Careers

Sugar Inc. is looking for enthusiastic and talented people to join our growing company.

SALES

Sales Account Executive - NYC

Sugar Inc., is looking for an Account Executive in New York to join our growing Sales Team.  

We are seeking a smart, dynamic, creative and passionate candidate who knows the Sugar brand and network. Your responsibilities will include understanding our customer's objectives, building strong relationships with advertising solutions and generating new business. Frequent client travel and visits within your region may be required.

Qualifications:
  • Minimum 3-5 years sales experience selling online advertising including display advertising
  • Passion for the Sugar network sites and target demographic
  • Excellent people skills and relationship building abilities
  • Strong communication skills, both oral and written
  • Quality relationships with leading advertising agencies and national brands
  • Proven track record in achieving sales goals and managing advertising sales opportunities from prospect to signing
  • Experience creating complex, targeted and customized advertising proposals for large customers and agencies
  • Strong analytical skills and business judgment
  • Self-motivator with history of working successfully in a remote office
  • Ability to deliver under pressure while managing multiple tasks
  • Microsoft office and Internet proficiency a must
  • Bachelor's or B.S. degree

Please send a cover letter and resume to salesjobs@sugarinc.com. This is full time position working from our NYC office. No phone calls please.


EDITORIAL

SavvySugar Associate Editor

Sugar Inc., is looking for a life management guru to join our SavvySugar team as an Associate Editor. If you genuinely enjoy managing your money, stay on top of finance news and how it affects women, find yourself dispensing career advice to pals, are constantly coming up with better ways to organize your life, and have a background in journalism, finance or HR then we'd love to meet you.

Responsibilities:
  • Research and write multiple posts each day for SavvySugar.com on the topics of money management, career advice, and organizing one's life
  • Spearhead the site's marketing efforts
  • Collaborate with other Sugar staffers on daily content and weekly/monthly editorial calendars
  • Closely follow career and finance news
  • Search, select and edit images to accompany stories
  • Respond to reader inquires and update site as needed

Required Qualifications:
  • 3-5 years experience in writing/editing/blogging, o-line publishing or related field (required)
  • A background in finance, Human Resources or journalism preferred
  • A knowledge of online media
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to turn around tight, witty, accurate copy while meeting daily deadlines
  • HTML and Photoshop skills preferred

Please submit a resume along with an email describing why you think you'd be the perfect fit for Sugar Inc. and SavvySugar to savvyjob@sugarinc.com. This job is full time and onsite in San Francisco. No phone calls please.


ENGINEERING

Web Application UI Engineer

Sugar Inc. seeks a talented Web Engineer with experience creating layouts using HTML/CSS and Ajax. You care as much about the look and flow of a site as you do about the details of implementation. You brainstorm, mock-up and iterate on design, and then implement to the point of pixel perfection. You have in-depth knowledge of the differences between IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Safari and Chrome and plenty of experience building beautiful and elegantly designed sites that work across all these browsers. You know what sites you like and why, and can point to sites that you have brought to market. You enjoy working with a great team of developers in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement Web 2.0 features for out very popular websites.
  • Implement server-side components to these features using php5 and drupal.
  • Evolve feature and site ideas into well-structured architectural components.
  • Engage in design reviews with team members, partners, and users.

Qualifications:
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Minimum 3 years experience building and shipping web applications.
  • Experience programming in JAVA, PHP (5 preferred) or equivalent web application language.
  • Experience with CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, AJAX (Prototype/Scriptaculous a plus)
  • Experience with SQL and relational database structures
  • Knowledge of HTTP protocol
  • Knowledge of Drupal Content Management Platform a plus
Please send a resume along with an email to webjobs@sugarinc.com describing why you think you'd be the perfect fit for Sugar Inc. This job is full time and on site in San Francisco. No phone calls please.
Sugar Inc. is an online media network focused on creating the richest, most relevant online community for trendsetting, passionate and smart women. The company owns and operates ShopStyle and the Sugar Network, which includes the insanely additive flagship website, PopSugar as well as BellaSugar, BuzzSugar, YumSugar, FitSugar, GeekSugar, CasaSugar, TeamSugar, SavvySugar and FabSugar, the 2007 People's Choice Webby winner for Fashion. Sugar is backed by world-class venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.

Software Engineer - iPhone

 

ShopStyle, a division of Sugar Inc., is looking for a full-time software developer.

We're looking for a senior engineer with a passion for User Interface, who will build new features for our iPhone app, ShopStyle Mobile. Our app has received great reviews and comments from users, and we've also built versions for major retail partners like Old Navy and Banana Republic. And we're just getting warmed up! You'll be a part of a small engineering team, working in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities:
  • Engage in UI design and review with team members, marketing and partners
  • Build UI and application logic in our app using Objective-C and the iPhone SDK
  • Participant in product definition with other groups in the company and partners.

There will also be opportunities to contribute to the JAVA API service that supports the iPhone client.

 

Requirements:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Minimum 3 years experience with the iPhone SDK or writing Cocoa applications, including extensive UI programming
  • Mastery of core area of iPhone programming such as memory management and asynchronous programming
  • Strong skills in designing innovative UI solutions
  • Minimum 5 years experience in commercial application programming
  • Experience with client-server application architectures

To apply, please submit a resume (plain text, html or pdf) along with an email to webjobs@sugarinc.com with "iPhone engineer" in the subject. This position is located in downtown San Francisco.

 

ShopStyle.com is a fast-growing and profitable website with over 4 million monthly visitors, featuring fashion-oriented shopping and community content across the US and Europe. Sugar Inc, is an online media network focused on creating the richest, most relevant online community for trendsetting, passionate and smart woman.

 

 

Software Engineer - iPhone & Server

 

ShopStyle, a division of Sugar Inc., is looking for a full-time software developer.

We're looking for an engineer who will build new features for our iPhone app, ShopStyle Mobile. Our app has received great reviews and comments from users, and we've also built versions for major retail partners like Old Navy and Banana Republic. And we're just getting warmed up! You'll be a part of a small engineering team, working in a fast-moving startup environment.

 

Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement features for our app. You'll be contributing to both the Objective-C  client app and the underlying Java API service.
  • Participant in product definition with other groups in the company and partners.

Requirements:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Minimum 2 years Java programming experience creating commercial web sites
  • Experience with the iPhone SDK or writing Cocoa applications
  • Experience with relational databases

Ideally you also have experience with one or more of the following:

  • Client-server application architectures
  • User interface design and implementation
  • AJAX programming techniques
  • Hibernate or other ORM frameworks

To apply, please submit a resume (plain text, html or pdf) along with an email to webjobs@sugarinc.com with "iPhone engineer" in the subject. This position is located in downtown San Francisco.

 

ShopStyle.com is a fast-growing and profitable website with over 4 million monthly visitors, featuring fashion-oriented shopping and community content across the US and Europe. Sugar Inc, is an online media network focused on creating the richest, most relevant online community for trendsetting, passionate and smart woman.

 

 

JAVA Software Developer

 

ShopStyle, a division of Sugar Inc., is looking for a full-time JAVA software developer.

You will help drive the design and launch of new web applications to serve our core market of fashion consumers, retailers and partners. We work with hundreds of retailers and partners to serve a monthly audience of millions of visitors to build the best shopping experience on the web. You'll be a part of small engineering team, working in a fast-moving startup environment.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Build and enhance Java-based web applications from the front end to the business and data layers
  • Participate in product definition with groups across the company
Requirements:
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Minimum 5 years Java programming experience creating commercial web sites
  • Experience with html, css and javascript development
  • Experience with relational databases

Ideally you also have experience with one or more of the following:

  • User interface design and implementation
  • AJAX programming techniques
  • Hibernate or other ORM frameworks
  • Tapestry or other application frameworks
  • Lucene or other search frameworks

To apply, please submit a resume (plain text, html or pdf) along with an email to webjobs@sugarinc.com with "ShopStyle engineer" in the subject. This position is located in downtown San Francisco.

 

ShopStyle.com is a fast-growing and profitable website with over 4 million monthly visitors, featuring fashion-oriented shopping and community content across the US and Europe. Sugar Inc, is an online media network focused on creating the richest, most relevant online community for trendsetting, passionate and smart woman.

 

 

JAVA Software Developer

 

ShopStyle, a division of Sugar Inc., is looking for a full-time JAVA software developer.

You will help drive the design and launch of new web applications to serve our core market of fashion consumers, retailers and partners. We work with hundreds of retailers and partners to serve a monthly audience of millions of visitors to build the best shopping experience on the web. You'll be a part of small engineering team, working in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and enhance Java-based web applications from the front end to the business and data layers
  • Participate in product definition with groups across the company

Requirements:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Minimum 2 years Java programming experience creating commercial web sites
  • Experience with html, css and javascript development

Ideally you also have experience with one or more of the following:

  • User interface design and implementation
  • AJAX programming techniques
  • Development frameworks such as Hibernate, Tapestry or Lucene

To apply, please submit a resume (plain text, html or pdf) along with an email to webjobs@sugarinc.com with "ShopStyle engineer" in the subject. This position is located in downtown San Francisco.

 

ShopStyle.com is a fast-growing and profitable website with over 4 million monthly visitors, featuring fashion-oriented shopping and community content across the US and Europe. Sugar Inc, is an online media network focused on creating the richest, most relevant online community for trendsetting, passionate and smart woman.