UI Developer
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No design is required, the developers will be given a style guide and accompanying Illustrator and Photoshop files to work from. It’s essential they have strong skills in jQuery, HTML(5), CSS(3) and AJAX.

Develop and maintain the UI portion of software product interface by working with Information architects, UI Designer, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Software Developers and Architects.
Work closely with the UI Designer and other UI Developers to implement UI with a focus on user experience
Work with development team using Agile development methodology
Must work on site with UI design team


Requirements:

BS in computer science, advanced degree in human-computer interaction, human factors, or related field preferred.
Expert-level knowledge of HTML5, DHTML, XML, CSS3, JQuery, AJAX, ExtJ, YUI, DOJO and other similar UI libraries.
Expertise in cross browser/platform compatibility issues
Proven in the implementation of user interface models for standalone applications and web applications
Experience in mobile web UI design and rich internet applications (RIA) is desirable
Ability to work independently as well as with various size teams.
Previous experience in e-learning a plus!

Required Qualifications

MUST be able to, or at least know how to, create custom plugins and widgets in JQuery.

Do you want to work for one of the leading hotel chains? Our client is looking for someone who has project/account management experience (preferably agency experience). Assist the PM with planning and coordinating activities of projects to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Prior experience working in a creative setting (agency etc).

Required Qualifications

Candidate must be willing to work in Stamford, CT 5 days a week, there is no remote work for this position.

We are looking for an Art Director that has experience working on Children's design projects. The right candidate will have experience with print based design/Art direction for Children's products or publications. This is a project based position and unsure of the duration. The position is onsite in New York City.

We are looking for a Sr. User Interface Designer/ UI Designer For a large digital corporation in the travel industry located in Southlake, Texas. Their team members are people who take initiative, are resourceful and innovative, and are passionate about what they do. The User Experience team creates compelling, consistent, and highly usable experiences for users of the world's leading travel software solutions. You will be a visual and interaction designer in our client's growing team of dedicated user-centered design professionals, creating innovative, wow-producing visual interaction designs for their entire portfolio. Their applications are complex and their users are demanding, and this position offers a broad variety of design challenges in both web and desktop environments, sure to stretch your creativity and hone your talents. Our Client's strategic design activities have high standards and ambitious goals, and are visible at executive levels. Bring us your best visual and interaction design work, and share in their success. Job Description:Under general supervision, you will provide moderately complex User Experience evaluation and support to Software Solutions product development teams.You will utilize research methods to understand users, their tasks, and their environments. You may develop Personae, User Profiles, and Conceptual Models to communicate dominant characteristics and develop predictable results, with an emphasis to mitigate undesirable visual interaction or physical manipulation effects.You will collaborate with the product leadership team to develop design concepts and refine requirements, bridging business objectives and user goals into a holistic entity.Utilizing advanced software skills and tools, you will creates a product's visual look and feel, seamlessly integrating brand, appearance, usability, and functionality targeting a variety of technology implementations and platforms, Desktop, Web, and Mobile/Tablet. You will produce specifications and/or prototypes describing interaction requirements to support evolving software application development. You may develop and conduct Usability tests.


Qualifications

EDUCATION: Bachelor degree or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum 6-8 years related experience in Interaction Design, Visual User Interface Design, and User Experience Research. Experience and training to take on extremely difficult design challenges such as visualization of complex data, rich interactivity in a domain dominated by tables and spreadsheets, and driving common look and feel across a diverse product portfolio. You have designed and delivered effective and beautiful interfaces for both desktop and web applications.
You possess advanced computer software skills, including software experience with Adobe Suite and Visio.

We are currently looking for a Mobile UI Designer to join our client's creative team. This individual will design User Interfaces for numerous mobile web sites and applications that will live on mobile devices like the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, iPad and more!

Qualifications:
* Strong conceptual skills and proven ability to create visual graphics and designs that are leveraged across mobile, web, and broadcast television platforms
* Understanding of mobile navigation as it relates to design
* Aware of mobile design challenges and guidelines, and have a basic understanding of issues
* Experience in diagramming for the creation of site maps and wireframes is a plus
* Ability to thrive in highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
* Learn quickly and demonstrate a strong desire to have a career within the mobile space
* Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and if possible, Visio
* Successfully pass a background check

This position is with a growing interactive team. You MUST be able to work on-site 40 hours a week when you join the team. If you are interested in this position, meet the requirements and have worked in the mobile and or interactive space, please apply and include a link to your portfolio, cover letter and resume. Also email rhmartinez@aquent.com

Aquent is looking for a Social Media Content Manager to Assist in management of corporate social media accounts and initiatives, produce author- and book-related content for consumer websites, and support e-mail marketing efforts in the Digital Group of Our Client's offices in NYC. The right candidate must have previous experience engaging customers through Social Media and this is a Temp-perm opportunity for the right person! Resumes to rhmartinez@aquent.com

Specific Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Grow highly engaged audiences on social media platforms with an eye toward monetization and amplification of efforts of authors and imprints; these may include Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, G+
· Produce consumer-directed newsletters, including general-interest mailings and custom Author Tracker content; support members of the divisions who produce their own imprint- and category-specific newsletters for consumers; post most recent newsletter samples to their .com
· More emphasis on creating Social Media headliners/highlights to target specific audience
· Create profiles for authors in AuthorAssistant (a proprietary web-based application); edit / approve content submitted by authors (text, photos, video)
· Circulate daily social media memos (internal)
· Ensure that assets are collected from all marketing and publicity efforts, including video, audio, textual, and image-based content, for use on com platform and for third-party syndication partners

Qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree with outstanding academic performance
· Prior experience engaging customers through Social Media outlets
· 2-4 years prior experience, preferably in publishing
· Demonstrated social media prowess
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
· Copyediting / proofreading experience a plus
· Ability to set priorities under pressure
· Ability to work independently
· Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop; basic
· Basic understanding of HTML and experience editing web content via CMS a plus
· Must love books

Do you design with the end user in mind? Aquent is looking for a Web Designer with user experience skills / understanding to join our client's growing interactive team. You will have an opportunity to design websites, micro-sites, email marketing campaigns and much more!

Requirements
-3 to 5 years of web design experience (previous advertising agency or sports industry a PLUS)
-Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator
-Knowledge of web standards, HTML, CSS preferred
-UX understanding and experience
-Ability to collaborate with creative team

MUST have an online portfolio with samples to submit! This is an on-site opportunity working 40 hours a week. If this position sounds like a match for you please send your resume and online portfolio link to rhmartinez@aquent.com

We are looking for a Junior to mid level User interface designer for a long term contract in NYC. The UI Designer won’t be doing any development work, there will be a strong focus on visual design, UX knowledge, icon design and some wireframing. The right candidate will be working with an established UI style but will be expected to keep designing new UI elements and screens based on this style. Candidates with experience in software application design and writing style guides is desirable, as is working within an Agile environment.

Must have advanced knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Desirable to have candidates familiar with Omnigraffle, Git, or Version One (Agile tool).
Email rhmartinez@aquent.com

Do you have a passion for developing Creative or advertising copy? Web or even sports interest? Then we have the job for you! Aquent is looking for a seasoned Interactive CopyWriter to join our clients creative team and develop copy for websites and interactive marketing campaigns.

Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of interactive copywriting experience
- Agency background
- Experience writing advertising content (MUST be able to provide samples)
- Attention to detail and excellent communication skills
- Team player, out-going

This is a position with a growing team and department. Candidate MUST be able to work on-site 40 hours a week. Please send your resume and samples to rhmartinez@aquent.com to apply.

We are looking for a hybrid Creative/Agile methodology experienced Project Manager for a long term contract at least 6 months could go up to 18 months. In order to provide exceptional creative content for our Guests online, we seek high-caliber talent to be part of our creative, technology and management teams. We are currently looking for a proven Project Manager with the skills, vision and imagination to help drive production of premier Entertainment and Travel web sites. You will oversee the development of multiple medium-large scale content and e-commerce sites. The right candidate will have experience managing larger budget web projects.

Job Responsibilities:
• Manage resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization
• Work through trade-offs when there are competing business demands
• Act as Production single-point-of-contact and serve as primary liaison between Product Management, Creative Development, Technology and vendors (when appropriate)
• Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review individual project plans with senior leadership
• Ensure all projects within channel are staying on schedule and budget
• Act as primary escalation path for any production-related issues for assigned projects
• Responsible for leading projects to on time, on budget delivery
• Coordinate execution of the project across the Creative Development and Production, Technology and Business Development teams
• Document the scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads
• Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget
• Develop the project plan and schedule with cross discipline functional leads
• Ensure every necessary step to complete project is accounted for in project plan
• Clearly organize and forecast deliverables and dependencies
• Ensure proactive scheduling of all aspects of the project delivery
• Manage the full lifecycle of projects from requirements through launch
• Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads
• Manage day-to-day tasks and have in-depth involvement to allow for early identification of potential risks and issues in order to proactively mitigate impacts
• Manage project scope and execute change control when additional requests for features or functionality are made
• Elevate situations that may require Executive intervention
• Manage project risks, issues, and next steps to ensure quality delivery
• Maintain Disney quality
• Ensure on-time project deliverables
• Provide weekly status reports and regular updates to Production leadership and executive team
• Confidently lead, motivate, influence and drive progress
• Work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity
• Must be able to work under tight timetables and pressure situations


Qualifications:

The following qualifications are required for consideration for this role:
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience with an online retailer, project management, experience (ideally in eCommerce, marketing, merchandising, or operations)
• Strong experience gathering and developing requirements from eCommerce solutions
• 1-5 years of client management experience in successfully delivering internet solutions, preferably in a global client-service organization
• Accountability for budget or client revenue of up to $3mm
• 1-2 years client management experience with primary accountability for peer-level client relationships (preferably at the executive level)
• Experienced multiple full lifecycle software deliveries from business development to final software acceptance
• Led teams with multiple discipline representation (including technology, creative, SEO, analytics, and strategy)
• Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle, shift gears and maintain a sense of humor
• Proven track record managing individual project budgets and budget roll-up of multiple projects
• Strong leader and decision maker with at least 2 years of experience in leading multidisciplinary Web site teams
• Practiced in the basics of project management (estimation, project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning)
• Excellent business communication, writing and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues
• Comfortable when communicating with VP-level managers
• Practiced in negotiating with others in ways that result in win/win agreements and outcomes
• Demonstrated analysis/assessment capabilities
• Capable of coaching/mentoring and conflict management/negotiation

We are looking for a Part time Web designer, preferably with experience designing educational products. This position will be 2-3 days a week onsite in Danbury CT, The style is not too corporate kind of fun, Educational Design and Editorial style design. Our client builds educational products sold to schools and libraries. The right candidate will have experience designing with front end web, including HTML, CSS, FLASH.

We are looking for a Senior Developer that has led an Omniture Implementation team on a Drupal site. A Developer who can bridge the gap and increase skills of in-house Developers with Omniture across Drupal site platform Must know documentation & how to translate into CMS. Must be able to re-architect tagging of site.
May be a 3 month engagement and potentially could lead to full-time conversion. Send resumes to rhmartinez@aquent.com

We are Looking for a senior Ecommerce web designer for a 3 week project in New York, for $40/hr. The right candidate will be senior level and have the leadership quality of working as an AD and experience & confidence to work independently. Must be reliable.
Must have ecommerce sites like Verizon, American Express, Bath & Body Works, Martha Stewart sites. Or Sites that have that design style, top page navigation, search bar stand outs, a lot of copy on the page. Must be able to work with templates and give them life, while adhering to the brand & understanding the hierarchy.
Portfolio must contain offers, drop downs, promotions, Icons (not all photography), products etc
Among being detail oriented, having a high quality of work, being a quick study –Showcasing multiple ecommerce/brands in the portfolio. Good call to actions, price points etc... Resumes to rhmartinez@aquent.com

We are looking for a junior web designer with a great eye for design typography and layout, with sleek, modern, cutting edge design esthetic. For a long term indefinite contract position in New York, Must have Adobe Creative suite as well as HTML, CSS, and some Flash.