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New Groove Jobs Website Launched!

Ethan Giffin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:10:28 +0000

As a young and growing company, we’re always looking for fresh talent! To keep track of our current openings, we’ve signed up with Standout Jobs and created our own little job portal. Browse through current job openings (hint: we’re hiring!) and read up on the benefits of working at Groove. We greatly encourage anyone with a background or interest in the web design, development, and/or marketing field to visit our new jobs area to learn more!

Rockstar Web Developer Wanted!

Ethan Giffin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:39:40 +0000

Groove is growing fast and we’re looking to hire a web developer! The position can be either PT or FT, depending on the applicant. See the complete description below:

Do you dream in good clean code?

Groove Commerce is looking for a rockstar Web Developer to code sites for our nationwide clients from our Federal Hill location.

The right person will be knowledgeable with technologies such as ASP.Net and PHP. Help us take our projects to the next level! You will be working on websites that get significant traffic and exposure.

Your responsibilities will include programming for several web sites. You will collaborate regularly with your immediate teammates. The ability to work on several projects at any one time is a must. We’re looking for a high energy, creative team player. You should have good communication and problem solving skills. This is a high growth, high reward opportunity for the right individual.

The following skills are required:

ASP.Net
C#
jQuery
AJAX
PHP
SQL
JavaScript
X/HTML
CSS

You must be:

Creative
Able to Meet Deadlines
Self Motivated
Detail Oriented
Hard Working

Bonuses:

Knowledge of Subversion/Source Control
Expert Level in Rockband
Love Sushi

These qualifications with a can-do, proactive attitude will get you a great opportunity to work with young startup that appreciates creativity and a winning attitude.

E-mail portfolio website and/or links of your websites, cover letter, resume and what blogs you are reading to jobs@groovecommerce.com.

No one outside US need apply. Baltimore/Washington area candidates only.

Candidate must be able to work in Downtown Baltimore at our Federal Hill office.

Willing to speak with Junior/Senior/Grad Students looking to work 20 hours week, with the opportunity to go full time.

Required Skills:
ASP.NET, C#, PHP, AJAX, CSS, XHTML, JQUERY, JAVASCRIPT

EOE

We’re Looking for an Entry Level Web Designer!

Ethan Giffin — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:28:18 +0000

Do you know who 37 Signals are? How about Jeffrey Zeldman?

Groove Commerce is looking for a talented, enthusiastic entry level Web Designer to design and build Internet sites for our nationwide clients from our Federal Hill location.

The right person will be down with the latest web design standards such as CSS and XHTML and be able to create table-less website designs. Help us take our projects to the next level! You will be working on websites that get significant traffic and exposure.

Your responsibilities will include designing web sites and producing associated graphics, collaborating regularly with teammates. The ability to work on several projects at any one time is a must. We’re looking for a high energy, creative team player. You should have good communication and problem solving skills. This is a high growth, high reward opportunity for the right individual.

The following skills are required:

X/HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Photoshop
Flash
Dreamweaver
Homesite

You must be:

Creative
Able to meet deadlines
Self motivated
Detailed oriented
Hard working

Working knowledge of ASP.Net, PHP and other Web Server technologies a huge plus. Strong graphic design ability, understanding of web design standards and graphic optimization, plus understanding of browser/platform issues. Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment juggling multiple projects with tight deadlines, while consistently maintaining superior creative standards.

These qualifications with a can-do, proactive attitude will get you a great opportunity to work with young startup that appreciates creativity and a winning attitude.

E-mail portfolio website and/or links of your websites, cover letter, resume and what blogs you are reading to jobs@groovecommerce.com. No one outside US need apply. Baltimore/Washington area candidates only. Candidate must be able to work in Downtown Baltimore. Willing to explore summer paid internship.

Required Skills: CSS, HTML, PHOTOSHOP, PHP, XHTML, DREAMWEAVER, ASP.NET, JAVASCRIPT

EOE

Wanted: eCommerce/Web Marketing Intern

Ethan Giffin — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:21:33 +0000

Things are moving fast here at Groove and we’re looking for a talented intern to join the team! This would begin as a part time position with the strong possibility of becoming full time for the right person.

Groove Commerce is looking for a talented, enthusiastic eCommerce/Web Marketing Intern to help service our nationwide clients from our Federal Hill location.

The right candidate should be working towards a business or marketing degree. We will teach you everything else you need to know. Help us take our projects to the next level! You will be working on websites that get significant traffic and exposure.

You will assist in a variety of tasks designed to generate positive attention to our client s websites.

Daily responsibilities include:

Product entry for eCommerce websites
Various administrative duties associated with search marketing campaigns
Assistance with the analysis and optimization of various web campaigns
eNewsletter and e-mail compilation, creation and disbursement
Assistance with marketing copy
Creation of ad-hoc marketing reports as needed
Creation/updating of web pages

Essential Team Skills:

Be responsible and accountable
Maintain integrity
Support your team members
Be a self starter and fast

Essential Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:

Studies in Marketing, Public Relations, Business, or related field, or equivalent work experience
Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
Familiarity with e-marketing media and software applications a plus
Willingness to learn on the job

You should be able to work at least 12 hours per week.

Potential part time/full time employment opportunities may be available for the right candidate post internship. These qualifications with a can-do, proactive attitude will get you a great opportunity to work with young startup that appreciates creativity and a winning attitude.

No one outside US need apply. Baltimore/Washington area candidates only.

Candidate must be able to work in Downtown Baltimore.

Interested? Send your resume and cover letter to jobs@groovecommerce.com

EOE

Wanted – A Good Intern!

Ethan Giffin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:39:42 +0000

It’s that time of year again and we are looking for a great intern to work with us on web marketing projects. Are you ready for the challenge?

Here are the details…

Groove Commerce is looking for a talented, enthusiastic Web Marketing Intern to help service our nationwide clients from our Federal Hill location.

You will assist in a variety of tasks designed to generate positive attention to our client’s websites.

Daily responsibilities include:
* Product entry for eCommerce websites
* Various administrative duties associated with search marketing campaigns
* Assistance with the analysis and optimization of various web campaigns
* eNewsletter and e-mail compilation, creation and disbursement
* Assistance with marketing copy
* Creation of ad-hoc marketing reports as needed
* Creation/updating of web pages

Essential Team Skills:
* Be responsible and accountable
* Maintain integrity
* Support your team members
* Be a self starter and fast learner

Essential Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:
* Studies in Marketing, Public Relations, Business, or related field, or equivalent work experience
* Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
* Familiarity with e-marketing media and software applications a plus
* Willingness to learn on the job

You should be able to work at least 12 hours per week and be for college credit. Potential part time/full time employment opportunities may be available for the right candidate post internship. These qualifications with a can-do, proactive attitude will get you a great opportunity to work with young startup that appreciates creativity and a winning attitude.

E-mail resume and what blogs you are reading to info @ groovecommerce.com. No one outside US need apply. Baltimore/Washington area candidates only.

Candidate must be able to work in Downtown Baltimore.

EOE

Check Yourself, Before You Wreck Yourself…

Ethan Giffin — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:26:34 +0000

As we weed through the stack of resumes for the three open Groove Commerce positions, I Google each name and then check MySpace for a profile. If you are a jobseeker sending your resume into the world, be sure to Google yourself beforehand. With social networks like MySpace and Facebook, companies have easy access to discover who an applicant really is. Depending on your profile’s nature, you may consider temporarily cleaning it up while seeking employment.

The easiest way to prevent a potential employer seeing those MySpace pictures of spring break you spent drunk or a picture of you exhaling smoke from an illegal substance, is to set your profile as private. With Facebook, you can control which networks can view your page. Another important thing to remember are the pictures or obscene comments left on a friend’s profile. The easiest way to control this is to simply send them a private message asking they take the material down. You certainly don’t want a recruiter coming across a picture of you partaking in anything illegal, so be sure to remove anything of that nature.

If you write a public blog, be aware of previous posts that may mention anything illegal like “pot” or “steal.” Edit these types of words out of your blog and the material may be a little harder for recruiters to find. Keep in mind that you still want to be yourself. As a startup company, I find browsing an applicants blog a great way to find out interests and break the ice during the interview process. It also helps you to see accomplishments that may not go on the resume. Depending on the organization you are trying to impress, taking that picture from spring break down may not be necessary. Obviously, a large corporation has the right not to hire someone who likes to have fun. But smaller companies, especially those in start-up mode, will be less likely to cast you away for getting trashed and posting it on MySpace. In fact, they just may be looking for someone who knows how to ease the pain after a long work week with a tyrant boss cracking the whip .

We’re Hiring!

Ethan Giffin — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:24:11 +0000

Groove Commerce is in growth mode – and I am excited to announce that we are hiring!

We have 3 1 openings, all located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Willing to work hard and have fun in the process? Then one of these may be for you!

- ~~eCommerce/Web Marketing Associate~~
- ~~Entry Level Web Designer~~
- Freelance Web Developer (filled, but still looking for another project based resource)

Check them out – and please help spread the word!

Anyone that refers a hire, will get a dinner at Morton’s on me!

UPDATE – Thanks to everyone who submitted their resume… We had some amazing applicants. We are extremely excited to identify four candidates we hope to work with in the coming weeks.

Cool Gig – Web Producer, Hard Rock Hotel

Ethan Giffin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:24:58 +0000

Not one our ours, but this cool gig came across my desk yesterday… Who wouldn’t want to work at one of the coolest hotels in Las Vegas.

Job Title: Web Producer
Status: Non-supervisory
Direct Report – Vice President of Marketing Hard Rock Hotel
Dotted Line – Corporate Director E-Commerce

Responsibilities:
• Assist internal/external clients with functionality and content issues with all company websites and online marketing endeavors.
• Traffic content management and the continued development of all websites, including hotel , casino and nightlife.
• Traffic and management of Search Engine Optimization firm.
• Monitor/set-up and test all bookable rates through the website as related to published, corporate and package rates). Establish checklist for building rates and daily checklist to monitor accuracy of rates and content.
• Continuous review of listings, placement on consumer travel and corporate sites. Correct inaccuracies and provide updated images and content. Fact checking, gathering new and updated information.
• Monitoring of competition including listings and placement.
• Assist with constant review and continuous improvement of HRH sites. (gathering information, fact checking)
• Traffic and management of all email campaigns including (creative development, list management, distribution and backend analysis and report distribution).
• Exploration of new e-commerce/online opportunities to support marketing strategy.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all components of e-campaigns including lists, timelines, creative, response and revenue and distribute accordingly.

SKILLS:
• Knowledge of (Flash, .NET, HTML, Photoshop) .
• Extremely organized and detailed oriented; attention to deadlines and project timeframes
• Strong communication skills both oral and written
• Communicate effectively internally and externally
• Ability to think critically and evaluate best possible solutions and procedures
• Thorough knowledge of the workings of the internet processes and functions including, site content, database, and marketing systems.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and take projects through all phases of development: envisioning, to planning, to implementation, through review and analysis.
• Service oriented, self-motivated, even-tempered, approachable and flexible.
• Some general understanding of database applications (programming not required) but the general knowledge of the logic that a system would use to run an application.