Front End Developer – (Toronto, ON)

APPLY: http://www.bullhornreach.com/job/658956_front-end-developer-toronto-on-canada

Owner:	Glenn Swan | glenn@swanstaffing.com
Location:	Toronto, ON Canada
Salary/Pay Rate:	$75K or commensurate
Employment type:	Full Time

My client is a global digital agency that develops websites, social media campaigns, online advertising solutions and mobile applications for many of the world’s most prestigious brands, and for clients throughout North America.

Their developers and designers translate solutions oriented strategies into cutting-edge websites, applications and interactive solutions for their clients.

Overall Accountability & Job Summary

If you are one of those people who wants a career that makes a difference, that inspires others to do and be their best, and that centers around collaboration, innovation, and creativity, we want to hear from you.

Our ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of how tasks fit into the larger project picture,   collaborating with the creative, UX, and backend development team members to support & engage the larger team to deliver on project milestones.  You will have experience developing and supporting web applications and working in structured environments following defined development methodologies including client/server and multi-tiered design and development.

Leveraging a thorough knowledge of HTML/CSS, MVC frameworks, OOP techniques, and proficiency with JavaScript/DOM and JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Prototype / Scriptaculous, Dojo, Ext, etc.), you will work in a collaborative environment to develop Web Applications with a strong focus on user interface development and user experience.

A natural coach and mentor, you will provide high quality, well structured and well documented code, all while communicating effectively with tech leads, client counter-parts, and other members of the development team is essential.

Proving the ability to master new/emerging technologies, and take initiative to offer technical direction and creative solutions is key to success

Skills & Experience

• Deep experience using user interface technologies (JSP, AJAX, D/HTML, JSTL, etc.)
• Strong command of essential web technologies: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery/Prototype), AJAX, JSON, DOM Scripting, unobtrusive JavaScript, XML, W3C DOM methods and properties, Adobe Photoshop and other graphic editing tools
• Thorough understanding of table-less page layout and positioning, browser behavior and compatibility, cross-browser issues and solutions, coding for Search Engine Optimization
• Experience integrating front end markup with server-side technologies and template engines  (i.e. Grails/GSP, Velocity, FreeMarker, JSP, ASP.NET)
• Experience working with version control systems (eg. SVN/GIT)
• Experience implementing Web Analytics and Website Optimization

The Nice to Haves

• Experience with Scrum (or another agile methodology)
• Exposure to Service Oriented Architecture and Web Service development standards (SOAP, XML, WSDL) and in developing on the Spring and Hibernate frameworks.
• Experience with Adobe Flex and ActionScript
• Experience with Groovy on Grails, Python and Django, or Ruby on Rails
• Experience with XML technologies like XSD, XSL, XPATH
• Experience using standard development frameworks such as Hibernate, Spring, Axis2, Struts
• Knowledge of SQL and database concepts
• Experience configuring web and application servers
• Experience with UML modeling and developing use cases and wireframes
• Familiarity with NodeJS, MongoDB, and server side Javascript
• Understanding of client-server performance issues
• Experience building responsive design websites
• Understanding of WCAG accessibility standards
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and mediation skills

Only those candidates deemed suitable for this role will be contacted. Thanks for your interest.Please email resume to glenn@swanstaffing.com

[FILLED] Intermediate PM – (Toronto, ON)

APPLY: http://www.bullhornreach.com/job/658930_intermediate-pm-toronto-on-canada

Owner:	Glenn Swan | glenn@swanstaffing.com
Location:	Toronto, ON Canada
Salary/Pay Rate:	$70K or commensurate
Employment type:	Full Time

My client is a global digital agency that develops websites, social media campaigns, online advertising solutions and mobile applications for many of the world’s most prestigious brands, and for clients throughout North America.

Their developers and designers translate solutions oriented strategies into cutting-edge websites, applications and interactive solutions for their clients.

My client is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic DIGITAL Project Manager with a MINIMUM five to seven years experience (3 most recent years in Agency or Services organizations), to lead Medium to Large projects for our agency.

The successful candidate will have proven project management experience in an intermediate position at an agency / services organization, a strong understanding of and experience with the digital landscape; web, mobile and social platforms, project management tools and processes, and the PMLC and SDLC.

Key responsibilities

• Management of multiple Medium to Large digital projects
• Establishing clear specifications, timelines, costs, and defining scope for projects as required
• Preparing and owning project documentation, including Statements of Work
• Project Lifecycle Management through tracking project budgets and financials
• Financial reporting
• Scope and Change Management
• Ensuring projects deliver on Time, on Strategy, on Budget and on Quality
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships
• Working closely with Canadian Media divisions to help foster convergent solutions for shared clients between the agency and our social, search and media services

Skills & Experience

• A born leader and keen team player with a passion for digital, who embraces accountability, displays initiative and works independently
• A great problem-solver, decision maker and communicator, able to provide clear direction to your team and clear written and verbal communications to client
• Proven success developing online/digital projects for websites, online marketing/advertising, mobile and social platforms – experience with mobile, digital signage, emerging digital platforms and software development an asset
• Honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, respectful and an enthusiastic team player
• Excellent client management skills
• An outgoing, enthusiastic and energetic personality
• Strong time management, multi-tasking and organizational skills
• A strong process-driven approach to managing digital projects
• Able to contribute to process development and refinement
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including MS Project
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and mediation skills

Only those candidates deemed suitable for this role will be contacted. Thanks for your interest.Please email resume to glenn@swanstaffing.com

Associate Director of Technology – (Toronto, ON)

Owner:	Glenn Swan | glenn@swanstaffing.com
Location:	Toronto, ON Canada
Salary/Pay Rate:	$85K or commensurate
Employment type:	Full Time

APPLY: http://www.bullhornreach.com/job/658876_associate-director-of-technology-toronto-on-canada

My client is a global digital agency that develops websites, social media campaigns, online advertising solutions and mobile applications for many of the world’s most prestigious brands, and for clients throughout North America.

Their developers and designers translate solutions oriented strategies into cutting-edge websites, applications and interactive solutions for their clients.

Overall Accountability & Job Summary

The Associate Director of Technology’s (ADT) role is to continuously research and implement new technologies. They serve as an internal and external technical expert and advises technical leads on technical approaches and architectures, or performs the role of the technical and development lead of assigned web projects. S/he is also capable of serving as a Sales Engineer.

Individual Performance – Technology

• Demonstrates extreme competence in web software and database technologies.
• Researches and implements new technologies
• Serves as an internal and external technical expert
• Advises technical leads on technical approaches and architecture
• Experience designing and developing enterprise class web applications

Relationship Management

Client Management

• Serves as a trusted strategic expert to clients.
• Ability to develop and sustain strong client relationships at the most senior levels of client organizations.
• Leads or participates in the development of a strategic solution to a client’s business problem.
• Senior resource and partner for business development and sales activities.

Internal Team Relations

• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships at all levels  and disciplines across the agency
• Sets the standard and works to build a collaborative and inspiring work environment

Communication

• Direct the development of client presentations and other important communication ensuring that it is clear, compelling and persuasive
• Lead client presentations
• Link communication to audience’s concerns and perspectives
• Move audience to desired action through clear and persuasive delivery of information
• Demonstrated ability to think on his/her feet and provide business and strategic insight and guidance

 

Leadership & Staff Development

Leadership

• Leads by examplewith a calm, rational, balanced management style
• Leads decision making and actions to Improve team and own skills and knowledge-base through training, industry events, membership in organizations, etc.
• Monitors utilization levels of staff and takes action to adjustas needed.
• Manages discipline resource allocation and staffing.
• Is viewed as an expert within areas of expertise and showcases agency’s capabilities to internal and external audiences.
• Is an agency advocate with a thorough understanding of Agency principles and service philosophy
• Inspires the Agency to do what is right for the customer and the business

People Development

• Trains, develops and coaches direct reports to continuously add value to clients and agency
• Provide both informal on-going performance feedback and conducts formal reviews for all staff managed
• Ensure consistent application of Isobar people practices and tools (reviews, training, career planning, recognition etc.) for all direct- and indirect-reports
• Takes a lead role in compensation decision-making
• Ability to identify and match mentoring opportunities at agency, in addition, to serve as a mentor to staff

Innovative Thinking

• Is able to set a vision, parcel out appropriate responsibilities and see it through
• Establish industry leading thought leadership by driving innovation and delivery of forward thinking solutions
• Assists in setting company standard for innovative thinking and thought leadership

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Bachelors Degree required
• Demonstrated ability to generate revenue and nurture client via long term client relationship success
• Demonstrated skills in managing fiduciary relationship including pricing, margins, discounting, cost factors, etc.
• Ability to keep composure and lead in high stress situations
• Ability to communicate quickly and decisively in difficult situations
• Excellent strategic thinker
• Exceptional relationship management, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, especially in situations involving consensus and team building
• Strong contract negotiation / development skills
• Ability to manage relationships with senior agency and client stakeholders
• Ability to translate business and marketing requirements into viable programs
• Experience sourcing, negotiating, collaborating with and managing 3rd parties
• Experience coordinating with agency operations and finance teams

Technical Skills

• 5+ years experience with two or more of the following core technologies: Java/Spring, .NET, PHP, Python
• 4+ Experience with rapid application development frameworks such as Grails, Rails, Django, .NET MVC, CakePHP
• Experience working with medium to large web application servers (eg. Tomcat, Websphere, IIS, etc.)
• Experience with databases such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and Structured Query Language/Procedures/Triggers, etc.
• Experience with Unit Testing and Test Driven Development
• Experience working with version control systems (eg. CVS, SVN, GIT, VSS, TFVC)
• Experience integrating with front-end technologies (eg. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, AJAX, JQuery)
• Experience working with build technologies (ANT, Maven, MS Team Build, Cruise Control, Hudson, Jenkins, Webistrano, etc.)
• Experience working with Scrum or other Agile methodologies

Only those candidates deemed suitable for this role will be contacted. Thanks for your interest.Please email resume to glenn@swanstaffing.com

[CLOSED] Group Account Director – (Toronto, ON)

APPLY: http://www.bullhornreach.com/job/658847_group-account-director-toronto-on-canada

Owner:	Glenn Swan | glenn@swanstaffing.com
Location:	Toronto, ON Canada
Salary/Pay Rate:	$140,000 or commensurate
Employment type:	Full Time

My client is a global digital agency that develops websites, social media campaigns, online advertising solutions and mobile applications for many of the world’s most prestigious brands, and for clients throughout North America.

Their developers and designers translate solutions oriented strategies into cutting-edge websites, applications and interactive solutions for their clients.

They are seeking a Group Account Director (GAD)/Director Client Services to lead and direct all strategic and client service for their agency. The GAD is the senior-most person on the account services team, and will be part of the Senior Management Team (SMT), consisting of the senior lead from Creative, Account Service, Project Management and Technology who oversee and manage all facets of the business in Canada.

The successful candidate will have proven account services experience in a senior position at a services organization, a strong understanding of the digital landscape and the strategic opportunities for marketing and communications therein, experience in coaching and managing a team for growth and performance and a positive and infectious attitude towards working collaboratively with everyone.

Key responsibilities

• Providing guidance, coaching and training to develop and grow the client services team
• Acting as the senior client interface for the agency’s clients to ensure they deliver exceptional client service as measured by client’s satisfaction
• Providing strategic oversight and coaching through insight and analysis, creative brief development, research and analytics that enable our clients to achieve and exceed their business goals through our development of world-class products for web, mobile and social platforms
• Maintaining financial oversight for assigned accounts including developing annual budget forecast and financial plans, providing monthly forecasting, reporting and tracking
• Working closely with the Media divisions to help foster convergent solutions for shared clients
• Assisting in the development of, and working actively towards, the pursuit of new business opportunities including responding to RFIs and RFPs, new client development and new business pitches and presentations
• Identifying and evangelizing new trends, opportunities and best practices to our clients, agency partners and new business prospects to help further our clients and partner’s understanding of the opportunities within the digital landscape

Required Skills

• Proven experience in online/digital account service and strategy development for websites, online marketing and social platforms – experience mobile, digital signage, emerging digital platforms an asset
• A keen understanding of, and a passion for, creating solutions for digital including (but not limited to) online advertising, websites, e-commerce solutions, mobile and social – preferably with industry experience within retail, CPG/FMCG, financial services, QSR and/or B2B
• Proven success developing digital solutions to achieve and exceed client’s business or marketing objectives
• A passion for digital, with emphasis on continued insights into target audiences, consumer engagement, and digital trends
• Experience in managing, coaching and developing direct reports and an interest in personal learning and development
• Honest, trustworthy, respectful and an enthusiastic team player

Only those candidates deemed suitable for this role will be contacted. Thanks for your interest.Please email resume to glenn@swanstaffing.com