Here’s my latest round of employment opportunities around the U.S. Lots of good ones! Remember while you are job searching to also continuously work on monitoring and improving your online reputation. Happy job hunting everyone.
Digital Content Producer at National Geographic in Washington, DC
Editorial team member who develops and creates digital content for ngm.nationalgeographic.com and programs the consumer experience with core focus on National Geographic Magazine content; responsible for increasing and retaining traffic to the website and collaborating with internal and external partners to integrate innovative digital content for Digital Media audiences.
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Supervising Editor, Digital News at NPR in Washington, DC
Provides a key leadership role in the newsroom through editorial planning, directing the assignment process and coordinating daily assignments with other editors in digital and broadcast. Works closely with the Deputy Managing Editor for Digital News to offer direction and editorial quality control across the site. Has a special responsibility for delivering high-impact web-original content and taking best possible advantage of digital and mobile platforms in producing stories and graphics, and sparking innovation. Supervises shifts as assigned. Monitors and evaluates staff performance; recommends new hires and provides administrative support to the Deputy Managing Editor as needed.
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Lead User Experience Architect at NPR in Washington, DC
A Lead User Experience Architect is responsible for identifying and articulating the needs, goals, and requirements that guide NPR Digital Media projects and translating these into workflow and interaction models that form the basis of the overall user experience. He/she oversees conceptual design, information architecture, interaction design, user-centered design, and usability engineering practices across multiple projects, including external web sites, mobile sites, mobile applications, internal editorial products, and other special projects. The Lead User Experience Architect articulates and executes best practices and standards for UX within project teams, to product management, to stakeholders, and to the NPR Community. In addition, the Lead User Experience Architect will manage all User Experience Architects, and ensure the consistency and quality of all deliverables from the group. He/she will work with other team leads to provide a cohesive user experience throughout all Digital Media platforms.
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User Experience Web Developer at IBM in Research Triangle Park, NC
New College Graduate: The Lotus User Experience Team is seeking a software engineer interested in developing web-based user-interfaces. Candidates must be highly-motivated with demonstrable skills and experience with semantic HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP. Strong attention to detail while juggling multiple projects with minimal direction is required . Collaborate with product designers, visual designers, UX researchers, customers and development teams to create cutting edge product designs, development mockups and prototypes. A strong portfolio with reviewable code samples is required.
The Mobile Editor will be the editorial lead for all of CNN’s mobile products including the industry-leading Mobile Web site, and the award-winning apps for devices including the iPad, the iPhone, the Android phone app plus future products for phones and tablets. He or she will design and implement CNN’s editorial strategy for the growing mobile market, while also identifying opportunities for and producing Mobile-exclusive material and working with the rest of the CNN Digital team to ensure the daily news production for CNN.com is represented on all Mobile properties.
The Video Producer works with Teach For America’s multimedia and online learning team to design and develop compelling video stories that deliver crucial training to our teachers and the staff members who support them. This includes producing, writing, filming, editing, and uploading video projects. This position reports to the Managing Director of Multimedia and Online Learning.
Social Media Manager at LivingSocial in Washington, DC
LivingSocial is seeking a rising star who is both passionate and analytical about social media, and has experience with successful, large-scale social media campaigns. Working with the marketing team and Social Media Strategist at LivingSocial, the Social Media Manager will help support larger strategic social media initiatives of the Social Media Group, in addition to managing a range of active communities.
Its a big job, and an important one to LivingSocial. Were not saying its going to be easy. But if you enjoy interacting with people from across the world while having a major impact on a growing company, this position just might be perfect for you.
The Windows Web Services (WWS) team is looking for a seasoned and versatile creative professional who has strong video editing as well as writing skills who wants to play a pivotal role in creating cutting edge global consumer content for Windows, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer product and web experiences.
We’re looking for someone with established skills in video production (particularly video editing) to play a key role in a small video team that creates both live action and screencast videos for the Web. The ideal candidate has the ability to translate storyboards and concepts into high quality video that is educational, inspirational, and enhances the Microsoft brand. At the same time, you should be an established writer who is creative, passionate about technology, and able to write about technology that is accessible and inspiring to a consumer audience.
Current is looking for a multimedia producer. This role will be responsible for conceiving, producing, editing, publishing and promoting both original and repurposed video segments, blog posts and multimedia on a daily basis. We are seeking a high-energy candidate with strong writing, producing and editing skills, fresh ideas and a passion for journalism in the fast-paced environment of continuously updated digital news, content, and community. This position reports to the Senior Digital Producer and is based in New York.
Multimedia Producer at The Daily Press in Newport News, VA
The Daily Press is looking for a motivated multimedia journalist to join its award winning photo staff. If you have a passion for storytelling with stills and video, this is the place for you.Applicants should have strong photo/video skills and the ability to produce quality visual content quickly. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable shooting videos and stills and can use Photoshop as easily as Final Cut. Strong computer skills are required along with the ability to work productively out of the office. A college degree in film, communications, journalism or a related field and 3-5 years experience is preferred.
Online Producer at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, VA
PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com, websites of The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk / Virginia Beach, Va., seek an online producer who can wield words as well as HTML to help us continue to increase our audience and traffic. This position is still open as of Sept. 22. New applicants are welcome. Online producers create and update content on PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com. They build and maintain pages, channels and special features, from daily stories to databases to multimedia packages. Besides handling projects as assigned, producers have primary responsibility, working with editors and reporters, to build, maintain and expand 6-8 channels and subchannels (examples: Life, Guides, Sports, Education, Health, Opinion). At least one City Page (example: Virginia Beach news and information) may also be assigned. Producers work with newsroom teams to brainstorm and help implement new features and presentations for their assigned channels.
This role will support the Director of Product Management and eCommerce Manager, and will work closely with the customer service, customer survey and technology teams to assist in carrying out the day-to-day operations of our ecommerce Web site.
Interactive Web Designer/Developer at The New York Post in New York, NY
The New York Post is seeking an enthusiastic Interactive Web Animator/Developer to join the Online Production team. This person will be responsible for designing and developing Flash animated website takeovers and for creating static advertorial and editorial designs for web, mobile and tablets.
Strong knowledge of Photoshop, and Illustrator a must; knowledge of Flash/Actionscripting, HTML/dHTML and the other capabilities of Web browsers is a plus, ability to multi-task, handle tight deadlines, and a high-volume workload, you will be working on: web page designs/layout, web graphics, rich banner ads, flash animation, and microsites.
Sr. Editor, Mobile Reviews at CNET in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA
CNET has an exciting opportunity in New York or San Francisco for a senior editor for cell phone reviews. You’d join a strong and close-knit editorial team that writes cell phone and smartphone reviews and covers mobile news for CNET Reviews, CNET News, and Download.com. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing and influential technology media organization with a recognizable brand, a strong reputation, and a passionate, worldwide audience. A love for technology is a must, along with a desire to test and evaluate the latest cell phones before everyone else.
Social Media Editor at Huffington Post in New York, NY
This is a new position, not entry-level, based in New York City. Applicants should have at least two years experience doing social media at a news organization.
Applicants should contact Craig Kanalley, the senior editor, traffic and trends, for HuffingtonPost Media Group at AOL. Kannalley can be contacted over Twitter (either by @ or direct message).
Also make sure to scan through our listing of September job opportunities to see if there are other openings that may be of interest to you.
Are you an employer and want to feature a job opening? Feel free to email me your listing at innovativeinteractivity@gmail.com and I’ll include it in next month’s post.
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