Alright so I'm bad at blogs, which isnt such a great thing to hear from a content provider. I'm bad at personal blogs. I write, but forget, then remember a month later. Persistent nudging is encouraging me to build this out more and see where it goes. So I'll try my best to put stuff on here regularly.
Yahoo! Seeks On-call Front Page Producers (Sunnyvale or Santa
Monica, California)
Job Status: Temporary
Description:
We're looking for a creative and versatile on-call contract producers to help program Yahoo!'s front page. You will work on our successful Featured module, producing and programming exciting, intelligent, relevant packages for the largest audience on the Web.
The ideal candidate will have a feel for what works on the Web, a thorough grasp of the competitive landscape and a passion for news, entertainment, and popular culture. You should be able to spot the top "water cooler" story from a diverse field of choices, as well as react to breaking news. You should also have experience with lifestyle content, and be able to surface top quality features from the Yahoo! network.
You are flexible, quick-thinking, energetic, efficient, and able to work independently under pressure while maintaining attention to detail. Excellent interpersonal skills are a must, as this position requires interacting with fellow producers and employees throughout Yahoo! Time management skills are critical, and video experience is a plus.
On-call producers must be readily available to work flexible hours, including early mornings, nights and weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Updating Yahoo!'s front page with fresh, compelling content
- Making great choices crafting clever headlines and tease copy, choosing and cropping appropriate images
- Understanding the Yahoo! audience and its interests
- Fielding pitches and pro-actively packaging material from the Yahoo! network
- Managing competing priorities
Requirements:
- A solid grounding in the basic principles of packaging, editing and writing for the Web and a minimum of five years experience working in a dynamic online editorial environment
- Excellent news judgment
- Demonstrable headline writing, image selection and content packaging skills
- A thorough understanding of editorial best practices and priorities, and an authoritative grasp of the AP Stylebook
- Basic HTML skills and experience with online publishing tools
- B.A. required, preferably in journalism or media
- Positions will be based in Sunnyvale or Santa Monica, California
Send your resume and cover letter to fp_role@yahoo.com with subject line "On-Call Front Page Producer."
Job Status: Temporary
Description:
We're looking for a creative and versatile on-call contract producers to help program Yahoo!'s front page. You will work on our successful Featured module, producing and programming exciting, intelligent, relevant packages for the largest audience on the Web.
The ideal candidate will have a feel for what works on the Web, a thorough grasp of the competitive landscape and a passion for news, entertainment, and popular culture. You should be able to spot the top "water cooler" story from a diverse field of choices, as well as react to breaking news. You should also have experience with lifestyle content, and be able to surface top quality features from the Yahoo! network.
You are flexible, quick-thinking, energetic, efficient, and able to work independently under pressure while maintaining attention to detail. Excellent interpersonal skills are a must, as this position requires interacting with fellow producers and employees throughout Yahoo! Time management skills are critical, and video experience is a plus.
On-call producers must be readily available to work flexible hours, including early mornings, nights and weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Updating Yahoo!'s front page with fresh, compelling content
- Making great choices crafting clever headlines and tease copy, choosing and cropping appropriate images
- Understanding the Yahoo! audience and its interests
- Fielding pitches and pro-actively packaging material from the Yahoo! network
- Managing competing priorities
Requirements:
- A solid grounding in the basic principles of packaging, editing and writing for the Web and a minimum of five years experience working in a dynamic online editorial environment
- Excellent news judgment
- Demonstrable headline writing, image selection and content packaging skills
- A thorough understanding of editorial best practices and priorities, and an authoritative grasp of the AP Stylebook
- Basic HTML skills and experience with online publishing tools
- B.A. required, preferably in journalism or media
- Positions will be based in Sunnyvale or Santa Monica, California
Send your resume and cover letter to fp_role@yahoo.com with subject line "On-Call Front Page Producer."
(Via Craigslist.com)
Reply to: job-skp7u-1099936122@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-30, 5:51PM PDT
Reply to: job-skp7u-1099936122@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-30, 5:51PM PDT
Director of Product at Mahalo
Mahalo.com is a human-powered search service. It is one of the hottest startups on the planet right now. We're well-funded by the same people that backed Google, Yahoo and YouTube (Sequoia), a well as Newscorp, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk (Paypal) and CBS. Our human-curated results (and Answers) are the very best starting page for any topic you can think of, blowing away machine-only search engines. Our growth curve has been phenomenal: 2009 will be downright amazing.
Who We Are Looking For
We need a fantastic Director of Product, someone who will help us continue to evolve our products to the next level. Our product lead must work to prioritize based on business objectives and customer needs, and deliver game changing products, ahead of schedule.
The right person is an experienced manager, who knows how to handle rapid company growth and can work with executives, engineers, and customers. They must know consumer internet products inside and out and how to launch and refine great web products. They need a genuine desire for excellence, and are the kind of person who shows up at work everyday absolutely ready to 'kill it'.
That having been said: we are open to fresh talent also. We'll look at people who may not have ALL the experience, but have the obvious enthusiasm and aptitude to grow into the role.
This is a key role for the company, reporting to the CTO with visibility with the company's board.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work with the executive team to define and prioritize new products and features
* Create and manage the review of product specs, wireframes, and mockups
* Work with our visual designer to produce amazing designs that provide a clear blueprint for the engineering team
* Work with the engineering team to ensure the timely launch of features
* Work with our user community to understand their needs and how we can better serve them
* Define and analyze metrics to optimize product development
Requirements:
* Passion for helping people find information they can trust and customer service
* Deep pride in your work
* Excellent track record of delivering industry leading consumer internet products, preferably search products
* Experience working with executives, designers, engineers, and customers
* Ability to multi-task, prioritize projects, and communicate timelines
* Ability to synthesize feedback and maintain ownership of product development process
* Experience with fast paced product development
* Self-starter with ability to work effectively in a dynamic start-up environment
* Experience leveraging metrics to optimize product development
Bonus Points:
* Deep experience with Google Analytics and Adsense
* Experience with direct customer observation and usability testing
* Programming experience, preferably with PHP, Python and django
* Experience scaling advertising businesses from a product perspective
You must THE BEST. This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity, and the competition will be huge. You will work hard. But the potential rewards are equally life-changing -- the kind that is usually only available in Silicon Valley, and is extremely rare in Southern California.
We work with cutting-edge technologies. You will learn more here in a month than most companies will teach in a year. Although we work hard, we offer a laid-back environment, competitive salary, benefits and stock options. If you're excellent, we invite you to come join us.
Please send a RESUME.
NO RECRUITERS!! NO JOB SHOPS!!!!
Mahalo.com is a human-powered search service. It is one of the hottest startups on the planet right now. We're well-funded by the same people that backed Google, Yahoo and YouTube (Sequoia), a well as Newscorp, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk (Paypal) and CBS. Our human-curated results (and Answers) are the very best starting page for any topic you can think of, blowing away machine-only search engines. Our growth curve has been phenomenal: 2009 will be downright amazing.
Who We Are Looking For
We need a fantastic Director of Product, someone who will help us continue to evolve our products to the next level. Our product lead must work to prioritize based on business objectives and customer needs, and deliver game changing products, ahead of schedule.
The right person is an experienced manager, who knows how to handle rapid company growth and can work with executives, engineers, and customers. They must know consumer internet products inside and out and how to launch and refine great web products. They need a genuine desire for excellence, and are the kind of person who shows up at work everyday absolutely ready to 'kill it'.
That having been said: we are open to fresh talent also. We'll look at people who may not have ALL the experience, but have the obvious enthusiasm and aptitude to grow into the role.
This is a key role for the company, reporting to the CTO with visibility with the company's board.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work with the executive team to define and prioritize new products and features
* Create and manage the review of product specs, wireframes, and mockups
* Work with our visual designer to produce amazing designs that provide a clear blueprint for the engineering team
* Work with the engineering team to ensure the timely launch of features
* Work with our user community to understand their needs and how we can better serve them
* Define and analyze metrics to optimize product development
Requirements:
* Passion for helping people find information they can trust and customer service
* Deep pride in your work
* Excellent track record of delivering industry leading consumer internet products, preferably search products
* Experience working with executives, designers, engineers, and customers
* Ability to multi-task, prioritize projects, and communicate timelines
* Ability to synthesize feedback and maintain ownership of product development process
* Experience with fast paced product development
* Self-starter with ability to work effectively in a dynamic start-up environment
* Experience leveraging metrics to optimize product development
Bonus Points:
* Deep experience with Google Analytics and Adsense
* Experience with direct customer observation and usability testing
* Programming experience, preferably with PHP, Python and django
* Experience scaling advertising businesses from a product perspective
You must THE BEST. This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity, and the competition will be huge. You will work hard. But the potential rewards are equally life-changing -- the kind that is usually only available in Silicon Valley, and is extremely rare in Southern California.
We work with cutting-edge technologies. You will learn more here in a month than most companies will teach in a year. Although we work hard, we offer a laid-back environment, competitive salary, benefits and stock options. If you're excellent, we invite you to come join us.
Please send a RESUME.
NO RECRUITERS!! NO JOB SHOPS!!!!
- Location: Santa Monica
- Compensation: Salary + Excellent Benefit + Generous Stock Options
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
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