by Ronald Barron | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Writer (Personal Finance)
Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (Based in the U.S.)
NerdWallet is looking for writers to cover the personal finance choices that millions of Americans grapple with every day. Successful candidates must be able to translate complex topics into conversational articles that frame the answers our audience seeks with the context it deserves.
Our content team is 120+ people strong and growing.
Writing compelling and significant stories would be only part of your job. Ultimately you would own a corner of the NerdWallet website with the goal of creating the internet’s best answers for the topics you cover.
You would spend a significant amount of time researching and refining the advice that NerdWallet provides, then dig even deeper into consumer struggles to figure out the best next steps. You would learn and use the best practices for search optimization to ensure that those who needed help could easily find it. You would use analytical tools such as Semrush, Looker and Botify not only to gauge the success of new articles but also to regularly update and improve our library of previously published content.
A typical day could include not only writing but also gathering data for product ratings, building a case for a new coverage area, testing a calculator, editing a colleague’s work or pitching in on a presentation for the content team.
How you can make an impact:
- Write high-quality stories with a strong consumer-first orientation.
- Share expertise and timely/relevant ideas to support NerdWallet’s social, syndication and media strategies.
- Leverage insights from analytics to grow NerdWallet’s readership and improve the user experience through new content and optimizations.
- Contribute ideas that strengthen NerdWallet’s approach to product reviews and comparisons.
- Help shape NerdWallet’s consumer experiences, including tools.
You are:
- A strong communicator who can empathize with consumers and help them navigate complex financial decisions.
- Excellent at prioritization and handling multiple projects at once.
- Resourceful and self-directed. You can tackle anything from story assignments to projects with minimal direction, and you consistently deliver polished work.
- Comfortable with change.
- Able to provide examples of how you’ve taken initiative and driven projects throughout your career.
- Passionate about self-improvement and at ease with constructive criticism.
- Someone who works with equal enthusiasm whether you’re a project leader or team member.
- Excited to learn about new personal finance topics, develop relevant sources and communicate consumer-first advice.
Your experience:
We recognize not everyone will meet all of the criteria. If you meet most of the criteria below and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.
- 2+ years writing for consumer-facing publications.
- Knowledge of SEO best practices or interest in learning.
- Previous experience with Personal Finance topics is a plus.
Where:
- This role will be based in San Francisco, CA or remote (based in the U.S.).
- We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.
What we offer:
Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)
- Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
- Rejuvenation Policy Flexible Time Off + 13 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
- New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
- Mental health support through Ginger.io
- Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
- Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
- Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
- Weekly Virtual Bootcamp, Yoga, and Mindfulness Meditation sessions
- Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)
- Nerd-led group initiatives Intramural Sports, Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
- Hackathons, Happy Hours, and team events across all teams and departments
- Company-wide events like Little Nerds Day (aka bring your kids to work day, even if you’re remote!) and our annual Charity Auction
Lifestyle (Be your best self – we’ll take care of the details)
- Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward Donate to your favorite causes with a company match
- Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
- Anniversary recognition program choose from different items and experiences
- Commuting stipend
Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)
- 401K with company match
- Annual Enrichment Stipend for learning and development
- Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
- Access to Rocket Lawyer for online legal support and resources
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
3d Environment Artist
REMOTE /
ART TEAM ARTIST /
REMOTE
A BIT ABOUT US
We are a bold new game studio with a mission to build cutting edge AAA entertainment for the 21st century. Our team are veterans in the fields of online games, social games and crypto from Riot Games, Epic Games, Insomniac, Blizzard, EA and Decentraland. We are fully funded and building a dream team of A-players who want to work with the best of the best and take their careers to the next level. See press coverage: Bloomberg, VentureBeat, CoinDesk.
THE MISSION
As a hands-on 3D Artist, you will contribute to the design and development of a brand new IP. This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the world.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the creation and delivery of our environmental models and pipelines.
- Create high-quality environmental assets for buildings, biomes and props.
- Work closely with our creative teams to shape the look and feel of our iconic game world.
- Hold the quality bar high to ensure we deliver to AAA asset performance standards.
- Contribute innovative and original ideas on all aspects of game production and development, providing constructive insight and feedback when needed.
REQUIREMENTS
- 3+ years minimum hands-on experience in the entertainment industry as an artist.
- Experience creating environments in at least two shipped AAA games.
- Experience with Maya/Max/Blender and Photoshop (or equivalent 3D and 2D programs).
- Must love games!
DESIRABLE
- Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 4.
- Experience with Level Design.
- Experience with Zbrush.
- Experience with Substance Painter and Substance Designer or 3DCoat.
- Experience working on a distributed team spread across several time zones.
PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS
- Please include links to your demo reel and portfolio.
- Must include at least 1 example of a stylized environment object or prop.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Fully remote work, with a yearly company offsite.
- Experience working with gaming veterans who’ve created titles with a gross aggregate revenue of over $10B USD.
- Flexible 20 days off PTO (holidays + local national holidays).
- Experience creating a new IP with franchise potential.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Lead Visual Designer (Brand/Graphic/UI)
REMOTE
United States
Marketing
Full time
Description
Vitally is looking for a talented Lead Visual Designer to join our growing Marketing organization.
The ideal candidate is someone with a clear track record of success who can create compelling creative across a wide range of mediums including graphic design, print, UI, social, video, and beyond.
As our Lead Visual Designer, you will be responsible for setting our brand up for continuous success. This will include creating and implementing processes for bringing designs to market, as well as continuously evolving our branding and design assets that will shape our future story in the market. The right candidate is able to support the visual design needs of varying needs of multiple departments while also being able to operate independently, outside of the box, and solve for complexity with simplicity.
Role Responsibilities:
- Establish, update, and maintain the brand and visual guidelines for Vitally to ensure consistency across all departments and customer experiences.
- Own the relationship with relevant agency partners to ensure they properly and effectively execute Vitally brand experiences.
- Own the continuous development of the visual and brand design language of Vitally across our marketing, sales, and general branding channels.
- Work with leadership across the Vitally organization to conceptualize, build, review, and deliver assets to support key company initiatives.
- Partner cross-functionally (Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, etc.) on additional initiatives to deliver designs that are creative, useful and aligned with the brand.
- Communicate and create transparency regarding our brand values with key stakeholders.
- Build digital and physical assets that will be used across growth and sales channels. This will include email, organic/paid social content, PDFs, presentations, video content, company swag, and much more.
- Bonus: Create motion and video assets to be used across our website, as well as marketing and sales materials.
About You:
- Self-directed – You are able to effectively manage complex and varied design workloads on your own.
- Collaborative – You’re able to take a leadership posture in solving design challenges while being attentive and empathetic to the design needs of other stakeholders. You’re comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders, including executives and department leaders.
- Proactive – You love to own and build processes and prioritize scalability. You aim to anticipate needs before they arise.
- Deadline-oriented You move quickly and know how to operate efficiently in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Passionate – You love to design and are passionate about creating world-class brand experiences.
- Customer-oriented – You think about things from the perspective of the customer, optimizing for their needs over what you or others want to do.
- Results-driven – You seek to understand the impact of your work once it’s in the wild.
- A high standard You continuously develop and evolve concepts and ideas, always seeking out ways to increase the quality and impact of individual assets as well as the Vitally brand as a whole.
Requirements
- A robust digital portfolio showcasing past work, as well as what your role was with each project. A portfolio review will factor heavily into the evaluation process.
- Experience developing and publishing branded graphic assets (Ad creative, pdfs, social images, infographics, decks, ebooks), web page design (UI, UX), and video.
- 4+ years experience as a visual designer, preferably operating within a marketing department.
- Strong eye for branding, including typography, colors, photography, and more.
- Experience establishing, maintaining, and implementing design processes, languages, and branding guidelines
- Experience in video design, both in creating animated graphics and editing.
- Strong communication skills to effectively work cross-collaboratively and drive projects and initiatives from ideation to completion.
- Strong visual design skills with proficiency in tools like Figma, Adobe Suite, and any other tools you recommend.
- Experience building and designing UI/UX for a marketing website with an understanding of optimizing web and mobile experiences.
- Previous working experience in an enterprise and/or B2B SaaS organization.
About Vitally:
Vitally is a Customer Success platform built for strategic and proactive CS teams looking to easily prevent churn and retain (and identify) their best customers. Some of the best CS teams at companies like Zapier, Segment, and Productboard trust Vitally to unify their customer data. We make it possible with our powerful analytics dashboards, intuitive automations, and project management tools that all together make their customer data collaborative, measurable, and actionable for all key stakeholders– from CSMs to CEOs.
We’re a high-growth, VC-backed startup who, at the end of the day, are looking to onboard people who want to have a profound impact on both the business and their own career. How? Working together to build the future of Customer Success.
If you get excited about ownership, autonomy, impact, and quality output — then we’re excited about you. We’re not here to hold your hand, but we’re here to build a great product together.
Benefits & Culture:
- Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive salary given both your experience as well as location (we know some places cost a lot to live!) The salary band for this role starts at $120,000 and increases based on candidate skillset, seniority, and location
- Equity: We want every team member invested in the company’s success and are happy to be generous with equity.
- Benefits:
- 100% of health/dental/vision insurance premiums covered by us for you, your partner, and your dependents.
- 401k with a company match.
- Commuter benefits.
- Unlimited PTO with a minimum we require you to take off. Please relax and recharge!
- Flexible work hours and work-from-home policy.
- WFH stipend to ensure your work environment meets your standards wit (i.e. laptop, monitor, etc).
- Education stipend.
- Culture: We are committed to a productive and respectful work environment. Culturally, the team is extremely friendly, fun, hard-working, intelligent, and mature. That said, while we’re young and scrappy as a team, we don’t believe in building a startup cult. We like each other, we support each other, we’re a focused team that busts our asses at work, and we enjoy hanging out from time to time– but we enjoy having our own lives outside of Vitally.
- Career path: Not only will you learn a ton in this role, but since we’re a small team, there will be plenty of promotion and growth opportunities ahead. Our CS team is growing fast; you will have direct influence on how we move forward.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Technical Writer – Telecommute
Location: United States
Job Category: Technology
Job Type: Full-time
Travel Percentage: -1
Job Description:
Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that’s improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn’t about another gadget, it’s about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There’s no room for error. Join us and start doing your life’s best work.
Optum Labs is the research and development arm of UnitedHealth Group. We’re a diverse team of curious thinkers who are experts in big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and scientific research. Our objective is to discover new ways to help people live healthier lives. We partner with world leaders in health care delivery, research, and technology to create disruptive health care solutions for patients, caregivers, providers, and commercial and government payers.
More equitable, effective, and affordable health carethat’s our goal. We aren’t just trying to improve the care an individual receives. We’re building a future where the health care system works better for everyone.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Plan, create, and maintain technical documentation for internal and external engineering audiences, including developer notes, FAQs, and other documentation
- Partner with software developers and product managers to shape customer experiences
- Enable users to get the most out of innovative software solutions aimed at transforming healthcare
- Be one of the first to try new product features while working with developers and designers to improve the related user experience, UI text, error messages, and API design
- Create and maintain code samples and sample applications
- Maintain documentation across a wide range of central design-system functions such as playbooks, processes and procedures, presentations, websites, FAQs, wizards/instructions, inline application/tool help text, engineering documentation, training, and more
- Edit, clarify, and proofread colleagues’ documents and coach non-writers on ways to improve their writing skills
- Work with peer writers and editors to improve your writing and grow professionally as a technical communicator
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of technical writing experience
- Experience with Git and software platforms like GitHub and GitLab
- Experience with web-application development
- Experience with HTML, CSS, and Markdown
- Working in an Agile Development environment
- Excellent English writing skills
- Established record of project ownership, project management, and self-direction
- Please attach sample work as an additional document with resume.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of technical writing experience
- Experience using UNIX or Linux environments
We Lead with Diversity, Inclusion and Compassion
At Optum Labs, we are dedicated to building teams where every individual is recognized for their unique experience and contributions. Our Leadership Principles underscore our commitment to inclusion, encouraging us to “walk in each other’s shoes” and open doors for our peers.
UnitedHealth Group supports local, regional, and national organizations that share these values through joint initiatives, event and program participation, volunteerism, and giving. Through our Connected Communities, employees can connect with others who have similaror differentlife experiences and backgrounds. These groups are led by peers, supported by Human Capital, and championed by leaders.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at Optum Labs, we embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Connected Communities are UnitedHealth Group’s enterprise-wide employee resource groups (ERG) and are a key component of our inclusion and diversity strategy that helps our employees be part of 8 different communities. UnitedHealth Group supports local, regional, and national organizations throughout the year. We fortify the efforts of a wide range of organizations that share our commitment to inclusion and diversity, through joint development of initiatives, event and program participation, volunteerism and giving. Our culture of inclusion is reinforced within our Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe that striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, work reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign work based on what will help each team member contribute to the common goal and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
We Invest in Talent
Managers at every level are committed to their roles as talent stewards who help guide and nurture professional development. We want our employees to reach their highest level of potential just as they help us reach ours.
To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $82,100 to $146,900. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada residents is $90,500 to $161,600. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Technical Product Manager, Data Platform and Business Intelligence
Location: Boston, MA, United StatesChicago, Illinois, United StatesIndianapolis, Indiana, United StatesIrvine, California, United StatesLouisville, Kentucky, United StatesNew York, NY, United StatesCalifornia, United StatesMiami, Florida, United StatesAtlanta, Georgia, United StatesDes Moines, Iowa, United StatesChicago, Illinois, United StatesIndianapolis, Indiana, United StatesMassachusetts, United StatesMinneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesHelena, Montana, United StatesRaleigh, North Carolina, United StatesBismarck, North Dakota, United StatesNew York, United StatesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesColumbia, South Carolina, United StatesAustin, Texas, United StatesMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
The Role: Senior Product Manager II, Data Platform and Business Intelligence
Job Location: US Based candidates only, fully remote flexibility
Rue Gilt Groupe is at a key inflection point. Having built a profitable off-price luxury e-commerce business with three uniquely established brands: Rue La La, Gilt, and Shop PO.
We inspire confidence and spark delight in over 30M+ customers, and we are evolving our data analytics platform to unlock significant opportunities for continued growth and success.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager (fully remote) to set and drive the strategic direction of Rue Gilt Groupes’ analytics platforms, which power our unique flash sales model and our most valuable asset: our data.
In this role, you will make a significant impact on both our business intelligence and data products to unlock insights for stakeholders and the overall business to drive the strategic direction of the company.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Product Management function for the RGG Business Intelligence and Data Platform engineering teams
- Engage and communicate key updates to leadership
- Work directly with internal customers (at all levels) and engineers to identify data platform and visualization requirements and discover new areas of innovation
- Understand and quantify trade-offs to prioritize data and business intelligence engineering projects
- Be an evangelist for data, data visualizations and self-service analytics
- Write and manage user stories in an agile environment; develop short- and long-term strategic roadmaps
- Be a champion of data quality
About You:
At Rue Gilt Groupe, diversity enriches our passion, collaboration, kindness and innovation. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every Associate is empowered to learn, grow and bring their full self to work. Even if you don’t check off every qualification in the job description, that’s okay. We encourage you to apply to any role that excites you and sparks delight! We can’t wait to learn more about you.
- 5-7 years experience as a product manager in an Agile environment, ideally in the Data Products and Business Intelligence space
- Ability to communicate effectively across a disparate set of stakeholders with a range of technical skills and data literacy
- Proficient project management skills
- Get things done mentality and more importantly, you motivate others to drive their tasks to completion as well Analytical chops and decision-making skills to diagnose and identify as well as formulate effective action plans to resolve issues
- Experience with data visualization software such as Tableau, Looker, or PowerBI
- Strong knowledge of data warehousing fundamentals
- Nice to have experience writing SQL queries to explore and QA data
- Nice to have basic understanding of statistics and statistical testing (A/B Testing)
- Nice to have experience in ecommerce
Job Location: US Based candidates only, fully remote flexibility
Important COVID-19 Guidance (for candidates applying to roles in our MA, NY and CA offices): Per Rue Gilt Groupe’s policy, all associates who will work at our MA, NY or CA offices must be fully-vaccinated and proof of vaccination will be required.
ABOUT US:
Rue Gilt Groupe is a leading off-price e-commerce portfolio company, connecting the next-generation shopper to world-class brands. We’ve defined the online treasure hunt through our daily sale events allowing a large, loyal member base to discover over 5,000 premium and luxury brands at prices up to 70% off full-price retail.
Rue Gilt Groupe operates three complementary sites Rue La La, Gilt, and Shop Premium Outlets.
Our vision at RGG is to spark delight through daily discovery we make shopping an occasion to celebrate. At the forefront of fashion and technology, we’re also in the business of sparking delight for our Associates. We inspire each other, our Members, and ourselves to push past the expected every day. Our culture is rooted in our values and together we work to demonstrate being Kind, Passionate, Collaborative, Innovative, Tenacious and Empowered.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior User Experience Designer – Security (Remote)
United States
Job Description
Would you enjoy making a difference to our customers’ experience?
Are you excited to promote user-centered design across our culture?
Join our User Experience Team!
Akamai is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer to apply user-centered design activities across Akamai. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of shipping great products that users love and that drive business outcomes. At Akamai, we believe that great design can transform businesses.
Partner with the best
As a Senior User Experience Designer, you will play a significant role in leading the design for major products and features. Working closely with product owners, you’ll lead design efforts from concept through launch.
As an User Experience Designer Senior II, you will be responsible for:
- Working closely with product teams and engineers to create wireframes and mockups for major projects as well as short-term tactical work
- Visualizing, designing and creating solutions to complex problems, taking broad, conceptual ideas and turning them into useful and valuable products,
- Working on a range of projects from loosely defined problems to specific features
- Developing a deep understanding of our product goals and technical details to design experiences that balance user, business, and engineering goals
- Designing within a reusable component framework and leveraging a design system methodology.
- Understanding of accessibility and inclusion principles and guidelines, and practical application of those guidelines.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in UX/UI design or a related field
- Be an expert in UX/UI design skills and best practices
- Demonstrate the ability to break down complex problems into elegant, intuitive, and cohesive user experiences
- Be a problem solver, quick study, self-starter, and excellent communicator with a passion for great design and the ability to achieve it
- Have experience designing for B2B SaaS products and Enterprise software
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai’s Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work
Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!
We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
At Akamai, we’re curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you’ll thrive here.
Working for you
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
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