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Our client, a well-known beauty brand, is looking for a senior digital designer. You will be working on eCommerce, email, web, and social assets. You’ll work with other team members and your creative director to brainstorm new concepts, develop pieces that could run on the website or be shared on social media. This is the opportunity you're been looking for, apply now. Skill Set: Strong design and conceptual skills Digital, eCommerce, and social media experience and background creating new pieces for these areas Project management skills and exceptional creative ability Requirements: 5+ years of experience as a designer or art director Bachelor’s degree (preferred in design or advertising) Up-to-date resume with samples of print, digital, and broadcast Experience with the latest design software Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Our client is looking for an experienced UX researcher to join their growing team. You’ll work closely with UX to help develop a positive experience for product users. This will involve designing studies that measure behavior and attitudes, conducting research on users, and generating insights that fuel ideation sessions to inform design changes. You’ll also work with cross-functional teams to analyze the findings, communicate results, and track changes in user satisfaction over time. Job Requirements: Work closely with Product Developers, Product Managers, and other product departments Responsible for planning and conducting customer research throughout the product’s lifecycle, including design conceptualization and prototype validations Skills: Ability to design, build and run usability research studies Understanding of user behaviors and expectations as well as different methods of conducting studies A background interpreting findings and recommending action items Exceptional communication skills Experience: 5+ years of experience conducting user research studies Bachelor’s degree (preferred in marketing or technical-related major) Up-to-date resume Experience using analysis and analytics to uncover usability issues Sound like you? To learn more about this opportunity, apply now.

Our client, a healthcare / pharma agency - has an immediate need for a Freelance Integrated Project Manager. This will be an onsite freelance position. You will work on a variety of television, print and digital advertising projects You will be responsible for timelines, budgets etc. This is not a traffic role. It will be your job to run the day to day of building timelines for new projects, and ensure that existing projects are on track. Pharma experience is not mandatory, but it is highly preferred for this role. Requirements: 4+ years Advertising Agency Project Management Ideal candidate has experience with ProofHQ Strong experience handling Timeline, budgets, etc Confident in cross team communications Open to being client-facing Strong Pharma Regulatory understanding preferred Interested? Submit your resume!

Our client, an entertainment company, is seeking a Visual Designer to join the News Design team. Responsibilities: Delivering conceptual and final product designs along with all deliverables and style guides. Create industry-leading apps for mobile, connected tv devices, web and emerging platforms. Working on a multi-disciplinary team collaborating with fellow designers, product managers, engineers, user researchers, interaction designers, and content strategists to create innovative, great-looking products that people love to use. Act as an expert in user interface and visual design Rapid conceptual design, high fidelity visual design, presenting and making recommendations to the group. Delivering pixel perfect comps and guides to the development team. Musts: 3-5 years experience designing high-profile, complex experiences for the web, mobile and connected tv devices. Portfolio of work from web and mobile to television over the top interfaces such as Roku, Android/FireTV, tvOS Bachelor’s degree or higher in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience Experience working for technology, digital media or digital-focused agencies. Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and UI best practices. Expert in Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch. Advanced understanding and experience working with responsive and adaptive layouts. Self-motivated, problem solver with the ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously. Ability to design within brand guidelines and create guides as needed. Strong work ethic, reliability, adaptability, work well with others. A team player. Strong presentation skills. ​Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Onward Search is looking for an Events Coordinator for one of our Digital Media Clients on a long term contract basis, sitting in NYC. The Events Producer will be added to join their audience development and video production, teams. You will work on our distributed video brand, which drives 1 Billion+ video views monthly to our 63M+ Gen Z/Millenial followers. The Events Producer supports the strategic planning, execution, and oversight of events which include pop-ups, brand collaborations, and tentpole events, while in alignment with the marketing and sales strategy. This position supports various tasks as assigned on all elements of a program, which may include research, list management, and vendor relations. Being the backbone of this team requires a detail-oriented team player who can multi-task, is willing to roll up their sleeves and do what it takes to get the job done. Responsibilities: Strong interest in event planning and producing Extremely organized and detail-oriented Ability to multi-task and work on various projects at once Interest in the intersection between media and technology Ability to problem solve and seek out answers and solutions to various challenges Strong creativity and research skills Tech-savvy with experience in Microsoft Suite, Macs, google docs, and all social media channels (Excel proficiency a plus) Excellent written and verbal communication skills Professional social skills   Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 1 - 3 years directly related experience in Event or Tradeshow Management, experience with Advertising Trade Industry a plus. Strong negotiation and event management skills. Excellent project management/coordinating skills. Microsoft skills (ppt, word, excel), Google docs proficient. Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Onward Search is looking for a Design Research Strategist for one of our Pharmaceutical Clients on a long term contract sitting in NYC.   Primary Responsibilities In collaboration with the design team, Pharma is developing a customer-centered design process that embeds design thinking into the end-to-end drug product development process. The goal is to fully integrate patient and customer insights into the development process and create an inter-connected ecosystem of accessible knowledge, data, insight models and synthesis tools. Your primary responsibility will be to develop this model and its supporting tools. In your role, you will: Form and refine the knowledge ecosystem (piloting a preliminary model, then refining) Develop synthesis and sensemaking tools that make insights accessible and bring them into the development process Collaborate with our in-house Digital Experience Design team in the design of a digital portal that houses the knowledge, processes and tools   Qualifications   Bachelor's Degree in Design, Design Research and Strategy or a related field is required A minimum of 10 years of experience in design research and strategy and systems change Pharma insights experience preferred but not required Ability to manage complexity and develop intuitive systems Ability to translate unfamiliar processes and methodologies into accessible frameworks and tools Persistent and diligent attention to detail Demonstrated strong visual, written and verbal communications skills Above all else Friendly, thoughtful and perpetually curious Humble to your core with a sharp emotional intelligence Able to build trust, even when communicating a dissenting point of view Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Onward Search is looking for a Project Manager with Scrum Certification for one of our Healthcare Clients sitting in NYC on a long term contract. Primary Responsibilities: You are responsible for communicating project status to the team, including project meeting minutes and updates, performance-to-project plan, project risks and other critical details and data as warranted You will coordinate scheduling and planning; communicating across all levels inclusive of the project team, stakeholders and external vendors You will organize, coordinate and manage workshop production, including venue selection, logistics, planning, catering, back-of-house organization and documentation supervision You have the ability to manage multiple projects at one time, and will coordinate research activities, including logistics, scheduling, planning and documentation coordination You will bridge design and business disciplines, evaluating and gauging appropriate risks and future opportunities Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required 4 - 7 years of project management experience SCRUM certification preferred Previous experience working in a creative / design environment highly preferred Project management training, excellent planning and project management skills desirable Project management certification a plus but not required Strong experience using Microsoft Project required Excellent written and verbal skills Strong analytical aptitude with creative abilities Ability to facilitate the generation of detailed and accurate, risk-adjusted project plans and track against them Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Onward Search is looking for a Freelance Product Designer on a long term contract for one of our Entertainment Clients sitting in NYC. (This would be 40 hours per week / full time hours.)   The group creates video-based desktop, mobile, and app experiences for their syndicated television brands. The team works across broadcast and digital to deliver premium video, social, and mobile experiences.   Responsibilities: Partner with Product Owners, Engineers, UX/UI Designers to define problems & goals, map user flows, prototype interactions, and launch new products and services. High quality production of wireframes and visual designs for digital platforms. Give and solicit feedback from designers and cross-disciplinary partners. Executive in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity.   Qualifications: Experience in the entertainment industry specializing in entertainment brand platforms 5 years of experience with end-to-end product design 5+ yrs experience designing for digital and mobile in the entertainment news & lifestyle industry. High quality production of wireframes and visual designs for digital platforms. Production of both rapid and high fidelity prototypes to describe the behavior of concepts Advanced level user of common design software (Sketch, Adobe, Invision, Flinto, Principle). Capable of turning user problems in simple and functional solutions. A good understanding of users and usability. Experience in turning complex demands into simple and elegant digital services. Enthusiasm for digital design best practices, new interaction models, design standards and emerging technologies. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to eloquently articulate strategy, concepts and rationale in a comprehensive and understandable manner verbally, written and visually. Have contributed as a leader in design and a strong collaborator with Product Owners and Engineers Have shipped product Have cross-platform design experiences (Web, Android, iOS, OTT) ​Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Our client, a boutique marketing and advertising agency, is looking for a top notch Graphic Designer with skills in PowerPoint and Layout Design. This role begins on-site in NYC immediately. What you'll be doing: Working with a tight agency team comprised of Account, Strategy and Creative talent on a range of client-facing presentations. You will be formatting content, creating infographics, doing image searches/cropping/image placement and some light animation. Following an outline to bring together creative presentations. Executing print layout design, long format print (facts sheets, white paper, etc.), mechanicals, icons and infographics. Sourcing imagery from stock libraries and existing brand content for usage in presentations. Lending a hand on design tasks as needed. Executing revisions as needed across presentations. Other tasks may apply. About you: Expert in PowerPoint Presentation design and can design in Adobe Creative Suite. Must know how to work with WMF file formats for complex vector graphics and icons exported from Illustrator. Experience creating infographics and some light animation. Up to date portfolio of your Presentation design work. Working in Mac preferred but PC is okay. You have an eye for design that excites the GenZ audience. You must have your own laptop for this job. Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Boutique creative agency, specializing in beauty and lifestyle brands, in downtown Manhattan is looking to hire a CGI Artist to join on a long-term freelance or freelance to hire basis! Years of experience can vary from 2+ years and must have a strong portfolio showing examples of CGI work. Requirements include: 2+ years experience Background in CGI ideally in the beauty, lifestyle or fashion space Strong background working in Photoshop, Maya and After Effects (for animations) Able to work well with a small, collaborative team, where everyone pitches in Fast turnaround on projects and proactive Does this sound like something you've been looking for, then do not wait to apply!