Ro Anoushiravani

UX Designer : Los Angeles, CA : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:02:16 EST

Under general supervision, collaborates with business and technical teams to advocate for and develop user-centered and interaction concepts.

Responsibilities:
- Gathers and understands business requirements and user needs specific to new or existing features, functionality, content and organizational structure.
- Understands user needs through research such as heuristics, usability testing, focus groups, web analytics and competitor evaluations.
- Designs, develops and conducts usability testing scenarios to understand and validate user needs throughout the lifecycle of projects.
- Partners with technical teams to understand technical capabilities of business requirements. Develops technology strategies and internal roadmaps for platform and application integration.

- Identifies and recommends features, functionality and specific interactions based on analysis of business goals and user needs.
- Translates business needs and user needs while incorporating best practices and understanding system technical and execution capabilities.
- Creates user requirement specifications, such as personas, scenarios, task analysis, flowcharts and organization and navigation models. May develop components (iconography, front-end components, etc.).
- Gathers and incorporates feedback from stakeholders, end users, and technical and design teams to validate user experience proposals.
- Creates alternatives and makes recommendations for final design. Works with others (e.g., designers and writers) to create final user experience artifacts for development.
- After launch, monitors internal data and feedback to recommend and prioritize improvements for future phases.
- Provides input to technical teams during development phase to make updates. Conducts user testing during construction to validate design and make adjustments as necessary.

- Provides input and expertise towards the development of a variety of user experience design principles, best practices and processes.
- Gathers information and makes recommendations for the creation and evolution of user experience style guide.
- Actively engages in user experience community (experts), keeps abreast of emerging technologies and attends conferences to evaluate and apply industry best practices.
- Collaborates within team and other departments to leverage and share ideas and recommendations to apply broadly across multiple channels.
- Assesses user experience (shadowing, general feedback-oriented focus groups, research, etc.) and recommends improvements.

- Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Corporate Events Producer : Los Angeles, CA : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:02:40 EST

A Q U E N T is currently seeking Corporate Events Producers for upcoming needs of one of our large corporate clients in the Los Angeles, CA area.

Do you have a background in producing large tradeshows and events for well known brands? If yes, we want to speak with you!

Skills Required:
• Hands on experience concepting & producing large scale events
• Understanding of staging, queues, and flow

*Please note this posting is not for one specific position but for on-going needs of our clients

Digital Producer : Los Angeles, CA : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:04:15 EST

The Digital Producer with support our client’s digital channels, including web, email, social media and mobile.

• Coordinating, scheduling, monitoring and tracking web/digital production change requests (content changes, bug fixes, etc.)
• Communicating with individuals and teams to ensure work remains on schedule
• Ensuring content is reviewed by appropriate business partners and necessary regulatory filings occur
• Planning and coordination of content releases to company websites and digital channels

Digital Producer Assistant : Los Angeles, CA : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:04:16 EST

A Q U E N T is currently seeking a Digital Producer Assistant for an exciting new opportunity to assist our large Financial Services client!

Start Date: January 21st, 2013
Hours per week: 40 per week
Schedule: M-F | 8-5
Duration of assignment: 9 months
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, CA

Project Detail:
The Digital Producer Assistant will be responsible for assisting with the day to day production processes associated with publishing literature and other digital content to the company websites, including required circulations and legal filings. Responsible for monitoring, tracking and reporting on a variety of production related processes. This position requires a significant amount of cross- departmental communication and follow-up. This position also provides production support for various small to large scale web projects under the direction of the Digital Producer, Project Lead and/or Web Manager.

Requirements:
The ideal candidate for this role will have the following qualifications:
· Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
· Ability to balance multiple projects and be flexible in a fast-paced environment
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Ability to both work independently and collaborate with various teams and departments
· Ability to think creatively and improve upon established processes
· Ability to organize and prioritize tasks accurately, and complete work on time

· The responsibilities of this position may require potential over time or work outside normal business hours
· Perform other job-related tasks as required or requested

Skills Desired
· Basic project coordination/project management skills
· Demonstrated initiative / Action Oriented

Technical Skills
· Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and e-mail

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