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- Business Development, Manager (New York, NY)
- Graphic Designer (New York, NY)
- Managing Editor (New York, NY)
- Script Editor (New York, NY)
- Associate Marketing Manager (New York, NY)
- Software Engineer (San Francisco, CA)
Business Development, Manager
New York, NY
Howcast Media is looking for a bright, articulate, and self-motivated Business Development Manager with a passion for the media business.
About Howcast Media
Founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, Howcast Media brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to help consumers learn how-to do everything from the practical (“How to Paint a Wall”), to the unusual (“How to Get Paid for Donating Plasma”), to the entertaining (“How Not to Get Mugged”) at www.howcast.com. With high-quality video content and vibrant user communities organized around specific topic categories, Howcast provides a wealth of opportunities for distribution and advertising partners.
Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors as well as through the Howcast Directors Program which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure and a pay check. We’re also building The Howcast Network to bring together filmmakers and online experts with others in the film, technology and business communities to produce compelling instructional video content for Howcast.com, as well as to generate new projects and professional opportunities beyond the how-to space.
The Howcast Team
With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.
We offer a competitive salary, stock options and benefits package. We’re also proud to offer an environment which prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements and believes in the potential of our team members.
The Role
Reporting to the Vice President of Business Development, you will be responsible for (a) growing the Howcast community by researching, identifying, prioritizing and building relationships with producers of high quality instructional content who want to license their video content to Howcast and (b) growing the distribution of Howcast’s video library across the web by researching, identifying, prioritizing and building relationships with popular web sites that might be interested in Howcast content and our video platform tools.
Focused strongly on building partner relationships and dedicated to producing results, you'll leverage your strong business-development skills to ensure the closure of deals and resolution of issues. This requires being comfortable making presentations to and negotiating with potential partners at all levels, including some of the industry's top media companies across multiple distribution platforms. This requires that you are highly organized, polished, and able to translate your strategic goals into tactical action plans. Your responsibilities will also include helping to get partners launched with technical guidance, ongoing partner management, generating and driving new business opportunities with those partners and proactively resolving business issues.
Responsibilities
- Identify, structure, negotiate, and close strategic revenue-generating relationships with prospective content licensing and distribution partners.
- Develop and manage a robust pipeline of distribution and licensing partnerships in a proactive manner.
- Create and negotiate partnership term sheets and legal contracts.
- Track, analyze and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to partner relationships.
- Generate and drive new business opportunities, and pro-actively resolve business issues with partners.
- Maintain strong direct relationships with key partners to understand and articulate our partners' needs.
- Work cross-functionally to integrate and deploy new distribution and licensing partners.
Desirable Experience
- Understanding of the video production, online, and advertising industries
- Previous work in a partner-facing environment with various technical and non-technical teams.
- Expertise in one or more of the following vertical markets.
- Mobile—applications and content
- Video—video on demand, streaming video.
- ISP—search, advertising, etc.
- Content acquisition in the media industry
Requirements
- BA or BS degree as well as outstanding academic performance from a top-tier school are preferred.
- At least two to four years of work experience
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work effectively and cross-functionally with all levels of management, both internally and externally.
- Ability to interpret legal documents and work with attorneys to complete agreements.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically about complex issues, leading to thoughtful recommendations and action plans.
- Strong understanding of the Internet media space, search engines, online advertising players and related business models.
Send resume with cover letter to jobs+bizdev@howcast.com.
Graphic Designer
New York, NY
We’re in search of a talented and self-motivated graphic designer with a passion for online video experiences.
About Howcast Media
Founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, Howcast Media brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to help consumers learn how-to do everything from the practical (“How to Paint a Wall”), to the unusual (“How to Get Paid for Donating Plasma”), to the entertaining (“How Not to Get Mugged”) at www.howcast.com. With high-quality video content and vibrant user communities organized around specific topic categories, Howcast provides a wealth of opportunities for distribution and advertising partners. Check out recent reviews by The Wall Street Journal and The Chicago Tribune, among others.
Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors, as well as through the Howcast Directors Program, which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure, and a paycheck. We also welcome stellar instructional content from trusted sources like Playboy, Popular Science, and Home Depot, as well as from some of the best individual video contributors on the web.
The Howcast Team
With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.
We offer a competitive salary, stock options and benefits package. We’re also proud to offer an environment which prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements and believes in the potential of our team members.
The Role
Help make Howcast look fabulous across the Web and beyond. Really. Here's how...
Howcast shows how-to videos wherever and whenever you need to watch and learn how to do something. So from www.howcast.com to a deepening presence on over 15 video experiences across the web from MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Veoh, and beyond to TiVo, iTunes, Verizon FiOS, and Vcast , we have a wealth of opportunities to engage viewers with promotional spots featuring our latest videos, advertising partners, and new ways to watch and learn from Howcast.
We need your help to ensure we keep our promotional experiences as fresh and fun as our videos and website.
You will be responsible for creating and updating a wide range of digital promotional experiences that:
- introduce our latest videos and features on Howcast.com and partner sites in promotional advertising units
- showcase Howcast on partner sites and experiences from TiVo to MySpace
- illustrate Howcast advertising and content partnership opportunities to potential partners
Howcast has a deep commitment to delivering a polished, visually distinctive experience, making this a great opportunity for you to grow your skill set and build your portfolio.
The ideal candidate for this position is an enthusiastic, self-motivated, talented designer who appreciates the unique opportunity to participate in a dynamic new company. You should be comfortable designing for the web, with excellent visual design skills and a good eye for detail and consistency.
Responsibilities
- Creating beautiful, eye-catching promotional graphics
- Updating and revising existing designs
- Working with the Product Team to design new pages
- Implement designs based on wireframes/prototypes in accordance with style guide or directions
- Prepare existing designs for implementation, e.g. producing optimized images
Requirements
- Minimum of 1-2 years experience designing consumer-oriented websites and/or online advertising
- Comprehensive working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop a must, including; Layer Effects, Layer Comps, Smart Objects, Save for Web (slicing, optimizing etc.)
- Adobe Flash animation skills (ActionScript not required, but always useful)
- Adobe Illustrator and print experience a plus but not required
- Cross browser, cross platform knowledge of CSS, and XHTML not essential, but preferred
- Strong typographic sensibility
- Good organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines
Interested candidates should send the following to jobs+ux@howcast.com (please indicate position title in Subject line):
- cover email
- resume
- examples of work (copies or a link to an online portfolio). If work examples were produced as part of team, candidates should indicated what role they played in the overall project.
- indication of salary requirements is not required but preferred
- your favorite Howcast Video
Managing Editor
New York, NY
We're searching for a Managing Editor to head the editorial team for a small but growing, fast-paced startup in New York City.
About Howcast Media
Founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, Howcast Media brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to help consumers learn how-to do everything from the practical (“How to Paint a Wall”), to the unusual (“How to Get Paid for Donating Plasma”), to the entertaining (“How Not to Get Mugged”) at www.howcast.com. With high-quality video content and vibrant user communities organized around specific topic categories, Howcast provides a wealth of opportunities for distribution and advertising partners.
Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors as well as through the Howcast Directors Program which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure and a pay check. We’re also building The Howcast Network to bring together filmmakers and online experts with others in the film, technology and business communities to produce compelling instructional video content for Howcast.com, as well as to generate new projects and professional opportunities beyond the how-to space.
The Howcast Team
With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.
We offer a competitive salary, stock options and benefits package. We’re also proud to offer an environment which prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements and believes in the potential of our team members.
Responsibilities
The instructional videos produced by Howcast begin as scripts written in-house; the primary function of the Managing Editor is to oversee the copy flow for every script, from conceptualizing through writing, editing, copy editing (since the scripts are published on the site in conjunction with the video), fact checking, and final approval, and then handing them off to be recorded as voice-overs and filmed by the Production department. (Note: unlike most internet M.E. positions, this one does not include overseeing the site itself; rather, the original content that is produced for the site.)
Specifically, you will:
- Edit
- Serve as the first editor on every script
- Ensure top edit script revisions are entered and approved
- Give editorial approval for every video
- Manage
- Oversee day-to-day work flow of script writers, a script editor, and an editorial assistant
- Track high volume copy flow through every editorial stage
- Document progress of scripts as well as data relevant to each
- Coordinate
- Act as liaison among Production, Post-Production, Art, and Marketing departments to ensure content upload deadlines are met
- Work with Production to capture post-editorial script revisions
- Work with Meta-Data to deliver department status reports
- Program
- Develop ideas and original content for howcast.com as well as for partnerships with major distribution partners and brands
- Assist VP of Content in developing and tracking editorial calendar and programming initiatives
Requirements
- Superb organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong editorial judgment
- An interest in service or instructional writing
- An understanding of what makes a good script vs. article
- An ability to balance creativity with managerial facility
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years writing/editing experience
- Solid managerial experience
Send a resume and cover email to jobs+se@howcast.com with "Managing Editor" in the subject line.
Script Editor
New York, NY
We're searching for a Script Editor to edit instructional scripts written for a small but growing, fast-paced startup in New York City.
About Howcast Media
Founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, Howcast Media brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to help consumers learn how-to do everything from the practical (“How to Paint a Wall”), to the unusual (“How to Get Paid for Donating Plasma”), to the entertaining (“How Not to Get Mugged”) at www.howcast.com. With high-quality video content and vibrant user communities organized around specific topic categories, Howcast provides a wealth of opportunities for distribution and advertising partners.
Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors as well as through the Howcast Directors Program which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure and a pay check. We’re also building The Howcast Network to bring together filmmakers and online experts with others in the film, technology and business communities to produce compelling instructional video content for Howcast.com, as well as to generate new projects and professional opportunities beyond the how-to space.
The Howcast Team
With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.
We offer a competitive salary, stock options and benefits package. We’re also proud to offer an environment which prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements and believes in the potential of our team members.
Responsibilities
The instructional videos produced by Howcast begin as scripts written in-house; the primary function of the Script Editor is to edit, copy edit (since the script will be published on the site in conjunction with the video), & fact check every script, meaning the quality and accuracy of Howcast's content relies heavily on this position.
Specifically, you will:
- Edit
- Makes line edits and minor rewrites as he/she sees fit according to Howcast's style and tone
- Copy edit
- Apply Howcast's house style to scripts, including rules dictated by the production department (ie, adhering to word count limitations, maintaining a natural, voice-over-friendly diction, etc.)
- Copy edits marketing copy
- Copy edits site copy
- Fact check
- Query in-house writers when necessary
- Fact-check certain portions of every script
- Inputting final changes
- Vets and incorporates final hand-written queries, suggestions, and changes
Requirements
- Superb editorial judgment
- Quick and flexible writing skills
- Ability to learn and apply a house style
- Keen ear for tone and humor
- An interest in service or instructional writing
- An understanding of what makes a good voice-over
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of experience editing
- Experience and willingness to copy edit and do light fact checking
Send all of the following to jobs+se@howcast.com with "Attention Managing Editor" in the subject line.
- Resume
- Cover Email
- Introducing yourself and why you think you're right for this job
- Telling us which Howcast video and wiki guide you like the most (http://www.howcast.com/videos; http://www.howcast.com/guides)
- A recommendation for at least one edit you'd recommend in a Howcast-written wiki guide
Associate Marketing Manager
New York, NY
We’re in search of a bright, articulate marketing professional looking to grow their skill set and gain experience by joining small but growing, fast-paced startup in New York City.
About Howcast Media
Founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, Howcast Media brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to help consumers learn how-to do everything from the practical (“How to Paint a Wall”), to the unusual (“How to Get Paid for Donating Plasma”), to the entertaining (“How Not to Get Mugged”) at www.howcast.com. With high-quality video content and vibrant user communities organized around specific topic categories, Howcast provides a wealth of opportunities for distribution and advertising partners.
Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors as well as through the Howcast Directors Program which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure and a pay check. We’re also building The Howcast Network to bring together filmmakers and online experts with others in the film, technology and business communities to produce compelling instructional video content for Howcast.com, as well as to generate new projects and professional opportunities beyond the how-to space.
The Howcast Team
With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.
We offer a competitive salary, stock options and benefits package. We’re also proud to offer an environment which prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements and believes in the potential of our team members.
Responsibilities
Working closely with our Product Marketing Manager and other members of our team, you will help shape and ultimately execute on our marketing plan to reach target consumers as well as video producers, potential employees, industry influentials, advertisers, content and distribution partners.
Specifically, you will:
- Write, Proof and Deploy
- Blog posts and comments by you as well as for fellow team members
- Email newsletters and notifications
- Promotional campaigns on Howcast.com, partner sites and beyond
- Marketing collateral including brochures and customized proposals for business partners
- Brainstorm and Shape
- New ways to reach target audiences using both emerging digital marketing approaches leveraging social networks and mobile experiences as well as more real-world, "guerilla" techniques to get Howcast noticed
- Coordinate and Deploy
- Cross-channel event-specific marketing campaigns (e.g. Valentine's Day at Howcast)
- Howcast's presence at various events and conferences aimed
- Help Research and Investigate
- Consumer trends in the online and instructional spaces
- Emerging business opportunities and potential partners in advertising, distribution and production
- Make A Great Impact on a new, growing startup straddling the technology, film, editorial and marketing worlds
Requirements
- Passion for online experiences (particularly video and social experience) and/or cutting-edge yet straightforward marketing methods (Think Cluetrain)
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment requiring you to work with agility across teams and time zones (our other office is in San Francisco)
- 1-2 years of work experience (however, promising recent grads are also welcome to apply)
- Marketing, advertising or business writing experience and/or journalism background ideal (intern and amateur experience acceptable)
Qualifications
- College Bachelor's Degree (English, Writing, PR/Marketing, Communications degree a plus)
Skills
- Excellent writing, editing and proofing skills
- Strong networking and relationship building skills
- Keen attention to detail and good organization skills
- Proficiency with office and web software
- Microsoft Office (required), Google Apps (preferred)
- Salesforce (preferred)
Send all of the following to jobs+apmm@howcast.com:
- Resume
- Cover Email
- Introducing yourself and why you think you're right for this job
- Telling us which Howcast Video you like the most (visit http://www.howcast.com/videos )
- 2 Writing Samples of any of the following (even school samples):
- Articles, Reviews or Blog entries
- Copy Writing & Technical Writing
- Web Content
- Press Releases & Pitch Letters
- Promotional Materials, Email Blasts
- Marketing Collateral (Brochures, Fliers, Advertisements, Pamphlets)
Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Are you looking to shape the future of an exciting startup that has massive growth potential? Are you always interested in new technology, looking for the next cool problem to solve? Does working with a world-class team of bright and talented engineers excite you?
If so, this is the perfect job for you. Howcast is an early stage company founded by veterans of Google and YouTube. We are focusing on developing a social video site around instructional "how to" content, which we believe will have widespread appeal, and more importantly drive significant revenue. This isn't simply another user-generated video site - we produce our own high-quality content out of studios in downtown Manhattan that is featured on Howcast.com.
Our engineers drive product innovation and work in small, lean, and efficient teams. We get things done and have fun doing it. We firmly believe in releasing early and often, and rely heavily on the engineering team to take pride in the code that they write. We believe coding is a passion, not simply a job. Our engineering team is comprised solely of graduates from MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Columbia - so you'll be working with the brightest.
At Howcast, you will have the opportunity to build a high performance consumer website that people will use on a daily basis. Additionally, there are also several extremely interesting and novel problems that we'll be tackling over the next few iterations of our product, that we really believe will change the online video space - think video 2.0. Our technical founder has a proven track record of leading the launches of very successful web 2.0 products, including Google Video and Google Apps.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop a highly scalable Ruby on Rails website, with a strong focus on online video and social networking
- Write and ship great code that's maintainable and elegant, we value software craftsmanship
- Work with other superstar engineers to deliver small, high-quality releases on time
- Use your entrepreneurial drive and passion to think about how to take our team to the next level
Qualifications
- Smart, driven to get things done, take pride in the quality of code that you write
- Experience working in agile teams using test-driven or behavior-driven development is big plus
- Motivated self-starter who can accurately set goals and deadlines—this is very important
- Proven experience and track record of web development on sites that consumers use; you know things like AJAX, performance tuning, etc. like the back of your hand
- Must be able to learn new languages and frameworks extremely fast—we use Ruby on Rails (prior experience in Ruby on Rails is a big plus, but any strong developer will be considered)
- Experience with Flash video is a plus, but not a requirement (media streaming, video transcoding)
- Familiarity with social networking APIs and programming on mobile devices and operating systems a plus
- Outstanding design skills so you can take specs and requirements and write production-ready code
- Excellent communication skills to work well with other talented engineers
- Excitement to be an early employee at a company with tremendous growth potential; we work hard but have fun doing it
- B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science or related Engineering
Compensation
- We offer competitive cash compensation and aggressive equity packages; we want you to succeed with the company
- Great health-care benefits packages
To apply, please submit your résumé with a subject line of "Software Engineer" to jobs+eng@howcast.com.