Company Profile

Right in the heart of Silicon Alley, EXPO is one of the success stories in New York's booming start-up scene.

EXPO is a leading video commerce platform generating and distributing authentic consumer video for the world's premier manufacturers and retailers. EXPO's video community has built the largest catalog of product videos with over 300,000 user-generated product reviews covering electronics, home, parenting, and consumer packaged goods. The company provides manufacturers including Procter & Gamble, Colgate, Kraft, Philips, and LG Electronics with fresh, authentic videos and also distributes the informative video content to high-impact digital points of purchase. EXPO's turn-key ecommerce syndication network has delivered over 40 million video views for leading sites such as Amazon.com, Walmart, Sears.com, and drugstore.com, social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube, manufacturer brand sites, and at www.expotv.com.

• VP, Product (New York)
• VP, Sales (New York)
• Marketing Coordinator (New York)
• Web Developer (LAMP) (New York)
• Sales Director (New York)
• Account Manager (New York)
• Marketing Intern (New York)
• Product Management Intern (New York)

 

VP, Product (New York, NY)

We are looking for a VP of Product to provide hands-on, product leadership for our social commerce video platform which is used by Fortune 500 brands to generate, manage, publish and syndicate video. You will lead a team to conceptualize, evaluate, prioritize, define and deliver product features in very aggressive timelines. You'll work closely with executive management to develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy for both the short and long term. Previous experience with SAAS platforms, social media or online video is preferred. This role will report directly to the President and Co-founder of the company. Compensation is competitive with other start-ups, and includes salary, benefits, and stock options.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the executive team to define the product roadmap, prioritizing features according to business objectives
• Collaborate and develop relationships with EXPO's customer base to understand key product requirements and market drivers
• Analyze competitive landscape, create positioning and determine pricing to drive product-level go-to-market strategy
• Determine and drive overall product requirements, write user stories, build wireframes, create information architecture and be very hands-on with QA
• Work with engineering team to specify and scope features
• Manage the product life cycle from conception through release and beyond
• Oversee the integration of EXPO's technology platform onto client websites

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in web product management, UI development and management of complex, dynamic websites and online platforms / applications
• Proven ability to identify and prioritize areas for product development by analyzing customer requirements and feedback, as well as industry trends
• Proven ability to evaluate and articulate tradeoffs and to allocate resources to meet customer and business needs
• Experience recruiting and mentoring a product team
• Strong technical understanding and business acumen
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Extraordinary ability to collaborate with and inspire technical and non-technical departments, as well as customers and other external stakeholders

Please send resumes and cover letters to jobs3@expotv.com.

VP, Sales (New York, NY)

We are looking for a VP to provide hands-on, sales and account leadership for one of our largest and fastest-growing strategic clients. As VP, you will be responsible for setting account strategy and partnering with key internal stakeholders to build a successful execution. You'll build a team to ensure that you are able maintain relationships at all levels within the client. You will be an active participant in the product development process, engaging with the technology, business and marketing teams, to represent the needs of our largest account. Previous experience with working in or with consumer packaged goods companies in an online environment is required. SAAS platforms, social media or online video is preferred. This role will report directly to the Chief Revenue Officer of the company. Compensation is competitive and includes salary, benefits, and stock options.

Responsibilities:

• Develop 12 month account plan, gain internal buy in, and lead organization to successfully execute
• Hire and mentor a Sales Manager to assist in the execution of account goals
• Collaborate and develop consultative relationships with stakeholders at client from corporate through brand levels.
• Serve as key input to product planning process based on thorough understanding of client needs (get VP Product access to key stakeholders to assist in product development)
• Leverage global stakeholders to drive global account expansion
• Partner with key agencies for client to ensure successful executions as well as to identify new opportunities
• Utilize retail team to gain access to sales data/retail success as well as to drive global retail distribution
• Partner with client services to ensure successful executions and thought leadership for case studies

Requirements

• 10-15 years of experience in sales and account management
• Proven ability to manage and grow a multi-million dollar Fortune 500 account.
• Experience meeting/exceeding quota
• Demonstrated ability to lead others (that work for you as well as those that don't)
• Experience recruiting and mentoring a Sales Executive
• Extraordinary ability to collaborate with and inspire technical and non-technical departments, as well as customers and other external stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Passion and familiarity with current internet and digital trends, including social media and online video
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, deadline-driven, fast-paced team environment
• Experience working with or for CPG companies
• BA or BS, MBA preferred

Please send resumes and cover letters to jobs3@expotv.com.

Marketing Coordinator (New York, NY)

The Marketing Coordinator Position at EXPO is responsible for scheduling, managing and executing video content programs and will be the main point of contact for any content inquiries within the company. A key role of the Marketing Coordinator will be implementing video content programs to ensure proper audience segmentation and content generation for each client's unique objectives is met. Ultimately, the Marketing Coordinator is responsible for the quality of content generated and leveraged by manufacturers and retailers. Position will work closely with account managers, community and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all product review content planning based on client business and ecommerce needs
• Responsible for content planning, execution, forecasting and tracking overall video generation
• Assists with member segmentation and profiling to develop content strategies
• Maintain 100% on-time launches
• Oversee and recommend enhancements for content presentation, management, workflow, and distribution
• Proactive daily analyses and content tracking
• Service, support and collaborate with client services to ensure client expectations are exceeded
• Help write copy for outbound communications with our users including site copy, community feedback and user support content, etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and demonstrated knowledge of online marketing tactics, preferably with prior internship experience at an online media company
• Exceptional project management and problem solving skills
• Proven time-management, prioritization and multi-tasking skills
• A passion for social media, community
• Extremely detail oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skill
• Ability to work in a face-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong knowledge of EXCEL, WORD, and PowerPoint - PhotoShop a plus
• Experience managing digital content or video asset management/ publishing is a plus
• Strong promotional copy-writing and editing skills

Please send resumes and cover letters to jobs2@expotv.com.

Web Developer (LAMP) (New York, NY)

Are you passionate about online video and social media? Are you always looking at websites and mentally looking at the code driving them? If you are an expert at developing high-performance, MVC standards-compliant interactive web applications using Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP, we want to talk to you!

The ideal candidate has the ability to write and understand PHP as well as being able to work under pressure in a dynamic environment. The candidate should be comfortable facing development challenges with enthusiasm while also researching and proposing new technologies in their field.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience developing code for standards-compliant, MVC web applications
• PHP5 (Object Oriented)
• MySQL 5
• Version control (SVN)
• Linux OS shell environment and utilities
• XML and RSS standards

Bonus Job Qualifications:

• XHTML/HTML5, CSS
• Knowledge of Smarty template engine
• Stored procedures
• JQuery or similar JS library with supporting knowledge and experience with OO JS
• Experience and understanding of AJAX methodologies
• Experience with third party APIs, particularly Facebook Open Graph and Amazon Web Services

To apply, please email jobs@expotv.com with the following:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Salary requirements
• Code samples

Only candidates who submit code samples will be considered.

Sales Director (New York)

The Role

In light of our exponential growth we are seeking to build our sales team here in New York. We are on the lookout for a top-notch, digitally savvy Sales Director to help drive revenue. This individual's primary objective is twofold: To aggressively grow the client base and manage existing accounts with advertising agencies and clients directly. This is an excellent opportunity to deepen your digital experience and build extremely valuable relationships with some of the world's top brands. In addition to a sunny, spacious and friendly work environment in the Flatiron, we are offering a very competitive compensation package and the chance to work with an executive team comprised of well known and respected industry veterans.

About You

You are someone that's been selling and managing accounts in the online media industry for at least 7 years and you're passionate about digital and social media in particular. While you consider yourself a team player, you are also highly entrepreneurial and can work effectively independently. You've blown out your quarterly and annual sales targets in your current and past positions and you rank as one of the top sellers on your team. Because this role is highly consultative, it calls for someone with excellent client-facing, negotiation and presentation skills. These are some major CPG brands you'll be handling here so polish is particularly important. Be forewarned -- if we meet you think you may be a great fit, the next step in the interview process will include a presentation. This is a senior level sales position and we are only considering individuals with relevant contacts and a verifiable track record in the online media and advertising industry.

Let's Get Specific

Here are some of the qualities we are looking for:

• 7+ years experience in online media
• 4+ years sales experience
• Track record of meeting and/or exceeding quarterly and annual targets
• Self motivated, diligent
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent presentation skills
• Entrepreneurial attitude and a desire to work at a start-up
• 4 year degree from an accredited academic institution
• Positive, upbeat attitude and friendly disposition
• Sense of humor!

To Apply:

Please send cover letter and resume to: salesjobs@expotv.com

Account Manager (New York, NY)

The Account Manager at EXPO is responsible for serving the client and the internal team in managing strategic projects and accounts including design, execution, post-program analysis for our growing list of F500 clients such as P&G, Kraft, Unilever, Colgate, and LG Electronics. The position will report to the Vice President of Marketing on the overall process of managing partner relations. The Account Manager will work closely with sales to onboard new clients. They will also work with all cross-functional teams to execute all promotional programs. EXPO is a rapidly growing company looking for someone who is willing to do what it takes to over-deliver to our clients and expand our capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and develop strong client relationships in order to grow client business opportunities
• Lead the on boarding of new clients to ensure smooth overall execution of content generation implementation of client specified usage throughout engagement
• Responsible for campaign planning and management, enhancing process, vendor relationships, sharing results, forecasting and tracking overall client programs
• Monitor and analyze campaign performance to ensure customer satisfaction and provide suggestions for optimization
• Develop documentation for client programs including project scope, timelines, design direction, screener questionnaire, program instructions and consumer kits
• Prepare and deliver post-execution reporting and insights to formulate unique social media guidance for client, resulting in further engagement of EXPO services
• Analyze quantitative data on all client programs to continuously improve product offering and workflow process
• Work closely with assigned Sales Director and Vice President of Marketing to communicate any/all changes to campaigns, launch delays, delivery issues, optimization suggestions, etc.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelors degree with at least 5 years experience, preferably in online media or digital agency environment
• Ideal candidate has minimum of 2 years of prior account management experience in a sales organization for online media or digital agency
• Demonstrated analytical, organized, detail-oriented strengths, including project management experience
• Have a proven ability to handle conflict and solve problems in a professional manner
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills are a must
• Demonstrated ability to successfully mange client relationships and navigate partner organizations
• Understand how to set and manage multiple priorities, be proactive and make things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; ability to "wear many hats"
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills and the ability to pull data from multiple sources for analysis
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present information in verbal, written or visual form to a variety of audiences, from the internal team to client executives

Please send resumes and cover letters to jobs2@expotv.com.

Marketing Intern (New York, NY)

The Marketing Intern at EXPO is responsible for a wide variety of operational tasks from assisting the day-to-day running of expotv.com, enhancement of consumer video library and management of the outreach for all promotional programs. Position will work with the Marketing Manager on the overall process of managing EXPO community and client programs, sweepstakes, and any custom content programs. Position includes working closely with client services and operations to ensure all goals are met.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting in community assignment planning, enhancing processes and communication of programs
• Service and support EXPO community by responding to member inquiries through email and member forum
• Assist in cultivating and growing meaningful relationships within blogger community including researching new resources, removing old and reporting program placements
• Help write copy for outbound communications with our users including site copy, community feedback and user support content, newsletters, blog posts, etc.
• Work with Manager to manage presence on social media sites (including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Etc.) as well as communicate best practices to team
• Assist in writing, building, and sending newsletters around promotions and website news/updates/announcements
• Fulfill contest and sweepstakes prizing
• Manage YouTube Uploads of client and community content

Qualifications:

• 1+ years relevant experience with demonstrated knowledge of online marketing tactics, campaign optimization and planning, preferably in online media company
• Proven time-management, prioritization and multi-tasking skills
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, start-up environment
• Extremely detail oriented self-starter
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skill
• Ability to work in a face-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong knowledge of EXCEL, WORD, and PowerPoint - PhotoShop a plus
• Understanding of the social media, community or online video a plus

Please send resumes and cover letters to jobs7@expotv.com.

Product Management Intern (Paid, Full Time, Summer, 8-12 Weeks) (New York, NY)

We are looking for a detail-oriented, motivated and entrepreneurial individual to fill an open part-time position/internship, with potential for longer-term work. The position will work with the product management team, providing assistance with product development, data maintenance, QA, and other operational tasks. The candidate should be self-motivated, a team player, and eager to assist with a variety of assignments.

Responsibilities:

The intern will assist with all aspects of product management and will gain hands-on experience with the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Monitor competitors and trends in website design and functionality, integrating new technologies into the expotv.com site as they emerge
• Work with sales and marketing to create micro-sites, promotions, and other required functionality to support sales, advertising & marketing or PR initiatives
• Assist with the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the website and client applications
• Create and update documentation, including functional specifications for in-house use, as well as instructions/information for client consumption
• Analyze data trends and assist with data normalization
• Investigate, prioritize, and track bugs

Requirements:

• Strong attention to detail, organization and communication skills
• Passion for software/online product development and an eagerness to learn all things related to delivering a stellar product is a must
• Exceptional ability to self-manage goals and projects
• Work/internship experience strongly preferred (with further preference for experience in a software development company)
• Familiarity with design principles and best practices in user experience design, website navigation, and information architecture (coursework in these fields is a plus)
• Exceptional troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, deadline-driven, fast-paced team environment
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and proficiency with Adobe Photoshop

Please send resumes and cover letters to jobs6@expotv.com. For consideration, the subject line must read "Product Management Intern" and your first initial/last name (e.g., "Product Management Intern Application - J. Smith") and you must include a cover letter.