Benjamin Levoy

Interaction Design Lead : San Antonio or Austin : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:00:03 EST

We have a great opportunity here at Aquent for one of our clients in San Antonio. This client offers scalable cloud hosting solutions for a variety of clients ranging from small businesses to enterprise-level. Their mission is to be recognized as one of the world's great service companies and leaders in cloud computing. Originated in 1998, they have grown to serve more than 197,000 customers. They integrate the industry's best technologies for each customer's specific need and delivers it as a service via the company's commitment to Fanatical Support. Core products include Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting, Email & Apps.

Position Specifics

• Agile Environment; tool agnostic
• Ability to create rapid prototypes (HTML preferred)
• Ability to create wireframes and site maps
• Ability to test/iterate on wireframes
• Implement User Research findings & personas into prototype process
• Ability to be a design lead & communicate design vision to cross functional teams
• Usability & User Experience Knowledge a prerequisite
• Must be able to work across development lifecycle
• Must be focused on results first – ability to create low-fidelity proof-of-concept

Nice-to-have: ability to create a rapid prototype using Twitter Bootstrap framework

• There is a shuttle provided daily shuttle service from Austin to San Antonio
• Compensation is industry competitive. This is a temp to perm position.
• Start Date: ASAP

Business Analyst/PM familiar with Cont Asset Mgt Sys & Web Applications : Short Hills, NJ (Opposite the Mall) : Temporary

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:00:03 EST

Business Analyst

Position Overview
• Role is Contract (possibly part time) – initial commitment estimated at 3/4 months
• This Business Analyst should be familiar with Content Asset Management Systems and Web Applications.

Key Responsibilities
• Elicit, create and review business requirements and functional design documents (use cases, functional specifications, reports, screen prototypes).
• Develop requirements through use of interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, understanding of business rules, etc.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver business requirements and use cases as needed
• Serve as the liaison between business units and the production and IT development teams
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Articulate and present business analysis results clearly and concisely to programming staff
• Contribute to the development, testing, acceptance testing and implementation process
• Contribute to the development of user guides and training materials as appropriate
• Participate in end user training

Example Projects

• Enhancing and expanding of Digital Asset Management tool. When expanded, the DAM tool will be the central repository for all final digital assets. Enhancements to the DAM will include a complete restructuring of the DAM taxonomy and mapping of existing and new assets into the new structure. The primary development work needed involves making the assets available to internal users. Our access strategy includes a new web-based front end for the DAM as well as delivery of assets through other platforms, most notably Salesforce.com.
• Migration of multiple customer login pages onto our central digital platform, CQ5. We currently have many web-based products that our customers use to access data. Each product sits at a different URL and has its own login screen and process. We would like to begin pulling these login pages onto CQ5 and ultimately rationalizing them and creating a centralized login for all products.

Essential Qualifications

• A Minimum of 3 years of experience with business analytics, including gathering and documenting business, functional and technical requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent previous experience
• Demonstrated experience in identifying trends, assessing impact and translating raw data into meaningful, actionable insights
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills; ability to interact with all levels of leadership
• Advanced proficiency with all MS Office applications, MS Project and Visio
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
• Ability to work independently with direction from leader
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, including executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or the equivalent
• Experience with designing web-based applications
• Experience with an enterprise-wide systems (CMS, SFA, etc.)
• Experience with a Content Management System
• Experience with Digital Asset Management processes and tools

Internal Marketing & Sales Communications Writer : New York or ( Remote ) : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:00:04 EST

• Focused on developing Service Line Descriptions while also collaborating with Internal McKinsey Consultants.
• Additionally, this position should have a clear understanding of Large Scale Business and the ability to articulate the Capabilities/Services and Attributes of Marketing and Sales.
• Will be working on material for the Corporate Web Site, Intranet and other high level and prominent Publishing’s/Newsletters.
• Strong Market and Competitor Understanding. Consulting knowledge a plus.
• Comfortable being a liaison and support tool for Marketing and Sales.

Indesign "Rock Star" Presentation Designer : Denver : Temporary

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:00:03 EST

This position requires a "Rock Star" InDesign person working in their Proposal & Marketing Dept. Person must be well-versed in Indesign and working with long-form documents. Working with charts, info-graphics and images will be required for such proposals. In addition to this work, there might be a need to do (basic editing and proofreading of resumes that are going into the proposals)These proposals are for a construction firm which are using this proposals to win contracts and introduce their teams to prospective clients.