October 31, 2011

Senior User Experience Expert/Senior Designer - Cleartag - Lebanon

The position requires expert design skills as they apply to information architecture, user workflow, usability, and website/web app interaction. The candidate must possess a thorough understanding of interaction design principles and best practices, with a strong understanding of how visual and interaction design work together to create a user experience.

The candidate must have strong analytical skills and be able to understand and apply both qualitative and quantitative data. He/She will be well-versed in user research practices and understand how they are best used within a fast-paced environment. He/She should have significant experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines effectively under pressure while balancing speed and quality. Ideal candidates will possess strong collaboration and influencing skills, excellent grammatical skills and the ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities
- Develop detailed wireframes, flowcharts, mockups, and other product deliverables to effectively communicate designs and product requirements
- Employ user-centered design practices to create world-class interactive web experiences
- Define, develop, and document all front-end design requirements for all projects
- Serve as the business lead for front-end product decisions
- Work closely with engineering and QA during the development process
- Write easy-to-read and comprehensive documentation
- Conduct user research, such as usability studies, paper prototype studies, ethnographic field studies, and surveys
- Understand how to appropriately apply both qualitative and quantitative research findings in design and business problem-solving
- Work with cross-functional teams to find balanced solutions to complex user, business and technical challenges
- Develop expert-level knowledge of competitive and complementary products/experiences and bring new ideas to the team
- Work seamlessly with the team to develop and maintain site branding and visual design Work Experience

Requirement
- 6+ years experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, user interface designer, or similar role

hr@cleartag.com

Developers/Project Manager - ArabNet - Lebanon

ArabNet is looking for full time, young and talented people that can add spice to the growing team:

- Project Manager
- Python Developer
- Executive assistant to the VP
- Technology enthusiasts with great writing skills

Send CV/presentation/writing sample to jobs@arabnet.me

C# .NET Developer - Wext - Lebanon

Lead development and changes required on the engine portion of Wext and support development and troubleshooting on integration points with the various mobile and web clients.

Duties
- Make required changes on server side code and databases
- Install and setup test version of engine to support mobile development testing
- Create new server side modules needed to support new features
- Provide sample code to client developers

Skills
- Minimum 5 years of C#/.Net server side development
- ADO.Net and XML
- 2-3 years of ASP.Net/C# experience
- Experience with building scalable and high performance server side components
- Relational database design and development using either SQL Server or MySQL
- Web service development using Soap and WCF
Bonus Skills:
- TCP and HTTP development
- SMTP in

rami099@hotmail.com

October 17, 2011

New Wave System Admin - Smartdate - France

Smartdate, based in Paris France, is a fast growing, VC-backed, international online dating platform. Our goal is nothing short of world domination, at least in the dating space (for the time being, Google can breath a sign of relief). Our team comes from a wide variety of backgrounds from successful entrepreneurs to jazz musicians to former Yahoo lead engineers.

Since the launch on Valentine's Day 2010, Smartdate has been exploding. We are now the top trafficked dating site in France. Due to this explosive expansion, we are currently searching for other talented and interesting individuals to help see us through to total world domination(™).

Our team is hard working, young, serious, fun, and very international. We are working in central Paris primarily in English, yet, French, Spanish and Korean can also be heard from time to time. So, if any of this interests you, please read on. We are always looking for like-minded individuals to join this young and dynamic team. So if you think you are 'the one', please don't hesitate to take the red pill and send us an email.

Who do we want?
- a great developer, collaborator, and inventor all rolled into one?
- Someone who understands what is meant by, Chef, Databags, AMI's, and Infrastructure as an application
- Someone who prefers short-term, business-impacting projects to long, slow, and boring projects
- A team player who works hard and plays hard as well.
- Someone who can create and manage high-performance, high-traffic infrastructures.
- Someone who is excited by cutting edge technologies and their implementations.
- Someone who is intrigued by the idea of working for a new Internet start-up in the heart of central Paris and making some serious money

Why should you join?
- To be part of a small, young, vibrant, international, motivated (and so much more!) team
- To enjoy a great work environment: loft like offices in central Paris
- To be part of the unique adventure of starting up a successful business with proven entrepreneurs.

Job requirements
- Previous startup experience that translated into a successful company is a plus
- Strong understanding of Relational Databases
- Experience with large scale deployments a bonus
- Strong focus on quality, testing and monitoring
- Familiar with the NoSQL and other open source movements
- Understands what is funny about Chuck Norris
- The maturity to know when to work like crazy, and when to kick back

Perks
- Competitive salary and stock option plan.
- Living in one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities on the planet.
- Great team atmosphere

If you think you have what it takes please send us an email at jobs@smartdate.com

Front-end Developer - Studio Mohu - London

Front-end developer with an eye for design. Mohu is a young digital agency based in the heart of shoreditch between Liverpool Street and Old Street. We work on a wide range of projects from entertainment/fashion brands to web apps for start-ups. We are looking for a design literate front-end developer who along with demonstrating the usual proficiency in HTML/CSS is enthusiastic about developing with emerging technologies. It’s important to us that the right person have the freedom to experiment so as long as you can explain your reasoning we are happy for you to use whichever frameworks / methodologies you think are most appropriate. Everyone should feel invested in a project so you should be comfortable working early on with designers contributing to wire-frames and feeding back on feasibility. Our ideal candidate is fun, upbeat and willing to embrace their inner geek. This is your chance to get in early with a fast growing and forward thinking company.

Perks
A well rested developer is a happy developer so we'll give you two weeks paid leave during the festive season in addition to the usual 20 days and other bank holidays. We are also curating a fine selection of blue and green teas.

Salary
Depending on experience £20k - £32k + bonuses, we would prefer someone with agency experience but we are willing to take on graduates if you can impress us.

Must haves
- Proficiency with HTML, CSS, and a javascript framework

Bonus points for
- HTML5
- Design experience
- Experience with mobile platforms
- PHP/Python/Ruby
- Experience developing with Symphony CMS (www.symphony-cms) or any form of XSLT
- Experience coding HTML emails / newsletters for Campaign Monitor
- GIT version control
- Experience with Less CSS

Send CV and a covering letter to jobs@studiomohu.com

Software Developers - Netiks - Lebanon

Netiks International is seeking software developers with university degrees in computer science or software engineering.

- 1 to 3 years of professional experience in ASP.NET, C#, T-SQL, ADO.NET, JavaScript, and CSS.
- A good understanding of OOP and UML is required.
- Good communication skills
- Fluent in English

jobs@netiks.com

Technical Product Manager - Data Consult - Lebanon

Key Responsibilities
- Perform business management for the product including revenue and gross margin forecasting.
- Keep the management informed of any relevant information to operations.
- Act as a leader for the technology within the company.
- Development of a financial and business plan, including product pricing and approval of non-standard pricing requests.
- Support the sales team to make sure that opportunities are turned into orders.
- Make sure that the sales team is trained on the products.
- Negotiate business terms with the technology suppliers.
- Generates sales reports and analysis for his line of business.
- Develop supplier relationship and update portfolio.

Market Input
- Analyze the market and understand customer demands.
- Package solutions based on verticals.
- Benchmark competitive products.
- Study and analyze the competition (SWOT, etc.).

Market Output
- Uncover leads and deliver opportunities to the AMs.
- Manage the product roadmap.
- Promote the line of business through all channels: Customer visits, Events, Phone calls, email, web.
- Manage the marketing budget.

Skills & Experience
- B.S. in Computer or Communications Engineering
- Minimum 2-3 years in selling Data Center Products
- Fluent in Arabic & English
- Ability to speak at conferences
- Excellent written, oral, and presentation communications skills
- Very flexible working time schedule and ability to work across multiple time zones
- High level of certification
- Product Knowledge: Cisco UCS, Cisco MDS, Storage, Cisco Nexus, EMC, VDI, VMware.
- A product manager researches, selects, develops, and places a company's products.

info@dcgroup.com

JAVA/C++ Senior Developer - Aheeva - Lebanon

The candidate must be capable of analyzing and developing new software applications, as well as maintaining and modifying the existing system. The candidate must be able to understand complex and distributed software solutions in order to implement new functionality.

Responsibilities
- Participating in the analysis and the design of new systems
- Maintaining of the existing software systems
- Participating in the integration of the solution for clients
- Ensure proper unit testing is done before submission of code for integration testing
- Writing of pertinent documentation
- Offering second and third level of support of the application

Skills
- Computer Science or Software Engineering degree
- Minimum of 2 years experience in C/C++ programming under Linux
- Experience in JSP and Java programming
- Practical experience in multi-threading programming in C or C++ (essential)
- Practical experience in TCP/IP programming in C or C++ (essential)
- Excellent knowledge of Linux
- Very good knowledge of debugging tools under Linux
- Good knowledge of MySQL
- Knowledge of Asterisk PBX and VoIP is an asset

jobs.lebanon@aheeva.com

October 10, 2011

Senior Solution Architect - Red Hat - United Arab Emirates

Description
Our Solution Architects are seen by our customers as the seasoned, technical experts of our technology. Our SA's collaborate with the sales team and liaise with the technical delivery teams to bring the best solutions to our customers. Solutions Architects are responsible for driving solutions across our RHEL Product Suite including Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Migration Center, and more.

Primary Responsibilities
- Support the sales team in the delivery and implementation of Red Hat products and offerings. Show a diverse understanding of complex operating systems, design value driven architectures, and present the application and ROI of those technology solutions. Deliver compelling recommendations which directly result in the closing of new sales.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the customer's business and IT environment; collaborate with the sales executives in assessing the potential application of Red Hat products. Utilize your skills as a technical solution expert and your understanding of Open Source industry best practice to deliver timely results customers which exceed expectations.
- Demonstrate mature judgment in the selection of techniques and technologies for delivering solutions. Interact in an authoritative fashion with -Red Hat sales team and customer senior management.
- Demonstrate that you can communicate value, progress and status of sales opportunities to all stakeholders. Share knowledge and findings to allow team members to learn from your successes and mistakes. Demonstrate that you can work as part of a team.
- Provide follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications. Prepare detailed product specifications and implements detailed customer installation plans.
- Represent Red Hat to the customer and the customer to Red Hat in sales-related matters.

Required Skills & Experience
- Demonstrated success in a technical pre-sales role in support of Senior Sales Executives, including excellent presentation and documentation skills.
- Communication and technical skill sets which allow the individual to develop relationships at engineering, commercial and CXO levels throughout organizations.
- Strong knowledge of UNIX / Linux systems, preferably in Red Hat platform products including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, MRG, and other related technologies.
- Advantageous to have additional knowledge of technologies as Clustering, Directory Services, Identity Management, etc. and/or programming languages of Python, Perl, Java etc.
- Strong passion for open source technologies
- Motivated to learn and create new thing
- The ability to continually develop your skills and technical knowledge.
- A desire to be part of a company that is redefining the entire software industry.
- Ability to work as part of a young and dynamic team whilst demonstrating flexibility, autonomy and a desire to make things happen
- Fluent in English required. Arabic language skills an advantage.
- Willingness to travel across the MENA region up to 75%.

mea@redhat.com

Web Developer - 1px.com - Lebanon

Description
As a PHP Web Developer you will have the unique opportunity to join a successful Lebanese/Danish startup web agency located in Jal el dib (Metn, Lebanon).

What you need for this position:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience in PHP programming language
- Experience with jQuery or other JavaScript frameworks
- Strong knowledge of SQL

What you'll be doing:
- Develop backend software using PHP, MySQL and an MVC framework
- Maintain legacy web applications developed with these technologies
- Implement web interfaces in HTML, CSS and JavaScript

For your hard work, you will receive a full time salaried position, full benefits, and a great team environment.

Desired Skills & Experience
A Must:
- PHP
- OOP (Object Oriented Programming)
- MySQL
- JavaScript (jQuery)
- AJAX
- HTML/CSS
- SEO

A Plus:
- Experience in MVC framework
- Experience in Apache and LAMP environment
- Experience in Versioning system (Subversion, Git..)

hello@1px.com

Web, Software, and Mobile Applications Developer - P-Group - Lebanon

Required Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years experience in website development using PHP, AJAX, jQuery, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and MySQL
- Minimum 1 year experience with C, C++, Java, J2EE/J2SE/J2ME, JSP, Web Services, Servlets, XML and XSLT
- Experience in at least one mobile platform ideally either iPhone, Android or Symbian
- A thorough understanding of the full software development lifecycle
- 1+ years experience developing web & software applications using object oriented development methodologies

Required Skills
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
- Solid understanding of object oriented programming OOP
- Well versed in mobile communications systems with experience prototyping and developing applications
- Experience participating heavily in the creative process of mobile application design
- Good experience in the analysis, design, development, and support of web, software and mobile applications
- Strong technical skills in web technologies, mobile applications, and integration solutions
- Strong experience in designing, developing & implementing solutions applying SDLC methodology
- Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Strong aptitude for learning new processes and techniques
- Experience and working knowledge of both Agile and waterfall development practices

Experience in the following areas would enhance any application:
- QT, xCode, Objective-C, Cocoa, Win32
- iPhone SDK, Android SDK, or other mobile platforms (iPad/iPod Touch, Blackberry, Symbian & Windows Mobiles)
- Mobile GUI principles and best practices

cv@p-group.cc

Senior Web Developer - Softimpact - Lebanon

- Assist in the development of web applications, complex websites
- Test and document applications

Profile
- 2 to 3 years of experience
- Excellent inter-personal communication skills
- Disciplined and Dynamic
- Works under pressure
- Enjoys multi-tasks jobs

Requirements
- Holds a university degree in computer science / engineering. Knowledge in:
- VB.net, C#, ASP.net
- Microsoft SQL Server
- HTML, XML, JavaScript.
- Object Oriented Programming
- knowledge in Adobe fireworks and Photoshop for design implementation
- HTML, CSS
- JavaScript, JQuery
- Flash + action scripting is a plus
- PHP is a plus
- Fluent in English & Arabic: written and spoken.

Send CVs to hr@softimpact.net with Ref:(SWD25)

Head of Web/Interactive Services - Signals Design Group - Canada

Signals is looking for a self-motivated individual to lead our growing interactive practice. This is a leadership position in a successful Vancouver design consultancy that offers creative, print and interactive services. Signals is known for bringing clarity to complex issues and the ideal candidate shares our interest in tackling meaty, challenging and important subject matter.

- You live and breathe the web and are able to identify and articulate the best solutions for our clients.
- You have agency experience and are comfortable working with our creative director and design team.
- You are knowledgeable enough to get sites built efficiently either with our in-house developers or outside partners.

Email a cover letter introducing themselves and indicating salary expectations, a resume, and links to recent work to:
Kosta Tsetsekas, Principal
kosta@signals.ca

October 3, 2011

User Experience Designer - 1&1 Internet AG - Germany

1&1 Internet AG is a 100% subsidiary of the publically-traded United Internet AG, one of the market-leading Internet service providers, with about 10 million customer accounts, 5,000 s and about 2 billion Euro annual sales. Our brands 1&1, GMX and WEB.de provide sophisticated Internet solutions for consumer and business users. In order to continue our success story, we need enthusiastic people, ready to take part in shaping the Internet along with us.

Role
The user experience team designs 1&1 Internet AG’s user interface in the field of webhosting, primarily the customer portal “Control Center”, and web and software applications relating to webhosting. Customers and their expectations of a product are at the center of our work. With the aid of detailed analysis of customer requirements, an interactive design process and plenty of space for innovative ideas, we bring products into being which provide customers with a positive user experience and so with the best possible support in their work.
- Analysis of customer requirements using focus groups, customer surveys, logfile analysis and market analysis.
- Working with the product and customer management, product development and support departments to conduct interviews.
- Design and specification of user interfaces (interaction design, interface and information design, graphic design), communicating with the technical development departments.
- Producing guidelines for internal use or for use with business partners.

Requirements
- A degree in interaction design, GUI design, media IT or psychology, and several years of experience in a field related to user experience design (preferably with relation to complex software applications and configuration interfaces), web programming and webhosting.
- Experience in designing and documenting user interfaces.
- Specification of functional and content-related requirements, scribbles, use cases, process and page diagrams; competence in the required software, such as Microsoft Visio or Adobe Photoshop.
- Experience in conducting usability tests, focus groups, surveys and interviews and analyzing the results; experience with logfile analysis.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in German and English (further languages an advantage).
- Knowledge of current trends in user interface design and webhosting.

jobs@1und1.de

Social Media Manager - Landmark Group - Dubai

Landmark Group (LMG) is the largest retailer in the Middle East with over 1000 stores and $3.8 billion in revenue. The group has interests in fashion, home retail and hospitality and manages 24 customer facing brands.

The Role
We are in the fashion and hospitality space, continuous engagement with audience is a must for our brands for good top of mind recall. Social media hence has a big role to play. Till today, the people handling the conventional marketing channels also handle social media marketing. This does not work because they do not have the right skills for it and also because social media is just one thing on their portfolio. We slowly want to build a team of social media experts to handle this, a team which will have specific experience in this and will handle the social face of all our brands. You will probably be the first member of this team and will start working on 4 to 5 of our brands which already have a social presence (Citymax Hotels, Splash, Home Center). To start with, you will need to work closely with the marketing teams of these businesses and mention the smallest to the biggest initiatives on social media. As we progress, we would want you to participate in the process of defining some exclusive social media initiatives for these brands. The bottom line is that you have to ensure that the users have enough legitimate reasons to follow our brands on social media. Thereafter, our goal will be to build a solid following for our brands in social media.

Specifics
- Keep in touch with the marketing teams to identify opportunities that can lead to social media mentions.
- Conduct research on the trends on how other brands are using social media and bring these ideas to our campaigns
- Think about specific social media promotions (example: contests, polls etc.) and make these a reality.
- Maintain a healthy (not very high, not very low) rate of posts on all channels.
- Build relationships with top bloggers, social influencers and local community groups. Use incentives like gift, party/event invites and discount coupons for the same.
- Regular monitoring & proactive reporting on the metrics and impact (example: online conversations, tonal sentiment, viral impact, search visibility, views, reach, registrations etc.).

Who should apply?
- Experience in working in social media or community management roles.
- Genuine passion for social media & that should reflect with your own Twitter feed, FB page or blog.
- Creative & proactive communication skills to generate new ideas & make them a reality quickly.
- Some education or formative experience as a content writer would be a plus.
- Should have a strong understanding of the realities of the web.
- Should have basic understanding of HTML & modern technologies like SEO, SMO, social bookmarking, mobile, location based marketing etc.

webteam@cplmg.com

Web Content and Project Manager - CS Creative - USA

CS Creative is seeking a web content project manager to work client-side with a leading technology company in Dallas, TX. The ideal candidate has 5-6 years agency or corporate in-house experience and a strong understanding of the web development process.

Overall Objectives
- Fully understand the client’s business, product positioning, marketing objectives and strategies
- Contribute to business goals through effective content project execution
- Develop working relationships within the web strategy and marketing teams
- Effectively source content with subject matter experts and marketing communications department
- Consult with Distributed Authors to advise on proper implementation of web content
- Utilize sound project management practices and existing brand and site guidelines to execute requests
- Contribute to site style by applying design knowledge, customer feedback and industry best practices

Project Management Activities
End to end management of logistics for large projects including coordination of core team activities, solution research, reporting of project activities, implementation of project needs.

- Coordinate with internal requestors to determine the objectives and gather requirements for their site
- Brainstorm on new initiatives
- Utilize project management practices to manage scope and mitigate risk
- Present site concepts to requestors and key stakeholders
- Create a schedule in Microsoft Project and provide timely status updates to team
- Execute changes via templates in TeamSite CMS using XML or in some cases HTML
- Perform content reviews, test implementation of changes and manage approvals
- Design and implement a test plan and a go-live plan

Experience & Skills
- 5-6 years of web content project management experience
- Competency in HTML, XML and Dreamweaver
- Background in a web or IT environment a plus
- High level of experience with content management tools (TeamSite a plus)
- Photoshop a plus

Attributes
- Proven attention to detail and strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects
- Self-motivated, flexible team member who is well-suited for a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to juggle multiple projects within tight timelines
- Ability to self manage workload based on given delivery dates and priority
- Enjoys being part of a collaborative team process including frequent project and team meetings
- Positive attitude and willingness to grow as the department and projects evolve

Benefits
Health and dental insurance, paid vacation and casual work environment with an emphasis on work/life balance.

Application
This is an immediate opening. Please submit resume and salary history to careers@cs-creative.com and include job title in email subject line. Please limit emails to 6MBs or less.

Project Coordinator - vit-e - Lebanon

we are looking for a project coordinator to manage and lead strategic web projects.

As a candidate, you will be expected to:
- leverage a diverse range of skill-sets to scope, plan, deliver and report on a range of web projects.
- collaborate with colleagues such as copywriters, designers, photographers and web developers.
- In collaboration with the management team, you will be required to take the lead on scoping, planning and delivering projects to continually improve existing services.

Responsibilities
- Manage a range of web projects that vary in size and complexity.
- Develop project documentation and associated reports as appropriate to the assigned projects.
- Provide high-level strategic information to the leadership group and provide a leadership role in the development of strategies to address continued service improvement.
- Manage the communication and ensure any change associated with the project is also well managed.
- Communicate effectively with external organizations and clients.
- Providing consultancy and project management support to clients and colleagues.

Experience and Skills
We are seeking a motivated, organized and pro-active person to work with and contribute to our team.
Qualifications Required To be assessed via applicant's resume:
- Education and/or training in Project Management, Information Technology, Marketing or Business in conjunction with relevant experience.

Skills and Capabilities Required
You will be assessed on the basis of relevant capability and capacity for the following:

Essential
- Experience in the use of systematic project management methodologies across a wide range of projects.
- Demonstrated high level of competence in interpersonal skills, consultation, negotiation and effective communication with the team and clients.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake business analysis in areas of significant complexity and prepare reports, submissions and agreements of a complex nature.
- Evidence of the capacity to lead, encourage and work professionally with a small team of staff to ensure project outcomes and timelines are achieved.

Desirable
- Experience working for interactive media
- Knowledge of Internet technologies such as HTML, Flash, XML

hello@vit-e.com

IT Sales Consultant - Softimpact - Lebanon

Qualifications
- IT Engineer or business computer
- Fluent in Arabic, English , French is a plus
- Previous experience in selling IT / Web solutions is a plus
- Male or female
- Motorized

Benefits
- Fixed salary (Depending on experience)
- Commission on sales as per company commission structure
- Transportation allowance

Send CVs to hr@softimpact.net with Ref:(ISC10)