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Sr. Java Developer needed for an ongoing assignment with an creative agency in the Brooklyn area. This person will be responsible for developing customer-facing web application. Primary areas of responsibility include helping the team to enhance existing customer care application.   Minimum Qualifications: 6+ years of relevant experience Duties and Responsibilities: Experience working with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Web Services Develop Front-End interface by using Angular JS 1.x/Angular 2+, HTML5, Spring Web/MVC and CSS3. Strong understanding of OOP & SOA principles, Enterprise design patterns, industry best practices Strong understanding of domain driven design, Microservices patterns and architectures Experience with building messaging, event-driven architectures Experience with Agile development methodology & Test Driven development. Technical Skills: 6+ years Java/J2EE development experience. 5+ years of experience working with Spring Framework (Spring MVC, Spring AOP) 3+ years of front-end development experience using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, XML and AngularJS 1.x/Angular 2+ 2+ years Micro-services development experience (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud) Experience designing and implementing REST and SOAP based web services. Experience writing unit test, stubs, mocks in a TDD environment Additional Skills (PLUSES): Previous experience with Billing/Subscription based systems Familiar with container technology (i.e. Docker) Familiarity with Struts MVC Basic UNIX skills. Source code control systems: eg GIT Continuous integration tools such as Jenkins. ​​Does this sound like you? Apply today! 

Onward Search has a freelance Technical Writer opportunity for a premier national client. In this role you will write Procedures, Instruction Manuals, User Guides, FAQs, and more. Our client is in the financial industry, and you will be working on the Asset & Wealth Management team. Having financial/bank requirement is mandatory. This role is a 6 month freelance opportunity to start, and is on-site in our client's Manhattan office. If this opportunity sounds like a fit for you, apply today! Responsibilities: Create procedures, instruction manuals, user guides, and “frequently asked questions” to help support AWM’s overall mission and operating model Determine the needs of end users of technical documentation, including the ability to understand complex information and communicate the information to people with diverse professional backgrounds Organize and write supporting documents for products, technology applications and processes Use photographs, drawings, diagrams, animation and charts that increase users’ understanding Use interactive technologies to document content Help design and select appropriate medium for message or audience, such as manuals or online videos Design and implement maintenance / evergreen program to keep documents up to date and Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, or Business related discipline 5+ years of technical writing / communication or research assistant experience Excellent communication skills – Must be able to take complex, technical information and translate it for colleagues Excellent writing skills - Technical communicators must have excellent writing skills to be able to explain technical information Experience and understanding of key banking processes, regulations and associated risks a plus Extremely organized and attentive to detail Excellent oral, interpersonal, communication skills; team oriented Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint) ​​Does this sound like your skill set and experience? Apply today! 

Our client, a professional learning company, is looking to hire a freelance Junior Designer to assist with various projects, starting next week. You would assist with everything from Presentation Design to Collateral (one pagers). Candidates should have a laptop. This role is onsite in NYC and will start the middle of next week (3/19). Requirements & Responsibilities: 2+ years Graphic Design experience Presentation Design experience (InDesign or PowerPoint) Background working on collateral pieces or one pagers Some digital experience Fast-worker and can jump on tasks quickly and efficiently Communicative Detail-oriented Has a laptop Interested? Please apply now!

Onward Search is looking for a Senior Product Manager for one of our largest Financial Clients in NYC on a contract-to-hire basis. This person will be joining the Product Management team focused around the transformational effort to revamp the entire data infrastructure for the entire organization. It is currently taking too long to retrieve data, so this team is building a digital platform on top of the new data architecture. This way users can find and discover data with ease. This person must have previous experience with building out personalized solutions for consumers. (Similar to personalizations you see with Netflix, Google, Amazon, etc.) Qualifications: A minimum of 3-8 years Digital Product Management experience for internal or external products At least 3 years of experience in Agile Product Management or Ownership Must have experience building out personalized solutions for a specific customer base At least 1+ years of experience working with data scientist and data modeling teams Proven experience with leading consumer research and producing into new product ideas Defining and owning product backlog for the development teams Excellent communication skills Bachelor’s Degree required Experience using data to build models for personalization would be a huge plus Does this sound like you? Apply today! 

Onward Search is looking for a UX Researcher for one of our largest Financial Clients in NYC on a contract-to-hire basis. This individual will come from a TRUE research background (not looking for research/ design hybrid), serving methodology & analysis. This person will be responsible for research support across 12 different lanes within the organization. This person must be able to research across all avenues (primarily bound to a couple subject areas), they will do research across the board, in-depth interviews, empathy interviews, survey work, concept testing, usability testing, co creating & huge plus for eye-tracking. Qualifications: Master’s degree or higher level in Psychology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Sociology, HCI, Human Factors, or related field At least 4 years of experience as a Design Researcher in a corporate or consulting capacity Proven track record of working with cross-functional teams, including designers, researchers, strategist, product managers, tech partners and more Experience guiding teams to employ best research method for the problem and At least 2+ years of usability testing and user experience research within a lab environment Strong communication skills Eye tracking experience on both digital products and physical spaces is a huge plus Does this sound like you? Apply today! 

Have you ever wanted to work for one of the fastest growing companies in the online/mobile industry- and one that you probably use quite often? Our client is looking for two Product Designer to join their rapidly growing NY team. This is an amazing opportunity to work for leading company in our nation, and I promise your friends will be jealous when you hear the perks! This is an onsite freelance opportunity for at least one month. ROLE: Product Designer 3-5 years experience Experience working on ecommerce platforms MUST have experience working with a product manager/team in the past. You must have a thorough understanding of how to work with product, engineers, and hand materials off to the development team This is a highly collaborative team and environment Partner with product, engineers, and the members of the design and research teams to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch Deep understanding of UI Design Ability to identify issues, tackle problems head on, and execute a better experience Thrives in a fast-paced environment Excellent at working on multiple projects and pivoting when necessary for the greater good. Exceptional portfolio that clearly outlines and explains past projects Please apply with your portfolio!

Onward Search is looking for an Industrial Product Designer for one of our beauty clients in NYC. This is an onsite freelance position starting ASAP. This candidate will be responsible for working with other creatives to develop sketches, proof of principle mock ups, renderings, and prototype models of their concepts. Qualifications 2+ years of experience Bachelors Degree Experience working in beauty/cosmetics industry is preferred Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite Proficient with Solid Works and Key Shot Ability to communicate design direction to Industrial Design Managers and other team members Strong presentation skills Please apply with your portfolio today!

Onward Search is looking for a Marketing Insights Manager for one of our Premier clients in NYC on a contract basis. This person will be responsible for taking research and data and turning that into insights, which will then be translated for business partners to understand. Those key insights will be used to influence marketing strategies to deliver against critical business objectives. Qualifications: 5+ years of marketing insights / research experience Strong communication skills Experienced in the following: Segmentation Research, CLTV, Value Proposition, Concept Development, Concept Testing and Creative Testing. Proven analytic skills and ability to translate data and learnings into actionable recommendations Strong problem solving skills Ability to work with cross-functional teams and work collaboratively Does this sound like you? Apply today!   

Our client, an award winning branding agency, is in search of a Director level Program Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. This position operates as a hybrid Account Services and Project Management role and begins as soon as possible on-site in NYC. If this sounds like you, apply now! What you'll be doing: Operate as the Point of Contact for your client roster, acting as a strategic partner to facilitate all projects both internally and externally. Drive aspects of client projects to keep them running smoothly. This includes but is not limited to Scope of Work development, timeline and budget creation and management, brand strategy, brand development, facilitating meetings, creative reviews, etc. Keep creative and production teams on task and on brief across multiple concurrent client projects. Solve client challenges as they arise, proactively looking for opportunities to get ahead of potential issues. Manage external vendors in production processes of print, digital and video as needed, including budget and timeline management. Negotiate with vendors. Oversee project kick-off needs including job number creation, team allocation, etc. Help mentor junior team members. Work with agency Controller to ensure vendors are paid on time and ensure proper client billing. Support new business development process, and actively look for opportunities to organically grow existing clients. Bring your ideas and professional experience to the table to help strengthen the agency, and receive professional development at the same time. About you: 6-8 years of professional experience, with at least 3 years working in an Agency account or project management role. Bachelors Degree in a related field. Experience with print, video, digital and website production. You have a strong attention to detail and can multi-task with the best of them. You have an outgoing personality, a strong presenter and excellent communicator. You are an expert in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and ideally have experience with PM software (Smartsheet, etc) and web research. Does this sound like you? Apply today! 

Onward Search is looking for a 3D Visual Merchandising Designer for one of our leading beauty clients on a freelance basis. This role is onsite in NYC starting ASAP. This candidate will be responsible for creating 3D visuals and renderings for various store elements. The final products will consist of in-store designs, merchandise fixtures, standalone point-of-purchase displays, and more. REQUIREMENTS: • 5+ years of visual merchandising design experience • Strong experience with visual merchandising, graphic design, and industrial or architectural design • Proficient use of Rhino, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator • Must have fashion, beauty / cosmetics experience Please apply with your portfolio today!