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Temporary Product Manager in New York

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:08:23 GMT

Category: Product Management
CollegeHumor Media, comprised of CollegeHumor.com, Dorkly.com, TodaysBigThing.com & Sportspickle.com, is a leading online entertainment company targeting a core audience of young males age 18-24. CollegeHumor Media delivers daily comedic content, including videos, pictures, articles and jokes, created and/or curated by the CollegeHumor staff. Attracting more than 10 million monthly uniques and generating more than 100 million monthly page views (Nielsen/Net Ratings May 11), CollegeHumor Media provides online advertisers across a variety of categories with an efficient vehicle for reaching the desirable young adult demographic. CollegeHumor Media is an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) and can be found online here: http://www.chmedia.com/

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates with an entrepreneurial mindset who are passionate about the digital space and looking to get exposure to all aspects of a business as it launches and grows. The Product Manager will be responsible for defining and documenting new products and product innovation. A strong Product Manager will be capable of communicating product specifications visually in the form of annotated wireframes and will be capable of integrating various ideas from all stakeholders into a cohesive product. He or she must be a strong collaborator able to communicate effectively with business leads, marketing, ad sales and technology staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Contribute ideas on how to drive product development and innovation
* Define and document product requirements, features & functionality
* Create and annotate product wireframes
* Manage products through the product development lifecycle
* Provide ongoing analysis on product effectiveness using a data driven approach
* Ensure legal compliance with respect to current regulations & privacy

QUALIFICATIONS

* Bachelors Degree
* 3 – 7 years of consumer facing web experience, functioning in the product role
* Professional work experience writing wireframes and detailed product specs
* Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, or equivalent) is a major plus
* Strong understanding of web technologies
* Experience with Agile development philosophy and methodologies
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Self-starter and team player
* Passionate about the CollegeHumor Media products

To be considered for this posting, all Resume submissions must be made online at http://www.Click2Apply.net/59vx7xb

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Front End Developers in New York

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:44:18 GMT

CollegeHumor.com is seeking ambitious, well-rounded Front End Developers. You need to think like a user, be passionate about coding and excited to build and iterate features that impact millions of people. You will work with our small talented team of developers on a number of large high profile websites which include: CollegeHumor, Bustedtees, TodaysBIGthing, SportsPickle, Dorkly as well as contribute to a number of internal tools and services. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million users every month.

An ideal candidate would answer yes to the following:
Do you code entirely with css/html (no tables)?
Can you solve cross browser issues?
Do you code semantically?
Do you validate your code?
Would you enjoy working in a fast paced environment with small agile development teams?
Do you love to learn, and adopt new technologies?

Requirements
- Fluent in xHTML
- Fluent in CSS table-less layouts
- Fluent in Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, and the DOM
- Knowledgeable about cross browser issues, and how to fix them
- Strong attention to detail, pixel perfect precision
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop
- Comfortable with PHP, MYSQL

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Front End Developer in New York

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:45:34 GMT

Overview of Role:
CollegeHumor is seeking an ambitious, well-rounded Front End Developer. This is a full-time on-site position in our NYC office in Chelsea. You will work with our small talented team of developers primarily working on CollegeHumor.com as well as our other sites: Dorkly, Jest, and SportsPickle. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million users every month.

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LAMP Application Developer in New York

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:10 GMT

College Humor is seeking a LAMP Application Developer. You will work with our small talented team of developers on a number of large high profile websites which include: CollegeHumor, TodaysBIGthing, SportsPickle, Dorkly as well as contribute to a number of internal tools and services. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million users every month.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE
This role is for a back-end PHP developer who will be working on site features for our websites as well as components of our shared framework.

The candidate must have at least 3 years of experience developing on a PHP-based MVC Framework and demonstrate an excellent understanding of object-oriented programming. A degree in Computer Science is strongly preferred.

The candidate must be a conscientious developer who can build new features, iterate on existing features, write test scripts, unit test their code, and take part in code reviews with other developers.

The candidate must be able to profile and optimize code and queries for performance.

The candidate must enjoy working in a fast paced environment with small agile development teams.

REQUIREMENTS

* Back-end development experience in PHP 5, and a strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming within an MVC framework.
* Experience with SPL
* Experience working on a high traffic web site.
* Solid understanding of general principles of caching and scaling websites, including configuring and optimizing Memcached, Apache, and MySQL
* Thorough understanding of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
* Experience working on a Media website is a plus.
* A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

HOW TO APPLY
This is a full-time on-site position in our NYC office in Chelsea. To be considered, please send cover letter, resume, and coding samples.

To be considered for this posting, all Resume submissions must be made online at: http://www.Click2Apply.net/x9x3fgf

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Senior LAMP Application Developer in New York

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:10 GMT

CollegeHumor is seeking a Senior LAMP Application Developer. You will work with our small talented team of developers on a number of large high profile websites which include: CollegeHumor, TodaysBIGthing, SportsPickle, Dorkly as well as contribute to a number of internal tools and services. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million users every month.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

This role is for a senior back-end PHP developer who will primarily be working on a shared framework that supports all of our web properties. This role will share ownership for our core framework as well as a variety of site-level features. The role will be heavily involved in shaping the technical roadmap for our core back-end technology, ensuring that we can scale to meet our aggressively growing business.

The candidate must have at least 5 years of experience developing on a PHP-based MVC Framework and demonstrate an excellent understanding of object-oriented programming. A degree in Computer Science is strongly preferred.

The candidate must be a conscientious developer who can build new features, iterate on existing features, write test scripts, unit test their code, and take part in code reviews with other developers.

The candidate must be able to profile and optimize code and queries for performance.

The candidate must enjoy working in a fast paced environment with small agile development teams.

REQUIREMENTS

* Advanced back-end development experience in PHP 5, and a strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming within an MVC framework.
* Experience with SPL
* Experience configuring and optimizing Memcached on a high volume website.
* Experience using and tuning Apache and MySQL.
* Thorough understanding of general principles of caching and scaling websites.
* Basic understanding of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
* Experience working on a Media website is a plus.
* A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

HOW TO APPLY
This is a full-time on-site position in our NYC office in Chelsea. To be considered, please send cover letter, resume, and coding samples.

To be considered for this posting, all Resume submissions must be made online at http://www.Click2Apply.net/dddd3j6

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LAMP Application Developer in New York

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:54:37 GMT

CollegeHumor is seeking a LAMP Application Developer. This is an exciting opportunity to work with our small talented team of developers on a number of large high profile websites which include: CollegeHumor, Jest, SportsPickle, Dorkly as well as contribute to a number of internal tools and services. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million users every month.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE
This role is for a back-end PHP developer who will be working on site features for our websites as well as components of our shared framework.

The candidate must have at least 3 years of experience developing on a PHP-based MVC Framework and demonstrate an excellent understanding of object-oriented programming. A degree in Computer Science is strongly preferred.

The candidate must be a conscientious developer who can build new features, iterate on existing features, write test scripts, unit test their code, and take part in code reviews with other developers.

The candidate must be able to profile and optimize code and queries for performance.

The candidate must enjoy working in a fast paced environment with small agile development teams.

REQUIREMENTS
• Back-end development experience in PHP 5, and a strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming within an MVC framework
• Experience with SPL
• Experience working on a high traffic web site.
• Solid understanding of general principles of caching and scaling websites, including configuring and optimizing Memcached, Apache, and MySQL
• Thorough understanding of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Experience working on a Media website is a plus
• A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

HOW TO APPLY
This is a full-time on-site position in our NYC office in Chelsea. To be considered, please send resume and coding samples.

To be considered for this posting, all Resume submissions must be made online at http://www.Click2Apply.net/gdvhdj4

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Product Manager in New York

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:03 GMT

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PHP Engineers in New York

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:26 GMT

Category: Web Development
CollegeHumor is seeking ambitious, well-rounded PHP engineers. You need to think like a user, be passionate about coding and excited to build and iterate features that impact millions of people. You will work with our small talented team of developers on a number of large high profile websites which include: CollegeHumor, Bustedtees, TodaysBIGthing, SportsPickle, Dorkly as well as contribute to a number of internal tools and services. Collectively our sites reach over 15 million users every month.

Responsibilities:
* Implement and iterate on new and existing features
* Get your hands dirty playing with framework level code
* Profile and optimize code and queries for performance
* Work closely with our engineering team to build and scale back-end services
* Contribute to product design and implementation discussions

Desired Skills:
* Fluency in PHP 5, MySQL and the LAMP stack
* Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming
* Experience working on high volume websites
* Expertise with MVC methodologies
* Caching / Scaling (Memcached, APC, etc.)
* Thorough understanding of HTML, Javascript, CSS and XML
* A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

Bonus Points:
* NoSQL, MongoDB
* Experience with Scribe Server and NGINX
* Experience with SPL
* E-commerce, credit card authorization, and billing feature experience
* Linux or Solaris experience
* jQuery or Prototype
* Experience building scalable frameworks

To be considered for this posting, all Resume submissions must be made online at http://www.Click2Apply.net/c64np6m

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Product Developer in New York

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:48:17 GMT

This an exciting opportunity for an online product wiz with a passion for all things digital and a person who likes to spend a good portion of the day chuckling while they churn out amazing product concepts. Ask yourself before applying - do you get excited when drafting really clean wireframes and writing detailed functional specs? Do you like to laugh? If the answer to these questions is yes, then keep reading.

As a product developer you’ll be responsible for defining and documenting new products, contributing to the product innovation process, and supporting the entire development lifecycle by maintaining user stories and performing user acceptance testing.

A great product developer will combine industry knowledge with their personal experience and research to create compelling product concepts backed with annotated wireframes and functional specifications. You will also be able to clearly present your concept to various stakeholders in marketing, ad sales, technology and editorial, blending all feedback into a cohesive product plan.

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Product Manager (Temporary) in New York

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:52 GMT

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates with an entrepreneurial mindset who are passionate about the digital space, looking to develop cutting edge web products, and contribute to an established brand as it launches new product initiatives and continues to grow. The Product Manager will be responsible for defining and documenting a new product initiative for CH Media from the ground up, acting as the product lead. A strong Product Manager candidate will combine industry knowledge with personal experience and independent research to conceptualize product ideas and features and draft product requirements document visually in the form of annotated wireframes. He/She will also be capable of presenting those ideas to various stakeholders in CH Media in various levels of the organization, blending all feedback into a cohesive product plan which will be memorialized in a product requirements and specification document. From there, he or she will lead Design and Development staff in executing the product plan, keeping the team apprised of the project’s status through launch.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Contribute ideas on how to drive product development and innovation
* Define and document product requirements, features & functionality
* Create and annotate product wireframes
* Manage products through the product development lifecycle
* Provide ongoing analysis on product effectiveness using a data driven approach
* Ensure legal compliance with respect to current regulations & privacy
* Give feedback and improve on existing processes and methodologies

QUALIFICATIONS

* Bachelors Degree
* 3 – 7 years of consumer facing web experience functioning in the product role, and can provide product launch examples.
* Familiarity developing Online Video products
* Familiar with mobile products and the various Social Media platforms.
* Professional work experience writing wireframes and detailed product specs
* Experience with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, or equivalent is a major plus
* Experience with Agile development methodology and Scrum.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Self-starter and team player
* Passionate about the CollegeHumor brand and its products.

To be considered for this posting, all Resume submissions must be made online at http://www.Click2Apply.net/cz2fvk8

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