• The Senior Director, Large Format Channel is responsible for delivering Net Sales and Operating Profit results across our largest format retail partners • Develop and implement strategic joint business plans with key customers via a growth mindset, influencing customer category strategy, assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelf placement • Build and maintain effective customer relationships throughout the Target and Kroger enterprises • Collaborate with cross-functional partners—category management, customer service, marketing, supply chain, and finance—to deliver company revenue and profit goals • Lead comprehensive sales cycle process for assigned accounts, serving as the key point of contact for the outline and build of best-in-class selling materials • Manage broker agency partners—including onboarding of new brokers—to execute the strategic vision and ensure excellent customer service • Lead, train, monitor performance, and develop the skills, competencies, and capabilities of direct reports

Role Description We’re searching for a Director of Quality Assurance to join our Ivans Quality Assurance team in a remote location in either the United States or Canada. The Director of Quality Assurance will be responsible for leading and modernizing our QA strategy with a strong focus on leveraging AI throughout the software quality lifecycle. This role will help shape how quality is planned, automated, measured, and continuously improved across our carrier connectivity, data exchange, analytics, and platform modernization initiatives. In this role, you’ll lead QA teams responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, performance, and accuracy of mission-critical systems that support secure communication across the insurance agency–carrier ecosystem. Our platform leverages modern Java, Spring-based services, distributed messaging systems, Looker, cloud-native infrastructure in GCP, and emerging AI frameworks. You’ll lead strategic QA initiatives that modernize testing practices, improve release confidence, and embed intelligent automation across the SDLC. To keep us headed in the right direction, we’re looking for people who understand winning is a team sport, who value and seek to learn from our team’s diverse experiences and backgrounds, who welcome a challenge and take risks in the pursuit of creating better outcomes for our customers, and who can, at any given time, step back to laugh and have some fun. Qualifications - Significant experience leading QA, quality engineering, or test automation teams within a technology-driven organization - Strong grasp of the full QA lifecycle — test strategy, planning, automation, regression and performance testing, release validation, and production quality monitoring - Experience using AI, machine learning, or intelligent automation to improve QA processes, test generation, or defect analysis - A track record of building and scaling modern automation frameworks for APIs, backend services, distributed systems, or cloud-native applications - Familiarity with Java, Spring-based services, message queues, event-driven architectures, and cloud platforms - Strong leadership experience — coaching managers, developing technical talent, and driving accountability across cross-functional teams Requirements - Prior experience in insurance, financial services, SaaS, analytics, or high-volume transactional systems - A degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience - Experience defining quality metrics and translating engineering data into practical, cross-team improvements Benefits - A culture that values who you are and recognizes that you aren’t just an employee; you are a teammate, and you matter. - We flex our time together, collaborating remotely and in-person to empower our teams to work in the ways that work best for them. - A comprehensive benefits and compensation package that centers our teammates and helps them to bring their best to work every day: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage - Holiday and Vacation Time - Health & Wellness Days - A Bonus Day for Your Birthday Company Description We know that talent comes from all backgrounds and experience levels. We encourage military members and their spouses as well as candidates without a degree or a background in tech to apply! The total anticipated annual compensation range for this newly created position is $156,000 - $216,000 CAD, which includes starting base salary and, where applicable, variable or incentive pay. This position requires the employee to reside and work from one of the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, PEI, Saskatchewan. Our candidates’ personal information and online safety are top of mind for us. At Applied, we proactively protect your personal information and only communicate with candidates via a secure @appliedsystems.com email or through our official careers portal. Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation.

Role Description This role is for a big picture thinker to shape, position and activate world class brands to drive growth. Someone who can deliver business transforming brand strategy and positioning, as easily as they can bring it to life in creative or experience strategy. But Huge is focused on client outcomes over project outputs, so the real work is helping clients understand their paths to growth, figuring out the work the brand needs to do to get them there, and taking them there through whatever mixture of campaigns, products, experiences promises the greatest success. You will lead client and strategy teams and be a partner to CMO clients and to creative department peers. Externally you will focus on: - Building deeper strategic client partnerships - Growing potential partnerships through creative solutions - Helping clients understand the work their brand needs to do in order for them to succeed Internally you will: - Help make better strategies and better strategists through managing and coaching - Build relationships across disciplines - including data, creative, technology and product What you’ll be doing: - Shaping growth trajectories and strategic visions for brands, through audience understanding, landscape analyses, cultural awareness and creative ideation - Directing and getting hands on with core brand strategy practices (definition, architecture, naming, etc.) - Leading multi-disciplinary teams to shape and build strategic brand directions - Defining opportunities, insights, and frameworks for creative partners to act on that deliver commercial impact to clients - Building and shaping internal processes that facilitate efficient and effective strategy development - Developing clear points of view on relevant topics that inform strategy development, clients’ thinking and thought leadership - Leading the development of strategies and coaching other strategists in the same - Managing a team of business, brand and creative strategists Qualifications - 8+ years of experience driving brand strategy and creative work across traditional, digital, AI and experiential environments - Experience developing brand strategy that informs a broad ecosystem - including campaigns, messaging and employee engagement, organizational alignment as well as content and product strategy - Excellent communication and presentation skills - Passion to rapidly build expertise on new businesses and industry verticals - Ability to work in cross-functional teams and apply brand thinking to diverse opportunities and channels - Demonstrated experience partnering with and persuading senior client leadership Requirements - This role is currently not available for hire or work in New Mexico and Hawaii, USA Benefits - Wage Disclosure: $167,000 — $195,000 USD - Exactly where a prospective employee will be paid within this range will depend on various factors including experience, qualifications, and market conditions. Company Description Huge is a design and technology company. We create products and experiences that grow the world’s most ambitious brands. We do this by designing experiences for people, not users, and uncovering new sources of growth by leveraging our creative talent, our proprietary platform LIVE and unlocking the advantages brought to us by emerging technologies. Huge’s nearly 1,000 thinkers, tinkerers, makers and creators, have been problem-solving across North America, Europe, and Latin America for over 25 years. Huge is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. We believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self. Huge is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce and are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process.

Title: Technical Director Location: Remote Job Description: Level: Senior (Level III) | Work Location: On-Site – Washington, DC (telework may be authorized) ⚠ This position is contingent upon contract award. ABOUT THE ROLE Red Carrot is seeking a Senior (Level III) Live Streaming Technical Director to support a high-visibility federal communications contract. This role directs the technical execution of live stream productions — camera, audio, lighting, graphics, video encoding, and all pre-production testing — from a state-of-the-art interactive studio suite, delivering live and on-demand content to global audiences across social media and digital platforms, including viewers in low-bandwidth regions. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Direct the technical execution of a variety of live stream productions, including camera, audio, lighting, graphics/video, and all pre-production testing - Support live content distribution — overseeing content requirements, testing new strategies to optimize performance and delivery, and managing video encoders and hardware/software components to ensure delivery to social media platforms - Develop proficiency in all elements of live streaming applications, including creating live streams and channels, operating hardware and software encoders, CDN management, modifying and embedding video players, and multi-screen content delivery - Edit on-demand versions of live stream productions on tight timelines, applying appropriate metadata and archiving video as required - Lead R&D of live stream technology to develop the studio's technical capabilities; develop workflows, SOPs, and production practices that conform to industry standards and reach audiences in low-bandwidth areas - Serve as technical lead for video teleconference (VTC)-based programming, developing proficiency in Polycom and Tandberg codecs - Operate an array of production technologies in a support capacity — camera, audio, lighting, graphics, teleprompter, and floor directing — as needed - Ensure sets, props, and technical equipment are ready to use and in position; haul, set up, strike, pack, and properly stow camera, ground-support, audio, and lighting equipment for studio and field production - Ensure proper equipment storage, schedule routine equipment maintenance, and manage software/firmware upgrades - Train and advise overseas posts on elementary to intermediate live stream production principles and techniques, enabling them to produce their own live stream programs - Fully produce smaller-scale programs using web conferencing platforms (preferably Zoom) as needed - Work professionally and collaboratively with government stakeholders and production staff throughout the entire live stream production process MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred - Minimum 5 years of video production experience, with at least 2 years specifically in post-production/media management - Intermediate expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, particularly After Effects, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro - Experience coordinating complex schedules and multiple content elements; previous experience running a production crew highly desirable - Experience with live streaming applications and encoders (e.g., Wirecast, YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Instagram Live) highly desirable, with the ability to quickly learn lesser-known streaming platforms in use by media outlets - Demonstrated ability to use web conferencing platforms (preferably Zoom) required - Willingness to work nights and weekends as needed, travel domestically and internationally on short notice, and remain on location to fulfill production requirements on tight deadlines - Valid passport required - Ability to obtain and maintain a Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) clearance - Comfortable working in high-stress, fast-paced live production environments; unflappable, flexible, and able to adapt quickly and professionally to changes during a live production scenario - Ability to interact with international audiences, on-camera talent, and high-level dignitaries in a professional manner; experience working with VIP talent preferred - Ability to haul, set up, and strike camera, ground-support, audio, and lighting equipment for studio and field production - Fluent in Mac OS and word processing applications; working knowledge of Windows preferred - Working knowledge of social media platforms including X (Twitter) and Facebook - Experience with green screen lighting, shooting, and editing highly desirable - Experience with web development and working knowledge of HTML and WordPress highly desirable - Highly organized, self-motivated, and self-directed, with the ability to balance multiple responsibilities on tight deadlines as part of a collaborative team - Must maintain constant readiness through proactive monitoring of task coordination via email and messaging platforms Benefits at Red Carrot:     At Red Carrot, we empower you to be a leader. We attract and develop talent from all backgrounds because we believe there’s strength in diversity, offering different perspectives and skills. Together, we can solve our client’s biggest challenges. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.      - Training and Development – Tuition reimbursement and professional trainings for eligible employees. - Healthcare – Top-tier medical, dental, vision, life insurance and long-term disability coverage.      - 401(k) Plan – 401(k)-retirement and Roth plan with company matching and no vesting period.      - Profit Sharing – Discretionary profit-sharing plan to all eligible employees after one year of employment.           - Paid Time Off – Provides flexible work hours, paid time off, and 11 federal holidays.    About Us: Red Carrot is an award-winning, woman-owned small business built for the complexity of federal government work. We partner with clients to advance their goals — powered by a team fueled by passion, backed by intelligence, and grounded in expertise. From day one, we've applied industrial engineering principles and data analytics to solve complex problems with precision. Our approach is research-centric, data-informed, and audience-oriented — and it's how we deliver work that actually moves the needle. We exist to strengthen the organizations and communities we serve through trusted, purposeful communication. That's not a tagline — it's the standard we hold ourselves to on every engagement. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, with a strong and growing presence in Washington, D.C., our team works with clients across the country. Distance doesn't dilute our service. We build capacity where our clients need it, delivering Strategic Communications, Customer Experience, Management Consulting, and Human Capital Solutions that fit their mission — and their moment. We're the partner organizations turn to when communication challenges are real, the stakes are high, and the work has to matter.