Positions
Relationship Management - City Experiences
Are you passionate about enjoying life in and around your city while getting great value? Join our team! BloomSpot is a next generation online magazine that features exceptional restaurants, spas and hotels - that also let's readers buy their services. BloomSpot is a great company for you to gain experience with a remarkably fast growing internet venture with an experienced team and renowned investors. Check it out at BloomSpot.com.
Job Description
We are seeking dynamic individuals, early in their career, to join us to continue to create a great company. The role is what some people might call sales, but we think of it like an editor. It's about selecting great businesses ideal for our audience and persuading them to participate in a feature on BloomSpot and delighting our customers. There are some traditional aspects of sales, including calling lots of people you don't know, but it is also about using your creativity and working with a great local businesses to market themselves.
Every day, you'll figure out which businesses our audience like the most, call them and tell them about BloomSpot, and get them excited about participating in our product. You'll also work with the business to figure out an offer that works well for the business, as well for the BloomSpot readers. The job takes enthusiasm, creativity, an intuition for what consumers like and an ability to work with businesses to address their problems.
For people that are really good at the job, compensation can be very good, as well as equity in a very fast growing and exciting consumer internet company. This is excellent opportunity for individuals looking to get into consumer internet, advance and build their career with dynamic experience in sales, PR, marketing, and business development.
Location
San Francisco, CA (one block from CalTrain)
Responsibilities
- Identifying restaurants, hotels and spas great for BloomSpot readers
- Reaching out to these local businesses and getting them excited about being featured on BloomSpot
- Working with local businesses to craft an offer to the BloomSpot readership
Qualifications
- Highly organized and strongly self-motivated
- Strong charisma and outgoing personality; a natural "people-person"
- High-level of maturity and professionalism
- Excellent communication skills
- Talent for persuasion
- Genuine interest in spas, restaurants, and travel
How To Apply
- Please contact us at jobs@bloomspot.com
Marketing & Customer Support
Overview
Are you passionate about enjoying life in and around your city while getting great value? Join our team! BloomSpot is a great place to gain experience with an exciting internet startup and while learning about consumer web retail.
We are seeking an innovative individual, early in their career, to join our team as jack-of-all trades. This individual would create compelling and attractive marketing materials for merchant deals, implement customer acquisition strategies, and provide customer support. The most important qualities in a candidate are creativity with a strong aesthetic sense, attention to detail and well-developed time and project management skills.
Work schedule is part-time contract to start (15 hrs/wk minimum) with the opportunity for full-time hire and for growth within the company. This is excellent opportunity for the individual looking to advance and build their career in internet startups, marketing, PR, and advertising.
Location
San Francisco, CA (one block from CalTrain)
Responsibilities
- create compelling marketing material and copy for merchant offers
- curating photos and overall offers presentation
- implement customer acquisition strategies
- customer interactions and support
Qualifications
- highly detail-oriented and strongly self-motivated
- strong written and verbal communication skills
- creative with a strong eye for aesthetics
- ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects
- marketing experience desirable
- familiar with basic photo manipulation, Photoshop experience beneficial
Ideal Candidates
- BAs with degrees in English, Communication, Marketing, Journalism, etc.
- Experience in the publishing helpful but not expected
Compensation
Competitive, DOE
How To Apply
- Send resume and brief cover letter to jobs@bloomspot.com
- Enter Application info at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGpRZERCQ2QycTEwYjNHVEo4YmNST3c6MA
Software Engineer
Overview
BloomSpot - a well funded, innovative consumer internet start up - is seeking an outstanding engineer with 2+ years of experience who is passionate about building a great company. While BloomSpot is experiencing amazing user growth, our team is still small (in single digits). Our ideal candidate combines technical talent, product intuition, communications skills and ability to both code and convert ideas into real products. This person will play a key role in building the company.
Position Overview
- 2+ years of experience in an Engineering position
- Must enjoy both working independently and enjoy working within a close group setting
- Experience in Django/Python highly desired
- Web front-end experience and expertise in Javascript/CSS/DHTML highly desirable
- Ideally would be well versed in both Django/Python AND Front-end engineering. However, strong candidates in either of the two with dedication to learn will not be ignored
- Located in San Francisco, CA (a block away from the CalTrain station), but would consider alternative working arrangements
- The candidate will be amongst the first few members of the team. You should have the commitment and passion to be a core member of the company
- Full-time as well as part-time positions possible. Both, however, can expect a thrilling ride and a great learning experience
Location
San Francisco, CA (one block from CalTrain)
How to Apply
Please contact Ashish Baldua at ashish {at} bloomspot {dot} com.