Jobs At Shopflick

At our core, we're a small and enthusiastic team of entrepreneurial Media and Internet veterans laser focused on creating a collaborative culture of innovation rooted in agile product development and constant customer interaction.

If you're interested in joining the revolution, then please submit an application.

Director of Technology

We:

• Recently launched our private Beta version of www.shopflick.com, a major video shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34.
• Developing a highly-scalable platform for a new video-driven P2P marketplace, producing innovative social shopping tools and creating original shopping shows.
• Extremely focused on developing an exceptional Technology team that will help drive innovation and product strategy.
• Founders and advisors are prominent media and technology veterans from Amazon, Fox Television Studios, Fox Interactive Media, eBay and Yahoo!.
• Are a privately-held and privately funded company.

You:

• Have hands-on experience as a senior or lead developer with a background in architecture and creating complex systems. Specific experience working with JAVA, JSP, Spring, Hibernate and MySQL required.
• Have a passion for web technologies and a strong desire to work on a highly participatory product development team.
• Have experience recruiting, leading and growing a development team.
• Are looking for a full time position and reside in LA, though we’re open to telecommuting.

Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on platform and feature-level software development and architecture.
• Recruit, manage and mentor development team.
• Collaborate with other technologists to create an exceptional consumer experience.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of industry experience designing and developing large scale, high traffic consumer-facing web applications.
• Expert-level Java skills and object oriented design experience, including strong knowledge of core libraries and common design patterns.
• Experience with a wide array of modern programming languages and the ability to learn new languages and frameworks.
• Knowledge of video (streaming, encoding, etc.), community building, commerce and user generated content applications strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with social networking and other similar API’s.
• Working knowledge and understanding of deployment strategies for distributed and multi-tiered applications.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, and with the realities of commercial software engineering.
• Good verbal and written skills.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.

Compensation:

• We offer competitive compensation packages based upon your skill-set, experience and enthusiasm.

If you’re interested in the position, then please submit an application that includes your resume along with a brief cover letter. The cover letter should include URL’s of projects you have worked on, major project accomplishments and the role you played on the team.

Front-End Web Developer

We:

• Recently launched our private Beta version of www.shopflick.com, a major video shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34.
• Developing a highly-scalable platform for a new video-driven P2P marketplace, producing innovative social shopping tools and creating original shopping shows.
• Extremely focused on developing an exceptional Technology team that will help drive innovation and product strategy.
• Founders and advisors are prominent media and technology veterans from Amazon, Fox Television Studios, Fox Interactive Media, eBay and Yahoo!.
• Are a privately-held and privately funded company.

You:

• Have a passion for web technologies and a strong desire to work on a highly participatory product development team.
• Want to join a company where your contribution will significantly impact the success of the organization.
• Are looking for a full time position or a full time contract role.
• Ideally reside in LA, though we're open to telecommuting.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop a highly scalable website, with an initial focus on elegant front-end implementation.
• Write and ship code that is maintainable and efficient.
• Collaborate with other technologists to create an exceptional consumer experience.

Requirements:

• Strong development background with JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, XHTML, AJAX, JSP.
• Expert in W3 compliant, cross browser compatible, CSS/HTML development.
• 3+ years of web development experience building responsive and elegant web UI's for consumer-facing products.
• Experience with Flash, ActionScript, or Flex is a plus, but not a requirement
• Significant development experience in a cross-platform, cross-browser environment.
• Knowledge of video (streaming, encoding, etc.), community building, commerce and user generated content applications strongly preferred.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, and with the realities of commercial software engineering.
• Design background is a plus.
• Capable of translating product and business requirements into production-ready code.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.

Compensation:

• We offer competitive compensation packages based upon your skill-set, experience and enthusiasm.

If you're interested in the position, then please submit an application that includes your resume along with a brief cover letter. The cover letter should include URL's of projects you have worked on, major project accomplishments and the role you played on the team.

QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER

We

• Launching a major video shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34
• Developing original web video shopping shows, social shopping tools and a platform for a new video-driven P2P marketplace
• Are prominent execs from the Internet and Television industry

You:

• Have a passion for providing consumers with an amazing product experience
• Want to work with a leading start-up in the consumer internet & media space
• Are self-driven and goal-oriented

The Quality Assurance Engineer develops and executes test plans as well as manages and maintains test scenarios and test scripts for manual and automated testing. This role is an integral part of the Product Development team and will have the potential to participate in all facets of the product development process.

Projects will include:

• Ongoing feature development
• Process review: listing creation, video upload & transcoding and commerce
• Integration of social software tools and exploration of future technologies
• Customer Service & Support
• Widget and social application development

Test Planning

• Understands business purpose and context of software applications being tested.
• Prepares scripts for manual and automated test execution.

Quality Assurance / Defect Tracking

• Owns test documentation and tracking of product defects
• Helps enforces defect tracking standards.

Customer Service

• Coordinate, and manage all customer service issues, complaints and feedback.
• Direct communication with user's who have asked for customer service regarding Shopflick and the Shopflick Filmmaking Network.
• Collaboration with the Editorial, Marketing and Technology Groups to minimize the number of potential problems found.

Skills:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Computer Science.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various internal clients and external partners.

Experience:

• 2+ years of web-based quality assurance experience.
• Experience black box testing with some white box testing.
• Understanding and experience with objected oriented analysis and design a plus.
• Experience with XML, XSLT, Perl, C++, Web Services, Oracle and stored procedures a plus.
• Experience with Apache Tomcat Webserver, Spring framework, Hybernate, MySQL DB a plus.
• Experience working in Linux and Unix environments a plus.

The Position:

• Full-time at our offices in West Los Angeles
• Compensation, DOE

Please submit an application that includes your resume along with a brief cover letter. Only complete applications will be considered.

PART-TIME BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

We:

• Launching a major video shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34
• Developing original web video shopping shows, social shopping tools and a platform for a new video-driven P2P marketplace
• Are prominent execs from the Internet and Television industry

You:

• Currently or recently enrolled at an top tier MBA program
• Want to work with a leading start-up in the consumer internet & media space
• Are self-driven and goal-oriented

Responsibilities:

• Identifying and building a pipeline of prospects
• Negotiating and closing deals (term sheets, contracts)
• Managing relationships
• Interfacing with multiple functional groups w/ in Shopflick (e.g. marketing and engineering) to successfully harvest relationships

Requirements:

• Experience in business development
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong working relationships
• Extensive knowledge of ecommerce business models, video production, and consumer Internet technology
• Extensive negotiation and closing experience (including legal aspects)
• Ability to meet multiple objectives in an entrepreneurial environment with little supervision
• Prior experience working with ecommerce companies is a must
• Prior experience working in a startup technology company preferred
• Travel necessary
• Fluency in multiple languages is a plus
• BA or BS degree (MBA preferred)
• Located in Los Angeles

The Position:

• Work at our offices in West Los Angeles 3-5 days/week
• Part time position is paid DOE

Please submit an application that includes your resume along with a brief cover letter. Only complete applications will be considered.

Shopping Internship

We:

• Building a major new shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and purchasing the coolest new products for men and women 18-34
• Developing original web video shopping shows, social shopping tools and user-generated product videos
• Are prominent execs from the Internet and Television industry

You:

• Live, breath and are completely on top of cool new stuff for girls (fashion, beauty, music, etc) and/or guys (gadgets, tech, skate, surf, music, etc)
• Are a thought leader and taste maker with great taste and a strong imagination
• Are web savvy and adept at finding and investigating new stuff from all sources: web, magazines, your social network, your own shopping adventures
• Currently enrolled at a four year University or College
• Knowledgeable with MS Word & Excel
• Looking to gain valuable work experience / grow into a permanent position
• Have an authentic, infectious, outgoing personality that comes across with other people, in person, in writing and/or on camera

The Internship:

• Work at our offices are in West Los Angeles
• Help us in all different facets from video shoots, to internet research, to basis office duties
• Part time position / paid

Please submit an application including resume, writing sample, images of some stuff you love, and links to video clips (if available).

PR Specialist

We:

• Shopflick, a major new shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34
• Developing original web video shopping shows, social shopping tools and user-generated product videos
• Are prominent execs from the Internet and Television industry

You:

• Driven to develop an in-house PR department for an online entertainment/commerce start-up
• Are web savvy and familiar with new media and online PR strategies
• Are a thought leader and taste maker with great taste and a strong imagination

The Position:

• Responsible for all publicity, promotions and public relations for Shopflick, a start-up video shopping site
• Develop long-range strategic communication plans and formulate short-term plans for press relations, promotion and publicity.
• Implement all planned PR/Press initiatives and execute plans
• Oversee communications with the news media, consumer, and trade press and business groups relevant to the Company
• Through media relations, speaking engagements, and promotional events, position the company and its appropriate senior executives as leaders within their respected industries
• Develop promotions and special events aimed at increasing awareness and appeal of the Shopflick brand and the company's various offerings
• Develop edit, revise and rewrite strong written communications including press releases, speeches, white papers, and other documents to ensure favorable communications messages for Shopflick.
• Conceive and develop opportunities for issues-oriented coverage that would be beneficial for the Company.
• Act as senior spokesperson for the Company and its businesses to the media, when required or appropriate.
• Find and oversee appropriate outside consultants, including public relations and public affairs agencies.
• Coordination with other businesses and departments in the Company

Requirements:

• Must have excellent organizational skills with the ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks and PR initiatives at the same time
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must be detail oriented, organized, personable, able to perform under pressure, and handle heavy phones
• Must be computer literate including Microsoft Word and Excel with excellent typing skills
• Work in our offices in West Los Angeles

Please submit an application including resume, writing/press release samples and placement examples.

Shopflick Trend Spotter (Freelance)

We:

• Shopflick, a major new shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34
• Developing original web video shopping shows, social shopping tools and user-generated product videos
• Are prominent execs from the Internet and Television industry

You:

• Live, breath and are completely on top of cool new stuff, either for guys (gadgets, tech, etc), for women fashion, accessories, beauty, jewelry, etc.) or both
• Are a thought leader and taste maker with great taste and a strong imagination
• Are web savvy and adept at finding and investigating new stuff from all sources: web, magazines, your social network, your own shopping adventures
• Your dream job would be to spend all day finding new products, getting to know the people and companies behind them, and telling the world about them in print and/or on camera

The Job:

• Help us source and attract great products offered on our new site
• Find interesting personalities connected with the products, including people who are making their own "DIY" products and fashions
• Scout & sign up interesting sellers to be feature VIP Sellers on the site / whether from your own network or reaching out to interesting designers & store owners
• Work with our LA office to arrange product shoots
• Make a commission off each seller lead that we produce a video for
• This position is freelance and pays per completed video lead

Please submit an application including a writing sample, images of some stuff you love, and links to video clips (if available).

Site Editor

We:

• Launching a major video shopping/entertainment website all about discovering and buying the coolest new products for men and women 18-34
• Developing original web video shopping shows, social shopping tools and a platform for a new video-driven P2P marketplace
• Are prominent execs from the Internet and Television industry

You:

• Have content programming, merchandising or site producing experience
• Want to work with a leading start-up in the consumer internet & media space
• Are self-driven and goal-oriented

The Programming Manager is responsible for the ongoing featuring of the best products, stores and shoppings shows on Shopflick

Projects will include:

• Daily management of the site's key merchandising modules including top picks, featured stores and other merchandising themes
• Analysis of site, product and store trends
• Use learnings to inform programming strategies and seller/store recruitment

Programming/Merchandising

• Understand and drive Shopflick's existing and future programming
• Breadth and Depth: Where are Shopflick's merchandising gaps and areas for expansion
• Performance: Analysis of both historical/seasonal and daily/weekly trends
• Forecasting: What does current programming say about where we need to go?
• Follow, understand and communicate trends through online programming
• Work with product development, business development and merchandising groups to execute various initiatives
• Apply analytical findings to inform and influence Shopflick's future merchandising strategy
• Track external sources and resources for evaluation of content ideas
• Convert insights into new ideas and match ideas against existing programming
• Coordinate and implement daily special offers for Featured Shopflick stores

Experience/Skills:

• 2+ yrs experience as editor, site producer, content manager
• Passionate about shopping, products and digital media
• Expertise in and enthusiasm for the intersection of commerce and media
• Self-starter: ability to get high-level direction and run with it
• Handle basic HTML and spreadsheets
• Excellent design and layout skills

The Position:

• Full-time at our offices in West Los Angeles
• Compensation, DOE

Please submit an application including cover letter & writing or editorial samples. Only complete applications will be considered.

Freelance Shooter/Editor

We:

• Launching a new, video-driven shopping/entertainment website all about discovering the coolest new products
• Searching for talented, creative and self-sufficient filmmakers to shoot & edit "Listing Videos" of interesting products, stores and the people behind them.

You:

• Own (or have access to) a 3-chip DV camera or better
• Own (or have access to) an audio package, e.g. shotgun mic & wireless lav mic
• Proficient with (and have access to) professional editing software (Final Cut Pro)
• A versatile, creative, hands-on video shooter and editor
• Can develop crisp, short pieces, shoot with style and edit efficiently
• A creatively inspired filmmaker who makes every piece engaging
• Deliver work that is accessible but way above "industrial" or "wedding"
• Web savvy and can shoot and produce for the web video medium
• Meet deadlines and work efficiently
• Thrive in a guerilla, fast paced, on-your-feet style
• Have a personality that makes people feel comfortable being shot

The Job:

• Shoot & edit short video pieces for our new site that profile select stores and products
• Work with trend experts and entrepreneurs
• Freelance with potential for as much work as you can handle
• Shooting will be in the Lynchburg area
• Rates are per Video Listing: Standard ($200); Preferred ($250+)
• Additional compensation for multiple edits when required
• We also offer rates for shooting only -- please enquire
• After developing expertise, you should be able to shoot and edit in one day
• Students and Standard Filmmakers can increase rates based on positive feedback.
• Earn additional money for finding interesting Sellers and Products to shoot.

Please submit an application including resume, equipment summary, & links to video clip samples of your work.