FashionPlaytes has a unique opportunity for a Marketing Intern. We are seeking a candidate with a desire and ability to support us by coordinating projects, working on media requests, assisting with our social media strategy, executing email marketing campaigns, and general assistance. The ideal candidate enjoys and understands content creation and online communities. They should also have a passion and an educational background in marketing, public relations or communications and journalism.

Since we’re a small, ambitious and dynamic startup that is transforming how girls interact around fashion, you’ll have the opportunity to work with our marketing team within a web development environment to define campaigns in a game-changing business. This is a fun, hands-on, resume-building experience!

Responsibilities:

• Help research our consumer demographic – both kids and gift givers (parents, etc.)
• Assist Community Manager with focus group initiatives and surveys
• Help identify and coordinate on and offline marketing events such as contests, fashion shows, etc.
• Suggest, build and implement creative marketing strategies to build our customer base organically
• Recommend and help implement customer acquisition strategies in order to quantify costs
• Share ideas for building the FashionPlaytes brand and packaging

Qualifications:

• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Initiative, flexibility and the skill to work independently
• Ability to write and communicate messages clearly and concisely with strong attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple projects under pressure and work effectively on a team
• Computer knowledge including Microsoft Office. Photoshop a plus.

Hours:

• Minimum of 24 hours/week required, during normal business hours. Ability to work extra hours during production crunches appreciated.

Mission

FashionPlaytes is seeking a Ruby on Rails application developer with the experience and skills to take a leading role in helping us grow to the next level.

Must Have Experience in the Following:

• Ruby Programming
• Rails application development and deployment
• Database programming against MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
• Unix command line environment
• Building and maintaining scalable, fault tolerant Unix based web architectures
• Cluster management tools
• Linux server installation and configuration
• Amazon EC2 and S3 environments and tools
• Other hosted/cloud environments
• Other programming languages, scripting or otherwise, would be helpful
• Strong HTML/CSS/Javascript experience. Must have used at least one JS library
• Source control systems such as SVN and CVS
• Web and Mail server configuration and management
• Networking and server security concepts and protocols

Personal Skills

• Entrepreneurial, creative, focused and driven.
• Committed desire to work in a fast-paced environment and excel under pressure.
• Ability to think through and design end-to-end solutions at the application and infrastructure levels.
• Strong communication skills

FashionPlaytes is hiring a Project Coordinator to work closely with the CEO to coordinate/manage efforts across a variety of areas, including new business, merchandising and project management. This role will work closely with our small team to make projects and relationships happen! This is a fun, creative position offering tremendous experience and exposure in a dynamic, startup environment. The ideal candidate will have a proven history of building successful relationships internally and externally and must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Prior experience with an ecommerce, gaming or fashion company would be preferred.

This is a great opportunity to help shape an ambitious startup that will transform how girls interact around fashion. You will have the opportunity to help build an innovative, game-changing business, with an integral role on our small team. We are located in Salem, MA.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate special projects, such as photo shoots or projects that intersect several departments
• Develop presentations and proposals based on discussions with internal and external partners
• Work closely with the CEO to manage projects and develop initiatives to drive the business
• Translate vision to reality, whether it be in the form of vision boards for photo shoots, or proposals/presentations for partners
• Cultivate and nurture existing relationships and develop new business opportunities
• Drive scheduling and project time lines. Interact and facilitate meetings and projects

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 2-3 years experience working in a business environment. Start-up experience preferred
• Extremely proactive with a results-driven orientation
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong organizational skills - must be able to manage multiple projects and juggle schedules
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment, turning ideas and feedback into actionable plans
• Sense of humor and positive attitude essential!