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Product manager

CoNotes — Wed Dec 10 07:55:49 -0500 2008

Pageonce is seeking a Product Marketing professional who is passionate about developing breakthrough solutions. This role involves leading and managing all aspects of the team's efforts and coordinating with internal and external constituents. The position is full-time and based in our main office in Palo Alto, CA and may involve occasional travel.

Responsibilities:

Manage the product lifecycle, gather product requirements, and handle pre- and post-launch activities
Work with engineering to lead the charge in developing the future product
Develop hands-on, in-depth knowledge of competitive products and maintain technical analysis of competitive strengths and weaknesses
Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities

Requirements:

Operational and execution experience, leading cross-functional teams
Strong customer-orientation, deliver solutions / solve the customer's problems
Highly analytical, data-driven problem-solver
Understanding of online and social media
Understanding of marketing, especially online brand advertising
High energy, consistently over-deliver results

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Online Marketing Manager

CoNotes — Wed Nov 12 05:09:09 -0500 2008

Do you get excited about delivering results? Building a multi-million dollar business? Rolling out cutting-edge technology to millions of users? Look no further. Compete is looking for an experienced Online Marketing Manager to support its emerging, high-growth Compete.com business unit. In this role, you will develop and manage effective acquisition marketing campaigns through Search, Display, Affiliate, and Email marketing programs. You should be skilled at implementing strategies to achieve ambitious growth targets: driving Web traffic, managing a registered member base, and retaining paying Compete.com customers. As the Online Marketing Manager, you will also be responsible for forecasting and overseeing the online marketing budget, designing and managing acquisition and conversion campaigns, and overseeing customer retention and loyalty programs. You should be enthusiastic, creative, have a strong entrepreneurial spirit, a sense of humor, and be able to thrive in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.

Specific responsibilities include:

Managing retention e-mail and loyalty programs including promotion plan development, creative production, analysis and reporting of results and trends
Overseeing the growth of affiliate program including developing new affiliate relations and monitoring performance of current affiliate partners to ensure profitability
Managing and optimizing Search Engine Marketing to achieve CPA objectives and improving site ranking from meta-tag listings
Forecasting and reporting online sales, monitoring sales results against projections
Achieving Compete.com company revenue and growth goals via development and maintenance of profitable online marketing campaigns
Tracking performance, web analytics, data management and analysis
Conducting an ongoing search for new and favorable acquisition advertising opportunities
Creating online promotions to generate excitement and interest for new product launches
Working with technical team to develop key marketing and e-commerce functionality on site
Keeping informed of industry and competitor activities and new online strategies and tools

Director - Telecommunications & Media Practice

CoNotes — Wed Nov 12 05:08:42 -0500 2008

Compete is seeking an outstanding individual to join its Boston-based Telecommunications & Media practice. The Telecommunications & Media practice at Compete is revolutionizing the way that the industry uses the Internet as a marketing, distribution, customer relationship and consumer research channel. This experienced team member will be responsible for managing and developing strong relationships with existing clients and will also play a key role in new business development. As a senior member of the team, the Director will manage internal work teams in the production of client deliverables and provide interpretation and insight to the findings uncovered by his/her teams.

Specific responsibilities include:

Oversee major client relationships, including primary responsibility for up-selling and renewing existing clients;
Recruit, train and manage Telecom & Media Client Services team to support client delivery capabilities;
Spearhead new client growth in collaboration with client development team;
Lead new product and service development initiatives in collaboration with analytics and development teams;
Develop and publish Compete-branded publications leveraging Compete data to promote Compete and communicate our capabilities to the market;
Creatively combine observed consumer behavior data with survey capabilities to resolve near and long term consumer demand uncertainties;
Conceive, lead and perform new analysis of consumer marketing issues and business practices using large datasets of online behavior and survey responses;
Speak to the press and present at conferences about industry trends and issues;

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Business or Economics, MBA preferred;
5 + years of professional experience in the Internet, consulting, consumer marketing, or market research;
Experience making consulting-oriented presentations to executive-level audiences;
Experience performing market research and analysis using large data sets;
Strong analytical writing skills and attention to detail;
Demonstrated track record of developing and managing long-term client relationships;
High energy level, unbounded enthusiasm and strong desire to excel in any circumstance;
Outstanding professional references required.

Senior Associate - Telecom

CoNotes — Wed Nov 12 05:00:28 -0500 2008

Compete is seeking an outstanding individual to join its Boston-based telecommunications and media practice, reporting directly to the General Manager, Telecommunications & Media. This experienced team member will be responsible for managing and developing strong relationships with existing clients and will also play a key role in new business development. As a senior member of the team, the Sr. Associate will manage internal work teams in the production of client deliverables and provide interpretation and insight to the findings uncovered by his/her teams.

Specific responsibilities include:

Oversee client relationships, including responsibility for up-selling and renewing existing clients;
Spearhead new client growth in collaboration with client development team;
Contribute to new product and service development initiatives in collaboration with analytics and development teams;
Develop and publish Compete-branded publications leveraging Compete data to promote Compete and communicate our capabilities to the market;
Creatively combine observed consumer behavior data with survey capabilities to resolve near and long term consumer demand uncertainties;
Conceive, lead and perform new analysis of consumer marketing issues and business practices using large datasets of online behavior and survey responses;
Speak to the press and present at conferences about industry trends and issues;

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Business or Economics, MBA preferred;
3 + years of professional experience in the Internet, consulting, consumer marketing, or market research;
Experience making consulting-oriented presentations to executive-level audiences;
Experience performing market research and analysis using large data sets;
Strong analytical writing skills and attention to detail;
Demonstrated track record of developing and managing long-term client relationships;
High energy level, unbounded enthusiasm and strong desire to excel in any circumstance;
Outstanding professional references required.

Director - Travel

CoNotes — Wed Nov 12 04:59:57 -0500 2008

Compete is seeking an outstanding individual to join its Boston-based travel practice, reporting directly to the General Manager, Travel. This experienced team member will be responsible for managing and developing strong relationships with existing clients and will also play a key role in new business development. As a senior member of the team, the Director will manage internal work teams in the production of client deliverables and provide interpretation and insight to the findings uncovered by his/her teams.

Specific responsibilities include:

Oversee major client relationships, including primary responsibility for up-selling and renewing existing clients;
Recruit, train and manage Travel Client Services team to support client delivery capabilities;
Spearhead new client growth in collaboration with client development team;
Lead new product and service development initiatives in collaboration with analytics and development teams;
Develop and publish Compete-branded publications leveraging Compete data to promote Compete and communicate our capabilities to the market;
Creatively combine observed consumer behavior data with survey capabilities to assess and develop perspectives on movements in the travel industry;
Conceive, lead and perform new analysis of consumer marketing issues and business practices using large datasets of online behavior and survey responses;
Speak to the press and present at conferences about industry trends and issues;

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Business or Economics, MBA preferred;
5 + years of professional experience in the Internet, consulting, consumer marketing, or market research;
Experience making consulting-oriented presentations to executive-level audiences;
Experience performing market research and analysis using large data sets;
Strong analytical writing skills and attention to detail;
Demonstrated track record of developing and managing long-term client relationships;
High energy level, unbounded enthusiasm and strong desire to excel in any circumstance;
Outstanding professional references required.

Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET)

CoNotes — Mon Oct 27 05:58:16 -0400 2008

We’re looking for an experienced software development engineer in test (SDET) to build and deploy automation to improve the quality of our software. As our first SDET you will be instrumental in choosing the appropriate automated test framework(s) and developing a robust test automation process. This is a highly visible role in our engineering team. Duties and responsibilities will include:

Evaluation and selection of automated testing tools and frameworks
Development of automated testing systems
Creating test strategies, cases and plans
Providing leadership and guidance to manual software testers (QA)
Design reviews with product management, program management and engineering
Code reviews with software engineers
Building the test lab
Ensuring our application is fully tested on all appropriate platforms
Ensuring that all layers and components of our application are thoroughly tested

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

At least 4 years of professional experience as a test engineer
At least 2 years experience with one or more automated testing frameworks
Demonstrated success developing test strategies, cases and plans
Excellent interpersonal skills working with software engineers
Strong software design and programming skills
Willingness to shoulder responsibility, improve processes and drive for quality
Ability and aptitude to learn new technologies
Strong work ethic, including ability to work hard to meet aggressive deadlines
Passion for developing software that turns customers into raving fans

A bachelor’s degree in computer science is required.

This position is based in our office in Seattle, WA.

If you are an accomplished SDET and you feel your academic and professional experiences has prepared you for a challenging but rewarding role at blist, email your your resume and the solution to the following code challenge below to hr at blist dot com.

SDET Coding Challenge
Familiarize yourself with the coding challenge for our senior software engineering role below. Write a test plan and develop a software test harness that will test that program. Make sure you cover all of the successful and failure cases you can think of. Write your test harness in any language you prefer.

Sales Intern

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:19:33 -0400 2008

Indeed is looking for a motivated intern to assist with sales for Indeed's pay-per-click advertising services. The right candidate will be a fast-learner with excellent communications skills. We are seeking energetic, career-oriented individuals to learn and grow in our dynamic environment. This is a perfect opportunity for a self-starter who is looking to gain knowledge and experience in a high-traffic and top consumer-facing website.

Responsibilities:

Researching and identifying new sales opportunities
Contacting potential opportunities to develop account relationships
Assist in maintaining existing sales relationships and providing support when necessary
Monitoring activity statistics of pay-per-click ad network
Support Indeed sales team with day-to-day sales efforts

Requirements:

Ability to communicate effectively
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Web-savvy
Interest in online sales

Indeed is a search engine for jobs that is radically changing the job search environment. It was selected as one of the "50 Coolest Websites" by Time Magazine and the "Best 50 Websites" by PC World.

Indeed's shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company. As a fast-growing, early-stage business, Indeed offers excellent prospects for challenging and varied work, as well as career advancement.

Marketing Intern

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:18:29 -0400 2008

Indeed is seeking a motivated intern who can help support our online marketing efforts. The right candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to discuss Indeed with third parties, as well as experience with the Web. This is the perfect opportunity for a self-starter who is looking to gain strong online marketing experience with a fast-growing business.

Responsibilities:

Support Indeed marketing team with day-to-day efforts
Ongoing research and online marketing projects as assigned

Requirements:

Ability to communicate effectively
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Web-savvy
Interest in online marketing

Indeed is a search engine for jobs that is radically changing the job search environment. It was selected as one of the "50 Coolest Websites 2005" by Time Magazine and the "Best 50 Websites" by PC World.

Indeed's shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company. As a fast-growing, early-stage business, Indeed offers a variety of challenging work and the potential for the internship to lead to a full-time position.

VP Marketing

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:17:26 -0400 2008

Are you leading the marketing strategy of a top online consumer brand and have you played an instrumental role in creating that brand? Are you successful in building high volumes of web traffic? Indeed is looking for a strong and proven marketing leader currently in a consumer internet company.

Requirements:

Successful track-record as a marketing lead in a consumer web-based business.
Proven expertise in overseeing SEO and paid search marketing campaigns.
Drive to be at the forefront of developments in online marketing.
Excellent communication, presentation and analytical skills.
BA/BS degree, 10-15 years' experience.

Indeed.com is one of the fastest growing websites in the country. As the leading search engine for jobs, we are radically changing the job search environment. Indeed.com was selected as one of the "50 Coolest Websites" by Time Magazine and the "Best 50 Websites" by PC World. Our shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company.

We provide competitive compensation, including stock options and a full benefit plan. As a fast-growing business, we offer excellent opportunities for exciting and challenging work. As Indeed continues to grow, you can expect unlimited career advancement!

Client Services Associate

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:16:16 -0400 2008

Indeed.com is looking for a highly motivated professional to join our client services team and support our fast-growing client base.

The associate in this key position must be web-savvy and have strong customer service skills. This is a unique and flexible role that includes interfacing with many different parts of the company, including our sales, marketing and technology teams.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a fun yet results-oriented work environment. If you have a passion for delivering measurable results and customer service, we want to hear from you. Be a part of one of the fastest growing Internet companies in the industry. Indeed offers a competitive salary, stock options and a full benefits plan.

Responsibilities:

Customer service and support for our 500-plus advertiser clients
Assist with new client account setup
Analyze and respond to inquiries from existing clients
Support our sales team by working with prospective clients
Prepare sales presentations and account documentation

Requirements:

Passion for client service
Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills
Can-do attitude with a service-oriented approach
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
2-5 years related experience
BA/BS degree

Indeed is a search engine for jobs that has radically changed the job search environment. It was selected as one of the "Top 10 Websites" by Time Magazine and the "Best 50 Websites" by PC World. We are building our team with people who share our energy and commitment to this fast-growing business.

Indeed's shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company. As a fast-growing, early-stage company, Indeed offers excellent opportunities for challenging work and career advancement.

Business Development Analyst

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:14:58 -0400 2008

This key position in our business development team requires a highly motivated entry-level professional to help forge new distribution partnerships and to deepen existing ones.

The ideal candidate must have strong analytical abilities and a good feel for consumer web services. Because the role touches many parts of the company, the candidate needs to be versatile and a good communicator.

We're looking for a self-starter who thrives in a fun but results-oriented work environment, passionate at delivering measurable results, and enjoys working on a wide variety of projects.

Responsibilities:

Quickly gain a deep understanding of our products and partner requirements
Proactively contact target partners
Analyze and respond to inquiries from potential partners
Monitor, support and enhance existing publisher accounts

Requirements:

Keen ability to analyze data and draw conclusions
Superior communication and presentation skills
Energy, enthusiasm and hands-on attitude
Strong interest in consumer web services
BA/BS degree
Up to 2 years related experience preferred, ideally in an online environment

Data Quality Analyst - Austin, TX

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:13:27 -0400 2008

We are looking for a self-starter who loves to take things apart and figure out what’s wrong with them. You will be asked to diagnose and fix issues that customer support can’t, so you’ll need to have a knack for solving problems. You will also be asked to stay on top of a lot of different issues and make sure they get done, so you’ll have to be disciplined and organized. Finally, you will work with many parts of the company – from engineering to client services to sales – so you’ll need to be versatile and a good communicator.

What we'll ask you to do:

Work closely with customer support to understand their data quality issues
Scour the web, dig through databases, and use other tools to diagnose the root cause of issues
Follow up with engineering to make sure that outstanding issues are resolved
Investigate our data to identify and raise new data quality issues

What we're looking for in a candidate:

Superior problem solving abilities.
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Proven ability to quickly learn new systems and tools.
Skills in Excel and SQL for data manipulation and reporting.
Knowledge of scripting languages such as PL/SQL and Python is a plus.
Experience in testing / quality assurance is ideal.
Love of investigation and an attention to detail is a must.

Indeed.com is one of the fastest growing web sites in the country. We are a top search engine for jobs that has radically changed the job search environment. We were selected as one of the “10 Top Best Websites” in 2007 by Time Magazine.

We are privately held. Our shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company. As a fast-growing, early-stage business, we offer excellent opportunities for exciting and challenging work. As Indeed continues to grow, you can expect unlimited career advancement!

Jr. Linux System Administrator - Austin, TX

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:12:15 -0400 2008

Indeed.com, the leading search engine for jobs, is looking for a junior systems administrator for its expanding tech operations in Austin. The successful candidate will work with an outstanding team of experienced developers to scale operations and launch new products. This is an exceptional opportunity to help build and run one of the top 200 most trafficked web properties in the country. If you enjoy problem solving, performance tuning and systems administration, we want to talk to you.

Responsibilities:

Linux system installation and configuration
Monitor system stability and performance.
Develop tools to monitor and maintain systems.
Maintenance of Linux, Windows, and OS X workstations.
Operational support of our web applications
Provide support and troubleshooting assistance.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, or equivalent experience.
Familiarity with TCP/IP networking, routing, and common network services.
Scripting and automation using bash, Perl, and other common Linux utilities.
Experience with Apache, Tomcat, Java, PHP, or other Web technologies.
Previous experience working with production servers & Internet services is nice but not required.
Knowledge of SQL and database concepts is a plus.

Indeed is a search engine for jobs that has radically changed the job search industry. It was selected as one of the "Top 10 Websites" by Time Magazine and the "Best 50 Websites" by PC World. We are building our team with people who share our energy and commitment to this fast-growing business.Indeed's shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company. As a fast-growing technology company, Indeed offers excellent opportunities for challenging work and career advancement.

Sales Representatives

CoNotes — Mon Oct 20 17:10:42 -0400 2008

Indeed.com, the leading search engine for jobs, is looking for sales representatives to sell our PPC advertising services. This is an exceptional opportunity to help promote one of the top 200 most trafficked web properties in the country. We are seeking sales representations or account managers with 1 – 3 years of experience with a relentless commitment to close the deal.

Requirements:

Track record of success in sales
Self-motivated
Drive to develop account relationships and close sales quickly
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Less than 3 years of sales experience
Passion to sell pay-per-click (PPC) advertising services

As the leading search engine for jobs, Indeed.com is radically changing the job search environment. We were selected as one of the "Top 10 Best Websites in 2007" by Time Magazine. Our shareholders include the New York Times, Union Square Ventures and Allen & Company.

We provide competitive compensation, including bonuses, commissions, stock options and a full benefit plan. As a fast-growing business, we offer excellent opportunities for exciting and challenging growth. As Indeed continues to succeed, you can be a part of our next generation of sales superstars.

Print and Mail Operator

CoNotes — Sun Oct 12 17:49:35 -0400 2008

We are seeking print and mail operators to process invoices daily for our customers in our NJ and IL facilities. You will be responsible for printing/processing invoices and statements on high speed laser printers & automated inserting equipment and preparing mail for entry into the USPS.

Industry Sales Manager

CoNotes — Sun Oct 12 17:48:44 -0400 2008

Direct sales responsibility for mid-market and large distributors and manufacturers in a four state territory on the west coast. You’ll have great references, a continually expanding prospect database and a compelling value proposition.

Senior Software Engineer

CoNotes — Wed May 07 10:14:38 -0400 2008

We’re looking for an exceptionally strong and accomplished senior software engineer with significant experience in building massively scalable, distributed computing systems to help lead the development of our core service offering. The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience including at least 3 years experience as a senior software engineer and/or dev lead
Demonstrated mastery of at least one strictly typed, object oriented language like C++ or Java
Proficiency with at least one dynamically typed scripting language like Ruby, Python, Perl or Smalltalk
Demonstrated excellence working with database technologies including RDBMS, Berkeley DB’s, etc.
Experience developing distibuted database systems and/or distributed storage systems is preferred.
Comfortable working with XML including XQuery and XPath
Comfortable working in a hetergenous development environment where you’ll be working with multiple development languages and technologies
Competent developing web services APIs
Excellent communicator
Natural mentor
Self starter who’s anxious to start producing

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, math or physics is required. A masters degree in computer science is preferred.

This position is based in our office in Seattle, WA.

If you are an accomplished senior software engineer with the experience and drive to succeed at blist, email your resume, as well as the source code for the programming challenge below, to senior_software_engineer at blist dot com.

Programming challenge:

Without using any built in date or time functions, write a program that accepts two mandatory arguments. The first argument is a string of the format “[H]H:MM {AM|PM}” and the second argument is an integer. Assume the integer is the number of minutes to add to the string. The return value or output of the program should be a string of the same format as the first argument. For example AddMinutes(”9:13 AM”, 10) would return “9:23 AM”. The exercise isn’t meant to be too hard. We just want to see how you code. Feel free to do it procedurally or in an object oriented way, whichever you prefer. Use any language you want. While we don’t want you to spend an inordinate amount of time on this, make sure you send us commercial quality, production ready code. It’s part of the interview process, designed to give you an opportunity to do your best work without time constraint and with all your tools at your disposal.

Systems Engineer

CoNotes — Wed May 07 10:14:38 -0400 2008

We’re looking to hire our first engineer focused on ops automation. This is primarily a software engineering role, although to be successful you’ll need to have roots in and a passion for systems administration. At blist systems engineers develop software that automates as much of operations as possible. The goals are fully lights out operation via automated systems deployment, imaging, monitoring, error detection and healing. To qualify you’ll need to meet most of the following prerequisites:

Ability to design and develop production quality automation code, preferably in python but at minimum in perl
Solid understanding and experience with PXE boot based automated image deployment
Good familiarity with Xen or other virtualization software
Good familiarity with systems monitoring software (Nagios, etc.)
Broad Unix/Linux systems administration experience
Some experience in database administration is helpful, but not mandatory
Passion for distributed computing

blist is a well capitalized startup developing database as a service, operated at Internet scale. We’re solving some really interesting challenges and have a terrific team of passionate engineers. If you are interested in joining us, send your resume along with the solution to the following challenge:

Assume you have a network comprised of 1,000 servers in 10 different data centers - 100 servers in each data center. The data centers are in multiple time zones. Write a centralized script that runs on the Linux PC in your office, which identifies the server in the network which was most recently rebooted. The output should identify the server, the data center it’s in, the date & time when it was last rebooted and how long the script ran in order to find the results. Your script must finish in less than 5 minutes (300 seconds). At any time 2% or 3% of the servers will be offline.

Your solution should include:

A description of your assumptions about network topology - how your Linux PC connects to each server
Any other base assumptions you make about the servers in the network
A description and, if appropriate, the layout of any configuration file(s) you’ll need to solve the problem
Commercial quality perl or python code that solves the problem and prints the results