At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation’s K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting equitable learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our data-driven, research-backed cloud technology products transform how students learn, creating an environment where every child can thrive and rise to their potential.

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Senior Quality Engineer

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As the Partner Program Event Producer, you will take the lead in planning, managing, and executing private events for company partners.  You will be responsible for managing logistics for all stages of the event, including pre-event, on-site, and post-event activities, ensuring a smooth execution and exceptional partner experience. You will also create high-impact events that deliver strong ROI for partners, ensuring their engagement and satisfaction. This position requires strong project management skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. You will be a self-starter with excellent time management and problem-solving abilities, capable of prioritizing and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment. You will also be comfortable working across time zones, collaborating with global teams and managing virtual project calls.

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	Partner Program Event Producer – Hybrid (6-Month Contract) Onward Search is a specialized staffing and talent solutions company that helps professionals find top jobs with the nation’s leading brands. We’re currently seeking a Partner Program Event Producer to join the Partner Programs team for an exciting 6-month contract opportunity based in Houston, TX. This hybrid role will require candidates to be local to Houston or willing to travel to Houston for the event in March for a 10-day on-site commitment.
As the Partner Program Event Producer, you will take the lead in planning, managing, and executing private events for company partners. This position is perfect for an experienced event producer with a passion for delivering exceptional experiences and driving successful outcomes in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
<h3>Responsibilities:</h3>
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<li>Serve as the primary liaison with event chairs and commercial leads, ensuring the timely development of compelling event agendas.
</li><li>Manage logistics for all stages of the event, including pre-event, on-site, and post-event activities, ensuring a smooth execution and exceptional partner experience.
</li><li>Create high-impact events that deliver strong ROI for partners, ensuring their engagement and satisfaction.
</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally with programming, operations, and commercial teams to align on event goals and messaging.
</li><li>Communicate regularly with leadership to provide event status updates, proactively identifying potential risks and solutions.
</li><li>Stay informed on partner strategies and organizational changes to tailor event content and participation accordingly.
</li><li>Work closely with the partnership sales team to maximize the commercial impact of private partner programs.
</li><li>Develop a deep understanding of partner personas and key companies to ensure relevant and tailored event experiences.
</li><li>Ensure consistency in messaging, processes, and event delivery across all partner events.
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<h3>&nbsp;Qualifications:</h3>
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<li>Strong project management skills with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
</li><li>A self-starter with excellent time management and problem-solving abilities, capable of prioritizing and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
</li><li>Comfortable working across time zones, collaborating with global teams and managing virtual project calls.
</li><li>Experience leading project management calls with senior leaders and stakeholders to ensure alignment and success.
</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
</li><li>Experience using event registration and project management systems to streamline event logistics and coordination.
</li><li>Must be local to Houston or willing to travel to Houston for the 10-day event in March.
</li></ul>
<h3>Perks &amp; Benefits:</h3>
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<li>Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
</li><li>Life Insurance
</li><li>401k Program
</li><li>Commuter Benefits
</li><li>eLearning and Education Reimbursement
</li><li>Ongoing Training &amp; Development
</li></ul>
If you’re an experienced event producer with a passion for delivering high-impact events and a proven track record of managing complex logistics, we encourage you to apply today. This is your chance to work on a prestigious event for a top global brand.
Apply now to join our team and help deliver world-class experiences. Application deadline: November 25, 2024.
Employer Details:
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<li>Onward Search is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in an employment with regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws and ordinances. Candidates must be at least 18 years old to be considered for employment. EOE/M/F/D/V/SO.</li>
<li>In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.</li>
<li>Onward Search is unable to support 1099 / Corp-to-Corp or Independent Contractor arrangements at this time. All freelancers will be paid as W2 employees.</li>
<li>Onward Search offers medical, dental, vision benefits, as well as a 401k program, for all eligible full time temporary assignments.</li>
<li>Onward Search is a drug-free workplace.</li>
<li>Onward Search is a nationwide staffing agency and talent solutions provider specializing in creative, marketing and technology. Our clients are continuously turning to us to fill their open positions. Therefore, there is no application deadline for this position, as we are seeking candidates for this type of role across all our clients on an ongoing basis.</li>
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Senior QA Engineer for i-Ready platform, must have strong testing methodologies, collaboration skills, and ability to comprehend complex systems.

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 At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person! About the Role: As a QA Engineer, you will help us achieve our mission of enabling student success through adaptive learning and placing actionable data in the hands of teachers through our i-Ready platform. You will be working directly on an agile team to help ensure each release of i-Ready’s products achieves the level of quality expected of our products and services. You will be leveraging your insights and experiences to the team to provide guidance to your team members. Essential duties/responsibilities: <ul><li> Review each feature’s acceptance criteria, business requirements, and UI/UX designs. Ask questions on these requirements to find missing aspects of the future product and recommend your testing approach based on that set of requirements.</li><li> Review the developments implementation designs for each feature and recommend suggestions to ensure the features testability.</li><li> Acts as a primary contributor to all test development within your team. Author high value test plans and cases that go beyond the acceptance criteria, business requirements, or UI/UX designs. Review and approve other team members’ test plans and test cases to ensure they line up with the requirements and Development’s approach to implement. Review and approve other team members automated test cases via PR reviews.</li><li> Review and gain approval from the rest of the agile team the specific test cases that are to be automated, and which ones will need to be manually tested.</li><li> Execute all manual and automation testing for that feature area and carefully document defects to prevent churn with development.</li><li> Author automated test cases within the proper test frameworks.</li><li> Provide a test coverage assessment (manual and automated) for your team's different project areas.</li><li> Provide mentorship and oversight to less experienced team members as they perform their own job responsibilities.</li><li> Fully understand your teams’ agile commitments and release timeline to accurately assess release readiness and vocalize any risks to the delivery schedule. As needed, represent your QA teams' and their charter in cross-team planning events and roadmap discussions.</li><li> Proactively monitor and communicate critical incident reports in production handed down by our Support Escalations team and work with Product Management, Development and QA Management to see the solution through to completion. </li></ul>
Required Skills: <ul><li> Knowledge of multiple testing techniques and methodologies at an advanced level of competency and a keen sense of when to apply different techniques and methodologies and in which types of scenarios.</li><li> Must have strong collaboration skills with cross-functional peers and fellow QA team members.</li><li> Possesses a strong ability to comprehend and explain complex systems and ability to understand how changes in one area can affect other parts of the system.</li><li> Understands where to look and how to debug or troubleshoot any software issue anywhere in the system under test.</li><li> Can articulate a software issue including the situations it does and does not occur in.</li><li> Can develop in a coding language to an Intermediate level of competency.</li><li> Possesses the ability to develop SQL scripts to an Intermediate level of competency.</li><li> Ability to teach more junior team members so they learn what it takes to grow into a Senior as well.</li><li> Can find creative and elusive defects throughout the system under test.</li><li> Solid understanding of web applications is necessary – fluency in HTML and CSS and firm knowledge of HTTP and web services are expected. Knowledge and mastery of JavaScript is a must.</li><li> Can write UI and Service Layer automation in JavaScript and are comfortable doing so in any JavaScript automation framework.</li></ul>

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