I got an email yesterday about an upcoming startup tech talent fair. The info:

Looking for a Boston-area Startup Job?

If you’d like to talk with Boston-area startups looking to hire, this event may be good for you.

One Email Tip

Quick question: When is this event?

Looking at the email I received, you wouldn’t know. If you’re trying to get companies to sponsor your event, it helps to tell them when the event is taking place. While that information is available by clicking on the registration link, why should I have to go to your site to find out the date of the event? Additionally, the copy tells me that I can register at the provided link. I don’t want to register since I don’t know when the event is.

In the past few weeks I’ve been hearing from a few recruiters and HR people from startups that are looking to fill startup marketing jobs. <shameless plug>Since I run the Boston-area Startup Marketing Meetup </shameless plug> I’ve been sending emails to the entire group whenever I hear of a job.

A few issues with that:

• Not everyone in the group is interested in hearing about startup marketing job openings
• Those that aren’t interested might unsubscribe from the group so they stop hearing about the openings
• It feels kind of spammy

So I came up with an idea. Okay, two ideas.

1. StartupMarketingJobs.com – It’s a quick and dirty job board using Jobberbase that I’ve set up to post jobs that are strictly related to startup marketing. The site is incredibly slow and only has a handful of jobs on it right now, but it’s brand new.

2. A Mailing List – Retro as all hell, I’ve set up a mailing list. If you want to be notified when a new startup marketing job is available (or posted), send me an email at nathan (at) startupmarketingjobs.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line, and I’ll let you know when I hear about a new job opening.

A couple of quick notes:

1. I won’t share your email address with anyone.
2. I’m only going to use this list to send emails when I hear about an opening that is relevant.
3. A giraffe’s heart is 2 feet long and weighs about 25 pounds.
4. If you’re a recruiter or are from a company looking to hire for a startup marketing position, email me at nathan (at) startupmarketingjobs.com and I’ll post your job on the site. It won’t cost you anything.

TLDR; I’ve been hearing about open startup marketing jobs. If you want to hear about them, send me an email or check out the site.

Just learned about these this week, and thought I’d share. (From the job posts on the two respective sites…not my own wording)

Maketing Coordinator

Nasuni is looking for a creative, energetic and enthusiastic candidate to join its marketing team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and growing technology start-up and directly contributing to the growth and success of the company.

The marketing coordinator will help manage lead generation and advertising programs, create marketing collateral (including videos), update website pages, track and analyze progress, and more. This is an ideal position for someone with a few years of marketing experience, looking to make an impact while advancing a career in marketing. If you are a driven, creative and energetic individual with strong organizational skills, attention to detail and interest in marketing and technology, we want to talk to you!

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and manage marketing campaigns, from the beginning to the end, including vendor selection, negotiation, design and implementation across online mediums such as banner ads, email campaigns, social media ads, etc.
• Create and write marketing collaterals and ad copy, create and edit HTML emails, track and report metrics
• Work with salesforce.com and our marketing automation tools to manage and nurture leads
• Use analytics tools to track website and leads statistics and regularly report on progress of all marketing programs
• Create, maintain and update website pages on a continuous basis as needed
• Maintain a line of communication between Nasuni and potential customers by monitoring and responding to comments, updating Nasuni’s social media outlets, creating a relationship with bloggers, etc.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing
• Minimum 2 years of experience in marketing
• Experience with vendors and marketing lead generation programs is a plus
• Strong analytical and organizational skills; Extremely detail oriented and creative
• Proven ability to develop effective and high quality written marketing material
• Comfortable with online tools. A fast learner for a variety of tools.
• Experience with salesforce.com is a nice to have
• Basic knowledge of HTML
• Able to work independently with little direction
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills. Excellent listening skills
• Flexibility: able to perform a wide range of tasks and change focus quickly. Adapt to varying business needs
• Effectiveness: able to work fast and under pressure to deliver the projects on time.

Please send your resume and a sample of previous marketing material you created to jobs@nasuni.com.

Online Marketing Manager

neoSaej is the Burlington MA-based online product company with an innovative technology that opens new frontiers in online marketplaces. We are an exciting startup looking for a hands-on Online Marketing Manager to develop, implement and maintain our paid search and display advertising programs. This is position is for someone with excellent analytical skills and a demonstrated passion for internet marketing. The successful candidate will also have experience measurably increasing qualified traffic at a positive ROI. The candidate’s success will be measured by quantifiable improvements in traffic, visitor conversion and overall monetization.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the execution of online search marketing, and display advertising strategy which includes exploring and testing new online channels to generate qualified visitors while meeting cost-per-acquisition targets.
• Work with marketing, design, and engineering to deploy lead generation campaigns across multiple media channels.
• Manage, measure and optimize site conversion and monetization.
• Design and manage web analytics, A/B split testing, and multivariate testing.
• Maximize revenue per visitor from various channels including SEO, PPC, Affiliates/Partners.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of direct-to-consumer online marketing ideally with experience in the creation, implementation and measurement of customer acquisition campaigns across a variety of online channels, including organic and paid search, email, and social media.
• Deep understanding of CPA, CPL, CPM SEM, SEO, CPC and PPC.
• Proven track record with search marketing and/or display advertising.
• Passionate about maximizing website conversion and monetization.
• Experience with Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer is a plus.
• Bachelors degree in a related discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Economics or Business. Masters degree or MBA is a plus.

The Online Marketing Manager (OMM) will play a leading role in crafting MoneyAise’s online & social media marketing strategy, manage its execution and track its effectiveness. A primary focus of the SMM role will be in the expanding the Company’s consumer outreach via organic search, PPC & Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, ect). You will have the opportunity to operate on both a strategic and tactical level while taking ownership for the Company’s consumer outreach. Expertise in creation of social media strategy is of particular interest for this role.

Please send your resume to careers@neosaej.com

Well this is kind of awesome. The first job post here on marketingstartups.com, and it’s for a marketing job at Aprigo. So if you (or someone you can recommend) are the person I’m describing in the following job description, get in touch with me at marketing@aprigo.com ASAP.

Here’s the listing:

The ideal candidate was born to thrive in a startup environment and thinks that ridiculous deadlines, endless “to-do” lists, and huge challenges are the reasons to wake up in the morning. If you’re all for committees, task forces, long meetings, corporate buzzwords, strict job responsibilities and no pressure….well, this won’t be for you.

We’re building a marketing machine to bring in highly qualified leads for our product, which is aimed at IT Managers in mid-market companies, and we’re looking for just the right person to help us fuel it. Some of the requirements include:

• Energy- Yeah, we know. Every job listing asks for an “energetic self starter”, but we mean it.
• Writing- This is HUGE. This job requires mad writing skills.
• Motivation- The whole “not my job” thing doesn’t fly here, as we’re all trying to make our company take off.
• Organization- Program management and organizational skills are arguably the most important aspects of this job. You should be a master of the spreadsheet and help us stay disciplined with all our marketing activities.
• Tech Saavy- We’re a tech startup, so having a strong tech background certainly helps. We’re not necessarily looking for a subject matter expert that knows everything there is to know about storage tiering and data governance. We’re looking for someone that can understand the topics relevant to us and write about them intelligently.

Some of the responsibilities include:

• Product Mktg- Creating collateral to drive sales including whitepapers, data sheets and other product collateral
• Adwords- Creating ads for and managing our Google PPC efforts
• LGP- Managing lead guarantee programs
• Program Mgmt- Organizing integrated marketing programs, scheduling and planning events and owning the marketing calendar
• Outbound mktg- Owning the outbound side of our marketing campaigns including lists, email blasts, etc.
• Co-Marketing- Coming up with creative co-marketing opportunities with complimentary companies
• Email Newsletter- Producing our monthly email newsletter that does not yet exist
• Written Case studies- Writing case studies based on interviews with our customers

If this is you, we want to hear from you ASAP. Email us at marketing@aprigo.com with the following info:

1. Who are you, and what have you done that makes you perfect for this role?
2. Let’s pretend you’ve got the job. Briefly explain your plan of action based on the above responsibilities.
3. What’s a good example of your writing style?
4. Tell us about yourself. What do you like to do? What web sites do you visit on a daily basis? Just give us an idea about who you are (not just bullets on a resume)

Well, you know how they tell you to write about what you’re familiar with? Here goes.

So, a couple of days ago, matchmine shut down. All 50ish of us have been working the phones, sending emails, and talking to friends trying to land our next gigs. Here are some of the tactics I’ve been using to find my next job.

1. Ning- Once the news hit, our CEO set up a matchmine network on Ning.com. The group is by invitation only, so we have a private group allowing us to post resumes, send leads to each other, and post information on search firms, headhunters, etc. Right now, this is our main forum for interaction.

2. LinkedIn- An obvious one, but so far, the best source for finding the next job. As soon as I changed my status on LinkedIn, I started getting notifications from people with opportunities. In addition, linkedin has been great for networking. By writing recommendations for former co-workers and requesting recommendations, we’re able to give potential employers a better idea of what we’re like than we could ever do on a static resume.

3. Twitter- If you’ve got a solid network on twitter, it never hurts to notify your friends that you’re looking for a new position. I wrote a blog post on the company’s closing, and linked to that on twitter. I got some great responses, and at least one solid lead.

4. Startuply- Still want to stay in the startup game? Startuply is a new job board specifically devoted to jobs at startup companies. The Boston-area list is pretty thin and far more technical than I’m looking for, but there are some decent listings there.

5. ReadWriteWeb’s JobWire- It’s brand new, but worth checking out. ReadWriteWeb is using JobThread to run their own startup-focused job board.

6. TechCrunch’s CrunchBoard- TechCrunch uses personalforce to run their tech job board.

7. Facebook- Simply saying that I was looking for a new gig led to several facebook messages from friends and colleagues, some giving decent leads.

8. Mashable’s Job Board-  Though the listings are thin, mashable’s job list has some good filtering, allowing you to search by job type, location, etc.

9. GoBigNetwork- Lists nothing but startup jobs.

10. HotStartupJobs.com- A startup focused job aggregator.

11. StartupAgents.com- A meeting place for startups and applicants to find each other. As a job seeker, you create a profile describing your startup experience, risk level, etc., and invite “agents” to connect with you.

12. Startupers.com- A no-frills job board centered around startups.

13- Your own blog- You know, like I’m doing right now.

These are just a few of the free resources available to those looking to snag a web 2.0 or startup-based gig. Please feel free to post any others you may know of.