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9/2/2010: Developers: PHP, ActionScript, JavaScript

We’d love to meet with web developers local to NYC so we can prepare for the post-summer surge (which seems to have started in August!) Our clients consistently call us asking for the following: PHP/MySQL database and CMS wranglers, ActionScript programmers with experience in Facebook and mobile apps, and JavaScript and JQuery finessing.

9/1/2010: Web Design, full time and freelance

We are looking for the championable. Desired skillsets include elegant layout structure, clean interface design, Photoshop comping, iterative work for national brands, Flash banners and assets, and HTML email design.

8/31/2010: Account Executives, all levels

We’d like to meet with Account Executives from junior to senior in anticipation of the continued thawing of the NYC job market. If you’ve had at least a year’s experience as an AE at an agency, and are interested in working with a fantastic group of recruiters in your job search, please send us your resume to be considered for meetings in early September.
Web Developer

8/20/2010: HTML5, CSS, mega-Javascript, for iPhone Apps - starts 8/24 : Au1FA

Freelance gig starting early next week for a web developer who can write JavaScript-heavy code and is current with iPhone supported HTML5 and CSS... some database connectivity that’s not your responsibiilty overall, but familiary with SQL structure would be awesome. These are HTML5 iPhone Apps.
Print Design, Web Designer

8/13/2010: Jersey-based Designer-of-all-trades : Au1FV

Full service, all-media firm with lots of entertainment clients seeks broadly skilled designer (print and web in equal measure) to design and execute all kinds of messaging initiatives. Excellent design and execution experience required. Easy commute to Jersey from Manhattan. Salary to 65k.
Account Executive, Project Manager, Business Development

8/5/2010: Staff Junior Account Executive - All digital, name brands - 40k base. : Au.BT

Sassy, savvy, confident Junior Account Executive wanted who can develop the relationships that develop the business. You need to be confident, capable of interacting with all levels of internal and external staff, and help translate your clients’ desires into profit-making deliverables. A wee bit of project management and a heavy dollop of digital smarts are definitely required. No“social media gurus” need apply, unless you can back it up with ROI metrics.
Flash/ActionScript

8/3/2010: Flash timeline animators and ActionScript Developers, full-time freelance : Au7BQ

Let’s assume you could work for a great group of people designing or developing Flash banners- what would your desired rate be? Let’s then say you could get that rate and work oodles and oodles of hours at this agency for the next several months. Would you contact us? Great! We’ll be waiting. Flash timeline animators and ActionScript developers needed, preferably with agency experience. Onsite in NYC. Full-time freelance, longterm. Please include your rate requirements and a link to a live portfolio (no screenshots) with reply. Danke schoen!
Information Architect, User Experience, Web Designer

8/3/2010: $75/hr for a User Experience Rockstar- designing big fat websites : Ju3ZI

Data-heavy online software requires a designer with a background in information architecture or user experience design. A portfolio of financial, corporate or data-driven site design is critical. The demonstrable ability to wireframe and organize large chunks of data is also desirable. The project starts in September, but they would like to hire someone prior to that. The hours, start date, and even perm possibilities are all flexible for the rate candidate, but are loosely set for mid-August through the end of the year or later. Full time at $75/hr.
Print Production

7/29/2010: InDesign Production for the Mathematically Accurate : Ju6XE

Love the art director. Love them for their flaws. Specifically, love their creative, but fix their RBG files, their 12.14512123 inch measurements, their lack of perfect alignment, etc. Be the kickass production person you are, to make them great. Great little summer gig at a well-known fashion place, early august. 30/hr.
Motion Graphics, Interactive, Web Designer, Flash/ActionScript

7/29/2010: Staff Flash banner design position! $65-75k : Ju1IL

Full-time (staff) design position for someone with 3-5 years creating Flash banners. This agency has an excellent niche with broadcast and entertainment accounts, and the variety of design opportunities is quite wide. Please have experience with: timeline animation, banner design, and flawless Photoshop comps. The production values at this shop are very high. You will not be required to touch the ActionScript but you should get the general gist. Experience with rich media vendors a plus. Located in NYC, onsite, $65-75k.
Print Production

7/28/2010: UK/US Production Artist- yes, this is the oddest job description ever! : Ju.GU

We were recently contacted by a UK company with an NYC office, hoping to find a production artist who already has legal authorization- via a visa or citizenship- to work in both the UK and US. I know, I know. But it never hurts to ask. In case there is anyone out there with that lucky status, who has experience producing graphics in Illustrator and Photoshop, or you know anyone who does, please get in touch. It would be an awesome 6-9 month stint in London, followed by returning to NYC.
programmer

7/27/2010: 100k, Lead PHP Developer, and Best Practice Philosopher : Ju3UM

Funded Social Media Startup with stupendous clients, a raft of already-in-the-pipeline projects, and a solid business plan needs a technological leader to not only code against FaceBook Connect and other Social Media APIs, but instill best practices for code management (serious MVC-based PHP Framework experience required) as the codebase grows, is reused, and streamlined. This is a fantastic opportunity for a smart, confident candidate. Staff to 100k / year.
Web Designer

7/27/2010: Web Designer, Jersey City, temp-to-perm : Ju8BL

Jersey City company has a role for a designer with 3-5 years experience, to be part of a team designing a new online software of the most Ajaxian nature. Required experience: designing site interfaces in Photoshop (not banners) and creating wireframes and storyboards (for usability or Flash). Must also be able to communicate design ideas with a variety of people, and think in terms of “how can we make this product even more intuitive for the end user.” Corporate or financial-oriented design a plus.
Copywriter

7/16/2010: Copywriter, staff brainstormer, temp to perm $65-75k : Ju4NT

Interactive agency expanding into print and OOH seeks the most funnest copywriter, like, ever. On a more serious note, the accounts are broadcast heavyweights with a young market. This shop needs a conceptual CW to act as a roving brainstormer with their AD’s and designers. Someone with big ideas, with about 4-6 years experience as an agency copywriter. Salary is DOE, let us know where you’re at, but probably capped at $80k.

7/8/2010: Interface Design for Games (not game design, rather leaderboards, controls, etc) - Flash, HTML5 : Ju1JU

Marketing-savvy game firm seeks interface designer to put the finishing touches on various mobile products. This is not a game design job, this is for the controls, information flow, leaderboards, all the cool stuff surrounding the game that add polish and usability. Specific experience with mobile and online required.
Quality Assurance

7/7/2010: Quality Assurance / QA / Front End Developer : Ju5RF

Superactive startup with big-media clients and a really long list of things to do needs a hybrid developer/quality assurance person to tackle interface execution of a pretty great variety of platforms: ajax/mobile, flash/mobile, website, heck, even an animated gif or two. (Dancing Baby a la 1996 anyone?). On the QA side, you’ll be responsible for sifting, bug tracking, and helping the crew to delivery the pristine.
Information Architect

7/7/2010: Web design plus : Ju1XJ

Our client is looking for a few web designers with mixed skillsets. For once, we don’t need Flash. What we do need is interface design, from wireframing to designing and producing nice, shiny little button graphics. We need someone who’s also willing to do some Powerpoint and event design. We need someone who can write their own HTML and CSS. Most of all, we need someone who’s designed software. And last but not least we need cheese, preferably something soft but with a wee bite. The client develops online software, and all this work will be in-house. Staff and freelance openings.
Print Production

7/7/2010: Starts tomorrow, for two/three days. InDesign, Photoshop, 30/hr : Ju6RF

Visual Merchandising department of a well-known fashion shop seeks InDesign/Photoshop pro to layout planograms for distribution to stores across the country. Very cool short term gig, 30/hr.
Copywriter, Pharmaceutical

7/1/2010: Temp to perm copywriter, oncology : Ju.NF

We need a copywriter fast, and not just any copywriter, a copywriter who knows oncology inside and out. This is a shiny new temp-to-perm position at an NYC healthcare agency. Rate $50-60/hr, possibly higher for the right candidate.
Information Architect, Project Manager, User Experience

6/26/2010: Project Manager and Information Architect with Business Analystics background, heavy scoping experience, freelance. : Ju7NT

3-6 month freelance position available for a very experienced project manager who is able to communicate effectively with sociological analysis experts in order to scope the requirements for a CMS that has heavy duty, built in analytics. Proven experience risk analysis and explanation, costing, timetable adherance, and, of course, highest-level written and verbal communication skills required. Rate TBD, but the client understands that this is an unusual skillset. Please include your requirements with your CV.
Print Design, Graphic Designer, Print Production, Web Design

6/26/2010: Staff design spot for someone with 2-4 yrs agency experience: Ju2FV

This is the bread and butter work: print, broadcast, OOH and interactive ads for entertainment clients. The right designer has 2-4 years experience (as a designer) at an ad agency. Our client will want to see a fun, fresh aesthetic, and samples in print as well as a few other media types. This position will definitely be working under the wings of an Art Director. Up and coming agency with a great vibe (we have several folks working there now). Staff, in the $55-70k range.
Web Designer, Information Architect, Interactive

6/25/2010: Senior User Experience Designer, Freelance : Ju3BI

Front-end designer needed for 4-6 months, to improve the user interface of an established online product. This company has a mighty development team, but very little help “making it pretty,” which is where you come in. Comfort with HTML, CSS and wireframing would be big pluses, but the priority is elegant, attractive Photoshop layouts. Please have at least five years experience designing websites or assets for national brands. Include your rate when responding, thanks!
Account Director, Account Supervisor, Account Executive

6/22/2010: Agency-seasoned account director - excellent firm, broad responsibilities. : Ju7UX

Work Evolved is delighted to be spearheading the search for an Account Director - agency-seasoned, please - with 7-10 years experience (time can be balanced with pure awesome). This is a rapidly growing (and has been for some time) shop, and your experienced structuring the account-side approach will be will-nigh invaluable. Experience translating client’s wishes across all media is required, and some production savvy, well, that would take the cake. Mmmm. Cake.
Account Planner, Account Executive, Administrative Assistant, Production Assistant

6/22/2010: Account Coordinator: best junior AE job you’ll see this year. : Ju2AV

This is the best junior job you’ll see all year. Why? Because the media company that’s hiring this junior (1 year + of experience) is a proven good, the people who work there are dedicated and not crazy, and the opportunity to grow is just massive. Having some print production skills helpful, but not required.
Art Director, Creative Director

6/22/2010: I guess you’d call it 270 - Art director wanted. : Ju3KA

Is your print book / broadcast reel teeming with aesthetic medley that delights audiences across a huge swath of buying audiences? Have you at least taken interactive projects through the Photoshop comping stage? If so, Work Evolved is filling a permanent AD job with competitive salary and a terrific work environment.
Studio Manager, Studio Director, package designer, layout artist

6/21/2010: Designer for Consumer Packaged Goods - Hot brands: Ju9IW

I can’t believe I just said “Hot Brands.” Sorry. Anyway. Our client is looking for a packaging designer who knows how to hit the teens and twenty-somethings right between the eyes, causing momentary confusion and dizziness, allowing us to send in little elves to steal their wallets and buy the packaged goods.
Account Director, Account Executive, Account Supervisor

6/21/2010: Account Director, or: Business-Building, Revenue-Raising, Packaging-Savvy Superstar. To 90k. : Ju9KS

Our client requires excellent writing skills (but not alliteration), along with a minimum of six years account stewardship, including massive experience in packaging. If you’re the kind of AD that clients will follow to the ends of the earth, this lovely company will make sure you don’t leave.
Copywriter, RFPs

6/17/2010: Junior RFP writer/data entry : Ju4LH

Our client seeks a writer with experience working on RFPs (requests for proposals), including writing them, collating and verifying responses. 2-3 years professional technical or copywriting experience preferred, plus familiarity with software such as RFP Machine or Ariba. This gig involves heavy data collection and review. Full-time freelance for the next 2-3 months, onsite at a financial firm in NYC. Rate $25-35/hr. To be considered, please reply with “RFP writer” in subject line.
Marketing, Print Design, Web Designer

6/14/2010: Print and Web Designer, in-house corporate, 65-75k : Ma8G

Financial collateral, website updates, and HTML emails are this position’s bread and butter. Support the Marketing Coordinator at a financial firm, as a staff employee at $65-75k. Please have 2-5 years experience as a full-time designer, and total comfort working in CS4 on the PC (primarily Dreamweaver and InDesign). Duties will include refreshing collateral, formatting and sending HTML emails, and updating various websites (using Dreamweaver). This firm has existing branding but is open to suggested improvements. Working closely with the Marketing Coordinator, the right candidate will gradually take on more design responsibility.
Art Director, Creative Director, Copywriter

6/14/2010: This weekend- Art Director & Copywriter : Ju1AA

We’re looking for an Art Director and Copywriter for a 1-2 day project. Our client has a couple approved concepts they need developed further, for print, a banner, possibly some promotions. This team will meet our client for a brief on Friday, and then can work on it at their own pace over the weekend, to deliver on Monday. Ideally this team will have worked together before, but we will definitely consider pairing a CW and AD for the gig. Must be very conceptual. Include your rate in your response, por favor. The client is aiming for $45/hr.
Flash/ActionScript

6/9/2010: Flash banner developer, 5-6 weeks onsite [Ju7WD]

Looking for a banner pro to animate a new campaign for a giant broadcast brand. Onsite, in NYC. Timeline animation in Flash, minimal if no ActionScript needed. *** If you have Flash banner experience but work at a higher rate than $45/hr please get in touch with your hourly and we will discuss with the client.
Programming, Databases, Web Production, Flash/ActionScript

6/8/2010: Ju5RI : Server-side developer, for social media poperty, staff, to 100k

Social media developer wanted with contributive skills. You won’t just be deploying technology, you’ll be choosing it. Wowza? FMS? Big choices with big ramifications, so proven experience in this arena is a must. Programming and management skills required, along with a broad range of experience with media redundancy and delivery technologies. To 100k. Freelance to staff.
Social Media, Flash/ActionScript, Web Designer, Web Production, Information Architect

6/8/2010: Ju4NM : Staff front-end developer, social networking, to 90k

Our client requires a CompSci Degree for this fascinating front-end developer position, where you’ll be working to streamline, scale, and extend an online community and collaboration organization. 2 years Flex application development. Heavy JavaScript implementation. A broad, interest in technology, and real examples of your rational application thereof. Freelance-to-staff preferred, but will consider a straight hire for a stellar candidate
Copy Editor, Print Design, Proofreader, Print Production, Presentations

6/7/2010: Ju2LT : Copy editor/proofer able to design! Longterm freelance

In-house spot for an autonomous, exceptionally detail oriented person with an English or journalism degree and an eye for design. This person will create lots of reports and presentations, and because this is a financial firm, catching that loose period is of extreme importance. Your recent experience should include: proofreading or copy editing, laying out Powerpoint slides, and using CS4(ish) to create everything from print ads to financial reports to in-house editorials. The focus is on editing, but appealing corporate layout samples will definitely be a factor.
Flash/ActionScript, Web Production

6/7/2010: Ju1MV : Flash/ActionScript (entry level)

Perfect portfolio-builder for ActionScript developers a year or two into the field. Create banners and web assets for “Ooh”-inducing clients at an interactive-only agency. As-needed, freelance work at $25-35/hr.
Flash/ActionScript, Web Production

6/7/2010: Ju1MV : Flash/ActionScript (entry level)

Perfect portfolio-builder for ActionScript developers a year or two into the field. Create banners and web assets for “Ooh”-inducing clients at an interactive-only agency. As-needed, freelance work at $25-35/hr.