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Posted in News on February 2nd, 2012
To prove that no one does luxury quite like Chanel, the French fashion powerhouse hosted an over-the-top weekend beginning January 20 at the Wynn Las Vegas for 200 celebrities, V.I.P. clients, and editors. Flown in from New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco on private planes, the guests were invited to the casino capital for the launch of an eight-day installation, “Numéros Privés,” a multifaceted sensory experience in itself.
Every element of the event—which was two years in the making—was custom designed and built under the direction of Chanel and executed on site by production company Prodject. Construction took a week, and the result was an immersive environment filled with subtle and overt references to the luxury brand.


According to a company spokesperson, the invitation-only “Numéros Privés”—or, hidden numbers—was created to “surprise and delight both new and existing clients” and serve as a celebration of Chanel in Las Vegas. “Las Vegas is an extremely significant market for Chanel,” said the spokesperson. “The city is such an important entry point for first-time clients who experience their first Chanel moment here.” The fashion house operates three boutiques in the city, including one at the Bellagio that recently reopened after an eight-month renovation.
In Vegas, a location known for its high stakes, Chanel’s extravagant gamble served as a way for it to reinforce its ties with the community and its burgeoning Asian clientele. The event, timed to open during the Chinese New Year festivities, also emphasized the importance numbers have both in Chinese culture and the history of Chanel. Decorating an array of elements, from the invitation to the floors of the exhibition dinner, Coco Chanel’s lucky numbers—5, 2.55, and 31—were more than conspicuous and fitting, really, given the tie-in with Vegas culture.
“The importance of numbers made this a perfect connection between the two,” the spokesperson said.
Comprised of 10 rooms, the exhibition was an experiential tour through the classic house codes. For instance, one space was filled with Chanel Bearbrick dolls and matching wallpaper, while another displayed jewelry among sculpted topiaries. There was also a recreation of Coco Chanel’s apartment at 31 Rue Cambon, and a carnival room had claw machines, where more than one guests attempted to grab little Chanel gift bags using the mechanical arms.
“It’s like you’re walking into different vibes of Chanel in every room,” said Lily Collins as she toured the space alongside other celebrities like Jessica Alba, Rachel Zoe, Alexa Chung, and Anouck Lepère. “You truly feel like you get an essence of the entire collection, of the entire vibe of the company, and the culture and history of it.”
Other whimsical touches throughout the weekend included chauffeured Escalades branded with the double-C logo and black-and-white goodie bags containing vouchers for a complimentary manicure and pedicure at the hotel space. (The salon’s usual nail polishes were replaced with those by Chanel for the weekend.)
Friday night’s dinner, which followed the exhibit opening, was Asian centric and included an assortment of dim sum—dumplings, pork and shrimp shumai, and pork pot stickers with soy chili dipping sauce—braised sliced prime short rib in Szechuan peppercorn sauce with garlic spinach, and crispy sea bass with sizzling scallions, cilantro, and soy sauce. For dessert, a quartet of confections was served: passion fruit and lemongrass gelee with green apple and pandan mousse as well as three combinations of popsicles, including red bean and chocolate, green tea and white chocolate, and passion fruit and white chocolate.
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Posted in News on February 1st, 2012
Public relations is just one of those things.
It’s something that every company knows they should do, but only see two ways of making it happen — hire an expensive PR firm or cross their fingers and hope for the best. The latter is, well, not really much of a PR strategy. There is a third option, however.
Bootstrapping.
I’ve written in the past about how to bootstrap your PR efforts, but never really dug into the nitty gritty. It’s a time intensive process, but if you’re up for the challenge, getting coverage in some of the top outlets in the world is possible, and even likely. I’ve tried many methods, failed many times, and ultimately boiled it down to this process.
Here it is, Moz family.
Step 1 – The Mirror Check
The first step is what I like to call the mirror check, something that gets glossed over far too often. You need to put yourself in the mind of a writer. People don’t want to read shit stories, and writers don’t want to write them; it’s a simple relationship. Before you dig into the rest of the process, make sure you’ve got a story that you’d be interested in reading. Honestly. If you can’t look yourself in the mirror and say that you would love to read what you’re pitching, hold off.
Save your time, and more importantly, everyone else’s.
Step 2 – Building Your Publication List
Once you’ve got a solid story, it’s time to start building your list of publications. I’ve found it helpful to break it into larger categories, such as tech blogs, mainstream media, local press, niché publications and so on. That’ll give you a good outline to begin digging into the specific publications you’re looking to reach out to.
It’s important to note that PR isn’t a numbers game, as many think. It’s a quality and relevance game, not a shotgun spray. To determine relevance, you really need to engulf yourself in the content of the publication — read at least 5 articles. Without reading the content, you aren’t able to truly understand the writing style and typical news they cover. Once you’ve done this, add only the publications that would be interested in your story, and omit those that wouldn’t. It’ll save you time when we get to the next step.
Step 3 – Finding the Right Contact
This is so important that it deserves its own step. Again, it’s all about relevance, even more so when you’re looking for the right person to pitch your story to. What’s the sweet spot for one writer, may be completely irrelevant to another. If you pitch the wrong one, well, you blew your shot. You’ve got to dig deep on this step. Here’s the info that my list usually contains:

The first three fields are fairly self explanatory, then we get into the meat of it. The “relevance point” refers to the overlap with the writer’s past work. A good way of finding the right person to pitch your story to, is to go to the publication and search for relevant content.
For example, if I’m looking pitch an article on company culture, the best way to find the right person is to search the publication for the term “Company Culture”. Crazy, I know. This will bring up a great list of past content that you can dig through to find the writer that normally covers the type of story you’re pitching.

Once you’ve got the right person, the real investigative work starts happening. Depending on the publication, when you click the author’s name, you’re usually taken to a page with their contact info, bio, social profiles and the like. If you’re not as lucky, you’ll have to resort to a good ol’ Google search (or Bing search to find what you’re looking for.
For each author, I like to make sure I’ve got at least their Twitter handle, Linkedin profile, Facebook profile and personal site (if they have one). What this allows you to do, is not only track down an email address in most cases, but it also allows you to gain a good understanding of their personality. Make note of things they like, what they’ve done recently, where they’re located — it’s all publicly available, and goes a long way in making you stand out. Like anyone else, writers appreciate when you take the time to do it right. Drop these hints of deep research in your pitch.
Finally, if you aren’t able to track down their email address, use tools like Rapportive to help in guessing the right contact address. If it clicks and data appears, you’ve got the right email address.
Step 4 – Crafting Your Pitch and Subject Line
A lot of people mess up on the pitch, the eventual email that gets sent off. They get wordy, dance around the purpose of the email, attach a press release and ultimately fail miserably. Like this kid. The pitch needs to show relevance, be compelling and maintain brevity.
To provide an example, here’s a pitch that I’ve used in the past:
Subject: Introducing Leatherbound, An eBook Search Engine Built in 48-Hours
Hope you’re well, *editor name.*
Wanted to pass this along for a potential post on *publication name,* as I thought it was a good fit after your post on climbing eBook sales.
The Pitch - We’ve been knee-deep in code for the past 48 hours during Rails Rumble, a worldwide developer competition. The result, a beautiful web app called Leatherbound that makes the search for eBooks simple, powerful, and efficient.
The Problem - The reading experience on Kindle, iBook and Nook apps are nearly identical, yet it’s extremely tedious to find the book you’re looking for, at the price you want for each platform. Sometimes the book is cheaper on Kindle, other times iBookstore doesn’t have what you’re looking for, but Nook does. That’s where Leatherbound comes into play.
The site is dead simple, as it should be. Enter any book title or author and Leatherbound pulls book results on the iBookstore, Kindle and Nook in a single click, along with price, availability, description, etc.
Here’s a good example of the site at work – not bad for 48 hours of work, if I do say so myself. ; )
Feel free to reach out if you need more info or want to chat, thought it’d be an awesome post for you guys.
Cheers,
There’s a few subtleties to highlight here. First, you’ve really got to take advantage of the subject line, craft it as if you were writing the article yourself — turn the mirror your way. Pull the core “hooks” from your pitch and blend them together for your subject. Make it count, it’s a make or break piece.
Next, you’ve got to keep it brief and call out the important parts. I usually like to clearly call out (in bold) the problem that the product is solving, the pitch, and aquick way to see what you’re pitching in action. With the number of emails that a writer gets each day, you’ve got a second or two to grab their attention, this tells them exactly where to look for the info they need.
Finally, I try and add a little personality to it that matches up well with the personality of the writer (as I learn from their social profiles) — no one wants to cover dull. Have fun with it, and allow them to find more info on you with your signature.
Step 5 – Let it Rip
Or, you could make it rain. Whichever you prefer.
This is the culmination of all the work you’ve put in. Obviously, you can’t always time your news in the case of product launches and breaking news, but I’ve found that Sunday evening is a great time to put it out there. Most folks are lazy, and they aren’t willing to put in the time on a Sunday, this leaves a nice window for your pitch and a Monday release date in most cases. It’s not a necessity, but it may give you the best odds.
Also, this sounds obvious, but make sure you’re ready for responses to your pitch. If the writer is interested, you’ll hear back and they’ll want more info. Respect their time and get back to them as soon as you can.
The rest is out of your hands.
Some General Don’ts
Before we wrap this up, I want to go over some general don’ts with PR. By no means is this list comprehensive, but it’ll steer you away from the big screw-ups.
- Avoid the Embargo - Generally speaking, writers don’t like embargoes. It’s a liability and a pain in the ass that many would like to avoid. Send your news out when it’s ready and available for consumption.
- Lose the Press Release - In my mind, the press release is dead. They’re bloated, impersonal and a thing of the past. If you just want links on Yahoo! news, sure, go for it. It’s not going to give you the coverage that’s really valuable, though. At the very least, make sure not to attach a press release to your pitch. Do it for me, please.
- Don’t Double Pitch - Don’t send the same pitch to multiple people at the same publication. It shows that you’re just firing off as many emails as you can, and it’s a sure way to get you ignored.
- Skip the General Address - Most publications recommend that you send to a generic email address like news@publication.com, it’s the catch-all for poor pitches. People that don’t want to see success usually go this route, it’s the easy way to spray the shotgun, but it rarely yields results. Use it as your last option, but not the default.
- Put Down the Phone - This may be unconventional for most folks that do PR, but I believe that we live in a digital age, where phones are a secondary thing. Sure, if there’s interest, hop on a call by all means. But don’t do your pitching via a phone call. It catches folks off guard, and makes the encounter confrontational, with only a few seconds to tell them what they want to hear.
- Don’t Suck - Most importantly, don’t suck. Be a good person, not someone that’s just on the hunt for links. Provide the writer with value, help them do their job and be awesome. It’s amazing what good intent can do.
Conclusion
Executing on a PR push is time intensive, and demanding of finesse. It’s why PR firms demand upwards of $15,000/month, with no guarantee on output. I’m not a public relations pro. By no means is this the end all be all of PR processes, but it’s what I’ve found to be successful in landing press — earning coverage in Wired, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Mashable and many more. That said, what worked for me, may not work for all.
As with everything in tech, iterate, iterate, iterate.
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Posted in News on January 31st, 2012

Apple is the king of the PC heap, as long as you consider the iPad among those devices. Research firm Canalys does, and its most recent look at client PC sales, focusing on the fourth calendar quarter of 2011, shows the PC market growing, but mostly as a result of strong iPad sales for the year.
With Apple’s more than 15 million iPads shipped during the quarter, the worldwide PC market grew 16 percent year over year. Not counting tablets, of which the iPad is easily the most successful, the PC market actually shrank by 0.4 percent worldwide when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Canalys data.
Apple’s success both with the iPad and its Mac computers allowed it to take top honors for the quarter, knocking HP to second place overall. Canalys says the lack of a valid HP tablet competitor, now that the TouchPad is shelved, will mean that HP will continue to struggle against Apple’s success.
The iPad wasn’t the only tablet to do well during the quarter, however. Canalys says that the Amazon Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet also helped contribute to the success of tablets in the U.S. Amazon ranked as the second strongest tablet manufacturer worldwide, while Barnes & Noble took the fourth place spot.
All told, iPads accounted for 22 percent of all worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011, as measured by Canalys. It’ll be interesting to see what effect a new iPad launch in the coming months might have on the worldwide momentum of tablets, and the larger PC industry.
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Posted in Events on January 30th, 2012
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February Events!
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| Feb 4th |
Cody Simpson, Gramercy Theatre |
| Feb 7th |
Jay Z, Carnegie Hall |
| Feb 10th |
Titans of Tribute XII, Starland Ballroom |
| Feb 11th |
Romeo Santos, Madison Square Garden |
| Feb 11th |
Barry Manilow, Radio City Music Hall |
| Feb 14th |
Valentine’s Day |
| Feb 17th |
Aretha Franklin, Radio City Music Hall |
| Feb 20th |
President’s Day |
| Feb 20th |
Harlem Globetrotters, Izod Center |
| Feb 26th |
84th Annual Academy Awards |
Posted in Jobs on January 30th, 2012
About Us:
Forest Electric Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc., is the largest electrical contracting company in New York City and one of the largest in the U.S. For over 50 years, Forest Electric has provided complete, expert electrical services throughout the New York and Metropolitan area.
SUMMARY
An Assistant Project Manager to support the company in meeting its objectives and goals by supporting assigned commercial construction projects at various locations in the area and assisting with appropriate actions to ensure projects are progressing and completed on time, within budget and with defined resources.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Ø Collaborate with Project Managers to ensure a complete scope of work is defined.
Ø Development to become competent with reviewing drawings and specifications so as to assist with preparing project schedules, change orders, and BEC & fire alarm filings.
Ø Monitor project budgets and labor costs.
Ø Prepare, maintain and present computer generated spreadsheets, logs and reports.
Ø Maintain regular communication and collaboration with Project Managers.
Ø Prepare and manage communications internally and with general contractors or construction managers for assigned projects.
Ø Prepare documents for billing purposes and coordinate with accounting personnel.
Ø Assist with material buyouts and releases.
Ø Comply with all company operating policies, procedures, and safety programs as established.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Ø A degree in engineering, business administration and/or related field, or a combination of education and experience.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Ø Direct experience with Microsoft Office Word and Excel applications.
Ø Working knowledge of Primavera or Microsoft Project software desirable.
REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES
The requirements listed below are representative of characteristics and demonstrated capabilities sought to perform this job successfully.
Ø Must possess excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Ø Must demonstrate ability to effectively organize and manage multiple projects.
Ø Must demonstrate ability to analyze and solve problems.
Ø Must demonstrate commitment to company values.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of employees, government agencies, general and subcontractors, and suppliers.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be regularly required to commute to field locations.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to video display terminals. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
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Posted in Jobs on January 30th, 2012
Posting Job Title Project Manager
Brand Patch
Market Location US – New York – New York City
Position
Type Full Time
Posting Job Description About Patch
Communities use Patch every day to make navigating local life easier and more informed. We provide the neighborhood news and information you must know; the best things to do; ways to buy, sell and save money; and a platform to connect and share with your neighbors. And we need your help.
Area: Sales Operations
Patch Sales Operations is a talented, cross-functional and growing team, with a passion for strategy, metrics, and process improvement, dedicated to strengthening our overall revenue operations. Our work spans six primary functions: sales operations and optimization, accounts services, advertising operations, sales training, sales marketing, and all sales systems engineering and product development. We work daily with sales executives and managers, as well as engineering when launching all new revenue products and initiatives.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate is likely to have worked as a Solution Architect/Business Analyst looking for a new challenge and responsibility for project scoping and definition.
Reporting to the Sr. Project Manager (Sales Ops), core duties and responsibilities will include:
• Working on project teams to deliver leading-edge digital products.
• Responding to requests for functional & technical scoping & feasibility
• Working with Sales, Product, and Operations to define functional and technical solutions, including user stories, process flows, and test cases
• Consulting with Sales Ops, Advertising Ops and Product Managers on product development and backlog.
• Assisting Sr. Project Manager in the creation of product roadmaps and business cases.
Skills
• Experience with Agile project management methodologies such as Scrum is highly desirable.
• Elicitation and management of business requirements,
• Salesforce.com, online advertising systems (ADTECH, DART), Marketing systems (Eloqua, Marketo, Silverpop)
• Visio or similar tool for process flow development and maintenance
• Stakeholder management & written communication
• Work in fast-paced environment, supporting multiple projects
Patch offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including 401(k) match and performance bonus. Patch Media, part of the Huffington Post Media Group, is an AOL company.
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Posted in Jobs on January 30th, 2012
Java Developer-120003019
Job Description
The Securities Lending Re-architecture Program (STAR) is a multi-year initiative to provide business advantage while replacing the existing suite of applications with an in-house developed system using service-based architecture techniques.
The Securities Lending business is a global business, trading in over 50 markets and the application must support full front-to-back functionality, including: trade capture and trade maintenance, settlement and clearance, collateral management, asset servicing and fees and billing processing.
The team is global with a team of around 70 based in New York, London, Bournemouth, Delaware and Mumbai. Delivery will be phased with the complete removal of the existing applications scheduled to take 3 years.
The responsibilities of this role include the following :
- Act as primary owner of critical java development tasks within the project.
- Work in a structured approach ensuring that all deadlines are met.
- Take responsibility for unit testing and for ensure that quality is built into the development process.
- Assist in the definition and set up the appropriate development framework for delivering the target architecture.
- Participate in team design discussions to define and refine the target architecture.
Qualifications
- Strong experience of software architecture and development skills in a high pressure, time critical environment.
- In-depth Java development knowledge – core Java, JMS, JNDI, JAXB, JAX-WS, distributed caching.
- Java Swing development experience.
- Familiarity with design patterns.
- Proven experience of multi-tier architectures.
- Exposure to development tools like Hibernate, Ant, Maven, Hudson, Subversion, Eclipse.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to effectively work on multiple streams of work and to organize self and others to deliver in a timely fashion.
Skills:
- Self starter. High energy.
- Proven database experience – development of procedures and debugging of issues.
- Worked in a structured development environment with experience and interest in agile development techniques – scrum/test driven development/continuous integration.
- Knowledge of Java frameworks – Spring, Hibernate, Rules Engines, Mule, Swing, Mocking frameworks, Tomcat, EJB.
- Java components – Apache commons.
- Demonstrates ownership and takes responsibility for their work
- Consistently displays awareness and sensitivity to the needs of internal clients and external vendors. Proactively ensures these needs are met.
Job Applications Development
Primary LocationUS-NY-New York
Organization Treasury & Securities Services
Schedule Full-time
Job Type Standard
Shift Day Job
Employee Status Regular
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Posted in Jobs on January 30th, 2012
Java Developer
New York, New York, United States•REF7D
Company Description
IPSOFT AT A GLANCE
IPsoft is a managed services
provider delivering IT
outsourcing to businesses
worldwide.
Automation is the hallmark of
IPsoft’s industry-leading service
model. Today, about 56 percent
of all IPsoft client incidents are
resolved without human
intervention. Our brilliant
engineers handle issues that
cannot be resolved through
automation alone. By
automating the mundane
chores, engineers are free to
focus on higher-level tasks and
innovations. It is, in the words
of one IPsoft employee, “Every
engineer’s dream.”
OUR MISSION
To optimize IT and eliminate
manual processes through
autonomic technologies. By
automating the mundane
chores, we allow human
engineers to focus on higherlevel
tasks and innovations.
OUR VISION
The infrastructure of tomorrow
will not be managed by people,
but by expert systems.
OUR TECHNOLOGIES
IPsoft’s technology is based on
proactive, not reflexive,
remediation. IPcenter v3, our
state of the art management
portal, is fully ITIL-v3 aligned
and provides clients the same
view as our engineers.
OFFICES
IPsoft is headquartered in New
York, with offices in London,
Amsterdam, Frankfurt,
Stockholm, Bangalore, Chicago,
Austin and San Jose.
Job Description
Essential Functions
Development of Components (JSPs, Servlets, EJBs, core java)
Deployment of applications on linux/solaris environments
Testing (unit, stress) of applications
Technical documentation of applications
Production support of applications
Knowledge, skills and abilities
J2EE Development experience: JSP, Servlets, EJB, core java
Linux/Solaris Experience
Experience with one major application server (WebLogic|Websphere|OAS) or two minor application servers (IPlanet|Jboss|Resin|Tomcat)
Java Frameworks (Struts, Spring, Hibernate)
IPsoft has grown over 100% each year for the last four consecutive years, and we need you to help us keep growing! It’s an exciting time as we expand our company globally and push the envelope of what customers can expect from a managed service provider.
Please apply on our career site www.ipsoft.jobs or send a resume and cover letter to dustin.long@ipsoft.com.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications
4 year College Degree
Minimum of 2 years development experience
Additional Information
Benefits
• Competitive Base Salary
• Monthly Bonus Plan
• Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Care
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(K) Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Care, Dependent Care, Transportation
• Vacation, Holiday, and Personal/Sick Time
Apply today: Send resumes to john.perkins@ipsoft.com.
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Posted in Jobs on January 30th, 2012
Java Developer
Location: New York
Business: Corporate Group
Description
Fortress is seeking a Java Developer to design, develop and maintain web-based applications to enhance the performance and reliability of our current applications. This position will be a temporary assignment with the potential to become full-time.
The Java Developer will:
Enhance the performance and participate in the development of new products
Analyze and conceive solutions to develop prototypes for next generation components
Extend platform architecture and solve complex business problems and extend business functionality
Collaborate with other developers on best practices, code reviews, internal tools and process improvements
Guide, coach and mentor team members as required, assisting in the team’s skills development during software development projects
The ideal candidate will have:
A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, masters degree preferred
Minimum of 6 years of experience in software development
Proven track record designing and implementing web applications with highly optimized and scalable architectures
Strong Java skills and object-oriented design experience
Excellent database development skills including a solid understanding of database technologies, and logical and physical data modeling
ORM (EJB/Hibernate)
IOC (Seam or Spring or other)
Web stack (JSF preferred)
Proven ability to work independently; designing, developing and deploying solutions, and to deliver projects on time
Experience in the financial industry/developing financial tools – preferably in accounting, finance or treasury systems
Experience evaluating and implementing best practices tools and techniques for software development and leading code reviews
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
JSF/Richfaces, a4j is a plus
JBPM is a plus
Seam 1.2.1 GA is a plus
Experience developing using agile methodologies is a plus
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Posted in Jobs on January 30th, 2012
Job Title Public Relations Coordinator
Job Code Title
Job Requisition Number 064467
Department 387-A&S CENTERS
Location Morningside
Job Type Officer Part-Time Regular
Bargaining Unit
If temporary, indicate duration
Job Family Communications
Salary Grade 10
Salary Range Commensurate with experience.
Advertised Summary Job Description Reporting to a Nobel Laureate Professor/Director of the Center on Capitalism & Society, the Public Relations Coordinator provides information and maintains comprehensive knowledge about the activities of the Center and its Director, including research focuses, specialties and events. S/He ensures that written and web based communications are well – integrated and reflect the goals of the Director and Center.
Responsibilities include:
Publicize the Center on Capitalism and Society’s work and missions by reaching out to appropriate journalists and interested parties and extending information about the Center.
Provides support in responding to press inquiries regarding the Director and the Center.
Update, maintain and optimize the impact of the website and improve visibility of the Center’s presence online by editing content, promoting the website and increasing the target audience through search engine optimatization and updating news items, book publications, op-ed and paper publications.
Maintain the Center and Director’s Facebook sites to keep the public informed and interested in the Center and Director’s current work; create lively Twitter feeds by ghostwriting daily thoughts and updates; maintain an accurate, up-to-date CV for the Director’s honors, activities and publications and potential links to video clips of speeches and events.
Conduct investigations as assigned.
Perform other duties as assigned including the planning, implementation and coordination of special projects.
Minimum Qualifications for Grade
Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent required. Social Media experience required.
Additional Position-Specific Minimum Qualifications
Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant Must have experience with LexisNexis and other search engines. Web experience necessary, as well as proficiency in Word, Excel, GoogleSites and web editors. Must be highly organized and detail oriented. Ability to meet deadlines and work efficiently is essential, as are tact, discretion, good judgment and excellent interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications Strong writing background preferred. Experience working in an Ivy League institution also preferred. Editing experience a plus.
Special Instructions
Special Indications
This position works with:
HIPAA Compliance training required No Response
Participation in Medical Surveillance required No Response
What type of posting? Is this a waiver request? Standard Posting
Requisition Open Date 01-27-2012
Requisition Close Date 02-03-2012
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