Speaking of Labor Day, looking for a great job? We're on the hunt for a talented Macintosh technician!
Over the last decade, CreativeTechs has become the Pacific Northwest’s premiere team of Macintosh experts. Our consultants support the largest and most successful creative teams in the Seattle area. That includes design firms, ad agencies, photographers, video studios, and in-house creative departments.
This will be the last position we add to CreativeTechs for about a year. So if you've been tempted to contact us before, now is the time!
WORD-OF-MOUTH REWARD: Know someone who would love supporting Seattle-area creative teams? We're giving away a new iPhone or iPod Touch to the person most responsible for referring our next team member to us. So help spread the word!
What is a CreativeTechs Macintosh Consultant?
CreativeTechs’ focus on supporting creative professionals means we are looking for someone with a unique blend of great technical skills, and a knowledge of the graphic design industry:
#1: Great Macintosh troubleshooting skills.
#2: Experience supporting graphic software.
#3: Something Extra.
Mac Troubleshooting: You'll need to move confidently between a wide variety of environments. You must be very good supporting Mac OS X, with a variety of hardware, printers, and networks.
Graphic Software: You should be very comfortable troubleshooting a wide range of design applications in a production setting. Including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, QuarkXPress and many others. The more experience you can demonstrate with design-related workflow the better.
Something Extra: Every new team member adds something special to our team. Beyond the basics, what extra can you bring to our team? With our focus on supporting creative professionals, do you have unique talents you could bring to our clients? Video editing, web development, or audio expertise are particular areas of interest.
A great job for the right person.
You'll be working with 2-to-4 clients each day, and troubleshooting a wide variety of problems in the field. You'll be exposed to our design-focused client base, and see a wide range of environments we support. This is an intensive learning experience for new team members. Every consultant on our team gets their start doing this type of responsive field support.
You should work yourself out of this position as you develop the technical and client management skills to take on ongoing support relationships with larger creative teams.
We work with a lot of fun, talented clients — and we make a difference in their lives. Our business is built entirely on referrals, so you'd better be great at taking care of clients.
Learn More About CreativeTechs: Tips, Blogs, & Workshops
A great way to learn about what type of team CreativeTechs has attracted is by browsing through some of the tips, blogs, and workshops we produce on a weekly basis:
CreativeTechs Tips — This is our newsletter for creative professionals who use Macs. It is published weekly by CreativeTechs founder, Craig Swanson. Look over the mix of left-brain and right-brain tips for a sense of the range of issues we support clients with on an ongoing basis.
Make Mac Work — This weekly technical blog focuses on IT issues facing Macs in Enterprise environments. It is written by CreativeTechs lead enterprise engineer, Jordan Bojar, and gives a sense of the server/infrastructure work we are doing at larger clients.
CreativeTechs Workshops & Webinars — This is a list of current and past weekly workshops developed and taught primarily by our lead trainer Jasson Hoppe, which should give a sense of the graphic software we provide training and support for. You can also watch some clips from recent webinars: [Webinar Video Clips]
How to apply.
If this sounds like a great opportunity, please send a cover letter with your resume to jobs2008@creativetechs.com. We strongly prefer PDFs.
We read and personally respond to every email. If you have any questions, please include them with your email.
Local candidates only please -- we are not considering out of town applications.
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