HyperX Media is a fast paced, results focused, entrepreneurial company with a track record of steady growth over the past eight years. We offer a flexible, team oriented environment where all employees are highly valued and considered essential to our success. Below are job descriptions for positions we are currently looking to fill. If you are interested in applying please send your resume, references and examples of your work to jobs@hyperxmedia.com.

• SEM/SEO Director
• Interactive Marketing and Online Advertising Internship
• Senior Web Application Developer

The Position
We are currently looking for a highly motivated, analytical, paid search and organic search expert that can produce above average results for our rapidly growing clientele. Our SEM / SEO Director will implement, manage, grow and optimize many campaigns across all top search engines with the goal of maximizing profit for our clients.

Job Responsibilities:

• Be accountable for overall organic and paid search campaign results
• Conduct market analysis to understand each client’s target market
• Conduct in-depth keyword analysis
• Research, compile and organize relevant keyword lists
• Analyze existing website architecture and content and create organic optimization recommendations
• Create and execute inbound link recruiting strategies and plans
• Write effective paid search ads that will attract clicks from targeted traffic
• Setup paid search campaigns in all of the top and second tier paid search engines
• Manage keyword bids to increase site traffic while maintaining the targeted ROI
• Monitor campaign details and optimize search campaigns on a daily basis
• Analyze and report campaign metrics
• Suggest and implement campaign changes to maximize ROI
• Stay abreast of current paid search trends and search engine changes

Job Requirements:

• 3 to 5+ years experience successfully executing similar job responsibilities
• 1 to 2+ years experience using Atlas One Point or similar application for bid and campaign management.
• Experience managing and optimizing paid search campaigns with budgets in excess of $20,000 per month.
• Track record of producing high ROI results for sustained paid and organic search campaigns.
• Microsoft office suite proficient.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Relevant bachelor degree or equivalent education preferred.

Compensation:

• Competitive Salary, DOE
• Medical Insurance Reimbursement
• Employee stock options program

The internship is anticipated to last a minimum of 2-4 months, with a very likely possibility to extend longer, or into a full time opportunity. HyperX will be flexible in creating a weekly schedule to accommodate for school requirements.

Experience You Will Gain:
This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable first hand experience with one of the leading local interactive marketing groups. You will have the opportunity to work directly with our clients, vendors and marketing partners – gaining real world experience in the online marketing arena. You will gain significant experience as a brand manager, developing and executing marketing plans, developing advertising strategies, and taking accountability for results.

Experience You Will Need:
Successful candidates will have completed, or nearly completed, the business-marketing curriculum, preferably having succeeded in online and email marketing strategies classes. Candidates should have a strong desire to further their online marketing and sales knowledge and learn specific integrated marketing strategies and techniques. We are looking for a high energy, results oriented and motivated to succeed candidate. Excellent verbal, written and phone communication skills are essential. Experience with search engines, affiliate marketing and other online advertising is preferred. Having the ability to write editorial and marketing content is preferred, but not required.

Hours:
Part time, between 10-20 hours per week. We will be flexible to accommodate school requirements

Responsibilities:

Develop world class web applications with diverse specifications:
- Help create application specifications and requirements for clients
- Design relational database architecture, GUI interfaces and process flow charts according to initial specs
- Implement designs into efficient, secure, user friendly web applications
- Conduct QA testing to ensure flawless results

Maintain existing web applications:
- Update, replace and add functionality
- Troubleshoot and debug problems
- Install eMetrics tracking
- Perform other maintenance activities as needed.

Administer Dedicated Email and Web Servers:
- Monitor logs
- Update server software with latest patches
- Maintain and enhance server security
- Maintain and enhance server performance
- Troubleshoot and fix server problems
- Take responsibility for server and application uptime

Qualifications:

Required:
- Passionate about building web based applications that exceed clients’ expectations
- Self-motivated, quick-learning, thought leader
- Comfortable in a multi-tasking environment where priorities change rapidly
- Above average communication skills
- 5+ years professional experience with the following technologies:
- Creating usable and attractive user interfaces using HTML and CSS
- Developing complex object oriented web applications using Javascript, XML, PHP and MySQL
- Administering and Ensuring Security/Performance on Linux/Apache web servers
- Experience building complex web applications using Ruby on Rails and AJAX
- Experience web-optimizing and exporting web-graphics using Photoshop or Fireworks
- Willing and able to work during standard business hours (8:30am to 5:30pm) and be on call to support server and application problems during off hours

Highly Preferred:
- Experience with SCORM
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Computer science or related technical bachelors degree
- Previous experience working as an independent contractor
- Ability to design highly usable, clean, professional looking user interfaces

We have both part-time contractor and full-time W2 positions available. Compensation is negotiable commensurate with experience.