• Salesperson: Chicago
• Systems Engineer: New York
• Front End Developer: San Francisco – New York
• Social Media Software Developer: San Francisco – New York
• Web Designer: San Francisco
• PHP/WordPress Developer: San Francisco
• Product Management Internship: San Francisco
• Editorial Internships @ Salon
• Sales Internship

Salesperson: Chicago

Salon seeks an ambitious, creative sales person with a proven track record and extensive client and agency contacts in the Midwest.

Did you know Salon was one of the very first Internet sites to have an ad? That was way back in 1995. Since then, we’ve developed a reputation for advertising innovation and the trend continues. Traffic is larger than ever, and we have several new exciting features soon to debut. It’s a great time to get in front of advertisers who can appreciate one of the web’s most intelligent, influential, and affluent audiences.

You’ll find a wealth of opportunities with a wide client list and the support of our New York and San Francisco offices. You’ll have a ball working across department lines to create innovative marketing programs for your clients, while representing a site that has something new to say every day. Bring your contacts and show how proactive you can be. You’ll need to travel occasionally and be able to work with minimal supervision. A stellar track record demonstrated by multiple years of 7-figure sales is required, as is a thorough understanding of digital advertising metrics including branding. Video experience is a huge plus. In your reply, please mention which brands you think would be well suited to Salon and why. We look forward to hearing from you. Please send your resume to salesjobs@salon.com.

Systems Engineer: New York

We are currently looking for a talented, motivated Systems Engineer to join the technical engineering team. This role demands excellent communication skills, as well as the demonstrated ability to work in close collaboration with remote developers, project managers and non-technical product owners.

Requirements:

• Enterprise level (Sage level 2+ or equivalent) system adminstration experience, with specific experience with CentOS and Ubuntu.
• Cloud Adminstration experience, with a focus on Amazon EC2.
• Experience with Apache, memcache, nginx.
• CDN experience, with a focus on Akamai
• Network & System Security. Enterprise level network/system security experience is a plus
• Experience using Subversion/Trac or similar version control software
• Familiarity with Git preferred

Looking for:

• Experience running and participating in projects with distributed teams
• Web development experience. You don’t necessarily need to be able to hack HTML, PHP & Javascript to do this job, but it is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated desire to clearly document systems and procedures and to communicate technical requirements on a non-technical level
• A Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience

Salon offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, stock options. To apply, send the following to techjobs@salon.com, with the subject, “Systems Engineer”:

• Resume and/or LinkedIn profile address
• Availability

Front End Developer: San Francisco, New York

We are currently looking for a talented, motivated individual to join the technical engineering team as a front end developer. You will be expected to work in close collaboration with project managers, designers, members of the editorial staff and other non-technical product owners.

Requirements:

• Strong HTML5/CSS3 skills
• 3 years experience with WordPress, using the API, developing themes, developing widgets and plugins, and optimizing for high performance environments
• Strong Javascript skills, preferably using YUI, or JQuery
• Experience with object oriented PHP
• Experience using Subversion/Trac or similar version control software
• Familiarity with Git preferred

Looking for:

• Strong Responsive Design Skills
• MySQL experience
• Strong UX/Usability focus
• Strong Mobile Web development skills
• SEO Basics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated desire to clearly document code and to communicate technical requirements on a non-technical level
• Background working on other online media sites or group blogging sites with shared access controlled CMS
• A Software Engineering degree or equivalent work experience

Salon offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, stock options. To apply, send the following to techjobs@salon.com, subject, “Front End Developer”:

• Resume and/or LinkedIn profile address
• Any applicable portfolio or url’s you would like us to see
• Availability

Social Media Software Developer: San Francisco, New York

We are currently looking for a talented, motivated Social Media Software Developer to join the technical engineering team. This role demands excellent communication skills, as well as the demonstrated ability to work in close collaboration with remote developers, project managers and non-technical product owners.

Requirements:

• Experience working with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Stumbleupon, Google+, Spotify, Reddit, and Instagram APIs or making mash-ups
• 3-5 years hands-on experience with object oriented PHP
• 2 years hands-on experience with PHP
• 3-5 years hands-on experience using a relational database, with demonstrated experience using MySQL 5.1 or later
• Strong Javascript skills, preferably using YUI and/or JQuery
• Experience using Subversion/Trac or similar version control software. Familiarity with Git preferred

Looking for:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated desire to clearly document code and to communicate technical requirements on a non-technical level
• WordPress experience, including plugin, widget, and theme development would be a bonus
• A Software Engineering degree or equivalent work experience

To apply, send the following to techjobs@salon.com, subject line “Social Media Developer”:

• Resume and/or LinkedIn profile address
• Code samples and links to projects if you have them
• Availability

Web Designer: San Francisco

We’re seeking a talented designer, who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. As a Web Designer at Salon.com, you will help develop and maintain standards for all UI/UX and branding, and create consistent and compelling web products and collateral. You’ll need to work seamlessly with editorial, sales and business development, collaborating on everything from special editorial projects to ads and sales materials, and to collaborate with the tech team to make sure all new user-facing development projects are on-brand.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2-4 years of high-level UI/UX/IA experience
• Working knowledge of latest design trends, technologies and practices including HTML5, CSS3, JQuery
• Have conceived and shipped significant websites and web apps
• Experience in designing for mobile and social networks a plus
• Experience composing and enforcing design standards
• Ability to manage priorities and expectations in a high-energy environment
• Ability to work in a collaborative team including development and product
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills

To apply, send the following to techjobs@salon.com, subject line “Web Designer”:

• Resume and/or LinkedIn profile address
• Portfolio and/or links to projects if you have them
• Availability

PHP/WordPress Developers: San Francisco, New York

Salon Media Group (Salon.com), a publicly-traded online news company headquartered in San Francisco, is currently looking for a talented, motivated individual to join the technical engineering team. We are seeking WordPress developers, with a need for both Front and Backend Engineers. These roles demand excellent communication skills, as well as the demonstrated ability to work in close collaboration with project managers and non-technical product owners.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years hands-on experience with object oriented PHP, using memcache and APC in high volume traffic environments (1M+ daily page views)
• 3-5 years hands-on experience with WordPress, using the API, developing plugins, developing themes and optimizing for high performance environments
• 3-5 years hands-on experience using a relational database, with demonstrated experience using MySQL 5.1 or later
• Strong Javascript skills, preferably using JQuery
• Experience using Subversion/Trac or similar version control software. Familiarity with Git preferred

Looking for:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated desire to clearly document code and to communicate technical requirements on a non-technical level
• Background working on other online media sites or group blogging sites with shared access controlled CMS
• Some previous work in at least one of the following: Human Interface Design, QA, multimedia development with strong emphasis on video, or contextual/semantic search algorithms
• A Software Engineering degree or equivalent work experience

Relocation and visa sponsorship not available for this position. Competitive salary, excellent benefits, stock options. Salon is located near the Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco. This will be a full-time position working at our main office, reporting directly to the Director of Engineering. Working remotely is not an option for this position.

To apply, send the following to techjobs@salon.com, subject line “WordPress Developer”:

• Resume and/or LinkedIn profile address
• Availability

Product Management Internship: San Francisco

Salon.com is seeking an internship candidate with an avid interest in web development to assist the Product, Design and Engineering teams with daily operations, including specifications for site improvements and bug fixes, testing and QA. Must be extremely detail oriented with good project management skills and have at least working knowledge of HTML and the fundamentals of UI design. This position is based in San Francisco. Time commitment negotiable.

Primary responsibilities:

• Assist with writing and tracking of engineering job tickets
• Conduct routine QA and offer clear feedback to engineers
• Be of general assistance to the Product team

Please send cover letter and resume to Rachel Hagen <rhagen@salon.com> and Ibrahim Madha <imadha@salon.com> — subject line “Product internship.”

Editorial Internships @ Salon

Interns are an important part of Salon’s daily editorial operations. They work closely with Salon staff to research, report, write and produce our news and culture coverage. They also take part in editorial meetings and otherwise learn about the day-to-day workings of an award-winning online news and entertainment site. Many Salon interns have gone on to jobs in the media, including Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Elle, CNN and, of course, Salon.

Salon offers unpaid internships throughout the year in our New York offices. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to internships@salon.com. Tell us why you want to intern with Salon! Please specify in the subject line whether you are applying for a News or Culture internship. We require a time commitment of at least 20 hours per week, over at least 3 days. It is possible to do the internship for college credit. Some professional experience is required.

Please do not contact individual editors. No phone calls, please.

Sales Intern

Some professional experience is required.

Salon’s busy NY sales department seeks an intern to contribute to our sales efforts. Although this is an unpaid internship, you’ll gain valuable work experience, including insight into the complete sales cycle from prospecting to pitching to winning campaigns and then integrating them. You’ll work with a variety of important industry tools such as Salesforce contact database; comScore audience reporting; Google Analytics, and more. Strong written communication skills are required; experience with research concepts, databases, PowerPoint and Excel are preferred.

To apply, please send your resume and an introduction explaining why you’re interested in the position to internships@salon.com. Please specify in the subject line that you are applying for a Sales internship. We require a time commitment of at least 10 hours per week, over at least 2 days. It is possible to do the internship for college credit.