Job Opportunity in Hong Kong - Red Bricks Media
Although we usually don't use the blog for posting jobs, an SI alumnus asked me to spread the word about this unique opportunity.
Job Title: SALES ASSOCIATE, SENIOR SALES ASSOCIATE
Reports to: CEO
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Red Bricks Asia Hong Kong Limited is a full-service integrated marketing agency specializing in search engine marketing, interactive media planning, email marketing and emerging forms of media including buzz and mobile marketing. We take a performance-driven approach to marketing and measure our success by our clients' successes. Red Bricks Media is an independent agency headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong, creating world-class marketing programs for top brands like Sony, Microsoft and LA Times. Most recently, the company made the Inc. 500's list of fastest-growing private companies in America. Visit www.redbricksmedia.com to find out what makes Red Bricks Media special.
Summary of position:
This role is responsible for successfully growing sales for the Hong Kong office across the globe. This includes pitching top global brands to roll out Asian digital marketing programs. Your job will be to develop leads and then skillfully managing them through to a successful sale. This is a very consultative sales role whereby the sales associate needs to firmly understand the prospect’s business models and then customizes programs to their needs. We have a great product, an impeccable reputation in the industry, and a stellar close ratio. When our sales associates understand our products/services and know how to map them into prospect’s needs, they are unstoppable. We handsomely reward top sales producers and do not believe in commission caps.
This is a full time position based in our Hong Kong office located at Kowloon Bay.
Specific Responsibilities
• Generate leads through existing rolodex or outbound prospecting
• Develop customized presentations, proposals and marketing programs
• Skillfully and consultatively present Red Bricks Media capabilities via teleconference or in person meetings
• Document all activity in Salesforce automation software
• Assist in the presentation of client specific proposals for additional program sales
• Prepare weekly sales reports and attend weekly sales meetings
Skills and Aptitude Required
• 3+ years of success exceeding sales goals,
• Experience selling to large, complex accounts at the C-level
• Excellent consultative selling skills
• Self-starter with a solid work ethic, self-discipline, and persistence
• Excellent written communications skills
• Excellent verbal/presentation skills
• Mandarin or Cantonese knowledge necessary and fluency is a plus
• Interpersonal skills - ability to build relationships
• Strong professional, confidence-inspiring presence and business style
• Training in a strategic selling methodology such as Strategic Selling, Target Account Selling, SPIN, or Solution Selling, a plus.
• Strong and proven marketing acumen; Direct marketing experience beneficial
• Technical knowledge beneficial
• Experience in a service-oriented business a plus
• Strong understanding of website development and technology
• Unwavering personal integrity
5 days work, double pay and comprehensive medical benefit with competitive remuneration package (base salary + commission) will be offered to the successful candidates.
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Posted by kkowatch on September 03, 2009 at 12:09 PM | Comments (0)
HCI Job Sites
I just wanted to throw this blog post out real quick... I've been going through some resources that we have avialable here. I was updating a listing of HCI job sites and as I verified the links, I found so many awesome jobs out there to be had by our soon-to-be graduates. Check out all these sites -- and if you know of a new one that's not here, please send it my way (and I don't mind waiting until you get your job secured!)
Association for Computing Machinery Career Resource Centre
Association for Information Science and Technology Careers
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Career Center
Human-Computer Interaction Resource Network Job Bank
Internet Technical Group Job Bank
OdinJobs
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals – CI Career Center
The Information Architecture Institute Job Board
Usability First
Usability Professionals Association Job Bank
Posted by kkowatch on April 22, 2009 at 12:18 PM | Comments (1)
Random Thoughts on Twitter and (of course) Job Seaching
I usually like to post articles and things that other people say on this blog, but I've got some questions to ask and some thoughts to share.
Twitter. Do you twitter? I'm twittering... and I don't get it. I even spent some time today signing up to follow different orgs and people that I'm interested in... and I'm still not seeing anything earth-shattering. As a person who likes to keep my inbox and computer desk top *really* neat, I find that having to keep another tab open all day long (in addition to my Pandora tab), I'm feeling cluttered. And then I have to check it, refresh it, skim it... to my disappointment. What am I looking for? Its not as fun as Facebook... I've had students and other people share with me that its a great resource for job searching and for getting informed on industry trends and company happenings, but I've yet to see anything really informative come through.
I did read this really interesting article in Time last weekend (Desperately Trying to Quit Twitter By Lev Grossman) about Twitter and I found that I was envious of the author's experience... I even went so far to look up my favorite authors, but no luck, they don't twitter.
However, I signed up to follow CollegeGrad.com (they emailed me about Twitter) and I've found that they have some good topics to follow.
A few recent entries included:
TheCollegeGradResume and Cover Letters: Do's and Don'ts: http://tinyurl.com/ag93yd
TheCollegeGradN2 Publishing is seeking applicants for its growing advertising entrepreneurship program here: http://tinyurl.com/dylubx
TheCollegeGradFree career assessment will put you on the right career path.: http://tinyurl.com/dfmp27
TheCollegeGrad CollegeGrad recognized as one of the "Top 100 Edu Tweeters" by Online Degree World: http://bit.ly/GshyI
(I also just did see that the new Whole Foods is doing taste tests which is a plus... maybe I am coming around to Twitter!)
So, there is good stuff out there, but you have to looking for the right twitter friend to find it. I'll be adding updates on Twitter Friends to add that are related to job searches. TheCollegeGrad is a good start. The Resume Cover Letters: Do's and Don'ts article is a great start for some really good, basic advice.
If you have thoughts or suggestions on Twitter, send them on. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Posted by kkowatch on March 12, 2009 at 03:23 PM | Comments (0)
Looking for a GSI Position at UM? Read on...
The UM Academic HR website has a listing of all the GSI positions available: http://www.hr.umich.edu/acadhr/grads/postings.html
(Note: While there are no actual GSI/GSSA position postings at this site, each of the links below contain detailed descriptions of the relevant procedures, processes, timelines, etc. of University of Michigan academic units that regularly appoint GSI’s and GSSA’s. In many cases, the information may also contain links to local unit websites (or description of physical locations) at which actual postings may be located. All inquiries from current or prospective graduate students about the academic programs themselves, or about specific GSI or GSSA appointment opportunities, should be directed to the involved academic units.)
I'm not sure, but I think that this isn't a comprehensive list, so if there is a certain department that you are especially interested in, you may want to contact the department directly to inquire about openings.
When submitting an application for a GSI position, you are going to want to emphasis your teaching experiences. GSI positions at UM are extremely competitive, but that doesn't mean that they are impossible to attain as we have a handful of students every year that get them.
If you choose to submit an application, consider also adding a cover letter that speaks to the following topics:
1. Command of the Course Material
a. Demonstrated mastery of the material in the course; Performance in the course itself; Previous coursework/work experience
b. Overall academic performance
2. Teaching Skills/Promise
a. Teaching experience/skills; Prior teaching performance (here or elsewhere); Particular skills for a course: e.g. leading discussions, assisting/assessing writing, strong quantitative skills, etc.
b. Rapport with the instructor (usually assessed by instructor preferences among candidates)
c. Interpersonal and communication skills; Ability to establish good rapport with the full range of students, particularly those having trouble; Approachable, supportive, a good listener; Ability to understand, diagnose, and address student difficulties; Strong presentation/group interaction skills; Capable of GSIing his/her fellow students (if applicable); General maturity
Posted by kkowatch on October 14, 2008 at 11:29 AM | Comments (0)
ASB Internship...
Another potential internship with the Smithsonian -- and this one is probably going to be funded. See iTrack for more information and how to apply!
United States National Herbarium
Smithsonian Institution
The Science Fieldbook Registry
For centuries, biologists have been exploring the earth in an effort to describe the plants, animals, and other natural objects that make up our planet. In the course of these explorations, scientists recorded observations, maintained itineraries, prepared drawings and maps, and otherwise documented each collected specimen in personal notebooks. These critically important sources of bio-diversity data can be difficult to locate. Sometimes they are deposited in archives, other times catalogued in libraries, but all too often they are in limbo … on bookshelves in research offices or the wards of individual scientists.
The National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) is designing an online registry of scientific field books and personal science journals and notes that will provide a central, accessible repository for these critical scientific and historical texts. The Departments of Botany and Vertebrate Zoology (Fishes Division) are piloting this project and are working together to catalog their respective field books, ships logs, research notes, and non-archived correspondence. Two summer interns are sought to help with researching and standardizing record structures, establishing object and data definitions, cataloging objects, and preparing a functional requirements document for a web-based registry.
Interns will have an opportunity to work together, in consultation with Museum staff in the Departments of Botany and Fishes, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, during all system design activities. Each intern will then be assigned to one Department to proceed with cataloging efforts. Collections Managers Rusty Russell (Botany) and Jeff Williams (Fishes) share project management responsibilities and will directly supervise the interns.
We are seeking students with good research and organizational skills, and some experience at assessing system data requirements.
Posted by kkowatch on April 04, 2008 at 10:49 AM | Comments (0)
Career Resources for those Targeting Chicago
An SI alumnus working in Chicago that I met while visiting sites for ASB provided me with the following job search resources to share with you... These are focused on LIS jobs in the Chicagoland area. Enjoy!
Metropolitan Library System (one of nine regional Library systems: http://www.illinoislibrarysystems.info/ab_systemmap.html )
http://www.mls.lib.il.us/
C. Berger:
http://www.cberger.com/CBG%20Services/Job%20Board/jobboard.htm
(They post a lot of library temp jobs in the area).
SLA Illinois has some good links to job sites:
http://www.slaillinois.org/taxonomy/term/4
And it probably wouldn’t hurt to identify local area colleges, universities, museums and other related venues and see what kinds of job sites they sponsor (which you may already do).
These all skew towards library type jobs…not sure if there are additional resources for some of the more HCI and other more technically-focused or information policy type jobs.
Posted by kkowatch on March 05, 2008 at 04:43 PM | Comments (0)
