DoubleClick enables agencies, marketers and publishers to work together successfully and profit from their digital marketing investments. Its focus on innovation, reliability and insight enables clients to improve productivity and results. We are currently seeking a motivated Technical Account Manager.

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a client facing position in the Global Technical Services (GTS) Client Services team. The TAM provides technical account management and support to clients to enable them to meet their online marketing objectives using DoubleClick technology, including implementation, training, and end user support. This is a technical role in a fast paced, independent, innovative environment with a strong client services focus.

Responsibilities:
Provide technical account management and support to assigned internal and external clients.
Seek ways to improve current technology and business processes.
Facilitate information sharing about DoubleClick technology to clients.
Identify, reproduce, and resolve technical issues as they relate to our technology.
Document and track technical issues and processes.
Attend interdepartmental meetings advising on technology.
Develop training material on the use of new technology product and services.
Conduct technical training for both internal staff and client users.
Generate custom client-requested reporting using SQL queries and shell scripting.
Develop and deliver daily reports to internal and external clients as needed.
Limited weekend support coverage or project work.
Manage short-term and long-term projects.

Requirements:
Qualified candidates will have:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Systems, or Marketing.
Basic competency level in HTML, cookie technology, and URL encoding and structures.
Basic programming understanding and experience.
Familiarity with Shell scripting and SQL query skills.
Experience in client services industry. Search industry experience desirable.
Strong problem-solving and project participation skills.
Professional verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to learn new skills and internal processes quickly.
Customer-focused work ethic with high standard of service and quality control.
Detail-oriented with effective organization and documentation skills.
Job responsibility and compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:

Competitive Salary
Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time
Casual work environment
Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna
401k with matching
Extensive training and career pathing
Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts
Optional Pet and Legal Insurance

APPLY TODAY!
We want bright, motivated, skilled and passionate people, so put your best foot forward in a cover letter and send us your résumé. For a complete listing of positions by location, please follow the link below to our career homepage. If your qualifications appear to be a good match with our needs, we will be in touch to learn more about you. No phone calls, please. Thank you for your interest!
https://doubleclick./main/careerportal/login.cfm

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

GTS – Technical Account Manager

You can meet a lot of exceptional and diverse personalities working with DoubleClick’s award-winning Global Technical Services team. At DoubleClick, a leading provider of digital marketing and technology services, we welcome focused and committed individuals who can impart their enthusiasm and expertise to our clients. Because at the end of day we’re all about delivering great service to our clients and great opportunities to our employees.

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a client facing position in the Global Technical Services (GTS) Client Services team. The TAM provides technical account management and support to clients to enable them to meet their online marketing objectives using DoubleClick technology, including implementation, training, and end user support.

Description:

The Technical Account Manager is responsible for the following: Provide technical account management and support to assigned internal and external clients; seek ways to improve current technology and business processes; facilitate information sharing about DoubleClick technology to clients; identify, reproduce, and resolve technical issues as they relate to our technology; document and track technical issues and processes; attend interdepartmental meetings advising on technology; develop training material on the use of new technology product and services; conduct technical training for both internal staff and client users; generate custom client-requested reporting using SQL queries and shell scripting; develop and deliver daily reports to internal and external clients as needed; limited weekend support coverage or project work; manage short-term and long-term projects.

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Systems, or Marketing.
Basic competency level in HTML, cookie technology, and URL encoding and structures.
Basic programming understanding and experience.
Familiarity with Shell scripting and SQL query skills.
Experience in client services industry. Search industry experience desirable.

All qualified candidates should submit their cover letter and resume to /careers for consideration.

Want to hear what it is like to work at DoubleClick from an employee? Click here
/careers/ads3.aspx

About DoubleClick:

DoubleClick is your partner in achieving success with digital marketing—whether you are a web publisher, marketer or advertising agency. We are a reliable, experienced, innovative partner who can help you capitalize on the opportunities that digital media bring, and meet the challenges they present.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

As one of the world's leading banks, our client provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. They are active in over 50 countries and employ approximately 45,000 people.

Collection and validation of business requirements for ongoing projects; Design applicable, user friendly solutions; Support development; Provide guidance to IT group members relating to business processes and build awareness of business goals within the team. Interested candidates can send their resumes to:
Experience: Bachelor degree in Computer Science; 2+ Years experience in a Business or Systems Analysis role; Ability to mock up screens using Visio/Power Point or equivalent; Experience working in financial services industry is a big plus; Experience in IT development (Java, Web) is a big plus. Interested candidates can send their resumes to:

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Location : Chicago,ILCandidate MUST have either Site minder or Identify Manager experience. Develop and deliver customer's federation service provider model Develop and deliver customer's WS Security standard for securing SOA Develop and deliver SOA Framework for Identity and Access Management services Develop and deliver virtual directory implementation from strategy to implementation (phased approach) Develop and deliver customer's next generation login forms (support for SSO zones, enhanced authentication and mobile support) Develop and deliver customer's strategy for LDAP authentication which aligns with customer Security Policy Develop and deliver customer's strategy for "Authorization Services" Develop and deliver design and implementation of the Siteminder R12 UI Additional NPI projects which arise throughout the year

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

About DoubleClick
DoubleClick develops tools that advertisers and publishers use to plan, execute and analyze on-line marketing programs. DoubleClick is an application service provider, handling a staggering 8 billion transactions per day, and managing up to 100,000+ hits per second on its global network.

Our suite of products is driven by the DoubleClick Technology Group (DTG), comprised of over 300 IT professionals, located in New York, Colorado, Chicago, San Francisco and Europe. DTG is an agile software development shop, and employs a mix of open-source and third-party technologies including Java, C++, Perl, ASP.NET, Ab Initio and Oracle running on Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms. In this rapidly growing industry, DoubleClick is both a market leader and innovator, creating an impressive number of new product releases every year and we are searching for a Technical Writer.

As a member of both a writing group and a product development team, your primary focus as a Technical Writer at DoubleClick will be to write and edit materials designed to assist clients in learning to use DoubleClick online advertising products. The deliverables for clients will include online user guides, technical white papers and context-sensitive help. The writer will be responsible for all aspects of the writing process including researching, editing and publishing deliverables for an application release.


ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Create, update and publish user guides and context-sensitive online help for assigned product lines
Work collaboratively with product development and client-facing groups to identify client deliverables
Write new documents including product overviews and white papers that focus on technology and DoubleClick applications
Research new tools and technology to improve both internal workflow and external publishing

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS :
Must have 3 to 5 years writing experience – preferably in the software industry
Solid experience with FrameMaker and RoboHelp – ability to troubleshoot template issues
BA/BS in Technical Writing, English, Communications, or related degree.
Strong technical background and understanding of Internet-related technologies
Ability to write for an external audience - must be prepared to provide writing samples that demonstrate both procedural and conceptual writing styles
Proven ownership of writing projects – from research and editing stages through final distribution to clients
Writing and editing experience with established style guidelines
Ability to analyze and logically organize complex technical information
Experience with online publishing and content management applications

Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:

Competitive Salary
Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time
Casual work environment
Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna
401k with matching
Extensive training and career pathing
Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts
Optional Pet and Legal Insurance

For detailed company information please visit .

To all recruitment agencies: DoubleClick does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, DoubleClick employees or any other company location. DoubleClick is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Responsible for the development, implementation, and operation of all areas of IT including accountability for day to day operation of the US network infrastructure, servers, WAN’s and LAN’s; Work with IT Director in co-coordinating Company-wide IT strategy and implementation; Working with IT Security Manager in the UK to ensure the security of IT infrastructure and systems; Develop special projects and initiatives appropriate to the mission of the Company, and to participate in relevant partnership projects both internally and externally, taking the role of project manager where appropriate; Work with the VP F&A and IT Director for the hardware, software, and telecoms' budgets pertaining to network and systems. Interested candidates can send their resumes to:
Experience: Bachelors degree required, concentration in Information Services preferred; At least 5 years experience in support of IT services preferably within a large global organization; Proven leadership experience with managing and developing a team is a big plus; Previous experience in SAP and working with Apple/MAC is a plus; Experience in supporting a large remote user base; Effective interpersonal skills essential to maintaining good working relationships and empathy with both technical and non-technical staff, including the ability to communicate well with a wide variety of users, of very differing levels of IT skills; Appreciation and understanding of emerging technical issues such as QoS; wireless technologies; VoIP; enterprise directories; authentication; SANs; clusters. Interested candidates can send their resumes to:

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

DoubleClick Performics, the country’s largest search engine marketing firm (Jupiter Research 2006), and the performance marketing division of DoubleClick Inc., is an online marketing innovator devoted to maximizing our clients’affiliate and search marketing programs. With the right blend of insight, technological investment and response-oriented marketing plans we engage and deliver more consumers for our clients— which includes more than 300 of the world’s top brands.


Our success is a result of our people, relationships, industry tenure, and thought leadership through original research. DoubleClick Performics’seasoned professionals are uniquely positioned to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities, enabling the continual optimization of results.


DoubleClick Performics clients realize impressive results by engaging consumers, significantly growing sales and exceeding objectives is seeking a Campaign Management Consultant (CMC).





The CMC travels to DART Search client offices and works with them to increase their comfort with and use of the product. The role supports the GTS Client Services and Sales teams by working hands-on with clients in need of launch and supplemental training, implementing campaigns, and best practices.








Key Accountabilities





· Present to, train, and consult clients on use of the DART Search product and services, offering industry perspective, product knowledge, and best practices well beyond the basics of the product.


·Engage and win over clients to expanded use of the DART Search


· Work with manager, TAMs, Sales, and Account Management to identify client training needs


·Manage travel schedule and client training/consultation engagements


·Debrief key stakeholders post visit on client status, successes, further client needs, and suggestions for product improvement


·Keep DART Search training materials current with new product features and services


·Identify the need for and create new training materials as needs arise


·Improve training process with primary goals of better training methods, scheduling, and delivery.


·Provide internal training to GTS and other DoubleClick teams


·Occasional weekend support coverage, project work, or travel.





Knowledge and Skill Requirements:





·Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Systems, or Information Systems Management


·Very strong written and verbal communication skills


·Strong client management and problem solving skills


·Good understanding of Search industry


·2+ years experience in a client-facing technology role


· 1+ year experience as a DoubleClick DART Search TAM or equivalent DART Search experience


· 1+ year experience with DoubleClick online marketing tools


·Previous training experience


·Medium competency level in HTML, cookie technology, and URL encoding and structures


· Familiarity with databases.


·Ability to travel up to 50%.



Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:





· Competitive Salary


· Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time


· Casual work environment


· Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna


· 401k with matching


· Extensive training and career pathing


· Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts


· Optional Pet and Legal Insurance





APPLY TODAY!
We want bright, motivated, skilled and passionate people, so put your best foot forward in a cover letter and send us your résumé. For a complete listing of positions by location, please follow the link below to our career homepage.If your qualifications appear to be a good match with our needs, we will be in touch to learn more about you. No phone calls, please. Thank you for your interest!


https://doubleclick./main/careerportal/login.cfm








To all recruitment agencies: DoubleClick does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, DoubleClick employees or any other company location. DoubleClick is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

SMARTSOURCE is seeking an Application Administrator who will be responsible for installing configuring, and maintaining applications, including web services, in support of business processing requirements. This position is located in our Chicago, IL office and will provide service to the Select Markets operating companies. The Select Markets segment is a leading insurance provider of customized products and services for independent grocer stores, restaurants, churches and dry cleaners.

Job type: Permanent
Location: Dowtown Chicago 60606
Salary: DOE

Under general direction this position will be responsible for:

Performing application software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
Scheduling installations and upgrades and maintaining them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
Monitoring and tuning the system to achieve optimum performance levels.
Developing and promoting standard operation procedures.
Carrying out procedures to ensure that all information systems products and services meet organization standards and end-user requirements.
Assisting in the testing of software to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects.
Documenting and working to resolve basic problems.
Interfacing with vendor support service groups when appropriate to ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance. Reports progress on problem resolution to management.
Job Requirements include:

5 years of applicable IT experience
Bachelors' degree in computer science or similar field.
Customer focused attitude in dealing with internal customers.
Must have excellent time management and organizational skills. Ability to meet tight deadlines is essential.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
Technical Requirements include proficiency with the following

Oracle 9i and SQL Server 2000 database technologies
Previous work experience in all phases of SDLC (Microsoft framework preferred)
Microsoft productivity applications (Office)
Familiarity with Microsoft Project is a plus
In addition, you will share in the core values, which are key to our success: Having courage to do the right thing; Inspiration/innovation/creativity; harnessing the potential of all individuals; and sharing a commitment to excellence.

My client offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of an organization that is built on integrity, trust and respect, where teamwork and individual excellence are valued, please submit your qualified resume and cover letter to:

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

BA - Eagle Data Steward

Location: Chicago Downtown, IL

12 months contract to hire

Position Description:

Trading applications experience and/or account systems like Eagle is required. This is a position requiring good business knowledge first and application specific knowledge second.

Possesses working knowledgeable about investment trading business knowledgeable about account compliance business
Respond to portfolio manager and trader trade processing issues
Respond to compliance analyst account monitoring issues
Track issues to their conclusion
Work with front end ( trade decision making ) and back end systems ( trade support ) to support proper handling of orders entered into Eagle
Take ownership for issues which require support from other groups and / or take longer than a few minutes to resolve
Track and document all trading and compliance issues reported and observed ( currently this is done via the Remedy system )
Monitor Eagle message center and reporting performance at the desktop
Work closely with Eagle technical support team
Communicate affectively with Eagle support desk ( documenting cases and tracking them to conclusion )


Experience: Trading applications experience and/or account systems like Eagle is required. This is a position requiring good business knowledge first and application specific knowledge second.

Academic background:

â?¢Bachelor degree preferred


To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Our client is seeking a Design Engineering Consultant, with a minimum of 6 years of engineering experience in a Lead engineering role. The main responsibility of the engineer will be to serve as a GPS system technical specialist for reviewing efforts in product conceptualization, design and integration, using systems engineering methods. The Design engineer will perform requirements analysis, review functional partition, infrastructure breakdown and specification creation, to develop GPS personal navigation and which requires a broad knowledge of several fields and an extensive knowledge of satellite navigation specialty. He/she will prepare theoretical or design tradeoff studies across all involved product areas to refine functional attributes and achieve the best case design while minimizing development risk. The design engineer will review the design ideas and methods of approach, proposed by the bidding suppliers. He/she will act as peer consultant of relevant technical data, specialized knowledge usage and will propose improvements or modifications, to the design ideas and concept. The design engineer will work with other suppliers&#146; engineering personnel and customer representatives, to assure proper consideration of customer requirements. International travel may be required for this position.<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: The Design Engineer should have a proven ability to design RF circuits involved with low noise LNA amplifiers , PLL, VCO, TCXO, RF mixers, AGC, antenna matching, transmission lines, insertion loss, PCB board layers stack-up, micro-via, BGA and MCM packaging. The ideal candidate should have a specific knowledge of GPS personal navigation devices, communications receiver design, blue tooth telecommunications, and electronic 3D compass experience is preferred. Hands on experience with Sirf III and Sirf Direct GPS Chipsets are considered as a plus. Knowledge on GPS system and Location Based Services and application is also considered as a plus. The ideal candidate should also be knowledge of RF, Analog ICs and communication systems and also RF tests, measurement equipments, such as spectrum analyzer and vector network analyze measurement and analysis techniques. The design engineer for this position should also have good experience with GPS, Bluetooth and WFI Radio architecture and knowledge of communication receivers, spread spectrum signals using CDMA techniques, or GPS receivers is considered as a plus. The ideal candidate must have proven ability experience with spread spectrum digital signal processing (SSDSP) using FFT/IFFT methods for acquisition and tracking, PLL/FLL carrier and code tracking loops, data demodulation techniques for modernized GPS signaling L2C/MCODE. He/she should also have a good understanding of digital base band Algorithm simulation, development and implementation using Simulink, MATLAB, VHDL/Verilog coding with Xilinix FPGA.The ideal candidate should have BS in Electrical Engineering, with MS in engineering or other scientific field is preferred.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

My downtown client seeks a SQL Server DBA to join their team on a full- time basis. The DBA will provide hands- on support in the design and development of all Relational Database Management Systems. This includes all development, staging and production database servers and applications.
Experience: Candidates MUST HAVE 3+ years of SQL DBA experience with SQL Server 2000 in an operations environment. They should also have experience supporting and implementing complex logical database designs and relational database concepts. 3 years of Transact SQL experience with an advanced ability to analyze and architect data and data models is also required.

CANDIDATS PLEASE EMAIL RESUME TO

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

SMARTSOURCE is seeking an Application Administrator who will be responsible for installing configuring, and maintaining applications, including web services, in support of business processing requirements. This position is located in our Chicago, IL office and will provide service to the Select Markets operating companies. The Select Markets segment is a leading insurance provider of customized products and services for independent grocer stores, restaurants, churches and dry cleaners.

Job type: Permanent
Location: Dowtown Chicago 60606
Salary: DOE

Under general direction this position will be responsible for:

Performing application software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
Scheduling installations and upgrades and maintaining them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
Monitoring and tuning the system to achieve optimum performance levels.
Developing and promoting standard operation procedures.
Carrying out procedures to ensure that all information systems products and services meet organization standards and end-user requirements.
Assisting in the testing of software to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects.
Documenting and working to resolve basic problems.
Interfacing with vendor support service groups when appropriate to ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance. Reports progress on problem resolution to management.
Job Requirements include:

5 years of applicable IT experience
Bachelors' degree in computer science or similar field.
Customer focused attitude in dealing with internal customers.
Must have excellent time management and organizational skills. Ability to meet tight deadlines is essential.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
Technical Requirements include proficiency with the following

Oracle 9i and SQL Server 2000 database technologies
Previous work experience in all phases of SDLC (Microsoft framework preferred)
Microsoft productivity applications (Office)
Familiarity with Microsoft Project is a plus
In addition, you will share in the core values, which are key to our success: Having courage to do the right thing; Inspiration/innovation/creativity; harnessing the potential of all individuals; and sharing a commitment to excellence.

My client offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of an organization that is built on integrity, trust and respect, where teamwork and individual excellence are valued, please submit your qualified resume and cover letter to:

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

About DoubleClick
DoubleClick develops tools that advertisers and publishers use to plan, execute and analyze on-line marketing programs. DoubleClick is an application service provider, handling a staggering 8 billion transactions per day, and managing up to 100,000+ hits per second on its global network.

Our suite of products is driven by the DoubleClick Technology Group (DTG), comprised of over 300 IT professionals, located in New York, Colorado, Chicago, San Francisco and Europe. DTG is an agile software development shop, and employs a mix of open-source and third-party technologies including Java, C++, Perl, ASP.NET, Ab Initio and Oracle running on Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms. In this rapidly growing industry, DoubleClick is both a market leader and innovator, creating an impressive number of new product releases every year and we are searching for a Technical Writer.

As a member of both a writing group and a product development team, your primary focus as a Technical Writer at DoubleClick will be to write and edit materials designed to assist clients in learning to use DoubleClick online advertising products. The deliverables for clients will include online user guides, technical white papers and context-sensitive help. The writer will be responsible for all aspects of the writing process including researching, editing and publishing deliverables for an application release.


ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Create, update and publish user guides and context-sensitive online help for assigned product lines
Work collaboratively with product development and client-facing groups to identify client deliverables
Write new documents including product overviews and white papers that focus on technology and DoubleClick applications
Research new tools and technology to improve both internal workflow and external publishing

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS :
Must have 3 to 5 years writing experience – preferably in the software industry
Solid experience with FrameMaker and RoboHelp – ability to troubleshoot template issues
BA/BS in Technical Writing, English, Communications, or related degree.
Strong technical background and understanding of Internet-related technologies
Ability to write for an external audience - must be prepared to provide writing samples that demonstrate both procedural and conceptual writing styles
Proven ownership of writing projects – from research and editing stages through final distribution to clients
Writing and editing experience with established style guidelines
Ability to analyze and logically organize complex technical information
Experience with online publishing and content management applications

Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:

Competitive Salary
Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time
Casual work environment
Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna
401k with matching
Extensive training and career pathing
Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts
Optional Pet and Legal Insurance

For detailed company information please visit .

To all recruitment agencies: DoubleClick does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, DoubleClick employees or any other company location. DoubleClick is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

BA - Eagle Data Steward

Location: Chicago Downtown, IL

12 months contract to hire

Position Description:

Trading applications experience and/or account systems like Eagle is required. This is a position requiring good business knowledge first and application specific knowledge second.

Possesses working knowledgeable about investment trading business knowledgeable about account compliance business
Respond to portfolio manager and trader trade processing issues
Respond to compliance analyst account monitoring issues
Track issues to their conclusion
Work with front end ( trade decision making ) and back end systems ( trade support ) to support proper handling of orders entered into Eagle
Take ownership for issues which require support from other groups and / or take longer than a few minutes to resolve
Track and document all trading and compliance issues reported and observed ( currently this is done via the Remedy system )
Monitor Eagle message center and reporting performance at the desktop
Work closely with Eagle technical support team
Communicate affectively with Eagle support desk ( documenting cases and tracking them to conclusion )


Experience: Trading applications experience and/or account systems like Eagle is required. This is a position requiring good business knowledge first and application specific knowledge second.

Academic background:

â?¢Bachelor degree preferred


To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

DoubleClick Performics, the country’s largest search engine marketing firm (Jupiter Research 2006), and the performance marketing division of DoubleClick Inc., is an online marketing innovator devoted to maximizing our clients’affiliate and search marketing programs. With the right blend of insight, technological investment and response-oriented marketing plans we engage and deliver more consumers for our clients— which includes more than 300 of the world’s top brands.


Our success is a result of our people, relationships, industry tenure, and thought leadership through original research. DoubleClick Performics’seasoned professionals are uniquely positioned to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities, enabling the continual optimization of results.


DoubleClick Performics clients realize impressive results by engaging consumers, significantly growing sales and exceeding objectives is seeking a Campaign Management Consultant (CMC).





The CMC travels to DART Search client offices and works with them to increase their comfort with and use of the product. The role supports the GTS Client Services and Sales teams by working hands-on with clients in need of launch and supplemental training, implementing campaigns, and best practices.








Key Accountabilities





· Present to, train, and consult clients on use of the DART Search product and services, offering industry perspective, product knowledge, and best practices well beyond the basics of the product.


·Engage and win over clients to expanded use of the DART Search


· Work with manager, TAMs, Sales, and Account Management to identify client training needs


·Manage travel schedule and client training/consultation engagements


·Debrief key stakeholders post visit on client status, successes, further client needs, and suggestions for product improvement


·Keep DART Search training materials current with new product features and services


·Identify the need for and create new training materials as needs arise


·Improve training process with primary goals of better training methods, scheduling, and delivery.


·Provide internal training to GTS and other DoubleClick teams


·Occasional weekend support coverage, project work, or travel.





Knowledge and Skill Requirements:





·Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Systems, or Information Systems Management


·Very strong written and verbal communication skills


·Strong client management and problem solving skills


·Good understanding of Search industry


·2+ years experience in a client-facing technology role


· 1+ year experience as a DoubleClick DART Search TAM or equivalent DART Search experience


· 1+ year experience with DoubleClick online marketing tools


·Previous training experience


·Medium competency level in HTML, cookie technology, and URL encoding and structures


· Familiarity with databases.


·Ability to travel up to 50%.



Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:





· Competitive Salary


· Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time


· Casual work environment


· Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna


· 401k with matching


· Extensive training and career pathing


· Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts


· Optional Pet and Legal Insurance





APPLY TODAY!
We want bright, motivated, skilled and passionate people, so put your best foot forward in a cover letter and send us your résumé. For a complete listing of positions by location, please follow the link below to our career homepage.If your qualifications appear to be a good match with our needs, we will be in touch to learn more about you. No phone calls, please. Thank you for your interest!


https://doubleclick./main/careerportal/login.cfm








To all recruitment agencies: DoubleClick does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, DoubleClick employees or any other company location. DoubleClick is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

GTS – Technical Account Manager

You can meet a lot of exceptional and diverse personalities working with DoubleClick’s award-winning Global Technical Services team. At DoubleClick, a leading provider of digital marketing and technology services, we welcome focused and committed individuals who can impart their enthusiasm and expertise to our clients. Because at the end of day we’re all about delivering great service to our clients and great opportunities to our employees.

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a client facing position in the Global Technical Services (GTS) Client Services team. The TAM provides technical account management and support to clients to enable them to meet their online marketing objectives using DoubleClick technology, including implementation, training, and end user support.

Description:

The Technical Account Manager is responsible for the following: Provide technical account management and support to assigned internal and external clients; seek ways to improve current technology and business processes; facilitate information sharing about DoubleClick technology to clients; identify, reproduce, and resolve technical issues as they relate to our technology; document and track technical issues and processes; attend interdepartmental meetings advising on technology; develop training material on the use of new technology product and services; conduct technical training for both internal staff and client users; generate custom client-requested reporting using SQL queries and shell scripting; develop and deliver daily reports to internal and external clients as needed; limited weekend support coverage or project work; manage short-term and long-term projects.

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Systems, or Marketing.
Basic competency level in HTML, cookie technology, and URL encoding and structures.
Basic programming understanding and experience.
Familiarity with Shell scripting and SQL query skills.
Experience in client services industry. Search industry experience desirable.

All qualified candidates should submit their cover letter and resume to /careers for consideration.

Want to hear what it is like to work at DoubleClick from an employee? Click here
/careers/ads3.aspx

About DoubleClick:

DoubleClick is your partner in achieving success with digital marketing—whether you are a web publisher, marketer or advertising agency. We are a reliable, experienced, innovative partner who can help you capitalize on the opportunities that digital media bring, and meet the challenges they present.

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here

Responsible for the development, implementation, and operation of all areas of IT including accountability for day to day operation of the US network infrastructure, servers, WAN&#146;s and LAN&#146;s; Work with IT Director in co-coordinating Company-wide IT strategy and implementation; Working with IT Security Manager in the UK to ensure the security of IT infrastructure and systems; Develop special projects and initiatives appropriate to the mission of the Company, and to participate in relevant partnership projects both internally and externally, taking the role of project manager where appropriate; Work with the VP F&A and IT Director for the hardware, software, and telecoms' budgets pertaining to network and systems. Interested candidates can send their resumes to:
Experience: Bachelors degree required, concentration in Information Services preferred; At least 5 years experience in support of IT services preferably within a large global organization; Proven leadership experience with managing and developing a team is a big plus; Previous experience in SAP and working with Apple/MAC is a plus; Experience in supporting a large remote user base; Effective interpersonal skills essential to maintaining good working relationships and empathy with both technical and non-technical staff, including the ability to communicate well with a wide variety of users, of very differing levels of IT skills; Appreciation and understanding of emerging technical issues such as QoS; wireless technologies; VoIP; enterprise directories; authentication; SANs; clusters. Interested candidates can send their resumes to:

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Location : Chicago,ILCandidate MUST have either Site minder or Identify Manager experience. Develop and deliver customer's federation service provider model Develop and deliver customer's WS Security standard for securing SOA Develop and deliver SOA Framework for Identity and Access Management services Develop and deliver virtual directory implementation from strategy to implementation (phased approach) Develop and deliver customer's next generation login forms (support for SSO zones, enhanced authentication and mobile support) Develop and deliver customer's strategy for LDAP authentication which aligns with customer Security Policy Develop and deliver customer's strategy for "Authorization Services" Develop and deliver design and implementation of the Siteminder R12 UI Additional NPI projects which arise throughout the year

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DoubleClick enables agencies, marketers and publishers to work together successfully and profit from their digital marketing investments. Its focus on innovation, reliability and insight enables clients to improve productivity and results. We are currently seeking a motivated Technical Account Manager.

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a client facing position in the Global Technical Services (GTS) Client Services team. The TAM provides technical account management and support to clients to enable them to meet their online marketing objectives using DoubleClick technology, including implementation, training, and end user support. This is a technical role in a fast paced, independent, innovative environment with a strong client services focus.

Responsibilities:
Provide technical account management and support to assigned internal and external clients.
Seek ways to improve current technology and business processes.
Facilitate information sharing about DoubleClick technology to clients.
Identify, reproduce, and resolve technical issues as they relate to our technology.
Document and track technical issues and processes.
Attend interdepartmental meetings advising on technology.
Develop training material on the use of new technology product and services.
Conduct technical training for both internal staff and client users.
Generate custom client-requested reporting using SQL queries and shell scripting.
Develop and deliver daily reports to internal and external clients as needed.
Limited weekend support coverage or project work.
Manage short-term and long-term projects.

Requirements:
Qualified candidates will have:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Systems, or Marketing.
Basic competency level in HTML, cookie technology, and URL encoding and structures.
Basic programming understanding and experience.
Familiarity with Shell scripting and SQL query skills.
Experience in client services industry. Search industry experience desirable.
Strong problem-solving and project participation skills.
Professional verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to learn new skills and internal processes quickly.
Customer-focused work ethic with high standard of service and quality control.
Detail-oriented with effective organization and documentation skills.
Job responsibility and compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:

Competitive Salary
Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time
Casual work environment
Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna
401k with matching
Extensive training and career pathing
Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts
Optional Pet and Legal Insurance

APPLY TODAY!
We want bright, motivated, skilled and passionate people, so put your best foot forward in a cover letter and send us your résumé. For a complete listing of positions by location, please follow the link below to our career homepage. If your qualifications appear to be a good match with our needs, we will be in touch to learn more about you. No phone calls, please. Thank you for your interest!
https://doubleclick./main/careerportal/login.cfm

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Technical Services PM -3537

6 months

Location: Chicago downtown , IL

**Technical Services Project Manager**

Job description Summary

The Project Manager oversees all aspects of the project using planning, monitoring and controlling processes. The Project Manager is responsible for coordination and completion of the project and to this end will perform a variety of tasks including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress of the project. The Project Manager will be responsible for more than one project at a time.

Detailed Job description

Planning/problem-solving skills

â?¢ Responsible for planning the project in order to accomplish its goals required within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards.
â?¢ Responsible for maintaining the project budget.
â?¢ Continuously monitor progress in terms of the status of the plan and the budget and report back to the board, senior management, the client, or the funding organization via weekly or other progress reporting and by organizing and managing status meetings and board meetings.
â?¢ Anticipate and catch deviations from a plan or schedule early and keep all participants and stakeholders informed.
â?¢ Identify, log, analyze and manage potential and actual issues and risks, taking corrective action by tackling day-to-day issues head on and reviewing how serious issues and risks might impact on scope, schedule, quality and cost.
â?¢ Identify where and when management of issues and risks or accommodating altered requirements will involve extra time or extra resources and where efficiencies can be made.
Communication skills
â?¢ Articulate and negotiate consensus on a final vision of the core project goals from scoping the requirements of all stakeholders including the end-user.
â?¢ Define acceptance criteria or working with specialists in defining acceptance criteria for project deliverables and will works towards achieving stakeholder acceptance of deliverables.
â?¢ Solid written and oral communication skills. Able to get ideas across in a non-confrontational manner in one-to-one situations, small groups, and before large audiences.

Team management skills
â?¢ Work directly with the team members or with their team leaders (planners, resource managers) to estimate effort, plan activities and negotiate consensus among individual team members on their tasks.
â?¢ Exercise good judgment in whether tasks should be broken down into smaller detail or not.
â?¢ Use tools identified or be creative in managing that people and tasks are kept up to date (PWA, Email, Status Reports)
â?¢ Provide the team with direction and vision, including motivating people to perform, listening to people, providing feedback, recognizing strengths and providing challenges.
â?¢ Completing project-complete evaluation document, holding â?~sunsetâ?o meetings and activities, and capturing and using relevant lessons learned.


Technical and quality tasks

â?¢ Make an effort to understand the technology being used in order to understand and question requests coming from specialists and technical staff and to evaluate what is reasonable or possible.
â?¢ Understanding of various methodologies, processes and standards and ensures that all project team members understand and follow (SDLC, IPLC)
â?¢ Responsible for the projectâ?os commitment to quality â?"using the resources available when necessary.

Organizing tasks
â?¢ Keeper of documentation- including requirement specifications, contracts, schedules, project reports, communication (email) records, design specifications, meeting agendas, minutes and status reports.
â?¢ Create a structure for project documentation and remain conscientious in using it and ensuring that the team understands and uses it. (PWA. SharePoint)
Specific Requirements:
â?¢ Experience working with internal clients (business partners)
â?¢ PMI certification a plus
â?¢ Knowledge of various PM methodologies: SDLC, IPLC
â?¢ Familiarity in working with MS Project, Project Server, Lotus Notes, SharePoint
â?¢ Familiarity of various architectures: .Net, Java
â?¢ Familiarity of various databases: Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL, DB2
â?¢ Familiarity of various platforms: Unix, Ms Server, Mainframe


Experience: - Bachelor's degree is not required. Equivalent Experience is acceptable.
- 10+ years in Project Management experience is required
- SDLC experience is required. Must be able to explain experience in this area.


- Project Management methodology is required (any type, whether formal or homegrown)
- Prior financial/bank experience is highly desired. Any type of banking (mortgage, investment services, checking/savings).

Reporting to Manager or Team Lead in the Project Management Office or in some cases may also report to key stakeholders in the project.

**Key qualities**

Accountability: Candidate must meet the deliverable they agree to; whatever it takes. The HM wants a regular, reliable, reporting update of the programs, plans, and governance that is mutually agreed up. If they get behind, they need them to be willing to put the OT in to make it up.

Flexibility: The candidate must be able to work in a flexible, fluid environment. Bend when they need to bend, and mentor others on program management best practices.

Fast: The candidate must work quickly and should be self sufficient; a true "go getter" that is self motivated and ambitious. The individual needs to thrive in a fast paced environment.

Skilled; The candidate must also have strong PM skills and the ability to use automation and tools; this includes MS Office, MS Project, SharePoint, etc....

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This is a Junior BA role, however, we want someone who has been very hands-on with JSP, Dreamweaver, VBA Excel, HTML, SQL. So this would be a developer that wants to do less development and move to BA, or a BA that can code.

Position Description:
Junior Business Analyst. The role is Chicago based and will have Chicago focus but will involve working with global business and IT groups.

Key Responsibilities:
- Collection and validation of business requirements for ongoing projects
- Design applicable, user friendly solutions
- Support development by doing interface prototyping and data reconciliation
- Provide guidance to IT group members relating to business processes and build awareness of business goals within the team

Strong performers can expect a 10-15% annual bonus.


Experience: Required Work Experience:
- 1-3 Years experience in a Business Analysis or Developer role
- Ability to mock up screens using Visio/Power Point or equivalent
- Experience in IT development (JSP, Dreamweaver, HTML, VBA/Excel, SQL, Java)

Desirable Work Experience:
- Experience working in financial services industry
- Experience with Adobe PhotoShop, Flash, or equivalent

Required Technical/Business Skills and Knowledge:
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical, logical and problem solving abilities

Desirable Technical/Business Skills and Knowledge:
- Competent understanding of Databases, Web and Client-Server applications

Required Education and Professional Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science

Sponsorship will not be provided. Please, no third party vendors.

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My client located in the Loop is looking for an IT Support person to help them with their higher touch first and second level support issues. This person must have experience supporting laptops, desktops, PDA's, phone and voicemail systems. This is a Windows OS environment and the IT Support person must have experience supporting the Microsoft Office suite in a professional environment. Blackberry support is a big plus. Experience tracking issues in a ticketing system is also highly desired. This is a fast paced and demanding environment, but also provides room for advancement.

TO APPLY directly for this position email a resume to Brad Scott at:
Experience: This IT Support role requires 3+ years experience in supporting 200+ users in a professional environment and experience in a Windows environment with the Microsoft Office suite. Blackberry PDA support is highly desired. Exchange and Outlook troubleshooting skills are a big plus. Hardware break / fix support for PC's and laptops are a must.

TO APPLY directly for this position email a resume to Brad Scott at:

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Our Chicago area client, currently seeks a SAP SUPPLY CHAIN BUSINESS ANALYST with MM/PP experience for a DIRECT-HIRE opportunity.. Participates in business and systems requirements gathering sessions with supply chain business unit in support of projects requiring systems enablement.. Prepares high level IT project assessments to accurately estimate project resources, costs, and timelines.. Translates business requirements into technical system solutions which enable and enhance business processes and satisfy business needs. . Responsible for systems detailed design, SAP Configuration, prototyping of systems solutions, data conversion/migration design and final detailed design documentation.. Works within a project team environment interfacing with business management, business users, project managers, and technical IT resources.. Uses judgment in proactively researching, evaluating, and implementing systems and business process best practices.. Evaluates and communicates impact to the supply chain business unit for system and process changes.. Works with their Manager and Business area on business strategies, system solutions, service levels, IT portfolios, and establishes measurements for internal customer satisfaction.. Provides a single client interface between the Business & IT.. Participates in project and enhancement prioritization meetings with supply chain business unit representatives. Qualifications Bachelors in Engineering/Engineering Technology/Computer Science/Business or related field required.. 4 - 7 years of in-depth IT experience in support of supply chain business processes.. 2+ years of in-depth SAP APO Demand Planning and or Supply Network Planning experience required.. Experience in IT business analysis, developing business process flows, and providing systems solutions to enhance business performance.. Detailed knowledge of systems development cycles, methodologies, project planning and work flow diagramming. Knowledge of supply chain business processes and technical environments. Strong customer service, communication, interpersonal, project management and organizational skills. Experience in supply chain business process outsourcing a plus.. Understanding of supply chain processes within the high tech industry a plus.. Experience implementing SAP in support of supply chain business processes (purchasing, inventory management, demand planning, supply planning, logistics execution, and new product introduction).. Excellent project and program management skills required.. Experience participating in medium to large (10 + team member) projects from start to finish with cross functional members.. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills required. Ability to present information to team members clearly and concisely.. Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and Visio experience required. . Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize appropriately.

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Our client, a MAJOR Financial Institution located in the Chicago-Loop currently seeks a PROJECT MANAGER for a 12+ month engagement. Job Description: The clients' needs are for more application type project managers (business driven projects). Project is related to check processing. Banking background is mandatory. Ability to work with vendors but also understands the banking work processes.Skills:- experience managing budgets, tracking to project plans, chairing steering committees, etc.- someone who can manage a small project by themselves or can easily take direction from a more senior project manager in a program situation;- experience in managing bank projects, internet projects or regulatory projects (with an IT component) is also very helpful.
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SINCLUDE SALARY HISTORY FOR CONSIDERATIONPLEASE INCLUDE JOB TITLE IN SUBJECT HEADING

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SMARTSOURCE is seeking an Application Administrator who will be responsible for installing configuring, and maintaining applications, including web services, in support of business processing requirements. This position is located in our Chicago, IL office and will provide service to the Select Markets operating companies. The Select Markets segment is a leading insurance provider of customized products and services for independent grocer stores, restaurants, churches and dry cleaners.

Job type: Permanent
Location: Dowtown Chicago 60606
Salary: DOE

Under general direction this position will be responsible for:

Performing application software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
Scheduling installations and upgrades and maintaining them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
Monitoring and tuning the system to achieve optimum performance levels.
Developing and promoting standard operation procedures.
Carrying out procedures to ensure that all information systems products and services meet organization standards and end-user requirements.
Assisting in the testing of software to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects.
Documenting and working to resolve basic problems.
Interfacing with vendor support service groups when appropriate to ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance. Reports progress on problem resolution to management.
Job Requirements include:

5 years of applicable IT experience
Bachelors' degree in computer science or similar field.
Customer focused attitude in dealing with internal customers.
Must have excellent time management and organizational skills. Ability to meet tight deadlines is essential.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
Technical Requirements include proficiency with the following

Oracle 9i and SQL Server 2000 database technologies
Previous work experience in all phases of SDLC (Microsoft framework preferred)
Microsoft productivity applications (Office)
Familiarity with Microsoft Project is a plus
In addition, you will share in the core values, which are key to our success: Having courage to do the right thing; Inspiration/innovation/creativity; harnessing the potential of all individuals; and sharing a commitment to excellence.

My client offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of an organization that is built on integrity, trust and respect, where teamwork and individual excellence are valued, please submit your qualified resume and cover letter to:

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Will work directly for the IT Manager doing network administration for medium size LAN/WAN with AS400 mainframe and Windows 2003 Servers as well as supporting about 200 local desk top users and 150 remote users.
Will do both server administration as well as desk top support and adminitration. Will work on all aspects of administration and support.
NO H1 CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Experience: 3 years experience on AS 400 support.
3 years experience on Windows 2003 server support and installations.
3 years experience with LAN/WAN support including Cisco Routers experience.
3 years experience with Active Directory and Exchange 2003
Prefer Microsoft and Cisco Certifications.
NO H1 CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED

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Job Title: Business Intelligent Data Warehouse ArchitectJob Description: We are seeking a Business Intelligent Data Warehouse Architect to join our technology organization. Reporting to the Manager of Back-Office Technology, the BI Architect will take lead responsibility to analyze, design, develop and test database structures for our trading, financial and planning data warehouses and data marts. Specific responsibilities include:" Define Data Warehouse Schema's and Processes to meet the data requirements for business needs" Work with business leaders to gather and analyze business requirements for enterprise reporting" Defining solutions to support the business needs" Assist in defining ETL processes to meet data requirements" Model data with Sybase PowerDesigner.Requirements:" At least 3 years of relevant experience in Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Design, preferably for the financial industry" At least 3 years of hands-on experience with Business Intelligence products, preferably Cognos." Knowledge of databases and SQL is a must, MS SQL Server and MS Windows environment knowledge is a plus" Strong Communication and documentation skills" Undergraduate degree is required, preferably in Business or Computer Science area.Salary - $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 + SOLID BENEFITS AND BONUS
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SINCLUDE SALARY HISTORY FOR CONSIDERATIONPLEASE INCLUDE JOB TITLE IN SUBJECT HEADING

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Our Financial Services client currently seeks a Developer for DIRECT-HIRE. Job Title: DeveloperJob description: Reporting to the Manager of Back Office Technology, the Back Office Developer will participate in developing and maintaining the firm's back office clearing system, an automated process that integrates information from multiple clearing firms and prime brokerages to report consolidated risk and financial data, along with a related set of operations and maintenance tools. The Back Office Developer will assist in researching and responding to ad-hoc requests from business users and developers as necessary.Core Responsibilities - Participate in:- Development and support of the firm's mission-critical nightly clearing process- Development and maintenance of a set of start-of-day and end-of-day external and internal reporting tools- Development and maintenance of a set of position, trade and financial reconciliation tools- Investigating and resolving occasional inquiries from operations and financial staffDesired Candidate Attributes:- Must be well a proven T-SQL developer and comfortable with complex stored procedure development and analysis- Must be knowledgeable in application development, preferably in Visual Basic or C#- Must be able to good communicator- Must have a commitment to delivering high-quality data and business processesExperience, Technical Knowledge, and Educational Requirements:- 3+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server developmento Mastery of SQL Server 2000 is requiredo Experience with SQL Server 2005 is a plus- 2+ years of client application development experience, preferably in Visual Basic or C# is a plus- Experience in the option trading industry is a plus- A bachelor's degree
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SINCLUDE SALARY HISTORY FOR CONSIDERATIONPLEASE INCLUDE JOB TITLE IN SUBJECT HEADING

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BA - Eagle Data Steward

Location: Chicago Downtown, IL

12 months contract to hire

Position Description:

Trading applications experience and/or account systems like Eagle is required. This is a position requiring good business knowledge first and application specific knowledge second.

Possesses working knowledgeable about investment trading business knowledgeable about account compliance business
Respond to portfolio manager and trader trade processing issues
Respond to compliance analyst account monitoring issues
Track issues to their conclusion
Work with front end ( trade decision making ) and back end systems ( trade support ) to support proper handling of orders entered into Eagle
Take ownership for issues which require support from other groups and / or take longer than a few minutes to resolve
Track and document all trading and compliance issues reported and observed ( currently this is done via the Remedy system )
Monitor Eagle message center and reporting performance at the desktop
Work closely with Eagle technical support team
Communicate affectively with Eagle support desk ( documenting cases and tracking them to conclusion )


Experience: Trading applications experience and/or account systems like Eagle is required. This is a position requiring good business knowledge first and application specific knowledge second.

Academic background:

â?¢Bachelor degree preferred


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Our Financial Services client currently seeks a C++ Developer for DIRECT-HIRE.Job Description: The candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing trading system functionality, unit testing, and system integration. Skills required:" More than 5 yrs of programming experience. " Very strong C++ developer with a solid knowledge of socket level coding on Windows. " Strong network programming skills with Inter-process communication experience, TCP/IP programming, C++ sockets, multicasting. " Proficient with high-performance computing environments. " Ability to relate effectively to all levels of associates - management, developers, and operations. " Heavy attention to detail; broad picture view as well. " Strong communication, analytical, and creative skills.
Experience: WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'SINCLUDE SALARY HISTORY FOR CONSIDERATIONPLEASE INCLUDE JOB TITLE IN SUBJECT HEADING

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The Business Analyst is responsible for managing the financial and administrative functions of the assigned Practice Groups in order to assist the Practice Groups in achieving their straight goals and operational objectives. Leadership: Provides financial and administrative guidance and support to the Practice Leaders regarding the management of their Groups. Identifies and plans for the changing needs of the Groups and takes the lead in implementing new procedures to ensure that the Groups are managed smoothly and efficiently. Works with the Practice Leaders and other administrative managers to develop and implement business process improvement programs. Business Planning: Plays a proactive role in working with the Practice Leaders and Marketing staff to develop and implement their annual Business and Marketing Plans. Monitors and reports on the progress of each plan on a regular basis. Budgeting and Financial Management: Directs the preparation of the annual operating budgets of Practice Groups for approval by the Leaders, including staffing levels, billable hours, billing rates, billings, realization, turnover, revenue projections, direct expenses and net income. Coordinates these activities with the Director of Accounting, Chief Financial Officer and the Policy and Planning Committee. Reviews and analyzes the monthly financial reports prepared by the Accounting Department and recommends corrective action as required. Prepares or causes to be prepared any ad hoc financial analysis requested by the Practice Leaders. Client Accounting: Provides support to the Practice Leaders regarding new client and new matter intake, assessment of financial viability of new and returning clients, exception billing rates and analysis of alternative and non-standard billing arrangements. Supports the Group Leaders in performance of routing Group matters, such as AR maintenance and reminders, time entry reminders, attorney evaluation reminders, billing deadlines, etc. Provides other financial and administrative management for the Practice Groups as assigned.
Experience: Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree in Business or Accounting or equivalent work experience is required; advanced degree in Business or Finance is desirable. Minimum of 5 years of business management and/or financial management experience is required; prior law firm experience strongly desired but not required. Must be fluent with MS Office tools, including Excel, Word and Power Point. Access and SQL skills are preferred. CMS Open and Redwood Analytics experience is desired, but not required. Well developed analytical and problem solving skills, as well as strong documentation skills. Effective communication and presentation skills. Strong diplomacy skills and the ability to achieve results.

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This is a Junior BA role, however, we want someone who has been very hands-on with JSP, Dreamweaver, VBA Excel, HTML, SQL. So this would be a developer that wants to do less development and move to BA, or a BA that can code.

Position Description:
Junior Business Analyst. The role is Chicago based and will have Chicago focus but will involve working with global business and IT groups.

Key Responsibilities:
- Collection and validation of business requirements for ongoing projects
- Design applicable, user friendly solutions
- Support development by doing interface prototyping and data reconciliation
- Provide guidance to IT group members relating to business processes and build awareness of business goals within the team

Strong performers can expect a 10-15% annual bonus.


Experience: Required Work Experience:
- 1-3 Years experience in a Business Analysis or Developer role
- Ability to mock up screens using Visio/Power Point or equivalent
- Experience in IT development (JSP, Dreamweaver, HTML, VBA/Excel, SQL, Java)

Desirable Work Experience:
- Experience working in financial services industry
- Experience with Adobe PhotoShop, Flash, or equivalent

Required Technical/Business Skills and Knowledge:
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical, logical and problem solving abilities

Desirable Technical/Business Skills and Knowledge:
- Competent understanding of Databases, Web and Client-Server applications

Required Education and Professional Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science

Sponsorship will not be provided. Please, no third party vendors.

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Technical Services PM -3537

6 months

Location: Chicago downtown , IL

**Technical Services Project Manager**

Job description Summary

The Project Manager oversees all aspects of the project using planning, monitoring and controlling processes. The Project Manager is responsible for coordination and completion of the project and to this end will perform a variety of tasks including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress of the project. The Project Manager will be responsible for more than one project at a time.

Detailed Job description

Planning/problem-solving skills

â?¢ Responsible for planning the project in order to accomplish its goals required within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards.
â?¢ Responsible for maintaining the project budget.
â?¢ Continuously monitor progress in terms of the status of the plan and the budget and report back to the board, senior management, the client, or the funding organization via weekly or other progress reporting and by organizing and managing status meetings and board meetings.
â?¢ Anticipate and catch deviations from a plan or schedule early and keep all participants and stakeholders informed.
â?¢ Identify, log, analyze and manage potential and actual issues and risks, taking corrective action by tackling day-to-day issues head on and reviewing how serious issues and risks might impact on scope, schedule, quality and cost.
â?¢ Identify where and when management of issues and risks or accommodating altered requirements will involve extra time or extra resources and where efficiencies can be made.
Communication skills
â?¢ Articulate and negotiate consensus on a final vision of the core project goals from scoping the requirements of all stakeholders including the end-user.
â?¢ Define acceptance criteria or working with specialists in defining acceptance criteria for project deliverables and will works towards achieving stakeholder acceptance of deliverables.
â?¢ Solid written and oral communication skills. Able to get ideas across in a non-confrontational manner in one-to-one situations, small groups, and before large audiences.

Team management skills
â?¢ Work directly with the team members or with their team leaders (planners, resource managers) to estimate effort, plan activities and negotiate consensus among individual team members on their tasks.
â?¢ Exercise good judgment in whether tasks should be broken down into smaller detail or not.
â?¢ Use tools identified or be creative in managing that people and tasks are kept up to date (PWA, Email, Status Reports)
â?¢ Provide the team with direction and vision, including motivating people to perform, listening to people, providing feedback, recognizing strengths and providing challenges.
â?¢ Completing project-complete evaluation document, holding â?~sunsetâ?o meetings and activities, and capturing and using relevant lessons learned.


Technical and quality tasks

â?¢ Make an effort to understand the technology being used in order to understand and question requests coming from specialists and technical staff and to evaluate what is reasonable or possible.
â?¢ Understanding of various methodologies, processes and standards and ensures that all project team members understand and follow (SDLC, IPLC)
â?¢ Responsible for the projectâ?os commitment to quality â?"using the resources available when necessary.

Organizing tasks
â?¢ Keeper of documentation- including requirement specifications, contracts, schedules, project reports, communication (email) records, design specifications, meeting agendas, minutes and status reports.
â?¢ Create a structure for project documentation and remain conscientious in using it and ensuring that the team understands and uses it. (PWA. SharePoint)
Specific Requirements:
â?¢ Experience working with internal clients (business partners)
â?¢ PMI certification a plus
â?¢ Knowledge of various PM methodologies: SDLC, IPLC
â?¢ Familiarity in working with MS Project, Project Server, Lotus Notes, SharePoint
â?¢ Familiarity of various architectures: .Net, Java
â?¢ Familiarity of various databases: Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL, DB2
â?¢ Familiarity of various platforms: Unix, Ms Server, Mainframe


Experience: - Bachelor's degree is not required. Equivalent Experience is acceptable.
- 10+ years in Project Management experience is required
- SDLC experience is required. Must be able to explain experience in this area.


- Project Management methodology is required (any type, whether formal or homegrown)
- Prior financial/bank experience is highly desired. Any type of banking (mortgage, investment services, checking/savings).

Reporting to Manager or Team Lead in the Project Management Office or in some cases may also report to key stakeholders in the project.

**Key qualities**

Accountability: Candidate must meet the deliverable they agree to; whatever it takes. The HM wants a regular, reliable, reporting update of the programs, plans, and governance that is mutually agreed up. If they get behind, they need them to be willing to put the OT in to make it up.

Flexibility: The candidate must be able to work in a flexible, fluid environment. Bend when they need to bend, and mentor others on program management best practices.

Fast: The candidate must work quickly and should be self sufficient; a true "go getter" that is self motivated and ambitious. The individual needs to thrive in a fast paced environment.

Skilled; The candidate must also have strong PM skills and the ability to use automation and tools; this includes MS Office, MS Project, SharePoint, etc....

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About DoubleClick
DoubleClick develops tools that advertisers and publishers use to plan, execute and analyze on-line marketing programs. DoubleClick is an application service provider, handling a staggering 8 billion transactions per day, and managing up to 100,000+ hits per second on its global network.

Our suite of products is driven by the DoubleClick Technology Group (DTG), comprised of over 300 IT professionals, located in New York, Colorado, Chicago, San Francisco and Europe. DTG is an agile software development shop, and employs a mix of open-source and third-party technologies including Java, C++, Perl, ASP.NET, Ab Initio and Oracle running on Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms. In this rapidly growing industry, DoubleClick is both a market leader and innovator, creating an impressive number of new product releases every year and we are searching for a Technical Writer.

As a member of both a writing group and a product development team, your primary focus as a Technical Writer at DoubleClick will be to write and edit materials designed to assist clients in learning to use DoubleClick online advertising products. The deliverables for clients will include online user guides, technical white papers and context-sensitive help. The writer will be responsible for all aspects of the writing process including researching, editing and publishing deliverables for an application release.


ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Create, update and publish user guides and context-sensitive online help for assigned product lines
Work collaboratively with product development and client-facing groups to identify client deliverables
Write new documents including product overviews and white papers that focus on technology and DoubleClick applications
Research new tools and technology to improve both internal workflow and external publishing

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS :
Must have 3 to 5 years writing experience – preferably in the software industry
Solid experience with FrameMaker and RoboHelp – ability to troubleshoot template issues
BA/BS in Technical Writing, English, Communications, or related degree.
Strong technical background and understanding of Internet-related technologies
Ability to write for an external audience - must be prepared to provide writing samples that demonstrate both procedural and conceptual writing styles
Proven ownership of writing projects – from research and editing stages through final distribution to clients
Writing and editing experience with established style guidelines
Ability to analyze and logically organize complex technical information
Experience with online publishing and content management applications

Benefits offered to all DoubleClick employees include:

Competitive Salary
Four weeks of paid vacation and personal time
Casual work environment
Medical, Dental and Prescription benefits through Cigna
401k with matching
Extensive training and career pathing
Pre-tax transit and Flex Spending Accounts
Optional Pet and Legal Insurance

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