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THE POSITION

Pop Art is looking for a proven leader to shape our technology consulting practice and manage, mentor and coach our team of developers.

As the Director of Software Development Services, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with Pop Art Executive Management to chart a course that inspires the team and provides a roadmap for success as our company continues to evolve into one of the world’s leading interactive marketing agencies.

As the supervisor of our development team, you will be responsible for recruiting, retaining and growing a team of developers. You will provide coaching and training to your team through code reviews, learning and growth plans, regular check-ins, and semi-annual performance reviews. You will also mentor Pop Art team members in both hard and soft skills.

You will serve as a senior-level counterpart to our VP of Client Services, VP of Strategy and Creative Director, providing technical strategic direction to our clients. Interactive strategy is increasingly dependent on technical expertise and experience, and our clients will look to you to establish technology platforms to support brand and product strategies. You will also lead technical consulting engagements and represent our technology discipline in business development.

You will interact frequently with executives and managers to identify opportunities, needs, challenges and risks. This requires strong requirements gathering capabilities as well as creative problem-solving and relationship-building skills.

This position requires you to be active in the technology and business community. You should enjoy meeting with clients, coworkers and community leaders both formally and informally.

You will define and refine software development processes, including coding standards, quality standards, application security, technical documentation standards, and ensure that the processes and practices are followed.

A fundamental requirement of this role is software expertise and hands-on coding in the Microsoft development stack and other platforms. While Pop Art is a Microsoft Certified Partner, we are technology-neutral and embrace numerous platforms, including open source and Java. We are looking for a director capable of leading our multi-platform strategy.

We’re looking for a director who is comfortable creating resource leverage with a mix of internal and external developers, including employees, contractors and other agencies, and offshore resources.

COMPENSATION

Salary for this position will be based on the candidate’s qualifications.

Additionally, all full-time Pop Art employees receive an extensive benefits package, including:

– Health, dental, vision and alternative care coverage
– Flexible Spending Account
– IRA match
– Life insurance
– Incentive stock options
– Parking pass credit or Tri-Met pass
– Cell phone and home internet credits
– Numerous other perks

WHY POP ART?

Pop Art is committed to diversity of people and thought. We promote collaboration, creativity, growth and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to challenge our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients’ businesses.

Here are a few other reasons to work for Pop Art:

– Twelve years of reinvested success
– A diverse mix of fast-moving projects, many happening concurrently (it’s never boring)
– Smart, talented, and likeable coworkers (most of the time)
– Solid clients relationships
– Small, progressive company where you can make a big impact
– Endless opportunities for professional growth and development
– Recognized for business excellence: 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Oregon (2006, 2007, 2008) (Portland Business Journal)
– Recognized for community involvement

DESIRED SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

– A minimum of 4 years as Director or Associate Director of Technology / Development / Engineering (or equivalent position), including experience in interactive application development
– Management experience (employees and vendors)
– Experience developing professional, transactional web solutions; comfortable writing code as needed
– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent (advanced degree preferred)
– Microsoft Certifications
– Outgoing personality and a sense of humor
– Exceptional communication skills w/ the ability to bridge the gap between technical and business groups
– Problem solving skills, e.g., when faced with complex hardware/software configuration problems
– Exceptional interpersonal skills, including: the ability to build positive business relationships and work in a collaborative environment at all levels of an organization, the ability to build teams across functions, and the ability to positively inspire and motivate others
– Exceptional business analysis and customer requirements gathering skills
– Excellent client interaction and presentation skills
– A strong professional network that includes both programmers and business executives
– Graceful and organized under pressure

ABOUT POP ART

Founded in 1997 and based in Portland, Oregon, Pop Art, Inc. is a leading full-service interactive agency, offering strategy and planning, creative and interactive development, and media planning and buying to customers including Daimler, Xerox, Oregon Lottery and various other clients in the public, private and non-profit sectors.

Pop Art is an equal opportunity employer.

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