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July 7, 2011

Bloomberg’s Unveiling of Change By US NYC Featured on Huffington Post!… http://fb.me/xO1JTWVJ

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Change By Us NYC Networking Platform Featured on Streetsblog, July 2011

New York’s new online platform, Change By Us, is meant to support local activism across the city. The site gives New Yorkers a forum to submit ideas for how to improve the city and organize themselves into groups that can push to implement those ideas. The key feature of the platform is that it algorithmically matches individuals and ideas with like-minded people nearby. To read more about how the site works, click here.

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Change by Us launches in NYC today!

Local Projects is pleased to announce Change by Us, a civic engagement platform that lets residents organize projects together, which launched today NYC. Check it out at changeby.us/nyc.

Using both text messaging and the site itself, New Yorkers can submit ideas for a more sustainable city. Based on those ideas, the site connects visitors and invites them into project groups. Project groups connect to existing city resources and community organizations to help them achieve their goals. (more…)

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Bloomberg’s Unveiling of Change By US NYC Featured on Huffington Post, July 2011

This morning Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled Change By Us NYC in a ceremony at the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in Brooklyn, that allows New Yorkers to share policy initiatives and ideas to make the city a better place. For more information about the site and the unveiling, click here.

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Change By Us Featured on The New York Times, July 2011

Change by Us NYC was launched on Thursday, July 7th, 2011. Click here to read more about the platform that solicits ideas on how to make the city more environmentally sound and allows users to connect with city agencies, community groups and programs that work on sustainability issues.

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Change by Us on Streetsblog! http://fb.me/uHISFotw

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The New York Times Discusses Change By US NYC, July 2011

Change by Us is designed to let participants start meet-up groups, raise money and work with community-based organizations and city agencies. The initial focus of these projects is to make a more environmentally sustainable city. Click here to read more about how the site allows visitors to browse proposed projects, resources and ideas, or start their own.

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Change By US NYC Launch Featured on Silive.com, July 2011

Regarding Change by Us, Deputy Mayor for Operations Stephen Goldsmith said, “New Yorkers have long been active in greening our city and improving our quality of life, and thanks to this new website, volunteers, professionals, and city agencies will have the opportunity to collaborate on issues like sustainability like never before.” To read the full article, click here.

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Change By Us NYC Launch Featured on GOOD, July 2011

Click here to see Change By Us NYC featured on GOOD.

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Thanks @DavidKinney RT “NYC is officially listening to citizen’s ideas to improve the city #ChangeByUsNYC Finally! I have so many ideas!”

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jobs

Media Producer/ Project Manager

Local Projects is currently seeking an experienced

Media Producer / Project Manager to help shape the

future of museum and public spaces through strong

detail management and positive client relationships.

Candidate should be an omniscient individual who will

be able to conceptualize, develop and produce highly

innovative pieces and can track and facilitate next

steps on complex projects from conception through

installation.

Our projects will demand a very special individual,

who can both drive and shadow the creative

process while producing easy to comprehend status

reports, presentations and updates for clients and

collaborators.

Candidate must have a strong technical

understanding of both the front and back end

development process for multiple mediums including

shoot coordination and logistics, film production, post-

production, web, mobile web and kiosk development

and any new media formats that are thrown at

you. We’re looking for someone with 5-7 years of

relevant experience to help coordinate projects from

concept through design, prototyping and installation.

Candidate should have a strong foundation in

traditional design documentation as well as a high

comfort level developing and maintaining budgets,

production schedules and other associated project

administration standards.

Candidate must be able to lead as well as collaborate

with a strong design team and complex/intelligent

clientele.

The Media Producer / Project Manager will work

under Local Projects’ Studio Director and Principal.

Please contact jobs@localprojects.net with resume

and salary requirements.

Interaction Designer

Local Projects is currently seeking an Interaction Designer to help shape the future of museum and public space media. Design experience spanning a range of platforms preferred (web, handheld, phone, kiosk and spatial installations). We are currently developing media for the National September 11 Memorial Museum, The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum 2013 rennovation, The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial and a variety of other cultural and arts institutions. We’re looking for someone with 3-5 years of interaction design experience to help create a number of these projects from the original concept through detailed design, prototyping, testing, and iteration. The ideal candidate will have experience developing innovative interactive experiences in public space. We require a strong foundation in traditional design documentation including wireframes, sitemaps, and flow diagrams. Experience creating prototypes of both high and low fidelity is a must. The candidate should also have experience with user research including the creation of screeners and scripts. We will be interested in the candidate’s ability to interpret user feedback and translate it into design ideas. The Interaction Designer will work under Local Projects’ Creative Directors and Principal on a variety of projects and tasks.
Skill Requirements:
-3-5 years traditional agency-side interaction design experience.
-Exceptionally great oral, written, and visual communication skills.
-Wildly conceptual imagination.
-Highly developed visual design sensibility.
-Meticulous document production skills.
-OmniGraffle and Photoshop.
-Intermediate programming skills with one or more languages used to create UIs (Actionscript, Processing, HTML, Javascript)
Please send a resume, introductory letter, and link to your portfolio to jobs@localprojects.net.

Graphic Design Interns (Fall 2013)

Local Projects is currently seeking Graphic Design interns with strong 2D design and production skills as well as an interest in Interaction Design. Candidates should have a foundation in design for web/mobile, motion graphics as well as physical installations. Candidates will assist in the creation of production ready files while also engaging in early concept and ideation phases required for the realization of finished works.

Please ONLY submit your resume to: interns@localprojects.net. Submissions sent to any other email address will not be considered. No phone calls please.

Development Interns (Fall 2013)

Local Project is currently seeking Fall 2013 interns to work with our team of engineers on code development and application design for a variety of cultural web, mobile, kiosk and physical development projects. We are looking for candidates with the following credentials:

- Programming experience with any of: Python, Ruby, C, Clojure, Go, Lua.
- Experience with popular CMS systems such as Drupal, WordPress, ExpressionEngine.
- HTML, CSS and Jquery experience.
- Experience using databases connected to websites – eg. Mysql, sqlite.
- Understanding of and interest in design patterns such as MVC and MVVC.
- A passionate interest in being challenged with the latest technology.

Please ONLY submit your resume to: interns@localprojects.net. Submissions sent to any other email address will not be considered. No phone calls please.

Content Development Intern (Fall 2013)

Local Projects is currently seeking content development interns to work closely with content developers, designers and project directors to help shape the visitor experience of a project. Responsibilities include: drafting written content, digital file management, research and editing. Applicants should be extremely detail oriented and have very strong research, writing and communication skills.

Please ONLY submit your resume to: interns@localprojects.net. Submissions sent to any other email address will not be considered. No phone calls please.

LocalProjects

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Change By Us NYC Networking Platform Featured on Streetsblog, July 2011

Change by Us launches in NYC today!

Bloomberg’s Unveiling of Change By US NYC Featured on Huffington Post, July 2011

Change By Us Featured on The New York Times, July 2011

The New York Times Discusses Change By US NYC, July 2011

Change By US NYC Launch Featured on Silive.com, July 2011

Change By Us NYC Launch Featured on GOOD, July 2011

jobs

Media Producer/ Project Manager

Interaction Designer

Graphic Design Interns (Fall 2013)

Development Interns (Fall 2013)

Content Development Intern (Fall 2013)

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