http://careers.hmhco.com/feeds/graphic-design-Boston-MA-jobs/ Custom RSS Feed for graphic-design-Boston-MA-jobs Sat, 25 May 2013 10:21:26 GMT en-us http://careers.hmhco.com/feeds/graphic-design-Boston-MA-jobs/ 720 Published Job Title: Designer
Published Division/Department: Marketing Shared Services
Requisition #: 5608
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Design / Creative

Develops and presents design concepts for eMarketing. Edits and refines existing projects. Prepares final electronic art files for eMarketing and vendors. Supports Sr. Designers on specified projects. Collaborates with creative team. Ensures consistency across marketing projects. Versatile in both web and print design and production.
Design
Following established guidelines, develops new designs for a variety of digital eMarketing campaigns such as eNewsletters, web pages, email campaigns, landing pages, and ads. Assist the Creative Services Team with additional projects as needed.
Design Refinements and Edits: Refines new designs as necessary, makes edits to existing projects.
Production: Provides production support to Senior Designers and Associate Creative Manager. Experienced in areas of web production and print production including: providing PDF markups and web-ready assets to developers; creating and editing web pages using HTML & CSS; retouching and manipulating images using Photoshop; using master pages and style sheets in InDesign; providing printer's markups, electronic file preparation, and color proofing. Provides file archiving and retrieval services as requested by Associate Creative Manager and Creative Manager.
Presentation: Demonstrates excellent communication skills with ability to effectively present to management in a group setting, in person and in cross-site online meeting presentations.
Project Management: Extremely organized and thorough. Able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines. Communicates issues regarding workload or scheduling to Associate Creative Manager and Creative Manager. Properly stores files that are in progress and archives completed files.
Collaboration: Collaborates with creative project teams of designers, copywriters, developers, account managers, project coordinators and outside vendors. Ability to take direction from Associate Creative Manager and Senior Designers. Excellent communication skills.

Requirements:
Required:
- College graduate with Graphic Design or related degree
- 3+ years professional design experience
- Expert level of competency in HTML & CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, and InDesign
- Proficient with PowerPoint, Flash, and email marketing best practices.
- Working knowledge of PHP and javascript a plus
- Excellent production and project management skills
- Strong collaboration and ability to work as part of a team
- Strong presentation skills
- Ability to multi-task and focus on multiple projects at once
- Accuracy and ability to meeting deadline with quick turnaround]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Designer-Job-MA-02108/2437427/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Designer-Job-MA-02108/2437427/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Intern - Communications
Published Division/Department: Corporate Communications
Requisition #: 5890
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: None
Position Type: Part Time - Intern
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Communications

The communications intern will assist the corporate communications team with daily internal and external communications activities to help deliver effective communications across various channels, including the Company blog and newsletter, internal TV channel and intranet, corporate website, as well as contributing to media relations campaigns and event planning. Daily tasks may include:

Research

* Assembling media lists
* Competitor analysis
* Identifying relevant awards opportunities

Copywriting

* Drafting, editing, and formatting internal communications, such as key personnel announcements, web copy, articles of interest, and blog posts
* Press release writing/media briefs

Media Monitoring

* Identifying news trends
* Identifying potential new opportunities

Web Presence

* Social media coordination
* Facilitate building HMH’s asset library

Misc.

* Supporting the communications team with any general office assistance or clerical duties as needed
* Assembling media kits, marketing materials, etc.

Requirements:
The ideal candidate is a college student interested in communications, PR, or marketing. He/she must possess strong written and oral communications skills. Must be well organized, detail oriented, and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and within deadlines. A proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with Adobe Photoshop and web production is a plus.]]>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Communications-Job-MA-02108/2583212/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Communications-Job-MA-02108/2583212/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Internal Communications Director
Published Division/Department: Corporate Communications
Requisition #: 5875
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Communications

Overview:

The Internal Communications Director, reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Communications, will be responsible for the development and implementation of employee communications strategies across HMH, as well as measuring their effectiveness. It is essential that employees understand the company’s mission, values, vision for the future and employee value proposition. Through effective written and oral communications and promotional activities as well as the management of several employee communications channels, this individual will advance engagement, build community and drive cultural and business imperatives in a way that creates excitement among employees. Key to success will be building and nurturing effective working relationships with business and functional leaders, especially in Human Resources and with our Corporate/External communications team.

Specific Responsibilities:
- Develop the overall strategic platform for internal communications, including, but not limited to HR initiatives, Employee Benefits, and other organizational changes in support of business strategy/drivers.
- Create and execute integrated internal communications and change management plans for the organization and its leadership. Play a lead role in setting and achieving objectives for internal communications.
- Translate the business strategy into a key message platform, manage the branding and dissemination of the messages, and assess and adjust the results, as necessary.
- Guide and enforce the consistent use of branding and tone to ensure all communication is of a consistent voice.
- Direct the development of an effective internal communications infrastructure, including the establishment of communication process and methodologies.
- Identify and specify appropriate communication tools and establish expectations for their use.
- Lead communication process improvement, identifying gaps and barriers to information flow with the use of research and assessment tools.
- Support corporate functions providing regular and ongoing counsel to management on internal communications strategies. Identify creative opportunities for management to communicate with internal audience.
- Provide internal communication expertise, counsel and support for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, policy changes, change management and crisis communication.
- Ensure consistent messaging and integration of all employee communications vehicles, leveraging the full array of communication solutions (face-to-face, electronic, print, broadcast, podcasts, etc.) and establishing an effective cadence.
- Manage the recently launched HMH Corporate Intranet – built on the SharePoint 2010 platform – including the continued build-out and phased rollout of the site. This will include working with departments across the Company to ensure content population, and overseeing site content so it stays fresh and relevant.
- Create and implement ongoing strategic metrics, both qualitative and quantitative to measure success.

Requirements:
The successful candidate will be skilled at:
- Building his/her own internal credibility and becoming a sought-after resource for communications advice and counsel.
- Being a change agent in a highly ambiguous, ever-changing environment.
- Seeing opportunities and offering solutions. Has a fearless approach to taking on something new, gaining internal alignment and support for it and then driving it over the finish line.
- Working well as part of a team yet also able to operate independently.
- Operating as a business partner, not simply taking direction, but driving strategic communications programs, providing valuable counsel, advice and appropriate pushback.
- Process-orientation – bringing best practices and processes to the corporate communications department.

Additionally, the successful candidate will have/be:
- A keen understanding of all types of vehicles that will effectively tell our story to internal audiences.
- Ability to present often complex information in a clear and compelling manner.
- Strategic communications planner and a significant hands-on contributor, with superior writing and communications skills.
- Ability to manage a number of programs/projects simultaneously.
- Energetic self-starter; willing to take initiative with confidence.
- Must be creative, persuasive and diplomatic in presenting ideas and manage their implementation.
- A proven team player, who thrives in a collaborative setting and possesses confident management style and leadership ability; evidence of discretion and tact in dealing with people and issues.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with a focus on planning, setting priorities relative to importance and urgency, managing process, and delivering results under tight time constraints.
- Proficiency in MSFT Office including PPT is required, skilled in Photoshop and design software, as well as SharePoint 2010 strongly preferred.]]>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Internal-Communications-Director-Job-MA-02108/2595072/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Internal-Communications-Director-Job-MA-02108/2595072/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Lead Digital Content Engineer with HTML5
Published Division/Department: Technology Product Development
Requisition #: 5446
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Information Technology

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Digital Content Engineer with strong technical knowledge and team management skills. Our main development projects will be Web-based online interactive programs, mobile applications, short Flash animations, presentations, dynamic Flash and HTML5 content which are integrated with a database or LMS for the capture of user responses.

We are looking for a Digital Content Engineer with strong development skills and good creative talent. Ideally the Digital Content Engineer will have experience of managing out of house development teams while also working on internal projects.

Duties & Responsibilities

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Develop user, functional and business specifications

* Lead and manage near and far shore technical development partners
* Facilitate stakeholder and other resources to ensure goals and objectives of the project are met.
* Work with an interdisciplinary team that includes project managers, engineering, architecture, graphic designers, marketing and executive leadership
* Collaborate with other engineering resources (e.g. platform/backend engineers) to define touch points and interfaces with other systems
* Implement and design technical solutions to meet requirements
* Troubleshoot existing product issues and develop solutions
* Structuring content to enable efficient re-use, customisation and localization
* Staying abreast of emerging trends and technologies

Requirements:
Skills and Experience:

Essential

*
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Multimedia, or comparable industry experience

* A minimum of 3 years proven leadership/management experience of technical teams.
* At least 5+ years as an Interactive Developer
* Proven experience of creating dynamic, interactive content
* Excellent debugging skills
* Excellent oral and written communication skills with fluency in English essential
* HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, XML, Flash and Flex, Air, Action Script
* Javascript frameworks
* Knowledge around integration with enterprise systems
* SQL experience would be a plus
* Photoshop/InDesign would be a plus
* Knowledge of different print formats (e.g. ePub3) would be a plus
* Ability to work under short deadlines
* Must be able to work in a team of developers (both internal and external) on multiple projects simultaneously

Highly Desirable

* Strong design/aesthetic sensibilities

* Experience in developing interactive learning and gaming products would be a plus
* Experience in managing off-shore technical development partners
* Experience in development of server-side/enterprise systems (e.g. knowledge of Java/.net)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to a comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees

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