Positions available at Instructables

Software Engineer

Instructables is looking for a well rounded  and experienced software engineer to join our small team in San Francisco. As a lead engineer, you will have a huge impact on how we design, build and deliver our service to millions of people. You should be a generalist and enjoy working across the software stack. Our current technologies include Java, Hibernate, MySQL, Solr, Hadoop, JavaScript, PHP and HTML.  We are also in the process of evaluating how to expand our stack to improve our velocity.

We look for engineers who love finding efficient and thoughtful solutions to a variety of technical and product challenges. You should strive to write efficient, maintainable code and you should enjoy pushing code everyday.

Sample projects include: API, recommendations, search, internationalization, and localization

Please send a resume, cover letter, portfolio, and any other useful information to iwannawork at instructables dot com.  Make the subject of your email robot-related, and, if possible, witty.

---

Digital Sales Executive – Chicago 

The candidate for this Sales Executive position will be responsible for identifying, closing and managing advertising partners.

Instructables has established a successful online advertising business. Some of our advertisers include Chevy, Craftsman, Ace Hardware and many others. We are looking to hire a tenacious, motivated, individual who can help drive and support our continued growth. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in online ad sales, with exceptional selling skills and a proven record of meeting and exceeding sales targets.

This position reports to the Director of Ad Sales.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify and initiate contact with advertising prospects, through cold calls, in-person presentations and/or leveraging of existing contact lists.
• Assess customer needs; develop effective sales proposals; negotiate deals; and ensure successful delivery of advertising campaigns.
• Manage all communications, scheduling and approvals between the client/agency and operations team throughout the implementation process.
• Maintain accounts and deliver superior customer service for multiple clients.
• Manage campaign performance summaries for clients. 

Experience/Education/Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree with 3+ years online ad sales experience.
• Experience working with Interactive Ad Agencies
• Strong track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• Knowledge of business and advertising trends and the ability to translate this knowledge into advertising solutions for clients.
• Solid understanding of online advertising and marketing, including pricing structures and media types (e.g., banners, skyscrapers, box ads, email newsletters).
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organized and flexible.
• Superior oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Word and the Web .

Experience/Education/Skills Preferred:

• Experience working in a small business or a start-up environment.
• Ad agency experience is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of 3rd party research tools (e.g., MediaMetrix; Nielsen @Plan).

Essential Qualities:

• Positive work ethic and ability to exercise mature judgment .
• Ability to work independently as a motivated team player.
• Preference for a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• Ability to think analytically, set priorities and meet deadlines.

Please send a resume, cover letter, portfolio, and any other useful information to iwannawork at instructables dot com.  Make the subject of your email robot-related, and, if possible, witty.

---

 

Internships

Instructables is seeking interns of all shapes and sizes! We're looking for people who take good pictures, write well, and want to share their knowledge and help us manage the community. An active Instructables account with great projects is the best way to show off your skills.  It's very rare that we would hire an intern who hasn't already posted an Instructable, so if you aren't already an author, share something!

All of our internships are paid.  We unfortunately do not offer unpaid internships.

Tim is also running an internship program where he teaches you skills in exchange for help documenting heirloom technologies. Check here for more information.

Instructables is located in downtown San Francisco, CA.

Please send a resume, cover letter, and any other useful information to iwannawork at instructables dot com.  Make the subject of your email robot-related, and, if possible, witty.

Internships on are a rolling basis, and there is no deadline for applications.  Unfortunately, we are full for summer 2012 internships.

About Instructables

Instructables is the most popular Do It Yourself community on the Internet. Started in August 2005, Instructables provides accessible tools and publishing instructions to enable passionate, creative people to share their most innovative projects, recipes, ideas, and hacks. The site is currently home to over 65,000 projects covering such diverse areas as crafts, art, kids, electronics, pets, bikes, cars, robotics, green projects, and cooking.  In 2011, we were acquired by Autodesk.  Our benefits are now super-charged!  

We're located in downtown San Francisco in an old salon, with gorgeous natural light and access to our roof.  At our lab, we have a laser cutter, 5 sewing machines each with a different specialty, a full kitchen, and plenty of hand-tools in addition to the computers you'd expect.  We have work-sponsored Trojan Horse raids, Pirate Raids and Zombie Attacks, Build Nights, Pizza Offs, indoor skydiving, trapeze lessons, and monthly build-days.


If you want to work remotely
Click here for more information about helping out around the Instructables website.

---

This is the most recent and up to date job listing for Instructables despite the posting date.