• Account Executive, Advertising Sales – New York
• Marketing Programs Manager

Position: Account Executive, Advertising Sales – New York
Start date: April 2008
Location: Reports into EVP, Sales, New York
Details: FTE - salary, benefits, options included

BlogHer.com and our network of 1,500 blogs is “the hub” for women who blog. BlogHer has high concentrations of upscale, educated, tech-savvy and influential women bloggers reaching over eight million unique visitors each month. Our user-generating publishing covers more than 20 important topic areas and our community offers innovative ways for marketers to engage this highly sought-after consumer.

BlogHer seeks an experienced Online Account Executive to join a dynamic sales team that is building exciting programs and relationships with Forture 500 marketers. We need individuals who have experience selling high quality content and creative marketing programs.

This individual must have contacts and experience in the client and ad agency arenas which would include planning as well as buying groups. S/he must be an advocate of social media and word-of-mouth advertising via social media tools, namely blogs. S/he must be willing to be an advocate and educator at the front line of new marketing practices, and s/he must feel strongly about promoting best practices and high editorial standards.

Responsibilities:

• Help educate clients and agencies regarding the power of the “new media”.
• Clearly understand and communicate client marketing objectives to BlogHer team
• Build and maintain relationships within assigned territory
• Co-create proposals for advertising campaigns, using integrated media
• Work in tandem with event sales team
• Regular reporting to EVP sales

Qualifications:

• 4-5 years experience selling online media
• Experience and/or interest in blogs and social media
• Entrepreneurial: Experience cold calling and contact-building
• 1-2 years experience with integrated/consultative selling
• Interest and/or experience in account management
• Strong presentation skills--in-person and in writing
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, PDF, Excel, GoogleDocs
• Experience with Salesforce or other contact database management software
• Interest in working in an entrepreneurial, start-up environment
• Agency and media contacts in any consumer women’s vertical a big plus

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

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Position: Marketing Programs Manager – Redwood City, CA
Start date: June 2008
Location: Reports into COO
Details: FTE - salary, benefits, options included

BlogHer.com and our network of 1,500 blogs is the number one guide and resource for women who blog. BlogHer has high concentrations of upscale, educated, tech-savvy and influential women bloggers reaching over eight million unique visitors each month. Our user-generating publishing covers more than 20 important topic areas and our community offers innovative ways for marketers to engage this highly sought-after consumer.

BlogHer seeks an experienced marketing programs manager to support the activities of an events & marketing department that will be executing web, collateral, advertising, event planning and P.R. programs.

Responsibilities:

• Be the primary contact with BlogHer’s PR firm, working with them to perfect all forms of PR materials, including: Press releases, Conference speaking abstracts, Interview scripts, Media pitches, Articles
• Be primary marketing research contact, researching the market and competitive landscape and tracking our performance in various metrics systems we employ. Work with research and metrics vendors on survey execution.
• Track requests, recommend prioritization, and ultimately program manage development of marketing tools and other potential marketing programs
• Social media monitoring and participation, including Twitter, Facebook etc.
• Maintain the corporate and Press sections of the BlogHer web site
• Regular reporting to COO

Position Requirements

• Background in marketing, PR and communications, 7+ years of experience. Social Media marketing experience a plus.
• Experience with various social media tools, from blogging to Twitter to Facebook
• Experience supporting executive staff to achieve strategic goals and tactical execution
• Excellent writing and editing skills in both long-form and short-form
• Possess strong communications and computer skills, including office applications, (Mac or PC) and HTML.




• Fanatical attention to detail, and affinity for both creative and organizational tasks.

Interested parties: Please contact Elisa Camahort Page, Co-founder and COO, at elisa@blogher.com

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