at a Marketing, Digital, Media or Advertising Agency… Experience with syndicated research systems (i.e. new product testing, advertising testing and tracking… (From Prohire)
Confidential/New York, NY
Background
Serial entrepreneur/ experienced startup CEO launching new, stealth mode consumer web venture in New York City. In the process of selling prior web company, and preparing to launch ambitious, new consumer-facing web application.
The Project
In addition to being a commercially/financially compelling business, the project is one of great social and technological importance, with potential to advance science, medicine, academia, and general human knowledge and understanding. In success, will become a platform for discovery, innovation and human evolution.
Seeking
A senior architect to work along side CEO to build platform. The following attributes are ideal:
• PhD Comp. Sci ideal but not necessary
• 7-10 years professional software development
• Managed full end-to-end software development process, from start to finish, including budget, requirements, hiring, team management, QA, production etc)
• Has built highly scalable, high traffic consumer web applications
• Proficient in multiple languages / web standards
• Hired / Managed engineering team(s) of 5-25
• Demonstrable history of best practices and standards of excellence in software development and recruiting
• Proficient with MySQL and firm knowledge of best practices in database architecture/design, engineering, security, scalability
• Experience / Knowledge of web 2.0 standards (i.e. popular APIs, widget creation, AJAX etc)
The Role:
The role may be architected in a variety of ways, including instantaneous hire, part-time freelancing etc. There will be flexibility exercised for the right candidate. This being said, the candidate must be inspired and have the ability to inspire others (both up and down an organization), and be prepared for full time involvement if there is mutual fit (and assuming they find the project sufficiently exciting…which they will).
Please do not apply if you are a junior-level engineer. Serious inquiries from senior, experienced engineers only.
If you are looking to build the software and team from the ground up, for a project which has both significant financial potential but also the ability to contribute to the internet and to the broader good, this may be for you and we look forward to hearing from you. Please submit resume with cover page and descriptions and samples (including links if online) of applications that have been developed both in professional and hobby capacity. All submissions will be screened quickly and interview requests will be made shortly thereafter.
Confidential/Los Angeles, CA
SR. FREELANCE SOCIAL MEDIA RELATIONS SPECIALIST
We are a boutique agency seeking experienced, aggressive media relations pros skilled in social media strategies, tools and techniques. Need to accomplish big things for clients with modest budgets. Media relations professionals receive 10 to 20 hours per month, per client.
Digital Influence Group/Waltham, MA
If you have worked for an interactive agency, established a proven track record managing social media marketing campaigns and have superior client service skills – we want to hear from you!
Digital Influence Group has an immediate position for an intelligent, organized and highly motivated Director, Social Media. Digital Influence Group Directors conceptualize strategies to enrich social media marketing programs for clients, and are responsible for leading account teams in the creation and execution of digital marketing and digital media relations strategies. They assist senior leadership with overall client services, market research, project management and presentation duties. The Director, Social Media reports directly to the VP, Social Media.
Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising or related business field, 5+ years experience in the development of interactive marketing programs, and proven knowledge/familiarity of the social media landscape
· Marketing, Interactive or Advertising agency experience required
· Ability to work on several projects simultaneously with different groups, as well as the ability to delegate and manage tasks accordingly
· Demonstrated writing and proofreading skills, effective verbal and written communication skills
· Proficiency with MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Walt Disney World Park and Resorts/Kissimmee, FL (Celebration, Florida)
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Social Network Manager for WDW PR will be responsible for the daily upkeep of the Walt Disney World social network sites Walt Disney World Moms Panel and the Mickey Moms Club. This person will identify new opportunities to ensure the Moms Panel continues to help new and returning guests overcome the affordability barriers and help Family First Timers with planning their WDW vacations. This person will identify opportunities to utilize the Moms Panel throughout the year in key PR and Marketing tactics. The Social Network manager must be knowledgeable of key mom initiatives for the company. This person will look to identify partnerships both within the Walt Disney Company and externally on promoting the Moms Panel. This person will also be responsible for maintaining the relationship with the Mickey Moms Club members by producing appropriate and creative content for the MMC website. Additionally, this person will look for ways to grow the MMC membership as passionate 3rd party advocates for WDW. Strong interpersonal skills are required for this job as well as strong verbal and written communication.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: (These are the minimum qualifications you need to be considered for the job.)
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
* Minimum 3-5 years experience in either the Public Relations industry or Marketing environment at a Management level
* Proven proficiency managing Web site stakeholder and content contributor relationships.
* Proven prolific writer with strong working knowledge of, and passion for, the WDC
* Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as excellent presentation skills
* Proven active involvement in social media networks e.g. blogs, MySpace, digg, Facebook, etc.
* Demonstrated ability to thrive in a deadline driven, rapidly changing team environment
* Proven capacity to oversee multiple plans, projects, budgets and schedules moving all key components forward on simultaneous paths
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Proven working knowledge of SEO and on-page optimization
* Demonstrated literacy on both PC and Mac computer platforms
* Ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify requirements for new content development, both written and visually
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
To expedite consideration, we highly recommend that you BOTH upload your resume AND copy and paste the text when creating your candidate profile.
©Disney is an equal opportunity employer. Drawing Creativity from Diversity.
Aurora Health Care/Milwaukee, WI
As Director Social Media & Digital Communications, imagine yourself…Developing, leading, and directing Aurora’s internet strategy that is consistent with Aurora’s mission, vision, values and strategic direction as well as Aurora’s brand. Ensuring Aurora is an active adapter of new technologies, social media and digital communication solutions. Leading and directing the optimization of web navigation to increase visibility and accessibility. Leading Aurora’s social media and digital communications strategies, creating a dialogue (and dialogue tools) with target audiences (patients/customers, employees, physicians, national and regional media, communities, governmental leaders and policy makers) to build Aurora's image and reputation. Developing and planning the convergence/bridging of traditional and new media (digital media which relies on digital technologies) to effectively influence, inform and engage key audiences. Developing tracking and monitoring of social media and digital communications emerging trends inside and outside health care industry. Monitoring national metrics and innovative best practices within and outside health care. Working closely with other Corporate Affairs leadership and system media relation’s team to: developing collaborative social media strategies which foster relationships with and influence regional and national news media; and designing and implementing social media and digital communications components into corporate affairs initiatives.
SocialMedia Networks /San Francisco, CA
Job Description
SocialMedia is developing a social advertising network, affording advertisers new means of reaching with users. We are hiring an experienced and Director of Sales responsible for prospecting and closing new advertiser accounts for our social advertising and social advertising inventory. Our Director of Sales will be a highly self-motivated and independent individual with a sophisticated knowledge of online advertising. You will have had proven sales track records of reaching and exceeding quota and ability to evangelize new media and develop social advertising solutions with clients and our talented professional services team. You are also passionate about building a team of highly-motivated individuals to be a part of great organization.
Responsibilities:
* Use your in-depth knowledge of the industry to develop sales strategies, territory planning, and sales practices and policies for social advertising
* Leverage existing advertiser/agency relationships to sell social advertising to advertisers ready for a new mode of interaction
* Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to understand and then develop product-oriented interactive solutions and proposals that maximize clients’ branding messages
* Interface between the advertiser and our technical department to set-up and maintain campaigns on our advertising network
* Keep records of calls made using CRM systems
* Manage revenue and develop programs, promotions, and sponsorships
* Recruit, train and work with a high-performance sales team to close major deals
* Develop sales goals and provide status reports on a regular basis
* Track the performance of the client’s advertising campaigns using our in-house tracking system
* Drive revenue to meet and exceed targets and goals
Requirements:
* Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing or equivalent area of study.
* Minimum 4 years in online advertising sales experience, with interactive media agency contacts.
* Extensive contacts with major brand and performance-oriented advertisers and marketers, especially in verticals amenable to social advertising
* In depth knowledge of the rich media, behavioral, contextual advertising industry
* Strong cold-calling and negotiation skills to establish new client relationships
* Excellent presentation skills
* Excellent negotiation skills and ability to write contracts
* Ability to develop creative solutions on the fly as well as with our professional service team
* Ability to close Fortune 500 companies.
* Organized, thorough, and detail-oriented.
* Travel extensively
* Track record for hiring, developing and mentoring talent
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Senior Manager, Social Media Marketing / Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive / Arlington, VA
Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive/Arlington, VA
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) is seeking a creative and experienced, individual to lead the company's marketing efforts to distribute content beyond the confines of our owned and operated sites. This is a unique opportunity to tackle one of the most interesting questions facing web publishers: How do you leverage the strength on some of the web's most established and respected content sites given the latest web 2.0/3.0 trends including social media, widgets, blogs, syndication, and other mobile content distribution platforms.
In partnership with Editorial and Product teams, this position will define our social media and mobile viral marketing strategy and execute against it. This involves identifying opportunities to distribute the right content to the right person at the right time and then leveraging the subsequent consumer touch points to drive traffic back to and increase usage of our web properties.
About WPNI
WPNI is the online arm of the Washington Post Company. We reach 18mm unique users every month through our web sites www.washingtonpost.com, www.slate.com, www.newsweek.com, www.budgettravel.com, www.theroot.com, www.sprig.com. WPNI uniquely combines respected media brands with an innovative and independent web culture.
Responsibilities:
* Be the organization's distributed content and social marketing lead providing leadership and vision for all WPNI brands. Leverage all distributed content and distribution vehicles for viral marketing purposes and to increase word-of-mouth
* Work closely with Editorial and Product teams to develop and drive a product roadmap for how to distribute our content and advertising across social networks such as Facebook and YouTube, podcasts, blogs, widgets, syndication, RSS, text alerts, and other platforms
* Work closely with PR to connect external blog, forum and social network users to WPNI sites
* Work closely with the SEO team to increase link value and content creation
* Stay on the cutting edge of developments in the social media space and evangelize social marketing best practices and learning
* Develop metrics and key performance indicators for analyzing and quantifying the benefit and impact of social, mobile and other alternative media initiatives
* Deliver budgeted revenue and traffic metrics around distributed content. Calculate/project ROI on all new initiatives and maximize the efficiency of existing intiatives
* Manage vendor relationships
* Works with internal teams and IT to build and/or evolve content, functionality, and applications and provide exceptional utility to users and advertisers
Requirements & Qualifications
* The right combination of entrepreneurial drive and proven ability to work with internal teams and external partners.
* 7+ plus years online marketing, advertising, and/or communications. Additional marketing experience in grassroots, viral and word-of-mouth marketing a plus
* An understanding of web publishing and high-quality content as well as experience with, and passion for, discovering new ways for people to engage with content
* Knowledge about online advertising, marketing, and the underlying technologies that make the distribution of content possible such as RSS and other xml feeds
* An existing network of contacts in the social media and digital publishing is ideal and the ability to identify and develop relationships with leaders in web publishing is a requirement
* Must be Innovative and creative, with the ability to easily understand defined audiences and passionately advocate their wants and expectations
* Working knowledge of current social media standards (Blogs, Forums, Wikis, etc.)
* Sophisticated analytical skills, bridging both strategic and implementation levels
* Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail
* Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
enter:marketing/New York, NY
nteractive Producer/Social Media
Enter:NewMedia develops web promotions, rich media, and social media interactive efforts for clients targeting the teen and pop-culture markets.
We are looking to add experienced Interactive Producers (preferably with Social Media experience) capable of leading projects from strategy to deployment as well as providing ongoing client support.
Ideal candidates have 5+ years experience and expertise in rich media banner creative, web development, and web 2.0 social media applications and widgets – particularly inside Facebook.
Preferences
Industry: Marketing - Digital
Career Level: Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
Minimum Education: Bachelor's
Job Status: Full Time
Salary Range: Commensurate with Experience
Salary Comments: TBD DOE
San Francisco Chronicle/San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities:
The Social Media Producer is responsible for the growth and maintenance of the reader community and the tools supporting that community on SFGate.com. User content on the site is surfaced in community destination pages and is being woven through the content through SFGate’s core site and topic-based channels. The social media producer is responsible for the process around the creation, management, and curation of all user-generated content (UGC) across SFGate, which includes, but is not limited to, reader comments, reader blogs, reader photos, and reader forums.
Specific responsibilities include:
* Being web 2.0 savvy (social networks and UGC tools on the market), understanding audience, and the competitive space
* Creating the optimal user experience for the reader community
* Leading the product definition for Social Media content, tools, and services on the site.
* Developing requirements and specifications around the integration of relevant products.
* Managing integration of required features and services and management of technical team in this effort
* Identifying new opportunities for integration of community content within the site. Working with a team of content producers on these integration efforts.
* Managing third-party relationships and partnerships to meet product needs
* Monitoring and reporting on all metrics related to the growth of the SFGate Community
Requirements:
* 3+ years producing and/or product management experience, working on consumer web site with significant community/UGC management component.
* Passion for online community building.
* People management skills, and background leading cross-functional teams and ensuring that projects and changes get developed according to specification and schedule
* Ability to gain consensus within organizations to move projects forward
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Bachelor’s Degree
