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Account Executive (Outbound)
Company: Paro.ai
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 09, 2023
Therefore, we accept remote employees in the following states: IL, OH, MI, AZ, WA, PA, NJ, NY, TX, IN, FL, NC, SC and NV. Experience with sales tools such as Outreach, Salesforce, ZoomInfo, Gong preferred. Benefits at Paro: Benefits - We offer a comprehensive benefits package including: medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), dental, vision, and a 401(k) plan. You work collaboratively, do the right thing, never settle and put your best work into everything you do. Highly self aware, accountable, and committed to improving performance by welcoming coaching, continuous feedback and educational opportunities. Paro currently does not match 401(k). At Paro we work hard, but we also want every employee to enjoy the journey. Competitive, results oriented self-starter with a positive will to win attitude who also possesses grit, tenacity, and a curious mindset. More about Paro Join us as we shape the future of finance work. In addition to unlimited vacation, we observe all federal holidays and offer unique Paro Holidays during months there isn't a federal holiday Office Environment - We have a beautiful, relaxed office space in River North, steps away from public transportation.
Senior Accountant
Company: Peter Shannon and Company
Location: Countryside, IL
Posted Oct 09, 2023
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package based on work and educational experience. The individual will have many responsibilities including but not…
Communications Specialist
Company: Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 05, 2023
Demonstrated knowledge and interest in newsworthy investment/finance trends, issues, milestones, and events. Exemplary attention to detail, self-motivated and accountable Ability to work non-traditional work hours as needed and attend business related events Benefits Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Retirement Plan (401k with company match, IRA) Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D, Critical Illness, Accident, Group Whole Life) Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays) Short Term & Long Term Disability Training & Development Employee Profit Sharing Plan 24/7 Gym and Wellness Center Exclusive Lounge Areas 15 Minute On-Site Chair Massages Retail in the building - Starbucks, Amazon Go, Sopraffina, Hannah's Bretzel, and many more! Requirements Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or similar. Research, recommend, and maintain a calendar of key events, speaking engagements, award opportunities, and conferences for Cabrera Capital leadership. Cabrera Capital is a full-service broker-dealer firm and investment bank. We are proud to be a certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and while we take pride in our social mission, the firm competes effectively by providing superior client service and value. 2-3 years professional experience developing and executing integrated communications strategies. Outstanding writing ability and excellent verbal and presentation skills. Develop, maintain, and manage key relationships with media especially within the investment/finance space. All other duties as assigned.
Director of Design
Company: Campus Ink
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 10, 2023
Self-motivated, highly organized, and detail-oriented. Benefits 401(k) matching Paid time off Paid training Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Available Proficiency in design software and tools (Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator, Figma, Canva, etc.) Requirements Bachelor's degree in a related field (Apparel Design, Graphic Design, Merchandising or similar). Ability to inspire and motivate a creative team. Familiarity with apparel printing and decorating techniques and processes. Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of creative work. Lead and develop the skills of the design team, fostering a culture of creativity and continuous improvement. Efficiently manage the design workflow across teams, ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.
Executive Creative Director
Company: Current Global
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 09, 2023
Current Global is an award-winning global communications agency that prioritizes humanity in its operations and client relationships. The agency, a member of the Interpublic Group of Companies, offers a diverse and inclusive work environment. The Executive Creative Director role is an opportunity for an innovative leader to guide creative work, collaborate with various teams, and contribute to the agency's growth and success. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in PR, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record of creating award-winning campaigns.
Software Engineer: Early Career
Company: Aquatic Capital Management
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 09, 2023
The firm’s culture will be shaped by collaboration, meritocracy, ambition, and calm determination. Uncluttered by legacy platforms and processes, Aquatic develops systematic investment strategies, enabled by a leading-edge research and development platform. At Citadel, Jon held numerous senior positions over the years, including head of Statistical Arbitrage and Equity High Frequency, culminating in leading the highly successful Global Quantitative Strategies business. Prior to founding Aquatic, Jon was a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Citadel, where he worked for more than 13 years. The vision is simple: to build a world class, quantitative trading company with a collaborative team of highly capable researchers and engineers.This role represents a unique opportunity to join a distinguished and hugely successful quantitative investment manager at the foundational level of building a world class operation from scratch. You’ll work collaboratively to build systems that are critical to the success of our company.In this role, you will:Directly contribute to the development of Aquatic’s market prediction and trading platformGet exposure to applied machine learning techniques and quantitative financeApply hands-on software development in Python, C++, Java, and other languagesLearn to manage the full lifecycle of software engineering, including design, testing, deployment, and operationsAdopt modern development practices including Test-Driven Development, Pair Programming, Configuration as Code, and Infrastructure as CodeGain experience in execution, trading, or research system architectureLearn to use automated tests to accelerate your development and get to “done” soonerGain understanding of Linux system administration concepts and skillsRequired Experience: An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalentExposure to modern C++, Python, or JavaComfortable working in and with LinuxAbility and desire to create deterministic, automated testsA history of overcoming difficult problems using simple solutionsCandidate Qualities: Eagerness to both learn and teach; desire to rapidly improve your skills through direct mentoringPreference for working in a team delivering results and working across large scale solutions aligned with development and business goalsComfortable providing and receiving actionable feedback in a collaborative team settingStrong bias for actionDriven by accountability and internal urgencyMotivated by an ambitious environment and driven colleagues Aquatic Capital Aquatic is a quantitative trading and investment company recently launched by Jon Graham. At Aquatic, we are actively recruiting for a Software Engineer in our Chicago office. In this role you will work directly with some of the best and most experienced researchers and technologists in the financial services industry.
Intern - Trade Support Engineer
Company: Geneva Trading
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 09, 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. The summer internship program is a path to earn full-time opportunities at Geneva Trading after graduation.As a Trade Support Engineer (Intern) You WillSupport engineers through change release process and deployment, troubleshoot and escalate to the DevOps and Development team when necessary Learn to troubleshoot issues that arise on trading desksReview log files to find application issues, bring awareness of common issues and propose solutionsAssist in the management and tuning of monitoring tools to prioritize alerts Develop scripts to automate tasks as neededRequired QualificationsCurrently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Information Technology or similar field of studyGraduation dates between April 2024 and August 2026Experience troubleshooting, documenting, basic networking concepts, and Windows OSExperience with scripting (Python, PowerShell, or Bash)Problem solver and self-starter with ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teamsPreferred QualificationsPython proficiency highly preferredExperience with cloud services/platforms, log tools, queries, and Jira preferredStrong project management experience preferredWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. You’ll receive mentorship by industry pros and will participate in corporate training, teambuilding activities, and firmwide summer socials to strengthen your connection with other interns and full-time employees. Our internship program is a fast-paced, dynamic 10-week full-time paid position that gives you hands-on experience in the trading industry. Rooted in a culture of integrity, collaboration, and an unwavering passion for progress, we foster an environment of personal and professional excellence. Our nimble organizational structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract top-tier talent with a passion for innovation, laying the foundation and driving our consistent success in the industry.Intern With Geneva TradingGeneva Trading is looking for ambitious, entrepreneurial students to join our systems reliability engineering team for a trade support internship next summer. Our interns are expected to design solutions to complex problems and work on projects that directly impact the firm. Founded in 1999, Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm with strategically located offices in Chicago, Dublin, and London. Our relentless focus on trading excellence combined with technological innovation has equipped us with a best-in-class proprietary trading platform, enabling us to compete at the highest levels in the global markets.
Software Engineer (C++)
Company: Aquatic Capital Management
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 09, 2023
The firm’s culture will be shaped by collaboration, meritocracy, ambition, and calm determination. Uncluttered by legacy platforms and processes, Aquatic develops systematic investment strategies, enabled by a leading-edge research and development platform. At Citadel, Jon held numerous senior positions over the years, including Head of Statistical Arbitrage and Equity High Frequency, culminating in leading the highly successful Global Quantitative Strategies business. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their unique skills, qualifications and relevant experience.Benefits:Benefits: Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents, competitive 401k plan, employer-paid life & disability insurancePerks: Wellness programs, casual dress, snacks, lunch, game room, team and company eventsDevelopment: Open environment to maximize learning and knowledge sharingTime: Generous PTO, paid holidays, competitive paid caregiver leavesAquatic Capital Aquatic is a quantitative trading and investment company recently launched by Jon Graham. Prior to founding Aquatic, Jon was a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Citadel, where he worked for more than 13 years. The vision is simple: to build a world class, quantitative investment manager with a collaborative team of highly capable researchers and engineers.This role represents a unique opportunity to join a quantitative investment manager at the foundational level of building a world class operation from scratch. This position may also be eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as a discretionary bonus, and benefits. Discretionary bonus can be a significant portion of total compensation. In this role, you will partner with the Quantitative Research team to build battle-tested production trading systems and create automated infrastructure to accelerate delivery of new models to live trading.Role DetailsDevelop and manage high quality, robust and efficient data and model pipelinesBuild tools that bring our models to live trading efficiently and in an automated, reproducible fashionImprove capabilities, performance, reliability, scalability and throughput of trading systemsWork closely with quantitative, portfolio researchers to improve the profitability of trading tacticsTechnical Experience: At least 5+ years of full-time professional software development experiencePrevious experience with market data is preferred Strong background in software engineeringExpertise in C++ and familiarity with PythonComfortable with iterative software development; high standards for software quality and hygieneNo experience required in finance and/or quantitative trading; interest is beneficialCandidate Qualities: Strong bias for actionDriven by accountability and internal urgencyDesire to independently seek best solutionsPreference for working in a team that focuses on delivering results aligned with Research goalsComfortable providing and receiving actionable feedback in a collaborative team settingMotivated by an ambitious environment and driven colleagues The base salary for this role is anticipated to be between $150,000 and $300,000, which is based on information at the time of posting. At Aquatic, we are actively recruiting for a Software Engineer experienced in developing, managing, and maintaining systems in production.
Enterprise Account Executive
Company: Pricefx
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 06, 2023
Pricefx, a leading SaaS Pricing and CPQ vendor, is seeking a sales professional to grow the US market. The role involves identifying potential clients, understanding their pricing challenges, and selling solutions to C-Suite executives. The company values flexibility, diversity, and work-life balance, offering remote work opportunities, a monthly IT allowance, and comprehensive benefits. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in B2B software sales, a track record of over-achieving targets, and proficiency in CRM software.
Head of Marketing
Company: Obie
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 05, 2023
Obie is a Chicago-based company revolutionizing landlord insurance, offering flexible and accessible coverage. They are seeking a Head of Marketing with 10+ years of experience, preferably in insurance, to drive revenue growth through strategic marketing. The ideal candidate will lead a team, develop brand and acquisition strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Obie offers competitive benefits, including flexible time off, parental leave, and stock options.
Legal Operations Manager (Paralegal)
Company: Atlas
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 06, 2023
All employment decisions at Atlas are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Atlas will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Atlas encourages applicants of all ages.This role may be subject to a background check after an employment offer has been made and final employment will be subjective to a positive result, in addition, reference may be requested at the final stage of the process. You must be self-motivated, with the ability to work collaboratively with others and independently in a fast-paced environment.About the job:Manage the signature process for all documents across the organization, including master service agreements, vendor agreements, corporate governance documents for local entities, and employment contracts for both internal and external employees.Establish and implement a streamlined, efficient process to track, monitor, and ensure all documents are signed in an efficient manner.Manage a team of legal assistants to coordinate signatures in various regions.In partnership with other departments/teams, maintain records for corporate board meetings, director and officer information, corporate record keeping, transaction execution, and governance policies.Assist with compliance and corporate governance matters for our international and domestic subsidiaries.Manage select Legal team workstreams in an efficient, organized manner, while seeking to continuously improve processes and systems.Support implementation and use of technology solutions to improve Legal operations.Manage NDA requests.Organize IP asset portfolio and oversee third-party licensing requests.Support responses to data requests, subpoenas, or other document requests in relation to litigation, government inquiries, or other areas.Generate templates, forms, tools, and guides to create efficiencies and provide opportunities for self-service.Ensure Legal team processes and systems work seamlessly and efficiently, driving continuous improvement to the operational functioning of the team.Proactively launch and execute plans for operational improvements.Provide regular communication (email, verbal, intranet, and other modes) with staff across all teams to support implementation of legal advice and Legal team communication across the organization.Create metrics, determining the right data to capture and identifying opportunities to do so, and report on and monitor progress to measure success, spot patterns, and identify hidden opportunities.Manage tracking information regarding litigation/contentious matters, select vendors, including outside counsel, and other .Identify opportunities to utilize vendors and outside counsel to expand capacity while maintaining a sustainable budget.Manage information governance and knowledge management for the Legal team:Ensure that all Legal team records are stored in secure, organized file systems to support shared knowledge and compliant record-keeping.Oversee implementation of document retention and destruction policy and legal hold process with the Compliance department.Create and implement protocols for sharing legal information.Handle other administrative responsibilities for the Chief Legal Officer.Perform other duties as assigned.About your skills:Associate degree in paralegal studies, a paralegal certificate, or a Bachelor's degree preferred3 to 5 years of professional experience in a business law-firm or in a corporate legal departmentExperience managing projects and people in a fast-paced, agile environment.Detail oriented with strong analytical abilities and problem-solving skills.Strong organizational, time management, and decision-making skills.A high level of discretion to handle confidential and sensitive information.Experience working for a global company with multiple offices is highly desired.Strong attention to detail and exactness in work.Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Work, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).About you:You are passionate about creating a compliance focused culture by implementing processes, controls, and policies. You look beyond the surface to understand root causes so that you can build long-term solutions for the whole ecosystem.Willing to work a varying schedule driven by Company demands.Ability to work on multiple projects and deals simultaneously.Additional QualificationsResults oriented, proactive, quality-driven, customer-centric and strong attention to detail.Strong collaborative, relationship management skills with the ability to communicate and influence stakeholders at all levels.Proven ability to prioritize, problem-solve with a structured approach, and manage multiple projects of varying complexity.Candidates should have strong commercial acumen, a hunger to learn and develop and be able to thrive in a fast-paced working environment.Candidates will require excellent communication skills both in writing and orally, and strong familiarity and proficiency with Microsoft Office packages (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).What We Offer The opportunity to work with a purpose — simplifying global expansion while supporting sustainable communities around the world A diverse and inclusive environment, with over 40 nationalities represented, 90+ languages spoken, and a workforce made up of 52% women Flexible PTO and birthdays off Growth and development opportunities with access to Coursera – a leading learning and certification providerThe opportunity to challenge yourself in a high-performing organization and leave each day knowing you have made an impact.This position description may not describe all duties, responsibilities, and skills associated with this position. Other duties or skills may be required.Atlas Technology Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Atlas is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. So, it helps that our people are located around the globe — in the US, UK, India, China and beyond — and speak 90+ languages. You are risk averse but understand what it means to ensure a company can grow.You want to build, create, monitor, and improve the approaches that the company.You thrive on ambiguity and constantly want to improve the overall function of the company.You love challenging yourself to improve and sharing your knowledge to empower others.You care about solving big, systemic problems. The Legal Operations Manager must be able to adapt to changing priorities and business needs and must be proactive in identifying areas of improvement and taking action to address them. The desired candidate is someone with a strong orientation to details, passion for organization, strong multi-tasking capability, ability to make critical decisions in a timely fashion, and strong capability to manage stakeholders. The Legal Operations Manager will work closely with the Chief Legal Officer and legal team, as well as internal clients at all levels. Through impact we are addressing our environmental impact for society, for the planet and for our long-term success. Employee wellness, diversity and charitable activities are at the core of our social responsibility. Impact ensures Corporate Governance operates ethically and responsibly while preserving our customers and employees’ trust.Position SummaryThe Legal Operations Manager position provides an exciting opportunity for a legal operations professional to assist the Legal team by managing legal operations to optimize the operational and organizational aspects of the department, including ensuring proper document maintenance, managing signature processes across the organization, and building a corporate document maintenance system. Diversity and inclusion are at our core. Atlas invests in Environment, Social and Governance initiatives through our impact program. Impact is central to our vision as a business and at the heart of our culture.
Account Executive (B2B travel)
Company: RateHawk
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Oct 06, 2023
Think out-of-the-box. travel agencies, tour operators, OTA, TMC, DMC. Experience in the travel industry is highly desirable. You are ambitious, proactive, results-oriented and comfortable with fast-paced business environments. Preferably located in Chicago, Texas and California, but open to other states across the East Coast and Central Area. If you want to participate in a conference, we will help to organize it; Mental health day; Corporate discounts on hotels and other services. You can start work at a time that suits you; Competitive salary + monthly and quarterly bonuses; Career growth opportunities and a corporate culture that encourages professional development; Complex and innovative product; Young and ambitious team of professionals; Learning: seminars, training and conferences. Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is required, and knowledge of other languages is a plus. You are capable of understanding and working across culturally diverse environments, reflecting ETG's global presence. 20-30% of your time may involve visiting customers or attending events.