San Francisco Health Tech is looking for a Blog Network and Content Services Manager:

Product Management Team

Opportunity

Is Web 2.0 more than a buzz word for you? Is operating in the blogosphere second nature? Are wikis your preferred mode of collaborative communication? Do you get your news from RSS feeds? Are you excited about the flexibility of working with XML? Do you daydream about the promise of the semantic Web? And are you keen to manage the business and monetization of these technologies? If so, this is the job for you!

The Blog Network and Content Services Manager works from our San Francisco office and is responsible for overseeing Healthline’s blog network and for assisting the Director of Content Services in managing the identification, acquisition, review, search engine optimization, and publishing on the Web of high-value content (original, repurposed, and licensed) aimed at a health consumer-oriented audience. This individual will work closely with the Product, Engineering, Medical Informatics, and Marketing teams. This is not a remote position.

Healthline is located in San Francisco, one block from Cal Train and the ballpark. The company is growing fast and looking for talented individuals who will grow with us.

Responsibilities

- Manage network of freelance bloggers, medical editors, and reviewers
- Oversee implementation of new content into the Healthline online platform
- Provide regular reporting of search, traffic, and revenue statistics; perform business analysis of these figures, including taking soft P&L responsibility for the blog network and other projects
- Assist the Web designers with user interface research and improvements
- Contribute to analysis of new content opportunities
- Help in assessment of consumer patterns and needs; perform gap analyses

Requirements

- Experience in Web production environment with HTML, XML, and rich-media content systems
- Significant Web publishing experience, especially exposure to Web 2.0 tools and communities (blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, etc.)
- Knowledge of the blogosphere—especially the medical blogosphere
- Substantial experience with MS Excel
- Knowledge of Web statistics and analysis
- Understanding of Web design and content management systems; knowledge of AJAX a plus
- Understanding of search engine optimization
- Understanding of databases, content classification, and categorization (taxonomies and ontologies)
- Project management experience highly desired
- Business analyst background a plus
- Familiarity with medical or health content and content providers desired

Skills/Education

- BA or BS degree and 3-5 years experience in content management
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral
- Ability to handle several projects simultaneously; set and meet deadlines
- Good research and evaluation skills
- Solid business sense
- Facility with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Analytical and problem-solving skills

About Healthline

Healthline Networks offers an innovative approach to meeting the needs of today’s health information seeker. The company’s unique consumer healthcare taxonomy, created in 1999 in collaboration with 1,100 medical specialists, powers a suite of intelligent health search, navigation and content services. Combining advanced search technology with deep medical expertise, Healthline and its business partners – a network of trusted destination sites that include publishers, portals, search engines, employers and health plans – help consumers navigate the complex world of healthcare information, empowering them to make more confident, informed decisions. Headquartered in San Francisco, Healthline is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Reed Elsevier Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and JHK Investments, LLC.

Please send your resume and complete cover letter to careers@healthline.com. Join a great, growing company.

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