Startup Jobs and Career Advice for 3/3/14

  • theSkimm  is also hiring a Business Development leader:

theSkimm is looking for a lead Business Development hire. Great opportunity
to head BD efforts for a rapidly growing, early stage start up. Would love
your help in sharing this listing (see below) with your networks or
referring us any candidates you think would be a good fit.

We are looking for someone with experience in marketing or media strategy
(email focus is a plus) who can join our team to focus on user acquisition.
Looking for a bit of a hybrid between creative and quantitative thinking.
Need someone motivated and hungry, who enjoys the early stages of brand
building.

Thanks!

Business Development

The Company: theSkimm is a lifestyle company rooted in a news startup.
theSkimm seeks to cut through the information noise and has transformed the
morning routines of female millennials to become one of the fastest-growing
newsletters on the market with unprecedented engagement. We have a daily
email newsletter that has had explosive growth. Having recently closed our
seed round, we’re making our first strategic hires.

The Role: theSkimm is looking to hire an “all-around athlete” to focus on
the subscriber growth, revenue, and development of our company. The
Business Development lead will work closely with the founders to identify
growth and revenue opportunities with relevant partners (both big and
small) and execute upon them. The role will include some ad sales and
creating sponsorship materials along with models and rates.

The lead will work directly with a Growth Strategist. This is the first BD
hire for our company and the role brings with it opportunity for broad
responsibilities.

Contact: danielle@theskimm.com

  • PeoplePerHour is hiring a Business Development Associate:

PeoplePerHour (PPH) has been a leader and an innovator in the fast-growing freelance economy since 2008. We are venture backed, having raised over $10m and are now profitable and growing internationally.  PPH is in the midst of launching a new, disruptive product aimed at the US market, based out of our New York office, called DeskDonkie.

We are looking for a Business Development Associate who is hungry to get into a startup environment, work closely with the founder and learn how to take a product to market from the ground up.

Our company culture matters more than anything to us.  We only hire people who share our core values, no matter if they are superstars. You will fit in if you are someone who:

        – Loves brutal honesty
        – Acts like an owner
        – Is Accountable
        – Constantly raises the bar
        – Is a Team player

You will be the first Business Development hire responsible for this new product working very closely with the Founder & CEO.  As such the role has huge progression potential and can evolve to complete P&L responsibility for DeskDonkie.

Contact:  Founder & CEO: Xenios Thrasyvoulou  xenios@peopleperhour.com

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