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About Allrecipes

Allrecipes, the world’s largest social network of food and entertaining enthusiasts, receives more than 35 million annual unique visits from users who share and download recipes, reviews, photos, personal profiles, and meal ideas. For more than 10 years, the Seattle-based site has served as a dynamic, indispensable resource for cooks of all skill levels seeking trusted recipes, entertaining ideas, everyday and holiday meal solutions, practical cooking tips and food advice. As the fastest-growing independent food Internet site, and part of the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. Food & Entertaining Division, Allrecipes provides insights into the kitchens and cooking passions of home cooks everywhere. For additional information regarding Allrecipes, please visit www.allrecipes.com

About Reader’s Digest

Reader’s Digest Association (RDA) is the world’s leading food publisher with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, nationwide cooking schools and interactive media. RDA’s food-related magazines include the nation’s largest-selling cooking title, Taste of Home, as well as Light & Tasty, Cooking for 2, Simple & Delicious, and Every Day with Rachael Ray, America’s fastest-growing food-lifestyle magazine featuring the best-selling author and television personality.

Senior Product Manager, Product Marketing

The Senior Product Manager is responsible for identification of opportunities, conceptual development, functional definition, performance management, and ensuring customer satisfaction for the features and products that are part of the Allrecipes Product Marketing strategic roadmap. The Senior Product Manager spearheads and leads the design, optimization and management of consumer facing web products and features that such as: recipe submission, ratings and reviews, community message boards and other communication tools, recipe box, search engine optimization, keyword and categorical search features, membership registration and payment, member profile and all other site features and design.

This position will work with other internal cross-functional teams, external partners and Reader’s Digest affiliated companies to develop and optimize web products on Allrecipes from conceptual modeling and design prototypes through effective life-cycle management. The Senior Product Manager will develop specifications and other project documentation supporting implementation, and collaborate with reporting and finance teams to build business models for new features and feature enhancements for Allrecipes. This role will also be required to coordinate in conjunction with Project Management, Marketing and Development teams to facilitate feature implementation and launch.

Job Responsibilities:

New Product Development

• Develop new features that support the organization’s value proposition
• Integrate determined value proposition into business objectives and success metrics
• Develop product requirements documents, including Project Proposal, Product Specs and coordinating smooth hand-off to technical planning group
• Manage product and feature launch efforts, including design and production management, business validation, launch, and performance monitoring
• Provide opportunity analysis for new products and features

Product Management

• Maintain and optimize existing features to optimize customer engagement and satisfaction
• Identify and manage product value proposition throughout product (and feature) life cycle
• Track and analyze key product and feature metrics
• Identify and mitigate issues during product management and development
• Work closely and collaboratively with key departments such as Project Management, Creative, Editorial, IT, Member Retention, and Customer Service
• Provide opportunity analysis for enhancements for existing products and features

Product Marketing

• Leverage marketing promotions & e-mail marketing teams to develop promotion plans for successfully taking products to market
• Work with marketing teams to optimize feature promotions throughout product lifecycle
• Ensure consistency of product marketing efforts throughout introduction of new features, content and parallel product/feature promotions

Product Strategy

• Maximize product value proposition over complete product lifecycle
• Provide ongoing evaluation & recommendations for existing products against current business objectives and success metrics, including customer satisfaction
• Manage all product and/or feature launch efforts, including feature release, and pricing and packaging structure
• Track, analyze, and interpret key product and feature metrics – leverage to recommend product strategy

Job Requirements

• A qualified candidate should have 3-5 years experience in online feature or product development and marketing, preferably the social networking and/or subscription-based consumer Internet space. A quick study who clearly exhibits aptitude, integrity, tenacity, and a good sense of humor.
• Project or Program management experience for initiatives of varying scope and speed to market is a plus. Familiarity with project/program life-cycle and software development best practices also a strong plus.
• Candidates must have familiarity with current web technologies and relationships between browser, server and database. Strong written and verbal communication and business analysis and planning skills are required, along with attention to detail.
• Experience and proven track record of working well with cross-functional teams, external vendors, remote development and management teams is key to the success of this position.
• BS/BA required

Location: Seattle

Reports To: Sr. Director, Product Marketing

Department: Product Marketing

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Senior Product Manager, Product Marketing”. No phone calls please.

Account Manager – Online Advertising

Work as a partner with designated Regional Sales Manager(s) to create and coordinate proposal implementation to ensure successful delivery of advertising campaigns. Is primary point of contact for the advertiser post-sale. Execute and implement advertising campaigns to ensure accurate impression, performance and revenue delivery. Support advertising sales to increase revenue.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work as a partner with designated Regional Sales Manager(s) to create and coordinate proposal implementation to ensure successful delivery of advertising campaigns. Execute and implement advertising campaigns to ensure accurate impression, performance and revenue delivery.
• Serve as primary point of contact for the advertiser post-sale.
• Develop and revise new/existing proposals by applying your expert knowledge of the Allrecipes.com site and competitive industry knowledge. With input from the Regional Sales Manager this position will develop a proposal for an online campaign attaining the advertisers’ objectives – this process includes communication of product availability, allocation of program impressions, impressions and sponsorship availability; strategically align products and proposals with client objectives, and review proposals for accuracy.
• Coordinate efforts between other cross-functional teams as necessary (implementation of new products and custom elements). Position interfaces with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Creative, HTML and Site Operations departments.
• Update contract management system (FatTail) with campaign change orders (campaign delays, optimizations, etc.) and alert team of changes that will affect revenue.
• Work closely with Advertising Operations and Advertising Sales on budget forecasting and revenue/pipeline monitoring.
• Prepares campaign reports based on Web analytics from Ad Operations. Looks for opportunities to renew and up sell campaigns.
• Reduce account attrition through understanding of advertisers’ objectives, ensuring advertising performance, and suggesting appropriate improvements and add ons.
• Provide existing/historical program feedback during proposal process to generate compelling renewable advertising programs.
• Meet with clients to strengthen new and existing relationships; discuss program requirements and benefits, campaign metrics and added value concepts.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Advertising Operations, Advertising Services and Creative departments to resolve issues and problems that affect a product and program success.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of marketing, advertising, and/or sales experience in an on-line environment.
• Bachelor’s degree, emphasis in Marketing, Advertising, Communications or Business preferred.
• Candidate must possess excellent organizational, interpersonal, and influential written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise broad judgment and flexibility in balancing program requirements, deadlines, and keeping people and projects moving on schedule.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet research, and ability to learn databases.
• Detail oriented with strong time management skills
• Team player, positive can-do-attitude. Ability to work in fast-paced, changing environment.

Location: Seattle

Reports To: Sr. Manager, Sales Accounts

Department: Sales

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Account Manager – Online Advertising”. No phone calls please.

Administrative Coordinator – Facilities and HR

The Administrative Coordinator is responsible for supporting the Director of human resources in facilities management and human resources.

Responsibilities:

• Reception duties:
• Answer door and greet visitors and accept and distribute deliveries.
• Sort and handle incoming and outgoing mail and Federal Express and intra-company mail.
• Answer or redirect occasional phone calls.
• Administrative/Accounting:
• Review and code vendor invoices in electronic AP system in timely manner. Resolve any vendor payment issues.
• Conduct research as needed to select vendors.
• Submit regular expense reports for office purchases.
• Manage American Express and Concur/Gelco accounts for new hires.
• Manage facilities and events budget. Meet quarterly with Finance to review budget. Work with corporate office on vendor management, selection, and feedback.
• Send out company announcements as needed.
• Facilities:
• Work independently with landlord and maintenance vendors to ensure maintenance is done as scheduled.
• Order office supplies on a regular basis. Anticipate supply needs. Work with sales and marketing on special orders and ordering sales materials and giveaways.
• Coordinate any office maintenance, repairs, and small internal projects as they arise.
• Work with Helpdesk to facilitate office move requests and set-ups for new hires. Ensure new hires have equipment, email, nameplate, phone and phone number, office supplies on first day.
• Monitor office supplies and copy paper.
• Order office supplies online and reconcile deliveries.
• Maintain and print nameplates and order business cards.
• HR/Recruiting
• Coordinate Recruiting: Schedule interviews, appointments, meetings, and travel for candidates. Send information to candidates.
• Update company contacts and mailboxes for new hires and terminations.
• Schedule employee benefits fairs, massages, and other benefits-related events and vendors.
• Ensure background checks are conducted.
• Conduct office tours for new hires and host candidate interviews
• Conduct new employee orientations for benefits. Ensure all benefits and other new hire paperwork is received in timely manner. Transmit to corporate office, and create and maintain employee files.
• Track vacation balances on Excel.
• Filing.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years related facilities/office management experience.
• High attention to detail; prefer experience working with vendor and budget management.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to negotiate effectively with vendors.
• Friendly, positive, professional demeanor.
• High degree of organizational skills; ability to prioritize.
• High degree of discretion and confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently and follow through on projects with only general guidance.
• High degree of proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Location: Seattle

Reports To: HR Manager

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Administrative Coordinator”. No phone calls please.

Country Online Content Managers (Germany, France, China and Japan)

Allrecipes is expanding globally! The Country Online Content Managers are responsible for the production and launch of editorial and user-generated content for international Allrecipes sites.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Edits and loads recipes. Ensures recipe categorization accurately supports SEO.
• Ensures recipe and related content is ready and of high quality at time of launch, and on-going thereafter. Provides on-going quality control of site content including UGC.
• Writes regular email newsletter(s) reflecting country content and readership interests.
• Writes custom copy as needed to support advertising and marketing efforts.
• Works with international team and local country manager to ensure successful launch.
• Develops and manages project plan for up front content loading and hiring to meet aggressive project launch timelines.
• Works with international team and local country manager to ensure successful launch.
• Ensures that on-going visual and food-related content supports the Allrecipes brand, site traffic growth, and advertising sales.

Qualifications

• Must have thorough experiential professional knowledge of specified country’s cuisine, recipe editing, and online community sites including editorial and user-generated content.
• Must be bilingual in English and specified country’s predominant language.
• Minimum two years of professional cookbook, food blog writing or other food-related content, and copywriting experience.
• Strong writing and editorial skills in content; understanding of writing for marketing content.
• High attention to detail; Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in global, matrixed corporate setting.
• Proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel, databases, and Outlook. Experience using Internet for research.
• Ability to travel internationally between Seattle and home country occasionally. Ability to spend first 4-6 weeks in Seattle to work with international and editorial teams.

Location: Stuttgart, Germany; Paris, France; Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan (or Seattle)

Reports To: International Program Online Content Manager (Seattle, WA USA) and RDA Country Manager

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Country Online Content Managers”. No phone calls please.

Site Producer/Recipe Editor

Primary Responsibilities

• Edits and publishes user-submitted recipes.
• Performs indexing and keywording for online publishing.
• Writes descriptive copy or food and lifestyle articles as needed.
• Manages user-related non-recipe content for web publication (reviews, merchandizing content).
• Performs recipe and food-related research.
• Maintains and updates recipe ingredient database.
• Might assist customer service in responding to food-related questions as needed for peak seasons.

Qualifications

• Recipe editing experience preferred.
• High attention to detail. Must have strong analytical/logical skills related to classifications.
• Demonstrated ability to complete research using Internet search engines and paper reference materials.
• Excellent writing and editing techniques.
• Ability to master the tone and style guide of Allrecipes in all content and user-related tasks.
• Constructive and effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to problem-solve and prioritize tasks
• Proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook, and online and/or database search.
• 4-year degree in related field or culinary degree preferred. Additional relevant food editing/related work experience might substitute for college degree.

Location: Seattle, WA

Department: UGC Development

Reports To: Sr. Director, Content Development

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Site Producer/Recipe Editor”. No phone calls please.

Vice President, Content

We are looking for a leader with strategic vision to lead our Content Team, and help take the company to the next level. The Vice President, Content is responsible for overseeing all creative design, user-generated content and editorial initiatives for the company.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for the creative design team, the editorial team, and the UGC team.
• Develop and establish a consistent design and editorial voice reflecting the mission of Allrecipes.
• Establish and drive Allrecipes content strategy from the moment a visitor comes to the site.
• Work with Product Team to develop a rigorous approach to product design and development.
• Lead and motivate UGC, editorial, and design staff to implement vision, including talent acquisition, performance management, and career development. Manage vendors, outsourcing contracts, and contract labor.
• Oversee the day-to-day online editorial operations of all content (e.g. user-generated recipes and content, editorial features, newsletters, experts, video, etc.) to support revenue goals.
• Collaborate strategically with product and development in building new site features and functionality.
• Develops and manages content budget, and drives improvements to operational efficiency to contribute to overall profitability of company.
• Contribute as part of executive team in achieving overall company goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of successful content or creative management experience at a senior-executive level.
• BFA or BA in design, advertising, or writing preferred.
• Experience in managing designers, writers, and other creative resources in an online setting. Provide direction and motivation to staff.
• In-depth Internet industry knowledge of new technologies to continue to improve overall user experience.
• Strong strategic and creative thinking skills; ability to identify the key issues to dramatically increase brand equity with Allrecipes existing users and meet changing marketplace demands.
• Must have passion for the Internet and ability to understand and embrace new technology.
• Love of food preferred.
• Social media experience preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Have positive, optimistic demeanor and work well as a team member.

Location: Seattle, WA

Reports To: President, Allrecipes.com

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Vice President, Content”. No phone calls please.

Australian/New Zealand Program Online Content Manager (Based in Sydney)

We need an exceptional leader with the vision, experience, and drive to help us accomplish our goals. This position manages the production and launch of editorial and user-generated content for international Allrecipes.com sites.

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversees content development for new Australian/New Zealand Allrecipes.com site to ensure recipe and related content is ready and of high quality at time of launch, and on-going thereafter.
• Ensures that content reflects brand principles and follows style guidelines. Oversees quality control of content to ensure that recipes and any other content is high quality, accurate, and appropriate for the country site.
• Writes regular email newsletter(s) reflecting country content and readership interests.
• Edits and loads recipes.
• Ensures recipe categorization accurately supports SEO.
• Provide custom copy as needed to support advertising and marketing efforts.
• Develops and manages project plan for up front content loading and hiring to meet aggressive project launch timelines.
• Works with international launch team in Seattle to ensure successful launch.
• Works with international team and local country manager to ensure successful launch.
• Works as part of country and International team and ensures that content is maintained and updated and that content supports the Allrecipes.com brand, site traffic growth, and advertising sales.

Qualifications

• Must have thorough experiential professional knowledge of Australian and New Zealand cuisine, recipe editing, and online community sites including editorial and user-generated content.
• Strong writing and editorial skills; understanding of writing for marketing content.
• Minimum two years of professional cookbook, food blog writing or other food-related content, and copywriting experience.
• Familiarity with web-based content development.
• High attention to detail; Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in global, matrixed corporate setting.
• Proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel, databases, and Outlook. Experience using Internet for research.
• Ability to travel internationally occasionally. Ability to spend first 4-6 weeks in Seattle to work with international team.

Location: Sydney, Australia

Reports To: International Program On-line Content Manager (Seattle, WA USA) and Australia Country Manager

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Australian/New Zealand Program Online Content Manager”. No phone calls please.

Regional Sales Manager – Los Angeles/Texas

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing an assigned geographic territory and accountable for achieving territory revenue goals for business-to-consumer model.
• On-line advertising, licensing agreements and other promotional sales to corporations.
• Maintain effective and productive relationships with customers and prospects; understand advertising and agency positions and branding; offer strategic solutions to meet advertisers’ needs.
• Establish a sales pipeline by identifying, prioritizing and contacting sales prospects. Develop long standing quality relationships with key business decision makers that result in increased revenue and high standing for Allrecipes in the marketplace.
• Clearly identify prospect needs, marketing initiatives/objectives, budget cycles and key decision-makers.
• Develop strategic sales proposals with marketing teams.
• Present and close corporate account deals.
• Submit required reporting, expenses and enter Salesforce data in a timely manner.
• Manage workflow in a timely fashion and have ability to prioritize activities so that deadlines are met, goals are achieved, and processes run effectively and efficiently.
• Develop thorough knowledge of Allrecipes software systems to promote understanding of technical aspects of on-line advertising and efficient/effective workflow.
• Stay current with industry and competitive trends.
• Regional travel required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of successful consultative on-line advertising sales and dealing with senior-level executives of major organizations.
• Strong strategic and creative thinking skills; ability to identify the key issues to close deals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Lead generation experience.
• Positive, optimistic demeanor and passion the future of the Internet.

Location: Los Angeles/Texas

Department: Sales

Reports To: Director Advertising Sales, Western Region

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Regional Sales Manager – LA/Texas”. No phone calls please.

Director, Advertising Sales – Eastern Region

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing direct sales advertising Regional Account Managers (RSM’s) for the eastern region of the U.S.
• As part of senior sales team, accountable for achieving direct revenue goals for business-to-consumer model. As key member of senior sales team, helps develop strategic plan for sales, creates annual revenue and expense budgets for direct sales.
• Ensure adequate business support, appropriate territories, and sales and product training for the RSM's.
• Monitor performance to ensure that RSM’s and overall direct sales team are on track to meet revenue and CPM targets. Sets objectives and manages performance for RSM team. Assists in recruiting sales staff as needed.
• Accompany RSM’s to close on-line advertising and promotional sales to major accounts and for training purposes.
• Work with ad operations, product, creative, and the proposal and marketing teams to help develop effective, efficient sales cycle and reporting.
• Develop long-standing quality business relationships with key business decision makers for key accounts that result in increased revenue and high standing for Allrecipes in the marketplace.
• Assist RSM’s in developing strategic sales tactics for key accounts.
• Present and close corporate account deals as needed to support company revenue goals.
• Develop thorough knowledge of Allrecipes software systems and website (i.e. Intranet, website architecture, reporting software, etc), contact management software, and general software (MS Office) to promote understanding of technical aspects of on-line advertising, and efficient/effective workflow.
• Stay current with industry and competitive trends.
• Approximately 35% travel required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of successful consultative selling and minimum 3 years in sales management. Minimum of 2 years in online advertising sales.
• Experience in dealing with senior level executives of major global organizations.
• A proven track record of success in on-line advertising sales required.
• Strong strategic and creative thinking skills; ability to identify the key issues to close deals.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Have positive, optimistic demeanor and have passion for food and the future of the Internet.

Location: New York City

Department: Sales

Reports To: Senior Vice President, Sales

Please send a cover email and resume to jobs@allrecipes.com, referencing “Director, Advertising Sales – Eastern Region.” No phone calls please.