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.
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
Associate Community Manager (UK)
- Effectively communicate with users and answer support emails
- Look for community trends and represent voice of user community
- Monitor site activity to prevent spam and track current events within the community
- Troubleshoot problems in real-time and implement solutions
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and site related features
- Identify and report bugs
- Share knowledge with and provide support to other team members as needed
- Become involved in related community management activities and outreach as the site functionality expands
- College degree (BA/BS) required
- Excellent verbal and written skills, along with customer service orientation
- Experience in a customer service or community moderation role
- Experience working on a social media or social networking website strongly desirable
- Strong understanding of and passion for Digg
- Self motivation and ability to work independently (Must have proof points of being a self starter)
- Working knowledge of RSS and proficiency with Web tools
- Ability to troubleshoot problems and investigate and implement solutions
- Personal passion for technology and social media
- Ability to work well under multiple, time sensitive situations
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/ Business Analyst
- Collection, assessment and distribution of website analytics, aggregating internal and external data sources, publishing standardized reports, creating actionable trend information based on research
- Identify and measure key performance metrics for user behavior and marketing effectiveness (user growth, engagement, abandonment, campaign ROI, segmentation)
- Define business and technical requirements for internal tracking systems (to measure sponsor campaigns, email outreach, Web assets, funnel analysis, etc.)
- Provide weekly and monthly reports and dashboards to include trending, analysis, and recommendations. Present to functional leads and executive teams
- Manage day-today relationships with the Web analytics and online research vendors. Continue to seek out possible vendors whose products will further add value to the department
- Ensure that internal stakeholders have the information required to make informed business, product, marketing and sales decisions. Perform ad hoc business analysis for product, marketing and business development teams
- Develop, maintain and update analytical models to measure the success of marketing initiatives using web-based analytics tools
- Assist in development of business cases and analysis of new features, marketing efforts, and partner campaigns
- Develop and drive traditional market research and work with research vendors to present core metrics
- Play an active role in departmental presentations and decks by gathering necessary statistics, market research and studying industry and competitive trends
- Monitor the quality and integrity of the data in the system and reports being produced. Work with Operations to ensure Web analytics tools and internal data warehouse are working properly
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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User Interface Designer
- Very accomplished CSS and XHTML skills are required
- Experience with subversion, php, and javascript would be great
- A strong portfolio of work with an accompanying description of its strengths and its weaknesses
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Visual Designer
- Take responsibility for developing all visual materials for our advertising, business development and marketing teams.
- When pitching ideas to partners, we often require realistic comps that express ideas in a way the partner will understand. This designer must be able to take and translate feedback into further explorative concepts.
- Examples of projects include advertising and sponsorships, visual prototypes of Digg integrations into other sites, graphic design to support events and presentations, and marketing efforts that appear on Digg and partner sites.
- Projects will often result in static visual materials, but may also include semi- functioning html/css examples and print materials.
- Assist the marketing team in designing convincing presentations.
- Contribute design concepts for the main Digg site and other sites we manage, such as the weblog and Digg Labs. This work will largely focus on incorporating partner material and marketing objectives into the site, but may include broader feature development responsibilities.
- Independently manage many concurrent projects.
- Demonstrated strength in effectively working with external and internal clients on advertising and marketing projects.
- 4+ years experience in a design-specific role with pertinent work to the job description.
- Strong communication skills and able to present ideas effectively to internal and external groups.
- Experience translating advertising and marketing objectives into effective visual concepts and executions.
- Creative problem solving abilities that balance great user experience with partner objectives and feedback.
- CSS and XHTML skills as well as thorough knowledge of web standards.
- Experience with Flash a plus (not required)
- Experience with Subversion, PHP, and Javascript a plus (not required)
- Interactive agency or position in interactive creative department at a company a major plus
- A strong portfolio of work with an accompanying description of its strengths and its weaknesses
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Associate Community Manager (US)
- Effectively communicate with users and answer support emails
- Look for community trends and represent voice of user community
- Monitor site activity to prevent spam and track current events within the community
- Troubleshoot problems in real-time and implement solutions
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and site related features
- Identify and report bugs
- Share knowledge with and provide support to other team members as needed
- Become involved in related community management activities and outreach as the site functionality expands
- College degree (BA/BS) required
- Excellent verbal and written skills, along with customer service orientation
- Experience in a customer service or community moderation role
- Experience working on a social media or social networking website strongly desirable
- Strong understanding of and passion for Digg
- Self motivation and ability to work independently (Must have proof points of being a self starter)
- Working knowledge of RSS and proficiency with Web tools
- Ability to troubleshoot problems and investigate and implement solutions
- Personal passion for technology and social media
- Ability to work well under multiple, time sensitive situations
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Systems Engineering Developer
- Develop software tools and scripts to configure, monitor and maintain our operations services.
- Manage the physical and logical configuration of Debian Linux servers
- Develop and maintain operations procedures for daily maintenance of servers
- Analyze and maintain performance data to optimize the usage of our server systems.
- Bachelors in Computer Science/Information Systems or comparable experience.
- 3 or more years of operations experience at a high volume Web site.
- Experience with Python especially SQLAlchemy and Twisted
- Solid understanding of Unix systems administration
- Experience with Apache, MySQL and PHP
- Proficiency in scripting/programming in any of python, perl, python, C, or C++.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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 Public Relations
- Own strategic and day-to-day management for communication programs, press, speaking engagements and messaging
- Drive positive coverage in the business, technology and consumer press
- Develop and drive PR goals and objectives, plans and timelines (work closely with the PR agency)
- 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
- Occasional travel with senior executives
- 10-12 years of public relations experience (both agency and in-house preferred)
- Exceptional writing, editing and verbal skills
- Strong media relations skills 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 within a fast paced start-up environment
- 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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PHP Internals Developer
- 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
- C/C++ experience
- PECL extension programming experience
- PEAR programming experience
- memcache internals experience a plus
- Ideally 3+ years experience with PHP/MySQL/Apache
- Experience with Subversion, JavaScript, CSS and OO programming are a plus
- Knowledge of Memcache, SOA, JSON are a plus
- 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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Senior Web Developer
- 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.
- 8+ years experience in Web development
- 3+ with PHP/MySQL/Apache
- Solid experience with Subversion, JavaScript, CSS and OO programming
- Knowledge of Memcache, SOA, PEAR, JSON are a plus
- 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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Web Developer
- 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
- 3+ years experience with PHP/MySQL/Apache
- Experience with Subversion, JavaScript, CSS and OO programming are a plus
- Knowledge of Memcache, SOA, PEAR, JSON are a plus
- 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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Product Manager
- Work with the Design, Development, Marketing, and Business Development teams to define requirements and functional specifications for project initiatives
- Meticulously think through every aspect of the user experience, putting users' needs and expectations first in the definition of requirements
- Collect and analyze key site and business metrics and use this data to support the prioritization and definition of project initiatives
- Maintain timelines, deliverables, and requirements for projects so that they launch on time and in scope
- Gather new ideas for site features by reaching out to the Digg community actively monitoring channels for feedback
- Track, organize, and prioritize product bugs
- Monitor product development initiatives of key competitors
- Help explore product implications for new business and partnership opportunities
- Minimum 3 - 5 years of product management experience, preferably in consumer Web-based products
- Passion for analyzing products, customers and market dynamics
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong use of analytics and business cases to drive decisions
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage projects concurrently
- Experience or familiarity with Agile product development methodologies
- Understanding of the technical trade-offs of various Web production technologies
- BA/BS/CS degree; MBA a strong plus
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Project Manager
- Collaborate with Digg's Product Management, Development, and Design teams to scope projects, develop resource estimates, and coordinate resource availability
- Serve as Scrum Master on project Sprints, ensuring that teams are aware of key deliverables and progress is tracked accurately and transparently
- Manage team resource calendars
- Monitor, evaluate and communicate project risks, issues, scope, and timeline and provide guidance accordingly to team members. Ensure project execution occurs successfully during defined timelines
- Coordinate issue resolution with individual task owners during project implementation phase, as needed
- Present routine reviews of high-level projects in progress to senior management
- Lead post-mortems of recently launched projects to surface strengths and areas for improvement. Collaborate with senior management to apply lessons from past projects so as to continually improve our product development processes
- Must be very detail-oriented and possess strong organizational skills
- Ability to work cross-functionality, to proactively identify and resolve roadblocks, and to foster open communication amongst team members
- Proven experience with Scrum or other Agile product development methodologies, as well as with project management software and tools
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and to work independently whenever necessary
- Experience working with engineering teams and understanding how technical implications impact project complexity
- Personable, with good negotiation and dispute resolution skills
- Knowledge of best practices within the industry and the techniques that have been successfully used at other companies
- Bachelor or CS degree required
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Senior Product Manager
- Develop long-term strategic plans for the success of various areas of the Digg product, drawing from Web analytics, user feedback, 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
- Minimum 7 years of product management experience, preferably in consumer Web-based products
- Track record of success in internet, online and/or social media, ideally for a Web 2.0 application with a strong community focus
- Ability to lead diverse teams of individuals and bring consensus to planning and product development initiatives
- Proven use of analytics and business cases to drive decisions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially in the case of requirements documentation
- Experience mentoring direct or indirect reports in product development
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage projects concurrently
- Experience or familiarity with Agile product development methodologies
- Understanding of the technical trade-offs of various Web development methodologies
- BA/BS/CS degree; MBA a strong plus
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Quality Assurance Engineer
- 2+ Years testing commercial websites
- Knowledge of QA methodology, testing techniques and approaches
- Passion for testing and the ability to work independently
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with Linux, Apache, MySQL
- Experience with Load/Performance testing highly preferred (JMeter/Loadrunner)
- Experience with Test Automation (Selenium, Watir, Cruise Control)
- Experience with Javascript, Ruby, XHTML and CSS preferred
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems or other relevant field
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Research Analyst
- 3+ years coding experience at startups (website operations, PHP, and Python are relevant.)
- Research project experience, developing novel algorithms or conducting large-scale data analysis
- Bachelors degree or higher in CS or any branch of science
Qualified applicants should apply online at Jobvite.com. (Or send a resume and cover letter to jobs@digg.com)
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Business Development Manager
- Evangelize the Digg value proposition to existing and new partners with a goal toward demonstrably increasing unique users and new registrations
- Manage relationships with existing partners and look for and execute deeper integration opportunities
- Stay ahead of industry trends and make innovative recommendations to management as to relevant verticals, industries, and partnerships
- Develop and nurture an ecosystem of channel partners and developers to ensure that Digg addresses the needs of its strongest supporters and constituencies
- Identify and define business and partnership opportunities that impact key metrics and require minimal development resources
- Internet industry experience and familiarity with the metrics and business drivers for a pure-play Web business
- Strong modeling skills and/or experience negotiating and drafting term sheets and contracts
- Excellent research skills, including the ability to quickly synthesize large amounts of information and present them concisely in both written and verbal formats
- 3-7 years of experience in a relevant field, with demonstrated success managing a deal pipeline and closing both large and small deals individually and as part of a team
- Masterful ability to create professional looking presentations, mockups, and product specifications that clearly articulate ideas and proposals
- Technical background or strong understanding of product development is a plus
- Ability to work with cross-functional internal teams and build consensus among development, product management, operations and finance teams
- MBA or JD a plus
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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