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Over the last couple of months we’ve been fortunate to add new clients at record breaking levels. In order to respond to this demand we’re now looking to add a handful of people to our implementation and client management group. The Q4 office is a fast paced, collaborative and exciting environment. We offer a competitive salary, health benefits, stock options + other perks.  AND we’re located in trendy Liberty Village in downtown Toronto.

If you’re interested in any of the positions below them please send us an email at careers@q4websystems.com and include the position you’re applying for.

Account Managers

We’re looking for experienced account managers to work with our clients on their corporate and investor websites and corporate social media activities.  We’re looking for people experienced in managing website design & development. You need to have at least 5 years experience on the web and be very comfortable with website design & development best practices.

This is a client facing position so you need to be great on the phone, have a professional appearance and be able to present both in person and over the web.

CSS/HTML Web Developers

This position is working alongside our product team on implementing custom web designs to run on top of our on-demand web content management system. We are looking for 2+ years experience in using CSS, HTML, Javascript (jquery) & Photoshop to develop custom websites.  We’re also looking for deep experience in cross browser compatibility solutions (IE. 6,7,8, Firefox, Safari, Chrome) a strong work ethic and the ability to work on multiple projects in agile environment.

As part of the recruiting process you will be required to write a number of code tests to ensure your skills are up to par.

Quality Control

We are looking for someone with strong quality assurance background, very good knowledge of cross browser issues and 3 -5 years experience with front-end client interfaces (CSS, scripting, HTTP, Web 2.0, etc). The expectations of this role are to ensure all implementations are executed to perfection and meet 100% of client requirements.

This is an internal role working with product and implementation teams in an agile environment. You will have to be comfortable working on multiple projects and with multiple teams.

Again, if you’re interested in any of the positions please send us an email at careers@q4websystems.com and include the position you’re applying for.

Thanks and we hope to meet you soon!

We’ve been so busy the last couple of weeks we haven’t been able to announce a new addition to Q4.

Sheryl Joyce, joined us on April 14, as Director of Marketing Communications and is responsible for all marketing and communications initiatives such as blogging, webinars, events and best practices. Sheryl has twelve years experience in the capital markets industry, nine of those specializing in investor relations.  Sheryl brings years of experience in investor relations and corporate communications and maintains well-established relationships with sell-side analysts, institutional investors, investment bankers and transfer agents.

Sheryl has hit the ground running with a number of blog posts (see below) and managed our popular webinar on IR website best practices.  Sheryl is also behind our new corporate twitter profile @q4websystems and is active in LinkedIn and our Q4 fan page on Facebook.  Be sure to say hi next time you see her online!

Here are some of Sheryl’s recent posts:

• IR Website Best Practices Webinar Wrap-Up
• An IR perspective “Equity Research in the Age of the Web”
• Successful Integration of Social Media Tools in IR Websites

Ok, it’s been almost a year but nonetheless, this is officially the 2nd year into implementing the Rockefeller Habits at Q4.  We kicked off our annual and Q1 2009 priorities yesterday with the whole company and now that we’ve gone through the process a few times we seem to be much more efficient at it.

I think what I enjoy most about the process for implementing the Rockefeller Habits is that it’s actually very similar to using Agile processes for developing software:

1. Focus on the highest value items first
2. Make progress on those items
3. Have a retrospective
4. Find new (and usually more difficult) problems
5. Repeat 1 – 4 often

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Last year was a great year for all of us here at Q4.  We officially launched Q4 PRESS and also launched a major version of Q4 WEB that included RSS feeds, Google Maps, photo galleries and a host of other improvements.

Anyone who has worked for company experiencing explosive growth can appreciate the difficulties that come with it and the the importance of maintaining focus with respect to corporate objectives.  Chris Jones posted back in July with respect to our adoption of the Rockefeller Habits as well as our re-adoption of Scrum as a way to maintain alignment across the company.

Since Q2 2008, we have been living our values. The single most important value we realize at Q4 is a dedication to constant improvement.  Read more…