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Works closely with clients, sales staff, operations, and project managers to develop event designs and to coordinate pre-production, onsite, and post-production activities in line with event budget. Recognized by Adweek as Experiential Agency of the Year, we bring a unique blend of strategic insight and execution excellence to every brand activation, corporate event, trade show exhibit, and immersive experience.

About Us Sparks is a leading global brand experience agency, specializing in the design and execution of award-winning experiences that forge deep connections between brands and audiences. Recognized by Adweek as Experiential Agency of the Year, we bring a unique blend of strategic insight and execution excellence to every brand activation, corporate event, trade show exhibit, and immersive experience. Our commitment to creativity, innovation, and flawless execution drives us to craft impactful experiential marketing solutions that deepen relationships, inspire action, and build trust—all around the world. Summary The Senior Technical Director develops, oversees, and directly implements creative concepts and strategy for clients. The role is responsible for technical leadership, management and staffing as it pertains to the production process from point of opportunity to point of completion. This role is responsible for the planning and coordinating technical requirements for produced events. This position will support our Technical Production team. The position follows a hybrid schedule working in-office and/or show-site 2-3 days per week based out of one of the following locations: + Philadelphia, PA + Dallas, TX + Fort Wayne, IN + Detroit, MI + Indianapolis, IN + Milwaukee, WI Essential Duties & Responsibilities + Supports a team of Technical Directors through scheduling, training, and coordination. + Develops senior level relationships with clients that position Sparks as a strategic partner advisor leading to account growth and successful project delivery. + Works closely with clients, sales staff, operations, and project managers to develop event designs and to coordinate pre-production, onsite, and post-production activities in line with event budget. + Mentors and coaches team members in an effort to provide development and growth opportunities. + Resolves team conflicts as necessary. + Negotiates client contracts on behalf of Client Solutions Manager. + Partners with client to produce event media content. + Creates diagrams and for shows based on budgeted designs; ensures on-site personnel have and understand this information. + Assists in the scheduling and/or recommending of personnel to optimize resources. + Oversees load-in, load-out, install, and dismantle of equipment. + Coordinates and/or assists both technical and labor crews. + Responsible for ensuring the correct specification setup and optimization of event requirements. + Supervises the installation, optimization, and monitoring of technical systems. + Oversees installation for full-time, part-time and contingent labor force. + Directs workflow for teams at events with a high degree of complexity. + Oversees scenic construction to ensure it is within established show design parameters. + Produces stage scenic involving multiple elements, mediums, and materials. + Produces events with multi-elements switching and cues. + Generates and maintains a comprehensive production book and schedule for each event. + Coordinates logistics with multiple vendors for all events’ needs. + Coordinates and supervises on-site labor and review any labor budget impacts with Client Solutions Manager. + Calls complex show cues for all technical disciplines. + Stays abreast of industry trends and knowledge. Education & Experience + Bachelor's Degree preferred. + Min 15 yrs experience working in project management with a minimum of 10 yrs focused on corporate events, entertainment, or theater; or equivalent combination of education, certification and experience. + Ability to engineer instructions in written, oral, or diagram form. + Ability to communicate how to install and troubleshoot various related equipment. + Ability to incorporate advanced problem-solving techniques with labor team. + Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry to relevant situations. + Ability to calculate figures such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. + Experience drawing system design in AutoCad or VectorWorks. + Proven aptitude in CAD programs; ability to develop and interpret AutoCad, VectorWorks, and/or architectural drawings and renderings. + In-depth knowledge base of audio, lighting, video, and set systems. + Ability to navigate ambiguous situations. + Diplomacy and tact in high-pressure situations involving different personality types. + Experience delivering training programs to diverse groups. + Strong general business acumen. + Proficient in Google Drive and Microsoft Office. + Strong attention to detail, a positive attitude, and a team player. + Ability to operate within a fast-paced environment. + Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Travel Requirements Travel up to 25% What We Offer The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions. + Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance + Tuition Reimbursement + Paid Parental Leave + Life, Accident and Disability + Retirement with Company Match + Paid Time Off Diversity Commitment At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. #TFCSparks #LI-Hybrid

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Sr Technical Director

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Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. - Candidates must meet requirements to obtain and maintain an IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) clearance (active IRS Moderate Risk MBI clearance is strongly preferred).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Build and design high-level architecture documentation. - Collaborate with other teams in the organization to define supporting infrastructure and tools needed. - Learn and analyze new technologies and industry best practices to identify suitability for adoption by the organization. - Articulate and present the implications of design/architectural decisions, issues and plans to leadership.Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Initiate, plan, document, manage and maintain technical projects.- Lead and guide the work of technical staff and serve as the liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.- Create, update, and manage high-quality project documentation including executive briefings and reports.- Develop and maintain project schedule(s).- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise technical project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.- Lead the team in production and pre-production troubleshooting sessions to identify issues, performance bottlenecks and formulate a strategy to remediate as needed.- Ensure team delivers all project artifacts as discussed and agreed upon with the IRS client.- Maintain direct responsibility and ownership in developing and deploying components or complete application functionality using Databricks, Informatica, SQL and other tools.- Design software components from business requirements in collaboration with other team members.- Support high level architecture design. Provide technical leadership for developing highly performant, robust and reliable solutions that scale.- Position is remote within US. Ideal candidates will be in areas surrounding Lanham MD, Farmers Branch, TX or Austin TX areas. Local candidates may attend meetings occasionally at the IRS facility.Minimum Requirements - Bachelor's degree in related field. - 7 years of relevant professional experience required.- Equivalent combination of education and experience considered in lieu of degree.- Computer Professional Job ProfileJob-Specific Minimum Requirements:- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required; an additional four (4) years of related work experience can substitute for a degree.- Minimum of four (4) years of experience leading a technical team in a production environment.- At least ten (10) years of hands-on experience working with databases/ETL applications building data pipelines.- Minimum of two (2) years' experience working with IRS systems and data such as IRTF, IRMF, CADE2, IMF, BMF, BRTF and others.- Experience integrating a range of technologies in a large federal IT environment such as the IRS.- Knowledge of cloud-based technologies and integration of on-prem to on-cloud migrations.- Implementation knowledge of AWS, Java, Python, REST API's, various RDBMS like Oracle, Databricks, RedShift and others.- Experience with performance optimization of data pipelines.- Expertise in building CLI based solutions using a variety of available tools.- Knowledge of Databricks and ability to write SQL queries and Python scripts to query and manipulate data.- Knowledge of ETL and BI tools and able to understand and support ETL and BI functionalities of the application.- Good problem-solving skills with architectural, design and hands on development experience.- Experience working in and a general understanding of Red Hat Linux OS, or other Unix-like OS.- Experience with Shell scripting.Preferred Skills and Qualifications:- Experience building data pipelines moving data from on-premises to Databricks running on AWS cloud in the IRS environment.- Expertise with AWS DMS and AWS CLI tools.- Experience building complex data pipelines using Control-M as the orchestration tool.- Hands-on implementation experience with data migration, data wrangling and data manipulation.- Proven experience with using COTS products and custom scripting to build ETL pipelines.- Prior implementation and development knowledge of Bash scripts.- Excellent programming language skills in Python on Linux environment.- Understanding of application and transport layer security.- Knowledge of SQL and performance tuning technique.- Experience with Jenkins and automated testing techniques.- Familiar with Agile/Scrum.- Prior implementation of containerization using Docker, Open Shift or AWS EC2 instances.Additional requirements as per Contract/Client:- Candidates must meet requirements to obtain and maintain an IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) clearance (active IRS Moderate Risk MBI clearance is strongly preferred).- Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for at least three (3) years, and Federal Tax compliant.#techjobs #veteransPage #clearanceEEO Statement Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. Pay Transparency Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances. Accommodations Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at applicantaccom@maximus.com. Minimum Salary $ 72.00 Maximum Salary $ 89.00 <ul><li/></ul><img alt=" " height="1" src="https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=f79d5ecf9af47743c34e7ff657350829&view" width="1"/>

MAXIMUS provides business services to help governments operate health and human services programs, mostly at the state and national levels. The company's health services segment offers outsourced program management and administrative services,

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