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Julie Douglas — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:07:30 -0500

Creative Director
Director, Technology
Sales Assistant, Advertising Sales – New York

Position: Creative Director
Start date: July 1, 2009
Location: Silicon Valley headquarters
Details: FTE - salary, benefits, options included

BlogHer, the leading social news, information and entertainment community for women online, seeks an experienced and gifted Creative Director to help BlogHer design and develop a world-class brand and Web site that supports business growth objectives. BlogHer Inc., which recently closed Series C funding from Azure Capital Partners, The Peacock Equity Fund (GE/NBC) and Venrock, reaches more than 15 million unique visitors every month and is one of the largest networks of bloggers tracked by comScore. Co-founded in 2005, BlogHer with Fortune 500 advertisers to sponsor annual conferences, an award-winning Web hub at BlogHer.com and a publishing network of more than 2,500 qualified and contextually targeted blog affiliates.

We want to work with someone who has designed for text content on the Web for years, who has a track record of creativity that has advanced online user experiences and business models, and who has a strong vision for where the user is headed – and how to help her get there. Our Creative Director will work with BlogHer’s executive team to help push the limits of web design and implement best of breed technologies, including but not limited to social media. The Creative Director currently reports to the CEO and will work with all divisions of the company to ensure superb delivery of creative content, user experience and brand execution.

We seek a Creative Director to help lead the redesign and re-launch of flagship BlogHer.com, improving the site look and user-interface to that of an industry leadership position. Our ideal candidate is a veteran social media user who appreciates the need to maintain authenticity in our award-winning community while evolving BlogHer’s visual personality and editorial voice to match the growth trajectory of this for-profit media company. As creative leader of BlogHer.com, this person will work with other members of the executive team to develop strategies for growing the value of the site to users – value measurable via total number of and growth in users, session duration and pages per visit, among other metrics. We have a great team to support the effort: Our Creative Director will help lead BlogHer’s talented and pioneering team of community leaders, editors, producers and designers to ensure the highest standards of creative output.

To date, BlogHer has been known for the exceptional quality of its community journalism, advertising network and sponsor solutions, grounded in the BlogHer mission (see above), our editorial guidelines for bloggers (http://blogher.org/community-guidelines), and our commitment to meeting our obligations to users. In the BlogHer Creative Director, we seek someone who will embody the BlogHer spirit and help us serve our mission, our users and our advertisers as we grow.

Specific responsibilities include:

Designing and developing BlogHer.com into a top Web site, as measured by goals for monthly and quarterly growth in unique visitors, pageviews per visit and session length
Leading creative direction of all digital media for BlogHer.com as well as BlogHer's award-winning community and content team, developing and delivering unique news, information, entertainment, discussions, special offers and experiences on a broad spectrum of topics on site
Overseeing constant improvements to BlogHer.com site design and UI to simplify and showcase its award-winning community voices, content and user services (including user applications) and advance our business model
Leading the creation of visual designs that address business, branding, marketing, community, editorial and user requirements, including the design and production of screen layouts, color palettes and user interface elements
Developing, presenting, and evangelizing BlogHer.com's brand personality across the BlogHer team, communicating conceptual ideas, design rationale and the specifics of user-centered design processes
Partnering and collaborating with other key roles within the Product Group
Ensuring all assigned product content and design planning, development and delivery is executed on-time and according to budget. Develop processes, evangelize accordingly
Working cross-functionally with Marketing, Events, Client Services, Advertising Sales and Revenue Operations, where team members will act as both content providers and customers of creative and design
Helping further develop BlogHer's brand positioning and personality, including logo and tagline, and extending this brand's voice via creative design and content across all media in which BlogHer produces content
Pushing the limits of web design via best of breed technologies, including but not limited to Web 2.0 technologies.
Delivering regular presentations, both written and verbal

Position requirements:

Record of achievement in blending marketing strategy, design, social media and content (text, video, audio) into superb Web-based product.
Outstanding design sense. Experience translating branding into creative design and editorial. Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design principles.
Entrepreneurial mindset. Experience working with start-ups and executive teams.
Strong ability to articulate usability and experience issues and drive common understanding with work partners inside and outside the organization
Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Ability to prioritize and manage workflow. Very careful attention to detail, with superior organization and follow through skills
10+ years of experience in Web design and UI in a crossplatform environment, as well as experience with Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, XHTML, AJAX, CSS, JavaScript and ActionScript.
Familiarity with programming is helpful for interfacing with the engineering team
Experience managing teams.
A sense of humor and/or ability to work with people who think they do

Interested parties: Please contact Lisa Stone, co-founder and CEO, at lisa@blogher.com

Position: Director, Technology | Principal Engineer
Start date: August 1, 2009
Location: Silicon Valley headquarters
Details: FTE - salary, benefits, options included

BlogHer, the leading social news, information and entertainment community for women online, seeks an experienced and entrepreneurial director of technology to help BlogHer develop and scale information technology systems architecture to support business growth objectives. BlogHer Inc., which recently closed Series C funding from Azure Capital Partners, The Peacock Equity Fund (GE/NBC) and Venrock, reaches more than 15 million unique visitors every month and is one of the largest networks of bloggers tracked by comScore. Co-founded in 2005, BlogHer with Fortune 500 advertisers to sponsor annual conferences, an award-winning Web hub at BlogHer.com and a publishing network of more than 2,500 qualified and contextually targeted blog affiliates.

We want to add to our team a senior person who has successfully designed and built applications, content management and advertising delivery systems and tools across multiple platforms. Our candidate has developed Web 2.0-based solutions for years, has a track record of creativity that has advanced online business models and can describe how s/he helped grow company revenues. This person has a strong vision for where service-oriented architecture is going - and how to take BlogHer there. Database design experience is a must, as is the ability to evangelize and try new solutions. Our Director of Technology and Principal Engineer will work with BlogHer's executive team to help push the limits of IT and implement quality, reusable technologies, including but not limited to social media. This position currently reports to the CEO and will work with all divisions of the BlogHer team to ensure superb execution.

To date, BlogHer has been known for the exceptional quality of its community journalism, advertising network and sponsor solutions, grounded in the BlogHer mission (see above), our editorial guidelines for bloggers (http://blogher.org/community-guidelines), and our commitment to meeting our obligations to users. In the BlogHer Director of Technology, we seek someone who will embody the BlogHer spirit and help us serve our mission, our users and our advertisers as we grow.

Specific responsibilities include:

Formulating, developing, testing and implementing enterprise-oriented information technology solutions that enable BlogHer to grow its business. Success will be measured by measured by improving how bloggers and advertisers accomplish goals via BlogHer sites and services, and by resulting revenues and revenue growth.
Pushing the limits of web design and implement best of breed technologies in advertising-supported content management, including but not limited to Web 2.0 and open-source technologies.
Defining, developing and phasing in a content management system capable of sustaining significant growth of community, content and services on BlogHer.com and across the BlogHer Network
Defining, developing and phasing in an advertising management system that integrates and scales IAB-standard third-party ad serving with billing systems, customer tools and customer service
Working with Producers and Developers on the Product team to document business and functional requirements for content and advertising systems, plus user scenarios, feature value analyses, site maps, process flows, wireframes, prototypes, functional specifications and scalability assessments
Developing innovative information architecture and interaction solutions that can work symbiotically across different platforms (e.g. between the Web, print, and mobile)
Overseeing constant improvements to BlogHer's architecture to advance our business model
Partnering and collaborating with other key roles within the Product Group, including the Creative Director and the Product Director
Ensuring all assigned products, tools and systems are executed on time and according to budget. Develop processes and documentation, and evangelize tools accordingly.
Working cross-functionally with Marketing, Events, Client Services, Advertising Sales and Revenue Operations, where team members will act as both content providers and customers

Position requirements

Must-haves

Experience translating database and systems architecture into a winning customer experience. Demonstrated understanding of database architecture, user-centered design principles and social media.
10+ years of experience in Web design in a cross platform environment and UI. Currently working on the cutting edge of Web 2.0. Proficient in open source technologies and content management systems (Drupal and beyond). Profound experience with compatibility issues across major browsers and platforms.
Familiarity with blogging platforms (Blogger, Typepad, WordPress) and integration issues within them
Entrepreneurial mindset. Experience working with start-ups and executive teams.
Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Ability to prioritize and manage workflow. Very careful attention to detail, with superior organization and follow through skills

Nice-to-haves

Excellent interpersonal communication and collaboration skills. Ability to defend and explain ideas based on personal experience, yet be able to take direction.
Experience managing teams a plus
Bachelor's degree required as a minimum
A sense of humor and/or ability to work with people who think they do

Interested parties: Please contact Lisa Stone, co-founder and CEO, at lisa@blogher.com

Position: Sales Assistant, Advertising Sales – New York
Start date: July 2009
Location: Reports into EVP, Sales, New York
Details: FTE - salary, benefits, options included

BlogHer, the leading participatory news, information and entertainment community for women online, seeks an experienced Sales Assistant to join a dynamic sales team that is building sponsorship programs for and relationships with Fortune 500 marketers.

BlogHer and it’s publishing network of 2,500 blogs has high concentrations of upscale, educated, tech-savvy and influential women bloggers, reaching fifteen million unique visitors each month. BlogHer’s top-tier user-generated publishing covers more than 20 important topic areas, with strongholds in parenting, food and entertainment, and our community offers innovative ways for marketers to engage this highly sought-after consumer.

BlogHer seeks Sales Assistant to join a dynamic sales team that is building exciting online advertising programs and relationships with Fortune 500 marketers. We need individuals who have experience working in a media environment and creating high quality sales presentations and doing general administrative responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

Assist Ad Sales team in general administration of sales efforts
Assist Ad Sales team in prospecting and the creation of proposals
Build and maintain relationships with traffic coordinators and assistant buyers at ad agencies
Maintain contacts and deal information in Salesforce database
Work closely with client services and ad operations in stewarding deals
Work in tandem with event sales team
Support Account Executives in pre and post sale efforts

Qualifications:

1+ years of online advertising/sales or media experience
Self starter, with a strong sense of urgency required. Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Excellent organizational, communication and multi-tasking skills with an eye for detail
Presentation skills via phone and in writing
Proficiency in PowerPoint, PDF, Excel, GoogleDocs
General knowledge of new online technologies and social media communities

Interested parties: Please contact Gina Garrubbo, Executive Vice President, at gina@blogher.com

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