Sales Support Manager

RockYou! is seeking a sales support manager to join the Ad Sales team. RockYou! is the leading provider of applications for Facebook, Myspace, hi5 and other social networks. Our applications are used by over 100M users and we serve billions of page-views every month.

We are backed by Sequoia (investors in Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, etc.) and have a top-notch Ad Sales team. Come join the team that is leading the widget revolution!

Responsibilities
Pre-sale:

  • Manage the development of media plans for Network marketing campaigns including placement and tracking
  • Assist seller in completion of RFPs and other proposals for marketing campaigns
  • Set up and manage project timeline; initiate creative kick-off calls with sales and client.

Post-Sale

  • Ensure campaigns run according to plan; including timely launch, achieving campaign goals (CTR, conversions, ROI etc.)
  • Provide comprehensive data and client feedback to internal team members.
  • Proactively optimize campaigns to ensure that client’s objectives are met
  • Communicate progress, issues, and status to all relevant internal and external parties
  • Summarize metrics, provided feedback, and drive direction based upon results and data
  • Drive all aspects of media deliverables including forecasting, performance reporting etc

Rockyou serves over 150 million widget views and has over 60% penetration on Facebook. RockYou's cost-effective results-focused advertising platform is the largest Ad Network on Facebook and the most dynamic method for rapidly acquiring Facebook application users.

RockYou is backed by Sequoia Capital (Google, Youtube etc.) and provides employees with full salary and benefits.

Contact: jobs@rockyou.com

Strategic Account Director - Ad Sales

Rockyou.com is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Strategic Account Director to join our Ad Sales team.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in online and/or traditional media sales. We're looking for an energetic self-starter with a consultative sales approach who is pro-active in driving revenue and increasing the client base. You must be results driven, have strong analytical skills and be committed to creating new business opportunities. The Media Sales Professional is expected to understand and be able to articulate the overall business objectives of RockYou and its value proposition to the advertising community in local markets (SF).

Responsibilities

  • Engage and strategize with senior level executives at client companies to demonstrate how Rockyou.com can drive revenue to their business.
  • Develop and cultivate deep relationships with client senior executives at SVP, VP levels.
  • Identify and understand trends within client markets and industries.
  • Hit target revenue quota.
  • Engage in direct prospecting and lead generation activities; negotiate and close deals.
  • Pitch new business to advertising agencies and direct clients
  • Draft proposals and assist in the creation of sales materials

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Media Sales experience (2+ years of Online experience preferred)
  • Relationships with top marketing decision makers at national Fortune 1000 companies and Top agencies
  • Proven track record of success driving revenue through the development of long-term strategic relationships
  • Demonstrated track record of structuring and managing complex negotiations to successful closure and delivery
  • Strong aptitude for determining the optimal way to position products in the market
  • Understand how internet advertising technology works and the ability to explain in ordinary terms
  • Previous start-up experience a strong plus
  • BA/BS strongly preferred.

Rockyou serves over 150 million widget views and has over 60% penetration on Facebook. RockYou's cost-effective results-focused advertising platform is the largest Ad Network on Facebook and the most dynamic method for rapidly acquiring Facebook application users.

RockYou is backed by Sequoia Capital (Google, Youtube etc.) and provides employees with full salary and benefits.

Contact: jobs@rockyou.com

Web Developer for Social Platforms

Web Development (Javascript/PHP)

RockYou! is seeking web developers (senior as well as junior) to design and develop some the fastest growing services on the internet. RockYou! is the leading provider of applications for Facebook, Myspace, hi5 and other social networks. Our applications are used by over 100M users and we serve billions of page-views every month.

We are backed by Sequoia (investors in Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, etc.) and have a top-notch engineering team. Come join the team that is leading the widget revolution !

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD is a plus)
  • Expertise in JavaScript/CSS (AJAX experience is a plus).
  • Strong object-oriented skills and analytical ability
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience developing Facebook/Opensocial applications is a HUGE plus
  • Start-up experience at a fast growing consumer web company is a plus

RockYou! is located in Redwood City, California.

Contact:
Shamik Sharma
shamik@rockyou.com

Senior Web Developer for Social Platforms

Web Development (Javascript/PHP)

RockYou! is seeking web developers (senior as well as junior) to design and develop some the fastest growing services on the internet. RockYou! is the leading provider of applications for Facebook, Myspace, hi5 and other social networks. Our applications are used by over 100M users and we serve billions of page-views every month.

We are backed by Sequoia (investors in Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, etc.) and have a top-notch engineering team. Come join the team that is leading the widget revolution!

Responsibilities include building applications for social platforms and building framework components for such applications.

Requirements:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD is a plus)
  • 3+ years experience in atleast one server-side language (PHP preferred)
  • Expertise in JavaScript/CSS and familiarity with JS frameworks such as Prototype, JQuery etc.
  • Experience building scalable high-traffic web-applications
  • Strong object-oriented skills and analytical ability
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience developing Facebook/Opensocial applications is a HUGE plus
  • Start-up experience at a fast growing consumer web company is a plus

RockYou! is located in Redwood City, California.

Contact:
Shamik Sharma
shamik@rockyou.com

Actionscript Developer for Social Platforms

RockYou! is seeking smart, energetic and creative Actionsript (AS3) developers to design and build some the fastest growing services on the internet. RockYou! is the leading provider of applications for Facebook, Myspace, hi5 and other social networks. Our applications are used by over 100M users and we serve billions of page-views every month.

We are funded by Sequoia (investors in Google, Yahoo!, Youtube etc.) and are growing rapidly. Come join our top-notch engineering team and experience the thrill of building applications that reach millions of users on the web.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in developing with ActionScript
  • Strong object-oriented programming skills, experience building modular components
  • BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field
  • Solid understanding of web architecture (DHTML, CSS, Javascript)
  • Experience building Flash-based games a plus

RockYou! is located in Redwood City, California.

Contact:
Shamik Sharma
shamik@rockyou.com

Senior Database Engineer

Database development for web-applications

RockYou! is seeking a senior database-engineer to help design and develop some the fastest growing web-services on the internet. RockYou! is the leading provider of applications for Facebook, Myspace, hi5 and other social networks. Our applications are used by over 100M users and we serve billions of page-views every month.

We are backed by Sequoia (investors in Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, etc.) and have a top-notch engineering team. Come join the team that is leading the widget revolution!

Responsibilities include designing and developing database applications that scale to millions of users. This includes data-modeling, building data-access APIs and scaling databases for high-traffic applications.

Requirements

  • Strong relational database experience - MySQL or Oracle
  • Expertise in SQL programming
  • Strong in data modeling, writing efficient SQL queries, performance tuning
  • Experience working on web-applications with high transaction volumes
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD is a plus)

RockYou! is located in Redwood City, California.

Contact:
Shamik Sharma
shamik@rockyou.com

Senior Software Engineer for Ads

Database development for web-applications

RockYou! is seeking software engineer to join our Ads team. RockYou! is the leading provider of applications for Facebook, Myspace, hi5 and other social networks and our ad-network is used by hundreds of application providers to monetize their social applications.

We are backed by Sequoia (investors in Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, etc.) and have a top-notch engineering team. Come join the team that is leading the widget revolution!

Responsibilities

  • Building features for our advertising platform (J2EE/PHP)
  • Developing tools to analyzing ad performance data

Requirements

  • Strong in Java and SQL (PHP and Javascript experience is a plus)
  • Experience processing and analyzing large data-sets (e.g. Hadoop,Pentaho,Microstrategy)
  • Familiarity with advertising systems is a big plus
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent (PhD is a plus)

RockYou! is located in Redwood City, California.

Contact:
Shamik Sharma
shamik@rockyou.com