PopSugar LA Associate Editor

Sugar Inc. is looking for a celebrity and pop culture fanatic to join our PopSugar team as a Los Angeles Associate Editor. If you have relevant writing, interviewing and red carpet experience, devour your celebrity magazines every week, start your day by reading all the gossip blogs and are familiar with the PopSugar voice and brand then we'd love to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Cover and attend celebrity events, maintaining your own calendar and keeping track of all the important dates, names and faces
• Secure celebrity interviews for the PopSugar Network and coordinate with our LA video team
• Research and write multiple posts each day for PopSugar
• Search, select and edit large galleries of images to accompany stories
• Constantly monitor celebrity and pop culture related news
• Collaborate with other PopSugar team members on daily content as well as larger projects
• Evening and weekend work required

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years experience in writing/editing/blogging, on-line publishing or related field (required)
• Experience interviewing celebrities in red carpet and one-on-one scenarios
• A knowledge of online media, especially with respect to celebrity and pop culture
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up 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 popjob@sugarinc.com describing why you think you'd be a prefect fit for Sugar Inc. This job is full time in Los Angeles. No phone calls please.

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, on-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.

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 our 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 women.

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 women.

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 women.

Operations Engineer

Sugar seeks a talented operations engineer who can engage in all aspects of deploying, managing, and scaling a high-traffic environment. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering to coordinate major releases, and have a passion for automation, monitoring, and exceptional troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage our deployment of web applications based on Apache/Lighttpd http servers, PHP and Java app servers, MySQL, and memcache.
• Own scripts and tools for: kickstarting new servers, monitoring deployments, release build and push process.
• Contribute to the long term evolution and scalability of our web sites.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• 3-5 years of Linux/Unix systems administration experience in a 24x7 environment
• Familiarity with troubleshooting tools such as tcpdump, netstat, iostat, vmstat, traceroute
• Fluent in perl, bash, or equivalent scripting languages
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, firewalls, load balancers, and network security
• Experience with monitoring tools such as nagios and ganglia
• Experience managing DNS
• Familiarity with source control tools such as SVN
• Strong communication skills
• Experiencing managing MySQL, Akamai and memcached a plus

Please submit 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 addictive flagship website, PopSugar as well as BellaSugar, BuzzSugar, YumSugar, FitSugar, GeekSugar, CasaSugar, SavvySugar and FabSugar. Sugar is backed by world-class venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.

Promotional Marketing Manager

Sugar inc. is looking for a passionate, results-driven individual to manage our content marketing program. As our Promotional Marketing Manager, you will lead the consumer marketing efforts for our Content division and report to the Director of Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage promotional campaigns to drive traffic to and within Sugar Inc.'s websites and grow email lists
• Concept, implement, promote and fulfill contests and sweepstakes across all sites and through social media outlets
• Direct the deisgn and components of current email campaigns, working with all internal stakeholders to develop requirements, specifications, features and functionality, scheduling, and implemention
• Set up and monitor email marketing programs via email service provider
• Identify new opportunities for email products and steward them through creation and implementation
• Drive social media marketing campaigns and educate editorial staff on best practices
• Work with graphic designers to develop effective designs for promotional materials
• Work with ad traffic group to serve appropriate creative and obtain reporting
• Set benchmarks for key performance criteria and review analytics to measure effectiveness
• Report on performance of marketing campaigns and translate these results into program optimization

Qualifications

• 3+ years online marketing experience
• Knowledge of standard online marketing and advertising terms and concepts
• Experience working on the marketing and/or editorial team of a publishing company a plus
• Experience with email management/delivery system, and strong understanding of email distribution and deliverablity issues
• Solid knowledge of internet technology and applications, email and database marketing infrastructures and the technologies required
• Basic knowldege of Photoshop and HTML
• Strong strategic and critical thinking abilities, written and verbal communication skills, creativity, and the ability to self-direct and be hands on
• Bachelor's degree

The ideal candidate will possess the ability to prioritize and multi-task, communicate will with a variety of departments/functions, be flexible, organized and proactive.

Please submit a resume along with an email to marketingjobs@sugarinc.com describing why you think you would be a perfect fit for Sugar Inc. This job is full time and on site in San Francisco. No phone calls please.