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theU.com, New York, NY (Tribeca)

About the Company:
theU.com and sister site collegeOTR (www.collegeOTR.com) are becoming #1 destinations for students worldwide. Our popular web sites host an acclaimed series of MTV-style college videos tours and over 100,000 pieces of user-generated content that provide 17 - 24 YO's with an entertaining perspective on college life. These properties are the foundation of an emerging youth network that has impressive student reach. The work environment is a lot of fun, and the company is young. We're located in beautiful Tribeca in lower Manhattan.

Online Sales Director

Job Summary:
As the Sales Director and member of our growing team, you will be working from our headquarters and reporting the CEO. Primary job functions are selling the CPM inventory on our sites and partner sites. Both agency and direct client sales will be involved. The Sales Director will also manage and work with the Director of Client Services and Traffic Manager.

Essential Responsibilities:
The right candidate has an intimate understanding of the CPM sales environment and industry, plus experience exceeding sales goals and establishing deep relationships with interactive agencies and clients. The Sales Director must also field RFPs, have a superior technical skill-set and be comfortable managing a realistic pipeline report. This is a perfect opportunity for an entrepreneurial self-starter who knows how to navigate a competitive landscape!

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 5+ years experience in NYC Internet sales
• Key agency relationships and existing book of business
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and exceed expectations

To Apply:
Please send your cover letter/resume to [michael@theu.com] with a subject line, "CPM Sales", and include your resume and sales history.

Web Developer

Job Summary:
As a Web Developer and member of our growing team, you will be working from our Tribeca headquarters and reporting the CTO. Primary job functions involve building, maintaining/optimizing and expanding our company web sites as well as developing third party applications.

Essential Responsibilities:
Create new features and brainstorm ways to grow our traffic
Develop Facebook applications
Complete interface design by converting PSDs into XHTML and CSS
Create scripts using PHP, MYSQL
Constant updates to the website and QA, including daily backups and optimization of SQL queries
Clean up / organize code

Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree
2+ years experience with professional web development
Expertise with PHP, SQL, D/HTML/CSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
Experience with Flash is a plus
Experience with Drupal is a plus
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and exceed expectations

To Apply:
Please send your cover letter/resume to [jay@theu.com] with a subject line, "Web Dev - 1a4tdf", and include your best web site work along with a brief description of each project.

We look forward to hearing from you!