Vice President, Editorial

by | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Vice President Editorial

Remote

Full Time

Experienced

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Company

GreenBiz Group is a fast-growing media and events company that accelerates a just transition to a clean economy. Through events that galvanize, stories that amplify and peer networks that bond, we define markets and advance opportunities at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability. We are a passionate team of people that builds and empowers communities to confront the threats of climate change and solve the thorniest challenges of our time.

Position

Are you passionate about the ability of high-quality journalism and other forms of digital content to empower leaders in the private sector and beyond to confront the climate crisis?

GreenBiz Group is looking for a Vice President, Editorial to oversee an expansion and invigoration of our digital content offerings and operations. The successful candidate will work closely with other leaders at the company to:

  • Create and implement a new editorial strategy for GreenBiz news stories, op-eds, newsletters, podcasts and other content.
  • Oversee editorial operations, including managing the team’s budget.
  • Play a central role in the development of new content products, including a new editorial website.

The role requires editorial experience, with a focus on business journalism and, ideally, coverage of sustainability and/or climate change; proven leadership skills; an ability to think holistically about the creation of new content products; and an interest in collaborating with peers in sales, marketing and technology to build those products.

This successful candidate will report to the SVP Product and Content. Beyond the responsibilities outlined below, additional duties may emerge as business needs for this position evolve.

Overall compensation (base salary + discretionary bonus) for this role will be provided commensurate with years of experience and qualifications within the following range: $170,000 – $215,000, plus health and wellness benefits.

Key responsibilities include:

In collaboration with the SVP Product and Content, create and implement a new editorial strategy

  • Develop top-level goals for audience size, demographics and impact metrics.
  • Evaluate and evolve the focus, voice and design of existing content formats, including news stories, op-eds, newsletters, podcasts and our forthcoming video explainer series.
  • Evolve the editorial team’s structure and operations — including making at least two hires in 2023 — to optimize for execution of the new strategy.
  • Create a new analytics process that accelerates progress towards top-level goals.

Oversee editorial team operations and output

  • Manage the team’s reporters and Managing Editor.
  • Contribute to the editing of news stories, op-eds and newsletters.
  • Manage the team’s budget for freelancers, travel and other expenses.
  • Collaborate with GreenBiz analysts on newsletters.
  • Oversee special editorial projects, including our annual 30 Under 30 list.

In collaboration with other GreenBiz leaders, develop new editorial products

  • Play a central role in the team that will redesign our editorial website.
  • Help craft editorial strategy for our forthcoming online learning platform.
  • Represent editorial in other product development processes.

Support the success of the broader GreenBiz team

  • Contribute to our in-person and digital events. Opportunities include moderating discussions and conducting interviews in breakout sessions and on the main stage.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years experience in media, with at least 3 years in editorial leadership
  • Knowledge of climate and sustainability issues, particularly from the private sector perspective
  • Experience with audience development and the creation of new content products
  • Experience collaborating closely with colleagues on analyst teams and elsewhere outside editorial, including in sales, marketing and technology
  • Deep understanding of digital media platforms and industry best-practices, including subscription-based revenue models
  • Exceptional communication with strong speaking and interpersonal skills
  • An ambitious, creative personality, with a can-do attitude
  • Quick thinking, learning and problem-solving capability
  • Flexibility in a constantly evolving environment
  • Strong attention to detail with proven project management, time management and multitasking skills

About GreenBiz Group

GreenBiz offers a culture that is collaborative, hardworking and fun. We have an office in the heart of downtown Oakland, California, but the majority of us work remotely. Please include a cover letter and resume when applying and familiarize yourself with our website at www.greenbiz.com.

We offer a competitive employee benefits package including:

  • Full medical and dental benefits
  • Retirement savings options
  • Generous holiday schedule
  • Discretionary paid vacation time
  • Paid sick time
  • Two paid volunteer days per year
  • Reimbursement for home office expenses
  • Employee stock option plan

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Event Producer

by | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Event Producer

Remote

Full Time

Mid Level

Company

GreenBiz Group is a fast-growing media and events company that accelerates a just transition to a clean economy. Through events that galvanize, stories that amplify and peer networks that bond, we define markets and advance opportunities at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability. We are a passionate team of people that builds and empowers communities to confront the threats of climate change and solve the thorniest challenges of our time.

Position

Are you passionate about designing experiences that foster human connection, build community and lead to positive environmental and social outcomes?

GreenBiz Group is seeking a full-time Event Producer for VERGE, the leading climate tech event. The Producer will be responsible for creating an inspiring, empowering and cohesive experience for the VERGE community one that aligns with and supports the event’s mission of accelerating solutions to the climate crisis. The Producer will work to bring the larger vision and mission of VERGE to life in ways that are immersive, informative and unforgettable.

The ideal candidate is creative, connected, passionate and self-directed someone energized about and capable of setting ambitious visions, aligning key stakeholders around them, and rolling up their sleeves on creative execution. The position will evolve to align with the unique and strategic view the Event Producer brings, as well as the emergent needs of the climate tech community and GreenBiz more broadly.

This role will report to the SVP and Executive Director of VERGE, and collaborate closely with others across GreenBiz, as well as with external partners, contractors and vendors. Beyond the responsibilities outlined below, additional duties may emerge as business needs for this position and GreenBiz’s other industry leading events evolve.

Overall compensation (base salary + discretionary bonus) for this role will be provided commensurate with years of experience and qualifications within the following range: $120,000 – $170,000, plus health and wellness benefits.

Key Responsibilities

Community and Culture

Build and nurture an inclusive, connected and collaborative culture at VERGE that fosters intimacy at scale, including:

  • Concept and produce experiential activations that build community through immersive, participatory and physically engaging moments.
  • Curate themed spaces, lounges and meet-ups that enable people to connect by industry or shared interest, encourage organic connections and form new partnerships.
  • Deploy creative tools to facilitate connection, conversation and collaboration, such as question prompts, ask-and-offer technologies and digital detox areas.
  • Incorporate opportunities for more embodied experiences, such as movement, hikes, tours and excursions that showcase climate solutions in action.
  • Explore how AI or other tech tools can be leveraged to help participants find the people, programming and experiences most meaningful for them.

Art and Activations

Shape the strategy for how VERGE can accelerate the broader culture change needed to confront the climate crisis, including:

  • Integrate art and activations throughout the venue and program that open hearts and minds, such as large-scale installations, curated showcases, performances and more.
  • Lead on the VERGE Call for Artists, including evaluating proposals, managing the budget and overseeing logistics.
  • Drive strategic partnerships with mission-aligned organizations to position VERGE as a platform for:
    • Art exhibitions featuring cutting edge environmental artists
    • Film festivals featuring groundbreaking climate and sustainability films
    • Music festivals featuring major artists dedicated to climate

Tech Demos and Showcases

Help position VERGE as the place where companies large and small come to demonstrate their climate tech in action, including:

  • Help evolve the expo and tech demo experiences to reinforce VERGE as the epicenter of climate solutions and a place to see where the world is headed.
  • Influence the vision and strategy for how showcases, pavilions and activations are incorporated into the event, including collaborating internally and externally with partners and sponsors where appropriate.
  • Establish an AR / VR experience or showcase that enables participants to engage with climate change and solutions in an immersive way, including bringing in strategic partners to realize this vision.

Collaboration

Collaborate closely with others across GreenBiz to help foster alignment, innovation and efficiency, including with the:

  • Climate Tech Team to understand the VERGE markets and develop programs that best serve, inspire and grow the communities around them.
  • Operations Team on creative ways to showcase the event’s sustainability practices and support operationalizing VERGE experiences in a streamlined, collaborative way.
  • Sales Team to brainstorm new revenue generating opportunities and help design custom activations that serve current sponsor goals.
  • Creative Team on the design and production of VERGE to ensure activations are consistent with brand guidelines and standards.
  • Marketing and Digital Teams on telling the larger story of VERGE in ways that reinforce unique brand positioning and build energy around the event and community.

Impact and Metrics

Help define metrics and tactics that provide quantitative and qualitative evidence of the impacts that result from participating in VERGE, including:

  • Deploy creative strategies to capture individuals’ personal stories and also tell the larger, collective story of how VERGE is helping to confront the climate crisis.
  • Evaluate, innovate and iterate on an ongoing basis to ensure the design and experience of VERGE is best serving, nurturing and growing the climate tech community.

Requirements

This position is ideal for someone who is interested in taking a leadership position to help evolve the vision and strategy for GreenBiz events. We are looking for someone who has:

  • Relevant Experience: Mid-level career with 8-10 years of relevant experience in event production, experience design, interactive exhibits and community building.
  • Leadership Skills: Experience working cross-functionally to motivate and align diverse stakeholders, both internally and externally, around a shared vision to deliver projects.
  • Detail Orientation: Proficient at project managing many moving pieces at once, deploying exceptional systems for organization, and believes the magic is in the details.
  • Comfort with Ambiguity: Brings a solutions-oriented mindset to both independent and collaborative problem solving, and thrives being resourceful amidst design constraints.
  • Technological Proficiencies: Comfort using Google Apps, Airtable, ClickUp and other tools or are willing to learn new platforms and systems that you don’t already know.
  • Passion and Positivity: Shows up with empathy, humility, and curiosity. Someone who is not the type of person to say, That’s not my job;” but instead, How can I help? Consistently motivated to create a positive impact for the GreenBiz community, colleagues, partners and in service of positive environmental and social change.

About GreenBiz Group

GreenBiz offers a culture that is collaborative, hardworking and fun. We have an office in the heart of downtown Oakland, California, but the majority of us work remotely. Please include a cover letter and resume when applying and familiarize yourself with our website at www.greenbiz.com.

We offer a competitive employee benefits package including:

  • Full medical and dental benefits
  • Retirement savings options
  • Generous holiday schedule
  • Discretionary paid vacation time
  • Paid sick time
  • Two paid volunteer days per year
  • Reimbursement for home office expenses
  • Employee stock option plan

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Lead Product Designer

by | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Lead Product Designer

NEW YORK

DESIGN – PRODUCT DESIGN

FULL-TIME

REMOTE

About Us

Circle is building the all-in-one community platform for creators and brands: think “Shopify for creator/brand-led communities”. We make it really easy to bring people, discussions, live streams, content, events and payments together — all in one place, all under a personalized brand.

In November 2021, Circle raised $25M (Series A) to accelerate the way we help creators and brands interact with their customers, their partners, and their community.

Circle is a 100% remote company! We now have a team of about 100 (and growing) based in different countries all around the world.

About the role

We are looking to grow our design team with an outstanding Lead Product Designer. Reporting directly to the Head of Design, they will help to raise the bar for creativity, and design world-class brand experiences that are engaging, thoughtful and reflect Circle’s values as a human-centered technology company.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and autonomous environment. One that rewards creativity, and highly values minimalist, high-impact design. Our goal is to create brand experiences that make people want to be part of our community —a thriving creator ecosystem that supports and enables creators to make a living by building meaningful connections with their members.

While this is a 100% remote position, we have a preference for candidates in American and European time zones.

What you’ll be doing…

  • Take the lead on design – we want someone with ideas, that is ready to bring them to the table. Confident enough to drive the team forward with the support of the Head of Design.
  • Lead and mentor other members of the design team.
  • Work closely with Circle’s co-founders, team leads and other contributors throughout the design process.
  • Translate company objectives into outstanding design. This can be ambiguous at times, so having initiative, and not losing momentum will be the best tools in your belt.
  • Ensure visual communication and brand standards are at a world-class level and consistently improving.
  • Leverage and contribute to our design system to maintain consistency and increase speed to market.
  • Be focused on pushing the boundaries of what has been achieved in the creator space.
  • Collaborate with a team that solves high-level priority problems for Circle.

You’re perfect for the role if…

  • You have expertise with modern design and prototyping tools; ie. Figma.
  • you have 3+ years experience working in a lead designer capacity. You’ve been doing this for awhile, and you’re well versed in a wide range of design projects.
  • You have a strong, up-to-date portfolio of work demonstrating exceptional design skills. Include your online portfolio link or PDF in your application, including any required passwords.
  • You have knowledge of design trends and trends across the creator space.
  • You thrive in a highly collaborative, fluid, fast-paced creator environment.
  • You have strong communication skills. You can communicate concepts and designs, and explain your thought process to justify your ideas.
  • You have the ability to manage schedules, prioritize tasks, and work within deadlines.
  • You have a strong sense of accountability. Ability to take ownership and lead product design.
  • You desire to work in an environment which values speed of iteration and individual autonomy.

The fun stuff:

  • – Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
  • – Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.
  • – Competitive package:
  • – Generous compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.*
  • – Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family!*
  • – Home office stipend to help you get up and running.

– Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia and Portugal, and our planning our next one in Mexico.

Check out our Careers page for more

*Your role, location and unique circumstance may affect this.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

We are dedicated to growing a diverse team of highly talented individuals and creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their best and authentic selves to work.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, whether it be alternate forms of material, accessible meeting rooms, etc., please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Graphic Designer

by | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Graphic Designer

REMOTE – AUSTIN, TX

We’re looking for a Graphic Designer to (1) lead branding for Workweek Creators, (2) support our marketing team, and (3) help the broader Workweek brand grow.

(1) Creators — Workweek Creators produce a variety of content across multiple channels (i.e. newsletters, podcasts, social media) about broad topics (like venture capital) and more niche topics (like cannabis or climate tech). As we onboard new Creators, you’ll collaborate with them to develop visual assets for their media, like logos and brand guidelines, event flyers, and infographics.

(2) Marketing — The Workweek Marketing Team is tasked with growing our Creators’ brands via both paid and organic efforts. The Graphic Designer will support them by creating social media advertisements and other marketing-related assets.

(3) Workweek — Cultural relevance is key to Workweek. We’ll collab with the Graphic Designer on quick-turnaround projects, like spinning up a Succession-themed t-shirt or Elon Musk joke merch. Simply put, we love to have fun, and want our audience to have fun with us.

Ideally, this Graphic Designer loves variety in their work, is both open to and able to take action on feedback, and can run with projects without heavy supervision. Above all, we’re looking for someone who’s stoked to use their graphic design skills towards accomplishing our mission — and wants to have a lot of fun doing it.

Note: This is a full-time position. You’ll always be able to work remotely wherever you want, but we’re planning to open an office in Austin, TX, in the near future for anyone who wants to work IRL. All work will be done in English.

Responsibilities

  • Design material across a variety of mediums, from web and social to print and merch
  • Create visual assets for both Workweek Creators and the core Workweek brand on a weekly basis, including but not limited to social media advertisements, event flyers, infographics, podcast cover art, and sales decks
  • Collaborate with Workweek Creators as they join the team to develop logos and brand guidelines for their individual franchises
  • Ensure consistent branding across the Workweek ecosystem based on the guidelines you develop
  • Manage project flow and accurately estimate when deliverables will be complete

Qualifications

  • Previous graphic design experience; experience in digital media or publishing, specifically for business brands, a plus
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Suite; proficiency with Canva a plus
  • Self-motivated and able to efficiently run with projects without close supervision
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Ability to set and meet regular deadlines
  • Ability to operate and represent yourself in a way that aligns with Workweek’s core values

Benefits

  • Competitive pay (we don’t pay based on location, we assign value to the role)
  • Equity in Workweek
  • Async operations (when possible) with the ability to work in the time zone of your choice (or work IRL in our Austin, TX or New York City office)
  • 25 days of PTO (i.e. 200 hours) per year
  • 100% health insurance coverage, 75% coverage for dependents, and $150/month towards an HSA (or $150/month health stipend if insurance not used)
  • 120 days of parental leave to use within 1 year of childbirth (available 12 months after your start date and only available every 365 days)
  • 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
  • Monthly health raffle (if you average 8 hours of sleep per night, you’re entered to win health tools and tech, i.e. Fitbit, Apple Watch, etc.)
  • $500/year stipend for any home office needs
  • $1,000/year stipend for continuing education
  • 5-week sabbatical after 4 years on staff
  • 2 volunteering days per year
  • 2x/year in-person team retreat
  • Unlimited book orders from Amazon
  • Want to start a new company? We will be the first investor in your startup if you’ve been with Workweek for 3 years

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Salesforce Solution Architect

by | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Title: Salesforce Solution Architect

(work from home)

Location: United States

Full Time

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JOB:
We are seeking a Salesforce Solution Architect responsible for the design and development oversight of applications developed on the Salesforce platform for our Training Services line of business. The position will also mentor junior and mid-level developers, conducting code peer review and working thru issues/problems.

WORK LOCATION & SCHEDULE: The work location for this exciting opportunity is virtual. The selected candidate will work 100% remotely from home and can be located anywhere in the United States but must work an east coast schedule. (Core Working Hours 9:00am-5:00pm Eastern)

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):

  • Ensuring that all the new functionalities are built with Salesforce standard features and Red Cross target technology architecture
  • Lead/mentor/guide a team of developers (mix of onshore and offshore), providing technical guidance
  • Day-to-day guidance and coaching for solution and integration teams
  • Establishing and controlling technical definitions, rules, principles, and standards for teams
  • Assessing, reviewing and decisioning on all solution architecture designs
  • Delivering compelling presentations, architectural blueprint documents, environment management plan, development policy and participate in requirements-gathering workshops to influence the strategic direction of projects and lead business through solution design
  • Execution of best practice standards: design, coding, environment, data
  • Documenting any newly developed functionality in solution designs
  • Partnering end-to-end with Product Managers / Owners, Business Stakeholders and business analysts to understand customer requirements and process flows and translate them into Salesforce technology solutions
  • Managing all application architecture artifacts
  • Ongoing application rationalization and simplification of user experience
  • Demonstrate a strong command of technical details to translate proposed solutions into functional specifications with technical team
  • Manage technical delivery of custom development, integrations, and data migration elements the applications built
  • Advise on Cloud-based solution design
  • Build Proofs-Of-Concept to illustrate possible technical solutions to stakeholders and technical staff
  • Establish and implement development patterns for technical staff to follow
  • Define and implement DevOps processes to improve development quality

PAY INFORMATION: The annual salary range for this position is $165K-$175K. We do not offer an annual bonus for this role. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. **We will review specific salary information at the time of phone screening based upon your location & experience.**

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (required/minimum qualifications):

  • Education: 4-year college degree or equivalent combination of education and experience Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field
  • 8+ years Salesforce experience with a minimum of 5 years on the Salesforce platform – Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Service and Community Clouds (Customer and Partner)
  • Experience leading/guiding/mentoring junior associates on technical aspects and QA’ing of their work.
  • Strong prior development experience to be able to advise on aspects such as refactoring of code to reduce tech debt and code design patterns
  • Experience in designing Salesforce with end-to-end implementation experience
  • Experience leading solutions design sessions, ability to ask hard questions during those sessions and suggest best practices and efficient ways of implementing business processes
  • Strong Salesforce development and configuration knowledge for example VisualForce, Lightning web components, Apex, Apex triggers, Apex Web services, Flow, Workflow, Process builder, APIs, AppExchange deployment and Salesforce s-controls
  • Knowledge of data integration tools and experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems as well as working with integration tools (Mulesoft preferred)
  • Ability to define system landscape, identify gaps between current and desired future state
  • Understanding of Salesforce architecture, ability to design scalable solutions utilizing industry best practices
  • Familiarity with platform authentication patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth)
  • Strong understanding and experience with Salesforce environment management, release management, deployment tools, code versioning best practices and deployment methodologies
  • Familiarity and experience with current DevOps processes
  • Understanding of data sharing and visibility considerations and how they play into platform architecture
  • Excellent analytical and detail-oriented skills with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models and technologies
  • Deep hands-on expertise in Salesforce configuration and development
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Certifications):

Salesforce Platform Developer 1, Salesforce Advanced Administrator, Salesforce Platform App Builder, Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant and Salesforce Community Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Salesforce Application Architect or Salesforce System Architect or B2B Solution Architect

Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).

BENEFITS FOR YOU:
We take care of you, while you take care of others. As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive benefits help you in balancing home and work, retirement, getting healthy and more. With our resources and perks, you have amazing possibilities at the American Red Cross to advance and learn.
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO + Holidays
• 401K with up to 4% Match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and Recognition

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