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Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities with Salon Media Group. Across all departments, you’ll find we’re passionate about contributing to Salon’s fearless independent voice. Besides the satisfaction of working in a job that truly matters, you’ll enjoy a creative environment and great benefits.

You’ll find several job descriptions below. These are just some of our needs. Particularly in you have tech and development skills which encompass mobile, PHP, WordPress, Node.js, MongoDB, Python, and Aria Systems, we’d like to hear from you. For positions other than those below, please write to us at recruitment@salon.com.

Open Positions

Salespeople: San Francisco or Los Angeles

Salon seeks ambitious, creative sales people in San Francisco, Los Angeles and potentially other major cities. Did you know Salon was one of the very first Internet sites to have an ad? That was way back in 1995. Since then, we’ve developed a reputation for advertising innovation and the trend continues. Traffic is larger than ever, and we have several new exciting features soon to debut. It’s a great time to get in front of advertisers who can appreciate one of the web’s most intelligent, influential, and affluent audiences.

Working out of our San Francisco headquarters or offices in Manhattan Beach (LA), you’ll call on agencies and clients throughout the west. You’ll have a ball working across department lines to create innovative marketing programs for your clients, while representing a site that has something new to say every day. Bring your contacts and show how proactive you can be. You’ll need to travel occasionally and be able to work with minimal supervision. A minimum of 2 years’ experience in online media is required, and you must be thoroughly versed in CPMs and third-party ad serving. Video experience is a huge plus. In your reply, please mention which brands you think would be well suited to Salon and why. We look forward to hearing from you. Send your resume to salesjobs@salon.com.

PHP/WordPress Developers: San Francisco

Salon Media Group (Salon.com), a publicly-traded online news company headquartered in San Francisco, is currently looking for a talented, motivated individual to join the technical engineering team. We are seeking WordPress developers, with a need for both Front and Backend Engineers. These roles demand excellent communication skills, as well as the demonstrated ability to work in close collaboration with project managers and non-technical product owners.

Requirements:

  • 3-5 years hands-on experience with object oriented PHP, using memcache and APC in high volume traffic environments (1M+ daily page views)
  • 3-5 years hands-on experience with WordPress, using the API, developing plugins, developing themes and optimizing for high performance environments
  • 3-5 years hands-on experience using a relational database, with demonstrated experience using MySQL 5.1 or later
  • Strong Javascript skills, preferably using JQuery
  • Experience using Subversion/Trac or similar version control software. Familiarity with Git preferred

Looking for:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated desire to clearly document code and to communicate technical requirements on a non-technical level
  • Background working on other online media sites or group blogging sites with shared access controlled CMS
  • Some previous work in at least one of the following: Human Interface Design, QA, multimedia development with strong emphasis on video, or contextual/semantic search algorithms
  • A Software Engineering degree or equivalent work experience

Relocation and visa sponsorship not available for this position. Competitive salary, excellent benefits, stock options. Salon is located near the Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco. This will be a full-time position working at our main office, reporting directly to the Director of Engineering. Working remotely is not an option for this position.

To apply, send the following to jchelliah@salon.com, subject line “WordPress Developer”:

  • Cover letter stating why you’re the perfect person for the job
  • Resume and/or LinkedIn profile address
  • Contact info for three professional references, including at least one previous direct supervisor
  • Salary requirements
  • Availability

Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

 

Product Management Internship: San Francisco

Salon.com is seeking an internship candidate with an avid interest in web development to assist the Product, Design and Engineering teams with daily operations, including specifications for site improvements and bug fixes, testing and QA. Must be extremely detail oriented with good project management skills and have at least working knowledge of HTML and the fundamentals of UI design. This position is based in San Francisco. Time commitment negotiable.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Assist with writing and tracking of engineering job tickets
  • Conduct routine QA and offer clear feedback to engineers
  • Be of general assistance to the Product team

Please send cover letter and resume to Rachel Hagen <rhagen@salon.com> and Ibrahim Madha <imadha@salon.com> — subject line “Product internship.”

Editorial Internships @ Salon

Interns are an important part of Salon’s daily editorial operations. They work closely with Salon staff to research, report, write and produce our news and culture coverage. They also take part in editorial meetings and otherwise learn about the day-to-day workings of an award-winning online news and entertainment site. Many Salon interns have gone on to jobs in the media, including Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Elle, CNN and, of course, Salon.

Salon offers internships throughout the year in our New York offices. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to internships@salon.com. Tell us why you want to intern with Salon! Please specify in the subject line whether you are applying for a News or Culture internship.

News Desk Internship: New York

Seeking candidates with prior journalism experience who are news and politics savvy to help us handle the daily flood of breaking news. Time commitment negotiable.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Monitor news feeds and produce breaking news packages
  • Research and fact checking
  • Editorial support
  • Interviews
  • Regular writing opportunities for qualified candidates

Culture Desk Internship: New York

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, have strong writing and research skills, be pop culturally literate and interested in some or all of the subjects covered by the A&E, Books and Life departments, such as women’s issues, TV, film, music and books. Time commitment negotiable.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Research and fact checking
  • Interviews
  • Editorial support
  • Regular writing opportunities for qualified candidates
Salon is one of the premier sources for news and culture on the Web or in any medium. Launched in 1995, Salon was a pioneer in online journalism and has been at the forefront of online news, community conversation and information delivery ever since. Salon is an equal opportunity employer.

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