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Position Title: Principal Product Designer

A bit about this role:

We’re looking for someone to lead and grow our team in mentorship, the architecture of workflow, design, thought leadership about our products and general direction and design - all with an awesome result and experience for our clients.  We’re growing and this is a large opportunity to lead in design at Brightside. As a Principal Designer, you will create best-in-class client service experiences through anticipating and fulfilling user needs. You will collaborate cross-functionally on projects that drive optimal outcome on both internal and external work flows, including all aspects of the support process from self-help, case entry, case updates to resolution. If your career goals include doing the work you love to solve complex problems that create meaningful outcomes, we would love to hear from you! 

Please share an online portfolio or PDF, of user-centered design solutions with strong visual and interaction design skills that includes mobile apps and responsive websites.

The meaningful work you will tackle:

  • Have direct impact on design at Brightside, solving hard interaction problems and supercharging our workflows

  • Design products—systematically, interactively, visually—in the pixels

  • Partner with engineering, product management, and research to design impactful metrics-driven solutions

  • Develop solutions, strategies and product requirements; you'll work with and managing feedback from multiple stakeholders

  • Partner with engineering in implementation and QA

  • Make selfless design decisions for the betterment of Brightside

  • Have a huge impact on growing the design system and the Brightside brand

  • Collaborate with other designers to maintain design consistency

  • Design, prototype, and develop elegant solutions for our mobile and web apps

  • Evangelize best UI practices to other designers, engineers, and product managers

What we’re looking for in your background & what makes you a success:

  • Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

  • Proven interaction design experience, and excel at navigating all aspects of the design process

  • A team player who is comfortable with autonomy, ambiguity & capable of providing product direction and who is obsessed with workflows

  • 7+ years of overall product design experience 2+ years of workflow design

  • Individual who loves showing their work often and believes it is how you improve

  • Strong product thinking and understanding of tactical design

  • Experience designing key workflows and interactions as well as thinking through edge cases and error handling

  • Experience for taking designs from execution to implementation

  • Ability to design and iterate based off of qualitative and quantitative insights

  • Fast pace prototyping skills with low-fidelity wireframe workflows to high-fidelity designs using Figma and Principle

  • Ability to articulate design decisions and problems they're solving

  • Experience working with design systems

  • Passion for identifying and solving user problems

Employee Benefits at Brightside: 

  • A safe, fun, remote & inclusive work environment

  • Medical, Dental & Vision

  • Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Days of Service

  • 401(k)

  • Short & Long Term Disability

  • Parental Leave

  • To be in an environment to learn and grow your own financial wellness

Please contact Kennedy Vo for more information! Brightside is open to speaking with experienced and non-experienced UX Designers. More opportunities outside of this role will open in the near future.


US Navy

We are looking for someone who has majored in mechanical engineering that can start full-time summer of 2022. The position is entry-level but is open to those with more experience.

Position: Entry Level Shock Analyst

Location: NSCWC Carderock (West Bethesda, Maryland)

General Responsibilities & Roles:

  • Conduct acoustic analysis to determine component environment and structural dynamics

  • Provide advanced modeling and simulation services to predict damaging effect of underwater explosions on surface and submarine hulls

  • Develop test plans and configurations, support test execution and analyze test results to validate and verify systems meet requirements and specifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • This position requires ability to gain security clearance through U.S. Citizenship

  • At least Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

  • Must live in the immediate area or relocate

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in finite element modeling software to perform structural analysis on surface ships and submarines

  • Experience in shock and vibration

  • Experience in technical planning

Reach out to Tam Nguyen for more insights!


 

Prince William Urology Associates (Manassas, VA)

The skilled team of urologists at Prince William Urology Associates in Manassas, Virginia, use some of the latest advances in medicine to better manage diseases and help their patients remain healthy.

The team at Prince William Urology Associates provide state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment, with careful attention to patient education. The medical staff treats each patient as an individual and a partner in their health care.

Since social discomfort and embarrassment often accompany urological conditions like urinary incontinence or other bladder control issues, as well seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction or vaginal atrophy, the doctors at Prince William Urology Associates emphasize compassion and discretion when dealing with all patients’ concerns.

For patients in need of testing and treatment for prostate cancer or kidney stones, or who need laparoscopic or minimally invasive surgery to treat another urological issue or improve their self-esteem and appearance, call or make an appointment online today with one of the doctors at Prince William Urology Associates in Manassas, Virginia.

Seeking Urology medical scribe full-time (URGENTLY HIRING)

Hours:

  • Monday: 5-6:30pm televisit (at home)

  • Tuesday: 8-4pm

  • Wednesday: 8-5pm

  • Thursday: 1-7pm

  • Friday: 7am-1pm

Requirements:

  • Doctor prefers female scribe as we go in with female patients frequently

  • Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred, but not required

  • Pay will not be negotiated, but will range $15-$20+/hour depending on experience

Work is sedentary in nature, just some walking around the office.

Please contact Christina Voo for more information!


FAS 360 Cohort Program (Recent Graduates)

Applications are open February 28th - March 4th, 2022. Interested applicants must send an email to james.wootton@gsa.gov. Applicants will be sent an email reminder to apply once the announcement goes live.

Start Date: June 21, 2022

Other Information

  • Targeting GS-7 and GS-9 grade levels for 1101, 1102 and 343 job series

  • Recruiting up to 15 participants to complement candidates converting from the FAS 360 Intern Program

  • 22-month rotational development program throughout FAS

Please see the linked page for more details on the upcoming Spring recruitment cycle for both FAS 360 programs


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Writer/Content Creator (Part-Time, Paid)

CrewFire is software solution that is bringing a powerful and innovative new approach to influencer, social media, and referral marketing, built for today’s digitally native consumer brands.

CrewFire is lead by UMD graduate Alan VanToai (Class of 2010). Alan is a Vietnamese-American entrepreneur currently based in Bethesda, MD (though we’re normally fully remote - Alan just got back from living in Vietnam for the last 5 years!)

Required Skills

  • Writing

  • Research

  • Social Media

Preferred (any experience here is a plus):

  • Website publishing

  • Graphic design

Example Projects

  • Interview subject matter experts in the world of influencer marketing, consumer products, marketing. Distill their learning into pillar content: ebooks, guides, blog posts.

  • Research trends in direct-to-consumer brands. Distill in blog posts and create visual content to publish to Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

  • Watch 5-10 minute videos from our founder, and turn into written summaries/blog posts. Share on social media.

  • Write weekly emails to the email list updating on the latest content & updates from the team.

Compensation/Role

  • To start, this will be a part time role (~15-20 hours/week), with the opportunity to grow into a full-time position if it’s a good fit (in both directions).

  • This role will pay hourly starting at $15/hour.


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Growth Hacker/Technical Marketer (Part-Time, Paid)

CrewFire is software solution that is bringing a powerful and innovative new approach to influencer, social media, and referral marketing, built for today’s digitally native consumer brands.

CrewFire is lead by UMD graduate Alan VanToai (Class of 2010). Alan is a Vietnamese-American entrepreneur currently based in Bethesda, MD (though we’re normally fully remote - Alan just got back from living in Vietnam for the last 5 years!)

Tools You’ll Be Using:

  • HTML/CSS

  • Webflow

  • Zapier

  • ConvertKit

  • Google Analytics

  • Social Media Apps

Example Projects

  • Taking content from our writer and publishing to our website, then promoting across our email list and social media channels.

  • Setting up Google Analytics and tracking pixels from various websites.

  • Setting up email opt-ins & lead magnets on our website

  • Competitive research

  • Growth hacking projects

  • User testing (running new users through our product and getting their feedback)

Compensation/Role

  • To start, this will be a part time role (~10 hours/week), with the opportunity to grow into a full-time position if it’s a good fit (in both directions).

  • This role will pay hourly starting at $15/hour.


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Entry Level/Junior Recruiter

Pragmatics is located in Reston, VA and will provide full benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, etc.). If hired, you will be able to have a WFH day as well.

If you're interested in applying, feel free to message Tiffany Nguyen and/or send her your resume at nguyentv@pragmatics.com.


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Community Curator

“My team at Snapchat is hiring and we're interviewing people this week! We're looking for a Community Curator who can review and assess fun, highly-engaging user generated content. This would be a contracted, full-time junior position.

Note: We're based in Los Angeles, CA so our hours are PDT.

If you have a passion for internet / pop culture, entertainment, and social media, this is the role for you!

Interested? Please email UNAVSA alumnus, Kevin Nguyen, at contact@kjnguyen.com with your resume and website if you have one ASAP!”