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Experienced User Interface / Front-end Web Developer

August 09, 2011   Job Recruiter   No comments

CauseTV is looking for a Experienced User Interface / Front-end Web Developer:

CauseTV is a funded, pre-launch startup building rich internet applications and widgets for online media distribution. Our mission is to empower conscientious citizens to create and share cause-related videos and photos via social networks to support causes important to them. At the same time, we promote awareness, education, and involvement in issues of social and global importance.

CauseTV is seeking a front-end design guru with Web 2.0+ experience. You will help create multiple interfaces that showcase CauseTV’s media and user capabilities. Will be responsible for implementing Web interfaces and behind-the-scenes APIs for use by CauseTV’s end-users and partners.

The ideal candidate will understand the separation of content from design and feel comfortable explaining their design decisions and methodology. Should have the ability to write validating, standards-compliant, and semantically-rich code and be aware of cross-browser compatibility and bugs.

You will work to incorporate existing branding and low-detail wire-frames into the final product. Translations from design to final code should be an exact match. Should also feel comfortable suggesting alternatives as part of the creative team. Solid tech skills, solid people skills, and a passion for Web 2.0 are required.

Includes opportunity to telecommute / work virtually with 20% travel, if desired.
Option to work full-time or part-time.

Responsibilities:
* Work closely with design team, product teams, and customers in translating design comps into Web pages
* Build out functionality of site from a range of sources from sketches to wire frames
* Development of flexible display modules that integrate database calls and work with other developers to integrate back-end code

Requirements:
* Extensive experience developing AJAX applications
* Extensive experience with XML, XSLT, and Web Services/Web Toolkits
* Ability to configure, use, and maintain a full LAMP test environment
* Experience integrating Javascript and Flash components into PHP site
* Solid knowledge of HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, RSS, ATOM
* General knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator/Freehand
* Knowledge, experience with source/version control systems, structured deployment practices, and performance tuning
* Demonstrable success in working without supervision on distributed projects

The following will be considered pluses:
* Experience with Flash/Flex technologies
* Experience with blog plug-in and widget development
* Experience with social networking Websites/software
* Experience with Ruby-on-Rails

To apply for this position, please send the following to causetv-jobs [AT] mycausetv [DOT] com with the subject line “UI DEVELOPER”

Please submit:
1) a résumé (or LinkedIn profile url)
2) a cover letter (1 page or less) that includes:
a. a short description of why you want to work at CauseTV
b. the relevance of your skillset and experience to our venture
c. example(s) of project experiences that highlight your qualifications or experience in the above areas
d. a list of URLs to showcase a portfolio of your work

Job seekers can apply here.

Actual post can be found here.

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Blog Network and Content Services Manager

August 08, 2011   Job Recruiter   No comments

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.

Job hunters can e-mail their application here.

Actual post can be found here.

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Media Insights Manager Wanted

August 07, 2011   Job Recruiter

Spotzer Media Group is looking for a Media Insights Manager:

About Spotzer Media Group
Spotzer is the first global advertising agency dedicated to making high quality video advertising fast, affordable and highly targeted.

We offer a remarkably affordable online library of creative, ready-to-air commercials produced by industry-leading professionals from around the world.

We also help our clients plan and buy video spots across multiple advertising media, including television, the web, and out of home TV (location specific, narrowcast networks). We use the latest technologies for targeting advertising to limited geographic areas and well defined demographic audiences. This helps our clients better target their customers and brings efficiency and cost-effectiveness to their video advertising.

By following our 3-step process, our clients can:

1. Purchase rights to use one of our pre-produced commercials with a degree of exclusivity that matches their specific needs and budget.

2. Personalize a selected commercial with a their logo, pictures, slogans and contact information.

3. Develop highly targeted media plans based on their specific objectives, audience and budget.

Spotzer levels the playing field by giving businesses more affordable marketing weapons to quickly respond to competitors and the changing needs of their customers. And we back up our process with robust account management and customer service teams to help ensure the success of our client’s media campaign.

Position overview:
We are building out our media team and we are looking for a team-oriented, resourceful, and experienced media insights manager. He or she will help us deliver strategic insights across categories for our clients. In addition, this person will help us create sales collateral and support our sales teams in the US.

The opportunity will appeal to an individual who relishes innovation and who has the ability to operate in a pioneering, ambitious and fast-growth environment.

The position will be based in New York.
Spotzer has an international working environment and we value international work experience and language skills.

Responsibilities include:
o Support the sales teams and planners by providing relevant consumer/ category insights
o Assess target audience behaviours / trends / competitive landscape as they relate to the category
o Develop resources that assist in the development of sound media plans and strategies that align with both the target audience and client strategy
o Actively support our automated media planning activities with problem solving and category / client specific services
o Assist in the design and development of next generation automated solutions

Experience required:
The ideal candidate is someone with the following profile:

Qualifications and Experience
o 4-5 years of solid agency experience with a focus on research and insights, plus experience in developing media strategies
o Excellent research and presentation skills
o Outstanding attention to detail combined with an ability to see the big picture
Education and Skills
o College degree required
o Sharp, great with research, ability to think, good with numbers
o Strong analytical skills
o Good spoken and written English language skills are essential.

You must have a willingness to step outside your comfort zone and help us shape a new paradigm for media buying and planning!

Spotzer Media Group is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualified applicants can apply here.

Actual post is here.

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Lead Programmer – Web Master

August 06, 2011   Job Recruiter

PromTime.com – Quality Marketing Solutions is looking for a Lead Programmer/ Webmaster:

Job Title: Lead Programmer-Web Master
Company: PromTime.com – Quality Marketing Solutions

Job Description:

PromTime.com, an internet property of Quality Marketing Solutions, LLC. is seeking a skilled, motivated, and driven web developer to assist in the development of 150 websites over the course of the next year. We need someone that can participate actively in every facet of the production process. This includes creating schematics, graphic design works, all programming, data basing, testing, implementation, and maintenance.

We have a network of employees throughout the world (eg Ukraine, India, Great Britain, China, Canada, and throughout the US. We will outsource most of our work and have up to twenty employees at any given time. You must be able to supervise these people and track implementation as well as development.

The Web-Master will play a pivotal and essential role in all aspects of development and implementation. The ideal candidate must be highly motivated, thrive in a small company environment, be able to work long hours, complete projects on deadline and have a history of delivering quality work.
Note that there is flexibility in working locales. We are willing to work with consultants or programmers who are interested in telecommuting but a different compensation package must be worked out.
Our ideal candidate will have the following skills or experience, and the candidate should be prepared to show sample code and/or graphic designs together with examples of working previous projects. WE MUST SEE PREVIOUS WORK!!

Required Skills

- Comprehensive understanding of Perl, Perl/CGI, Ajax, Ruby, HTML, JavaScript, SMIL
- Knowledge of Macromedia Flash Media Server
- Object-oriented software development methodologies
- Detailed knowledge of web application architecture and infrastructure
- Knowledge of cross-browser development (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Safari)

FLASH KNOWLEDGE & SKILL ARE AN EXTREME PLUS.

- Must have some knowledge or basic understanding of Search Engine Optimization

Personal Skills

Must be able to work productively and effectively with minimal supervision and commit to responsibility for projects. Must possess strong interpersonal skills as well as good written and oral communications skills, including preparation of schematics (blueprints for websites) as well as instructions (step by step) and guidelines for implementation.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to work well independently and within a team

About the Company:
Quality Marketing Solutions is a Manhattan based firm with 10 out-of-house developers working currently to develop internet properties. We own thousands of domains and build each one individually in order to propagate throughout the internet. Currently we have 45 operating sites and have 5 active construction projects. Our websites range from those for high school students to World Cup soccer fans. Each site while being built must go through a step by step process. The webmaster’s role will be to guide all of the teams through that process after the brain-storming and original content structure is decided upon.

We have been in business for over 11 years with our Prom website and provide many different media solutions including print, postal marketing, billboard ads, and telemarketing. Our line of products number in the hundreds of thousands.

We are looking for an energetic professional that has had at least 5 years experience in the web development business. This is a small business environment with frequent pay raises for project completions. Compensation is commensurate with experience; a $50,000 bonus will be paid on July 1, 2008 at the completion of the first phase of our new business plan (150 operational websites and portals).

We need someone who can lead our large team of web developers, designers, programmers.

Job seekers can apply here.

Actual post can be found here.

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Web Creative Lead Position

August 06, 2011   Job Recruiter   No comments

J&R Music and Computer World, is looking for a Web Creative Lead (Downtown):

J&R Music and Computer World, a leading multi-channel retailer of computers, software, music, video and consumer electronics (www.jr.com), is seeking Web Creative Lead. If you are looking for a challenge and desire a healthy amount of responsibility, we want to hear from you.

The qualified candidate will have usability, creative development and management experience with demonstrated successful implementations of an engaging and conversion-focused user experience. The Web Creative Lead will manage regular production of onsite, offsite and email creative assets in addition to working with management to guide the website user experience. This is a leadership position within the JR.com Web Group.

Responsibilities

* Work with Web General Manager, Customer Relationship Manager, Online Marketing personnel, Sr. Merchandising Manager and design staff to create front end functionality that increases conversion, customer lifetime value and repeat purchase rate.
* Manage team of 4 direct reports to deliver creative assets on a timely basis.
* Provide creative guidance, prioritization of work and leadership to the Creative Group.
* Manage the development of user-friendly web solutions and tools employing AJAX, DHTML, Flash and Javascript techniques on a Blue Martini ecommerce platform.
* Manage J&R’s social marketing initiatives around current efforts of our blog, RNYK.com, and other social media opportunities.
* Work with and coordinate efforts with third-party firms to assist in the creative asset development.
* Work with in-house web developers to ensure feature and functionality interoperability with the ecommerce platform.
* Provide leadership insight and recommendations to improve website customer experience.
* Utilize Omniture click stream analytics to test and measure different designs and website usability. Provide click and conversion driven reporting to management to validate usability efficacy.
* Coordinate bi-annual user groups to validate design and usability decisions or future design plans.
* Work with Online Marketing, Web Developers and/or third party search engine optimization experts to ensure future functionality and front end site architecture is optimized for natural search indexing.

Qualifications

* 3-5 years of development experience in an ecommerce environment.
* Previous people management experience.
* Blue Martini experience is preferred.
* Expert level command of AJAX, DHTML, HTML Flash and Javascript.
* Creative and solution orientated disposition.
* Demonstrated ability to create compelling and compatible interactive experiences is mandatory.
* Strong grasp of effective usability techniques and best practices.
* Consumer Electronics product knowledge a plus.
* Bachelor’s degree required, Masters Degree preferred.

Job seekers can apply here.

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