Rhonda Martinez

Information Architect-IA : NYC : Temporary

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:30:02 EDT

Great short temp to perm opportunity for IA within the higher education division of a well known publishing group. You will work with a tight knit user experience team of designers, business analysts and writers to design great experiences for college instructors and students.

Collaborate with product stakeholders to translate business requirements into user needs
Create and present design briefs of big-picture concepts gleaned from sketch sessions
Specify functionality, navigation, user flows, and taxonomy through wireframes
Leverage research, personas, and user scenarios throughout the design process
Advocate for interface simplicity and a high-level of usability
Work with project managers to establish, organize, and manage deliverables
Create user testing plans and analyze test feedback
Help devise better UX work practices and requirements processes

Qualifications

Minimum of 2-5 years of experience working on websites and applications
OmniGraffle (or any other diagramming tool) experience
Photoshop experience
Protoyping (ie. Keynote, Fireworks, Axure, etc.) experience
Familiarity with HTML, CSS development
Familiarity with screencasting is a bonus (ie. ScreenFlow, Camtasia)
Bachelor's degree

Visual/Mobile Designer : New York, NY : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:30:02 EDT

We are looking for highly talented visual designer with a strong focus on mobile experiences and interfaces. This client offers a unique mix of creative startup culture with a massive international consumer audience. In 2011 we established a formal user experience design & product group and they are making big strides in design and branding.

You, the mobile designer, have a fearlessness of technology, excel at creating charming pixel perfect visuals and, above all else, delight in creating elegant behavior-driven user interfaces. You are visionary in interaction design; a genius of interactive behaviors. And, of course, you have stellar skill with typography, color, use of the grid, and a sixth sense for the small details that make or break good design. You will provide design execution and delivery on mobile web, mobile app, and interactive television projects while contributing to ongoing design initiatives. You will work with an ultra-collaborative design team, talented developers, editorial leadership and project management stakeholders alike.

Senior Manager, Strategic Analytics : New York City, NY : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:00:03 EDT

We are looking for a resourceful and motivated individual to join our Strategic Analytics team. This position would be permanent long term opportunity with an industry leader. This team leads the initiative to harness customer data in addressing strategic issues that materially impact our business. The primary responsibility for the Senior Manager role is conducting statistical analyses in support of our marketing and strategic initiatives. The successful candidate will have strong consultative skills in addition to quantitative ability. The right candidate will have SAS coding experience, no exceptions.

The successful candidate will also be exposed to the challenges of using statistics in a business setting, such as incomplete data, biased data, large data sets, low signal-to-noise ratios, high variance and multiple objective functions. Requires being creative and resourceful and we will utilize traditional statistical methodologies as well as newer techniques from computational statistics and data mining.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Conceptualize and execute exploratory analyses to address current business questions, typically requiring manipulation of large amounts of data, linking across multiple databases, writing of complex code, and refining analysis plans over the course of projects

· Develop statistical models to support our marketing efforts, such as customer segmentation, acquisition and retention

· Develop statistical testing programs to measure and improve on-going performance of marketing campaigns

· Apply appropriate techniques, such as exploratory data analysis, regression, bootstrapping, trees, cluster analysis, survival analysis and so on

· Develop and articulate strategic recommendations based on rigorous data analysis

· Partner with Marketing and Finance to understand business problems and marketing strategies

· Partner with IT to implement models and tests

Minimum Requirements:

· 6-8 years of general business experience, including 3-4 years of quantitative analysis in a business setting, including building statistical models and using statistical methods

· 3-5 years of computer coding, including SAS and SQL

· MS in Statistics, Data Mining, Econometrics or related fields; MBA helpful

Requirements:

· Exceptional ability to extract strategic insights from large data sets

· Strong ability to build coherent stories and presentations illustrating insights from data

· Ability to work in a dynamic, uncertain environment in which project objectives are refined while data is being analyzed

· Desire and ability to collaborate with business partners

· 1 or more years of experience in retail, entertainment or auto industries a plus

· Occasional travel to Washington, DC may be required.

· Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

Technical Skills:

· Proficient in SAS and SQL

· Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills

· Systems administration skills a plus

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/V/D

Manager of Automotive Conversion Marketing : New York City, NY : Temporary

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:30:02 EDT

Aquent currently has a long term contract position available in NYC, in the Penn Plaza Area. This position is requires heavy Direct Mail experience and would be nice to have some Auto industry experience as well. Marketing project management experience a plus, preferably within a subscriber based organization. Email resumes to rhmartinez@aquent.com

This position assists in managing, executing, supporting and controlling Direct Mail activities for the Automotive Conversion Marketing organization. This will be a centralized marketing role, working collaboratively with the team of Automotive Conversion Marketing Managers, other internal departments as well as external vendors.
• Serve as liaison between the team of marketing managers, printer/mail house and internal creative/production department
• Work with marketing team to produce detailed set-up plans for mail house, revise letter copy and then proof and launch new direct mail campaigns
• Maintain high quality, error free execution for each print project /direct mail package
• Look for ways to refine, improve, edit or simplify direct mail packages and the related mail house processes
• Strive to improve sales effectiveness of direct mail; research/analyze delivery timing of direct mail
• Ensure accuracy, consistency and clear/concise messages in direct mail copy and layouts
• Work with the creative team, legal and brand marketing to obtain approvals and implement changes
• Maintain lists of current /upcoming direct mail campaigns and print jobs; ensure that mail house keeps their website updated
• Manage inventory for all package components – forecast and track quantities, update and re-order materials
• Track and manage costs – direct mail, postage and fulfillment costs; work with vendor to obtain pricing for reprint quantities; look for ways to save money
• Assist with keeping printed samples organized and with maintaining quarterly historical archives and sample notebooks

Sr User Experience Designer : Southlake, Texas : Talent Bridge/Temp-to-Perm

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:30:08 EDT

We are looking for a Sr. User Experience Designer For a large digital corporation in the travel industry located in Southlake, Texas. The right candidate will meet the Mid-Senior level User experience design requirements and will have experience preferably working on Web Applications or Desktop Applications rather than just website or ecommerce experience. Experience with high level user testing and research a plus as well. Send resumes to rhmartinez@aquent.com

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.

Web Producer - Entertainment Product development : New York City, NY : Temporary

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:06 EDT

We are looking for a Web Producer, that is Entertainment and Product Development focused, will have experience with Omniture analytics as well working within CMS systems. Also the correct candidate will have experience producing websites, within an advertising environment.

Description
The ideal candidate will be passionate about technology and problem solving as well as an entertainment enthusiast with a strong desire to build and maintain a positive customer experience on-line, including solving usability issues, and keeping abreast of developing technologies. The position will contribute to the development of on-line strategic direction with a focus on innovation and developing a compelling entertainment experience. The web producer must be a team player adept at collaborating with coworkers in design, development, marketing, and product management teams. Good communication skills and an eagerness to support and manage the full lifecycle from development through implementation of on-line consumer marketing promotions, content, and customer experience optimization projects for .com is a must.

Job Responsibilities
• Manage and help prioritize project deliverables, communicating up and down the chain to ensure that colleagues are informed of progress and scheduling changes
• Scope projects and develop documentation that communicates the user experience, business strategy and best practices for static and dynamic areas of the site
• Develop product requirements and user experience documentation and receive input and buy-in from stakeholders
• Prepare and deliver presentations to executive leadership
• Work with Creative Director, design department, writers, online marketing teams, and various business units, and be able to clarify strategic requirements, explain complex ideas clearly, and manage expectations
• Create and maintain project schedules, track deliverables and establish priorities among projects with tight deadlines
• Work in an independent fashion, solve problems, make decisions, and communicate effectively in difficult situations
• Create and format web pages using both a CMS and HTML/CSS
• Use Omniture analytics to make decisions around which areas of the site require optimization efforts and to inform redesign or layout decisions
• Conduct competitive analyses and make recommendations based on learnings
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with team members and communicate results to management, escalating concerns as appropriate

Skills and Qualifications
• Prior experience as a interactive producer or directly related experience
• Prior experience within the entertainment industry is a plus
• Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Project-management skills with experience managing multiple projects with competing priorities
• Strong knowledge of web development technologies
• Good attention to detail with strong written & oral communication and presentation skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

Software Skills
• Solid knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Experience with content management systems
• Experience with Dreamweaver and Photoshop
• Experience with project management systems

Additional Qualities
Interested candidates should be prepared to discuss past examples that demonstrate:
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt in order to determine solutions to complex problems when faced with unfamiliar tasks
• Strong ability to plan and work through complex challenges with a team of creative problem-solvers
• Describe your ideal project and how you would manage it from conception through completion?

Creative Project Coordinator II : Washington, DC : Temporary

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:30:04 EDT

We are looking for a Creative Project Coordinator for a 3 month contract
Responsibilities:
• Populate and maintain group development and green-light tracker
• Source and organize development and production materials (pitch and character reels, treatments, budgets, schedules, etc.)
• Prepare and maintain project files for team, and team members
• Prepare, update and distribute Project Notification Forms (PNF)
• Print treatments, scripts, budgets, schedules, as requested
• Source and prepare materials for presentations and distribution
• Fulfill dub requests
• Coordinate and arrange individual or group meetings, as requested. Create and distribute agendas.
• Answer VP phone and take messages
• General administrative support to VP and two Executive Producers: photocopying, filing, dubbing, organizing, shipping, generate reports, etc.