An ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Strong organization skills, and an ability to manage your time independently
- Openness to feedback and awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth
The following is required:
- Experience managing social media accounts for an organization in a professional, volunteer, campaign, campus, or club setting (it’s a bonus if you have experience running livestreams)
- Experience growing followers and increasing engagement from followers on social media
- Experience working on an issue-based or political campaign
- Experience learning new software (it’s a bonus if you already know how to use Photoshop, Illustrator, meme & GIF generators, and/or Canva
- Candidates may not currently be in elected office or running for office
- Ability to travel 1-2 times per year for team and/or all staff retreats
Additional information about this role:
- This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit and specific employment terms and conditions are subject to collective bargaining negotiations.
- Common Cause is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time; please note that if hired, you will be asked to produce documentation for authorization to work in the US.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Technical Artist (Character) – The Sims
Multiple Locations: Redwood City, CA, USA • Vancouver, BC, Canada • Orlando, FL, USA • Austin, TX, USA • Seattle, WA, USA • Toronto, ON, Canada • Utah, USA • Georgia, USA • Illinois, USA • North Carolina, USA • New York, USA
Requisition Number:180743
Can this position be remote?: Yes
We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.
Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of The Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don’t settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be.
Teams are building the next generation game and creative platform, Project Rene and reimagining The Sims that players know and love with even more new ways to play. We’re excited you’re interested to learn more about how you can join our team and dream big.
You will be reporting to the Senior Technical Art Director.
Location: Remote North America – open to most North America locations
As a Character Technical Artist at Maxis, you will collaborate with Art & Animation Leads, Technical Artists, and Engineers across the studio and EA, to push the boundaries of character technology. The model applicant is passionate about character development, exploring new technologies, and implementing modern game production solutions for existing and new IPs.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Art & Animation Directors, Engineers, Character & Animation Leads to achieve look development, content pipeline, and runtime implementation goals.
- Create character look development prototypes, applying latest technologies to aesthetic and performance goals.
- Collaborate with technical directors to define character performance requirements, diagnose, profile, and manage content costs.
- Help develop a technical character pipeline from Maya to Unreal.
- Firefight production issues, investigating urgent issues and resolving roadblocks.
- Collaborate with teams across the studio and EA to improve character development practices and pipelines.
- Create solid documentation and training material.
Qualifications:
- Production experience in Unreal Editor with a focus on character pipelines, including skeletal mesh actors, rigs & animations workflows, blueprints.
- Understanding of human and creature anatomy, proportion, silhouette, & topology and techniques to create foundational models and textures.
- 5+ years of experience of Maya and industry leading tools for character development (Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, Marmoset Toolbag, etc).
- Proficiency in Unreal Materials with a focus on character look development.
- Fundamentals in PBR and proficiency in Substance Designer and Painter workflows.
- 1+ years of experience with runtime dynamics Cloth & Hair and related authoring techniques.
- 1+ years of experience designing and overseeing large character part systems.
- Proficiency in Python, Mel, and developing and maintaining artists production tools.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience developing and maintaining Maya riggs for game characters.
- Experience developing for iOS/Android.
- Experience developing for console hardware (XB1/XBX/PS4/PS5).
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Level Designer
- Canada – Remote OK
- Full-Time
SENIOR LEVEL DESIGNER
FULL-TIME | BC OR ALBERTA
(REMOTE FRIENDLY)
Humanoid Studios is a new videogame company founded on the axiom that creative freedom and independence lead to better, more innovative games. We believe in the power of small, agile teams, and a flat organizational structure, where everyone is empowered to make decisions and help drive the project vision.
We are a Canadian company with offices in Kelowna, BC, and Edmonton, AB. We offer a flexible work environment combining from-home, in-office, and fully remote work – as well as industry-leading compensation and benefits. By joining Humanoid, you will be welcomed into a diverse team of talented developers creating an immersive new universe of story, character, and discovery.
Role Description
As Sr. Level Designer at Humanoid, you will work with designers, writers, programmers, and artists to envision, plan, and implement entire sequences of fun and innovative gameplay with a strong focus on story telling. Initial work will involve exploration of game design concepts as part of developing our new IP, and later will move on to creating content for the game at final quality. This role involves close collaboration with other disciplines to shape the vision of the project, as you integrate content design with other facets of the game and iterate towards a cohesive overall experience.
This role can be done remotely throughout North America or in-office either in B.C. or Alberta, as part of our flexible location model.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and own features related to the level & mission creation pipeline from prototypes to final quality
- Contribute to memorable gameplay experiences that support the narrative and the themes of the IP through collaboration with the broader team
- Define, document, and share best practices related to the creation of levels and missions
- Actively mentor creative and technical abilities of team members
- Participate in game design discussions and contribute valuable ideas and feedback to all aspects of the project
- Remain current with new and innovative technologies, proactively incorporating and improving pipelines and processes
- Collaborate with other team members to integrate their work into a high-quality, performant game experience
- Iterate based on constructive feedback from peers, testers, and players
Qualifications:
- 5+ years’ experience as a Level Designer in professional game development shipping multiple AAA titles
- A high level of experience in Unreal 4/5 and Blueprints
- Experience guiding multiple levels through concepting to final quality
- Experience with asset inheritance & modular workflows
- Familiarity with gameplay mechanics in action/adventure/RPG titles
- The ability to explicitly define and communicate solutions to complex narrative, gameplay, and technical problems
- Self-motivated, with proactive communication skills and the ability to collaborate well with team members of all development disciplines
- A passion for all aspects of story telling to craft incredible memorable experiences
- A strong understanding of the state of the art in game design and a passion for innovation
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Strong initiative and ability to drive cross-discipline efforts
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
DEI Market Intelligence Analyst
Multiple Locations: Austin, TX, USA Vancouver, BC, Canada Orlando, FL, USA
Requisition Number:180842
Can this position be remote?: Yes
We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.
DEI Market Intelligence Analyst
EA
North America
DEI Market Intelligence Analyst
Location: North America, (Preference: Austin, TX; Orlando, FL; Seattle, WA; Atlanta, GA; Vancouver, BC; or open to Remote)
Electronic Arts Inc. is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop games, content, and online services across platforms. We have a broad portfolio of brands that span the most popular genres.
We exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers. Join us in driving the next revolution in games.
Why is this a good role for you?
In collaboration with PE partners, DEI team and other BU leaders, you will establish relationships and serve as a trusted advisor showcasing internal data along with external benchmarks and best practices to drive DEI at Electronic Arts.
You will participate in benchmark surveys and forums and leverage market research to elevate best practices and identify opportunities to grow our competitive advantage as a DEI thought leader.
You enjoy establishing benchmarks for strategy and programs based on industry standards through the completion of DEI External Surveys. You can identify patterns in data and translate insights to inform our DEI strategy, programs, and initiatives
Being able to monitor key progress indicators for our team to create strategies to achieve goals is something that drives you. You will serve as a key trusted advisor to our CDO and DEI LT.
About The Role
- 3+ years consulting on business decisions and helping client groups solve problems
- Proficient in collecting and analyzing internal and external DEI data to tell a story through insights and trends
- Partner to design or assess a strategic planning process with an analytical lens
- Use market research to establish benchmarks and incorporate best practices to move the needle for DEI at EA; including DEI Surveys and Awards
- Manage, query, and analyze data sets with tools like SQL, R, Python, Glint, Visier, etc
- Create digestible reports with data visualizations each quarter to role out to the PE Partner Team and the BU Leadership Team
- Foster innovation and creativity in designing and implementing DEI reporting, leverage emerging trends and technologies to drive continuous improvement
- Strong relationship management skills with the ability to collaborate and influence across diverse teams and stakeholders groups
About You
- Passionate about connecting the dots and using data to tell a story
- Eager to collaborate with teams and build as a partner in iteration
- Open to new ways of thinking and working, and helping teams evolve to do the same
- Enjoy creating effective and efficient processes
- Looking to grow as a strategic partner with a team committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Exhibit meticulous attention to detail when analyzing and designing DEI scorecards and insights, ensuring accuracy and completeness in all deliverables
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, adapt quickly to change, and work effectively as part of a team or independently
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Director of IT Operations- Remote (Anywhere in the U.S.)
Location: Remote
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 nation’s 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.
The Director of IT Operations at GuidePoint Security will work on the cutting edge of Information Technology and Information Security. This position is for a self-driven technology fanatic who consistently tinkers, tweaks, learns and improves. 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:
- Develop and execute the company’s technology and security strategy.
- Oversee and manage all facets of our infrastructure, guaranteeing its reliability, scalability, and security.
- Provide timely and high-quality support for all supported hardware, software, and systems used by our internal team members.
- Coordinate the successful deployment of IT projects, including hardware, software, services, and policy implementations.
- Identify and address security vulnerabilities in collaboration with the CIS team.
- Participate in vendor selection, negotiation, and management for outsourced services and applications.
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of all IT procedures, processes, policies, and guidelines, and ensure adherence to documentation standards.
- Exhibit strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Deliver exceptional customer service to our user base.
- Supervise the recruitment, development, retention, and organization of support, systems, infrastructure, and architecture teams, while aligning with budgetary objectives and personnel policies.
- Provide leadership and direction in technology, vendor relationships, business partnerships, policy development, and standards adherence.
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements:
- Exceptional client-facing and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and interpreting technical documentation and procedure manuals.
- Experience in managing dynamic cloud environments and local virtualized environments (e.g., AWS, VMware).
- Expertise in implementing and integrating SaaS applications.
- Strong background in Identity and Access Management.
- Familiarity with SOC2, PCI, and CMMC audit requirements.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Proven track record in analyzing complex problems and issues, identifying patterns, and proposing innovative solutions.
- Experience in project management and system implementation.
- Outstanding interpersonal and problem-solving skills, coupled with demonstrated team management capabilities.
- Highly self-motivated and detail-oriented.
Educational & Professional Credentials
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- 10+ years’ experience developing information technology solutions.
- Professional certifications such as Security+, ITIL, CCNA, PMP
Travel & Office Location
- Approximately 20% out-of-town travel to regional offices and/or data centers
- The Director of IT Operations will work remotely or the closest regional office when not traveling
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