Welcome to SapientNitro, where ideas reign supreme. Here, customer experiences are\u00a0what drive us, game-changing marketing is conceived, awards are won, and technology\u00a0is at the very heart of bringing our creative ideas to life. There\u2019s no shame in being\u00a0ambitious here; career growth is a priority for us \u2013 we help one another climb, we don\u2019t\u00a0climb over one-another. Clients aren\u2019t just customers, they\u2019re partners. Integrity and a\u00a0team-driven environment serve as incubators for entrepreneurial minds. Getting goose\u00a0bumps? Good. If you\u2019re ready to be an idea engineer with some of the best\u00a0collaborators in the industry, let\u2019s see where you can put your talents to work.<\/p>\n
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Job Title:<\/p>\n
Junior Creative Technologist<\/p>\n
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Job Summary:<\/p>\n
As a Junior Creative Technologist at SapientNitro, you\u2019ll be working in a collaborative\u00a0environment across of a range of technical, creative and strategy disciplines. As part of\u00a0the 2014 Campus Hire, you\u2019ll be teamed with a cohort of junior graphic designers,\u00a0copywriters, strategists, account managers and experience designers. Under the\u00a0direction on your mentors, this group will concept and then execute highly creative,\u00a0highly innovative ideas for our clients.<\/p>\n
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You will be an unusual mix of conceptual and technical – comfortable thinking of left field\u00a0digital marketing ideas, but equally capable of able of thinking of and executing upon a\u00a0technical way of prototyping those ideas.<\/p>\n
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You\u2019ll have a huge appetite for tinkering, being a maker, a hacker and prototype creator.<\/p>\n
Happy to get your hands dirty with code or physical technology.<\/p>\n
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You\u2019ll blur boundaries.<\/p>\n
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You won\u2019t have much experience at this point in your career, nor will you be an expert\u00a0coder or fabricator. But you will able to prove that you have a flair and passion for both.\u00a0This will be demonstrated at interview by the products, objects or art pieces you\u2019ve\u00a0created that make heavy use of technology.<\/p>\n
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You\u2019ll be willing to spend significant time honing your craft in a creative environment.\u00a0With a view to eventually growing your talents with us to the concept and execution of\u00a0game changing digital experiences we can take to market.<\/p>\n
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Primary Responsibilities:<\/p>\n
\u25cf Working collaboratively but with some direction from senior colleagues to\u00a0iteratively, ideate and prototype digital and\/or physical experiences.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Be the technical subject matter expert within a creative team.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Communicate with a range of disciplines<\/p>\n
\u25cf Help make differentiated experiences<\/p>\n
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Experience Guidelines:<\/p>\n
\u25cf Less than 1 year of professional work experience<\/p>\n
\u25cf Examples of making digitally driven real world objects, products, or artwork<\/p>\n
\u25cf Ability to code\u2026<\/p>\n
\u25cf A working knowledge of interactivity and the web.<\/p>\n
\u25cf An interest in digital marketing.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Passion for technology and eagerness to collaborate with other creative people.<\/p>\n
\u25cb We\u2019re deliberately being vague here – it\u2019s not about what language(s) you\u00a0speak and more that you understand how to make machines do your<\/p>\n
bidding<\/p>\n
\u25cb All of the big languages (JavaScript, Java, C#, Python, Ruby\u2026) are\u00a0welcomed here and we encourage the esoteric when appropriate (R,<\/p>\n
Arduino, Pig Latin, Haskell, Lisp, Assembly…).<\/p>\n
\u25cb You understand that the Internet is both a bunch of bits and a fundamental\u00a0shift in how we connect with information and each other.<\/p>\n
\u25cb You\u2019re comfortable bumping into, redefining and working around\u00a0limitations in leading edge technologies. Playing around with pre-alpha\u00a0software should excite (and only mildly frustrate) you.<\/p>\n
\u25cb This touches all sides of experiences – from how they\u2019re constructed to\u00a0why the work on emotional\/social levels.<\/p>\n
\u25cb You appreciate the value of understanding people\u2019s wants\/needs and\u00a0connecting with clients in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n
\u25cb While you certainly have streaks of solo creation, you also realize that\u00a0great work rarely happens alone.<\/p>\n
\u25cb Your passion should be infectious. You\u2019ll readily share, sell and shape\u00a0ideas –<\/p>\n
\u25cb You strive to understand and develop concepts with people who wear all\u00a0sorts of different hats. As part of this, you\u2019ll embrace continually learning.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Self motivated, organized and accountable.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Some travel may be required very occasionally.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Graduation date of May 2013 to August 2014<\/p>\n
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Education:<\/p>\n
<<<<<<<SCI\/Bachelor\u2019s >>>>>degree required<\/p>\n
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About SapientNitro<\/p>\n
SapientNitroSM, part of Sapient\u00ae, is an integrated marketing and technology services<\/p>\n
firm. We create and engineer highly relevant experiences that accelerate business<\/p>\n
growth and fuel brand advocacy for our clients. By combining multi-channel marketing,<\/p>\n
multi-channel commerce, and the technology that binds them, we influence customer<\/p>\n
behavior across the spectrum of content, communication and commerce channels,<\/p>\n
resulting in deeper, more meaningful relationships between customers and brands.<\/p>\n
SapientNitro services global leaders such as Chrysler, Citi, The Coca-Cola Company,<\/p>\n
Lufthansa, Target and Vodafone through our operations in North America, Europe, and<\/p>\n
Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.sapientnitro.com or follow us on Twitter<\/p>\n
@sapientnitro.<\/p>\n
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Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation.<\/p>\n
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*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with<\/p>\n
disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role, which include hearing,<\/p>\n
speaking, typing, and occasionally moving and\/or lifting up to 15 pounds.<\/p>\n
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