WorthPoint Jobs

WorthPoint - Director of Marketing  (McLean, VA)

WorthPoint is a new entrepreneurial company that is changing the world of collectibles. We are seeking a very energetic Director of Marketing who wants to join a dynamic growing company. A position is currently available for a results-oriented individual who will drive tactical marketing leadership at a company at the cutting edge of the online art, antiques, and collectibles space.

Responsibilities:

• Assume primary responsibility for driving understanding of WorthPoint's current and target customer bases and drive development and execution of tactical marketing plans
• Develop and implement marketing programs, positioning & messaging, and other collateral for new and existing consumer products
• Prioritize and set consistent tactical direction for user acquisition, retention, and internal and external communications
• Clearly communicate marketing tactics to senior management and to the broader organization
• Work with the Product Management, Content, and Development teams
• Evaluate ROI of marketing campaigns and manage to a budget

Requirements:

• Ideal candidate will have five plus years experience in product marketing or marketing program management with major online consumer brands
• Demonstrated capacity for developing and executing on marketing plans with online and offline components
• Demonstrated experience planning and managing PPC, buzz, viral, and guerilla marketing campaigns
• Strong aptitude for determining the optimal way to position products in the market
• Experience shaping research and analysis of current and target customers
• Experience managing marketing budgets and demonstrating ROI
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• BA/BS degree

We're looking for someone who is high energy and is internally motivated to achieve. The position is full-time, and you are expected to do most of your work in our offices. Some travel may be required. WorthPoint is seeking passionate, hard-working people who want to help us change the way people value and appreciate collectibles. Interested in joining WorthPoint? First, make sure that you meet the criteria above. Then send your resume and cover letter tojobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Director of Marketing". Please tell us why you think you are a fit, and illustrate your qualifications regarding the above bullet points. Submittals that do not follow these directions will not be considered.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Account Manager  (McLean, VA)

WorthPoint is a new entrepreneurial company that is changing the world of collectibles. We are seeking a very proactive Account Manager who wants to join a dynamic growing company. A position is currently available for a results-oriented individual who will manage key account relationships. We are looking for a consultative and performance oriented person that can comfortably interact with VP and  “C” level executives in the art, antiques, and collectibles industries. The Account Manager will report to the
SVP of Sales.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrates working knowledge of each area of WorthPoint product/services, in order to assemble strong recommendations for clients
• Demonstrates knowledge of art, antiques, and collectibles industries, competition, and latest news and trends
• Proactively finds new ways to build the client’s business and grow accounts
• Leads day-to-day management and optimization of client relationships
• Assists in strategy development and leads in implementation of tactics
• Acts as primary point-of-contact for clients

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in the art, antiques, and collectibles industries
• Comfortable with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• 2+ years account management experience
• Organized and highly motivated
• Excellent presentation skills
• WorthPoint is a company with a culture of enthusiasm for art, antiques, and collectibles; the successful candidate will share this enthusiasm

We're looking for someone who is high energy and is internally motivated to achieve. You are expected to do most of your work in our offices. Some travel will be
required. Interested in joining WorthPoint? First, make sure that you're interested in a full-time commitment and that you meet the criteria above. Then send your resume and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Account Manager". Please tell us why you think you are a fit, and illustrate your qualifications regarding the above bullet points.  Submittals that do not follow these directions will not be considered.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Internet Advertising Sales Representative (McLean, VA)

Are you a self-starter who gets what Web 2.0 can do for advertisers? Come join the team that's building *the* online resource for the world of art, antiques, and collectibles. WorthPoint is looking for upbeat, focused and well-organized individuals to join our Sales team. You must be comfortable making dozens of cold calls a day, fielding inbound inquiries, generating interest, qualifying prospects, building solutions and closing sales of $500 to $500K. You must also have demonstrated experience prospecting and growing an account list as well as closing sales. This position will be focused on originating and placing advertising on the WorthPoint website. We are fast growing, entrepreneurial, and are building the next big thing.

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the entire sales process from prospecting to close
• Lead generation/outbound calling and warm lead follow up
• Understand customer needs and requirements
• Present and articulate advanced product features and benefits of WorthPoint and WorthPoint members
• Be able to sell and differentiate in a competitive environment
• Provide on-line demonstrations
• Close sales and achieve quarterly sales quotas
• Work closely with our developers, our developer relationship team, and with advertisers and agencies large and small

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in online advertising, social networks, and applications
• BA/BS degree
• Excellent communications capabilities
• Technically proficient, familiar with MS Office and Salesforce.com
• Ability to mange entire sales process from prospecting through close
• Ability to manage in high activity, high transaction environment
• Experience in closing deals in the $500-$500K range
• Enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals with a serious work ethic are required
• Proven track record in inside sales
• Ability to meet and exceed individual sales targets on a consistent basis
• WorthPoint is a company with a culture of enthusiasm for art, antiques, and collectibles; the successful candidate will share this enthusiasm

We're looking for someone who is high energy, is internally motivated to achieve, and who wants to "own" the sales process. The position is full-time, and you are expected to do most of your work in our offices. Some travel may be required. We are swinging for the fences, and are building a web site that will support millions of registered members and tens of millions of unique visitors over the next couple of years.

WorthPoint is seeking passionate, hard-working people who want to help us change the way people value and appreciate collectibles. If you think that Ernest Shackleton would have welcomed you on his journey then chances are you should be part of the WorthPoint experience. Interested in joining WorthPoint? First, make sure that you meet the criteria above. Then send your resume and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Internet Advertising Sales Representative". Please tell us why you think you are a fit, and illustrate your qualifications regarding the above bullet points.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Project Manager (McLean, VA)

WorthPoint is hiring an Project Manager to manage the development of our consumer facing web site. The position will be located in McLean, VA. A competitive candidate will have the following attributes:

• A minimum of 8 years of overall experience
• A minimum of 4 years of managing the development of consumer facing web sites
• Experience managing projects using Agile / Extreme development methodologies
• Experience managing the build of cutting edge "Web 2.0" sites
• Experience managing outsourced / offshore teams
• Experience working in a matrixed organization
• Experience using social networking sites
• Experience with e-commerce sites
• Experience with Drupal / LAMP
• Experience at a startup
• Experience blogging
• WorthPoint is a company with a culture of enthusiasm for art, antiques, and collectibles; the successful candidate will share this enthusiasm

We're looking for someone who is high energy, is internally motivated to achieve, who wants to "own" the software development process, and that plans to be much more than an Project Manager in the next few years. The position is full-time, and you are expected to do most of your work in our offices. Travel to the offshore offices will be required. Please note - this is a really cool position at a really cool company. We are swinging for the fences, and are building a web site that will support millions of registered members and tens of millions of unique visitors over the next couple of years.

WorthPoint is seeking passionate, hard-working people who want to help us change the way people value and appreciate collectibles, and conduct transactions in that space. If you think that Ernest Shackleton would have welcomed you on his journey, then chances are you should be part of the WorthPoint experience. Interested in joining WorthPoint? First, make sure that you're interested in a full time commitment and that you meet the criteria above. Then send your resume and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Project Manager". In your cover letter please tell us why you think you are a fit and tie each of the above bullet points to experience on your resume.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Infrastructure Manager (McLean, VA)

WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com) is a new entrepreneurial company that is changing the world of collectibles. We are hiring a Infrastructure Manager to manage our production systems. A competitive candidate will have the following attributes:

• A minimum of 8 years of overall experience
• A minimum of 4 years of managing production LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) servers; J2EE experience a big plus
• Strong experience scaling MySQL systems; other database experience acceptable
• Experience working with systems developed by offshore teams
• Experience with high traffic consumer facing web sites
• Experience managing servers hosting "Web 2.0" sites
• Experience with CMSs; Drupal experience a big plus
• Experience with web page caching technologies
• Experience working in a matrixed organization
• Experience with network and server security
• Chinese language proficiency a plus
• Experience at a startup
• WorthPoint is a company with a culture of enthusiasm for art, antiques, and collectibles; the successful candidate will share this enthusiasm

We're looking for someone who is high energy, is internally motivated to achieve and who wants to "own" the production servers. The position is full-time, and you are expected to do most of your work in our offices. Interested in joining WorthPoint? First, make sure that you're interested in a full time commitment and that you meet the criteria above. Then send your resume and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Infrastructure Manager". In your cover letter please tell us why you think you are a fit, and for each bullet point in the "Qualifications" and "Requirements" lists (above), explain how you meet the qualification / requirement.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Content Producers

WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com) is a new entrepreneurial company that is changing the world of art, antiques, and collectibles. We are looking for English language content producers (backpack journlaists) who are able to shoot video and stills, edit, and write, on a variety of topics related to art, antiques, and collectibles. This is a position shooting and writing for our website and newsletters. Content types required include short news and feature videos, special events, and how to use WorthPoint website guides. Additional tasks may include editing previously videotaped content, and posting video to the site. Good communication and people skills are very important. Knowing when to use lights and a tripod are essential.

Content producers are expected to meet the following requirements:

*Shoot and edit on a predictable schedule for a minimum of ten hours a week
* Be familiar with Final Cut or similar editing software
*Own or have excellent access to video and editing equipment. Provide list of equipment.
* Work at a location of their choosing, and have their own equipment, computer and high-speed internet access
* Be able to be online and using Skype chat and VoIP when working
* Have a passion for producing video topics related to art, antiques, and collectibles
* Be dependable and able to manage their own time
* Have experience shooting video, editing video for the web

WorthPoint is seeking passionate, hard-working people who want to help us change the way the world values and appreciates art, antiques, and collectibles. Interested in producing for WorthPoint? First, make sure that you meet the criteria above. Then email your resume, writing samples, compensation requirements, and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Content Producer". In your cover letter please tell us why you think you are a fit and for each bullet point in the "Requirements" list (above), explain how you meet the requirement.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Writers

WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com) is a new entrepreneurial company that is changing the world of art, antiques, and collectibles. We are looking for English language writers who are able to write, and write well (!), on a variety of topics related to art, antiques, and collectibles. This is a position writing for our website and newsletters. Content types required include news summaries, editorials, blogs, research articles, and "how to use the WorthPoint web site" guides. Additional tasks may include editing previously posted content, answering questions in the Help & Support area and then turning the answers into Wiki entries, testing web site beta features, and participating in offsite collectible groups and blogs and singing the praises of WorthPoint. Good spelling and grammar are very important, and writers are expected to write at a reasonable pace. The reference materials for topics will be provided, and only occasionally will writers be asked to perform any significant amount of research.

Writers are expected to meet the following requirements:

* Write on a predictable schedule for a minimum of ten hours a week
* Be familiar with a word processing program with spelling and grammar checkers
* Work at a location of their choosing, and have their own computer and internet access
* Be able to be online and using Skype chat and VoIP when working
* Have a passion for writing on various topics related to art, antiques, and collectibles
* Be dependable and able to manage their own time
* Have experience blogging
* Participate in social networking sites - Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc

WorthPoint is seeking passionate, hard-working people who want to help us change the way the world values and appreciates art, antiques, and collectibles. Interested in writing for WorthPoint? First, make sure that you meet the criteria above. Then email your resume, writing samples, compensation requirements, and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Writer". In your cover letter please tell us why you think you are a fit and for each bullet point in the "Requirements" list (above), explain how you meet the requirement.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WorthPoint - Auction & Events Writer

WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com) is a new entrepreneurial company that is changing the world of art, antiques, and collectibles. We are looking for people who shoot photos and are able to write, and write well (!) to attend auctions and events in their area. This is a freelance opportunity writing for our website and newsletters.

Writers are expected to meet the following requirements:

* Write, shoot and post a blog within 24 hours of attending an event
* Be competent using a digital camera
* Be familiar with a word processing program with spelling and grammar checkers
* Work at a location of their choosing, and have their own computer, digital camera and internet access
* Be able to be online and using Skype chat and VoIP when working
* Have a passion writing on various topics related to art, antiques, and collectibles
* Be dependable and able to manage their own time
* Have experience blogging
* Participate in social networking sites - Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.
* Know the schedule for an attend auctions and events in their area

WorthPoint is seeking passionate, hard-working people who want to help us change the way the world values and appreciates art, antiques, and collectibles. Interested in writing for WorthPoint? First, make sure that you meet the criteria above. Then email your resume, writing samples, compensation requirements, and cover letter to jobs@worthpoint.com with a subject line of "Auction & Events Writer". In your cover letter please tell us why you think you are a fit and for each bullet point in the "Requirements" list (above), explain how you meet the requirement.

WorthPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.