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Technorati Media is an integrated online media company with an ad network, three owned web properties, and an ad technology platform. Launched in June 2008, Technorati Media’s ad network has quickly grown into the largest social media ad network (over 1,500 blogs, social networks and distributed content), boasting an audience of over 400 million unique visitors a month worldwide and 185 million people in the US. In February 2010, comScore ranked Technorati Media as the 13th largest media entity in the US, the 3rd largest social media property and the 2nd largest blog property. Technorati.com, the flagship site, is the world’s first and largest blog search engine and a robust community blogging platform. BlogCritics.org is a journalism 3.0 site with a community of over 3,500 authors who have published over 85,000 articles using the site’s proprietary publishing platform. Twittorati.com shows what top bloggers are tweeting about, and how these trends compare to blogosphere trends.
Technorati has offices in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. If you thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment, and you’re passionate about social media, we want to hear from you. Send us your resume.
Data Analyst, Platform Operations -SF
The Role:
Platform Analytics is the heart of our network, monitoring key data points across the platform and offering guidance on go forward strategy. This role touches every department across the organization and offers the unique opportunity to set the groundwork for the future of the business.
About You:
You are passionate about media and its impact. You can think creatively as well as analytically and how best to drive the end-result for the business. You are a team player who thrives in a highly charged, entrepreneurial environment with superior organization and time management skills.
Your responsibilities include:
- Perform data modeling, data analysis, and development of key performance indicators as well as identifying future opportunities for both our Publisher and Advertiser businesses.
- Identify, develop and present analytical insights in the form of reports and dashboards.
- Monitor network health across all applicable platforms.
- Development of ad-hoc and recurring reports and analytical projects relating to network performance
Requirements
- Experience in online media required with 2-3 years in an analyst role
- Strong analytical foundation (never met a spreadsheet you didn’t like)
- Must see the story behind the numbers and be able to present to key stakeholders
- Hands on experience with an ad server a plus, AppNexus experience strongly preferred
- Ability to prioritize and switch gears at a moments notice
- Personable, client oriented and energized by working in a start-up/fast moving environment.
- SQL experience a plus
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Flash Developer – SF
TechnoratiMedia is looking for a Flash/HTML5 Developer to help us launch the next generation of our Social Rich Media ads.
As a Flash/HTML5 Developer, you are responsible for providing innovative and creative animated experiences as well as driving the design and implementation of high performing visual campaigns. Using your expertise in interactive design and industry best-practices, you will produce micro-sites and micro-site templates, splash pages, flash animation, HTML5 animation, interactive ads, online banners and other forms of rich Internet media.
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize and design complex interactive flash projects.
- Provide design and execution for micro-sites, online banners, Flash emails, and other rich media.
- Collaborate in the development of project concepts and apply design approaches to a wide range of content.
- Translate designs accurately and seamlessly into animations through creative collaboration.
Qualifications:
- Fluency in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash CS5
- Experience with interactive advertising campaigns and flash micro sites.
- Excellent visual and interactive design skills.
- Strong attention to detail, excellent organization and communication skills.
- Knowledge of CSS, HTML and AS3 with understanding of cross-browser design issues and clean workarounds.
- HTML 5 experience is ideal
- Proven skills in a web-related environment.
- Must have a professional portfolio of relevant Flash samples.
- Agency experience is a plus
Account Executive, East – NY
We’re looking for a dynamic individual who’ll be responsible for the qualification, sales and growth of advertising partner relationships in the New York and Eastern region. The successful candidate will have a robust existing network of client/agency relationships and a proven track record building and delivering solid marketing solutions for their clients in an effective and scalable way. This person will have an understanding of the network space and experience selling standard and custom executions for top brand clients and agencies. A passion for social media is a plus!
Responsibilities:
- Consistently meet and exceed sales goals.
- Attend regular face-to-face client visits to build and maintain deep level partnerships and understanding of clients needs
- Generate and adapt presentations and other materials needed for partner meetings/ demonstrations/pitches.
- Manage day-to-day client relationships to meet short-term deliverables and long-term campaign goals.
- Communicate regularly with partners regarding product strategy, competitive intelligence analysis and other campaign support items.
- Coordinate and participate in key internal and external partner related meetings and effectively communicate internally territory updates, successes, missteps, opportunities, etc.
- Work with Sales and Marketing to find additional ways to maximize the ROI of these partnerships and to bolster Technorati brand presence in the East Region.
- Perform competitive intelligence research to aid in new partner acquisition and best practices recommendations.
- Actively contribute to cross functional development teams as they relate to partnerships, products, agency relations, sales materials, etc.
- Renew existing business and collaborate with Sales Support, Research and Product teams to use campaign analytics to expand effectiveness of our solutions to advertisers
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from a four year, accredited college or university; and required minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in Sales/Account Mgmt roles in the online media sales sector.
- Demonstrated record of success in a goal oriented, highly accountable, sales environment.
- Dynamic, flexible, hard-working and highly organized.
- Successes with key client relationships in New York, Boston, Atlanta and other major eastern advertising markets. Track record of developing relationships and non standard media sales solutions that have lead to long-term engagements and trust in the market.
- Experience with CRM platforms, (salesforce) ad serving & optimization, targeting solutions, rich media distributors and syndicated research vendors/methodologies.
Required Experience:
Web Developer – SF
We are looking for a talented, hands-on Web Developer who can thrive in a fun, fast-paced, casual and challenging environment. Reporting to our CTO, you’ll work with our accomplished team of Engineers in a development environment that is extremely collaborative.
Responsibilities:
- Code Back-End functionality using PHP and Javascipt
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and software engineers to refine and improve the user experience.
- Actively participate in brainstorming with the product and engineering team.
- Further develop and implement front-end coding standards and process which promote quality. Identify opportunities for improvements/efficiencies and drive adoption of high priority/high value improvements within the team.
- Help drive technical direction of the front end architecture by significantly contributing in the writing of valid, well-organized code.
- Connect with the user interface development community to track latest trends and emerging technologies.
- Manage time efficiently with minimal supervision to accurately scope projects and ensure that projects release on-time.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of developing rich, customer-facing web applications. Extensive knowledge of cross-browser compatibility and browser degradation strategies.
- 2-3 years of experience with PHP and Javascript
- Strong in creating leading edge, usable interfaces that people love to use.
- Well-versed in code optimization and software design principles, with a passion and demonstrated experience in UI design and development.
- Work well under the pressures of deadlines, handling multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
- Self-starter, out-of-the-box thinker, who loves to code and is always looking for new ways to do things. Has an appreciation for open-source technologies.
- Strong sense of humor, and energized by working in a start-up’s fast-moving environment.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Java and Drupal a plus
Publisher Account Manager – SF
Technorati Media is looking for a high energy, smart, self-starter to help co-ordinate the day-to-day refinement and management of Technorati Media’s publisher network. This exciting new role will work in finding new Publishers/Advertisers and work with them to maintain high quality advertising.
Responsibilities
- Advertiser quality control
- Publisher prospect generation and acquisition
- Lead aggregation for new Publishers and Advertisers
- Advertiser/Publisher Recruitment and Account Management
- Revenue Reporting and Advertiser Billing
- General Knowledge of Ad Networks
- General Knowledge and understanding of Publisher priorities
- Ability to prioritize and switch gears at a moment’s notice
- Must be proficient in Excel
- Outstanding people skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong troubleshooting and analytic abilities
- Great can-do attitude with strong sense of humor and energized by working in a dynamic, fast moving environment.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Sales Engineer – SF
Job Description:
We are looking for a tech-savvy Account Manager that will work closely with our client services, sales and sales development teams to manage our growing base of clients. Our suite of products is rapidly expanding, so if you are an intelligent, ambitious, self-directed individual with a passion for online advertising, we’d like to meet you. As an Account Manager, you will dive deep into our products and network. This role’s focus will include participating on sales calls, brainstorming campaign ideas, addressing technical aspects of products and campaigns with clients while helping our client servicing team by providing input on each campaign. A succcessful candidate will have a curious personality with a passion for social media and the ability to find creative solutions. This position is perfect for someone having a critical mind with a perfectionist streak, and love when people ask you for advice and input.
Responsibilities:
- Respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs
- Convey customer requirements to internal teams
- Participate in client calls for technical input on product capabilities
- Brainstorm solution ideas with the sales development and campaign management team (including designers)
- Co-ordinate with campaign management team and proactively provide strategic recommendations to our clients as to how their campaigns can be improved.
- Provide our product and sales team with ideas and feedback for future product features
- Become a true wizard of our suite of products and how they function
- Understand our positioning and work to define and deliver the best client solutions to support it.
- Work with campaign management team to recommend optimization strategies to clients based on our product capabilities and their needs.
- Brainstorm product concepts during RFP process by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales information and trends.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- 2-3 years of Sales and/or Account Management and Ad Operations experience.
- Diplomatic team player
- Ability to build relationships with clients quickly
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Creative and the ability to think outside the box
- Willingness to Travel up to 25%
- Ability to understand technical requirements and translate to clients
Director of Business Development - SF
The Director, Business Development position will be working with a top notch, seasoned and high energy team of online advertising veterans reporting to the President / Chief Strategy Officer. This candidate will be responsible for identifying and building partnerships with emerging online technology media platforms and premium content partners. You will be responsible for developing and managing relationships and closing distribution agreements with Agency Trading Desks, DSP’s, SSP’s, Exchanges, data vendors, premium publishers and social networks, to meet the strategic growth needs of the Comapany’s content network and the sales channel expansion. You must be comfortable and proficient selling the value of an industry leading advertising technology / platform to the online media community and closing for commitment. You will be collaborating with numerous points of contact both internal and external as you move through the business development process from pitch, scope, contract, and integration. You must be passionate in your way of work, possess a proven online sales and/or BD success record in and have a current network of contacts in the online advertising and/or publishing space, and have a clear understanding of all facets of the online advertising eco-system.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Develop and close product distribution, technology integration and partnership agreements with Agency trading desks, display Demand/Supply Side Platforms, ad networks, exchanges online publisher and other relevant product distribution platforms in the online advertising eco-system.
- Spec and define programs to drive revenue through new partner channels.
- Support Sales penetration of new technology-based media buying channels in the online Agency and client environments.
- Close deals with premium/strategic publishers to be part of our exclusive network.
- Work with Product, Marketing and Sales to help define the needs and direction of the Company’s role and position in the fast growing online ecosystem.
- Uncover new business/revenue opportunities and help to model them for success.
- Exceeding quarterly signings and revenue targets.
- Ensuring prompt and proper resolution of business issues with partners.
Requirements:
- BA/BS required, MBA preferred.
- 5+ years experience in advertising sales/business development online media environment
- 3 to 5+ years experience in selling advertising technology-driven products to the premium publishing community
- Network of contacts in the web business
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong analytical skills a must
- Track record of setting and achieving metrics
- Organized self-starter mentality
- Travel as necessary
Proactive, driven, entrepreneurial and action-oriented individual who can accomplish goals from start to finish and who thrives in fast-paced challenging environment