Simone Chen

Creative Copywriter with SEO & Ecommerce : Doral, FL (Miami area) : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:03:38 EST

We are in search of a mid level Creative Copywriter with SEO and proofreading experience experience to assist various departments at Perry Ellis International headquarters in Doral. The focus will be on content for their e-commerce sites, corporate website, blogs, and overall online presence. Additional writing duties as needed and assigned. Reports to a senior Copywriter.

Location: Onsite at Perry Ellis International in Doral, FL.
Duration: This position is temp-to-perm
Compensation: approx.: $24/hr plus Health, Vision and Dental benefits
Begins: ASAP

Job Duties & Responsibilities:
Writing Composition/Proofreading (80%) - Contribute to the creation of communications vehicles that describe our brands (including our corporate brand) to the outside world to ensure a well-articulated and consistent message. This includes: e-commerce online content, SEO, blogging, social media content, consumer emails, product descriptions, digital ads, look books, fit guides, mission statements and more. A variety of other writing projects may be assigned as needed. Ability to handle multiple projects, many brand voices and tight deadlines is a must.

Writing support (20%) - Provide as-needed support to Senior Copywriter. This may include internal communications, newsletters, sales materials, press releases and other such correspondence.

Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in English, Advertising, Communications or Journalism
- At least 4 years of professional work experience as a creative copywriter (MUST have professional writing experience from an ad agency or major company similar to Perry Ellis) This is not an entry level position for candidates looking to enter the field
- Previous work for corporate level brands (think Fortune 500 level); experience at a similar apparel retailer is a major plus
- Portfolio of your writing samples is required – no exceptions (web portfolio or a single, compiled pdf of samples; NO zip files)
-Excellent copywriting, editing, proofreading and grammatical skills
-Strong organizational skills and ability to oversee multiple simultaneous projects
-Strong creative writing abilities
-Ability to comprehend corporate and brand initiatives and transform abstract ideas into persuasive and articulate messages
-Ecommerce and SEO writing experience (examples will be required)

** If you are interested, please apply online. You will be contacted by a recruiter within 1-2 business days with follow up questions. Heads up: at that point you will also be required to provide us with a link to your portfolio or a PDF samples of your work (under 8MB please).

No calls please!

More about Pery Ellis International:
A thriving company with over 35 big-name brands, including: Perry Ellis, Original Penguin, Laundry by Shelli Segal, C&C California, Jantzen, Cubavera, Gotcha, Grand Slam, Pro Player, Rafaella, Nike Swim, Callaway, PGA Tour and more, you’ll have the ability to write clever communications for a huge variety of brands, labels and products (Men’s Women’s, Sports, Swim, etc). Each with its own “voice,” you’ll never get burnt out from repetitive writing routines found at other companies.

Creative Services Coordinator (x3) : Charleston, SC onsite only : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:03:50 EST

This is a 6mo contract position with Amazon.com company, CreateSpace in Charleston, South Carolina (not Charlotte, NC). This position has the potential to extend and/or become permanent. It pays $14/hr + benefits.

Our client is a leader in manufacture on-demand self publishing services for authors, musicians, filmmakers, publishers, film studios, and music labels. If you'd like to help us build a great self-publishing and manufacturing on-demand company, this is your chance to help make history in a rapidly-growing, fast-paced environment. They are looking for a dynamic, organized individual to join their Services team as a Creative Services Coordinator in Charleston, SC. (This is an onsite position; relocation pay is not offered)

Position Overview
This position reports to the Project Team Manager. The primary goal of the team is to provide members with a personalized experience and quality products.

A Creative Services Coordinator (CSC) is responsible for working with a large volume of customers to fulfill products and services utilizing outsourced designers, formatters, and video production teams, and sometimes performing work internally when needed. In a fun and fast-paced environment, this position requires heavy phone and email communication with customers, utilizing a wide variety of software tools to navigate customer accounts, research and review policies and communicate effective solutions. The CSC will work closely with the Project Coordinators and other internal teams to ensure that a quality product is delivered timely and accurately. The chosen candidate must have a strong work ethic, the ability to deal with ambiguity, and a desire to succeed and be a team player. This person must have a strong grasp of design, understanding technical and creative aspects of graphic design and video production.

Job Responsibilities:
• Conduct design and video consultations to assist with design minded decisions and evaluating authors needs while ensuring the author understands the service fulfillment processes and the products they have purchased
• Fulfillment of creative services while proactively identifying problems and seeking solutions
• Assisting with the management of outsourced vendors for quality product delivery
• Managing workflow using a wide variety of software systems • Escalates customer issues appropriately, timely and correctly.
• Demonstrates clear and polite written and oral communication.
• Demonstrates timely, accurate and professional customer service.
• Actively seeks solutions and identifies trends to appropriate personnel including possible alternatives or suggestions.
• Demonstrates appropriate sense of urgency for email response times and phone service levels. Accountable for service level agreements defined for customer interaction.

Basic Qualifications
• 2+ years Graphic Arts or Design related experience
• Associate’s Degree and 2+ years customer service experience
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications
• Ability to work occasional weekends and overtime as required
• Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree is preferred
• Experience working with outsource/3rd Party Vendors
• Aptitude to quickly learn new systems and software
• Ability to multi-task & prioritize, with strong organizational and follow-up skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Please note that a job offer will be contingent upon passing a background check.

No calls please!

Please apply online if you fulfill every requirement. A recruiter will contact you within 24-48hours with follow up questions.

**If you know someone who'd fit this role, you can receive a bonus if we place them in this or any other position within the next year, plus a bonus for every hour they work. aquent.com/rewards

Packaging Designer (Pittsburgh) : Pittsburgh, PA : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:08:03 EST

We are in search of a junior level graphic designer (3+ years professional experience) with strong packaging experience to assist the Product Development team at Dick’s Sporting Goods headquarters. This candidate will assist in the design development of packaging, collateral and product branding for all Private brands in the hardlines, softline and footwear sectors. Reports to a senior designer.

Location: Onsite at Dick’s Sporting Goods headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA.
Compensation: approx.: $38K annually plus Health, Vision and Dental benefits

Job Duties & Responsibilities:
• Execute design process for a given brand/season from conceptualization to identity and package creation.
• Assist in the execution of brand and packaging design on apparel, equipment and and footwear within given brand responsibility (3-6 brands)
• Manages integrity of brand images by delivering appropriate point-of-difference design through collaboration with design peers, brand management, product management, merchants and vendors in line with the brand profile.
• Introduces new creative vision and key designs to keep the brand fresh and relevant in the marketplace.
• Communicate among internal design, external design partners, brand management, merchants, sourcing, marketing and vendors to drive effective and efficient development.
• Assist the Graphic Designer in art directing all photography needs including model photo shoots and product photography.
• Responsible for cataloging and organizing all brand material for UGS, GSI and product teams and brand identity manuals.

Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
- At least 3 years of professional work experience as a designer
- Previous work for a corporate level company (think Fortune 500 level); experience at a similar retailer is a major plus
- Portfolio of your product focused work that includes samples of packaging and print collateral (web portfolio or a single, compiled pdf of samples; no zip files)

-Advanced knowledge of Adobe CS (especially Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop)

Additional needs:
• Possess the ability to meet deadlines
• Strong design skills, including sketching, conceptualization, ideation, color and digital design.
• Ability to art direct and manage photo shoots for packaging, model and product photography
• Ability to design from strategic briefs and around concepts and to clearly articulate design vision.

** If you are interested, please apply online. You will be contacted by a recruiter within 1-2 business days with follow up questions. Heads up: at that point you will also be required to provide us with a link to your portfolio or a PDF samples of your work (under 8MB please).

No calls please!

Conversion Specialist (8654-1) : Charleston, SC onsite only : Temporary

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:00:03 EST

This is a 6mo contract position with Amazon.com company, CreateSpace in Charleston, South Carolina (not Charlotte, NC). This position has the potential to extend and/or become permanent. It pays $14/hr + benefits. In total, we are looking to fill 3 positions.

Our client is a leader in manufacture on-demand self publishing services for authors, musicians, filmmakers, publishers, film studios, and music labels. If you'd like to help us build a great self-publishing and manufacturing on-demand company, this is your chance to help make history in a rapidly-growing, fast-paced environment. They are looking for a dynamic, organized individual to join their Services team as a Conversion Specialist in Charleston, SC. (This is an onsite position; relocation pay is not offered)

Position Overview
This position reports to the Publisher Account Manager. A Conversion Specialist is an essential team member who helps to create and ensure the best experience for our readers—across all genres, devices, and reading mediums. We work with with multiple vendors to convert and modify files for both print and digital books.

Job Responsibilities:
· Provide impeccable customer service to our clients.
· Prepare and proofread book files to ensure they meet the proper specifications before conversion.
· Review modified and converted titles efficiently for quality, ensuring that all deadlines are met and the converted books meet our high-quality bar.
· Work cross-functionally to provide consistent, proactive communication and guidance to our customers and vendors with a focus on monitoring the work in process and guaranteeing our service promises. This includes reviewing and routing incoming titles and files to the appropriate vendor for conversion and modification or modifying the book files when complexity or timelines dictate.
· Troubleshoot projects with file or conversion issues within CreateSpace, Kindle Direct Publishing, and Amazon systems.
· Help to establish and improve process and quality guidelines to confirm that our conversion quality bars are consistent by identifying trends and actively seeking solutions to improve efficiency.
· Maintain meticulous reporting and tracking, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.
· Maintain documentation and drive Standard Operating Procedures.
· Lead and participate in Kaizen activities to improve internal processes and the publisher experience.
· Manage or attend meetings that fulfill the daily and long-term needs of the business.
· Fulfill additional objectives requested by the Publisher Account Manager.

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Two years of experience in customer relations
- Experience working with high-volume processes
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and an eye for quality
- Proven track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience using Pitstop and Quite Imposing software
- Aptitude to quickly learn new systems and software
- Previous QA Experience
- Proficient in Adobe’s Creative Suite
- Experience working with digital text (e.g., website editing or design, digital content, digitization, etc) strongly desired, including familiarity with HTML, CSS and other digital text code
- Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners to achieve results.

Please note that a job offer will be contingent upon passing a background check.

No calls please!

Please apply online if you fulfill every requirement. A recruiter will contact you within 24-48hours with follow up questions.

**If you know someone who'd fit this role, you can receive a bonus if we place them in this or any other position within the next year, plus a bonus for every hour they work. aquent.com/rewards

Sr. Web Designer (2190656) : Columbus, OH 43068 : Temporary

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:00:04 EST

We are in search of a senior web designer for Bath and Body Works at Limited Brands. This position is responsible for working with Design Leads to design and execute creative solutions in a fast-paced retail environment. This position will be focused on email and site changes as needed by the demand of the business. This job is onsite at Limited Brands headquarters in Columbus, OH.

Duration: 6 month contract
Benefits: approximately $70/hr + benefits (medical, vision, dental and 401K)
Hours: onsite 8:30am-6pm weekdays

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Partner with Design Leads (CD, AD, AAD, SWD) on executing on-brand layouts for BBWD in email and site creative
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of all creative site asset and email requests
• Optimize and deliver appropriate files to the Operations/Marketing team
• Adhere to internal and external deadlines
• Take ownership of tasks and drive tasks through to completion
• Keep manager informed daily of the status of workload and projects

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
• 5+ years Web Design experience
• Proven talent and skills in interactive design for a retail brand
• Experience in Beauty/Fashion is a plus
• Complete fluency in PhotoShop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat and Web Optimization
• Basic working knowledge of InDesign

QUALIFICATIONS:
• A polished portfolio of your past web and graphic design work
• Must have a strong sense of design/style with willingness and ability to do production work
• Proven ability to translate complex design challenges into clear, customer-friendly experiences
• Excellent knowledge of best practices for the Web
• Collaborative, inclusive and flexible team member
• Resourceful self-starter who takes action and responds quickly to change with a positive attitude
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills required
• Ability to maintain a positive, healthy perspective in difficult situations
• Maintains high work standards
• Shows a passion for the work that inspires others

** If you are interested, please apply online. You will be contacted by a recruiter within 1-2 business days with follow up questions. Heads up: at that point you will also be required to provide samples of your relevant work.

Please only apply to this SENIOR position if you completely fulfill the requirements and are able to verify your experience. There is also a 2mo junior level web design position which you can apply to here http://aquent.com/find-work/200016540. Be honest and only apply the one you can truly meet.

No calls please!

Junior Web Designer 2mo : Columbus, OH 43068 : Temporary

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:30:02 EST

We are in search of a junior web designer for Bath and Body Works at Limited Brands. This position is responsible for working with Design Leads to design and execute creative solutions in a fast-paced retail environment. This position will be focused on email and site changes as needed by the demand of the business. This job is onsite at Limited Brands headquarters in Columbus, OH.

Duration: 2month contract
Benefits: approximately $32/hr
Hours: onsite 8am-5pm weekdays

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Partner with Design Leads (CD, AD, AAD, SWD) on executing on-brand layouts for BBWD in email and site creative
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of all creative site asset and email requests
• Optimize and deliver appropriate files to the Operations/Marketing team
• Adhere to internal and external deadlines
• Take ownership of tasks and drive tasks through to completion
• Keep manager informed daily of the status of workload and projects

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Web Design or equivalent experience
• 2-3 years graphic design work experience
• 1+ years Web Design experience
• Proven talent and skills in interactive design for a retail brand
• Experience in Beauty/Fashion is a plus
• Complete fluency in PhotoShop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat and Web Optimization
• Basic working knowledge of InDesign

QUALIFICATIONS:
• A polished portfolio of your past web and graphic design work
• Must have a strong sense of design/style with willingness and ability to do production work
• Proven ability to translate complex design challenges into clear, customer-friendly experiences
• Excellent knowledge of best practices for the Web
• Collaborative, inclusive and flexible team member
• Resourceful self-starter who takes action and responds quickly to change with a positive attitude
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills required
• Ability to maintain a positive, healthy perspective in difficult situations
• Maintains high work standards
• Shows a passion for the work that inspires others

** If you are interested, please apply online. You will be contacted by a recruiter within 1-2 business days with follow up questions. Heads up: at that point you will also be required to provide samples of your relevant work.

UPDATE: They currently have a need for a Sr. Web Design position as well. Do not apply to it unless you fully qualify for a senior level role and can verify your experience. Please be honest with yourself and with me about your true skill level at the moment. Application for the senior position can be found here http://aquent.com/find-work/200016650

No calls please!

Jr to Mid-level Web Designer : NYC : Temporary

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:00:09 EST

We are in search of a Web Designer (1-3 years professional experience) to provide assistance for the fashion accessories and beauty division for Macys.com. This candidate will conceptualize and execute designs for homepage and email campaigns, special events mini-sites, and special seasonal/brand shops..

Length: 6 months (possibility to extend)
Location: Onsite only, at Macy’s headquarters in NYC
Compensation: approx.: $38K annually plus Health, Vision and Dental benefits

Key Accountabilities:
- Continue to elevate the design aesthetic on macys.com while maintaining alignment with national brand.
- Interface with project managers and coders to deliver work on schedule.
- This role will not require art direction or concepting – all assets, images and copy will be given to you for each project and you will need to aesthetically lay them out within brand or vendor guidelines.
-Timing, a fashionable aesthetic and a keen eye for pixilation are incredibly important in this role.

Requirements:
- 1-3 years of web design experience is required.
- A polished portfolio of your past work that is clean and uncluttered (heads up that the manager has an eagle-eye for catching pixelation)
- Experience designing for a major fashion or beauty brand is an absolute, non-negotiable requirement.
- Proficiency in PhotoShop and Illustrator on Mac platform.
- Bachelor's Degree (or comparable work experience).
- Ability to meet tight deadlines, while working both independently and as part of a team. (This isn’t fluff. Pages change multiple times daily)
- Retail or E-commerce knowledge is a plus.
- The ideal candidate will be comfortable taking direction. They can work independently when given Creative direction and brand guidelines

** If you are interested, please apply online. You will be contacted by a recruiter within 1-2 business days with follow up questions. Heads up: at that point you will also be required to provide us with a link to your portfolio.

No calls please!