<p> Follow Shad on LinkedIn at #chalkboardtalk for videos on his open roles. Shad and His team at Robert Half is working with a manufacturing client that is looking for aSenior Cost Accountant to support a manufacturing operation in Houston, Texas. This position focuses on delivering accurate product costing, meaningful financial analysis, and reliable inventory reporting that helps leaders make informed business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in standard costing within a production environment and can translate complex cost data into practical recommendations.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Develop, maintain, and refine standard cost models for manufactured products to improve the accuracy of financial reporting and operational analysis.</p><p>• Review material, labor, and overhead costs to identify variances, explain performance trends, and highlight opportunities for cost control.</p><p>• Partner with production, supply chain, and finance teams to evaluate manufacturing performance and strengthen cost visibility across the operation.</p><p>• Prepare recurring cost reports, inventory analyses, and margin reviews to support budgeting, forecasting, and management decision-making.</p><p>• Monitor inventory transactions and reconciliations to help ensure valuation accuracy and compliance with accounting policies.</p><p>• Analyze production results against established standards and provide clear recommendations to improve efficiency and profitability.</p><p>• Support month-end and year-end close activities related to costing, inventory, and manufacturing financial results.</p><p>• Contribute to process improvements involving costing methods, reporting workflows, and financial controls within the manufacturing environment.</p><p><br></p><p>For confidential consideration for this opportunity please e-mail Shad at [email protected] with your Microsoft Word Resume with Senior Cost Accountant in the subject line.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for a Desktop Support/Audio-Visual Analyst to join our team on a contract-to-permanent basis. This Desktop Support/Audio-Visual Analyst position is ideal for an experienced IT specialist who can deliver high-touch technical support to end users, including executive stakeholders, while maintaining a service-focused approach. The Desktop Support/Audio-Visual Analyst role blends hands-on desktop support with systems administration duties and requires confidence supporting Apple environments as well as audio-visual technology. This Desktop Support/Audio-Visual Analyst role is an onsite position out of Oakland, Ca. </p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Provide responsive technical assistance for hardware, software, and workplace technology issues across the office environment.</li><li>Deliver white-glove support to executive users, ensuring timely resolution and a high standard of customer service.</li><li>Administer and troubleshoot Mac OS devices, including setup, maintenance, and end-user support activities.</li><li>Use Jamf Pro to manage Apple endpoints, enforce configurations, and assist with device lifecycle tasks.</li><li>Support conference room and media technology, including AV equipment used for meetings and presentations.</li><li>Handle user onboarding, device provisioning, account support, and general workstation readiness.</li><li>Assist with system administration responsibilities by helping maintain reliable day-to-day IT operations.</li><li>Document issues, resolutions, and recurring support needs to improve service quality and team efficiency.</li><li>AV responsibilities are not highly technical, but the person must be comfortable serving as the primary point of contact for AV-related support.</li><li>Every two weeks, the company hosts a town hall, and this person will be responsible for running the presentation.</li><li>Responsibilities include loading presentation decks, sharing screens, advancing slides, and ensuring a seamless presentation experience.</li><li>Presentations may come from multiple teams and be built in various platforms, including Canva, PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote.</li><li>Must be comfortable switching between platforms and managing last-minute presentation updates.</li><li><strong>No</strong> mixing board, sound engineering, or external camera experience is required.</li><li>Executives present from their own laptops and built-in cameras. This person is responsible for ensuring everything functions properly and troubleshooting issues as needed.</li><li>For podcast recordings, production teams typically bring their own equipment. This role serves as the primary IT/AV contact if support is needed.</li></ul><p><br></p>
We are looking for a creative and strategic Content Creator to support a transport-focused brand in Pennsylvania. This Long-term Contract position blends content planning with hands-on production, offering the opportunity to shape messaging that strengthens brand visibility and audience engagement. The role works closely with marketing leadership to deliver compelling digital content across multiple channels while using performance insights to guide ongoing improvements.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Build and carry out a content roadmap that supports broader marketing objectives, brand growth, and lead generation efforts.<br>• Create high-quality written and visual materials for digital campaigns, including articles, blog features, graphics, and video-based assets.<br>• Use customer and audience data to tailor messaging for distinct segments and improve content relevance across platforms.<br>• Apply search optimization best practices to published materials to increase discoverability and strengthen organic traffic performance.<br>• Organize and manage an editorial schedule to keep projects on track and ensure a steady cadence of content delivery.<br>• Review campaign and content metrics regularly, then adjust topics, formats, and distribution tactics based on performance trends.<br>• Partner with marketing leadership to align content initiatives with social media plans and maintain a consistent brand voice.<br>• Ensure all published materials reflect company standards, messaging priorities, and core brand identity.<br>• Stay informed on emerging content marketing techniques and industry developments to introduce fresh ideas and formats.
We are looking for an Art Director to lead high-impact visual work for a long-term contract opportunity based in Arlington, Virginia. This role is ideal for an experienced creative specialist who can shape compelling brand experiences across digital and print channels while guiding design conversations with senior stakeholders. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in a fast-moving remote environment, bringing strategic thinking, strong visual judgment, and thoughtful execution to every project.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the creative direction and execution of brand assets across websites, publications, presentations, and other marketing materials.<br>• Develop original visual concepts that strengthen brand identity and support the needs of large, multifaceted organizations undergoing brand evolution.<br>• Present design solutions to executive-level clients with confidence, clearly explaining creative rationale and responding to feedback constructively.<br>• Partner closely with internal designers, freelance creatives, and cross-functional collaborators to deliver cohesive, high-quality work.<br>• Create effective front-end web design layouts and work alongside developers to ensure visual integrity through implementation.<br>• Produce high-quality deliverables in Adobe Creative Cloud as well as functional, visually refined materials in Word, PowerPoint, and Canva.<br>• Apply strong print design knowledge to develop materials that meet both creative and production standards.<br>• Stay informed on emerging design trends and bring fresh, relevant ideas into the creative process.
We are looking for a strategic and hands-on marketing leader to shape and scale brand advertising for a growing ecommerce-driven business in Houston, Texas. This role will lead integrated consumer campaigns with a strong emphasis on television and radio, while ensuring alignment across digital, social, and creative channels. The ideal candidate brings sound judgment, strong organization, and the ability to turn brand priorities into well-executed campaigns across multiple audiences and platforms.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the planning and rollout of brand advertising initiatives that strengthen awareness and support growth across two consumer-facing brands.<br>• Oversee television and radio campaigns from initial concept through launch, including production coordination, media placement, and performance review.<br>• Work closely with internal marketing and creative partners, as well as outside media vendors, to deliver cohesive and timely campaign execution.<br>• Build clear campaign schedules, manage shifting priorities, and create structure for advertising workflows in a fast-evolving environment.<br>• Connect offline advertising efforts with paid digital, social, and ecommerce marketing activities to maintain a consistent brand presence.<br>• Guide the development of commercial and video assets in partnership with designers and creative contributors to support cross-channel campaigns.<br>• Evaluate campaign effectiveness using media and performance data, then refine future plans based on insights and results.<br>• Collaborate with a distributed team across local and offshore functions, helping align goals, timelines, and deliverables.<br>• Support broader brand strategy initiatives by identifying opportunities for stronger market positioning, audience reach, and promotional impact.
<p><strong>Part-Time Contract Opportunity (10-20 Hours Per Week) $25.00/hour </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We are seeking a contractor for a highly flexible, part-time position averaging 10-20 hours per week, and some weeks may require fewer hours. This opportunity is best suited for candidates who are specifically looking for supplemental income, project-based work, or a role that can fit alongside other detail oriented commitments. If you are seeking permanent hours or a consistent 20+ hour schedule, this position may not be the right fit. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>This Contract position is ideal for someone who can turn source material into effective web pages, branded documents, presentations, and social content while maintaining a consistent voice and strong visual standards. The role blends writing, design, and hands-on website updates, making it well suited to a detail-focused individual who is comfortable working across WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, and social platforms. </p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities: • Build, revise, and publish digital content within WordPress, including website pages, articles, and reusable page components. • Shape supplied information into clear, audience-appropriate content for landing pages, blog features, service descriptions, and project-focused materials. • Prepare and format text, images, and multimedia for web use while supporting accessibility, metadata quality, internal navigation, and search-friendly page structure. • Produce and refresh branded creative assets such as PDFs, diagrams, icons, page visuals, and marketing collateral using Adobe Creative Suite and Canva when needed. • Edit PowerPoint presentations and apply light design enhancements to keep materials visually aligned with established brand standards. • Develop social media graphics and captions, then adapt longer website content into shorter, engaging posts for selected channels. • Coordinate routine website maintenance and content revisions with careful attention to consistency, version tracking, and publishing accuracy. • Review finished materials for grammar, formatting, technical correctness, and compliance with brand and content governance expectations.</p>
We are looking for a Computer Vision Engineer to join a growing team building AI-driven solutions for manufacturing environments in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In this role, you will create and deploy vision models that interpret live camera feeds to support defect detection and workflow monitoring across industrial settings. This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys turning machine learning concepts into reliable production systems and collaborating closely with technical teams to deliver measurable operational value.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Design, train, and refine computer vision models for manufacturing use cases such as defect identification, anomaly detection, and step-by-step task tracking.<br>• Build production-ready Python-based machine learning pipelines using frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.<br>• Work with image and video data captured from facility cameras to develop accurate and scalable real-time analysis solutions.<br>• Deploy and support vision applications in cloud and edge environments, including AWS services such as S3 and EC2.<br>• Collaborate with engineering leadership and cross-functional teammates to translate customer needs into practical model and system designs.<br>• Create solutions from the ground up using supervised and unsupervised learning techniques where appropriate.<br>• Improve system performance through testing, evaluation, and iterative tuning of algorithms in live operational settings.<br>• Participate in periodic onsite visits to customer facilities to understand workflows, validate model behavior, and support implementation.
We are looking for an experienced Content Manager to support high-visibility publication projects for an organization in Houston, Texas. This contract-to-permanent opportunity is ideal for someone who can turn complex information into clear, compelling narratives while guiding content from planning through final delivery. The person in this role will help shape major year-end materials, partner with stakeholders to refine messaging, and work within established creative templates to keep projects on schedule.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the planning and development of content for key year-end publications, including an impact report and a year-in-review piece.<br>• Organize source material, stakeholder input, and supporting data into a cohesive editorial structure that is easy for audiences to follow.<br>• Write, revise, and refine copy to ensure messaging is accurate, engaging, and aligned with the organization’s goals.<br>• Collaborate with internal partners and contributors to gather information, clarify priorities, and move deliverables forward efficiently.<br>• Adapt written content within existing Canva-based layouts while maintaining consistency in tone, flow, and presentation.<br>• Build and manage content workflows that support deadlines, review cycles, and final approvals across multiple deliverables.<br>• Incorporate donor metrics and other performance information into compelling narratives once updated figures become available.<br>• Contribute strategic communications insight that strengthens storytelling, audience engagement, and the overall quality of published materials.