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Digital Strategist contract to hire opportunity – Dallas, TX

DIGITAL STRATEGIST:

  • Define a holistic digital strategy based on value proposition to transform the digital B2B customer experience utilizing SalesForce and SAP.
  • Act as the catalyst for digital transformation in our business by promoting cross-functional focus on digital customer experience
  • Build confidence in the process with leaders so they trust the end state product delivered
  • Collaboratively build solutions with input from many stakeholders in the process to arrive at the best solution design the digital journey across content, assets and tactics, including paid media, SEO, SEM, both on domain and off domain
  • Execute, report on and continuously optimize digital marketing campaigns using analytics to audit and improve digital experiences
  • De-construct competitive best practices in digital marketing from leading brands, and recommend other functions, especially digital marketers and web developers, on digital best practices
  • Leverage Testing strategies to ensure decisions are data and market driven
  • Stay informed on the latest thinking in user experience design, emerging digital technologies, approaches and strategies
  • Liaise and partner with disparate teams across the company who are engaged in digital innovations.
  • Collaborate with and recommend other functions to define the nature of, and desired outcomes from, digital experiences

Key Experience

  • Greenfield deployment of Salesforce with an established SAP ECC6 ERP environment is needed.
  • Identifies how to apply CRM systems, Websites, Social Media Tools, Email Marketing Tools, and Integration methods to meet inside and outside customer requirements
  • Design, develop, document, conduct analysis, test or change computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications
  • Highly skilled and experienced in the design theory and practical application of Salesforce Products, SAP ERP systems, Microsoft Products, and other systems as assigned with the supporting hardware.
  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a strong understanding marketing analytics, sales processes, and value identification.
  • Must be able to lead in the strategy and development of innovative and optimized technical solutions meeting the business requirements while working collaboratively across the team, IT and the business.
  • Excellent communication skills needed for working with IT, vendors, business customers and product customers with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language and perspective.
  • Ability to create reports on metrics across the enterprise.
  • Familiarity with applications support and development using industry standard tools.
  • Ability to support tools and processes across the enterprise for risk and compliance identification and remediation.

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4 Quick interview tips to help you nail that dream job!

Do you have a big interview coming up? Check out these 4 easy tips to help you nail your next job interview.

PERSONALITY TRAITS THAT COMPANIES LOOK FOR:

Integrity
Risk Taking
Initiative
Tenacity
Innovation​​
Commitment
Teamwork
Risk Taking
Adaptability
Flexibility 

1. Practice what you preach. Use examples from your past work experience combined with the traits above to show to the hiring manager that you are the right person for the job. Use the job description as a point of reference and be sure to write down a couple of your favorite examples prior to the interview to help commit it to memory. Hiring decisions are a lot easier when they see a candidate is motivated and ready to hit the ground running.

2.  Be the STAR of the interview!  Keep the acronym S.T.A.R. in mind as you answer situational questions: 

    S – Describe the situation
    T – Describe the task that needed to be completed
    A – What approach did you take?
    R – What were the results?

3.   Listen. Be a good listener and be sure to pause for the interviewer to allow them to take notes and think of the next question. Don’t rush to fill the silence with more information.

4.  Engage. Write down a few quick questions (technical, company culture, or otherwise) that would help make your offer acceptance an easy decision. Research the company and hiring managers on Google and LinkedIn. Companies love engaged candidates since they typically transition into loyal employees.

Additional Reading:
Great article on interview preparation techniques along with sample behavioral questions: http://bit.ly/interview4success 

This article was originally posted on LinkedIn with permission from the author – Eric Gleason

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Is your organization undergoing a digital transformation? Identify versatile leaders to ensure success

In short, versatility is the capacity to read and respond to change with a wide repertoire of complementary skills and behaviors. Leaders are typically better at reading change than they are at responding to it, largely because developing a broad range of behaviors requires a systematic effort that often pushes them out of their comfort zones.The wider a leader’s lens on the world, the larger their repertoire of skills, abilities, and behavior, and the broader they are as a person, the more likely they are to lead their people, teams, and organizations to success in a rapidly-changing world.” – David Epstein

​Read the full story here: 
https://hbr.org/2020/03/the-best-leaders-are-versatile-ones

​#BuildingRelationshipsThatLast

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