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Job Focus & Responsibilities
We are seeking a creative, analytical and result-driven individual who will be responsible for developing, implementing, and growing email marketing programs across all Literally Media brands.
As the lead of email programs, you will be working with the editorial, creative, revenue, and product teams to lead the development and execution of newsletter strategies. You will have the opportunity to build personalized newsletter experiences, through captivating content, and data-driven planning. This is a key, hands-on, role where you will be responsible for all aspects of the email marketing funnel; audience development, list-building, segmentation, campaign management, reporting, and execution of email-specific revenue initiatives.
A successful candidate should feel confident with:
- Development of custom email marketing programs on cracked.com, cheezburger.com, knowyourmeme.com, and ebaumsworld.com
- Being responsible for email list growth on each of the sites and deliver on annual audience growth targets
- Daily management of content and collaborating with editorial teams for ideation of newsletter programs, content, and creatives
- Continuous testing and optimization of all facets of the email programs; audience segmentation, personalization, split testing, template & creative design, and subscriber widgets
- Daily measurement and reporting of all activities. Oversee and manage the reporting for related business units on defined KPIs and targets, maintain a weekly tracking dashboard
- Working closely with the Revenue Operations team to execute ad revenue campaigns
Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience leading email products in a digital publishing company
- An audience-first mentality with experience developing smart email content strategies
- Experience in audience growth through leveraging data to drive strategic direction
- Demonstrable experience executing and optimizing email marketing campaigns
- Strong understanding of email best practices
- Understand CAN-SPAM/CASL/GDPR requirements and inbox deliverability standards
- Expertise in ESP/CRM platforms
- Fundamental understanding of HTML/CSS
- Experience with Google Analytics
- Photoshop skills are a plus
- Excellent communication skills with colleagues of all levels
- Highly organized, adaptable, analytical, and motivated individual who can juggle multiple projects and initiatives across a multitude of teams and brands
Hours: This is a full-time, 40 hours a week position, but the candidate must be able to work flexible hours to meet deadlines.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Start Date: ASAP
Please send CV to careers@literally.media
About the Company:
Literally Media is a digital publishing house that owns and operates a collection of highly successful humor and entertainment websites. The portfolio of legendary digital brands includes eBaum’s World, Cheezburger, Know Your Meme, and Cracked, which dominate the entertainment market with over 50 million organic users a month.
Be part of the most exciting and fulfilling company in the local digital media space, where we reach millions of people across the world with fun, entertaining brands they keep coming back to. This is a full-time position based remotely, with the option to work out of our offices in Brooklyn, NY.
Job Description:
Literally Media is searching for an experienced, full-time, Ruby on Rails web developer to join the KnowYourMeme team. Responsibilities include the full-stack ownership and development of the KnowYourMeme application, platform, and infrastructure. Ideal candidates include self-starters with a passion for the internet and technology, with an emphasis on supporting the growth of the site, brand, and community.
This mid-senior level position comes with a lot of responsibility. You will be architecting and implementing site features in their entirety which will then be served to tens of millions of users per month. You will report to our Head of Product & Technology and work closely with various teams throughout the organization.
About Development at Literally Media:
At Literally Media, we work together to craft software and features that make us proud. We care about our customers and strive to meet the needs of the Monetization, Business, and Editorial teams.
As a developer for KnowYourMeme, you’ll work with a small team of focused individuals who are serious about making a great product; and even more serious about having a great time interacting with our various teams spanning the globe. Every member of our team is vital and has the opportunity to influence the direction of the product, architecture, and the company at large.
We are an agile organization that embraces iterative development & continuous deployment with a key focus on data-driven decision making.
Must Haves (Basic Qualifications):
- At least 5 years of proven experience working as a software developer
- Applied knowledge and understanding of our Platform specifications (see below)
- Experience developing on front & backend consumer-facing websites
- Experience with Ruby on Rails, Commonly used Gems, MVC, and interfacing with front end technologies such as HTML, HAML, CSS, and Javascript
- Familiarity with commonly used front-end libraries, frameworks, and tools.
- Experience with Agile development practices
- Familiar with UX & UI best principles, with a keen eye for mobile and desktop design
- Proficient in architecting and integrating with a wide variety of web service APIs
- Proficient understanding of code versioning with git
- Proficient operating in a Linux environment
- A very high degree of intellectual curiosity, and a passion for software development
Optional (Nice to Have):
- Work experience with an online digital publisher
- Experience with DFP, Header Bidding, and Native Advertising
- Experience with Google Analytics
- An analytical mindset to facilitate the data-driven company needs
- Interest in Internet & Meme culture
- Experience integrating with Social Platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest)
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or in a related field a plus
Our Platform:
- Language: Ruby
- Framework: Ruby on Rails
- Databases: MySQL, Redis
- Caching: Memcache
- Infrastructure: Self-hosted, Ubuntu, Nginx/Unicorn web servers
- HAProxy Load Balancer
- Front End: Bootstrap, HAML
- Images: ImageMagick for processing, s3 for storage
- CDN
- Deployment: Capistrano Ruby gem (SSH & Git)
About Literally Media
Literally Media is a digital publishing house that owns and operates a collection of highly successful humor and entertainment websites. The portfolio of legendary digital brands includes eBaum’s World, Cheezburger, Know Your Meme, and Cracked, which dominate the entertainment market with over 50 million organic users a month.
Be part of the most exciting and fulfilling company in the local digital media space, where we reach millions of people across the world with fun, entertaining brands they keep coming back to. This is a full-time position based remotely, with the option to work out of our offices in Brooklyn, NY.
Job Focus & Responsibilities
We are seeking an organized, meticulous, result-driven Quality Assurance Project Manager (QAPM) to join the Literally Media Team. As a QAPM, you will be responsible for the creation, execution, and implementation of a strategy for quality coordination and testing as well as providing solutions to identified quality problems.
This position will work closely with the Product and Engineering teams within Literally Media, and will require the individual to take on project management responsibilities in addition to their QA duties.
A successful candidate should feel confident with various web technologies, understand the basics of digital media and publishing, and have a data-driven mindset. The candidate will report directly to our Head of Product and Technology, in Brooklyn, NY.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Product Development team to ensure quality & timely project execution
- Manual & Regression Testing: Create and document test cases for all projects & tasks identifying and documenting deficiencies
- Plan, create and manage the overall Quality Planning strategy
- Move towards an automated testing solution
- Continuously investigate product quality in order to make improvements; Suggest solutions to identified product problems
- Identify QA process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement
- Identify key KPIs for product quality and collect relevant data
- Prepare and present reports and metrics to Senior Management
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience in Project Management
- 3-5 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer
- Experience with a variety of different testing techniques such as UI Testing, Automated Testing, Test Driven Development Strategies
- Knowledge of product life cycle, tools, and programs planning
- Practical experience with software QA tools and processes
- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Meticulous and detail-oriented individual with exceptional time-management skills
- Experience in Digital Media a plus
Memebase is the dank wing of the Cheezburger family, specializing in Internet culture and meme trends. We’re looking for highly motivated, self-driven candidates to bring their unique perspective of the Internet to life. Memebase is part of the Literally Media family, which includes eBaum’s World, Cheezburger, Know Your Meme, and Cracked.
We’re hiring for an editor. That means you’ll be working on lists, articles, videos, and whatever we end up choosing to do on any given day. Our teams of highly experienced editors have a deep understanding of online publishing and work together closely to help each other be successful. With a strong emphasis on experimentation (and data-driven), our focus is on creating a fun experience for our audience.
First and foremost, we’re looking for internet nerds, like us, who want to work in a fun and creative work environment, making content that people want to read.
Responsibilities:
- Find and groom content for the site
- Help manage Memebase’s social media (Facebook, Pinterest, IG)
- Stay up to date on relevant cultural events and trending topics
- Work within the team to brainstorm the next fun/dumb thing
- Bring a unique perspective to your work
- Creating content that brings the Memebase brand to life
- Be vigilantly looking for the next big thing
- Cooperating and executing alongside all Literally Media teams
Requirements:
- Media and publishing experience (2+ years preferred)
- Professional Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram publishing experience
- You must be internet savvy
- Strong communication skills
- Highly organized
- Commitment to having a positive, cooperative outlook
- College degree preferred (not required)
- You must be able to commute to our Greenpoint office (when the world isn’t on fire)
To Apply:
- Tell us where you consume memes
- Tell us what sites you currently visit
- Tell us what subreddits you go to
- Tell us why you’d be a good fit here at Memebase
- Submit at least 2 pieces of relevant writing
- Your Resume
Hours:
This is a full-time, 40 hours a week position, but the candidate must be able to work flexible hours to meet deadlines.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Start Date: ASAP
Please send CV to careers@literally.media