We are looking for people who are smart, creative and passionate about the Internet and digital media. YuMe Networks provides a rare opportunity to be involved with a company that is shaping the future of broadband video advertising.
Marketing
Sales
Engineering
Client Services
Director / Senior Director of Product Management
Department: Marketing
Location: Redwood City
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe is seeking a well-seasoned Director / Senior Director of Product Management to take our industry-leading in-video advertising platform to the next level. We are looking for that special someone who has a unique combination of experience in developing advertising platforms, working on ad-supported online media properties, and who has a special interest in online video. In this position the Director will be expected to further build out the product team, refined & manage the product development process, and establish & pursue a product strategy consistent with the overall company vision.
Responsibilities:
- Refine and expand product roadmap consistent with company vision, develop a highly disciplined prioritization regime, as well as drive and refine the PRD / MRD process
- Oversee the build-out of advertisers-facing features including video ad formats, targeting capabilities, and dynamic creative management
- Oversee the build-out of publisher-facing features including simple-to-use integration SDKs, monetization optimization, campaign management, and reporting
- Work with the marketing team to launch new products and defining product positioning, pricing , collateral, and PR impact
- Lead product concept development (wire framing, mock-ups, functional specs, etc).
- Conduct surveys of the product, competitive, and customer landscape to determine best practices and benchmarks that can be incorporated into making YuMe products better than the best
- Identify, build, and monitor key metrics and analyses necessary to measure the ongoing performance and competitiveness of products
- Take ownership of the products throughout their entire lifecycle: conception, design, feature delineation, build, quality assurance, maintenance, evolution, performance
Requirements:
- 5-10 years of product experience with online advertising platforms or media companies
- Thorough understanding of internet technologies and trends, particularly in digital media, online video, online ad technologies, and reporting & tracking systems.
- Experience in user-facing internet/software applications including experience with usability testing and user interaction design
- Very big bonus points for having an interest and experience with online video implementations
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Strong analytical skills; ability to assess market opportunities and recommend appropriate business strategies
- Strong team orientation, track record of working collaboratively with internal and external team members in a fast-paced environment
- MS/ BS / BA . engineers in a past life especially welcomed
Sales Planner
Department: Marketing
Location: New York City and Redwood City
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe is seeking a Sales Planner to join our team. The Sales Planners primary responsibility is to manage the media planning, buying and implementation of campaigns across YuMe’s network of publishers, supporting the national ad sales team. Candidates must be highly motivated, possess outstanding communication skills, demonstrate knowledge of rich media and ad serving technologies and be willing to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the media planning and buying for high value brand video advertising campaigns for distribution across multiple digital platforms (Web, Downloads, Mobile and IPTV)
- Evaluate YuMe’s existing network inventory and external media to find profitable and effective online video placements
- Plan distribution of advertiser’s campaigns across the YuMe network and maintain campaigns to ensure full delivery and successful implementation
- Negotiate media buys with publishers
- Collaborate with Sales and Client Service teams on implementation, delivery and optimization of campaigns across YuMe’s network of publishers
- Analyze campaign results and make recommendations to improve performance and grow accounts
Requirements:
- Proven online media planning and buying success with a minimum of 3 to 4 years experience in internet advertising at an agency, direct advertiser or publisher
- Ability to collaborate with internal YuMe teams and publishers in the network to ensure campaigns are implemented and delivered successfully
- Outstanding organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple tasks
- Self motivated with strong communication and negotiation skills
- Advanced data analysis and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of rich media and ad serving technologies highly desired
- Experience utilizing research tools Media Metrix, AdRelevance and @Plan
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- BA/BS degree
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Sales Engineer
Department: Client Services
Location: Redwood City
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe Networks is seeking a Sales Engineer to join our Client Service team. The right candidate must have excellent verbal skills and be able to present technical information to both business and technical decision makers. Candidate should be a self starter, work well with others and be able to adapt to changes quickly in a startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical and product support during YuMe’s sales process
- Work closely with Sales and Business Development teams to develop the value proposition of YuMe’s products and present these solutions and demos to client
- Evaluate prospective client’s technical and functional requirements
- Provide technical support during client integration
- Liaise with Product Marketing and Development teams regarding product features and enhancements
- Document technical issues and solutions for knowledge base.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of technical sales, technical support or software development experience.
- Sales Engineering or client service engineering experience preferred
- Detailed knowledge with various Internet browsers and technologies (HTTP//HTML/CSS/Javascript/XML/DNS)
- Familiarity with Flash, Windows Media and QuickTime highly desired
- Working knowledge of relational databases
- Coding skills in C++, Java, or PHP coding highly desired
- Proficient in a Unix/Linux environment
- Outstanding organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment
- Self motivated with strong communication and negotiation skills
- Advanced data analysis and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of rich media and ad serving technologies highly desired
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
Publisher Account Manager / Senior Manger
Department: Client Services
Location: Bay Area - CA
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe is seeking a Publisher Account Manager / Senior Manager to join our Client Service team. The right candidate must have a proven track record of developing strong relationships across client organizations in the online industry. We are looking for that special someone who a combination of technical implementation expertise, relationship instincts, and also a demonstrated ability to grow revenues working with publishers. Candidate should be a self starter, work well with others and be able to adapt to changes quickly in a startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- Establish and grow relationships with YuMe.s publisher accounts by understanding their needs and business objectives
- Grow revenue opportunities with publishers by selling in new products and services, optimize existing video advertising campaigns and placements, and develop new video inventory packages
- Manage implementation of new publisher accounts and train on platform usability
- Provide daily support to publishers and work with internal teams to find resolutions to technical and non-technical issues
- Work with Sales and Marketing team to create new media collateral for new ad packages & products
- Provide guidance to Sales and Media team on available video inventory within the publisher network
- Monitor available publisher inventory and delivery of video advertising campaigns to ensure maximum delivery rate and optimum campaign performance.
- Negotiate and sign publisher IOs for upcoming campaigns.
- Introduce new YuMe products and features to publishers and educate on best practices.
- Communicate publisher product development needs to Product Teams
Requirements:
- 5 to 8 years of online account management experience
- Proven track record of developing strong relationships across client organizations
- In-depth knowledge of online advertising models (CPM, CPC and CPA)
- Knowledge of rich media and publisher ad serving technologies
- Outstanding organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated with strong communication and negotiation skills
- Advanced data analysis and problem solving skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- BA/BS degree
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Account Executive – Ad Sales
Department: Sales
Location: Los Angeles, New York City
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe Networks is seeking an Advertising Sales Account Executive to join our team. This person will be responsible for selling YuMe’s video advertising network and media solutions to advertisers. Candidates must be highly motivated, possess outstanding communication skills, demonstrate knowledge of rich media ad technologies and be willing to work in a fast–paced startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- Have a key role on the YuMe team, managing and selling into high–value brand accounts video advertising products (pre–rolls, mid–rolls, post–rolls, watermark sponsorships and in banner) for distribution across multiple digital platforms – Web, Downloads, Mobile and IPTV
- Develop, prospect and close online media business and carry a sales contribution quota for the Western region
- Represent YuMe with the highest level of integrity
- Work with cross functional teams internally to ensure campaign success and growth of partnerships
- Utilize Salesforce to accurately record sales activity and pipeline
Requirements:
- Must be able to perform against quota and excel in a highly competitive market
- Proven sales success with a minimum of 3 years experience in internet media/technology sales
- Demonstrated strategic, consultative and analytical sales approach with focus on building partnerships with clients
- Customer focused leader with excellent communication, networking and negotiation skills
- Knowledge of rich media and ad serving technologies highly desired
- BA/BS degree
Account Executive – Ad Sales
Department: Sales
Location: Bay Area
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe Networks is seeking an Inside Sales Manager to join our team. This person will be responsible for selling YuMe’s video advertising network and media solutions to direct response and brand advertisers in the United States via telephone and email. Candidates must be highly motivated, possess outstanding communication skills, and be willing to work in a fast–paced startup environment. Training and mentoring will be provided. Successful inside salespeople will be on a track to move up to an outside sales role.
Responsibilities:
- Have a key role on the YuMe team, managing and selling into high–value brand accounts video advertising products (pre–rolls, mid–rolls, post–rolls, watermark sponsorships and in banner) for distribution across multiple digital platforms – Web, Downloads, Mobile and IPTV
- Develop, prospect and close online media business and carry a sales contribution quota
- Represent YuMe with the highest level of integrity
- Work with cross functional teams internally to ensure campaign success and growth of partnerships
- Utilize Salesforce to accurately record sales activity and pipeline
Requirements:
- Willingness to prospect, cold call, and develop new business
- Some type of sales experience (any type, not necessarily online media experience)
- BA/BS degree
- Knowledge of rich media and/or ad serving technologies a plus
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Senior Software Engineer – Applications
Department: Software Engineering
Location: Bay Area – CA
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe Networks is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. This team is responsible for the development and delivery of all YuMe’s products and features. The right candidate must be an exceptional Software Engineer, with strong academic background and a strong commitment to quality. Candidate must be a self starter, work well with others and be able to adapt to changes quickly in a startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- Specify & implement web services
- Work efficiently with in–house and off–shore development teams
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science with 7+ years of software development experience, developing software in a structured setting delivering enterprise–class software products.
- Strong understanding of Linux, Web applications and the J2EE stack
- Excellent grasp of databases, transactions, query optimization, object–relational mapping
- Excellent grasp of distributed systems & Algorithms
- Hands–on experience delivering solutions using J2EE, relational databases
- Hands–on experience with any J2EE application server (JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere, Oracle 9i)
- Hands–on experience with MVC Framework such as struts
- Hands–on experience with ORM tools such as Hibernate
- AJAX/HTML/CSS/Javascript/Familiar with various Internet browsers and technologies
- Networking/HTTP/Web Servers
- XML/XSL/SOAP/Web services
- Security(Authentication,Authorization)
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem–solving skills
- Capable of working independently with little supervision and direction
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Senior Software Engineer – Database
Department: Software Engineering
Location: Bay Area – CA
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe Networks is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Database to join our Software Engineering team. This team is responsible for the development and delivery of all YuMe’s products and features. The right candidate must be an exceptional Software Engineer, with strong academic background and a strong commitment to quality. Candidate must be a self starter, work well with others and be able to adapt to changes quickly in a startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- Active participant in requirement gathering, decision making and technical implementation.
- Develops and Implements systems based on the common framework schema standards.
- Implements appropriate solutions to problems with minimal guidance and little direct supervision.
- Recommends new strategies, innovative ideas and technologies in resolving technical issues.
- Work efficiently with in–house and off–shore development teams
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science with 7+ years of software development experience, developing software in a structured setting delivering enterprise–class software products. ( With 5+ years emphasis on database development)
- Expert level experience in developing stored procedures, functions, jobs, ETL, and SQL Profiling and Notification services.
- Experience with MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server.
- Able to grasp new technologies quickly.
- Experience with query optimization, bandwidth optimization, high transaction environments, and schema design.
- Clear understanding of implications and solution to bandwidth utilization in high transaction environments.
- Strong understanding of Linux, Web applications and the J2EE stack
- Excellent grasp of databases, transactions, query optimization, object–relational mapping
- Excellent grasp of distributed systems & Algorithms
- Hands–on experience delivering solutions using J2EE, relational databases.
- Hands–on experience with any J2EE application server (Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere etc.)
- Hands–on experience with ORM tools such as Hibernate
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem–solving skills
- Capable of working independently with little supervision and direction
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Senior Software Engineer – Multimedia
Department: Software Engineering
Location: Bay Area – CA
Type: Full–Time
Description:
YuMe Networks is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. This team is responsible for the development and delivery of all YuMe’s products and features. The right candidate must be an exceptional Software Engineer, with strong academic background and a strong commitment to quality. Candidate must be a self starter, work well with others and be able to adapt to changes quickly in a startup environment.
Responsibilities:
- In house expert on multi–media engineering activities.
- Work efficiently with in–house and off–shore development teams
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science with 7+ years of software development experience.
- Strong understanding of Windows Media, QuickTime, Macromedia software and various A/V formats and standards.
- Able to grasp new technologies quickly.
- Experience working with various CODEC– WM, QT, FLASH, MEPEG–2, MPEG–4
- Good understanding of PNG, GIF, JPEG and MP3 formats
- Hands–on experience with Actionscripts, SMIL, Javascript, HTML
- Hands–on experience developing WM plug–ins
- Strong understanding of ASX/ASF
- Hands–on experience developing flash players
- Hands–on experience tinkering with QT & Windows Media players.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem–solving skills
- Capable of working independently with little supervision and direction
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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