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Production Artist

Company: tms

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 18, 2023

Responsibilities: Client service mindset and fantastic interpersonal skills with internal/external Teams and Partners Collaborates closely with other Studio Team members, Account, Production, Creative Create production-ready artwork files using Adobe softwares: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign (Sketch, Abstract, Zeppelin experience a plus) Properly organizing files and following Studio standards for: file structure, naming conventions, layers, color, etc. They should possess a strong understanding of typography, layout, composition and color. Applying creative artwork to vendor templates and at times, creating new templates for final delivery channels Packaging and releasing final artwork to media partners and properly backing-up files on DAM Participates in all applicable Studio status meeting and always strives for continuous improvement opportunities SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 1 – 3 year’s experience in Production Artist role, or similar position Proficient with Microsoft apps (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Suite software’s (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) Knowledge of templates, bleed, live, crops and optimizing for print processes Clipping/outlining images and compositing layouts Excellent written and verbal communication skills, client service mindset Collaborative by nature and strong interpersonal skills Ability to multi-task multiple projects, prioritize appropriately and problem solve Highly organized and meticulous attention to detail ROLE OVERVIEW The Production Artist’s primary focus area is to support the North American (and at times Global) Studio with producing artwork files for a variety of deliverables: packaging, POP, retail, omni-channel, etc. As a Production Artist, it often means you will be the last person to see artwork before it goes out the door. Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.​ ​Our parent company, HAVI, is a global, privately held company that delivers expertise and experience across analytics, packaging, sourcing, supply chain, and logistics. Together, we unlock potential in our shared talent, more career opportunities and benefits, and an elevated service for our clients — which include the likes of McDonald’s, T-Mobile, O2 and adidas — as well as their customers. ​ Check out our latest and greatest work, from Happy Meals and reusable packaging to adidas immersive experiences, digital campaigns, and more: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/792991243 Learn how we're bringing together technology, marketing, and sourcing to transform brands through "The Power of And": https://vimeo.com/792991410 tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving, always growing and listening.​ If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! The ideal candidate must be highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.

Print Specialist

Company: tms

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 18, 2023

Participates in all applicable Studio status meeting and always strives for continuous improvement opportunities SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 1 – 3 year’s experience in fast-paced print environment Proficient with Microsoft apps (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and Adobe Creative Suite softwares (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) Understanding of wide format and digital print devices Understanding of finishing techniques: presentation deck binding, mounting boards, prototyping/mock-ups, etc. Jokes aside, you will be helping with day-to-day activities which include: printing and binding presentation materials, creating boards for internal/external meetings, creating event signage, creating prototypes/mock-ups for TV/Motion/Photoshoots, proofing, etc. Responsibilities: Client service mindset and fantastic interpersonal skills with internal/external Teams and Partners Collaborates closely with other Studio Team members, Account, Production, Creative Daily maintenance & operation of in-house wide format and digital print equipment Prints and creating presentation decks and boards for internal and external meetings Creating color-accurate Hero prototypes/mock-ups Color optimizations and proofing hi-res final artwork through RIP softwares Order, track, and process in-house digital print consumables and supplies Layout and creation of graphics for internal and external projects Properly organizing files and following Studio standards for: file structure, naming conventions, layers, color, etc. As one of the “Faces” of the Studio, client service mindset is a MUST. Understanding of RIPs and proofing systems (ORIS ColorTuner & Fiery preferred) Understanding of Color Management Basics & Principles Photography fundamentals and stage lighting a plus Excellent written and verbal communication skills, client service mindset Collaborative by nature and strong interpersonal skills Ability to multi-task multiple projects, prioritize appropriately and problem solve Highly organized and meticulous attention to detail And because the equipment is on-site at our office in Fulton Market, expectations would be that this role is 100% on-site. The ideal candidate should already have a strong understanding of wide format and digital print equipment. You are a ninja with an X-Acto blade, and can properly identify different paper weights by touch! Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.​ ​Our parent company, HAVI, is a global, privately held company that delivers expertise and experience across analytics, packaging, sourcing, supply chain, and logistics. The candidate should also have a basic understanding of color management principles and best practices.

Intern, Data Science

Company: Strata Decision Technology

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 17, 2023

We foster a culture of inclusion, equity and belonging, regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Together, we lift our customers, our products, our company, and our community. We embrace learning, collaboration, and continuous career growth. Find out more about Strata benefits here. Should you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please reach out to [email protected]. Strata is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Our culture is driven by our people solving problems together. Our individual differences are what make us a more forward-thinking organization. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on both individual and company performance. Here @ Strata… We are committed to our mission to help heal healthcare.

Intern, Software Engineering

Company: Strata Decision Technology

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 17, 2023

We foster a culture of inclusion, equity and belonging, regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Together, we lift our customers, our products, our company, and our community. We embrace learning, collaboration, and continuous career growth. Find out more about Strata benefits here. Should you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please reach out to [email protected]. Strata is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Our culture is driven by our people solving problems together. How we work:The preferred location for this role is in Chicago, IL or St. Louis, MO. Our individual differences are what make us a more forward-thinking organization. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on both individual and company performance.

Digital Sales Strategist

Company: iHeartMedia

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 17, 2023

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status. Preferred Education: Bachelor's in Marketing, Business, or related discipline. • Excellent follow-up, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail. Our organization participates in E-Verify. Click here to learn about E-Verify. • Experience in developing and executing digital strategies. Attend high level sales calls and presentations. What You'll Need: The ideal candidate will possess: • 3+ years of digital media experience. Lead and support local agency digital presentations. What You'll Bring: Respect for others and a strong belief that others should do this in return Full proficiency and understanding of job function Ability to work independently with minimal guidance In-depth knowledge of key business drivers and how this impacts your team Experience in team and project management for mid-sized projects Ability to recognize and mitigate risk Confidence to solve complex problems using multiple sources of information Growth mindset and desire for continued knowledge sharing and learning Understanding of impact of your own decisions Ability to identify new opportunities for continued improvement across business Comfort acting as a trusted advisor for colleagues with less experience Ability to manage complex and confidential information and to influence others to build consensus across all levels Location: Chicago, IL: 233 N. Michigan Avenue, 30th Floor, 60601 Position Type: Regular Time Type: Full time Pay Type: Salaried Benefits: iHeartMedia's benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following: Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options Company provided and supplemental life insurance Paid vacation and sick time Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community A 401K plan Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost - services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!

Python Architect

Company: Geneva Trading

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 19, 2023

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Strong expertise in Python development. Requirements: Proven experience as a Python Architect. Learning and Development: - Lead Python skills development within the organization. Leadership experience and proficiency in Python version 3.9 and up. In-depth knowledge of software architecture principles. SDLC Management: - Oversee the SDLC for Python projects. Familiarity with financial markets and algorithmic trading is a plus. Python Development: - Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Python applications (version 3.9 and up). - Evaluate and adopt new technologies to enhance Python capabilities.

Intern, Client Services

Company: Strata Decision Technology

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 17, 2023

We foster a culture of inclusion, equity and belonging, regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Together, we lift our customers, our products, our company, and our community. We embrace learning, collaboration, and continuous career growth. Should you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please reach out to [email protected]. Find out more about Strata benefits here. Strata is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Our culture is driven by our people solving problems together. Our individual differences are what make us a more forward-thinking organization. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on both individual and company performance. How you’ll make an impact during your internship: Work with a top-notch team of consultants and project managers across all Strata client service practices; Data Integration, Advanced Planning, Decision Support, Project Management, and Client Training Gain exposure and experience in an Agile setting Assist in preparing best practice client-facing tools and templates Utilize financial, business, and organization models to develop more efficient, higher quality operations processes Communicate complex analyses and improvement recommendations to colleagues Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan the implementation of new processes and procedures across the Client Services team Collect, compile, and present various data metric sets to the operations team Own the execution and maintenance of tasks on a daily and weekly basis What we’re looking for: Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher with graduation date in Winter 2025 or Spring 2025, in Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Informatics, Finance, Business or related field Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially with Excel and PowerPoint Self-starter who possesses the ability to work effectively with limited guidance when necessary Interest in pursuing a career in consulting, software, or operations management How we work:The preferred location for this role is in Chicago, IL or St. Louis, MO.

Lead Analytics Engineer

Company: Ruggable

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 20, 2023

Ability and flexibility to coordinate and work with teams distributed across time zones, as needed Proactive in adding monitoring and alerting for preventing problems and analyzing performance You have experience leveraging tools for data governance, data quality testing, and documentation Expert knowledge of quality functions like cleansing, standardization, parsing, de-duplication, mapping, hierarchy management, etc. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Ruggable employees or any other company destination. Ability to drive continuous data management quality through defined and governed principles including timeliness, completeness and accuracy. If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here. To all recruitment agencies: Ruggable does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Ruggable is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. What You’ll Do: Create reusable data assets, validations of data pipelines and guide the implementation of monitoring systems Build, orchestrate, test, and maintain data transformations of data into analytics models Be a strategic partner for Product and Business teams in identifying critical analytical problems and apply an ambitious mindset to find innovative solutions with data Explore data across the company and work cross-functionally to find opportunities for new data sets that can support our products Developed models from landing DB to various destination schemas (incremental tables, views, and tables) Defining roadmaps/plans for the delivery of innovative data analytics solutions Spearhead the creation of new metrics that impact decision-making Serve as a mentor and resource to other analytics engineers on the team As a senior member of the team, you’ll promote strong standards throughout the organization and help level-up team members through the adoption of software engineering best-practices Helps to define business rules that determines the quality of data, assists the product owner in writing test scripts that validates business rules, and performs detailed and rigorous testing to ensure data quality Collaborating with business owners and analysts to understand data requirements and ensure data accuracy, integrity, and availability Building and optimizing data integration workflows to connect data from different systems, platforms and strengthen our foundational data tables and models Documenting data engineering processes, workflows, and solutions for knowledge sharing and future reference What You’ll Need to Have: Required: Minimum of 5+ years relevant experience as an Analytics Engineer or data engineering role, preferably with an AWS backend tech stack Ability to be onsite in Chicago, 2-3 days a week High proficiency in SQL and Python Experience with our data stack or equivalent (Redshift, DBT, Fivetran, Looker, etc.) Ruggable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Ability to perform extensive data analysis (comparing multiple datasets) using a variety of tools Excellent problem solver - use of data and technology to solve problems or answer complex data related questions and drive projects and initiatives forward A strong communicator who can develop and deepen strong relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders You're a fast learner and self-starter that can quickly acclimate to a new environment and does not require explicit direction for everything Preferred: Experience with AWS or relevant cloud tools Infrastructure Logging, Alerting, and Monitoring experience with platforms like DataDog, Cloudwatch Experience in leading engineering teams in development efforts Familiarity with data warehousing principles and best practices DAG development as well as orchestration and modeling tools such as Snowflake, DBT, Airflow Proficient in ETL and data warehousing best practices and core statistics concepts Experience with AWS Lambda functionality and AWS security Compensation: $145,000 - $155,000 per year base salary An annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company sponsored 401K plan At Ruggable, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. Job Summary: As a Lead Analytics Engineer at Ruggable, you will provide leadership in extending the business’s data pipelines by visualization, validation and transforming large data sets for both self service and managed reporting.

Senior Channel Alliance Manager

Company: Pricefx

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 20, 2023

Pricefx, a leading SaaS Pricing and CPQ vendor, is seeking a candidate with 3-5 years of experience in partner/channel management, marketing & sales, or management consulting. The role involves developing and maintaining strategic partnerships, guiding partners through onboarding, and maximizing revenue potential. The company offers a global team environment, flexible work opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including a monthly IT allowance, 401K matching, 4 weeks of PTO, and 12 weeks of paid maternity leave.

Relative Value Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Company: Wolverine Trading

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 18, 2023

Volleyball, soccer, hockey, 5K runs, picnic, parties, and trivia nights provide friendly competition and build better relationships. We are recognized as a market leader in derivatives valuation, trading, and value-added order execution across global equity, options, and futures markets. With a focus on innovation, achievement, and integrity, we take pride in serving the interests of both our clients and colleagues. Experience with electronic trading platforms and trading algorithms Familiarity with fixed-income market structure, regulations, and conventions. Ability to work collaboratively with portfolio managers, research analysts, and other traders. Professional Development: · In-house education team – educational classes and resources are offered by our education team for continuous learning opportunities · Mentorship Program through your first six months of employment About Us: Founded in 1994, the Wolverine companies comprise a number of diversified financial institutions specializing in proprietary trading, asset management, order execution services, and technology solutions. Wolverine Benefits: · Highly competitive salary bonus · Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling · 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits for single coverage · Generous Paid Parental Leave · Retirement Plans: 401K and Roth 401K · Profit sharing plan · Long- and short-term disability Perks of being at Wolverine: · Free breakfast and lunch from our in-house kitchen with rotating menus (including snacks!) While we work exceptionally well as a team in the office, our bonds are further strengthened through company events, activities and giving back. Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate investment ideas and strategies. · On-site gym with a subsidized membership · Frequent company outings · Opportunity to give back to organizations that help individuals in need, improve public health and provide others with educational opportunities and resources.

Head of Performance Marketing, Pangea Money Transfer (Hybrid)

Company: Enova

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 17, 2023

Enova International is seeking a seasoned digital marketing leader with 10+ years of B2C experience to join their Marketing team. The role involves managing multi-million dollar budgets, optimizing digital marketing channels, and leading a performance marketing team. The ideal candidate should have expertise in paid search, social campaigns, and mobile app promotions, along with strong analytical abilities. Enova offers a flexible work schedule, comprehensive benefits, and a values-driven culture.

Senior Software Engineer- Technical Operations Team

Company: Gelber Group

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted Dec 20, 2023

Gelber Group, a leading proprietary trading firm with over 40 years of experience, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Technical Operations. The role involves designing and automating processes around application deployment, hardware provisioning, and monitoring of the trading system. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of DevOps or software development experience, strong skills in C#, SQL, and CI/CD pipelines, and expertise in Linux systems. The position offers a competitive benefits package, including retirement programs, comprehensive health benefits, tuition reimbursement, and a flexible work environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the typical salary ranges for Continuous Improvement roles by seniority level?
Entry‑level analysts earn between $60,000 and $80,000 annually. Mid‑level professionals with Lean or Six Sigma experience command $80,000 to $110,000. Senior managers and directors typically receive $110,000 to $150,000, while executive‑level Continuous Improvement leads can earn $150,000 to $200,000, reflecting market demand in tech, manufacturing, and logistics.
What skills and certifications are most valued for Continuous Improvement professionals?
Top skills include Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, Kaizen facilitation, root cause analysis, DMAIC methodology, and statistical tools such as Minitab or JMP. Technical proficiencies in Tableau, Power BI, Azure DevOps, or SAP APO, coupled with Agile or Scrum knowledge, are highly prized. Certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or PMP enhance credibility and often correlate with higher compensation.
Is remote work common for Continuous Improvement positions?
Many Continuous Improvement roles in software, fintech, and consulting offer fully remote or hybrid arrangements, especially those focused on data analysis, process mapping, and tool implementation. On‑site presence is typically required for Kaizen events or manufacturing plant visits, but most companies provide flexible schedules and virtual collaboration tools.
What career progression paths exist within Continuous Improvement?
A typical trajectory starts with Process Analyst, moves to Lean Engineer or Kaizen Lead, then to Continuous Improvement Manager. From there, professionals can advance to Director of Continuous Improvement, VP of Operations, or transition into broader transformation roles such as Change Management or Product Owner, leveraging their process expertise across the organization.
What are the current industry trends affecting Continuous Improvement?
Digital twins and real‑time process monitoring are becoming standard in manufacturing, while AI‑driven analytics predict bottlenecks before they occur. Cloud‑based Kaizen platforms enable global collaboration, and sustainability metrics are increasingly integrated into continuous improvement KPIs. In software, DevOps pipelines now embed continuous improvement cycles to accelerate release velocity and quality.

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