Open positions

Please note that all positions require that you can speak and write fluent english and be able to commute to New York City's west side.

• Web Designer
• Backend Developer
• Application Developer
• Head of Sales
• Copywriter (aka "the Voice of Vimeo")

Web + Graphic Designer

This is a position on the Design/UX team, responsible for maintaining the visual design and the user interface of one of the most acclaimed sites on the Web. This person will also be responsible for handling all graphic design for Vimeo's on/offline events and collateral.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the director of user experience and/or senior web designer on all design projects
• Produce all web and offline designs for Vimeo from prototype concepts to mock-ups and final design (quick and dirty mock ups for early design discussion + final design mock ups from wireframes and sketches)
• Become a point person for managing all Vimeo design assets online and offline
• Maintain the overall design standards, integrity and consistency for Vimeo brand across platforms and devices
• Create individual brand identities for each new Vimeo product and feature, including color palettes, logos, and marketing materials
• Work closely with the ad sales team to provide any creative support for online and print marketing collaterals

Skills

• 2+ Years working in web design
• Expert proficiency with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and other web design tools
• High proficiency with HTML and CSS required
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates a keen eye for user interface design and problem solving through web design
• An unhealthy obsession with design consistency across the entire web site
• Serious creative chops that will knock us off our feet with originality and imagination
• An understanding of the design related issues surrounding large-volume websites
• An innate understanding of human-computer interaction and user flow
• A desire to be personally responsible for maintaining the design integrity of a highly dynamic and constantly evolving web site
• A preoccupation with staying on top of web design trends and the latest techniques

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Backend Developer

This is a position on the Development team, responsible for developing and maintaining Vimeo's backend infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Monitor overall site performance, stability, and health, including being on call for fun stuff like alert handling and disaster recovery
• Improve our LAMP, storage and cloud infrastructures
• Develop internal application services (Beanstalk, Thrift, Solr, stats)
• Work on profiling and optimizing the lowest layers of application code
• Maintain and improve our internal package management system
• Maintain and improve the development environment and release system

Skills

• 5+ years experience working on a high volume website
• Unrivaled proficiency in Linux server administration and LAMP (+ memcached) administration and monitoring
• A deep and abiding love for building scalable, high performance systems
• Fluent in PHP
• Experience with C and scripting using the appropriate language
• Experience with multi-homed websites a major plus
• Experience with EC2/S3 a major plus
• Experience with Puppet or Debian package management a plus
• Experience with Beanstalk or a general object queue a plus
• Experience with Thrift or a high-performance notification system a plus

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Application Developer

This is a position on the Development team, responsible for developing and maintaing the front-end of Vimeo.com

Responsibilities

• Implement major new features and feature improvements
• Identify and solve compatibility issues
• Work closely with the Product and Design/UX team to steadily improve user experience and the feature set
• Work closely with the Backend team to profile and optimize code for performance

Skills

• 2+ years experience working on a high volume website
• Expertise in PHP5, MySQL and memcache required
• Expertise with MVC methodologies required
• Expertise with HTML/CSS experience required
• Expertise with Javascript required, along with experience using a JS framework (we use MooTools)
• Experience with ActiveRecord-style ORM required
• Experience with SPL a major plus
• Experience with Solr/Lucene a major plus
• Comfortable working with in a CLI environment
• A history of working on modern web applications
• An unhealthy obsession with building efficient, clean, and modular code and data structures
• An understanding of the issues surrounding large-volume websites and scalability
• An ability to work seamlessly between client-facing and backend code
• Ingenuity to leverage all the tools at your disposal to eke out every last bit of performance and build the best user experience possible
• A history of working in a cache-heavy environment and an innate understanding of issues surrounding cache
• A desire to be personally responsible for production-level code (and the willingness to answer 3am phone calls to fix your mistakes)
• A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

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Head of Sales

Vimeo is looking for a seasoned digital sales professional to build and lead a team focused on strategic ad sales and sponsorship initiatives. The candidate will be a part of the company's senior team and will play a key role in developing Vimeo's positioning in the digital media space. The person must be an experienced digital seller and strategist who can not only creatively think past traditional boundaries, but also inspire and grow a best-of-class team.

Responsibilities

Sales

• Drive significant revenue growth through ad sales and sponsorship initiatives
• Hire, lead, and manage a 5-6 person ad sales team from account executives to account managers
• Leverage existing high level client or agency relationships to grow revenue
• Identify and develop key strategic relationships/clients relevant to Vimeo's brand and strategy

Strategic Positioning

• Create a vision and develop/execute a sales strategy, plan, targets and tactics that leverage and support the Vimeo business and brand
• Develop immediate and long-term action plan to position Vimeo for significant, sustainable growth

Management

• Build and manage digital ad sales team with ideal attributes to elevate Vimeo brand and achieve/exceed revenue goals
• Collaborate with other members of senior team on strategic direction and implementation
• Oversee and manage all ad sales budgets, projections and other day-to-day operations
• Recruit, develop, grow, and adapt sales team to meet the evolving needs of Vimeo's expanding global business and the changing nature of the digital ad environment

Skills

• 7+ years of online media sales experience, 2+ years managing a team
• Proven track record in leading and motivating sales teams to exceed revenue goals
• Superior understanding of the digital marketing environment
• Possess a deep respect for filmmaking, video, and the creative process
• Superior strategic vision and creative mentality with desire to work in a fast moving, quick changing environment
• Self-starter with the desire to take an entrepreneurial approach to achieving business goals
• Robust contacts/relationships at various levels with clients and agencies
• Demonstrated track record of meeting / exceeding revenue targets and developing / executing sound sales strategies and plans
• Known for a customer-centric, solution-based sales process
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills

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Copywriter (aka "the Voice of Vimeo")

Vimeo is growing and we are looking for our first-ever full time copywriter to join our team. Do you find yourself criticizing less than stellar online copywriting you encounter on daily basis? Does it seem like sites such as Twitter and Tumblr were designed for you, your quick wit and affinity for pithy observations? If you are sitting there, nodding your head yes, then keep reading!

The Job

As a member of our vivacious community team you will be the gatekeeper of the written word for everything Vimeo. You'll let our users know what is new and exciting at Vimeo, how to use our products and develop copy that is witty and friendly, yet to the point.

Responsibilities

• Develop all forward facing copy for Vimeo.com - you'll be working on site copy, newsletters, FAQ's, tech specs/support docs, marketing collateral, brochures and more
• Continue to evolve the "voice" of Vimeo - obsess about consistency of our voice across all copy from our sales one sheets to our festival brochures
• Proactively scour Vimeo.com and continuously edit and improve existing copy
• Own all site copy, test and iterate different messaging and writing styles based on needs and goals
• Partner with the community team on community development as needed

Skills / Experience Required

• 2 + years of copywriting experience in a professional environment
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Familiarity with, and ability to work in, an agile environment
• Experience copywriting for online products (familiarity with developing product descriptions and FAQs)
• Distinct writing voice that is witty but to the point
• Ability to prioritize and work with a wide range of people
• A social media background is a plus
• Enough creativity to make even the dullest instructional copy fun to read

It should go without saying that you will have the following

• Desire to join one of the premier user generated content sites on the web
• Enjoy working in an environment where new ideas are expected and great ideas are incorporated on the site
• Passion for the creative process and the creative community that Vimeo serves
• A love of fun, also known as fun-loving
• The ability to work out of Vimeo's NYC headquarters

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