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Bill Imada Chairman and Chief Connectivity OfficerThe Walt Disney CompanySenior Financial Systems Analyst-Project Hire
Glendale, Calif. (Los Angeles Area)
From Ms. Juanita Martinez, Senior Recruiter, The Walt Disney Company.
At Disney, we‘re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. We do this through utilizing and developing cutting-edge technology and pushing the envelope to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our talented team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world.
At Disney Financial Systems, you will team with the best in the business to create and build in one of the most innovative teams in any industry. Uniquely positioned at the center of The Walt Disney Company, the forward-thinkers at Financial Systems constantly pursue new ideas and cutting-edge technologies to help The Walt Disney Company’s many businesses drive value, all the while gaining something valuable from the experience themselves. An opportunity exists to support this dynamic organization as a Sr. Financial Systems Analyst – Project Hire in the Disney Financial Systems team based in Glendale, CA.
The Sr. Financial Systems Analyst -Project Hire(SFSA) will support the Plan To Consolidate (PTC) process and enhancements for the company. The SFSA’s key focus will be to support the PTC strategy, governance, and support PTC end users. The SFSA will also assist in enforcing policies and standards for the Enterprise and the individual Segments. He/she will participate in the design, evaluation, testing and implementation of system break fixes, enhancements, projects, and other system changes. The SFSA will provide daily support to end user community, identify continuous improvement opportunities and develop training/communication materials.
The ideal candidate should have a strong accounting or finance background with experience in SAP and finance system implementations at a Corporate, Segment or Business Unit level. This candidate should be familiar with financial process best practices and be able to work with various entities to streamline existing processes.
Job No. 555366BR
The Walt Disney Company
Senior Financial Systems Analyst
Glendale, Calif. (Los Angeles Area)
From Ms. Juanita Martinez, Senior Recruiter, The Walt Disney Company.
The Senior Financial Systems Analyst (SFSA) Planning & Reporting, will support the Business Intelligence Planning & Reporting for Enterprise Reporting (Corporate), Studio, Consumer Products & Interactive (DCPI), ABC TV (DATG), ESPN and our enterprise financial systems (e.g. SAP, Business Warehouse, Business Objects, Cognos/TM1). They will build financial analysis and reporting tools through the implementation of business intelligence solutions. They will design, build and support the analysis and reporting process improvements, system enhancements, and transaction automation tools to meet the segment/client needs. They will also participate in sustainment support activity for planning applications. The SFSA will provide daily support to end user community, identify continuous improvement opportunities and develop training/communication materials.
Strategic Focus: He/she will serve as a strategic business planning partner working with business process owners, business units and IT to formulate options to address specific reporting and analysis issues/requirements. The SFSA’s key focus will be to support the reporting and transaction automation strategy and solutions for the Corporate, DATG, ESPN, DCPI and Studio segments.
Report Automation/Process Realignment/User Support: Provides support to finance planning and accounting system users and develops/delivers localized segment training as needed. Works with segment partners to understand and support their transaction processing, reporting process, and data needs. Gathers requirements, conducts testing, and leads change management and training activities. Provides technical support for SAP BW custom queries and develops complex Excel workbooks utilizing VBA for the Corporate, DATG, ESPN, DCPI and Studio segments.
Experience: The ideal candidate should possess experience in large organizations utilizing SAP, Excel with VBA and financial reporting (Cognos/TM1, Business Warehouse and Business Objects). This individual should be able to develop and deliver well laid out presentations, and tailor communication to fit varied audiences.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in query and report development, conducting process reviews and be familiar with current business analytics and finance process best practices and be able to work with various entities to streamline existing processes.
Job Number: 525775BR
Padilla
Account Executive – Health
New York City
From Ms. Victoria Gibbs, Human Resources Contractor, Padilla.
An AE is responsible for defining and organizing work, delegating assignments to other staff members, writing and editing copy, digital and social media content management, reporting and documenting results, establishing and monitoring client budgets, maintaining quality work standards, establishing good working relationships with clients, the media and vendors. They also oversee client and company initiatives implemented by assistant account executives, and interns. In addition, the AE begins to implement fully “managing up,” or making sure his or her supervisors are doing their part to support job performance and meeting of commitments.
An AE actively participates in generating new business for the firm. This primarily involves research, writing and presenting proposals, but may also include prospecting and lead generation.
An AE demonstrates a willingness to handle work that falls outside of the official job description, when necessary, including aspects of the AAE and Intern positions or temporary assignments involving other accounts.
SCOPE
- Reports to: Multiple senior account team members
- Billability/day: Based on company standards
- Role: Day-to-day program/account management
- Areas of Expertise: Tactical planning and execution, writing, managing
- Supervises: Programs
- Responsible for Retention & Growth of Account(s)
- Participate in NBS Development
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of marketing and communications and public relations, including the components of a plan and the differences between objectives, strategies and tactics.
- Demonstrate the ability to write effective web and digital content, social media postings, press releases, pitch letters, client memos, and other materials with editing by supervisors.
- Budget projects and timelines accurately and manage the project within the budget and deadlines.
- Ability to assist in developing presentations, delivering pitches and participation outreach.
- Establish and build strong relationships with key media who are important to clients.
- Meet all deadlines and keep supervisors informed of progress on projects.
- Ability to analyze a client’s situation and develop sound recommendations.
- Able to delegate assignments and bring in senior people where appropriate.
- Implement all major company initiatives, including media interviews/tours, brochures/newsletters, surveys, special events, social and digital media initiatives, etc.
- Understand new digital and social media and how to effectively use it to achieve client objectives.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of how the print/broadcast/ online media works and how to successfully pitch stories that might feature or include clients.
- Create/pull high quality media lists.
- Join a marketing/communications professional organization and/or a client industry trade organization and attend functions staged by these groups for the purpose of professional skills/knowledge development, agency promotion and new business prospecting for PadillaCRT.
- May manage one or more employees at the Intern or AAE levels, delegating assignments and being responsive to issues/concerns/workload of employees supervised.
- Manage-up: Making sure your supervisors are doing their part so that your needs are being met and you are being supported in delivering upon your obligations to clients, colleagues, the media, business partners, etc.
- Manage and direct outside vendors.
- Travel as needed for client meetings and/or media/special events.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor degree in communications, marketing, public relations, business or related field
- Three or more years of progressive professional experience
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Good time management skills
- Demonstrated desire for continuous learning
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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Padilla
Associate Designer
Minneapolis, Minn.
From Ms. Victoria Gibbs, Human Resources Contractor, Padilla.
We need help. We need you.
We need an associate designer; someone one to two years out of school and in search of mentoring in all aspects of design conception and implementation.
What we do have already is a dynamic creative team within Padilla. We are a fully-integrated, cross-office collection of writers, designers, developers, strategists, producers, production artists and external partners creating world-class, award-winning work.
Responsibilities
- Work on a variety of print projects including identity and brand development, print campaigns/collateral and infographics as well as social media graphics and digital marketing campaigns.
- Produce materials using Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Understanding of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Keynote programs is also important. The associate designer should also be growing in understanding of creating press-ready production files and should have all files reviewed by a production artist prior to final delivery, and be growing in understanding of printing and digital technologies.
- Support the creative lead or creative director to ensure that each project aligns with client visual brand guidelines and the strategic objectives set forth in the creative brief.
- Seek to grow, learn and experiment with new and innovative ways to solve client problems, and how to turn those solutions into innovative creative executions.
- Seek opportunities to grow technical and professional skills relevant to the creative team and will coordinate with supervisor to do so.
Competencies
- Problem Solving/Analysis – engage with internal team and assignments to understand client business challenges and project goals
- Financial Awareness – approach design opportunities with an eye toward cost effectiveness and value for each promotional dollar expended
- Communication Skills – growing writing skills and the ability to communicate how design solutions align with strategic goals. Working on oral presentation skills with opportunities to present own design work during internal meetings.
- Time Management – meets project milestones and deadlines with timely and open communication with team when progress is lagging or at risk. Maintains current timesheet entry of hours logged to assigned projects
- Self-Development – motivated to keep learning and sharing with teams to improve the agency
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in graphic design, advertising or equivalent creative background
- A portfolio of school and freelance work that demonstrates conceptual problem solving
- Good communication skills and the ability to express design thinking
- Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote and Microsoft Word & PowerPoint
- An understanding of requirements and practices of digital design
- Openness to receiving and interpreting design feedback
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Executive Assistant - Government and Community Relations
Los Angeles
From Mr. Isaac Cuevas, Associate Director, Immigration Affairs, Office of Government and Community Relations, Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Department: Gov’t & Comm. Relations
Supervised By: Department Director
Employment Status: Full Time
Position Summary
The Executive Assistant, under the supervision of the Department Director, assists in the ongoing review and strategic response to legislation and government policies that affect the Archdiocese. The Executive Assistant will be responsible for performing a number of administrative duties for both the Office of Government and Community Relations and the Office of Immigration affairs. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, professional, and capable of prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Because all Archdiocesan employees represent the Roman Catholic Church, they are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the goals and mission of the Church as they carry out their duties and responsibilities. The Executive Assistant:
- Serves as the principal contact and source of information for anyone contacting the department.
- Answers and routes phone calls, mail and e-mail messages and may handle wide-range information dissemination.
- Purchases and maintains inventory of supplies for office
- Maintains a database of new legislation introduced at the state and federal levels.
- Coordinates daily calendars, plans and schedules meetings, and coordinates travel arrangements
- Supports the offices in reaching out to congressional, state and local elected officials
- Maintains a database of all elected officials whose home districts are within the boundaries of the Archdiocese.
- Collaborates with other Archdiocesan departments and at times takes the lead on coordinating and monitoring projects and events
- Monitors budget including tracking expenditures; and prepare spreadsheets for budgets
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as may be delegated from time to time by both offices.
- High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience
Any combination of experience and education likely to provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities, typically:
- Bachelor’s Degree,
- Two years of related administrative experience,
- Fluency in English and Spanish, Proficiency with Adobe, Outlook, and Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
Knowledge of:
- The teachings of the Catholic Church.
- Archdiocesan and Church policies, procedures and organization.
- Basic civics; and structure, function, and processes of government
- Office procedures and business etiquette.
Ability to:
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Display sensitivity to various situations and needs.
- Work with a wide range of communities within the Archdiocese
Resumes may be sent to: eorozco@la-archdiocese.org
Iora Health
Regional Marketing Manager
Phoenix, Ariz.
From Ms. Kathleen Haley.
Other regional manager openings in Massachusetts and Washington.
The Role
The Regional Marketing Manager is a key member of the Marketing & Communications team, as well as the Arizona market team. S/he will act as the local marketing expert and will be responsible for generating marketing qualified leads and increasing brand awareness and consideration. S/he will develop and implement a comprehensive local marketing strategic plan.
S/he will work very closely with Market leadership, Marketing and Sales teams and practice teams.
The position will be based in the Phoenix area and will report directly to the Senior Manager of Regional Marketing in Boston, MA with a strong dotted line report into the Arizona Operations Lead. This role will cover all nine practices in Arizona (seven practices in Phoenix and two in Tucson) so travel within market is frequent and required. The Manager will have no single office but instead will typically spend time between practices.
Specific Responsibilities & Expectations
This is an amazing opportunity for someone with significant—and broad—Marketing experience who would like to play a key role in a high growth, innovative healthcare company. Specific responsibilities will include:
• Identify, understand and communicate specific market communities and nuances including SWOT
• Identify, present and implement local marketing plan to drive measurable brand consideration and patient growth, which may include local partnerships/sponsorships, advertising and events, etc.
• Drive patient referral channel working closely with practice teams
• Support Channel Sales team with marketing to Agents
• Lead marketing program directives and facilitate feedback to and from local teams
• Manage local marketing budget
• Manage and track against key performance indicators
• Develop local story ideas and content for social media, blogs, PR and other content opportunities
• Support website content and updates
• Develop patient-facing communications around updates and changes
• Responsible for ensuring all in-market messaging and materials remain on brand
Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or Business preferred
• 5-8 years of marketing experience required
• Deep understanding of the local communities
• Proven track record in a lead generation environment
• Experience and success with lead generation and marketing within the healthcare industry a plus
• Must have strong communication skills and able to work across cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to execute on multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and project management skills required.
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Self-starter
• Team player who is driven by our mission to restore humanity to healthcare
Regional Marketing Manager - Iora Health -- For Arizona, Washington and Boston area (3 separate roles) - Below is the job description for the Arizona position. Please apply online at www.iorahealth.com/join-team/search-jobs/
The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)
Senior Communications Manager
Washington, D.C.
From Mr. Fields Jackson of Racing Toward Diversity magazine.
Job ID: 41142901
Description
The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the nation's leading national park advocacy organization, seeks a results-oriented professional to join our Communications team. The Senior Communications Manager will develop and implement strategic, integrated communications campaigns that advance NPCA’s conservation and legislative priorities, and are consistent with and elevate the organization’s brand. Ability to translate complex conservation and government policy into compelling, actionable messages for a variety of audiences utilizing traditional, social and digital media. Priorities include but are not limited to leading communications strategy related to clean air, energy development, national park funding, national monuments defense and centennial initiatives. Work with regional and communications staff to help regionalize national issues. Work with external coalitions to achieve collective objectives.
Please visit our website at www.npca.org for a full job description. Qualified applicants please submit your resume and cover letter directly online to www.npca.org under “Job Opportunities” No phone calls please. NPCA is an EOE.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications, Competencies, Skills, Education and Traits:
- At 4-5 eight years of strategic communications experience, including communications campaign development and execution.
- Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated success generating earned media.
- Self-motivated, able to perform a variety of tasks well, in a fast-paced work environment
- Demonstrated expertise using social media in a strategic, creative way to support integrated communications campaigns to enhance brand recognition and programmatic priorities.
- Proven ability to think creatively and strategically to solve complex challenges.
- Demonstrated ability in building and maintaining media relationships.
- Ability to translate complex conservation and government policy into compelling, actionable messages for a variety of audiences.
- Experienced in conservation policy.
- Experience working on Capitol Hill preferred.
- Proficiency in using software including MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel, Cision/or similar reporter database.
- Baccalaureate degree in communications, journalism, or related field
For more information and to apply:
Nielsen
Vice President – Client Services and Sales
Goodlettsville, Tenn. (Nashville, Tenn.)
From Mr. Andrew McCaskill, SVP - Global Communications and Multicultural Marketing, Nielsen.
Location:
Goodlettsville, TN, US.
Client Services and Sales - USA Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
Have you ever walked down an aisle in your favorite store and wondered why the products you buy moved, changed price or are on promotion? At Nielsen, we work with U.S. retailers to help them understand their consumers, and to optimize their business down every aisle. On the Nielsen Retail Team you will work face-to-face with major retail players and use Nielsen solutions to support the architecture of their corporate growth strategy and create best practices to elevate their analytics capabilities. Every day brings a new challenge when working in the fast-paced retail environment.
Be curious. Be collaborative. Be forward thinking. Join the Retail Team and work with our clients as a consultant, a problem solver, and the voice of Nielsen at our clients. When you join the Nielsen team, you’re signing up for an experience that requires flexibility, curiosity, and passion.
As a Vice President you will:
- Drive success across client relationships, build engagement through proactive consultation and add value to establish Nielsen as a valued strategic partner while managing and cultivating a high-performing team
- Recruit, build and maintain a strong, diverse team of people to meet ever shifting business needs, as well as, continuously assess organizational structure and alignment of talent to strategic business objectives
- Exhibit highly-developed probing, listening and feedback skills, resulting in clarification and confirmation of client needs. Guide others to do the same.
- Act as a role model for the Nielsen Values of Simple, Open and Integrated and instill value in broader team
- Build a culture of strategic collaboration across the Nielsen organization to identify and install best practices
- Handles sensitive client discussions, including those related to crisis situations
- Own and manage team’s operating plan and revenue targets
- Apply analytic problem-solving and solution creation to Retail industry business issues
General Skills
- Mastery in leading positive client relationships in complex situations, resolving client issues & growing client engagement
- Proven track record in retail strategy, market research, project management, sales/business development and/or consulting
- Superior in senior level communications, influencing & negotiation
- Revenue accountability. Expert in financial & contractual management
- Able to manage, motivate, develop & inspire large teams
- Excellence in developing & executing strategic plans for a business unit
- Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams
- Strong sense of urgency and accountability to drive client outcomes while managing multiple priorities
- Highly developed blend of proactive mindset, consultative client engagement and forward-thinking analytic vision
- Demonstrated ability to develop, adapt and apply analytic solutions to client business issues
- Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams
- Strong presentation, negotiation and influencing skills
Background and Technical Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- MBA preferred
- 10+ years’ experience
- Preferred industries: Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Consulting, Information, Analytics
- Strong analytical aptitude
- Consultative, fact-based and persuasive engagement style
- Position based outside of Nashville, TN (Goodlettsville)
About Nielsen:
Nielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content — video, audio, and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry’s only global view of retail performance measurement.
By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90 percent of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com
Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.
Job Type: Regular
Primary Location: Goodlettsville,Tennessee
Secondary Locations: Chicago
Travel: No
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Nielsen
Director, Talent Acquisition
Chicago
From Mr. Andrew McCaskill, SVP - Global Communications and Multicultural Marketing, Nielsen.
Director, Talent Acquisition - 12168
Human Resources - USA Chicago, Illinois
There’s never been a better time to be a part of the excitement at Nielsen. While the company is working hard on the “Science Behind What’s Next,” our Talent Acquisition (TA) team is attracting the best and brightest talent to drive what’s next at Nielsen.
We’re looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition professional to join us as a Director, Talent Acquisition and lead our US Commercial Watch & Buy recruiting team. We have a strong group of enthusiastic recruiters dedicated to finding sales, analytic, and client service/consulting talent across our Consumer, Media, Digital, and Product organizations. In this role, you will help build our talent and recruitment strategy for these critical parts of the business, lead key initiatives, and develop and lead a team dedicated to providing a high level of service.
Additionally, as part of the TA Leadership team, you will assist in transforming the Talent Acquisition function at Nielsen and taking things to the next level – completely delighting our clients with outstanding service, creating a uniquely positive candidate experience, pursuing progressive and innovative approaches to attracting the best talent in the most efficient ways – and providing exciting career opportunities to our team.
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Developing and maintaining strategic relationships with HR Business Partners and Business Leaders
- Driving continuous improvement in the applicant/candidate experience, reporting, data and analytics, productivity, planning and forecasting of hiring
- Building capacity and opportunity by bringing innovative ideas and recruiting techniques to the Talent Acquisition function
- Understanding and leveraging Talent Acquisition technology advancements to augment recruitment processes, efficiency and ways of working
- Providing direction and consultation to the management team on strategic and emerging staffing trends
- Leading diversity initiatives partnering with the HR team, business leaders, and Nielsen’s Diversity & Inclusion team
Here’s what’s in it for you:
- Working alongside some very clever and dedicated people who love what they do
- Great opportunities to learn and grow your career - we invest in people and we’re proud to see our associates’ careers flourish
- The chance to bring ideas to the table - we’re constantly looking at how we can enhance what we do and how we do it, so we love to investigate and implement new ideas
- Global perspective - we’re always looking for associates to join our numerous global project teams, working on ideas and solutions that we will implement across our global TA community
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7+ years of recruiting experience; sales/commercial/analytics experience preferred
- Prior experience managing, developing, and motivating a team of recruiters
- Excellent client service, relationship-building, and collaboration skills; ability to engage stakeholders at different levels
- Strong written communication skills including presentation of management reports and ability to articulate data/metrics in a meaningful way
- Able to manage and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously; adhere to deadlines
- Comfortable with ambiguity and ability to work within a fast-paced business
About Nielsen:
Nielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content — video, audio, and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry’s only global view of retail performance measurement.
By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90 percent of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com
Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.
Job Type: Regular
Primary Location: Chicago, Illinois
Secondary Locations: NY - New York City
Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time.
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