DC and Baltimore Careers in New Media, Creative, and Technology

Business Development, Oaktown VA

2011-12-21T05:59:00.000-08:00

Position Summary:
The primary role of the Director, Business Development is generating, qualifying and closing new business for the company, focusing on strategic partnerships and media deals with organizations having complimentary value propositions and interests. The Director of Business Development will assess and cultivate partnership opportunities, be an expert on international consumer behavior and market preferences, build business cases, negotiate deals and create new revenue channels.

Major Responsibilities:
Identify, define and analyze critical strategic and new business development opportunities f
Building and managing a pipeline of partner prospects from identification through negotiation and launch to yield new revenue
Create compelling, persuasive presentation materials to communicate outcomes and recommendations.
Think and act strategically while managing flawless execution of all Business Development objectives.

Web Producer, Oakton VA

2011-12-21T05:57:00.002-08:00

Looking for a triple threat professional who has experience with the following:
B2C, Web Production and Ecommerce.

Position Summary:
Responsibilities include creating and managing website content for several ecommerce sites, which generate a large portion of the company’s revenue. Key areas of responsibility include market and product requirements gathering and definition, working hand-in-hand with internal and external clients, design and technology teams, and guiding projects through the entire product development lifecycle. The role requires someone who is comfortable operating at a fast pace, is detail oriented and who drives results and has a high standard for quality. The individual will also work closely with the management team on website projects and launches, including A/B or multivariate split tests, website launches, and a variety of projects that will enhance the design, strategy, and performance of the websites. The Producer will also play a key role in working with the web development team and business leaders to optimize our web presence. In addition to projects, they will need to stay abreast of trends in content management, website design and usability, SEO, html email production, merchandising, tactics for conversion, and digital strategy.

BI Specialist, Baltimore MD

2011-12-21T05:57:00.001-08:00

This will be the first hire for the BI group, so this person will be instrumental in pioneering this division with the CTO.

Business Intelligence Specialist
Location: Baltimore, MD

The Business Intelligence Specialist’s role is to strategically design and implement BI software and systems, including integration with databases and data warehouses. This includes selecting, blueprinting, gathering requirements, designing, and rolling out BI solutions to end users. The Business Intelligence Specialist is also responsible for ensuring high levels of BI availability through support functions and in-depth testing.

Responsibilities

• Assess and cultivate long-term strategic goals for BI development in conjunction with end users, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.

• Direct, organize, and lead projects in the implementation and use of new BI

software tools and systems.

• Lead the integration efforts for merging BI platforms with enterprise systems and applications.

• Design, code, test, and document all new or modified BI systems, applications,

and programs.

• Develop the semantic layer, metadata, reports, and report definitions.

• Develop graphs and portal interfaces.

• Assist in the design of databases and data warehouses to ensure interoperability with BI solutions.

Business Analyst, Baltimore MD

2011-12-14T06:08:00.001-08:00

Responsibilities:

•Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.

•Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

•Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), iii. Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs)

•Utilize your experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.

•Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously

•Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers

•Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans

•Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.

•Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

•Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow.

•Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.

•Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.

•Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.

.NET Application Developer, Baltimore

2011-12-14T06:07:00.002-08:00

If you’re a growing developer looking to challenge your skills and push the limits of conventional software development we would love to hear from you….

Responsibilities
The Software Developer position is responsible for building and maintaining core systems. Primary responsibilities include:

Talk to Sales and the Business side to figure out how better software design can scale the business more efficiently.
Develop faster, more user centric, efficient software in a .NET environment.
Challenge and be challenged in a team setting in a constant iterative process to improve existing systems through testing and improvement analysis.
Become a leader and expert eventually owning new offshoots of the current system.

Instructional Designer, Arlington

2011-12-14T06:07:00.001-08:00

Location: Arlington, VA

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Expert (SME) and project managers to conduct needs/audience analysis, develop training objectives and course outline, design course content, storyboards and assessment items. This includes compiling and organizing information, and writing and editing instructional materials to adapt classroom-based courseware, reference documents, and raw materials into clear, effective, interactive e-Learning training.
• Create storyboards, write narrative scripts, and determine instructional strategies and media elements (graphics, animation, and audio) to be used in the course.
• Drive team collaboration to a shared understanding of course content and requirements to arrive at effective graphic approach, technical development, navigation, and functionality with members of development team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Java Developer, Columbia MD

2011-12-02T05:39:00.000-08:00

The Senior Java Developer will develop, deploy, and support content-driven, media-rich Web sites, Web applications, and multimedia applications. Ideal candidates will have both an analytical and creative skill-set. Senior developers will be involved in full-lifecycle application development, including application and database design, documentation, development, bug tracking, testing, and deployment. Senior developers will work with interactive designers to craft seamless user experiences that maintain design integrity, while building robust middle-tier business logic and data models. Senior developers will additionally create reusable code/components/processes that will support future development efforts.

Candidates will possess the following minimum qualifications:

5-8+ years of experience in Java software development utilizing the Java Servlet API and related technologies

5-8+ years of experience web production technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, cross-browser compatibility and DOM scripting)

Experience deploying to and managing servlet containers such as Apache Tomcat and/or Jetty

Flex Developer, Columbia MD

2011-12-02T05:38:00.000-08:00

The Senior Flex Developer will develop, deploy, and support content-driven, media-rich web sites and applications. Ideal candidates will have both an analytical and creative skill-set. Flex developers will participate in full-lifecycle development of project assets, including well-crafted User Experiences that maintain design integrity, robust business logic and data modeling, and reusable code/components/processes that support future development efforts.

Candidates will possess the following qualifications:

Exceptionally demonstrated history of RIA development using the Flash platform (Flash/Flex/AIR) with ActionScript 3.0
Strong understanding of and adherence to OOP principles and practices
5–8+ years experience web production technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, cross-browser compatibility and DOM scripting)
Expertise building robust, re-usable media players
Experience utilizing web services to maintain data-driven content
Experience with pattern-focused frameworks, such as Swiz, RobotLegs, Mate
Experience integrating designer assets into projects with the ability to use Adobe Creative Suite applications such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Fireworks
Additional consideration will be given to candidates also possessing:

Experience with OSMF, Flash Media Server and Flash Remoting
1-2+ years experience with relational database development
Game development experience
HTML5 / mobile development experience (native or web)
Knowledge of mapping API’s
Audio/video production and encoding skills
Experience with CMS or LMS systems
Experience working in JIRA
Agency experience
Project management experience

Developer with CMS Experience, DC

2011-12-02T05:37:00.002-08:00

Award winning global leader marketing and communication firm located in the Charlotte area is seeking a web developer to join the interactive department. Come join an established team with over 40+ years of industry expertise.

International Company with over 20+ offices.

Great employee benefits, fun work environment, and a variety of internal training programs and development opportunities!

Requirements

3-6 years overall experience in web development
Minimum 1 year solid Drupal development experience, preferably Drupal 7
Strong comfort level with PHP (LAMP server environments)
Ideals

Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience is preferred
HTML/CSS/Javascript abilities nice to have
Fast learner, enjoys mult-tasking, good communicator, etc.

Web Designer, Bethesda MD

2011-12-02T05:37:00.001-08:00

Our client is an award-winning strategic design firm in Bethesda, MD, is seeking an experienced web designer/front-end developer to support our growing web services department. This is an in-house, full-time position.

Agency experience required. B2B clientele experience preferred!

Responsibilities will include:

Design and build websites from start to finish

Create and implement compelling HTML email campaigns

Develop web banner advertising (flash/animated gif)

Develop PowerPoint/Keynote presentations

Qualifications:

2 years of website design experience in a web or marketing firm environment
Thorough knowledge of CSS, HTML and Adobe CS5 software(Fireworks, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator with InDesign experience a plus)
Experience with open-source CMS(especially Joomla)
Ability to handle multiple job assignments with attention to detail in a fast-paced, deadline oriented environment
Ability to collaborate with team members
Experience in hosting/server administration a plus