Jigsaw is looking for an experienced, passionate, detail-oriented Interactive Web Developer to craft exciting, innovative solutions for a digital world.

Responsibilities include:

• Hands-on creation of branded interactive experiences that adhere to defined project goals and specifications, including: websites, mobile web, apps, online ads, social media and email marketing.
• Collaborate with agency teams on digital strategies and solutions. Mentor these teams on crafting and executing digital solutions.
• Define UI/UX and technical approach to digital projects based on overall strategy.
• Deliver projects on time and on budget, in compliance with defined requirements and quality control.
• Continuously advance knowledge of emerging technology, providing inspiration and thought leadership to agency and client teams.

 Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years experience in an agency or creative industry.
• Expert in PHP, HMTL, CSS, JQuery, XML, JavaScript, MySql, CMS-based environments (WordPress, Joomla, etc.) and Adobe CS tools.
• Expert knowledge of information architecture, UI/UX design and user flows.
• Web Server experience a huge plus.
• Deep understanding of technical requirements and limitations of digital platforms, including: web browsers, mobile, apps, display ads (including rich media), social media, email, and analytics.
• Ability to take initiative, solve problems, sweat the details, manage, and prioritize deadlines in a fast-paced team environment.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional team.
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Computer Science.

Interested? Submit your cover letter, resume and portfolio to humanresources@jigsawllc.com.

No. 13 {See description below}

Dear Ann,

Thank you for tweeting your idea to honor the boys and girls at Sandy Hook Elementary. The team @Jigsaw_LLC recently completed #26actsofkindness. I asked my madly creative co-workers to share what they learned from participating in this campaign.

“If you want to feel liberated, walk into the public market and give money to a stranger.”

“How beautiful and resilient the human spirit is.”

“How good it feels to help others without expectation of anything in return.”

“To never complain. There are so many people having a harder day than me.”

“To be grateful every single day that I have such a good life, and because of it, I have the ability to help those who don’t have it so good.”

“That taking time out of our hectic schedules to help other people, whether something big or something small, is one of the most important things we can do each day. At the end of the day, what’s more important than basic kindness?”

“I have ten minutes to spare.”

“There are deserving people everywhere.”

“I am never more important than anyone else.”

“#26acts taught me that a child’s smile is worth so much.“

Because of you this happened:

1. Paid for a stranger’s coffee.
2. Sponsored two families over the holidays with a meal and presents for their kids.
3. Coordinated the Kids BackPak program at children’s school. The students bring kid-friendly food items to school, which are then distributed to needy kids on the weekend via their school backpack. This is a way to give the kids, who rely on daily meals at school, meals over the weekend.
4. Consolidated grocery bags and gave one to stranger whose broke.
5. Donated to Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston in honor of friend who is running marathon.  The donation was dedicated to the boys and girls killed at Sandy Hook.
6. Helped a disabled person grocery shop at the Metro Market.
7. Donated winter coat and cold weather accessories to the Salvation Army.
8. Paid for person standing behind in line at Alterra.
9. Helped son’s teacher prepare classroom for the new year.
10. Paid for veteran’s next round of Stone Creek Coffee.
11. Paid for another person’s gas at the pump.
12. Mailed 26 baggies filled with crayons to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin for their kiddos.
13. Left chalkboard coasters in a neighbor’s mailbox with an anonymous holiday note. {See picture above}
14. Paid for car behind in parking garage.
15. Baked cookies for co-workers.
16. Helped lost person with directions.
17. Donated peanut butter to the Hunger Task Force 100,000 Jar Drive.
18. Bought a homeless person Subway.
19. Shoveled neighbor’s driveway.
20. Donated 26 pairs of individually wrapped children’s socks to the Joy House. {Part of Milwaukee Rescue Mission}
21. Helped daughter and classmates make Valentine’s.
22. Left $5 and note on random car at Milwaukee Public Market.
23. Helped family whose daughter is receiving cancer treatments.
24. Found a new shopping cart for an elderly lady whose cart’s wheels weren’t rolling. Helped her move her items to the new cart.
25. Helped an elderly couple set up their WIFI.
26. Let a stranger cut the line at Costco because they only had one item.

Thank you for inspiring us to be better.

Sincerely,
Rachel

CC: @Jigsaw_LLC

Bad things happen. But then 140 characters make the world seem good again.

RT @AnnCurry: Imagine if all of us committed to 20 mitzvahs/acts of kindness to honor each child lost in Newtown. I’m in. If you are RT #20acts.

Her followers changed #20 to #26.

#26actsofkindness celebrates good deeds people are doing like tipping the mailman, shoveling a neighbor’s snowy driveway, or handing dog treats out at the park (our favorite tweet we’ve read so far), without expecting something in return, to honor the children and adults killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.

This month we challenged ourselves to participate and together we completed several acts so far. Allison L. helped a person with disabilities grocery shop, donated winter gear to the Salvation Army, and paid in advance for coffee drinkers. Sue S. treated veterans to their next round at Stone Creek Coffee, helped her son’s teacher prepare for a new month, and offered to help a family whose daughter is receiving treatment for cancer. Steven W. paid for another person’s gas at the pump, and last week I shipped 26 baggies with crayons to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for their kiddos.

Curry’s tweet has inspired people all over the world including our friends at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, who recently announced their participation. Kudos!

Fred Rogers once said, “When I was a boy and and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words and I am comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers — so many caring people in the world.”

Follow us @Jigsaw_LLC to see how we and others continue to find joy in random acts of kindness.

Jigsaw is looking for an experienced, conceptual, big-thinking writer to bring innovative ideas to the table and create stellar, strategically-appropriate copy and content.

Responsibilities include:

• Understand users/audiences, insights and strategies; develop innovative and on-strategy creative ideas for a digital, integrated world
• Partner with Art Directors and Designers to develop concepts and craft relevant and brand-appropriate copy for a variety of assignments of all media types, including web copy/content, online ads, social media, TV/radio, print, collateral, presentations, out-of-home and “owned”/newly-created media
• Communicate with account management team to understand project scope, timelines and budgets and work within those parameters
• Maintain consistently high quality standards
• Collaborate effectively with both agency teammates and clients
• Effectively present creative to clients and in new business pitches as needed
• Understand new media/technology trends and tools, including social media tools, and use them; contribute content to agency blog
• Report to Associate Creative Director and Creative Director

Interested? Submit your cover letter, resume and samples to humanresources@jigsawllc.com.

Time to update your resume & portfolio.

We are looking for a Senior Writer.