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Jobs in Durham, NC: Blogads is hiring!

We’re currently looking for more passionate people to work in our new Downtown Durham office. All of these postions are set to start ASAP and will require you to work in Durham, NC.

Don’t apply if you want structure and monotony
Don’t apply if you dislike music or dogs
Don’t apply if you dislike traveling and meeting new people

Do apply if you want to work with a collaborative, friendly team in downtown Durham
Do apply if you have an interest in advertising and media
Do send us your resume in PDF format and tell us why you want to work for us. Please send to analyst@blogads.com

Open positions:

Account Manager

Blogads, a digital advertising firm, has been a media innovator since 1998. We represent 3500+ blogs including market leaders like PerezHilton, DailyKos, Dlisted, and TrailerAddict. We work closely with advertisers in industries including entertainment, consumer packaged goods, retail, and technology.

We are seeking a Sales Strategist to join our Advertising Sales team. Someone who, like us, is passionate about digital media and building relationships.

General Responsibilities:

  • Manage advertiser relationships with clients from New York to Los Angeles
  • Generate leads through outreach via phone, email, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
  • Cultivate relationships with major advertising agencies
  • Work with team members to create innovative proposals
  • Network at conferences and promotional events
  • Help develop ideas for new products and services

We need you to:

  • Be experienced in media sales, promotions, or public relations
  • Have a 4 year college degree
  • Motivated by the fulfillment  of closing a deal
  • Be committed to providing awesome service to clients
  • Have high energy for a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
  • Enjoy in-person meetings and building relationships
  • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail

Assistant Account Manager

Blogads, a digital advertising firm, has been a media innovator since 1998. We represent 3500+ blogs including market leaders like PerezHilton, DailyKos, Dlisted, and TrailerAddict. We work closely with advertisers in industries including entertainment, consumer packaged goods, retail, and technology.

We are seeking an Assistant Sales Strategist to join the team that sells advertising on PerezHilton.com. Someone who, like us, is passionate about pop culture and digital media.

General Responsibilities:

  • Inform, assist, and negotiate with incoming potential advertisers
  • Manage relationships with smaller advertising agencies and clients
  • Assist sales staff with building proposals and presentations
  • Help brainstorm integrated advertising ideas for clients, help develop and formalize new products, and create and improve sales materials

You need:

  • at least one year of job experience, preferably in sales, marketing, or advertising
  • a 4 year college degree
  • desire to grow into a senior sales role with opportunities to travel and to work with Fortune 100 companies
  • to be a people person who enjoys building relationships
  • commitment to providing exceptional service to clients
  • high energy for a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
  • to enjoy creative brainstorming and being part of a team
  • curiosity to learn how things work and dedication to solve problems
  • to have excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail

Project Manager(s)

The Blogads innovation team builds tools that monetize, analyze and promote social networking.

Based in the heart of Durham, we believe that innovation results from intimate, long-term conversations between clients, colleagues and peers. Preferably over coffee.

We hire people who listen and speak clearly, relentlessly define problems and test solutions, and, most of all, collaborate passionately.

We’re seeking ambitious project managers who love to play with technology, social tools and creative colleagues. You’ll perform an integral roll in defining, designing, launching and iterating new products. You’ll dig your fingers into the guts of Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Tumblr, Foursquare, Dopplr, Findings… anything with an API.

You’ll fit well in this job if you tend to:

  • Grab a whiteboard whenever ideas start to flow.
  • Enjoy bridging multiple areas of expertise.
  • Know how to break giant projects down into bite-size tasks.
  • Realize that every error has at least 5 causes and know how to tease them out.
  • Know how to be concise yet descriptive.
  • Know what to own and what to delegate.
  • Know the difference between important and urgent.
  • Enjoy puzzles.
  • Not say “I don’t know” without following up with “let’s find out.”
  • Connect the dots until the lights go out.
  • Love a clean desk.
  • Know that one button is better than three.

You should be a college graduate with prior experience managing web projects.  Please mention prior PM experience, interacting with customers about their software needs, designing UIs or defining software functionality.

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