Business Development Executive

Candidate should be Gurgaon based only

The Assistant General Manager (AGM) - Public Relations is responsible for developing and executing strategic PR campaigns to enhance the company’s public image, strengthen brand awareness, and manage media relations. The role involves overseeing communication strategies, crisis management, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring consistent messaging across all platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Public Relations Strategy & Execution:

• Develop and implement PR strategies to enhance the company’s reputation and visibility.
• Craft compelling press releases, media kits, and speeches for corporate events.
• Manage public relations campaigns, including product launches, partnerships, and CSR initiatives.
• Monitor industry trends and competitors’ PR activities to stay ahead of the market.

Media Relations & Communications:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with media houses, journalists, and influencers.
• Organize press conferences, media briefings, and interviews.
• Act as the company spokesperson when required.
• Ensure accurate and timely dissemination of information to the media and the public.

Crisis Communication & Reputation Management:

• Develop crisis communication plans and handle reputation management during emergencies.
• Address misinformation and negative publicity effectively.
• Provide media training to company representatives.

Internal & External Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with internal teams, including marketing, HR, and corporate affairs, to align PR efforts.
• Engage with industry bodies, government agencies, and community organizations to foster goodwill.
• Manage PR agencies and third-party communication service providers.

Content Development & Digital PR:

• Oversee the creation of engaging PR content for social media, blogs, and company websites.
• Ensure brand consistency across all digital communication channels.
• Leverage digital platforms to enhance media outreach and audience engagement.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in PR, corporate communications, or media relations,Proven track record in handling media, crisis management, and stakeholder relations.
• Strong writing, editing, and public speaking skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects.
• Experience with PR tools, social media analytics, and media monitoring software.

Key Competencies:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving mindset.
• Media-savvy with a keen understanding of public perception.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and evolving business environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions.
• May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm.
• The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages.
• Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead technical processes and designs considering reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reuse, extensibility, usability, and scalability.
• Review code of development team to ensure quality and adherence to best practices and standards.
• Mentor junior developers to develop their skills and build strong talent.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure partners to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments.
• Define scalability and performance criteria for assigned applications.
• Ensure application meets the performance, privacy, and security requirements.
• Verify test plans to ensure compliance with performance and security requirements.
• Support business and technical presentations in relation to technology platforms and business solutions.
• Mitigate risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls.
• Help develop solutions that balance cost and delivery while meeting business requirements.
• implement technology-specific best practices that are consistent with corporate standards.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of product strategy and project deliverables.
• Manage the software development process.
• Drive new technical and business process improvements.
• Estimate total costs of modules/projects covering both hours and expense.
• Research and evaluate specific technologies, and applications, and contributes to the solution design.
• Construct application Architecture encompassing end-to-end designs.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required with Masters, or equivalent experience preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• 7+ Years of Active Development Experience/ Expertise in Java/J2EE Based Applications proven ability with Hibernate, JPA, Spring, Spring MVC
• Exposure to XML/XSD, JSON and similar data presentation components
• Familiarity with Microservices based architecture and distributed systems.
• Ability to develop and work with REST APIs using Spring Boot framework.
• Knowledge of IBM MQ and messaging protocols such as JMS
• Understanding of Unix/Linux OS including shell scripting
• Strong database and PL/SQL skills
• Experience with CI/CD technologies like GIT, Jenkins, JoCoCo and Maven
• Experience with UI frameworks - Angular, NodeJS and NPM is a plus
• Experience with CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and similar UI frameworks (jQuery, React Angular) is a plus
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology

We are looking for a highly skilled computer programmer who is comfortable with both front and back end programming. Full stack developers will be required to see out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Developing front end website and back-end website applications.

• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.

• Designing and developing integrations with 3rd party apps.

• Working on Next JS and Node JS .

• Design, build and maintain SaaS-based products.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

• Web services and Integration with Business applications and various softwares

• Work with outside data sources and API’s, REST API's

• Unit-test code for robustness

• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

Requirements:

• Experience of 1-3 years.

• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Proficiency with languages such as React JS, Next JS, Node JS, PHP Laravel, Angular, WordPress, REST API's

• Excellent verbal communication skills.

• Good problem-solving skills.

• Knowledge of software development principles and design patterns.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Job Type: Full-Time, 9 am to 6:30 pm (Monday to Friday)

If you can put one leg into the analogue world and another leg into the digital world to quickly translate business objectives into technical recruitment into software screens... If you think the computer screen is the world that you really want to make an impact on it is more significant than life. Then come join us.

Think you’ve got it in you? Let’s check the requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (They always say communication is key, don’t they?)
• Time management (Time is always of the essence at iThink)
• Organisational skills 
• Be well versed with the draw.io tool or any flow chart-making tool (going with the flow is good, but so is planning!) 

And that’s it! 

What duties does the job involve?

During your time as a Business Analyst on our ITL team, you will be:

• Enjoying your time with us

This we can assure you of, but apart from it, you will be required to:

• Creating technical reports, activity diagrams, BRD, FRD and manuals for the team (help us help others?)
• Developing workflow charts for system changes
• Monitoring each project's progress and optimising processes (concrete results for our efforts, you know?)
• Work as a SPOC between the Tech and Marketing Team and other stakeholders (like we said, coordination skills are a must!)
• Collaborate with project sponsors to determine project scope and vision (great minds don’t always have to think alike!) 
• Require Knowledge of the Balsamiq Tool.
• Should have a basic understanding of Figma.

• Systems: Software Design, Database Design , Magento/eCommerce, PWA
• Role: Will be responsible for design and integration of eCommerce Systems, external integrating systems and new customer touch point like WA Shop, Chat Bots, Social Commerce and Design of eCommerce backend, OMS
• Education : B.Tech – CSE, premier Engineering Institute
• Experience : 5-7 Years, High transactional website, multiple system integration, AWS, Middleware and MySQL, MongoDB, Restful API. Team player, Passion for Coding. Exposure to Magento eCommerce system design and database is desirable

The Company

Testing Ground is disrupting the way new business ventures develop and grow in the different industries. We help founders and innovation leads in companies figure out where their new business vertical, test demand for it from customers across Asia and help them scale it up. We hand the new to the world and new to market products and solutions which will change the way the industry operates. We also work towards creating a workforce who is able to help other companies test and grow their business model.  

Testing Ground is a Singapore based startup with early satellite bases in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, China and Vietnam. Joining us means that you will get the opportunity to learn from the founding members. Our founder has deep experience building and mentoring start-ups across Southeast Asia. His previous startup counts Eduardo Saverin, Co-founder of Facebook, as one of their investors. Our co-founders are experts in community and partnership development in China and Singapore as well as skilled in future oriented capabilities such as digital marketing, viral growth, content marketing and latest innovation strategies.

At Testing Ground, we want our team to be made up of people who have the ability to become the best. We practice Lean Startup and Agile. We do stand-ups and run experiments often. We have an open work culture but yet we are very focused and very energetic.

If you would like to learn and get your hands dirty in doing the work related to the latest innovation and methodology to creating a sustainable business model, this is the place for you. 

As a startup, everyone in the team are do-ers and want to make a name for themselves. We are driven and open to new ideas. Join us and have a chance to craft out your own growth as well as the company’s growth. 

The Opportunity

Unleash your capability with us

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are facing an upcoming upheaval with technology disrupting the way things are currently run. Beyond providing consulting services to these companies, we want to help them by providing them with a clear methodology to support them through this transition. 

That is where you come in.

As a graphic designer at Testing Ground, you will have the opportunity to conceptualise ideas and craft inspiring designs, as well as to play a part in envisioning the creative direction for these companies. We are looking for someone who is always hungry to learn new tools and skills to develop thoughtful, creative illustrations that communicate key messages in a clean, simple way. Apply now if you thrive on exploring new concepts and enjoy watching your ideas come to life – from conceptualisation to production.

This is a full-time role (9am-6pm, Mondays to Fridays), with a monthly salary of 363 USD.

Competencies created: You will be able to

• Develop design concepts for business objectives and goals

• You'll learn how to deliver value to projects through objective-based design such as developing the style and vision for the clients that we work with.
• You’ll get to design for business success for creative and effective delivery of branding services

• Manage various stakeholders and project requirements

• You’ll have the opportunity to work with our team to ensure collaterals are delivered on time
• You’ll manage multiple projects with concurrent deadlines, ensuring high quality and accuracy of final deliverables through proofreading

About the Role:

• Create Visual Brand Identity

• Conceptualise a creative direction for Testing Ground’s projects
• Conceptualise and design branding/marketing materials for both print and web related marketing material
• Produce new artwork based on brand guidelines agreed with our team
• Create print and digital advertising materials

• Develop Key Visuals and Collaterals for Marketing Campaigns and Events

• Assist in the management of website, newsletters and all other company materials, where necessary
• Design all graphic, sales and marketing materials e.g. EDM / Posters / Banners
• Work with us in crafting visually compelling presentations

• Manage Design from Concept to Production

• Work according to briefs for the branding needs and guidelines
• Ensure design specifications are production-ready
• Engage with external printers or contractors/suppliers/vendors to ensure the highest quality of materials and that deadlines are met
• Proper documentation of all design files

Why You Will Love Working with Testing Ground:

• If you have been thinking of starting your own business, this position will give you an in-depth insight to what works and doesn’t in the different industries and countries across Asia.   
• The firm believes that it is critical to encourage personal development to have a successful team. As such, we have a variety of online learning courses which you can use to pick up different skills and capabilities. 
• You will be exposed to different platforms and tools to help you become more efficient in doing your job.

Experience:

At least Diploma in Art/Design/Creative fields 

Skills Required:

• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite especially Illustrator and Photoshop
• Familiarity in Adobe InDesign for desktop publishing
• Ability to convey company’s message in line with brand’s guidelines through original design
• Ability to create strong design concepts
• (good to have) Skilled in video editing
• (good to have) Skilled in photography and videography
• (good to have) Knowledge of photo editing in Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom

What we’re looking for in you:

• Desire to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Able to work independently and proactively in a team
• Strong communication skills to liaise with marketing team and external vendors
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects deadlines
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Keen eye for detail

P.S: Assess us like we assess you. If you’d like to check out who our founder is, you can connect with him via his LinkedIn page url here and say “Hi, I saw your job post on….” :https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehappybryan/"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehappybryan/

 

Essential duties and Responsibilities:

•             Assist IT staff with the delivery, installation, configuration and ongoing usability of desktop and laptop computers, peripheral equipment and software.

•             Maintain employees' access on associated computer systems and/or phone/voicemail systems

•             Assist employees with Smartphones, Laptops and Tablets

•             Works with vendor support contacts to resolve technical problems with desktop computing equipment and software.

•             Ensure desktop computers and users interconnect seamlessly with diverse systems including associated validation systems, file servers, email servers, conferencing systems, application servers and administrative systems.

•             Works with senior IT staff to purchase hardware and software.

•             Assesses functional needs to determine specifications for purchases.

•             In Person, Phone, Email and Ticket support with onsite and remote employees.

•             Manage Ticket pipeline within stated SLA's.

•             Performs all other duties as required.

Essential Knowledge & Skills:

•             Knowledge of principles, methods, and practices related to payroll activities.

•             Knowledge of accounting procedures and practices.

•             Able to exercise great initiative independent judgment.

•             High regard for confidentiality and ability to maintain confidential information.

•             Ability to manage several projects and tasks simultaneously.

•             Solid problem-solving and business acumen skills.

•             Willingness to work additional hours in order to meet tight deadlines.

•             Exceptional written and verbal communication

•             Excellent customer service

•             Highly organized, with exceptional attention to detail

•             Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment

•             Efficient written and verbal skills in the English language

Education and/or Experience:

•             Associates Degree in Information Systems, Business, Communications or related field

•             3-7 years' experience supporting Windows 7/8/10 desktop and laptop computers

•             3-7 years IT Customer Service Experience a must

•             Experience troubleshooting hardware issues remotely.

•             Experience installing software, patches and updates on Desktops and Laptops remotely

•             Experience troubleshooting basic network, software and printing problems

•             Mortgage Industry experience a plus

•             High School Diploma required

Machines, office equipment & software:

•             Windows 7/8/10 desktop, laptop and tablet computers