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  • Social Media Intern – Real Estate Marketing & Podcast Promotion
    Social Media Intern – Real Estate Marketing & Podcast Promotion
    5 days ago
    Part-time
    Manhattan, New York

    We are seeking a motivated Social Media Intern to manage and grow three Instagram accounts, one X (Twitter) account, and drive promotion for an industry-focused podcast, while supporting additional digital marketing tasks. Key Responsibilities: Create and schedule weekly posts/stories across platforms, featuring blurred property teasers, summaries, and strong CTAs to drive direct leads. Design professional graphics, reels, carousels, and podcast promo assets using Canva. Promote the podcast through episode clips, announcements, teaser reels, cross-posting on all accounts, and targeted engagement strategies (e.g., polls, stories, threads). Assist with basic SEO tasks (keyword research, meta descriptions, blog post optimization) to improve organic visibility for listings and podcast episodes. Monitor analytics, track engagement/DMs, and report weekly performance. Respond to comments/DMs promptly to nurture leads. Requirements: Strong familiarity with Instagram (posts, stories, reels) and X. Proficient in Canva for quick, branded graphic design. Experience or interest in podcast promotion (clipping, social teasers). Basic understanding of SEO principles and social media growth tactics. Interest in commercial real estate/industrial properties is a plus. Excellent written communication, attention to detail, and self-motivated. 15-20 hours/week, flexible schedule. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in personal branding, lead generation funnels, podcast growth, and digital marketing within commercial real estate. Compensation: Bonus in relation to targets. Send resume and examples of social media/podcast work

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  • Sponsorship & Partnerships Lead (Commission-Based)
    Sponsorship & Partnerships Lead (Commission-Based)
    5 days ago
    Part-time
    Manhattan, New York

    Sponsorship & Partnerships (Commission-Based) Life Itself Events - NYC / Remote (Flexible) Life Itself Events is a social enterprise dedicated to normalizing play, consent, and authentic connection. Through events, hubs, media, and cultural infrastructure, we empower radical autonomy and collective expression—building networks that transform how people relate, explore, and build relationships. We’re looking for a self-directed Sponsorship & Partnerships Lead to run with sponsorships across our ecosystem (Life Itself, Playjacent, Echelon, and related projects). This is a high-autonomy role for someone who wants ownership, flexibility, and real upside. The Role You will own sponsorship outreach and deal-making end-to-end: • Identify, pitch, and close sponsors (cash, product, services), • Craft sponsorship pitches and lightweight decks, • Lead outreach via email, calls, and direct relationships, • Shape creative, non-traditional partnership structures, • Collaborate with leadership on strategy, pricing, and positioning Structure & Freedom • Commission-based compensation on all sponsorships closed, • NYC-based candidates: open to discussing stipends for in-person work, • Goal to scale into a retainer as sponsorship revenue grows, • Extremely flexible schedule — work when and how you work best, • High trust, low micromanagement, real ownership, • Open to equity deals based on performance Expectations: • Join a weekly team meeting via Zoom, • Meet with Leadership 2–4 times per month via Zoom, • Otherwise, this role is self-directed — you run with it Who This Is For: • Strong communicator and closer, • Comfortable pitching vision, not just inventory, • Excited by culture, nightlife, play, media, and social impact, • Motivated by autonomy, commission upside, and building something meaningful This is not a traditional job. It’s an opportunity to build real revenue around a compelling mission, with significant creative and strategic autonomy. We’re looking for someone who can independently drive sponsorship and partnership efforts while collaborating with leadership as needed. To apply, please send your resume and a short note outlining why you’re a strong fit, your availability, and whether you’re NYC-based and open to occasional in-person work. We’re fully supportive of candidates maintaining other roles or projects alongside this, and can offer flexible use of our office space as things grow.

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  • Direct Support Professional
    Direct Support Professional
    11 days ago
    $18 hourly
    Full-time
    Springfield Gardens, Queens

     Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of service and support plans based on individuals' preferences, needs, and interests.  Observes and documents individuals' behavior and responses to programs, support services, and treatments.  Participates in treatment team meetings, communicates and discusses observations, and may suggest alternative programs and services based on individuals' personal preferences.  Helps individuals lead richer lives, participate in the community and recreation programs that strengthen life skills, and develop and maintain positive relationships with peers, family members, and others in the community.  Assists in teaching and reinforcing social skills and acceptable means of dissipating frustration or anger and resolving conflicts and acts as a role model for positive behavior.  Encourages individuals to participate in social, recreational, and leisure activities; and organizes, participates in, and/or supervises such activities.  Transports and/or arranges for the transportation of individuals to social events and accompanies individuals to community activities.  Supports individuals' career, education, and/or employment goals; and may assist in developing educational and vocational skills according to service plans.  Helps individuals keep track of their finances and assists with banking and financial transactions.  Supports individuals' health and wellness, and safety in everyday situations.  Assists and/or instructs individuals in performing personal care and hygiene tasks, such as bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, dental care, nutrition, and daily living activities.  Teaches individuals basic food preparation, safety, and sanitation skills; supervises and assists in meal planning, food selection, and preparation activities; and feeds or assists in feedings individuals who require assistance. Rev. 10/2021  May administer medications and basic treatments as prescribed; observe and monitor individuals in the self-administration of medication; and take and record individuals' temperatures, blood pressures, pulse rates, and weight.  Monitors and reports significant changes in health status or concerns.  Accompanies individuals to medical, dental, and health-related appointments.  Responds to and assists in crisis and emergency situations following established guidelines, procedures, and first aid techniques.  Maintains and ensures a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for individuals.  Performs, assists, and/or instructs individuals in routine housekeeping, cleaning, and minor maintenance tasks.  Monitors and maintains household supplies and inventories.  Teaches and reinforces fire and safety procedures to individuals; and maintains basic fire and safety equipment. QUALIFICATIONS  High School or equivalent diploma  Basic computer knowledge in all Microsoft Suite applications preferred  Excellent interpersonal and flexibility skills required  Valid, unrestricted NYS Driver’s License in accordance with Agency Standards  Bi Lingual a plus but not required

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  • Assistant Director
    Assistant Director
    18 days ago
    $40000–$42000 yearly
    Full-time
    Ramsey

    Weekly Hours: Mon-Thurs 11am-8pm, Sat 9am-1pm Responsibilities: • Keep schedule, write and distribute email/mail to parents about promotions and keep communication with parents and teachers, • Manage enrollment process, academic evaluation, and appointment book for the director, and support directors meetings, • Able to competently handle walk-in inquiries and conferences with parents, • Keeps billing and charges up to date and organize files and workspace, • Maintains an inventory of office and marketing materials without much help, • Self-directed, requiring minimal supervision, self-starter, • A thoughtful, adaptive, and positive mindset, • Highly resourceful, reliable, organized, and detail-oriented (precise and reliable), • Maintains a cool head under pressure, confident, discrete, easy-going personality, • Able to get work done quickly/efficiently and manage deadlines A successful candidate should have/be: • A 4-year college degree, • Excellent organizational skills, • 1 – 2 years of management, customer service, sales, or education preferred, • An enthusiastic, outgoing, and team-oriented personality, • Motivation to take the initiative to ensure that a student’s time at Huntington is memorable, • A confident and flexible demeanor, • Outstanding communication skills, • Confident, fast typing, with a friendly and professional phone manner – common sense to know what to say and not to say to clients, • Proficient in using database software, working knowledge of Word, Excel, PPT, Windows and Google At Huntington, we are eager to continue to build our teams! We seek to hire the best, most talented professionals into our organization. If you are a take-charge college grad, eager to turn your aptitude for operations, administration, education and customer service into an exciting career an opportunity where you will be able to make a difference, join Huntington today! Since 1977, Huntington has been changing the lives of children. As a leader in the tutoring and test prep industry, our success is attributed not only to our highly acclaimed instructional programs but to the amazing teams of qualified and devoted professionals who commit themselves to help students achieve success in school each and every day Job Type: Full-time Pay: $40,000 to $42,000 per year Benefits: Paid time off Professional development assistance Ability to Commute: Ramsey, NJ 07450 (Required) Work Location: In person

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  • Assistant Store Manager
    Assistant Store Manager
    1 month ago
    Full-time
    Manhattan, New York

    Janie and Jack is looking for an inspired Assistant Store Manager to become an integral part of our team! The Assistant Store Manager is a champion of the business and leads confidently to drive exceptional results. You are looked to for expertise, direction, communication, and feedback to help the team achieve their goals. You are obsessive about creating a store environment focused on our customer and provide an engaging and convenient shopping experience for everyone. What you will do: Supports General Manager in managing the day-to-day operations of the store to ensure the store meets KPI’s. Cooperates with General Manager to develop clear action plans for store and thrives to achieve objectives, deliverables, and timelines of plan. A result driven role model for the team in sales generation and leads with exceptional customer focus, monitoring and coaching staff to continually improve selling opportunities and build genuine customer relationships. Creates and implements visual and merchandising strategies to increase sales; understands floor capacity and store layout. Utilizes tools and resources to enhance the customer experience. Thrives in change and uncertainty and generates ideas to evolve and grow the business. Motivates and inspires the team to achieve/exceed hourly, daily, weekly business goals through in-store and omni selling, using strong business acumen skills. Creates and maintains a positive and productive work environment that fosters diversity, inclusivity, teamwork, creativity, and a passion for the brand. Supports the General Manager on building a dynamic team by networking, recruiting, and anticipating future needs based on business objectives. Accountable for self and consistently holds others accountable. Operationally strong and resourceful. Responsible for identifying and assessing training needs, creating tailored training plans, and implementing various training methods to enhance employees’ skills and performance in partnership with the General Manager. Other duties as assigned. What You’ll Bring: 2-4 years retail sales experience with management experience (preferred). Experienced leadership with demonstrated experience in meeting/exceeding sales and profits. Training skills to elevate the team’s product knowledge and selling skills. Experience implementing merchandising strategies and changing visual sets. Acts with authenticity, sincerity, and transparency. Available when needed, including nights, weekends, and holidaysin addition to our peak business periods such as the holiday season. Ability to constantly bend, open, lift, carry and move merchandise and fixtures up to 40 pounds as needed. Be at least 18 years old. Why You’ll Love Working with Us: The Product—so good, and you’re able to use your employee discount on all of it! The People—ask anyone who works here…we have incredible people on our team! The Experience—you’ll enjoy a rewarding career at a respected global children’s brand! The Benefits—a generous employee discount that you can use on all in-store merchandise! Competitive Paid Time Off plan* Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching* Medical, dental, vision and life insurance* Employee Assistance Program with resources like financial and legal assistance, emotional work/life counseling, health, and wellness resources Tuition reimbursement* FUN work environment For eligible employees Actual starting pay for this role is determined by a wide array of factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, relevant skills, education, and geographic location. Employees are offered a variety of benefits to empower them with the resources and flexibility they need to enjoy success on the job and to live a healthy life. Full-time employees are eligible for medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health and dependent care FSA, life/ad&d insurance, short term and long-term disability, commuter benefits, pet benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and 401(k) including matching. All employees are eligible for employee discounts and EAP Resources. Sales Leads, Assistant Managers, General Managers and District Managers are eligible for the quarterly bonus program.

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  • Technical Support Engineer
    Technical Support Engineer
    2 months ago
    Part-time
    Manhattan, New York

    Job Title: Field Technical Support Location: Watertown, NY 13601 (Onsite) Mode : Contract This is a field support role, candidate needs to visit multiple sites. Candidate needs to have his own vehicle. You will be required to provide Deskside / OSS / FSO technical support to Desktop PCs, Laptops, Tablets, Smart Phones, Desk telephony, AV equipment, Comms room devices/activities, desk cabling, Software installation and troubleshooting and any other related technology. Providing a high level of customer satisfaction and extremely strong communicator in both verbal and written communicate in the local language. Support includes specification, installation, and testing of computer systems and peripherals within established standards and guidelines. Activities require interaction with application software and operating systems to diagnose and resolve unique, non-recurring problems. Work self-sufficiently to perform fault diagnostics, delivery user requirements, while maintaining standards and SLAs. Supervisory Skills Required • Must ensure the team successfully work towards achieving all goals, such as SLA’s, OLAs & DSAT/CSAT,, • Financial management of the area must be of the forefront of thinking for all decisions and activities along side the KPIs, • Consistent monitoring of the teams attendance in accordance with contractual requirements for holidays, seasonal coverage ensuring the operational service is maintained fully, • Deliver Managed Services for the client, • Build and manage various on-site/off-site teams and direct all related People/ Process and Technology Competencies, • Formalize internal process to ramp-up expertise of resources, • Prepare reports on Monthly / Weekly / Daily basis to show productivity improvements and efficiencies, • Manage Service Improvement activities as and when required, • Handle Escalation through to successful resolve, • Accurately testing, identifying, preparing, repairing, resolving, and documenting end user technical issues relating to Desktop support. Devices include, but not limited to Desktop PC, Micro PC, Thin Client, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone, Printers, MFDs, and basic network connectivity, • Hands on role, expected to provide 2nd line IT support to the business community ensuring that all requirements are met within agreed service level agreement, • To provide infrastructure administration functions, • Providing on-site cover as part of a shift arrangement, • Support inline with contracted business working hours, • Provide site support in remote offices when required, • Being prepared to work out of hours when required, • Troubleshooting and resolving software issues; reimaging computers/hard drives Backing up and restoring settings and associated systems administration activities, • Taking ownership of issues through to resolution on all appropriate requests, • Categorize and prioritize end user support requests and service requests by utilizing a Customer ticketing system to track tickets and provide up-to-date status and information, • Ensuring regular customer interaction to adhere with update SLA’s and high levels of customer service, • Providing daily ticket updates to ensure users are fully updated on updates, • Move equipment associated with service requests, inline with health and safety guidelines, • Monitoring and mentoring team health and safety practices, • Performing asset inventory activities as needed, • End user training and guidance on the use of hardware and software, • This position requires the ability to work in a BAU and / or project-based environment requiring flexibility and teamwork, • Performs other duties as assigned

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  • STEM Educator
    STEM Educator
    2 months ago
    $680 monthly
    Part-time
    Manhattan, New York

    Off Da Beaten Path Learning LLC seeks a part-time in-person STEM Educator to guide a 10th grade homeschool learner through our self-directed education model, where students choose what, how, and when they learn. Success is measured by learner confidence, creativity, and independence. 88% of learners achieve their self-defined goals. 64% identify as neurodivergent and/or disabled. Key Responsibilities Support and coach learners through curiosity-driven, individualized sessions. Prepare based on each learner’s goals and needs. Encourage accountability and growth. Collaborate with families and team members. Details In-person, 3–5 hrs/week (prep and meetings). Location will vary (coffee shops, libraries, museums, the park, etc). Weekly schedule: ~2 hrs prep, 2 hrs learner meetings, 1 hr parent meeting/month. Paid onboarding and training. $680/month, prorated for training or time off. Qualifications 7–10+ years experience as a tutor, coach, or mentor. Strong secondary-level science and math knowledge. Respect for learner autonomy; creative, curious, adaptable, and reliable. Excellent communication skills. Professional. Preferred Creative, fun, and innovative educator. Skilled at using hands-on materials to teach math and science. Familiarity with self-directed education, unschooling, or alternative learning models. Experience in community or alternative settings (after-school, camps, vocational, continuing ed). Comfortable with video conferencing (Zoom, Google Meet) when needed Preferred schedule & location: Mondays and Thursdays, early afternoons, in person near Washington Heights, Midtown, or Upper West Side. How to Apply Email Founder, Dominique Paloma Bible with a brief cover letter and resume Desired Start Date: Nov 17th Next Steps Apply! If you are contacted, you will be invited to a 15 min video introduction with Founder. If you are a potential fit, we will coordinate a 30 min video interview with Founder & Learner Decision will be made and an email sent within 1-2 weeks.

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