Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Sr. engineering project manager

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Sage Consulting Associates is looking for a Senior Engineering Project Manager to work for a large multinational company that is a leading innovator and designer of consumer electronics and software products in the South Bay, CA. This individual will be responsible for driving all aspects of large, technical, cross-functional projects under demanding timelines.
Responsibilities Include

Drive and manage all aspects of large, cross-functional, customer-facing projects and feature areas including: scope, requirements, timelines and resource allocation.
Provide invaluable contributions to business analysis, functional design discussions, data modeling discussions, testing, proof-of-concept, working with partners (content partners, payment partners, affiliate partners), etc.
Define and write business, functional, financial, and reporting requirements.
Serve as the primary liaison between the business and engineering teams to ensure deliverables are on track and achieved on time.
Proactively contribute to improving how projects are run and executed.
Own overall cross-functional project schedules for development, back-end financial and reporting systems, client teams, device teams and business teams.
Collaborate with key stakeholders and internal/external business units to develop solutions for partnerships and promotions and other new business opportunities.
Skills Required
7+ years of project management experience in software development.
Proven success driving and facilitating business requirements, deliverables sessions, meetings and communication to all levels of a large, matrixed organization.
Strong technical proficiency in server architecture and development, NoSQL, and SQL.
Significant experience with large-scale technical architecture.
Techno-functional and precise in all communications.
Skills Preferred

Experience with MongoDB, Dynamo, Project Voldemort and/or Cassandra.


Timing: 6+ Months, 40 hrs (5 days)
Start: ASAP
Location: Bay Area, CA, onsite

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Monday, June 28, 2010

recruiter - large healthcare insurance provider

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Sage Consulting Associates is looking for a Recruiter for a large healthcare insurance provider in San Francisco, CA. This individual will be responsible for partnering with hiring managers to define their talent needs and providing best-in-class recruiting services.
Responsibilities Include

Manage full cycle recruitment process in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment including: developing position descriptions, posting ads, sourcing candidates, reviewing resumes, conducting phone screens, scheduling in-person interviews and conducting reference checks.
Provide a consultative approach to recruiting by working with hiring managers to develop recruiting and sourcing (passive and active) strategies including: cold calling, online searches, networking and job fairs.
Keep hiring managers apprised of each requisition’s status and provide written summaries of top candidates.
Prepare offer letters and manage offer negotiations.
Communicate company values, culture, work environment, business strategies, benefits and other areas of interest to prospective candidates in a compelling manner.
Ensure compliance with recruitment and employment laws.

Skills Required

5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience within all skill sets of IT.
Proven ability to set and achieve daily/weekly/monthly goals and to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to exercise judgment and to work independently with little direction.
Must have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and proficiency using Internet search tools, applicant tracking systems, database programs and online job boards.

Skills Preferred
Agency recruiting experience preferred.
AIRS and/or PHR certification preferred.
Experience recruiting a range of Finance professionals including Actuarial candidates preferred.


Timing: 2 months with the opportunity to convert to FTE, 40 hrs (5 days)
Start: ASAP
Location: San Francisco, CA, onsite

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

web visual designer

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Sage Consulting Associates is looking for a Web Visual Designer for a financial services company in San Francisco, CA. This individual will be responsible for creating design solutions for several high-visibility marketing websites.
Responsibilities Include

Create visually engaging designs for online solutions.
Support web design for online marketing and promotional campaigns.
Work closely with other members of the design and UX teams interpreting interaction design document and business requirements.
Present and articulate different design options and strategies to business stakeholders and management.
Understand, interpret and apply the company’s design standards and brand visual identity guidelines to all projects.
Work strategically and collaboratively to deliver top-quality designs under aggressive deadlines.


Skills Required

3+ years of web design experience.
Must have a strong understanding of design principles for the web including: user interface fundamentals, design within a content management system/modular framework, as well as usability and accessibility best practices.
Demonstrated ability to accurately read/interpret design documentation (wireframes, scenarios, etc.).
Working knowledge of web technology capabilities, specifically CSS-driven HTML layout and JavaScript.
Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator and Photoshop.
Portfolio (available for viewing) that demonstrates the objectives of projects and showcases strategy and execution of design solutions.


Timing: 6 months, 40 hrs (5 days)
Start: ASAP
Location: San Francisco, CA, onsite

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web design consultant

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Sage Consulting Associates is looking for a Web Design Consultant to work at a large healthcare provider in San Francisco, CA. This individual will create, implement, and be an advocate for the company’s online visual identity.
Responsibilities Include

Create visual designs for emails and banner ads (potentially animated gifs) that reflect and promote the company’s online brand.
Refresh/update existing designs working within existing templates and conventions, but also exploring new solutions.
Rapidly develop visual concepts and “sell” them to internal clients (Product Managers).
Explore strategic design solutions that achieve user and business goals.
Participate in formal and informal design critiques and give effective feedback to peers.
Skills Required

4+ years of web design experience in particular experience designing and creating banner ads.
Possess a command of typography, color, composition and hierarchy and the ability to utilize these elements to create optimal user design solutions.
Proven ability to produce multiple concepts for a project and to discern and articulate which idea to pursue.
Demonstrated ability to quickly produce consistently top-quality work despite tight deadlines.
Possess a strong command of web standards, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, and various web-related optimization techniques.
Must be able to complete intermediate-level HTML coding for emails.
Portfolio (available for viewing) that demonstrates the objectives of projects and showcases strategy an execution of design solutions.

Skills Preferred
Healthcare industry experience a plus.


Timing: 6 months, 40 hrs (5 days)
Start: ASAP
Location: San Francisco, CA, onsite

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interaction designer

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Sage Consulting Associates is looking for a Sr. UI/Interaction Designer to work for a large healthcare provider in San Francisco. This individual will be responsible for reviewing current sections of the website, providing recommendations for improvements and creating new interaction/interfaces for online sections and tools.

Responsibilities Include:
Effectively and convincingly prepare design recommendations driven from competitive research, industry best practices, user research, and web analytics.
Conduct heuristic reviews of website and constituent interactions.
Produce innovative yet easy-to-use design solutions that address user experiences and complex business, marketing, and user needs.
Work closely with eBusiness Portals, Marketing, and BU partners to design high-quality digital interactions that drive user adoption rates for self-service features, retain members, increase revenue from online applications, and precisely communicate product features and benefits.
Rapidly develop user flows, wireframes, superior visual mock-ups, detailed high fidelity schematics, final design assets and functional specifications.
Collaborate with product, engineering and QA teams to support UI implementation effortsand User Research to design and collect Design Validation Testing feedback.
Participate in formal and informal design critiques, give effective feedback to peers.

Skills Required

5+ years of visual design experience and a proven record of effectively utilizing his/her knowledge of typography, color, composition, and hierarchy design elements to develop optimal user interface design solutions.
Ability to strongly influence cross-functional teams to elicit department/partner alignment to strategic objectives.
Demonstrated success in creating design interfaces that balance user needs with business/legal requirements.
Must possess a strong command of web standards, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility and various web-related optimization techniques.
Working knowledge and understanding of content management systems, web technologies, including HTML, DHTML, Flash, XML, Flex, etc.
In-depth knowledge of user-centered design documentation systems such as wireframes comps and design specifications.
Excellent knowledge of graphics and user-centered design production packages, Illustrator, Photoshop, Visio, Axure, and InDesign.


Timing: 6 months, 40 hrs (5 days)
Start: ASAP
Location: San Francisco, CA, onsite

Friday, June 11, 2010

Senior SaaS Visual Designer

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Sage Consulting Associates is looking for a Senior SaaS Visual Designer to work for a name brand software company in Mountain View. This individual will be responsible for supporting user functionality and flow for SaaS services by re-vamping visual design for an existing web application with a large installed client base. Individual may also support other new and existing web applications.

Responsibilities Include
Create engaging and effective visual design solutions for web application interfaces and SaaS products that work to optimize user functionality, customer needs, business constraints, and technological realities.
Generate multiple concepts that fulfill product requirements, articulate the relative merits of each concept, and make recommendations for which would best meet the project goals.
Define design direction in collaboration with marketing, product managers, researchers, interaction designers, writers, and customer facing teams.
Approach all projects with a focus on communication hierarchy using layout, color, typography, proportion, iconography, photography, motion/rich media and brand.
Utilize industry best practices and design standards to define and implement design criteria, guidelines, and specs that effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Champion and drive a team vision, foster strong sense of team and provide mentorship to junior designers.
Use initiative, creativity, collaboration, and innovation to drive more effective design and process ideas to fruition.
Skills Required
5+ years leading the visual design of SaaS products and/or applications.
Experience designing, developing and/or improving Web Apps.
Strong understanding of online marketing, web usability best practices, and interaction design.
Proven success delivering strong visual design concepts and solutions that reinforces and drives functionality.
Ability to work collaboratively within visual design team as well as with interactive design experts and other stakeholders/partners.
Expert level skills in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator.
Familiarity with web technologies and their impact on the feasibility of design solutions; hands-on expertise with HTML, AJAX, DoJo, Flash, and/or Flex.
A strong portfolio, available for viewing, showing great sense of design, creativity, and good communication skills. Must include web app examples.



Timing: 2+ months, 40 hrs (5 days)
Start: ASAP
Location: Mountain View, CA, onsite

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