by Ronald Barron | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
SENIOR CX DESIGNER
LEV (REMOTE)
Job ID: 00054814291
Who we are
Our CX Practice is seeking a Senior Designer to join our journey. We are looking for someone who helps us visualize the future of our digital experience business across Cognizant’s platform services. This position — with the rest of the group — is focused on defining and executing compelling strategy + experience design. You will play a key role in shaping transformational visions and digital concepts that strategically accelerate our clients’ business. Working across physical and digital practices, this role gives visual form to market-leading points of view around next-generation engagement. The ideal candidate is a technology optimist and designer who believes in exploring new visual languages and storytelling methods for an experience-led world.
What You’ll do
Work in an interdisciplinary team: Collaborate with Design, Technology and Strategy Leads who are passionate about the evolution of design, future of digital experiences and the potential of emerging technologies.
Shape compelling narratives and contribute to design direction: Explore and evaluate a variety of design methods to tell stories using different frameworks, paradigms, and mediums. Execute final pitch narratives and associated materials.
Show – don’t tell prototype, prototype, prototype, in all forms, using non–traditional methods – be experimental and iterative.
Create a studio identity: Experiment, evaluate, and help establish ownable studio branding for use with both external clients and as part of internal Cognizant evangelism.
Help our clients envision the use of digital to transform their businesses: Dream big, demonstrate what’s possible, get them — and us —excited about the possibilities.
Qualifications
- 5 years of experience working at creative agencies or similar background
- Proficiency in a wide range of design platforms across static and motion graphics
- Prior experience working in interdisciplinary teams
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Bonus: Experience working with 3D environments (Unity/Unreal)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A tool-agnostic interest in pushing design to communicate the opportunities of the near-future
- The aptitude and interest to embrace complex business challenges and translate them into elegant creative solutions, moving beyond product design or ecosystems and into designing intelligently orchestrated experiences
- A love for the art of the pitch and a desire to win through shaping a compelling story that balances the creative vision with the business objectives
- An unconstrained thinker with a background in Experience Design
- A self-starter, eager to chase down compelling visions and inspiring storylines
- An eye for crafting new experience paradigms and creating experience frameworks for emerging technologies
- Experience with both commercial and delivery roles across the digital landscape with an emphasis on concepting / ideation and vision work
Work Authorization
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.).
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $95,000 – 140,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Sr Creative Director
(Brand + Design) – Remote
remote type
Flexible (Hybrid/Remote/In-Office)
location New York
Full time
job requisition id R0007830
Work Locations: With the exception of some select roles that have in-office requirements, A+E Networks operates on a flexible model that allows for remote, hybrid or full time in office work (in certain locales).
Office locations include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT.
Our list of eligible states in which employees may work remotely includes: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Division Story
The Marketing division is an in-house, full-service B2C/B2B brand and marketing team of talented, curious and purpose-driven members with diverse skill sets and backgrounds. We work on interesting and varied projects across multiple disciplines. As an employee of A+E Networks, you’ll be part of a global media and entertainment company that values diversity, representation, flexibility and kindness. In fact, Forbes named us one of America’s Best Midsize Employers, and Newsweek included us in their list of America’s Most Loved Workplaces for 2021 and 2022, as well as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2023. If this sounds interesting, read on for more details!
Job Description
We have several opportunities and are looking to hire skilled Senior Creative Directors to oversee areas with our marketing division including:
- Lifetime/LMN Brand
- A&E Brand and Brand Design
- Multiplatform and Multiplatform Design
- Lifetime/LMN Brand Design, HMN, and Enthusiast Design
Co-create and execute the creative vision and direction for the brand and uphold creative voice with respect to all brand comms – including but not limited to brand campaigns, show launch campaigns, and paid social campaigns. Maintain the look, feel and messaging internally and externally for the brand across all platforms.
This job is part executive, part visual artist, part writer, part director, and all creative entrepreneurs.
ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Oversee creative development of editorials, etc, ensuring all goals are met and creative quality meets a best-in-class standard.
- Translate insightful strategies into evocative creative, working autonomously and leading teams.
- Develop and execute ideas based on feedback and multitask in a fast-paced creative environment.
- Function effectively with a high volume of projects at different stages of development.
- Be a leading voice creatively with senior management, must be confident and have strong presentation skills in articulation of creative vision.
- Identify gaps in diversity and skill among the team, and work to address those gaps.
- Inspire the team daily by pushing for out of the box thinking and creating a culture where creativity thrives.
- Lead and manage teams of both internal and external creatives including writers, directors, producers.
- Accountable for a high level of organization, detail and time management
- Lead, conceptualize and direct projects that are exclusively their own reporting directly to their manager.
- Demonstrates accountability and communicates effectively, especially with key stakeholders
- Accountable as department creative lead responsible for communication with other internal teams (programming, ad sales, research, and social).
- Accountable for all projects, with the goal of creating groundbreaking creative concepts and pitching brand-specific ideas that will launch new show campaigns, generate tune-in and engagement.
- Foster and contribute to an environment of clear communication and collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with strategists and production teams from concept to execution.
- Bring originality, diverse, and open-minded thinking to every project.
THE SKILLS YOU NEED:
- Deep understanding of brand architecture and brand building, and ability to implement and manage brand in a changing marketplace.
- Ability to communicate effectively to peers and senior management
- Effective problem solver
- Ability to build consensus and alignment without diluting vision
- Expert in ideation and creative process.
- Ability to write, conceptualize and ideate in different styles for different audiences
- Fluency in guiding others in the development of creative campaign
- Mastery in giving productive and effective feedback
- Mastery in pitch-building and pitching, as well as in presentation-building and presenting
- Be able to articulate ideas effectively, especially to outside vendors
- Extensive on set experience – including creatively running sets, interviewing and directing talent
- Strong collaboration and deep experience working cross functionally
- Deep experience in video editing and fluent in editing software (incl Premiere Pro & AVID)
- Ability to guide copy writers, motion designers, editors and bring ideas to life.
- Flawless copy writing skills in a wide range of styles
- Knowledge of music composition/arrangement
- Expert in communication on all social media platforms (i.e. TikTok, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, etc)
YOUR STORY:
- Minimum 10 years relevant work experience
- A proven leader and self-starter
- Innovative and creative thinker
- “Can do “attitude and a flexible approach to solving complex problems
- Team player
- Strong knowledge and interest in entertainment and cable streaming services
- Detailed and deadline oriented
- Extremely organized
- Proactive, positive, reliable, and carries the trust of the team
- Live and breathe positivity and the idea that anything is possible.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior UX Lead Design Systems (REMOTE)
- Employees can work remotely
- Full-time
Company Description
Job Description
This Sr Digital Product Design Lead for Design Systems is a remote role will play a critical part in adding new features and capabilities to digital products through the evolution of the design system that supports the ecosystem of Abercrombie & Fitch and related brands. Reporting to the Sr. Product Design Manger of Design Systems, this position manages the design, research execution, and delivery of the design system working closely with Product Management, Design, Development and Marketing teams. The role will have no direct reports but comes with a strong expectation to mentor the other talented Product Designers already on staff. We are looking for someone with 7-10+ years of experience in developing design systems to support responsive web, iOS and Android native applications, as well as our Marketing platforms.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Lead the evolution of our design system to ensure consistent and cohesive user experiences across multiple digital products and platforms.
- Establish and document design guidelines, patterns, and standards for various user interface components, including typography, color palettes, layout grids, iconography, and interactive elements.
- Collaborate with designers, developers, and product managers to identify and prioritize design system needs and requirements.
- Conduct user research, usability testing, and competitive analysis to inform and validate design decisions within the design system.
- Create and maintain a comprehensive library of reusable design components and patterns to streamline the design and development process.
- Drive the adoption and implementation of the design system by providing guidance, support, and training to cross-functional teams.
- Continuously evaluate and iterate on the design system based on user feedback, industry best practices, and emerging trends.
- Ensure the scalability and flexibility of the design system to accommodate future product enhancements and expansions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to design to align design system efforts with business goals, brand guidelines, and accessibility requirements.
- Stay up to date with the latest UX design trends, tools, and technologies, and share insights and knowledge with the team.
- Mentoring a junior and mid-level Product designers
- Support strong remote-working, design culture
What Do You Need To Bring?
- 7 – 10+ years of creating digital product for B2C or Direct-to-Consumer experiences
- Strong portfolio demonstrating a deep understanding of design systems, their components, and their impact on design workflows and collaboration.
- BA/BS and MA/MS in Design, HCI, Interaction or equivalent, is preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experienced in the development of artifacts such as design principles, sketches, storyboards, scenarios, process flows, IA visualizations, wireframes, prototypes, journey maps, service blueprints and design systems.
- Proficiency in balancing refined brand aesthetics with a strong ability to translate into digital eloquent interfaces.
- A strong understanding and experience working across modern methods (Design Thinking, Agile, Lean UX)
- Demonstrated experience working within a large-scale organization that integrates experience design into a product development process.
- Extensive experience managing design systems and implementing scalable systems across multiple channels, products, and platforms integrations e.g. Adobe Experience Manager
- Strong proficiency in design tools (e.g., Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite) and front-end development technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is highly desirable.
- Understanding of responsive web & native application design and familiar with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS capabilities. Familiarity with WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Requirements
- Familiar with LeanUX framework is a plus
- Will need a digital portfolio for this role.
Our Company
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global retailer of five iconic, omnichannel lifestyle brands catering to the kid through millennial customer: Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Hollister, Gilly Hicks and Social Tourist. At A&F Co., we’re here for our associates, customers and communities on the journey to being and becoming who they are and because no journey is the same, we strive to create an inclusive culture, where everyone is free to share ideas.
Our Values
We lead with purpose and always put our people first, which is evidenced by our Great Place to Work Certification, as well as being a 2021 recipient of Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Retail, and named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign for 16 consecutive years. We’re proud to offer equitable compensation and benefits, including flexibility and competitive Paid Time Off, as well as education and engagement events, including various Associate Resource Groups, volunteer opportunities and additional time off to give back to our global communities.
What You’ll Get
As an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) associate, you’ll be eligible to participate in a variety of benefit programs designed to fit you and your lifestyle. A&F is committed to providing simple, competitive, and comprehensive benefits that align with our Company’s culture and values, but most importantly with you! We also provide competitive incentives to reward the commitment our associates have for moving our global business forward:
- Incentive Bonus Program
- Paid Time Off and Work From Anywhere Flexibility
- Paid Volunteer Day per Year, allowing you to give back to your community
- Merchandise Discount
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Available
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Associate Assistance Program
- Paid Parental and Adoption Leave
- Access to Carrot to support your unique parenthood journey
- Access to Headspace dedicated to creating healthier, happier lives from the inside out
- 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match
- Opportunities for Career Advancement, we believe in promoting from within
- A Global Team of People Who’ll Celebrate you for Being YOU
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Specialist, Data Visualization
Remote
Full Time
Customer Intelligence
Mid Level
Company Overview
Amsive is a data-centric omnichannel marketing services agency with approximately 1,000 employees. The agency’s roots are in digital/direct marketing and graphic communications and over the past 5 years have transformed into a leading strategic marketing services agency with a diversity of strategic offerings and solutions for marketing clients. We have brought together award-winning teams with deep data resources, expert marketing channel execution and industry experience across many client verticals. We bring our clients’ marketing to life by shaping strategy, identifying audiences, developing creative, and executing omnichannel communications across digital, direct mail and traditional media. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits, and a positive work environment designed around the commitment to mutual respect and the challenge of contributing to the continued success of our organization. Explore our culture.
Amsive is looking for an experienced digital marketing professional to fill an immediate opening for a Data Visualization Specialist.
The Data Visualization Specialist reports directly to the Data Visualization Manager providing support for Amsive’s reporting and data visualization efforts. The Specialist will work with our marketing, media, creative, and development teams to ensure that client reporting is accurate, tailored to each client, and visually compelling.
What You’ll Do
- Build out new dashboards and updates existing dashboards in Datorama
- Learn all associated platforms that feed into the client dashboards
- Handle all client requests correctly & on-time
- Work with manager and internal marketing teams to determine what we should track and develop reporting & data visualizations that meet their needs
- Interprets results, identifies trends and issues, and develops alternatives as needed to support business objectives
- Work closely with Ad Ops team to ensure tagging implemented supports reporting needs
- Where necessary, problem solve for
- API connection issues
- Tracking & attribution disagreements between ad platforms, analytics platforms, and CRM systems (in conjunction with Ad Ops)
- Load time improvements
- Perform ad hoc analysis for clients based on manager specifications (A/B testing, path-to-conversion, multi-touch attribution, etc.)
- Present internally on key findings and recommendations
What We Want To See From You:
- 1+ years working experience in a marketing-focused data role involving a data visualization platform (Datorama, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Knowledge of Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, DSPs (The Trade Desk preferably), digital media, and Search (SEM and SEO) is a plus
- Experience with Datorama, Tableau, or some other data visualization platform (Datorama preferred)
- Experience analyzing digital media results
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and with team members from different backgrounds
- Self-starter and eager to learn new skills
- An understanding of various methods for visualizing analysis and presenting data in a way that can be easily consumed by less technical staff
- Intermediate Excel skills; ability to integrate disparate data sets into clear, concise reports
- Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize responsibilities
- Focus on accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience with machine learning and AI is a plus
- SQL coding skills is a plus
- Direct mail experience is a plus
- A fun, team-oriented personality
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior UX Designer
locations: Remote – USA
time type: Full time
job requisition id: R-0105997
JOB DESCRIPTION
Sr. UX Designer
We are looking for a Senior UX Designer who will bring curiosity, craft, and creativity to our team. Your work will raise the UX bar across multiple platforms and help define the shopping experience on the web sites and native apps for one of the most iconic brands in the world. You will be an advocate for end-users and a strong partner with our product and engineering teams. You will help lead internal design initiatives in developing compelling solutions and well-crafted designs that feel effortless to use, driving engagement and loyalty across our global platforms. Your communication skills will influence colleagues and stakeholders, inspiring us as we work to continually improve the experiences that allow our consumers to browse and purchase their next pair of Levi’s jeans.
We are a fun, collaborative group, and we take pride in bringing our authentic selves to work each day. We are looking for another great team player ready to jump in and make an impact. You will report to the Director of UX Design and work remotely from anywhere in the US.
As a Sr. UX Designer you will:
- Collaborate with Product Management, User Research, Development, Marketing, and other team members
- Deliver usable, engaging experiences that balance user needs, business goals, and technical considerations across web and mobile platforms
- Create clear user experience vision, user journeys, end to end-user experiences, UI specifications, wireframes, and prototypes
- Articulate ideas and concepts and communicate them effectively for internal leaders, partners, and customers
- Use insights, data, clear communication, and great craft to build trust in your work
- Partner with our insights team using qualitative and quantitative user research methods to inform design decisions and unearth pain points and opportunities
- Evangelize UX and design thinking best practices to our partners and stakeholders
- Effectively manage multiple design projects
- Contribute to a positive, collaborative, and dynamic design culture
Requirements
- 7+ years of UX/UI design experience in a modern product development environment
- Proven track record designing successful consumer-facing experiences
- Expert in at least one or two, and solid in the rest of the following disciplines: interaction design, information architecture, UI design, visual design, motion design, service design, storytelling, and prototyping
- A high standard of creativity and craft and the desire to create wonderful design work that goes above and beyond expectations
- Expertise with web and mobile technologies and their impact on the feasibility of design solution
- Highly proficient in design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
- Experience facilitating design workshops
- Four-year degree in Human-Computer Interaction, graphic design, or other relevant field
- Strong portfolio of web and native app design that demonstrates the depth of your experience
EOE M/F/Disability/Vets
LOCATION: Remote – USA
FULL TIME/PART TIME: Full time
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Frontend Engineer, Web Platform
Location: San Francisco, CA
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
Senior Software Engineer, Web Platform
The Community You Will Join:Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnb’s various functions embody the company’s innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.
The Difference You Will Make:
The Web Platform’s mission is to empower engineers at Airbnb working within our Typescript monorepo to deliver innovative features with high velocity and quality by providing foundational libraries, frameworks, and tools for development, testing, and release. With a focus on web-specific technologies and integrations, the team serves as a nexus between product engineers and platform-agnostic infrastructure teams, as well as shaping and ensuring the health of the monorepo itself.
The surface area of the team includes things like testing frameworks, developer environments, bundler and build system implementations, CI jobs, client libraries for observability and experimentation, editor integrations, and an internal web service framework. Projects on this team directly impact the productivity and experience of Airbnb developers working on web code.
A Typical Day:
As an engineer on Web Platform, you will work on technologies that help shape an industry-leading end to end developer experience. In this role you will:
- Contribute across the team’s surface areas to directly move our core metrics (developer experience, developer velocity, debuggability, performance, and reliability) while reducing cost and providing new functionality to help make our team’s vision, and that of our broader org, a reality. Upcoming projects include modularizing our client observability libraries, code editor developer experience improvements, bundler enhancements, and improving CI debuggability.
- Partner with Airbnb product teams to understand their pain points, pilot proposed solutions, and encourage adoption of tools and frameworks
- Collaborate with a wide variety of infrastructure teams as well as support product foundation teams as they build additional capabilities on top of the team’s offerings.
- Participate in all phases of software development from architecture/design through implementation, testing, and on-call
- Support teammates in enabling code quality, operational excellence, and shared learning
Your Expertise:
- 6+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role, including frontend web development
- Strong expertise with TypeScript/JavaScript
- Strong communication skills and experience working closely with other engineering teams across complex interfaces
- Love collaborating via code reviews and architecture discussions, and are motivated to improve their teammates’ productivity
- [Bonus] Prior experience developing code leveraged by other developers
- [Bonus] Experience (beyond configuration) working with bundlers, testing frameworks, editor integrations, frontend build/CI systems, observability tooling, or developer environments.
Benefits:
- Stock
- Competitive salaries
- Quarterly employee travel coupon
- Paid time off
- Medical, dental, & vision insurance
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Fitness Discounts
- 401K
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Apple equipment
- Commuter Subsidies
- Community Involvement (4 hours per month to give back to the community)
- Company sponsored tech talks and happy hours
- Much more
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