Job Opening: Account Director, Account Supervisor, Senior Account Executive

The Manila office of Fleishman-Hillard ,a leading international PR communications group, is looking for candidates for the following positions to beef up their digital practice group:

• Senior Account Execuctive - 2-3 years experience handing IT or tech accounts
• Account Supervisor - 3-5 years handling IT or tech accounts
• Account Director - 5-10 years managing account teams

Qualified candidates may send their resumes with photos to:

cosette.romero@fleishman.com

Fleishman-Hillard Manila
4/F Zeta II Building
191 Salcedo Street
Legaspi Village
1229 Makati City
Philippines
Phone: +632-813-0559
Fax: +632-813-0634

Job Opening: Online Business Development Manager

Cashsense has established itself as a significant force in payment processing and distribution having developed systems and processes based upon high-end technology.

Success in capturing significant market share has created the need to further expand into international markets especially the growing, professional OFW communities of North America and Europe. Cashsense payment processing technology has also stimulated demand for related domestic based solutions in Payroll Services and Merchant Payments etc.

Although initial success has been contrived by successfully penetrating the bricks-and-mortar based remittance dominions, the online market is deemed to be ripe for a shake-up. The cornerstones of Cashsense success to date have been reliability and trust, speed of delivery and price – tenets that will be carried over to Cashsense online delivery product development.
This is likely to be a multi-faceted role with the successful applicant being expected to contribute to and, in many cases, drive initiatives including;

Internal

• Product development; development and enhancement of online services and products.
  Site development and maintenance; to ensure current, relevant and demographic-specific content.
  
• Service delivery; internal coordination to ensure management of delivery expectations.

External

• Help coordinate relationships with partners and alliances abroad.
  
• Understand and facilitate the growth of domestic businesses where applicable to online streams.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
A comprehensive understanding of the commercial and technological factors needed to acquire, develop and promote business lines. Specifically and crucially, proficiency in the processes of online marketing and an ability to direct resources into areas appropriate to the building of market share.

• Preferably a Degree in Marketing/Sales related discipline or Business Studies / Administration / Management, etc.
  
• Possibly a background in banking or a related financial institution.
  
• Good leadership skills and able to manage, motivate and develop a team.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; results-oriented with a high level of creativity and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

This is an important hire for the company and the successful applicant will be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a significant basic salary, success-based bonuses will also be provided.

Please email your resumes to joy.ealdama@cashsense.com.

6F Glass Tower Bldg., 115 Carlos Palanca St.Legaspi Village, Makati City, Philippines, 1229
Tel: +63 2 8133366
Fax: +63 2 8124606

Job Opening: Manager, PR and Events

With more than 95 million members worldwide, Friendster is a leading global online social network, is the #1 social network in Asia and a top 20 website in terms of traffic! Friendster is also the #2 web site in the Philippines and a top 5 web site in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia on Alexa.

Friendster is focused on helping people stay in touch with friends and discover new people and things that are important to them. Online adults, 18 and up, choose Friendster to connect with friends, family, school, social groups, activities and interests. Friendster prides itself in delivering an easy-to-use, friendly and interactive environment where users can easily connect with anyone around the world via web or mobile from any Internet ready mobile device. Friendster has a growing portfolio of patents granted to the company on social networking, with more expected over the next several months. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Friendster is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, IDG Ventures and individual investors.

Position Summary

Friendster is seeking an experienced team member to help drive Friendster’s PR projects, PR events and PR initiatives throughout Asia surrounding Friendster’s web site, mobile site, new product initiatives and new revenue initiatives.

The Manager, PR and Events will play a major role in securing and growing the number of speaking engagements, conferences, events, and coverage that Friendster participates in and receives in Asia and globally. The role will focus on both consumer-related and industry-related PR opportunities and events and will be a primary point of contact for planning conferences, events and media coverage. This person will not be a spokesperson for the company but will work very closely with the spokespersons for the company and the rest of the Friendster marketing staff.

The role requires the rapid review and assessment of key PR opportunities for Friendster throughout Asia and globally. The perfect candidate is a friendly “people person” and creative individual who can build compelling proposals for media and for event/conference organizers that generate Friendster media exposure, top-notch speaking opportunities, public event sponsorships, and more overall brand exposure. You will also find yourself drafting press releases and press statements, scheduling press interviews, and managing postings and comments on top-tier blogs. As the PR manager you will also be conducting press outreach surrounding formal press announcements, PR tours and executive/spokesperson press meetings and public speaking opportunities.

As the PR manager you will be traveling to events and conferences in the Philippines and on occasion, throughout Asia. This person must have a thorough understanding of the local and regional media climate, industry conferences and events pertaining to consumer internet, social networking, social media, mobile, and entertainment. This person will also know how to best find and negotiate key speaking and sponsorship opportunities for Friendster at flagship events and conferences. Additionally, you will oversee the Friendster global events calendar and manage key deadlines, details and dates regarding marketing collateral and material needed for each opportunity. All opportunities will be “vetted” internally with the global marketing team based on weekly calls where each opportunity will be presented to the team and rated on a set of Friendster evaluation criteria. This person will also be responsible for exceeding PR and event opportunity quarterly goals, while staying within an allocated PR/event budget.

To be successful in this role:

• Has minimum of 5 years public relations or integrated marketing communications experience, and has 8 to 10 years of total work experience, a majority of which should be in the consumer-facing PR, entertainment or media space, and in the Philippines or Asia. Proven experience with consumer-related Internet companies is also strongly preferred.
  
  
• Is experienced developing and executing communications strategies and plans that are aligned with client goals or business objectives.
  
  
• Has a demonstrated track record creating and deploying successful regional and national communications outreach and events with quantifiable results and promoting those results to internal team in a meaningful way.
  
  
• Has experience working comfortably in a fast-paced environment and effectively prioritizing, managing and delivering successfully on multiple projects at once, all while setting and meeting demanding deadlines.
  
  
• Maintains established network of high-profile local, regional and national business news, consumer media and conference/event contacts.
  
  
• Must be an outgoing, social business person in the PR, events, entertainment industry and conduct him/herself in a professional, ethical manner at all times as a representative of the Friendster brand within the region.
  
  
• Must be familiar with top-tier tech and industry blogs and wikis (e.g., Wikipedia) and comfortable with drafting responses and editing them with key Friendster messaging.
  
  
• Must have experience in consumer internet and entertainment-related events (music, movies, television, publications, multimedia, gaming) and be able to identify key thought leaders and media that cover such events.
  
  
• Has expertise in presenting. This role will explain and sell the Friendster market position and current product features to event and conference organizers via telephone, in-person presentations and live site demos.
  
  
• Has a basic understanding of regional Asian languages and where they’re spoken. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Malay, or Thai is a big plus.
  
  
• Possesses a solid understanding of the competitive landscape including online, offline competitive offerings and the associated feature sets on those sites/in those products.
• Is passionate about Friendster and the Friendster community, be an active user of Friendster and understand the product inside and out.
  
  
• Must be smart, a strategic thinker, full of good ideas, creative, persistent, agile and driven.
  
  
• Should be comfortable with the realities that, in the short-term, this position may not have any direct reports and that he/she will be responsible for developing and managing key events and speaking opportunities, and executing as an individual contributor. Yet, able to help build a team in the future.
  
  
• Like any successful contributor in a startup, must have the ability to be a “great athlete” and take on different roles and projects as needed by the company over time.
  
  
• Must have the ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision with strong prioritization skills.
  
  
• Has excellent verbal, written, communication and presentation skills.
  
  
• In terms of education, a four-year university degree, BA/ BS or its equivalent, is required.

In return we will provide you with a fast-paced, fun environment with smart people and an opportunity to learn, grow and succeed. A great job in a cutting edge field at the top-20 global web site property in the world with a wealth of potential. If you are ready to for the challenge then please apply to the link below or for more details call Louise Beach on +61 2 9251 9980 ext 1304

To apply please send your resume to jobs@friendster.com. Please be sure to reference this position title in the subject line of your email.

Job Opening: Graphic Artist, Media Manager, Network Administrators, Product Development Associates / Managers, Research & Development Engineers

With services live over 30 international network operators in more than ten countries, the future is certainly looking bright out at Chikka Country.

Today, mobile subscribers around the world enjoy one or more services designed and powered by Chikka, for truly mobile IM and email easily accessed and managed via SMS, for mobile payment systems utilizing call credits, for Free-Reply SMS that aids prepaid subscribers in need of “top-up,” for mobile-enabled auctions and matchmaking, and for the most relevant, informative and entertaining text, voice and visual content gathered from all across the world.

Chikka headquarters in Manila is now a global hub for excellent mobile applications development. Its growth is propelled by significant investments in technology, research and software development.

As Chikka continues to roll out a prolific line of innovative mobile messaging-based solutions, they are in need of the following:

1. Corporate Communications Associate – Graphic Artist
Requirements:

• Fresh graduates encouraged to apply
• Experience doing both graphic and web design.
• Technical Skills:
  - CSS
  - HTML
  - Web Design
  - Graphic Design
  - Photoshop
  

Responsibilities:

• Design marketing collaterals, layouts, presentations and website
• Development of external and internal communication materials
• Assist the Corporate Communications Manager and Director on PR and cross branding opportunities.
• Focus on the creative development of materials.
  

2. Media Manager/Head
Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience in business development and sales specifically advertising, marketing services and media
• telecommunications background (mobile advertising, consumer applications and VAS)
• strong business network in the advertising and media industry
• Excellent communication skills both written and spoken English.
• Technical Skills:
  - digital media knowledge – technologies and trends in the industry
  - project management experience (business side)
  

Responsibilities:

• Do business and product planning
• Develop strategic and tactical initiatives with proven ability to meet revenue targets
• Do business proposals and reports
• Lead digital media business
• Deal with people from all levels and types of business.
  

3. Network Administrators
Requirements:

• At least a college graduate
• a working knowledge of network architecture
• 3-5 years working experience, at least 2 of which as a systems administrator
• Technical Skills:
  - Must have experience handling different Unix platforms (Linux, Solaris)
  - Background in systems administration
  - Technical working knowledge and experience in hardware and operating systems
  - ORACLE background
  - configure, troubleshoot and develop script
  - Preference to those with experience in database design and LINUX server solutions (TOMCAT, MYSQL, APACHE and Java)
  

Responsibilities:

• Maintains, manages and controls the existing network operations infrastructure of the company
• System administration – server set up, installation, restore and recovery.
• Handles network surveillance and ensures the availability of all network services of the company.
• Making scripts and programs for network operation center applications.
• Supports servers, network and desktop hardware, software and applications to make sure they’re up and running 24/7.
• Network access control
  

4. Product Development Associates/Managers
Requirements:

• At least a College graduate
• Marketing or business management background
• Tech-savvy
• Excellent presentation, speaking and written skills
• preferably with experience working in mobile VAS development
• Technical Skills:
  - A working knowledge of mobile VAS
  

Responsibilities:

• Overall management of product cycle: product conceptualization and design, carrier relations, technical product development, maintenance and evaluation
• Create business cases and presentations
• Spearheads research and development, marketing, advertising, sales, customer support, technical and design for services of the company.
• Works with the client on creating new services and establishing partnerships with key clients.
• Managing the roll-out of projects
• Do both front-end and back end product development working with clients and working with R&D Engineers regarding development of applications, deployment and maintenance
• Do business development and research trends to indicate need for new products or applications.
  

5. Research and Development Engineers
Requirements:

• At least a college graduate
• Analysis and design of an mobile or web application
• programming expertise
• at least 1-2 years experience working in systems application development
• Technical Skills:
  - Must be well-versed in any of the following technologies:
  o Javascript/AJAX
  o PHP
  o C/C++
  o Java/J2SE
  o XML, XSLT, CSS
  - Systems and analysis design
  

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to develop web/sms applications, research.
• Analysis and design of a particular application being developed encompassing development, modification and translation of user requirements.
• Understand messaging systems for local and foreign carriers
• Ensuring the security of all application systems – files, dev’t and support processes.
• Documents detailed systems, design specification, modification requirements – tests and verifies programs being developed.
  

Chikka offers competitive compensation and benefits, on top of a corporate culture and environment that inspires creativity.

Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.

Send your resume to recruitment@chikka.com

Chikka Asia, Inc.
3104-B, East Tektite Towers,
Philippine Stock Exchange Center
Exchange Road, Ortigas
Pasig City, Philippines
tel: +632.631.6166
fax: +632.631.7217

Job Opening: Account Manager / Web Developer

IT Group is a provider of end-to-end solutions focused on solving the business challenges clients face through the innovative application of insight, talent and technology.

The company services include consulting, application development, deployment and integration, training, outsourcing, and managed services. We source, design, build, implement and manage IT-enabled solutions tailored to client’s specific needs.

Position : Account Manager (2 vacancies)

Requirements :

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science or any related course.
• At least 2 years selling/marketing experience in IT industry
• Knowledgeable in Network Infrastructure, Web and Client Server Applications
• Knowledgeable both in Windows and Linux Platforms
• Willing to travel/do field work
• Must have good English Communication Skills, both oral and written
• Must be Independent, Team player and can work with minimal supervision
• Skills : Customer Service, Time Management, Account Management, Organizational
  

Responsibilities :

Account Managers are responsible for developing and nurturing relationships with clients to make sure their needs and expectations are met. Account Managers are also responsible for assisting the Business Development Manager in the performance of various functions within the team as directed, providing a superior level of service to customers; and ensuring that revenue targets of the organization are met by meeting individual sales quotas. In the position described, the incumbent is expected to:

• Convert leads to sales
• Prepare and send out proposals
• Conduct initial project/engagement requirements analysis
• Conduct sales presentations
• Have thorough knowledge about the accounts being managed, the nature of their business, the company’s strategy, products, services, finances; as well as prevailing competitive market forces.
  

Position : Web Developer

Requirements :

• At least 3-4 years work experience in web development concepts, technologies, terminology, and methods and limitations
• Should have a college degree , IT technology degree is preferred but not required
• Good written and oral communications skills.
• Independent self-starter
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Should have good working knowledge of the following mark-up/scripting languages: HTML, Javascript, CSS
• Should have good working knowledge of any of the following server-side scripting languages: ASP.NET or VB.NET
• Should have good working knowledge of SQL Server
  

Responsibilities :

• Will be responsible for developing transactional web sites/web applications
• Will be responsible for developing web sites/applications according to functional requirements set by customers
• Have a Service Mentality
• Deliver tasks/projects on time
• Ability to work independently
  

Office Location : Libis, Q.C.

Interested Applicants may send their updated resume to the HRD: marita.mortera@itgroup.com.ph