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Employment Opportunities at Topica
Topica Inc.'s Topica Email Publisher is the business solution for publishing, delivering and marketing email content over the Internet. As a full-service email marketing firm that delivers 500+ million messages a month, Topica is able to produce and distribute newsletters, build subscription bases for those products, and serve advertising. By integrating these capabilities under one roof, Topica is uniquely positioned to capture a large share of the newsletter publishing market.
Marketing Manager
We are currently seeking a Marketing Manager with strong organizational, communication and project management skills to implement Topica marketing projects. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, this position works closely with individuals from the marketing, creative, engineering and sales departments to execute a range of marketing programs on time, on strategy, and within budget.
The ideal candidate will have experience with a broad range of marketing disciplines and a strong focus on online and direct marketing tasks. It should be a highly talented, success-oriented person who enjoys new challenges and has a desire to make a significant contribution to a growing organization. Previous e-commerce experience in a business-to-business environment is required. Ability to multi-task and strong research and analytical skills are a must.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with business and/or marketing concentration
- 3-5 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- B2B e-commerce experience is required
- Versatility, flexibility and an ability to work creatively within changing priorities
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, research and analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Creative, flexible, and innovative team player
- Proficient on MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Internet
- Experience with email publishing, contact management and/or sales force automation tools
- The flexibility and initiative required to thrive in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment
- Ability to work effectively across functional groups to implement projects on time and on budget
If you are interested in joining a dynamic team at a fast growing, innovative and financially stable company, please forward a letter of interest and resume to jobs@get.topica.com.
Topica offers our employees GENEROUS benefits. Medical/Dental/Vision, Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, along with the opportunity to work in an exiting, challenging and team-oriented environment.
NO RELOCATION PACKAGE! Applicants Must be authorized and without the need for employer sponsorship of non-immigrant work visas.
Senior Account Executive
Solid rolodex of quality relationships with top spenders is required: marketers, agencies and brokers. Must be proven in all stages of the selling cycle: prospecting, developing, closing and servicing accounts. Managing sales cycles, selling business solutions, building a solid pipeline of qualified prospects is required. Possess an excellent understanding of email sales and can identify lucrative deals versus cost-ineffective opportunities. Monthly, quarterly and yearly revenue attainment that meets or exceeds assigned quota is a requirement. Works with one AVP of Media Sales and manage accounts on a day-to-day basis after close.
Qualifications:
- 5-7 years sales experience.
- 3 year minimum email marketing sales experience: opt-in and co-reg
- BA/BS required
- High energy, positive attitude and a sense of humor is mandatory
- Strong speaking and presentation skills
- Ability to understand common Internet advertising business practices as they evolve.
- Experience with email delivery and reporting standards, relationships with key advertisers and interactive/traditional agencies preferred.
Topica offers our employees GENEROUS benefits. Medical/Dental/Vision, Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Salary + commission commensurate to experience.
Please e-mail your resume with cover letter to: jobs@get.topica.com
NO RELOCATION PACKAGE! Applicants Must be authorized and, except in extenuating circumstances, be readily available to work in San Francisco and the United States for purposes other than practical training without the need for employer sponsorship of non-immigrant work visas
Account Executive
We are currently seeking an Account Executive to help sell Topica Email Publisher to small and medium-sized businesses. The position will report directly to the Vice President of Business Services at Topica and work alongside peer salespeople and Client Services/Account Management professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Generation and Prospecting
- Some leads will be provided to you on a regular basis
- You will be responsible for finding comparable leads that meet certain criteria
- Qualifying Leads
- You will need to qualify all leads
- Consultative Selling
- You will communicate Topica's features and functionalities in a professional manner
(primarily over the telephone and via email)
- You will demonstrate Topica's solution via an online demo (through WebEx)
- You will follow up with appropriate materials and proposals
- You will close the sale!
Requirements:
- An attitude that embraces selling
- BA or four year degree
- Two or more years in a sales position with a proven track record of meeting or exceeding your goals
- Candidates should be adept at MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook
- Candidates should be familiar with managing a sales pipeline through a tool such as Act, Salesforce.com, etc.
- Candidates should be familiar with demonstrating the advantages of a solutions-type product through an online demonstration tool such as WebEx
- Ability to clearly communicate effectively in writing and verbally
- An understanding of Application Software Providers (ASPs) and how they work
- 40+ keystrokes per minute desirable
Timing
Applicant should be willing to come in for in-person interviews during the period of October 16 to October 24, 2003 and be prepared to start work no later than November 3, 2003.
Salary/Benefits
You will be rewarded with an outstanding compensation plan of $40,000 to $50,000 annual base salary with bonus/commission opportunities to exceed $100,000 total compensation per year. Topica offers our employees GENEROUS benefits. Medical/Dental/Vision, Life Insurance, Long-term Disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Please e-mail your resume, cover letter and name/contact info/reporting relationship of your most recent manager to: jobs@get.topica.com. No phone calls please.
NO RELOCATION PACKAGE! Applicants Must be authorized and, except in extenuating circumstances, be readily available to work in San Francisco and the United States for purposes other than practical training without the need for employer sponsorship of non-immigrant work visas
Sr. Web Applications Engineer/ Web Development Lead
We are currently seeking a Sr. Web Applications/Web Development Lead with strong organizational, communication and project management skills. Reporting to the Director of Development, this position is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining our email publishing and email marketing automation web applications. Duties include application design, technical specification creation and maintenance, coding, documentation,
debugging, as well as reviewing the work of other engineers on the team.
Qualifications:
- 4 years coding with object-oriented Perl
- 4 years experience in building enterprise-level, database-driven web applications
- 4 years experience with Apache & mod_perl
- 4+ years experience with HTML, Javascript, CSS, DHTML
- 4+ years experience in Linux/Unix environment
- 2 years coding in C
- Extensive experience with design patterns
- Solid knowledge of Oracle and SQL
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to write good, clean, efficient, *maintainable* Perl
- Ability to read and debug bad, messy, inefficient, *unmaintainable* Perl
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Flexibility to function in a fast-paced, dynamic Internet/e-commerce production environment
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills
If interested, please e-mail resume and cover letter to jobs-web@get.topica.com.
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