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At Business.com our mission is to help business decision makers quickly find everything they need to manage, grow and be successful in their businesses. We have a tremendously talented and dedicated staff who have created a dynamic, innovative company culture. We support them in their efforts by providing a competitive compensation package and an entrepreneurial work environment.

Our Compensation includes:

  • Competitive base salary
  • Medical, dental and vision; HMO or PPO - effective first of the month, following date of hire
  • Medical and dependant care flexible spending accounts
  • Life insurance, supplemental life insurance and long-term disability
  • 401(k) program
  • Paid vacation, floating holidays and national holidays
  • Paid sick-time, jury service, and bereavement
  • Free parking
  • Financial incentives for "green" commuters

Our Benefits Include:

  • Facilitated opportunities for inter-departmental communication
    • Lunch & Learn programs presented by employees
    • CEO-Employee lunches
    • Special interest and volunteer committees
  • Full-time Staff Development Specialist dedicated to employee professional development and growth
  • Free Lunch
  • Several seasonal all-company events each year
  • Business.com "buddy" assigned to each new hire to help him or her learn the ropes
  • Great location in Santa Monica with many amenities within walking distance
  • Recently re-designed office with employee lounge and art work provided by the LA County Museum of Art and our staff

The following job opportunities are currently available:

  1. Account Executive - Inside Sales
  2. Categorization Analyst
  3. Search Marketing Analyst
  4. Senior Web Designer / Director

Business.com is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We consider applications from everyone without regard to race, creed, color, religious preference, sexual orientation, marital status or age. We believe that diversity is the key to our creativity.


Account Executive - Inside Sales
As an Account Executive at Business.com, you will sell some of the most effective advertising on the internet -- Search Engine Advertising has proven ROI. We are looking for self-motivated, career-oriented people interested in driving their own income and taking charge of their own career advancement. You will conduct consultative sales of search engine advertising. You will drive new business, developing profitable long-term client relationships, calling on our highly qualified lead list.

Responsibilities

  • Attain sales quota and goals set by the company.
  • Responsible for executing on key phases of the sales cycle such as lead generation, prospecting, reviewing proposals and campaign implementation.
  • Discuss and convey the benefits/advantages of the product offering.
  • Prepare daily and weekly reports for Sales Manager.
  • Actively participate in bi-weekly book of business review meetings with Sales Manager.

Skills/Qualifications

  • 1+ years of sales experience.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Online advertising sales experience desired but not required.
  • Track record of quota attainment.
  • Familiar with sales advertising concepts.
  • Excellent computer skills with a proficiency using sales information systems.
  • Strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism and integrity.
  • Goal-oriented.
  • Strong communication, organization and writing skills.
  • Inside sales experience preferred.

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Categorization Analyst
The Categorization Analyst will assist in the development and maintenance of rule sets to be used in automatically identifying products and product attributes on the web. This will require employing a range of information retrieval, automatic classification, and concept extraction technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Follow the direction of the Director of Taxonomy to develop, maintain, and optimize rulesets to be used in automatically identifying products and product attributes on the web.
  • Collaborate as appropriate with other members of the Taxonomy team, leveraging specializations within the group as necessary to complete projects.

Skills/Qualifications

  • Must know SQL and a basic programming or scripting language such as Perl.
  • Experience using regular expressions and boolean logic to retrieve data.
  • Strong technical background with advanced MS Excel skills.
  • Excellent analytical skills and advanced abilities in logical reasoning.
  • Basic understanding of faceted taxonomies, metadata schemas, and thesauri.
  • Prefer experience working with auto-categorization tools such as Teragram or Inxight.
  • Strong interest in linguistics and linguistic technologies.
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately in a high-volume work environment.
  • Extremely detail-oriented.
  • Team player. Intelligence and Integrity.
  • Strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism.

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Search Marketing Analyst
The Search Marketing Analyst will take the lead in reporting and analysis for Business.com's extensive Search Marketing efforts (Keyword PPC Advertising). The SMA role will be focused on reporting and analyzing program performance trends as well as identifying opportunities for system optimizations. This person should be highly inquisitive, analytical, pro-active, organized and be able to work independently.

Responsibilities

  • Take charge of all aspects of core reporting to demonstrate program success, including weekly, monthly and ad hoc reporting. Report program performance to senior executives.
  • Monitor and analyze program performance to identify areas of opportunity for system optimization. The candidate must be able to quickly diagnose performance issues and propose and implement solutions.
  • Work with engineering resources to develop and QA system enhancements.
  • Work with Product, Sales, and Finance departments to develop systems and reports to support company initiatives.

Skills/Qualifications

  • 2-3 years experience in analytical activity, preferably financial, online media, advertising or direct marketing environment.
  • Strong analytical thinker
  • Ability to multitask and meet concurrent deadlines within a fast-paced environment
  • Expert in MS Excel
  • SQL & database development experience preferred
  • Familiarity with online advertising technologies and terminology
  • Articulate communicator and teamwork mentality
  • Proven track record of success
  • High level of integrity with a strong work ethic
  • BA or BS in Finance, Business or related quantitative field

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Senior Web Designer / Director
The Senior Web Designer / Director creates overall design, user interface and brand imaging for corporate identity and Website. Responsible for overall look and feel of websites and company branding. Defines and advocates design focused on the user.

Responsibilities

  • Design concepts and templates for Web properties. Works and advocates to improve user flows, intuitive navigation and ease of finding desired data.
  • Create HTML and CSS for design implementation
  • Work with other Business.com functional units to lead efforts aimed at unified branding & consistent design
  • Design printed promotional pieces like posters, brochures, trade show and other marketing/advertising design as required
  • Other duties as assigned

Skills/Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree with 4-5 years of web & collateral design, ideally including experience as a lead user interface designer for a large scale commercial website
  • Strong Visual Design - illustrations, icons, compelling visual elements, etc
  • Experience building standards based XHTML/CSS pages. Javascript and Ajax experience a big plus
  • Extensive knowledge Photoshop, Illustrator and other design programs
  • Experience working cross functionally with technology, product, marketing and sales teams
  • Self-starter with the ability to work with little supervision
  • Good written and verbal communications skills
  • High level of integrity with a strong work ethic

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