Software Development Manager, Sterling VA

Company Profile: Multi-Million Dollar software firm and a global leader in learning solutions. Younger organization, and adding key talent to their technical team. Staff size over 100+. The excitement of a start-up, in addition to being profitable and well-funded. What this Company Offers You: Health Benefits from Day 1, 3 weeks vacation (not including holidays, floating holidays, sick), Education Reimbursement, 401k, Stock Options, Flex Time, Casual Dress, Onsite Fitness Center. Role you Will Play: The Development Manager will be responsible for providing management and leadership for several teams of highly skilled engineers and architects working in an Agile scrum environment on cutting edge multimedia lecture capture and blended learning system. This person will implement and refine methodologies and best practices across technology and software development operations that help achieve strategic goals. In addition, the Development Manager will work closely with Product Management and QA Engineering to ensure that our product is developed, tested and delivered efficiently and robustly. Manage several 6-8 member Agile scrum teams that develop and maintain the various components of our distributed system. Your Background 5+ years managing small-to-medium sized development teams. 5+ years of experience overseeing the design, development, and release of enterprise-wide, distributed software systems, with a focus on high quality extensible Java-based web applications.

SEO Specialist, Washington DC

Responsibilities: Our client is seeking a full-time Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist to oversee the search engine optimization strategy across web and mobile. As a key member of the Digital marketing team, you will be the internal expert for growing organic search traffic to meet the demands of the business. This position will also be responsible for defining SEO initiatives and priorities, as well as having a firm grasp of future SEO changes and their impacts. Furthermore, the SEO Specialist will manage relationships with SEO agencies and ensure campaigns are completed in a timely manner and to high quality standards. Identify priorities and requirements through data analysis and your knowledge of SEO best practices. Drive SEO projects, working collaboratively with product managers and developers to ensure we improve our organic rankings. Define SEO measures of success and report on performance. Work closely with developers, analysts and data analysis team to develop world-class SEO reporting capabilities using SQL, Excel and third party measurement tools. Audit sites to ensure best practices are maintained across releases and site redesigns.

QA Engineer, Selenium Washington DC

Company Profile: Software company providing on-demand software for small and mid-size businesses, and leads the market in local business reviews for their industry. The product offers one comprehensive, self-service platform to reach prospective clients on web and mobile, schedule appointments, improve search visibility, and manage social media with other local merchants. One of the top 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the nation. Company Offerings: Health, Dental, 401k, Formal Career Training, Very generous vacation/leave policy, flex time, Commuting stipend, Commuting discounts, Catered lunches/breakfasts, company events, and casual dress. Role Played: Our client is looking for a well-rounded Quality Assurance Engineer that is familiar with the growing technology landscape and desires to contribute in a fast-paced web-oriented environment. This position requires a strong analytical sense combined with a dynamic, creative approach. You will be responsible for creating and executing plans and procedures used to ensure high levels of quality for complex, consumer-oriented, web-based applications. » Work with QA Team and Software Developers to deliver high-quality platform updates, new web-based features/products, and new mobile initiatives. » Translate detailed product specifications, wireframes, and mockups into comprehensive test cases. » Work closely with manual QA tester to identify and lead the automation capabilities. » Develop innovative solutions and techniques for automated testing. Your Profile * High comfort level with one or more scripting languages (Ruby preferred). * 1+ years of working in an Agile development environment or similar training. * Familiarity with different varieties of various commercially available and open source testing tools (Selenium or Watir.).

Media Director, Bethesda, MD

Company Profile: Marketing and Communication firm specializing in integrated marketing solutions, ranging from print, radio, broadcast, social media, and digital. Clientele ranges from consumer, hospitality, nonprofit, and entertainment. Role you Will Play: The Media Director is the senior media management representative on all media client business. The MD must show dedicated leadership and ultimate ownership over all client relationships and media plans/executions. They are expected to provide strong, dedicated leadership and constant, direct support of the media team. They need to proactively foster media team growth - on an individual by individual basis and as a structured, cohesive team. The MD must build and maintain integration - internally and with outside partner agencies and vendors. Your Background: 12 - 15 years media and management experience Full service ad agency experience is a must Must exhibit a thorough understanding of advertising, marketing and media inclusive of underlying disciplines including but not limited to: psychology, economics, journalism, marketing, PR, experiential, alternative and guerilla marketing/media

Advertising Director, Technology Tysons Corner, Virginia

Company Profile: Multi-million dollar software vendor delivering information to business users utlizing mobile, cloud, social media, and big data. 3000+ employees, and Fortune 100 clients. Company Offerings: Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life), Flex Spending, 401k, Start with 3 week vacation, Discounts (Apple, Rental Car, Health Club, Microsoft), Credit Union, Bonus Structure for Performance Your Role: The Director will have experience in managing an advertising budget, but also managing the creative design for the company. We prefer candidates with ad agency experience, working with designers, approving designs and managing a budget. B2B experience preferred. Advertising Co-ordinate end-to-end schedule and delivery of advertising Manage overall ad budget of approximately $5M. Optimize ad performance and provide in depth reporting to manage and monitor progress Orchestrate and prioritize ad demands from a variety of internal constituencies Work with Product Marketing teams to translate product strategies into advertising strategies Develop concepts and manage development of advertising with exceptional impact for the diverse product groups, working in conjunction with in-house staff and external resources Review and edit creative projects for clarity, consistency, and quality Interface and manage external design contractors, agencies and media partners Corporate Branding Assume primary responsibility for corporate branding initiatives Maintain stewardship of corporate brand identity Work with cross-functional teams to drive customer, prospect and analyst brand awareness, recognition, and preference

Digital Account Manager, Baltimore Maryland

The Account Manager will serve as the ongoing connection between the client to foster relationships, grow accounts, achieve profitability and advocate for whenever possible to the client. The position will also, maintain the client’s voice to internal team members by providing an understanding of the client and their overall business objectives. Account Managers are expected to understand the client’s organization strategies and work with internal team members to successfully facilitate the building and execution of digital marketing strategies. Working with the Client: Understand the clients overall business objectives and be the single point of contact for any and all projects in progress. Work with client, and team to provide the clients perspective on their business and organizational challenges as it relates to the digital marketing initiatives. Advocate to the client on behalf of the strategist and team members as it relates to creative, content, and execution methods and tactics. Understand the necessary metrics of success to support objectives. Support the DM Strategist in the understanding of the clients consumer, company and competition to put forth the best work to solve client challenges. Desired Skills & Experience The senior account executive will require expertise across a variety of digital marketing channels and related tool sets. This position requires someone who can learn and understand tools like Eloqua, Marketo, Hubspot, Google Analytics, Omniture, Radian6, Clickable, and so on. Advanced degree or certifications in marketing or business 6 - 10 years of account/project management agency side preferred however extensive client side marketing management history will be evaluated as well