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Community Manager Internship in San Francisco

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:01:12 GMT

We're looking for a team of stellar communicators to help manage our growing community of publishers, bloggers, and commenters. Experience what it's really like to work in a startup. If you live in the Bay Area and can come to our office in San Francisco you'll get to work directly with our entire team. Majority of work can happen from home, school, the Livefyre office, pretty much anywhere. Looking for people who love start-ups and have a strong interest in social media.

Livefyre is an embeddable real-time commenting platform that turns comments on any site into live conversations, increases the quality of those conversations, and drives traffic to content around the web.

Want more info about Livefyre? Read our blog (http://blog.livefyre.com) or check out what people have to say:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/06/livefyre-realtime-comments/
http://social.venturebeat.com/2010/07/06/livefyre-funding/
http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/07/14/livefyre-works-to-bring-web-comment-sections-back-to-life/

What will you get by working with us?

Increase your online presence
gain valuable work experience
a portfolio of work
try out the startup life
work in a startup incubator with regular events (if you're in the Bay Area - check out our office: http://kicklabs.com)
learn how to effectively work with a remote team (if you're not in the Bay Area)
help shape the future of conversations on the Internet

And who will you be working with? An awesome team of 6 that loves to work hard and play hard. Check out our bios at http://livefyre.com/team

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Community Manager Internship in San Francisco

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:04:55 GMT

Location: San Francisco, California; Remote
Duration: June 13th, 2011 - August 8th, 2011 (approximately 9 weeks; negotiable)
Hours per week: 10-15 hours per week
Compensation: Unpaid

We're looking for a team of stellar communicators to help manage our growing community of publishers, bloggers, and commenters. If you’re passionate about relationships, technology, and have a genuine desire to make an impact in the tech world, then look no further. Livefyre is a real-time conversation platform built from the ground-up for the social web that has revolutionized how web users engage in live conversation. If it sounds like a ton of fun, it’s because it is.

Livefyre is a social commenting platform and was founded in 2009 with the chief aim of revolutionizing how people have conversations on the Internet. Not even two years later, Livefyre is privately funded with 14 employees and embedded on over 5,000 sites and growing. Check out some articles about Livefyre from various sources on the web.

http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/06/livefyre-funding/
http://www.spinsucks.com/social-media/a-review-of-livefyre/
http://techcocktail.com/interview-livefyre-ceo-jordan-kretchmer-2010-08
http://livefyre.com/team/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/09/facebook-comments-isnt-right/

What you can expect at Livefyre:
- Invaluable experience in a fast-paced start-up environment
- An awesome culture with awesome close-knit team
- Full exposure to social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)
- A TON of reading, commenting, and interacting with various communities
- Awesome letters of recommendation upon completion of the internship
- College credit is available!

What You’ll Need to Apply:
- Cover letter explaining why you’re perfect for this job
- Resume
- Links/URL’s to your blog (if you have one), Twitter account, and LinkedIn

Please submit all applications via e-mail to internships@livefyre.com. Best of luck!

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Community Manager Internship with Livefyre in San Francisco

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:19:08 GMT

Duration: 8 weeks, beginning on June 3rd; 2-3 days per week (negotiable)

Community Management has become much more mainstream over the past two years. Companies are realizing the importance of talented individuals with people skills coupled with a grasp on technical knowledge, that these folks are often what separates the good products from the great companies.

We were buying into that ideal before it was even popular to do so, and if you want to be a part of an organization that puts the members of its community first, then keep reading.

Livefyre is currently active on over 16,000 blogs, everything from the “small-time” blogger to The New York Times and growing by the minute. We’re powering the world’s online conversations and we’re looking for 3 incredible individuals to help us oversee, cultivate, curate, and grow our community.

Are you passionate about start-ups?
If you were alone with a brick wall, could you still have a stimulating conversation?
Do you having writing and online communication skills that you want to develop further?
What about team work? Do you know how to contribute as a part of well-oiled unit?
Does a career as an Online Community Manager sound like your calling?

Then you’re in just the right place. As a Livefyre Community Manager intern, you’ll get to put all of your talents to work in a super sweet office in San Francisco with an awesome team doing the following on a daily basis:

- Interacting with the coolest community of bloggers and commenters on the planet
- Writing blog posts and sharing your insights on Community Management
- Join in on dozens of awesome conversations every day
- Meeting other Community Managers and building a network of resources
- Learning how to critique and execute an awesome product pitch
- Developing strategies to increase engagement and interaction
- Eating waffles on Wednesdays and falafels on Friday
- And oh so much more

If you’re interested, send a resume with a cover letter explaining why you’re the best one for this gig to internships@livefyre.com. Don’t be shy, we want to see your personality and passion. Tell us about yourself! Got a hidden talent? Share it. Super embarrassing story/stories? Create a quick 30 second YouTube video to tell us about it. Just show us some love! Show us who you are why you’d be awesome for this opportunity! Be sure to include a link to your Twitter page, LinkedIn profile, Livefyre profile, and any other online presence that will give us an even better idea of who you are!

We sure look forward to hearing from ya!

Here are a few links to get familiar with who we are and what we do:

About Livefyre: http://www.livefyre.com/about/

Livefyre on Mashable: http://mashable.com/2011/10/20/livfyre/ | http://mashable.com/2011/08/19/community-content-publishers/

Livefyre on VentureBeat: http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/18/livefyre-funding-2/

Livefyre on TheNextWeb: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/10/20/real-time-commenting-system-livefyre-says-it-can-increase-page-views-by-25/

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Online Community Manager Internship in San Francisco

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:58:57 GMT

Want to work for an exciting start-up in the real-time communication space? LiveFyre is looking for passionate Community Managers to help maintain and moderate the content on livefyre.com. Majority of work can happen from home, school, the LiveFyre office, pretty much anywhere. Interns will work directly with the company's founders, which means they'll have the opportunity to truly influence the company as it grows. Looking for people who love start-ups and have a strong interest in social media.

About LiveFyre:
LiveFyre is a place for topical, public, live-streaming conversation and debate between friends and people who like the same stuff you do. Start a Fyre about virtually anything- articles, blog posts, videos, tweets, you name it, then pose a question or statement to spark the debate. Live threading, Breakout conversations, stream filtering, and a host of other new features help organize live conversation like never before.

- Check out our launch article in TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/07/livefyre/
- Search "LiveFyre" on Twitter to see what people are saying about us
- Watch our pre-launch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkp67UJ0Sa0&hd=1

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