Slate Is Now Hiring

Slate?is looking for a senior product manager and also for a product manager.

Slate is a looking for a lead developer focused on Web applications.? A successful candidate will be one who sees much to improve in the current site and who can work effectively with design and product teams ?to evaluate and leverage emerging technologies and techniques. We want someone to help create a simpler, more interactive, and ultimately more compelling user experience across Slate?s desktop and mobile web sites.

Candidates should be passionate about measurement?page load times, click through and conversion rates, social actions, etc.? and creative in thinking of ways to improve those core metrics.

This position will also be responsible for helping to fill an open Junior Developer position, so the right candidate is someone who has management and/or significant mentorship experience.? You?ll be reinventing both the sites and the front-end team, so this position will require a long-term commitment and long-term focus.

Essential duties include:

• Evaluation and implementation of emerging libraries and frameworks.
• An ability to work closely with design and product teams to produce effective experiences that look great and feel intuitive.
• Mentoring and/or managing junior team members and contractors.

• Expertise in mature open-source JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and jQuery-ui.
• Understanding of HTML5 and CSS3.
• A bias toward building something great from open-source tools rather than implementing something mediocre from a vendor.
• Experience with dynamic content delivered via CMS, RSS, XML, JSON, etc.
• Understanding of XSS attack vectors and general web application security.

Education: BA or BS degree.

• Excellence in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Understanding of the complete HTTP Request/Response life cycle (headers, cacheing, cross-domain policies).
• Understanding of browser differences, deficiencies and remedies.
• Knowledge of python.
• Experience with git and github.
• Experience with large-scale web applications (caching, CDNs, etc)

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
This is a big challenge that comes with the chance to have big impact on a small, entrepreneurial team. You'll work with some of the smartest people in the media and technology world. Please send your r?sum?s to resumes@slate.com.?

????? Lead the ideation, technical development and launch of web and native applications for mobile devices
????? Manage and mentor junior team members
????? Establish shared vision across company by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution
????? Drive product development with a team of world-class engineers, editors, and designers
????? Integrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction
????? Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products
????? Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm

????? Deep understanding of the digital user experience (e.g. technology, personalization, user behavior)
????? Great design sensibility around how to take complex systems and turn them into simple, compelling experiences
????? Ability to lead and manage cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and editors
????? Passion for media
????? Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
????? Understanding of the technical architecture of complex and highly scalable web applications and/or media products
????? Ability to create examples through wire frames and mock ups
????? Experience developing social products, technologies and platforms is strongly desired
????? BA/BS in Computer Science or workplace equivalent

PRODUCT MANAGER
Interested in conceiving and creating the next generation digital magazine? ?Slate is looking for an organized, entrepreneurially-minded person to manage the day-to-day development of software-related projects and lead technical initiatives from start to finish. ?This role will require a unique candidate who can combine project management organizational skills with a product manager?s talent for understanding of how people engage with news and information in a social, mobile world. ?It is also an added value if this candidate can thrive in a high email traffic environment, being able to prioritize what needs to be responded to in a critical fashion in a helpful and reliable way. ?You'll need to move fast, be bold, take risks, and find the right balance of art and science.

This is a big challenge that comes with the chance to have big impact on a small, entrepreneurial team. ?You'll work with some of the smartest people in the media and technology world.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily scrum meetings and weekly senior staff priorities meetings
• Develop relationships across the company to ensure all priorities are being backlogged and subsequently prioritized based on company goals
• Ability to balance managing medium to long-term projects while handling the occasional fire-drill and small project needs
• Lead projects in a transparent and productive way, applying standard project management practices
• Manage weekly deployments including leading quality assurance efforts
• Lead the ideation, technical development and launch of web and native applications for mobile devices
• Work across the company to build enthusiasm for products leading up to execution
• Drive product development with a team of world-class engineers, editors, and designers
• Integrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products
• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm

• 2 - 4 years of Project Management experience
• Experience working closely with software engineers
• Deep understanding of the digital user experience (e.g. technology, personalization, user behavior)
• Great design sensibility around how to take complex systems and turn them into simple, compelling experiences
• Passion for media
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
• Understanding of the technical architecture of complex and highly scalable web applications and/or media products
• Ability to create examples through wireframes and mockups
• Experience developing social products, technologies and platforms is strongly desired

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=f705646714b4d3b3ba0770da037eea93

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