Rae Jones

Production Designers-Junior and Mid Level Designer : Bryant Park, NY : Temporary

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:03:23 EDT

The Designers (Junior and Mid-level) will work on a list of titles to promote clients websites. You will do photo research and make sure photo choices work with specs.

They will only use the style of type, creativity and design is small component. Essentially, it's about choosing the right photos and rigid design system.

You will be responsible for connecting with retouchers and copywriters and give them direction to get taglines. The right candidate will be self-sufficient. The candidate must be a brand ambassadors (understand the brand and make decisions based on what the team would make). These designers must be able to read priorities, have an understanding of the IQ system and how everything works around them.
It's more of a Production Designer role in terms of knowing typography, understanding templates or someone who has worked in editorial.

Account Management Assistant : Boston, MA : Temporary

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:30:02 EDT

Want to work for one of the leading Media companies whose office reigns as one of the funnest places to work, then apply within...

Our client is looking for an Account Manager to work directly with external clients to build campaigns, provide pricing recommendations, drive campaign optimizations, analyze reporting data, drive incremental revenue, and manage credit card client communications. Candidate will be required to work across the entire ABO Ops organization and directly with the Sales team.

- Strong organizational skills. Attention to detail is a must.
- Proficient in Excel.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work with minimal direction.
- Candidate must be resourceful, not afraid to ask questions.
- Experience working in a deadline oriented environment.
- Experience working with partners, managing multiple projects and accounts simultaneously.
- Sales / Ops background.
- Ability to coordinate with technical teams

Digital Traffic Coordinator : New York City : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:01:10 EST

The Digital Traffic Coordinator is an experienced professional, able to easily juggle the day-to-day workflow of a digital design studio.

Responsibilities
Coordinate with Content Strategists and Art Directors to manage the workload of 16 Digital Designers in NY. Focus on daily and future priorities, understanding the impact on not only our team but also on outside stakeholders.
• Evaluate new projects, allocate and manage resources and track productivity
• Assign projects based on personnel’s strengths and skills, meeting deadlines and equal utilization of staff
• Responsible for coordinating and managing stakeholder and executive reviews
• Maintain a prioritized list of all active projects and track status. Develop practices for keeping all stakeholders informed on project status
• Actively seek out best practices to promote efficiency in day-to-day operations
• Keep a positive attitude when dealing with heated situations to help diffuse the crisis in an expedient, professional manner
• Work with Director of Content Strategy, Art Directors and Operations Director to refine, improve and implement a master system for inputting, prioritizing, tracking and managing all department projects

Associate Creative Director : New York City : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:01:15 EST

We are seeking an Associate Creative Director for a quick temp to perm turn around, could be as little as a week for our leading cable network's Digital Media Group.

Our client feels that great design is only half the equation, and they place equal importance on being excellent and effective communicators with all of their stakeholders and collaborators. Their focus is on collaborative, cutting-edge and intelligent design methods in cross-platform digital experiences – and this role would aid them in helping to define and evangelize design communications across a variety of those initiatives.

Working closely with the UX, UI and Content design leads (and your own nimble team of design communication ninjas), you will be the point person for championing the personality, expertise, and voice of client – carrying out a variety of internal initiatives from helping to coordinate pitches and briefs in a manner that designers and stakeholders alike can identify with, internal branding efforts that communicate our unique capabilities and personality, style guides, internal design sites, process initiatives, case studies, client/stakeholder relations and beyond.

Who You Are:
• You are passionate about Design Communication and what that means across a wide variety of deliverables, touch points and initiatives and how that applies to a growing internal design agency, its collaborators, its users and its stakeholders
• You have spent some time in your career wearing many "design" hats and are familiar with a variety of different design roles – from traditional print design to digital product design and everything in between
• You are someone who has past experience designing for highly trafficked consumer-driven websites, technology, cross platform experiences, entertainment experiences and agency experience (this experience will help to ground the candidate in the types of communications efforts and logistics that are needed)
• You are passionate about keeping up to speed with trends and innovations in design, technology, development, visual design, art, communications design and product design
• You are someone who is driven and eager to dive in and carve out their own role and contribution to the team
• You are someone who is flexible and invigorated by multiple projects and a fast paced and passionate environment
• You know what excellence is within your craft – and cannot only identify and evangelize best practices, but use your tools to push new boundaries and explore new territory in order to deliver innovation
• You have a detail-oriented personality and highly developed organizational and communications skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines, speak and present on behalf of your work, and craft and tailor communications efforts to a wide array of different people and personalities
• You have strong self-management skills combined with an ability to work as a contributing member of a multi-disciplinary team
• You believe that better work is done through collaboration and iteration
• You have a BS/BA and relevant managerial experience or a Masters in Design (or related degree)

Mid-Level Interactive Designer : Manhattan : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:04:26 EST

The role requires expertise in Marketing campaigns and interactive UI/UX to create breakthrough brand experiences. Our favorite candidates are obsessed with the merging of exceptional design, concepts, and flawless user experience to create designs that “feel” right. While pushing the latest design and technology trends, you keep in mind the less-adapted end users to ensure their experience is equally exceptional. You will transform strategic business initiatives into compelling, engaging creative seen weekly by millions.

Core Duties/Responsibilities
• Support vision for marketing projects under the client's name
• Ability to translate user and business needs into an exceptional interactive experience
• Develop/execute industry-leading creative concepts
• Reports to Art Director
• Experienced at working with Art Directors to translate consumer insights into actionable creative strategies and breakthrough concepts that drive business results
• Responsible for the content layout, pixel-perfect visual appearance/interactivity

across a multi-screen experience (desktop, mobile, TV)
• Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain current project obligations, and help grow the existing business
• Share responsibility for new design efforts, collaborate with creative and marketing teams in crafting pitches for new creative work
• Demonstrate multi-disciplinary approach to creative problem-solving
• Understand and effectively communicate/implement creative concepts that reflect the company’s creative and business philosophy, methodology and capabilities
• Demonstrate foresight by understanding emerging tools, technology and business practices for the digital medium, and learning the application of these tools and practices
• Strive to be a thought leader and advanced practitioner in creative tools and tactics
• Be based in our New York City office

Production Designer : Manhattan : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:11:53 EST

Our client's Digital Media Group is looking for a seasoned Production Designer to join its rapidly growing internal, interactive agency. The role requires expertise in compositing the highest-quality visuals across multiple devices including desktop, mobile and tablet.

Core Duties/Responsibilities
• Expert image compositional skills
• Ability to create pixel-perfect art and vector graphics
• Experienced at working with Art Directors, Designers, Traffic Coordinators and team leads
• Demonstrate multi-disciplinary approach to creative problem-solving
• Understand and effectively communicate/implement creative concepts that reflect the company’s creative and business philosophy, methodology and capabilities
• Demonstrate foresight by understanding emerging tools, technology and business practices for the digital medium, and learning the application of these tools and practices
• Be based in our New York City office

Web/Implementation Analyst : Manhattan : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:12:02 EST

Collaborate with Project Management Group and Business owners to gather, clarify and prioritize achievable project data capture and reporting needs.
Design and architect data dimensions and metrics based on business requirement, often spanning multiple platforms, including desktop, mobile web and mobile apps.
Create, refine and maintain technical specification documentation.
Participate in User Acceptance Testing to ensure implemented solution adhers to spec.
Perform Post-launch analysis and develop dashboards and reports to deliver project insights and recommendations.
Ensure that product analytics documentation is accurate, up-to-date and accessible to all team members; and develop strategies to improve documentation compilation and maintenance.

Requirements:
2+ years of analytical experience in a business context, working with web analytic tools
2+ years demonstrated experience in SiteCatalyst including tagging and metadata strategy

Front End Developer-Makers : New York, NY : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:15:23 EST

Our Client is looking for front-end help. Skill set is PHP/MySQL, javascript, HTML, CSS, wordpress

UX Designer : New York City : Temporary

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:30:03 EST

Client is seeking to hire a UX Designer for its Web and Mobile Digital Media Group.

Working closely alongside the UI design and digital strategy teams, the UX Designer helps to contribute to and supporting the creative and iterative process as well as establish and carry out the experience design deliverables for a project. In addition, this person will be an integral part in developing, defining and growing the user experience team and we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated self-starter who is eager to help to define his or her own role and contribution.

Drupal Developer : New York City : Temporary

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:30:05 EST

We are looking for a Drupal developer for one of the leading entertainment companies who inhibits the following skills...
* Proficiency with Drupal 6 and 7 architecture and framework APIs
* Expertise in authoring and customizing Drupal modules
* Minimum of 2 years real-world Drupal development experience
* Strong PHP skills
* High-level understanding of HTML, Javascript (jQuery) and CSS
* Familiarity with source control (Subversion/Git) and code-deployment workflows
* Knowledge of high-availability server infrastructure and caching strategies a plus
* Solutions-oriented thinker; always looking for the smartest answer to a problem rather than jumping at the first answer
* Takes pride and ownership in his or her code
* Takes on new challenges enthusiastically
* Keeps up to date with new technologies and standards

Responsibilities
* Developing and integrating customized modules into Drupal applications
* Building Drupal sites in a large enterprise, project-based environment
* Follow established best practices and development protocols
* Collaborate with developers, share technical components and knowledge and contribute to discussion on coding practices
* Meet project deadlines
* Contribute to technical documentation for projects

SPSS Analysis : Westlake Village, CA : Temporary

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:30:04 EST

We are looking for a SPSS Analysis talent to join our clients dynamic team. You will be responsible for designing research studies, interpreting data, formulating reports/presentations and making recommendations based upon the research findings.

Key Goals of Position:
· Responsibilities involve successful use of SPSS and Excel for data analysis and verification
· Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task when working towards deadlines
· Coordinate/lead Analysis Planning Process (APP) and Analysis Execution Process (AEP) meetings and document outcomes
· Develop APP and AEP artifacts such as questionnaires, sample plans, data processing specifications, and report/presentation templates
· Apply knowledge of survey design and execution such as sampling, questionnaire development, scales, interviewing methods, etc.
· Verify the accuracy of study data and editorial content
· Mine data for insights/solutions to address business needs and hypotheses identified in APP
· Prepare custom/adhoc analyses as required to meet study objectives and/or client needs
· Create charts and graphs to populate reports and presentations
Interpret data, prepare recommendations, and author reports/presentations