SweetRush is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Lead Instructional Designer

The Lead ID meets all the requirements of Instructional Designers (see job posting below) and more. The lead instructional designer oversees the instructional design (ID) team on a project, provides instructional design direction, guidance, and support and leads the Analysis and Design phases. The lead ID works closely with the PM to help manage ID deadlines and deliverables, and manages the client's expectations. Sometimes Lead IDs will also function as IDs on the project.

• Consults with client to ensure that the program's instructional design meets the client's business drivers and objectives
• Sets expectations for learning outcomes
• Designs global instructional design elements to best fit the learning outcomes and creates design documents
• Works with SMEs to gather content and interview key individuals, when necessary, to gain content
• Organizes, indexes, and manages all content from SMEs
• Manages SME time and involvement to ensure SME time is never wasted
• Works with the project manager to schedule discovery events
• Works with the project manager to adjust standard process for project where necessary
• Works with the copyeditor to identify and gain client approval for writing standards
• Sets and manages to instructional design standards for all project deliverables
• Peer reviews all deliverables from the instructional design team.
• Coaches both internal and client teams about proven instructional design strategies and approaches

If you are interested in joining our freelance pool of instructional designers, please email your resume to catherine@sweetrush.com.

Lead Designer/Director

Description

This candidate has strong conceptual skills and superior design sensibilities. They play a significant role overseeing the entire creative process and driving creative strategies. They lead the definition, design and overall look and feel of integrated client programs. The lead designer/ director delivers the highest quality of work, inspires and enhances the efforts of the team, and ensures that our creative product remains leading edge and ahead of our competition, and ultimately delivers powerful results for our clients.

This role will be responsible for working from or creating a design brief as well as generating ideas to present to the client. It will be responsible for creative vision of the project as well as managing and directing all design resources for a project. They prioritize work and resources across multiple engagements and continually pitch concepts and presentations to clients. They will bring innovative and creative approaches to the table and inspire teams to create and build experiences that speak to client and audience needs. They will also keep the team working and aligned with the budget and timelines of a project.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is someone who is a team player, self-motivated and organized who has the following skills and experience. Since this position is to become a member of our freelance pool, feel free to apply even if there are some skills listed that you are not skilled in, please specify which:

• Minimum 4 years experience with Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash (available portfolio)
• Comfortable presenting to audiences, including senior personnel
• Good understanding of computer technology, interactive media and technical processes
• Knowledge of Basic HTML and action script is a must
• Understanding of game design
• Experience with video editing and after effects
• Knowledge of prototyping tools and 3D would be an advantage
• Understanding of Interactive media
• Strong and clean design aesthetic
• Excellent verbal and written English (a must)
• Problem solving skills
• Flexible and willing to adapt design ideas to meet technical criteria
• Excellent time management with the ability to multi task and accurately
• set and meet deadlines(a must)
• Strong eye for typography, color, and layout and great attention to detail
• Must own a computer and have internet access (a must)

If you are interested in diving into our multimedia freelance pool, please email your resume to design@sweetrush.com. Be sure to include your hourly rate, preferred working hours and a short paragraph about yourself and what you can bring to our team. Creative and/or funny stories are a plus! We would like to get to know who you are so don't be shy.

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Instructional Designer

Overall Description:

SweetRush is seeking exceptional individuals to join our team of trusted freelance Instructional Designers. Our business model is to maintain a pool of super talented IDs who we keep busy working with fantastic clients on exciting projects. The description below is a guide – but only apply if you believe you qualify as "exceptional" talent, meaning that you know your skills, attitude and capabilities are heads above your peers.

You will be responsible for designing and developing training materials to support our clients’ business objectives and ongoing operations, using ADDIE and related models. You’ll work closely with client subject matter experts to ensure the effectiveness of solutions for the intended audience(s). The training solutions we provide are often blended, and most often have an emphasis on eLearning. Thus, not only is experience with WBT/CBT required, but you must bring a real passion for online training and interactive technologies.

To function in this position, you must be self-directed and project management-oriented, though you will be part of a team reporting to a project manager or team lead.

Personality? We all get along; we all respect each other; we all revel in diversity; and we all are dedicated to the field and to our clients. You need to fit into this culture.

General duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Gathering all necessary client information from SMEs and conducting audience and learning environment analyses.
• Organizing and analyzing various materials, including analyses conducted, and developing strategies for the creation of policies, documents, programs, evaluation methodologies and other training materials to accomplish client’s business objectives for training.
• Working independently or as part of a team, depending on size of project, to develop and design instructional goals and strategies, training objectives and measurements.
• Participating in the development and implementation of policies, standards, documentation and processes to insure the final product meets our standards of excellence and consistency in terms of instructional design integrity and the client’s expectations.
• Demonstrating creativity, skill and experience in interactive design and production in order to create instructional materials to meet and exceed client expectations, goals and objectives.
• Designing and developing course outlines, detailed design documents, storyboards, participant and instructor guides, presentations, job aids and assessments.
• Evaluating existing client materials in order to identify deficiencies related to instructional design and integrity, or to incorporate new products into existing client materials.
• Reviewing, revising and finalizing all materials, including proofreading and editing of documents and materials.
• Communicating frequently and effectively with clients and internal team members to ensure that the goals and objectives of the project are being fulfilled.
• Periodically assessing and developing revised project goals based on input from the client or information learned during assessment or development of materials, and collaborating with the project manager or team lead and client to proactively resolve any deviations from project parameters.
• Providing periodic oral or written status reports on all ongoing development projects.

Knowledge, skills and characteristics required:

• Excellent decision-making skills, with the ability to exercise independent discretion and judgment
• Ability to analyze and evaluate facts and evidence, and process large volumes of verbal and written information, to formulate sound and logical conclusions
• Ability to effectively organize your schedule to ensure timely completion of all projects within the scheduled time frames
• Ability to accurately and succinctly communicate with other team members and clients both in writing and orally
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, and interact in a professional, friendly and team-oriented manner with all company and client personnel
• Ability to perform under pressure and maintain emotional composure under stress
• Exercise flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances and events
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent writing skills, demonstrating creativity, organization, and a good editorial eye
• Ability and willingness to participate at the proposal stage by crafting instructional approaches to projects to help differentiate ourselves from our competitors

Education and experience required:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree from four-year college or university in one of the following fields preferred: Educational Technology, Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, Education, Communication, Journalism or related discipline. Comparable OTJ experience in this role is also acceptable.
• Knowledge of instructional objectives, adult learning principles and learning theory mandatory
• Knowledge of information mapping and web design principles a plus
• Three to five years experience as an instructional designer in a business setting
• An advanced degree in one of the above fields may be substituted for no more than one year of the required experience.

And some final food for thought...

Are you looking to be part of a great company, small but stable and growing, with a unique San Francisco-based culture? Are you an exceptional talent ready to produce great work along with a dedicated team and world-class clients? If you meet the qualifications above, we would love to hear from you!

If you are interested in joining our freelance pool of instructional designers, please email your resume to catherine@sweetrush.com.

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Interactive Designer

Description

Our ideal candidate is a smart, articulate, and curious designer who loves all things interactive. It is someone who wants to push the boundaries of technology and user experience, and is ready to take a project and run with it.

You will be responsible of the design concepts for user interactions as well as the creation of wireframes and navigation maps both for the web and mobile devices. You will also be responsible for designing functional prototypes and Storyboarding.

Requirements

We are looking for candidate who is a team player, self-motivated and organized who has the following skills and experience. Since this position is to become a member of our freelance pool, feel free to apply even if there are some skills listed that you are not skilled in, please specify which:

• Minimum 4 years experience with Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash (available portfolio)
• Knowledge of Basic HTML and action script is a must
• Understanding of game design
• Experience with video editing and after effects
• Knowledge of prototyping tools and 3D would be an advantage
• Understanding of Interactive media
• Strong and clean design aesthetic
• Excellent verbal and written English (a must)
• Problem solving skills
• Flexible and willing to adapt design ideas to meet technical criteria
• Excellent time management with the ability to multi task and accurately set and meet deadlines (a must)
• Strong eye for typography, color, and layout and great attention to detail
• Must own a computer and have internet access (a must)

If you are interested in diving into our multimedia freelance pool, please email your resume to design@sweetrush.com. Be sure to include your hourly rate, preferred working hours and a short paragraph about yourself and what you can bring to our team. Creative and/or funny stories are a plus! We would like to get to know who you are so don't be shy.

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Designer

Description

As a designer you will assist with the creation of on-line visual designs including visual concepts, motion graphics, typography, branding and icon designs for the internet and interactive platforms. You will work closely with the design team to develop new interfaces, interactions and print/web material.

You will be responsible for participating in the conception process as well as creating wireframes and/or mock ups for interactions and templates. You will also be performing production work with graphics, layouts and photo editing.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is a team player who has the following skills and experience. Since this position is to become a member of our freelance pool, feel free to apply even if there are some skills listed that you are not skilled in, please specify which:

• Minimum 4 years experience with Photoshop, illustrator and Flash (available portfolio)
• Knowledge of Basic HTML
• Experience with Action script is a plus
• Understanding of Interactive media
• Strong and clean design aesthetic
• Excellent verbal and written English (a must)
• Problem solving skills
• Excellent time management with the ability to multi task and accurately set and meet deadlines
• Strong eye for typography, color, and layout as well as great attention to detail (a must)
• Must own a computer and have internet access (a must)

If you are interested in diving into our multimedia freelance pool, please email your resume to design@sweetrush.com. Be sure to include your hourly rate, preferred working hours and a short paragraph about yourself and what you can bring to our team. Creative and/or funny stories are a plus! We would like to get to know who you are so don't be shy.

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Project Manager

SweetRush is looking for project managers to join our work community – people who love life and collaborating with other people in a digital media environment. We are looking for key individuals who can lend proven skills as a Project Manager in either a full-time or freelance capacity.

SweetRush is truly a project management-focused company, and that focus has been the key to our success and to winning our clients for life. When we look to add a new Project Manager to our group, we are seeking someone who is extremely talented, experienced, dedicated and enjoys work and working with others in a team. Please do not apply unless you truly have mad skills.

You will be responsible for working closely with our clients and our team to create and deliver training materials that support our clients business objectives and ongoing operations, using ADDIE and related models. The training solutions we provide are often blended, and most often have an emphasis on eLearning. Thus, not only is experience with WBT/CBT required, but you must bring a real passion for online training and interactive technologies.

Personality? We all get along; we all respect each other; we all revel in diversity; and we all are dedicated to the field and to our clients. You need to fit into this culture.

Description

The Project Manager is a client liaison and project team lead working with graphic designers, technologists, instructional designers, writers and engineers. The PM is responsible for the entire scope of the project, from inception to launch – both the "big picture" of the project and all the myriad day-to-day details. The PM has the ability to identify, anticipate and manage risks, resulting in a smooth, efficient, on-time, on-budget project experience. Specific responsibilities include:

• Ownership of the client relationship throughout the project, acting as the project "hub" and primary contact point
• Setting and managing client expectations with the goal of achieving positive client/team interactions
• Providing clients with education and alternatives when challenges arise during the project
• Project status reporting, including risk management, budget tracking and change management, and issue tracking and resolution
• Designing and maintaining detailed project plans, including establishing realistic schedules and tracking key milestones and dependencies
• Managing all project resources in terms of prioritizing tasks and ensuring effective hand-off for dependent tasks
• Managing contractors who may be working virtually and in different time zones
• Overseeing and owning the quality of all deliverables

Requirements

Our ideal candidate has the following skills, experience and personality:

• Minimum three years experience as a client-facing project manager
• Experience in the training field, preferably eLearning
• Expertise at driving digital media (ideally, eLearning) projects from pre-production to launch and managing risks
• Experience developing proposals, gathering estimates, and creating and tracking budgets
• Experience managing resources working on multiple projects and setting priorities
• Previous experience working with remote team members
• Preference for deadline-driven work that requires multi-tasking
• Excellent client management skills
• Excellence in verbal and written communication
• Strong knowledge of Internet technologies and solutions
• Some (even a basic, minimal amount) hands-on Internet and multimedia production skills
• Detail-oriented with an orientation to copyediting and/or quality assurance
• Fluency with MS Project, Visio and Office software (Excel, Word, PPT)
• Respectful, positive, approachable attitude
• Positive outlook on life (a "glass half full" type of person)
• A true interest and passion for people, their projects and life

This position is not an IT Project Manager position.

If you are interested in being considered for a project management position, please email your resume to linda@sweetrush.com.

All SweetRush team members work from home

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Multimedia Developer

This position is based in Costa Rica and requires that you are proficient in English. We're currently seeking a Multimedia Developer to play an integral role in the SweetRush development process, responsible for much of the assembly of the e-learning courses that we produce. This individual will be a tech-savvy, quick learning, problem solver, who can communicate effectively with his remote teammates, while enjoying the luxury of working from home. This individual will work primarily within a flash/XML/CSS framework with a defined set of functions and user interaction types all configurable via XML and CSS.

Additional Responsibilities:

• May need to work within other technologies if a project requires us to work outside of our Flash Framework, such as Articulate, Adobe Captivate, or Lectora.

Required Skills/Background:

• Possess a strong understanding of HTML, XML and CSS
• Some basic programming experience
• Ability to implement pixel perfect translation of design mockups into HTML
• Detail oriented
• Proficiency in English
• Basic understanding of OOP programming is a plus
• Basic familiarity with JavaScript is a plus
• Basic ActionScript knowledge is a plus
• Basic PhotoShop and design skills are a plus
• E-learning experience a plus

Please send your resume to: crjobs@sweetrush.com

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Illustrators

Description

We are looking for illustrators who can demonstrate the ability to conceptualize creative and original design ideas. You will be responsible for creating character and background sketches as well as conceptualizing icons and preparing illustrations that can be animated in flash ("vectorizing") or 3D.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is a creative team player who has the following skills and experience. Since this position is to become a member of our freelance pool, feel free to apply even if there are some skills listed that you are not skilled in, please specify which:

• Minimum 4 years experience and a high level knowledge of Photoshop, illustrator and Flash (portfolio)
• Ability to illustrate directly in Flash
• Experience with creating avatars/character design
• Experience in animation
• Experience creating conceptualized images and Storyboards
• Experience in Illustration: knowledge of perspective, color, and lighting
• Experience working in multimedia projects is a definite advantage
• Good verbal and written English (a must)
• Great attention to detail (a must)
• Excellent time management and organizational skills (a must)
• Must own a computer and have internet access (a must)

If you are interested in diving into our multimedia freelance pool, please email your resume to design@sweetrush.com. Be sure to include your hourly rate, preferred working hours and a short paragraph about yourself and what you can bring to our team. Creative and/or funny stories are a plus! We would like to get to know who you are so don't be shy.

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Animators

Description

We are looking for creative 2d and 3d animators who will be responsible for designing an animated environment that may include any of the following:

• Backgrounds
• Navigation elements and transitions
• Interactivities
• Animated characters/avatars
• Environments
• Informational graphics

You will also be responsible for drafting storyboards and/or sketches to communicate your ideas to the team about the best approach needed. You will be working out the timing of movements and making sure things meet the script and soundtrack.

The ability to work well with others is important in most careers, and an animation career is no exception. Animation projects involve many people, but the end product needs to be consistent-as if produced by one person. This may involve following or giving direction, working to meet deadlines and communicating clearly and effectively with other team members and clients.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate is a creative team player who has many of the following skills and experience. Since this position is to become a member of our freelance pool, feel free to apply even if there are some skills listed that you are not skilled in, please specify which:

• Minimum 4 years experience and a high level knowledge of Photoshop, illustrator and Flash (portfolio)
• Ability to illustrate directly in Flash
• Experience with Action script
• Experience with 3d animation/modeling such as 3D studio max and or swift 3D
• Experience with Adobe After Effects
• Character animation (lip-syncing/body movements)
• Experience with Video Editing (exporting flash and 3D animations into different video formats)
• Experience in Illustration: knowledge of perspective, color, and lighting
• Good verbal and written English (a must)
• Excellent time management and organizational skills (a must)
• Must own a computer and have Internet access (a must)

If you are interested in diving into our multimedia freelance pool, please email your resume to design@sweetrush.com. Be sure to include your hourly rate, preferred working hours and a short paragraph about yourself and what you can bring to our team. Creative and/or funny stories are a plus! We would like to get to know who you are so don't be shy. Examples of work and descriptions of your roles are a must.

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