Job Openings!
Oct. 17th, 2005 04:57 pmTo crib from a certain co-worker who doesn't know 98% of my friends list:
There are a number of job openings at our company, Smarter Living. It's a small (35 employee) online travel information company, and it's a great place to work. Feel free to tell anyone you know about these. For the Media Planner/Buyer, send resume/cover letter to our HR person, Dianne Brennick (dianne.brennick @ smarterliving.com), and mention that you found out about the job through me (yes, they know me as JB). For the other two tech positions, send resume/cover letter directly to me (jb at the above mentioned domain .com).
Media Planner/Buyer - Interactive
Description: Do you want to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment? Smarter Living is looking for an experienced online media buyer who will join the marketing department and will work closely with other members of the marketing team and with our product managers.
Responsibilities:
Research and test online advertising opportunities
Negotiate online media buys
Manage day-to-day implementation and optimization of campaign activities
Manage online media budget
Requirements:
Bachelor of science degree required
2-3 years of recent interactive advertising experience
Experience purchasing all types of online media (banners, pop-ups/unders, text links, etc.)
Experience purchasing all pricing models (CPM, CPC, CPA, etc.)
Experience managing online media campaigns
Strong quantitative/analytical skills
Excellent negotiation skills and experience negotiating online media space
Strong understanding of Excel
Natural affinity for research, numbers and analysis
Ability to work efficiently in a rapidly changing, dynamic environment
Technical Reporting Analyst
Job description:
This person will be responsible for determining Smarter Living's analytic methodology and ensuring that it is used consistently and correctly across all of our products. Duties will include:
Working with marketing staff, and other end-user groups to define data analysis requirements and working with technical staff on the implementation of those requirements.
Development of processes and methods for collecting reporting data from multiple sources into a common reporting framework.
Creation and management of reporting tools and databases developed in house.
Auditing collected data for accuracy and completeness.
Qualifications/requirements:
The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Knowledge of the on-line advertising, travel, or media industries is a plus. He or she will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, an understanding of business processes, and the impact of data collection and analysis on those processes.
The successful candidate will also have significant experience with and understanding of:
Statistical analysis methods
Data warehousing/data mining concepts and implementations
SQL (Experience with MySQL preferred)
Web analytics concepts and implementations
Database programming
Web applications development (PHP or Perl preferred) as it relates to report generation and presentation
Web Developer
The Web Developer will assist our technology department in developing our production websites in PHP, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. This person will also be supporting backend systems and processes written in Perl and MySQL in the Red Hat Linux environment.
Job Qualifications:
We are looking for a smart, creative, motivated self-starter who wants to join a strong team of Web Developers in a rapidly growing, leading consumer website in the travel industry.
The ideal candidate has 2-5 years experience developing in XHTML, CSS, PHP 4-5, JavaScript and Perl. Must know SQL (preferably using MySQL) and be very comfortable with Red Hat Linux. Knowledge of Flash is a plus.
Minimum 2 years programming experience in a professional team environment. The successful candidate will communicate well, be committed to delivering quality work on an aggressive schedule, and must be able to function independently as well as part of a team. Must document code faithfully and take good coding practices seriously.
There are a number of job openings at our company, Smarter Living. It's a small (35 employee) online travel information company, and it's a great place to work. Feel free to tell anyone you know about these. For the Media Planner/Buyer, send resume/cover letter to our HR person, Dianne Brennick (dianne.brennick @ smarterliving.com), and mention that you found out about the job through me (yes, they know me as JB). For the other two tech positions, send resume/cover letter directly to me (jb at the above mentioned domain .com).
Media Planner/Buyer - Interactive
Description: Do you want to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment? Smarter Living is looking for an experienced online media buyer who will join the marketing department and will work closely with other members of the marketing team and with our product managers.
Responsibilities:
Research and test online advertising opportunities
Negotiate online media buys
Manage day-to-day implementation and optimization of campaign activities
Manage online media budget
Requirements:
Bachelor of science degree required
2-3 years of recent interactive advertising experience
Experience purchasing all types of online media (banners, pop-ups/unders, text links, etc.)
Experience purchasing all pricing models (CPM, CPC, CPA, etc.)
Experience managing online media campaigns
Strong quantitative/analytical skills
Excellent negotiation skills and experience negotiating online media space
Strong understanding of Excel
Natural affinity for research, numbers and analysis
Ability to work efficiently in a rapidly changing, dynamic environment
Technical Reporting Analyst
Job description:
This person will be responsible for determining Smarter Living's analytic methodology and ensuring that it is used consistently and correctly across all of our products. Duties will include:
Working with marketing staff, and other end-user groups to define data analysis requirements and working with technical staff on the implementation of those requirements.
Development of processes and methods for collecting reporting data from multiple sources into a common reporting framework.
Creation and management of reporting tools and databases developed in house.
Auditing collected data for accuracy and completeness.
Qualifications/requirements:
The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Knowledge of the on-line advertising, travel, or media industries is a plus. He or she will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, an understanding of business processes, and the impact of data collection and analysis on those processes.
The successful candidate will also have significant experience with and understanding of:
Statistical analysis methods
Data warehousing/data mining concepts and implementations
SQL (Experience with MySQL preferred)
Web analytics concepts and implementations
Database programming
Web applications development (PHP or Perl preferred) as it relates to report generation and presentation
Web Developer
The Web Developer will assist our technology department in developing our production websites in PHP, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript. This person will also be supporting backend systems and processes written in Perl and MySQL in the Red Hat Linux environment.
Job Qualifications:
We are looking for a smart, creative, motivated self-starter who wants to join a strong team of Web Developers in a rapidly growing, leading consumer website in the travel industry.
The ideal candidate has 2-5 years experience developing in XHTML, CSS, PHP 4-5, JavaScript and Perl. Must know SQL (preferably using MySQL) and be very comfortable with Red Hat Linux. Knowledge of Flash is a plus.
Minimum 2 years programming experience in a professional team environment. The successful candidate will communicate well, be committed to delivering quality work on an aggressive schedule, and must be able to function independently as well as part of a team. Must document code faithfully and take good coding practices seriously.