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Ranker is a startup consumer website in the user-generated content space. We have an ambitious site, beta launched in late July 2009, that is already starting to take off and has a lot of potential for growth, and we are currently looking for someone to handle a wide variety of responsibilities. Duties will range from social media management and viral marketing to QA and testing, and there will also be some light office/administrative work. Basically, we are looking for someone who can do whatever needs doing to help us develop, promote and grow Ranker.

Candidates should be able to function well in a fast-paced, high stress environment. You should be detail oriented, organized, intelligent, tech-savvy, hardworking, and very capable of multitasking. Excellent writing skills are a requirement, as are strong computer skills and familiarity with PCs, Vista, Outlook and the internet. Only candidates with 4 year degrees or equivalents need apply. Above all else, you must be passionate about the web industry, and about the opportunity to learn a lot on the job. You will be called upon to do things you may not have a strong background in. We can spend some energy training you, but for the most part, we will expect you to be able to effectively research and learn things independently.

Experience in a QA/testing environment, community management experience, basic bookkeeping/Quickbooks experience, general office experience, low-level HTML or other coding skills, pop culture knowledge, guerilla/viral marketing experience, internet research experience, editorial experience, note-taking skills, and heavy web 2.0 experience (personally and/or work experience) are all huge plusses.

This is not your typical 9-5 job, and we are looking for candidates who are committed to building a career in this industry, and not just looking to punch a clock and get a paycheck. If you are the kind of person who may find yourself thinking “that’s not in my job description” when given a task, this isn’t the right fit for you. We are a true Silicon Valley-style startup, so if you need a very structured corporate environment, this is not the gig for you either. But, rest assured that our company is a meritocracy and there’s more to do than bodies to do it – if you can add value to the business going forward you will be rewarded appropriately, and we can guarantee that you will learn a LOT about the consumer internet very quickly.

Compensation will be determined on experience and includes equity and medical benefits.

HOW TO APPLY: Please send resume and cover letter to jobs@ranker.com. You must send both in order to be considered. In your cover letter, let us know what websites you visit regularly, what software you’re proficient with, any social media pages or writing samples you care to share, and why you think you would be a good fit for our position and what your initial impressions of http://www.ranker.com are.

Note: If you contact us with a solicitation for contract web design or development services, we will make a point of not using you. We are not looking for web designers or development firms at this point.

• Location: Hollywood, CA
• Compensation: DOE
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