Work at Digg
Digg's growing like a weed. If you can throw a Nerf football deep through the office without destroying anyone's laptop or spilling Kevin's tea, perhaps you're right for one of our current jobs. We offer access to all sorts of great benefits and a fine workspace in San Francisco's Potrero Hill. Check out the positions below. If you think you've got what it takes (cue "Groove Is In The Heart"), apply to join us at Digg by sending your resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com.
To all recruitment agencies: Digg does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job postings, our employees or any other company location. Digg is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Benefits of working at Digg
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage generously subsidized at a rate of 85% for employees and their dependents. We offer 7 different design options administered by 2 preferred insurance carriers.
- Paid life and disability insurance
- 401K Savings Plan
- 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) annually
- 11 paid company holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts for qualified medical/dental care, dependent care, and transportation expenses
- Monthly Wellness/Gym Company Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Program
- Breakfasts twice a week, fresh fruit and all the tea you can drink
- The Digg Dugg machine in the kitchen!
Jobs
Integration Developer
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Digg is looking for an Integration Developer with experience developing applications for the web and supporting technical users. You'll assist partners with integration challenges and take the lead in improving communication with developers and integrators and expanding support resources.
- Responsibilities
- Learn from some of the brightest minds in the PHP, design and operations communities:
- Work with Digg's partners across the web to integrate our buttons, widgets and tools
- Develop new widgets, plugins, and demo applications
- Support developers creating client applications and integrations with Digg's growing API
- Represent Digg directly in support forums and other channels
- Communicate feedback to internal developers to help improve our products
- Qualifications
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- 3+ years developing applications for the web
- 2+ years with PHP/MySQL/Apache strongly preferred
- Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Knowledge of internet communication protocols, languages and patterns (e.g. HTTP, Web Services / SOAs, XML, REST, AJAX)
- Experience with public APIs (Twitter, Flickr, Last.fm) and application platforms (Facebook, MySpace, OpenSocial) preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working directly with technical and nontechnical clients preferred
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar/relevant field preferred
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Senior Web Application Developer
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Digg is looking for a Senior Web Application Developer with plenty of PHP, MySQL and large scale website development experience. You'll be working on a variety of projects - adding new cool functionality to digg.com and scaling the site to meet our ever increasing traffic.
- Responsibilities
- Learn from some of the brightest minds in the PHP, design and operations communities:
- Play with Memcache, Gearman, Mogile, PEAR, etc. in a high volume environment
- Create and contribute to open source projects while you work on high traffic and scalability problems at Digg.
- Facilitate communication within business, quality, product and technical teams
- Lead code reviews
- Help enforce and refine development practices
- Mentor other developers
- Assist in feasibility analysis and estimation
- Communicate status and escalate issues.
- Qualifications
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- 8+ years experience in Web development
- 3+ with PHP/MySQL/Apache
- Solid experience with version control, JavaScript, CSS and OO programming
- Knowledge of Git, Python, Memcache, SOA, PEAR, and JSON is a plus
- Knowledge of PHPUnit and test-driven development desirable
- Knowledge of microformats and open standards are nice to have
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar/relevant field preferred
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Learn from some of the brightest minds in the PHP, design and operations communities:
- Responsibilities
- Work in small agile teams
- Help define and build high-performance, high-availability web infrastructure
- Work with business, quality, product and technical teams
- Create and contribute to open source projects while you work on high traffic and scalability problems
- 6+ years experience in Web development
- Solid understanding of scalable and performant web architectures.
- Extensive experience with PHP, Java and Python (C and Erlang desirable).
- Knowledge of non relational database architectures e.g. Cassandra, HBase, Hypertable, Dynomite. Did you read the BigTable paper?
- Experience with caching strategies (Memcache etc), SOA, Thrift, REST, Hadoop & "messaging with RabbitMQ".
- Agile, test-driven development experience desirable (XP/Scrum).
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar/relevant field preferred
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Director of Human Resources
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Responsibilities
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Due to our expansion, we are looking for a Director of Human Resources. The Director of HR is a hands-on strategic thinker, who understands how to develop human capital, instill strong cultural values, and manage year over year growth. The Director of HR will possess strong analytical capabilities and be responsible for driving all HR efforts including: recruiting, onboarding, training and development, employee relations, compensation issues and benefits. The role requires a business-oriented, experienced Director, who recognizes changing market dynamics and can execute an effective HR strategy. It also requires an individual who can establish a results and performance based culture while infusing an appropriate level of process and prioritization.We are not working with agencies on this position, and we are not liable for unsolicited resumes from agencies. To ensure your resume reaches the hiring manager, please apply directly to our website. All applicants receive notifications of their status for the position. Responsibilities:
- Develop strategic initiatives that have a substantial impact on the company’s success overall, while evaluating the impact of decisions on the employee population.
- Build credibility with senior management and provide guidance on all HR matters.
- Translate strategic corporate business plans into HR strategic and operational plans.
- Design new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in the efficiency of the HR function.
- Analyze companywide and business unit trends and make recommendations to the appropriate organizations based on these results.
- Drive organizational development issues for the company (i.e., Rewards & Recognition programs in response to data provided in the employee satisfaction survey.)
- Manage HRIS system and processes.
- Serve as the HR generalist in support of all functions across the company.
- Manage staffing initiatives including the integration of total rewards, performance management and the succession planning processes.
- Provide guidance on compensation and benefits issues as needed.
- Manage relationships and contract processes with external vendors and contractors as required.
- Manage the budget process for HR.
- Additional responsibilities as requested.
- Bachelors degree, or equivalent, from a competitive institution.
- At least 8 years experience in the high tech industry with 5 years in a senior management position.
- Experience in larger organizations of 500-plus employees.
- Demonstrated success in a start-up environment.
- Proven track record of driving business results through the HR function.
- Strong track record of building and hiring a world-class HR team.
- Proven track record in a generalist function within a corporate HR organization, where innovation and entrepreneurial ideas are utilized.
- Exceptional interpersonal, communication and influencing skills as well as strong project management skills
- Demonstrated success in developing and leading HR program initiatives through implementation.
- Strong project management skills
- Hands on knowledge of HRIS, compensation, benefits, best practices and effective benchmarking.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to effectively interact with and influence senior management.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Sr. Product Manager
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Digg is looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to help oversee various components of the Digg site. Reporting to the Director of Product, this position requires a product visionary that enjoys leading cross-functional teams through a collaborative process of new feature development and site optimization.
- Responsibilities
- The ideal candidate has a personal passion for Web technologies and a desire to develop community-driven solutions for the discovery and distribution of information.We are looking for someone who is organized, agile, and effective at delivering product initiatives on time and in scope. You should enjoy analyzing user activity in order to understand the desires and behaviors of the Digg community and using this insight to develop highly effective site features. You must have a proven ability to lead teams through complex initiatives, with successful results.
- Qualifications
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- Develop long-term strategic plans for the success of various areas of the Digg product, drawing from Web analytics, community insights, and market research
- Work with the Design, Development, Marketing, and Business Development teams to define marketing requirements and functional specifications for specific project initiatives
- Meticulously think through every aspect of the user experience, putting users' needs and expectations first in the definition of requirements
- Identify, collect, and analyze key site performance and business metrics and use this data to support the prioritization and definition of project initiatives
- Manage timelines, deliverables, and requirements for projects so that they launch on time and in scope
- Gather new ideas for site features by tapping into the Digg community, actively monitoring channels for feedback
- Track, organize, and prioritize product bugs
- Monitor and analyze product development initiatives of key competitors
- Explore product implications of new business and partnership opportunities
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Senior Director of Marketing
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Founded in 2004 and backed by top-tier investors, Digg has grown to nearly 40 million monthly unique visitors and is the leading online news site in the world. Digg is a recognized pioneer in the social media space, is well-funded, and is continuing to expand and grow all areas of the business
- Responsibilities
- We are currently seeking a world class Senior Director of Marketing to drive Digg’s marketing efforts. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, this leadership position requires an individual capable of building innovative programs that deliver measurable results, as well as managing and growing a high performance team. The ideal candidate will be proactive, flexible and have a strong online consumer marketing background. S/he should have a deep understanding of online media and the social web, with experience managing large online communities. This savvy and scrappy marketer will work effectively within a team environment and be comfortable operating in a highly self-directed manner. Responsibilities:
- Create innovative, efficient, and measurable programs to aggressively drive Digg’s user growth and retention
- Manage existing marketing team, develop organization plan, and define group MBOs.
- Lead Digg’s brand management including long-range marketing strategy, consumer segmentation model, and program tactics to achieve company objectives
- Create and execute demand generation programs including email marketing, SEM/SEO activities, and co-marketing partnerships
- Develop publishing partner and trade marketing programs
- Manage events and collaborate closely with PR team
- Manage and grow Digg’s community team
- Own Digg’s ongoing external communications development including website copy, collateral, and corporate presentations
- Manage analytics and market research activities functions, including quantitative analysis, focus groups, consumer surveys, and secondary research to help define product strategy and deliver business insights to key internal stakeholders
- Analyze competitive products and incorporate strategies to stay ahead of competition
- Minimum 8 years experience in consumer marketing, with at least 5 years in the online media industry in a management capacity
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute marketing strategies, with measurable and consistent results
- MBA in Marketing or equivalent a strong plus
- Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated management skills with a track record of building high performance internal teams and developing effective external relationships
- Strong work ethic with flexibility to take on new responsibilities as priorities change
- Comfortable in shifting quickly between strategic and tactical modes of work
- Deep understanding and use of analytics and business cases to drive decisions
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Sr. Director of Public Relations
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Digg is looking for a Sr. Director of Public Relations to develop and drive PR strategies and tactics for Digg. This position provides the opportunity to play a key role in increasing Digg's media exposure and positioning the brand. S/he will develop strategic plans, proactively drive communications, and secure media placements and speaking opportunities.
- Responsibilities
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- Own strategic and day-to-day management for communication programs, press, speaking engagements and messaging
- Drive positive coverage in the business, advertising trade, technology and consumer press
- Develop and drive PR goals and objectives, plans, budgets and timelines (work closely with the PR agency)
- Ability to craft compelling messaging through understanding product and business direction
- Develop and execute promotional events and activities
- Create speaking engagement plan, target speaking opportunities at relevant conferences and events
- Educate community, analysts, journalists and bloggers about Digg
- Assess ROI of PR programs (own and report out on a monthly/quarterly scorecard)
- Communicate across all levels of the organization
- Travel with senior executives
- Qualifications
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- 10-12 years of public relations experience (both agency and in-house preferred)
- Exceptional writing, editing and verbal skills
- Strong exiting media relations and experience working with new media outlets (i.e. blogs, podcasts, bloggers and industry influencers)
- BA/BSA degree in journalism, liberal arts, communications or equivalent
- Demonstrated creative and innovative thinking, with experience working on non-traditional programs (viral, guerilla, events, word of month)
- Previous experience working on Web and technology related areas
- Master of grammar and AP style guidelines, with strong attention to detail
- Experience developing and pitching trend and feature stories
- Strong agency relationship skills
- Keen understanding of branding and knack for developing compelling messaging
- Bias to action and ability to think and communicate strategically Strong project management, leadership and decision making skills
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Administrative Assistant-Sales and Marketing
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- We are looking for an exceptional Administrative Assistant based in San Francisco to play a key role in supporting the company’s Sales and Marketing teams. Working in a fun and fast-paced environment, you will need a positive attitude and individual initiative, combined with a strong customer focused approach.
- Responsibilities
- Requirements
- 2-5 years experience as an Administrative Assistant supporting a sales or marketing executive/team
- Salesforce experience desired
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Personable and able to work as a team player
- Flexible in day-to-day activities
- College degree desired
- Coordinate customer sales and marketing meetings
- Manage sales/marketing expense reports
- Make travel arrangements for sales and marketing
- Manage calendars (PTO / OOO)
- Back-up support for Executive Administrator of CRO and CSO
- Order lunches, supplies, and provide back-up for other Administrative Assistants as necessary
- Plan and manage quarterly and yearly sales/marketing meetings (scheduling locations/resources/travel and managing time schedules)
- Post items on our internal intranet (i.e. presentations,department happenings, pr events)
- Process Digg store orders, maintain swag supplies for sales and marketing
- Day-to-day involvement with Salesforce to manage pipeline and forecasts
- Assist Office Manager in planning department events, team-lunches/dinners, off-sites, etc.
- Maintain Salesforce database
- Monthly client newsletter for Sales (involves searching Digg for relevant stories pertaining to individual clients)
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Director, East Coast Sales
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — New York, NY, United States
- Description
- Due to our expansion, we are looking for an exceptional Director, East Coast Sales based in New York to play a key role in growing the company’s advertising revenue. Reporting to Digg’s Head of Sales, the successful candidate has a proven track record in consistently delivering strong year over year revenue growth in direct online sales as well as driving innovative ad products that are scalable and sustainable from a brand, revenue, and user experience perspective.
- Responsibilities
- The ideal candidate should come with established relationships and be able to hit the ground running to close new sales of integrated sponsorships, grow existing client relationships for repeat sales, and hit quarterly target revenue quotas. This position requires strong experience with front-line interactive sales as well as management, operational and organizational skills. This person must be a team player and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that strives for excellence.
- Lead direct sales of online advertising to East coast clientele to meet Digg’s revenue goals.
- Develop sales plans, metrics, goals, and revenue forecasts and budgets.
- Become an expert on the Digg audience, brand, site experience and product roadmap to create a compelling and credible selling proposition to agencies and clients.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders including ad operations, finance, product management, and business development to assure execution and optimization of commitments and unlock new opportunities.
- Manage the sales process including prospecting, the RFP process, inventory planning, campaign adjustments, and post-mortems.
- Develop capabilities to drive analysis on advertising results for internal, agency and client use.
- Create original ideas and solutions that balance the needs of the client while maintaining a world-class user experience.
- Cultivate senior-level relationships with brand advertisers and ad agency executives.
- Qualifications
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- Proven record that includes 5+ years in interactive ad sales, large-account sales, and sales program management.
- BA/BS degree, preferably from a leading institution. Advanced degree a plus.
- Proven capacity to enhance revenue and margins, year over year.
- Demonstrated ability to think, to act and to lead strategically while managing the execution of the sales process.
- Established relationships with agencies and advertising client decision makers.
- Ability to compile and analyze performance data and metrics.
- Strong passion and understanding of social content, online advertising, interactive marketing trends and brand building.
- Strong strategic and tactical skills, as well as technical skills to understand the online advertising and e-commerce market in order to create demand and generate revenues.
- Strong organizational skills, entrepreneurial approach, proactive business style, excellent communication and presentation skills.
- A verifiable track record of selling online advertising sponsorships from conception to execution. Must have established client contacts and relationships that will accelerate revenue growth.
- Flexibility to travel to meet with agencies and clients.
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Sr. Manager, Business Development – Channel Strategy
- Job Type and Location
- Full-Time — San Francisco, CA, United States
- Description
- Digg is one of the largest social media companies in the world with over 37 Million monthly unique visitors, and is committed to changing the way the world interacts with news and content. With the launch of its Digg Ads Platform, the company is taking a leadership position in the monetization of social media websites. This position will be part of the business development group which manages all the companies external relationships including distribution and revenue.
- Responsibilities
- Manage the company’s channel advertising strategy, including key relationships with Microsoft and others. Includes day-to-day relationship management of remnant display, mobile, search and RSS partnerships.
- Ensure key revenue, performance and other metrics are being met or exceeded, and proactively develop action plans for improvement when they are not.
- Work with the sales and sales operations teams to analyze revenue partnerships and optimize eCPM yield.
- Work with the company’s publishing partners to identify new joint revenue opportunities and execute on those opportunities by leading cross-functional teams internally.
- Help define new revenue streams for Digg and for Digg’s publisher partners.
- 5-7+ years of experience in the digital media industry with proven expertise in online advertising
- Partner management or business development experience in the context of an ad sales environment
- A proven leader who can think strategically but execute tactically marshalling cross-functional resources
- Strong analytical skills, including financial modeling and forecasting
- Excellent presentation, written, and overall communication skills.
- Drive to succeed in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
- Experience driving results through indirect organizations structures and proven ability to break down roadblocks with creative solutions
- Moderate travel required
- BA/BS degree required, advanced degree preferred
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Digg is looking for creative and innovative individuals who will be passionate about being a part of our continued growth. Growing a business is exciting and rewarding, yet it also requires dedication and hard work. From time to time, extended evening and weekend hours will be necessary. Most employees must be able to work for long periods of time on a computer, and all employees must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Digg, of course, is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified disabled applicants and employees so they can perform the essential functions of a job. Digg requests that employees and applicants identify any accommodations that they may need in order to fulfill the essential duties that may be asked of them.
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