RIA Jobs

US / MA / BOSTON / INFO DESIGNER

2008-08-14T15:31:00.002-04:00

Title:

Designer, Information

The Company:

Large
Rapidly growing
Fortune 500 Company Benefits

The Job:

Full-time Info Designer
Middle-person between Customers and Design/Development

Responsibilities:

Create and shepherd all documentation facing the customer for application platform that is web-based.
Actions will be as a customer advocate. Work with developers and designers for to continue to modify or refine the product. Will give end-user guidance where needed.
On the product blog, will be the moderator, participate in dialog, and contribute product focused articles, blog.
Create instructional material, including training videos.
Interface and cooperate with customer service team. Support training partner by providing subject matter support.

Qualifications:

Possession of exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Able to convey abstract concepts to people who are not technical.
Write clearly and simply, conveying to users exactly what they need to know.
Know the software development process and interfaces well with developers, support, QA, product managers, sales and marketing staff.
Five (5) plus years of information design experience and (in an ideal world) at least two (2) years of information design for a significant web app.
Influence team to create a “buzz” around the ability to achieve stated goals, negotiate resolutions, build consensus, and build respect from other team members.
Knowledgeable in web information design with experience in Camtasia (or similar video software), Robohelp, Javascript and Adobe Acrobat.
Familiar w/ database (DB) concepts and software. Product experience and familiarity with Flex is a big plus!

Status:

Am dealing directly with the hiring manager to facilitate the sourcing, screening, and hiring of this individual. Interviewing now.

Contact:

David Steinbach, RIAJobs@gmail.com, 978.857.8661,http://www.RIAJobs.blogspot.com

US / MA / BOSTON / SR FLEX SW ENGINEER

2008-07-29T13:47:00.002-04:00

Title:

Senior Flex Software Engineer

The Job:

Interactive browser application development.
“Answer-type” person in Flex, JavaScript, Ajax, debug Internet Explorer (IE) and Firefox incompatibility issues.
Guru-ship level abilities in UIF / UI / User Interface, team collaboration

Responsibilities:

Develop Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
Help deliver features and functionality for core product
Collaborate with User Interface designers to come up with innovative new designs to challenging business problems.
Engage directly with product managers, web designers, architects and customers to verify that requirements are clear.
Engage with third-party developers creating product powered solutions in Flex and other technologies on the developer network.
Use judgment to suggest approaches that optimize among customer needs, business constraints and technological realities. Includes comparing and prioritizing alternative engineering approaches to meeting requirements in a way that allows for future growth, supportability and maintainability.
Develop plans for delivery of functionality by building high-level architectures and designs. This includes contributing to developing project estimates, building Quality Assurance test and documentation plans.
Deliver features with appropriate levels of quality, and working directly with others to ensure deliverables meet customer functionality and quality expectations.
Build and maintaining effective working relationships across business functions.

Qualifications:

BS in Computer Science/ Engineering, or equivalent.
Five (5) plus years of development of web based products.
Flex development experience
Verifiable ability to develop rich user interfaces in a browser in Flex, as well as AJAX, Javascript, or similar technologies.
Experience with: C++, JavaScript, HTML, IIS, XML DOMs.
Must understand relational databases and data modeling (1-to-many / many-to-many relationships, normalization, etc), and how to apply to common business problems.
Must be able to build and debug client side applications delivered as HTML pages using the following technologies: DHTML, JavaScript, XML, XPath, AJAX
Should be able to manipulate XML DOMs in VB, VB.Net and Java environments.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including communicating tactical concepts to non-technical people.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work internally, across developer, quality assurance, documentation and customer support teams
Leadership experience, including demonstrated ability to meet commitments, build consensus, negotiate resolutions and garner respect from other team members.
Demonstrates self-directed, proactive and proactive approach to tackling problems.

Status:

Am dealing directly with the hiring manager to facilitate the sourcing, screening, and hiring of this individual.

Contact:

David Steinbach, RIAJobs@gmail.com, 978.857.8661,http://www.RIAJobs.blogspot.com

US / MA / BOSTON / CTO / PHP / START-UP / EQUITY

2008-07-29T09:33:00.005-04:00

Title:

CTO (DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING)...EARLY STAGE START-UP

The Company:

A current, Boston-based start-up in a collaborative RIA (Rich Internet Application) Web environment, with a focus on Education.
Four (4) existing full-time employees plus two (2) technical from a consulting development company.
Targeting September, 2008 launch.
Currently funded with seed money, and going or Series A financing in 3-6 months.
Has current list of partners, including both quantity and quality.

Salary:

Maximum of 50k base, plus equity and benefits.

The Job:

Partner and oversee the implementation of the product and help shape the vision.
Join the current four (4) person team, and lead the technical implementation arm of the operation.
The technical work is currently outsourced. This person will be responsible for managing that and eventually bringing it in-house.

Qualifications:

Very bright
Well-educated
Expert in PHP and LAMP technologies.
Understand the nature of a start-up (low money and high equity).
Want a start-up.

Status:

Am dealing directly with the Founder, who is eager to see an ideal person. Can be an immediate hire.

Contact:

Dave Steinbach, Recruiter
Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC)
978.857.8661
RIAJobs@gmail.com

http://www.RIAJobs.blogspot.com

UIF / Interaction Design...Senior...US / MA

2008-07-29T07:49:00.000-04:00

Filled! :=)

US / MA / BOSTON METROWEST / USER INTERACTION DESIGNER / FULL_TIME

Title: Senior Applications User Interface / Interaction Designer

Location: US / MA / BOSTON METRO-WEST / UIF Designer

The Job:

Help build new solutions for current and new products.
Provide full life-cycle solutions, turn ideas into attractive, customer “wowing” solutions to solve important customer challenges.
Solutions need to be easy and elegant, deliver full user satisfaction, and delight the client.

Responsibilities:

Think strategically in delivering end to end user experience with all focus on user needs and business goals. Deliver all design criteria, from delivering concepts and prototypes, to User-Interface specifications.
Turn visions into concepts, converting those concepts into designs that illustrate elegance solutions despite system complexity.
Lever rapid-prototyping and frequent customer interactions to influence design directions.
Use sound judgment to suggest solutions optimize the balance among customer needs, business constraints, and technical realities.
Remain current with new technologies and industry trends.
Effectively collaborate with all departments (design, research, engineering, product management, marketing, and other members of the team)
Utilize leadership skills to impel to the best outcome for stakeholders, provide a rich, learning experience to teammates, and draw others to desire to work with you because of those abilities.
Participate and foster the corporate design community.

Qualifications:

BA/BS in product or interaction design, human factors, graphic design or related field.
Five (5)-plus years if UIF (user-interface) design with Web applications and Websites, Desktop, or Mobile Applications.
Experienced in delivering high volume, high profile or award winning websites or products is nice, but not necessary.
Senior or extensive experience and skill set with impelling and applying user-centered design processes while working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management and user research
Experience with design software such as Photoshop or Illustrator
Experience with Ajax, DHTML, Flash or other RIA (Rich Internet Application) technologies.
Skilled in an array of methods to convey ideas and concepts (ex. Prototypes, wireframes, etc.)
Effective communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
Creative problem solver with ability to work with a blank slate and inspire others.
Must have a strong portfolio available for viewing.

Contact:

David Steinbach, FlexCentral@gmail.com, 978.857.8661, http://www.HRDotCom.com

US / MA / BOSTON METROWEST / USER INTERACTION DESIGNER / FULL_TIME

2008-06-24T14:46:00.000-04:00

Title: Senior Applications User Interface / Interaction Designer

Location: US / MA / BOSTON METRO-WEST / UIF Designer

The Job:

Help build new solutions for current and new products.
Provide full life-cycle solutions, turn ideas into attractive, customer “wowing” solutions to solve important customer challenges.
Solutions need to be easy and elegant, deliver full user satisfaction, and delight the client.

Responsibilities:

Think strategically in delivering end to end user experience with all focus on user needs and business goals. Deliver all design criteria, from delivering concepts and prototypes, to User-Interface specifications.
Turn visions into concepts, converting those concepts into designs that illustrate elegance solutions despite system complexity.
Lever rapid-prototyping and frequent customer interactions to influence design directions.
Use sound judgment to suggest solutions optimize the balance among customer needs, business constraints, and technical realities.
Remain current with new technologies and industry trends.
Effectively collaborate with all departments (design, research, engineering, product management, marketing, and other members of the team)
Utilize leadership skills to impel to the best outcome for stakeholders, provide a rich, learning experience to teammates, and draw others to desire to work with you because of those abilities.
Participate and foster the corporate design community.

Qualifications:

BA/BS in product or interaction design, human factors, graphic design or related field.
Five (5)-plus years if UIF (user-interface) design with Web applications and Websites, Desktop, or Mobile Applications.
Experienced in delivering high volume, high profile or award winning websites or products is nice, but not necessary.
Senior or extensive experience and skill set with impelling and applying user-centered design processes while working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management and user research
Experience with design software such as Photoshop or Illustrator
Experience with Ajax, DHTML, Flash or other RIA (Rich Internet Application) technologies.
Skilled in an array of methods to convey ideas and concepts (ex. Prototypes, wireframes, etc.)
Effective communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
Creative problem solver with ability to work with a blank slate and inspire others.
Must have a strong portfolio available for viewing.

Contact:

David Steinbach, FlexCentral@gmail.com, 978.857.8661, http://www.HRDotCom.com