Apex Systems, the nation’s 2nd largest Information Technology staffing firm, has an opportunity for an ITIL Change Manager to work for a large entertainment company. This is a hybrid onsite role, candidates must be local to Orlando FL. The client offers a variety of perks and the opportunity to work with the newest technologies. If interested in this position or any other opportunities in the Florida area, send a resume to Bre Jerrett, Professional Recruiter in Apex’s Orlando Office - bjerrett@apexsystems.com . Required Experience: • Candidate should have expertise and prior experience in IT Change Management (ITIL Service Transition lifecycle) • Candidate should have experiences in large corporate (matrix) environment, and be familiar with the following o Authorizing Regulatory Application deployment and appropriate governance (SOX, PCI, etc.) o Assessing Infrastructure changes (Network, Hosting, Firewall, Database, etc.) and risk / impact o Coaching users of the process on Overall quality criteria for change management (Audit and improve) • Candidate should have a background in IT Service Management, ServiceNow is the preferred tool • Candidate should have reasonable understanding of Jira, Confluence, SmartSheet, similar tools • Candidate should have an understanding of (experience is better) major regulatory requirements like SOX,PCI, HIPPA, etc. and their influence on Change Management • Candidate should have a keen understanding of, and be able to audit change requests for reasonable testing practices, and detailed implementation plans *Please note that as a contract employee of Apex Systems, you’d be eligible for Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance; Short Term Disability; Hospitalization Coverage; Direct Deposit; Weekly Pay Periods; Training and Development Programs; and our Referral Program.*
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ITIL Change Manager

Duration: 6+ monthsLocation: Hybrid Days onsite, 770 Broadway New York NY 10003Pay Rate: $100+/hourly (flexible rate) The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented creative practitioner, with a passion for design systems, brand, and holistic thinking, who strives for simplicity, and is known as a strategic partner to their cross-functional peers. They should have the ability to adapt to various creative styles and mediums, know how to think systematically and strategically, articulate design decisions, and iterate quickly. They will cover the design spectrum-from quick, rough ideation to polished final deliverables-we'll look for work that thinks big and gets attention, but also follows a conceptual thread down to the smallest details. Requirements<ul><li>5+ years experience with product, branding and communication design</li><li>A portfolio that demonstrates product, branding, communication design experience</li><li>Demonstrated experience with engaging launched projects</li><li>Demonstrated experience with systematized design solutions</li><li>Experience in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign</li><li>Knowledge of iOS, Android, and WWW design</li></ul> Responsibilities<ul><li>Partner deeply with product design to apply brand expression to product moments, driving creative innovation, and delivering brand guidance</li><li>Work independently but also collaborate closely with designers, engineers, content design and brand strategy to ensure a coherent brand expression across our ecosystem</li><li>Develop visual identity platforms, systems and singular artifacts across, typography, palette, illustration, and iconography systems</li><li>Communicate design direction and in addition to being a hands on designer</li><li>Clearly articulate strategic thinking and design decisions to a variety of partners</li><li>Give and solicit feedback from UX design peers in service of building the best products</li><li>Work independently on multiple projects at a high caliber level, keep project timelines on track and show progress</li><li>Employ design and facilitation methods to run workshops and define approaches that drive cross functional alignment</li><li>Clearly articulate concepts with cross-functional teams and vendors (internally and externally) by driving towards shared milestones</li><li>Contribute to a culture of excellence with a focus on craft and quality on the work</li><li>Alongside the Design Ops, align on key priorities with cross-functional teams to build shared goals, milestones and objectives</li></ul>
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Art Director

Title: Program Manager Contract Length: 9 monthsLocation: Remote - Los Angeles, CAPay Rate: $83-88/hr Responsibilities:<ul><li>Establish operational processes to help the Council and Industry Trade team work more efficiently and effectively together.</li><li>Oversee all Council/Trades operations documentation including member lists, NDAs, internal briefs, bios, budgets and quick hits.</li><li>Support Council leads in membership onboarding and offboarding.</li><li>Assist team in planning and executing operations for all Client Council/Trade Engagements including meeting invites, RSVPs, client-briefs, member attendance and pre- and post-communications.</li><li>Partner with GBM and external agencies on all event details including event location, room decor, event set up, member travel, entertainment and swag.</li><li>Manage ad hoc Council/Trade engagements including workshops, webinars, regional leadership visits etc</li><li>Collaborate with various cross-functional teams internally including Global Sales, Creative Shop, Global Partners, Global Agency, and product on council/trade initiatives.</li></ul> Requirements:<ul><li>8+ Years of Experience in sales or marketing</li><li>Excellent communication skills-written, oral, and a sense for design aesthetics</li><li>Operational powerhouse with strong project management skills and experience managing multiple tasks at once</li><li>Attention to detail and flawless execution.</li><li>Understanding of digital advertising & marketing industry</li><li>Self-motivated, entrepreneurial in nature and comfortable in fast paced, ambiguous situations</li><li>Experience communicating and packaging marketing material in PowerPoint and Keynote</li><li>Ability to analyze and manage large datasets in Excel</li><li>Involvement in tentpole events</li></ul>
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Program Manager

Associate Producer Job Title: ProducerLocation: On-site in Redmond, WaDuration: 18 monthsPR: $40/hr-$49/hr Top Skills: <ol><li>2+ years of experience as a producer with a track record of exceptional performance</li><li>Game/Entertainment studio experience</li></ol> Description: Job Description: Our vision is to continue to grow to the top entertainment brand in the world. We are currently looking for an Associate Producer to join our diverse team, working with our development team. Producers on our team are excellent communicators, problem solvers, and collaborators. We provide clarity and empower teams to make experiences players love. We are also pragmatists, process creators, and schedule owners. A Producer is accountable for the team’s process. You’ll work with engineers, designers, and artists to bring high quality features to life. During development, a Producer uses metrics and good process to drive customer focus, team priorities, and coordinate deliverables across multiple disciplines to achieve team goals. Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm – Drive and support a broad range of content teams through our sprint planning process. Create and maintain the schedule; ensure the team is on track with their deliverables. Work with team leads to support feature teams through the various stages of game development, ensuring commitments are met on time and to the highest possible quality. Collaborate with stakeholders outside the immediate development team including licensing, marketing, and community management <ul><li>Apply a customer-first mindset.</li><li>Facilitate collaborative and effective communication between team members.</li><li>Identify risks and drive the team towards successful resolution.</li><li>Keep the team aware of deliverables and goals through all phases of development.</li><li>Use inclusive behaviors – ensure all voices are heard, invite input from many perspectives, resolve disagreements, and be brave.</li></ul> Team Culture – A Producer is accountable for the team’s process. You’ll work with engineers, designers, and artists to bring high quality features to life. During development, a Producer uses metrics and good process to drive customer focus, team priorities, and coordinate deliverables across multiple disciplines to achieve team goals. Unique selling points – We provide clarity and empower teams to make experiences players love. We are also pragmatists, process creators, and schedule owners. Years of Experience Required – 2+ years of experience as a producer with a track record of exceptional performance.
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Associate Producer

Job descriptionRequired Qualifications:Working knowledge of design and communications programs, including Word, Excel, Mailchimp, Canva and Adobe Suite (e.g. Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator).<ul><li>Diploma or Degree in marketing, communications, public relations, or related discipline</li><li>Proven track record of success, with a minimum of two (2) to five (5) years of related experience in communications, public relations or marketing;</li><li>Experience creating and executing well thought out marketing and communications strategies</li><li>Exceptional verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Superior interpersonal skills</li><li>Self-starter with the ability to work individually and in an integrated team environment</li><li>Demonstrated planning and organization skills</li><li>Creative thinker with an eye for detail and design</li><li>Ability to take on responsibility and use initiative to prioritize and work effectively, under pressure and under tight deadlines</li><li>Excellent time management skills</li><li>An outgoing, people-oriented personality</li></ul>
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Communications Coordinator

Apex Systems combines with parent company On Assignment to make it the 2nd largest IT staffing agency in the country. Apex has an opportunity for a Junior Marketing Manager for a client in Florham Park, NJ. If interested in discussing the position further, please send an MS Word version of your resume to Cyla at cqwilson@apexsystems.com! Here are the details: Position: Junior Marketing ManagerLocation: Florham Park, NJ (Fully onsite to start then 2 days a week)Rate: NegotiableDuration: 12 month ongoing contract Day-to-Day Responsibilities: The Junior Marketing Manager will provide marketing support for this client’s franchise and diverse markets channel marketing teams to help grow the market share within this client’s contracted partnerships in both the Small Business sector and our Nationals/ Large Enterprise sector.. This is a unique role that will be best filled by someone who is ambitious, assertive, and who can communicate proactively. This role is primarily a marketing/events project management role with some responsibilities to create or format creative collateral. Attention to detail and timelines are critical.For the right person, with the right mindset, this role can be a launching point for a career in marketing. Must Haves:<ul><li>3+ years' experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe</li><li>Great communicator and organized</li><li>Go getter and a self starter</li></ul> Selling Points for Candidates: <ul><li>Opportunity for growth within a large company!</li></ul> For this opportunity, you will also be eligible for benefits through Apex for the contract period, a W2 hourly rate, weekly pay, and direct deposit!Apex Systems Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and encourages female and minority applicants to apply.
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Junior Marketing Manager

Top 3 Skills:<ul><li>Data Analysis</li><li>Product Management</li><li>Power BI</li></ul> The candidate needs to be very good at engaging with business stakeholders on their questions/problems, identifying data that can answer those questions and working between the business and technology to connect the two. MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS :<ul><li>3+ years of experience using data analytics to drive business outcomes</li><li>At least 1-2 years of experience with Power BI</li><li>Ability to identify metrics/key performance measures and use data to drive decisions that enhance the customer & user experience </li><li>Ability to engage with stakeholders and facilitate sessions to understand problems and gather requirements</li><li>Working knowledge of data infrastructure and manipulation technologies</li><li>Excellent oral/written communication skills and extreme attention-to-detail </li><li>Demonstrated leadership experience in product management </li><li>Proficient Microsoft Office skills </li></ul> DESIRED PREVIOUS JOB EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION <ul><li>Knowledge of / experience in computer science, business, marketing, data science, statistics/analytics</li><li>3+ years of software development, product management or business analyst experience in a technology business with demonstrated success in sales and/or customer use through the delivery of new / evolving products</li><li>Any experience implementing Power BI on behalf of the organization</li><li>Any experience working with Microsoft cloud technologies (Synapse, Azure, etc.) and other data solutions like Alteryx or Tableau</li><li>Any experience working in a matrix organization</li><li>Any experience with iterative product development (Agile) </li><li>Any experience using Atlassian products </li><li>Any product management experience with a multi-channel retailer </li></ul> Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Engage directly with business units and end users for research, stakeholder updates and collaboration</li><li>Identify product requirements and future enhancements through collaborative engagements to support product strategies </li><li>Work with engineering and business counterparts to identify, secure and analyze metrics from across the organization’s data portfolio</li><li>Create, maintain and communicate product catalog roadmaps, including near-term delivery and 1-2 year product evolution, to engage stakeholders across the organization in aligning and supporting company and business unit strategies </li><li>Identify, measure and improve key product catalog metrics to enhance the customer/user experience, and create a compelling, relevant product vision using web metrics, customer/user loyalty/insights, customer/user feedback/research and internal operational metrics </li><li>Set criteria for Minimum Viable Product to increase the speed/frequency with which enhancements and new capabilities are delivered</li></ul>
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Product Manager

Role: Sr. Product ManagerSite: Austin, TX (Mostly Remote)Duration: 1 year (Possibility of extension or conversion) Skills: - Agile development practices and Product Owner responsibilities. - Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - Strong experience in defining requirements for front end web experiences. Job Responsibilities * Develops a strategic vision, objectives, and KBIs for a digital product, platform, channel, or feature; evaluates the viability and value of digital product solutions.* Identifies and anticipates client needs based on research. * Leads 12-month product roadmap and release plan development in collaboration with the scrum team and partner teams; synchronizes work and makes prioritization/trade-off decisions * Creates stakeholder engagement strategy for internal and external networks; captures stakeholder concerns and dependencies and implements refinements to the overall roadmap * Manages risk strategies and quality. * Identifies client and firm impacts. Develops controls and tests them. * Design and implement both maintenance enhancements and high priority projects related to experiences across all platforms. * Specific product leadership across our web and mobile experiences, including executing against roadmap, managing sequencing and prioritization of product backlogs, and driving to product delivery. * Applies advance knowledge of product/domain across channels to facilitate requirements gathering activities, define the client experience target state, defines requirements, manage relationships, and supports the facilitation of project planning and execution. * Developing Agile user stories for the account summary product development team. * Fulfilling the product owner role in daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and product demos. * May conduct post implementation support; ie.. resolving defect tickets, evaluating performance, monitoring dashboards, evaluating progress, and refining metrics as needed. * Providing regular and concise updates to management team. RESPONSIBILITIES:<ul><li>Drives new product launches and schedules starting from the Business Contract (BC) stage of the development process through Ready to Ship (RTS) for a successful worldwide launch.</li><li>Manages and supports products through their entire life cycle, and makes decisions regarding enhancements throughout the lifecycle until product End of Life (EOL).</li><li>Directly interacts with cross-functional teams Leads business case for enhancements or new products Leads requirements gathering and management; provides advanced interpretation and recommendations</li><li>SME for external and internal product events</li></ul>
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Sr. Product Manager

Apex Systems, the 2nd largest IT Staffing and Consulting firm in the nation, has an opening for a Creative Project Manager in Orlando, FL. This person will oversee marketing campaign specific projects that are focused revenue growth through customer engagement. These campaigns have a large number of deliverables composed of primarily digital (high volume email/web/microsite/landing pages), social, video and motion graphics work and this resource will over see the full scope of projects within this silo (budget, timeline,, deliverables, risk, resource allocation, etc). This will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Account Management, Strategy, Creative, Production, eComm, CRM, and Tech. Location: Orlando, FL (likely onsite 3x/wk)Duration: 6 Month Contract- Expected to extend. Benefits- Apex Systems Offers: <ul><li>Health/Medical</li><li>Dental</li><li>Vision</li><li>401k options</li><li>Access to technical training platforms</li><li>Free PDU Opportunities </li></ul> Key Responsibilities:<ul><li>Nurture positive, collaborative working relationships with internal and external colleagues.</li><li>Champion the work of the Creative Team and help promote a strong reputation for the team throughout the organization.</li><li>Serve as the central point of contact, facilitating effective communication and collaboration across departments to achieve project objectives.</li><li>Develop comprehensive project plans, encompassing timelines, milestones, resources, and budgets, and maintain adherence throughout the project lifecycle.</li><li>Collaborate with Account Management to comprehend client needs, objectives, and project specifications, translating these into actionable and impactful creative briefs.</li><li>Partner with the Creative Team to envision, design, and produce compelling marketing materials spanning digital, social media, motion graphics, and video realms. These materials must align seamlessly with brand guidelines and deeply resonate with the target audience.</li><li>Work closely with the Marketing Technology (MarTech) Project Manager to ensure the seamless integration of creative assets into various digital channels including web, CRM and eComm.</li><li>Liaise with the Tech team to ensure the technical feasibility of creative concepts and proactively troubleshoot potential challenges related to digital implementation.</li><li>Monitor project progress, identifying potential roadblocks and taking proactive measures to maintain project momentum and scope.</li><li>Participate in regular status meetings, providing comprehensive project updates and transparently communicating project deliverables to stakeholders at all levels.</li><li>Maintain vigilance over the quality and consistency of all creative deliverables, rigorously reviewing materials for accuracy, branding fidelity, and alignment with messaging.</li><li>Lead post-project evaluations to assess successes and pinpoint areas for growth. Apply learnings to elevate future project processes, refining strategies and approaches.</li><li>Deliver, at a minimum, weekly and monthly reports to clients, the department and management throughout the organization.</li></ul> Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's degree required.</li><li>Proven track record with 5-8+ years of experience in project management within a marketing or creative environment.</li><li>Good understanding of projects that can range from small to large-scale advertisement & marketing campaigns and video productions, including post-production.</li><li>Demonstrated expertise in orchestrating digital, social media, motion graphics, and video campaigns.</li><li>Ability to remain agile and nimble in a fast-changing environment.</li><li>Experience working in Project Management tools (i.e., Workfront, Trello, Smartsheet) as well as data visualization tools.</li><li>Solid grasp of marketing principles, creative workflows, and digital platforms.</li><li>Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, enabling the management of multiple projects concurrently.</li><li>Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal aptitude, fostering fruitful relationships with diverse teams and stakeholders.</li><li>Strong listening and superior relationship building skills.</li><li>Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to navigate shifting priorities and meet tight deadlines.</li><li>High intellectual curiosity, drive, determination, self-confidence, and persuasion skills</li></ul> PHYSICAL DEMANDSWhile performing the duties of this job the employee will be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Will be required to bend, twist, reach, push, pull, and operate hand tools (may include operating industrial machinery). Must be able to lift between thirty to fifty pounds. Specific work assignments may change without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. WORKING CONDITIONSThe majority of work will be performed in a climate-controlled environment but may be exposed to inclement weather and varying degrees of temperature on occasion. WORK SCHEDULE/HOURSSchedules will vary depending on business needs, and may entail working nights, weekends, and holidays. Must be flexible to work outside of normal departmental operating hours if needed. Note: This job description aims to provide a general overview of the role. Specific responsibilities and requirements may evolve based on the company's unique needs.
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Marketing Project Manager

Apex Systems, the nations 2nd largest Information Technology Firm, has an opportunity for a Paid Social Manager to work for one of our clients in Orlando, FL. This client offers a variety of perks.Candidates must be able to work on our W2 without sponsorship.If interested please send a resume to Ann Mansfield, Technical Recruiter in Apex's Orlando Office - amansfield@apexsystems.com Position Details:Client Industry: HospitalityPosition: Paid Social ManagerDuration: 4 month contractLocation: Orlando, FL Responsibilities:<ul><li>Implement, run, and optimize paid social advertising campaigns</li><li>Ensure accurate campaign setup to track accurately in Adobe SiteCatalyst and paid social buying platforms– Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Linkedin</li><li>Help analyze accounts and platform to identify key insights, trends, and testing opportunities</li><li>Lead daily budget tracking process to make sure pre-defined spending levels are on pace</li><li>Utilize team workflow system (SmartSheet) to run and execute assignments as well as possess the ability to prioritize assignments based on urgency and importance</li></ul>Required Skills:<ul><li>3-5 years implementing paid social media advertising campaigns</li><li>Must have a thorough working knowledge of Facebook/Instagram, Google, and Twitter advertising interfaces. Familiarity with LinkedIn, Snapchat, or TikTok a plus</li><li>Familiarity with a major web analytics vendor such as Adobe Analytics (Omniture), Coremetrics or Google Analytics 360 to drive tactical decisions</li></ul> *Please note that as a contract employee of Apex Systems, you'd be eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Hospitalization Coverage; Direct Deposit; Weekly Pay Periods; Training and Development Programs; and our Referral Program.*
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Program Manager in CA by Apex Systems

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