Five Jars is looking for a tech copywriter to join our global marketing team. You’ll be responsible for delivering blog posts, working on our landing pages, and helping create sales materials.

You will work part-time with a cozy team of talented, creative experts who love their job and working with the web development industry. If you are a responsible person who can write interesting texts about the web development industry, we have a great opportunity for you!

???? About Five Jars
Five Jars is a digital agency specializing in Drupal development and helping our clients reach ambitious goals. As professionals - we deliver high-quality web products to our US-based clients in social spheres: health, education, culture, etc. As a team of creative and talented experts, we love our projects, working together and doing everything to ensure the company's and client's growth.

???? Why us?
Five Jars is more than an employer. It is a mindset, a mission, a community. We want to change how our industry operates by being transparent, respectful, and innovative — which doesn’t only count for our clients but also for our team. That is why we offer an environment where your ideas and dreams can grow and become a reality, and a place to call home.

???? Responsibilities
— Deliver approximately one blog post per week;
— Work on case studies and describe our projects in a clear and concise manner;
— Write texts for landing pages according to the given structure and tone of voice;
— Create guides and white papers using the materials provided by Chief Marketing Officer;
— Proofread materials written by colleagues;
— Influence our content strategy and potentially take over it in the future;
— Collaborate with our Chief Marketing Officer and Marketing & PR specialist for better results.


???? Professional skills

MUST have skills
— Excellent English verbal and written communication skills (fluent);
— 2+ years of experience in content creation;
— Understanding of web development & CMSs, preferably Drupal;
— Ability to understand and adhere to a style guide;
— Research skills;
— Strong analytical skills and ability to quickly get into technical details;
— Ability to give and receive feedback and act against it to improve work;
— Experience working independently and collaboratively on multiple projects to meet deadlines.

Nice to have skills
— Experience working with content management systems (Drupal CMS);
— Tech background, preferably in an IT outsourcing company;
— Deep knowledge of open-source technologies;
— Experience in working with a remote team;
— Understanding of basic SEO concepts.

Soft skills
— Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills;
— Responsibility;
— Storytelling;
— Responsiveness;
— Flexibility.


???? We Propose
— 100% remote work;
— Flexible schedule with the ability to communicate with CMO located in PDT;
— Part-time involvement;
— Fair compensation;
— Warm and friendly working environment;
— Flexibility in making decisions, no micromanagement;
— Respect and support with all activities.



Note: a portfolio is required; please provide a link to examples of materials about the tech industry with your application.

Five Jars is looking for a Chief Technical Officer to manage the company’s technologies, engineers, IT support, and tech partners and conduct due diligence operations.

If you are an ambitious person ready to take on a new challenge and know how to manage and support software development teams, we have a great opportunity for you!

Day-to-day responsibilities
Responsibilities that candidates will have daily.

Strategy & Leadership (30%)

• Build a technological vision for the company for 1, 3, 5 years;
• Build Development/Support/QA team OKRs and strategy;
• Ensuring tech strategy is aligned with business targets;
• Build relationships with technology partners (like Platform.sh). Lead and oversee the certification process;
• Continuously research and build a roadmap for CMSs, frameworks, and technologies we use and will use;
• Verify all technological practices adhere to regulatory standards and compliance;
• Identify and implement innovative technologies that yield competitive advantage;
• Grow the technical culture in the company
• Be the product owner of the internal technical services, identify problems and create new technical decisions to solve it;
• Build a learning and education roadmap for the development team (overall and individually) to grow professionally (courses, new technologies, new approaches);
• Participate in performance reviews and help tech team members grow.

Pre-Sales (30%)

• Attend pre-sales meetings and perform clients interview for technical direction;
• Build architecture and estimates for new projects;
• Preparing proposals in collaboration with the sales team;
• Analyze the requirements and propose technical solutions;
• Estimate projects and provide estimate reviews;
• Present proposals to the client and represent the team from the technical standpoint;
• Hand over won projects to delivery teams and ensure that all findings and expectations of the pre-sales phase are captured and understood;
• Unify process of estimations;
• Improving the quality of project estimation (understanding competitors, analyzing previous results, improving tools);

Delivery (30%)

• Consult team and work closely on the architecture and approach with Tech Leads and Solutions Architect;
• Consult team and work closely on the strategy and roadmap of the QA team;
• Consult prospective and existing clients on technical solutions;
• Serve as a bridge between sales and delivery teams;
• Provide project delivery management and help in hiring proper people;
• Improving the projects’ quality (implementation of processes for technical mentoring, supervision, code review, etc.);
• Maintaining the price-quality resource balance (hiring talented juniors and helping them to grow, cooperating with the recruitment department to find high-experienced candidates for complex tasks);
• Reducing the price of the project by reusing our experience on other projects

Marketing (10%) - non-billable

• Build relationships and be an active technology community member (Drupal, WordPress, Symfony, etc.)
• Build relationships and be an active member of industry-specific communities (Tessitura, YMCA and etc.)
• Participate in marketing activities, like doing research, recording videos, and providing information for blog posts
• Represent the company from the technical standpoint on conferences and events

Professional skills.

Required professional skills for being successful with goals and responsibilities.

Hard skills

• Experience in a team lead, lead developer, or similar position that includes pre-sales, architecture, and technical delivery;
• Knowledge of PHP, Drupal, Symfony, or Laravel;
• Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks;
• Knowledge of DevOps tools and processes;
• Excellent English;
• Pre-sales/Sales experience.

Soft-skills

• Responsibility and leadership by example;
• Pro-activity and ability to find solutions to project challenges;
• Easy to communicate ;

As a plus:

• Open source contributions;
• Someone from the Drupal Ukraine Community or another country Drupal community; 
• Speaking at events and conferences.

We Propose

• 100% remote work;
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule and 7-hour working day;
• Regular Friday Open Microphones about different tech things from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc.);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Flexibility in making decisions, no micromanagement;
• Respect and support with all activities;
• Team building and other sorts of online/offline team activities.

Five Jars is open to welcoming an experienced, self-motivated Lead Drupal Developer into our growing team of professionals. We are looking for an engineer with solid professional background in Drupal 8+ development within a software delivery environment. A person who will lead software developments in the team and help build sustainable architecture.

If you are an ambitious person who knows how web development works, we have an excellent opportunity for you to reach your full potential in a Lead Developer role!

Goals

Company goals for the candidate that should be solved.

• Join our team and make it stronger using your experience
• Participate in the design and planning of new features
• Participate in creating estimates and project timeline
• Perform code reviews
• Participate in clients calls along with Project Managers
• Produce clear, well-structured, cross-browser, testable, scalable, high-quality code
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Interaction with Project Manager, Team Leads, QA, and others as needed to resolve blockers and move a project towards a successful finish
• Help team meet deadlines and milestones

Expected Results

Measured results based on company goals. They define how the candidate’s success will be measured.

• Timely and high-quality development
• You’re a person who can jump on any difficult task
• You’re a person who can answer any scope related questions
• You’re a person who is responsible for the quality of developed solutions
• You’re a person who can build any project architecture
• You’re a person who participates in clients calls and answers any technical questions
• You’re a person who writes technical documentation (if needed)
• You’re a person who can answer questions (if you know the answer) even if they were not addressed to you

Professional skills

Required professional skills for being successful with goals and expected results.

• 5+ years in Drupal 8, 9 development
• Developing Drupal 8+ modules, themes, and distributions on Drupal - Open Source CMS
• Knowledge of Drupal best practices
• Strong leadership and organizational abilities
• Willingness to build professional relationships with staff and clients
• Writing JavaScript/jQuery plugins or applications.
• Familiar with JavaScript concepts like closures, prototyping
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills
• Working with Git, Jira, UNIX systems
• Strong OOP knowledge, design patterns, and principles
• Intermediate+ English level
• A good understanding of Symfony3.2+
• Experience with Docker would be a plus
• Experience with WordPress would be a plus

Day-to-day Responsibilities

Responsibilities that candidates will have on a daily basis.

• Building Projects architecture
• Participating in developing Drupal Distribution (Open Y)
• Participating in meetings with clients 
• Developing Drupal integrations with 3rd party systems
• Developing Drupal modules
  
• Helping Project Managers with technical questions 
• Helping other team members deliver projects in time with the best quality 
• Providing technical details in Jira tasks
• Participating in company initiatives along with other team leads 
• Working in a friendly and ambitious environment
• Helping other team members deliver projects in time with the best quality 
• Helping with review of work made by other team members 
• Writing important technical documentation for projects
• Being responsible for the code you write
• Being proactive

We Propose 

• Remote work in a team of professionals;
• Straightforward motivation and bonus system;
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule (7 hrs per day / 1 hr for learning new things);
• Regular tech talks (open mic) from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Team buildings and other sorts of online/offline team activities.

Five Jars is open to welcoming an experienced (middle+) self-motivated Drupal Developer into our growing team of professionals. We are looking for an engineer with solid professional background in Drupal 8+ development within a software delivery environment. This role involves aspects of planning, estimating, and delivering quality solutions from the beginning up to the project completion.

If you are an ambitious person who knows how web development works, and we have an excellent opportunity for you to reach your full potential!

Goals

Company goals for the candidate that should be solved.

• Join our team and make it stronger using your experience
• Participate in the design and planning of new features
• Produce clear, well-structured, cross-browser, testable, scalable, high-quality code
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Interaction with Project Manager, Team Leads, QA, and others as needed to resolve blockers and move a project towards a successful finish
• Help team meet deadlines and milestones

Expected Results

Measured results based on company goals. They define how the candidate’s success will be measured.

• Timely and high-quality development
• You’re a person who can jump on any difficult task
• You’re a person who can answer any scope related questions
• You’re a person who is responsible for the quality of developed solutions
• You’re a person who writes technical documentation (if needed)
• You’re a person who can answer questions (if you know the answer) even if they were not addressed to you

Professional skills

Required professional skills for being successful with goals and expected results.

• 3+ years in Drupal 8 development
• Developing Drupal 8+ modules, themes, and distributions on Drupal - Open Source CMS.
• Knowledge of Drupal best practices.
• Writing Javascript/jQuery plugins or applications.
• Familiar with Javascript concepts like closures, prototyping
• Strong OOP knowledge, design patterns, and principles
• Intermediate+ English level
• Working with Git, Jira, UNIX systems
• Experience with Docker will plus
• Experience with Wordpress would be a plus

Day-to-day Responsibilities

Responsibilities that candidates will have on a daily basis.

• Working in a friendly and ambitious environment
• Developing Drupal integrations with 3rd party systems
• Developing Drupal modules
• Participating in developing Drupal Distribution (Open Y)
• Helping other team members deliver projects in time with the best quality 
• Helping with review of work made by other team members 
• Writing important technical documentation for projects
• Being responsible for the code you write
• Being proactive

We Propose 

• Remote work in a team of professionals;
• Straightforward motivation and bonus system;
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule (7 hrs per day / 1 hr for learning new things);
• Regular tech talks (open mic) from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Team buildings and other sorts of online/offline team activities.

Five Jars is looking for a motivated Business Analyst to join our growing team of professionals and drive improvements for the services we provide. 

This role requires a solid professional background in web development as a Business Analyst and confident communication skills to identify the need of our stakeholders.

You will work with a cozy team of talented, creative experts who love their projects and do their best to contribute to their development.
If you are an ambitious person who knows how business work, we have a great opportunity for you!

Goals
Company goals for the candidate that should be solved.

• Conduct pre-sales activities with potential clients from the standpoint of Five Jars as a service provider;
• Create a strategy for current clients and conduct business analysis activities on request;
• Lead the delivery team regarding the discovery phase and communicate the business needs of stakeholders;

Day-to-day responsibilities
Responsibilities will be divided into three strategic directions:

Pre-Sales

• Attend pre-sales meetings and perform clients interview for the strategic direction
• Analyze the requirements and propose project strategy (Experience Design and Technical Solutions)
• Estimate projects and provide estimate reviews
• Present proposals to the client and represent the team from a technical standpoint
• Hand over won projects to delivery teams and ensure that all findings and expectations of the pre-sales phase are captured and understood

Strategy

• Build annual strategy for current clients
• Attend ongoing meetings with clients to identify business opportunities (separately or with the Customer Success Manager)
• Attend ongoing meetings with clients to discuss project strategy and share insights
• Represent the company strategically in industry-specific communities (museums, health, fitness)
• Analyze capability gaps within client organizations or pain points for the target market. Suggest improvement methods and appropriate solution options

Delivery

• Perform a discovery phase
• Oversee and adjust project strategy during delivery
• Serve as a bridge between the client and delivery team
• Gather and analyze data, analytics and results from the ongoing projects
• Collaborate proactively with business stakeholders, project managers, and teams to reach a common understanding of the solution to address the needs. Manage requirements
• Prioritize requirements and manage their allocation. Define quality attributes (non-functional requirements), including external interfaces and constraints
• Monitor solution implementation and conduct internal and external solution acceptance. Manage solution acceptance criteria
• Care about continuous improvement of customer satisfaction

Professional skills
Required professional skills for being successful with goals and expected results.

MUST have skills:

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills (fluent);
• 2+ years of experience in web development as a Business Analyst role;
• Experience in user experience and design;
• Experience in prototyping solutions and demoing a vision to the client;
• Experience in analytics;
• Experience in working with a remote team;
• Experience in IT web-development company;
• Ability to work independently without a supervisor;
• Proactive attitude and motivation to be a team player;
• Strong analytical skills and ability to quickly get into technical details;
• Result-orientedness and readiness to take ownership of the project;
• Understanding software development lifecycle and testing processes.

Nice to have skills:

• Pre-sales experience;
• Knowledge of content management systems (Drupal CMS) and technologies;
• Knowledge of open-source technologies.

Soft skills:

• Responsibility and leadership by example;
• Pro-activity and ability to find solutions to project challenges;
• Storytelling;
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues and clients.

We Propose

• 100% remote work;
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule and 7-hour working day;
• Regular Friday Open Microphones about different tech things from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc.);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Flexibility in making decisions, no micromanagement;
• Respect and support with all activities;
• Team building and other sorts of online/offline team activities.

Haven’t found any vacant job catching your curiosity? Do not worry!

Things change fast at our end, and we are always looking for a potential fit for our next open role, even if we don’t know precisely when that will be. 

To get yourself on our talent radar, drop us your CV and a few words about your experience, and we will get back to you with suitable job openings.

Five Jars is looking for a motivated Business Development Specialist to join our growing team of professionals. 

This role requires a solid professional background in lead generation and communication within a software delivery environment.

You are going to work with a cozy team of talented, creative experts, who love their projects and do their best to contribute to their development. If you are an ambitious person who knows how business development works, we have a great opportunity for you to reach your full potential!

Goals
Company goals for the candidate that should be solved.

• Generate leads for the sales team:
  • Research leads appropriately to the ideal customer profile and score;
  • Perform leads qualification according to the ideal customer profile and score;
• Communicate with potential clients;
• Fill out and update data in a HubSpot CRM system;
• Apply an Account-Based Marketing (ABM) approach to generate a robust marketing pipeline;
• Prepare proposals and respond to Request For Proposals (RFP).

Expected Results
Measured results based on company goals. They define how the candidate’s success will be measured.

• More than 75% of researched leads are qualified according to the ideal customer profile and score;
• Not less than 200 qualified leads are generated for every researched sphere;
• Potential successful leads are identified and transferred to the sales team;
• Responses are managed within a 1.5-hour period.

Professional skills
Required professional skills for being successful with goals and expected results.

MUST have skills:

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills (C1-C2);
• Ability to work in a 14:00–23:00 timeframe (GMT+3 Kyiv time);
• Ability to work independently without a supervisor;
• 1+ years of experience in web development in a Business Development Specialist role;
• Solid experience in lead generation for B2B segment;
• Experience in research of potential leads, spheres, domains;
• Experience with LinkedIn automation tools (Sales Navigator, Expandi);
• Objection handling experience with attention to details and formatting;
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills;
• Proactive attitude and motivation to be a team player;

Nice to have skills:

• Experience in creating and leading email campaigns;
• Experience in IT web-development company.
• Experience with Pipedrive, HubSpot CRM, Salesloft, Apollo, ZeroBounce;
• Experience with RFP;

Day-to-day Responsibilities
Responsibilities that candidate will have on a daily basis.

• Handling responses in mailboxes, LinkedIn, messengers;
• Responding to inbound and outbound leads;
• Managing HubSpot CRM and other systems;
• Tracking responses and managing tags appropriately to leads communication;
• Sending out email campaigns;
• Managing followups via HubSpot;
• Adding leads to email campaigns according to the bounce rate;
• Adding personalization to leads outreach;
• Leads generation and email campaigns customization appropriately to the ICP;
• Validating leads before re-engagement campaigns;
• Filling out statistics according to the KPI document;
• Researching new ideas, statistics and keys for more leads;

We Propose

• 100% remote work;
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule (7 hrs per day / 1 hr for learning new things);
• Regular Friday Open Microphones about different tech things from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc.);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Team buildings and other sorts of online/offline team activities.

Five Jars is looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to join our growing team of professionals. 

This role requires a solid professional background in full-cycle project management within a software delivery environment. It involves aspects of planning, monitoring, and controlling the project from the beginning up to the project completion.

You are going to work with a cozy team of talented, creative experts, who love their projects and do their best to contribute to their development. If you are an ambitious person who knows how web development works, we have a great opportunity for you to reach your full potential!

Goals
Company goals for the candidate that should be solved.

• Manage fixed-scope (fixed budget) and SLA (monthly support) projects
• Own scope for the project and be responsible for the delivery of projects
• Conduct weekly calls and demos to clients
• Minimize deviation from project deadlines
• Minimize deviation between sold hours and utilized hours on company projects
• Take full responsibility for managing project workspaces (Jira, Confluence, etc)
• Take full responsibility for the resources planning process (Harvest Forecast planning)
• Handle the scope changes and identify sales opportunities

Expected Results
Measured results based on company goals. They define how the candidate’s success will be measured.

• The team follows the project workflow which decreases the time for meetings, reports, and management
• Clients receive reports about the progress and status of a project according to initial agreements
• You’re a person who owns projects and can answer any scope related questions (or pass them to the client)
• A deviation from project deadlines is minimized to 5%
• A deviation between sold and utilized hours on a project is minimized to 10%
• Project workspaces are fully managed by you (Jira, Confluence, Harvest, etc)
• Scope change requests management is fully covered by Project Manager and overseen by the leadership
• Potential sales requests are identified by the Project Manager and passed to a sales representative

Professional skills
Required professional skills for being successful with goals and expected results.

MUST have skills:

• 2+ years of experience in technical project management
• Excellent English communication skills (fluent)
• Experience in working with a remote team
• Experience in management of the distributed development team
• Responsibility and proactivity
• Ownership and accountability
• Ability to work with a big amount of work
• Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues and clients
• Extensive experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence), full understanding of how to set up workspaces, fields, permissions, schemas, etc

Nice to have skills:

• Basic/Good knowledge of Drupal CMS
• Experience translating business requirements to technical requirements and system architecture
• Experience in creating proposals and statements of work

Day-to-day Responsibilities
Responsibilities that candidate will have on a daily basis.

• Host scrum meetings and identify what’s been done, what’s in progress and what’s planned
• Communicate with clients via Basecamp, Email, GoToMeeting
• Transition all the client’s feedback into Jira tasks and requirements
• Lead the decision-making process what is in scope and what is a feature request
• Set up the priority for features, tasks, bugs, and defects that may appear on a daily basis
• Control team loading over Harvest Forecast
• Control projects milestones and timelines 
• Create and send reports to the client about hours burn down
• Create and send reports to the company leadership about high-level deviation from sold and utilized hours
• Identify blockers and apprise about them to team and clients

We Propose

• 100% remote work;
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule (7 hrs per day / 1 hr for learning new things);
• Regular Friday Open Microphones about different tech things from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc.);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Team buildings and other sorts of online/offline team activities.

Five Jars is looking for an experienced manual QA Engineer to join our growing team of professionals. 

This role requires a solid professional background in testing projects within a software delivery environment. It presupposes the performance of highly diverse tasks and involves aspects of planning, monitoring, and controlling the project from the beginning up to the project completion.

You are going to work with a team of talented, creative experts who love their projects and do their best to contribute to their development. If you are an ambitious person who knows how web development works, we have an excellent opportunity for you to reach your full potential and live out your dream!

Goals
Company goals for the candidate that should be solved:

• Create and maintain test infrastructure (test management software, test plans, test cases, test scenarios, etc.)
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Perform thorough smoke/regression testing when bugs resolved
• Be responsible for successful quality control of the project
• Interact with Project Managers, Development Team, and others as needed to fix blockers and move a project towards a successful finish
• Write project documentation and user guides
• Participate in continuous processes improvements
• Help with writing QA documentation on the company level
• Help team meet deadlines and milestones

Expected Results
Measured results based on company goals. They define how the candidate’s success will be measured.

• All active projects are being tested before and after any deployment
• All active projects have a test plan and test cases
• Project documentation is fully covered in Jira Confluence
• The team follows a project’s workflow and decreases the time for testing using automated tests
• You’re a person who is responsible for project quality
• You’re a person who can answer any scope related questions
• You’re a person who can help identify steps to reproduce any bug/issue
• You’re a person who focuses on quality, not on testing

Professional skills and Requirements
Required professional skills for being successful with goals and expected results.

• Experience:
  • 2+ Manual QA testing on web
  • Testing projects based on Drupal CMS
  • Writing project documentation
  • With a digital agency model
  • With 3-5 ongoing projects at the same time
  • Working remotely, at least for one year
  • With time logging
  • Non-functional tests such as Performance, Security, and Accessibility
  • Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
  • Balancing strong working relationships with colleagues, clients, and customers

• Strong knowledge:
  • Software testing methodologies, tools, and processes
  • English language (mostly technical English)
  • Ukrainian/Russian (both written and spoken)

Day-to-day Responsibilities
Responsibilities that the candidate will have on adaily basis.

• Interacting with Project Manager and Development Team
• Manual testing for all assigned projects
• Regression testing
• Writing and maintaining projects documentation, QA Documentation about processes and workflows
• Creating and maintaining test plans and test cases
• Reviewing requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to create a roadmap for project testing, including manual and automated tests before the project kick-off
• Preparing questions and conducting live Demo with the client
• Communicating with the team via Slack, Basecamp, Email, GoToMeeting
• Setting up the priority for features, tasks, bugs, and defects that may
  appear daily together with PM
• Staying curious and eager to learn

We Propose

• 100% remote work
  
• Fair compensation;
• Benefits such as vacation, sick leave, a day off during official national holidays;
• Flexible schedule (7 hrs per day / 1 hr for learning new things);
• Regular Friday Open Microphones about different tech things from other team members;
• Help with learning new things (courses, books, etc.);
• Support in participating in conferences;
• Warm and friendly working environment;
• Team buildings and other sorts of online/offline team activities.