Community Central:Hiring

Wikia is a consumer destination site where you can read, discuss, and share information and opinions on any topic and in any language. Wikia currently has over 800,000 pages of content in more than 70 languages. Wikia's investors include Amazon, Bessemer Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, and a select group of angel investors including Marc Andreessen, Josh Kopelman, Joichi Ito, Mitch Kapor, and Ron Conway.

Senior Product Manager/Product Manager (San Mateo, CA)
Wikia, Inc., the leading provider of community resources for building free content, wants you! If you're a great Product Manager then come work on The Next Big Thing for vibrant on-line communities. We're building a small agile team in San Mateo to work on our core platform, user tools, and new customer-facing web applications.

Responsibilities

 * Drive innovation, planning and execution of new product features and business concepts.
 * Analyze users and competitors to determine the right feature set to help Wikia reach new audiences.
 * Work with both local and international teams on product definition and execution.
 * Oversee product launches from concept through execution to release.
 * Produce supporting documentation from initial wireframes and mockups all the way through more detailed PRD's.
 * Own key business metrics and drive improvement based on those metrics.
 * Work with product marketing on product introduction to users.
 * Some international travel required.

Requirements

 * 3-5 years Product Management experience preferably at a consumer internet company
 * Strong passion and technical understanding of Internet technologies and the operations of a commercial Web site
 * Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional groups
 * Strong analytical and problem solving skills
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
 * Proven track record of shipping successful products
 * Work experience with user generated content a big plus.
 * Knowledge of wikis and or MediaWiki a big plus.

Education

 * Bachelors Degree Required. MBA preferred.

Please send a resume and intro email to [mailto:hiring@wikia.com hiring@wikia.com] and include SPM in the subject line.

Community Development Manager (Germany)
Wikia, Inc., the leading provider of community resources for building free content on every topic, is seeking an outstanding Community Development Manager for Germany. This individual must be a German-speaking wiki expert with experience in both community and business development. This role focuses on growth and retention rather than community moderation.

Responsibilities

 * Responsible for the growth and success of Wikia in Germany
 * Create and execute a growth and retention plan for new German language wikis by benchmarking products, competitors, and market dynamics, and by leveraging data analysis, onsite information and interactions with users.
 * Represent the needs of the German Wikia communities to the product, engineering, marketing and community teams
 * Promote Wikia's communities both on and offline through outreach and marketing
 * Foster and mentor new and existing communities
 * Be the face of Wikia in Germany; securing speaking opportunities for yourself, talking to the press, and organizing events for Wikians
 * Develop and execute marketing campaigns, events and contests within Germany to increase traffic and contributors

Ideal Candidate

 * Has a passion for wikis and online communities
 * Keeps abreast of web 2.0 tools including social networking sites, blogs, user-generated content and citizen journalism
 * Is extremely well-written with some PR or marketing training
 * Is an excellent networker and enjoys a multitude of online and offline connections
 * Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to work independently with attention to detail
 * Has worked at a company with a strong community element (such as a social networking site or online gaming site)
 * Has experience executing online and grass roots marketing campaigns

Requirements

 * Be able to form content and marketing partnerships relevant to Wikia's communities
 * Be responsible for increasing user participation and content generation across all Wikia's German language wikis
 * A friendly and welcoming approach when dealing with users
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as negotiation, judgment and problem-solving skills
 * Fluent in German with a high level of fluency in English, especially written English. Additional languages an advantage
 * Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment
 * You must have a high speed Internet connection and a suitable working environment (home office).

Please send a résumé and cover letter in plain text to Angela Beesley at [mailto:%61%6e%67%65%6c%61%40%77%69%6b%69%61%2e%63%6f%6d angela@wikia.com] and include 'Wikia Germany' in the subject line.

To explore Wikia Germany, please visit de.wikia.com or browse the list of more than 150 German wikis.

Manager, Games Community Marketing (San Mateo, CA)
Wikia is searching for a rock star marketing and community manager with a passion for games to take the Wikia Gaming Network to the next level. With over 400 Game wikis attracting over 10M unique users each month, the Wikia Gaming Network strives to be the number one user-generated and completely free online resource for Gamers.

Responsibilities

 * Contribute to growth of Wikia’s Gaming Network, with a focus on user participation and user content generation.
 * Develop and execute internal and external marketing campaigns, events and contests to increase traffic and contributors on Wikia Gaming wikis
 * Aggressively develop relationships within the Game Industry including game publishers and developers, fan sites and forums, and media publications.
 * Manage day to day relationships with content distribution partners.
 * Serve as the voice of the Gaming community by providing feedback and ideas to Sr. Management, Product, and Engineering teams to further engage gamers.

Qualifications

 * 3-5 years experience in Video/Online Game Industry.
 * Passion for gaming, deep-knowledge of user-generated content and online communities.
 * Experience executing online and grass roots marketing campaigns.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills.
 * Experience editing wikis or moderating an online communities a huge plus.
 * BA/BS in Marketing or Business Related field or equivalent experience.

Please send a resume and intro email to [mailto:hiring@wikia.com hiring@wikia.com] and include GCM in the subject line.

Senior Web Developer (San Mateo, CA)
Wikia, Inc., the leading provider of community resources for building free content, wants you! If you're a great Senior Web Developer then come work on The Next Big Thing for vibrant on-line communities. We're building a small agile team in San Mateo to work on our core platform, user tools, and new customer-facing web applications.

What do we expect from you?

 * Be smart and be passionate.
 * Expert level PHP and Javascript.
 * Familiarity writing code for scale and using memcache.
 * Familiarity with MySQL and a solid understanding of query optimization and performance.
 * Unix/Linux expertise.
 * Development experience with Mediawiki a big plus.
 * Development experience with YUI a big plus.
 * Design / UI expertise a plus.
 * Previous experience with Wikia, Wikipedia, wikis or other user generated content sites is a plus.
 * Operations experience a plus.

You'll be working with other technical leads, a Product Manager, a Community Manager, and an Operations Manager on bringing a variety of projects to life at Wikia. We have a lot to do - want to help?

Please send a resume and intro email to [mailto:hiring@wikia.com hiring@wikia.com] and include SWD in the subject line.

Product Marketing Manager (San Mateo, CA)
Wikia, Inc., the leading provider of community resources for building free content on every topic, is seeking an outstanding Product Marketing Manager who can actively engage and foster thriving online communities to generate a ton of content.

Responsibilities
The Product Marketing Manager will utilize Wikia's home page, learning areas, community portals and onsite promotion to turn readers into contributors and editors into new wiki founders. The PMM will write promotional content and market new products to existing users, actively encouraging feature adoption and owning the sections of the site devoted to the discussion and presentation of product launches. The PMM also owns the new user experience, including user flows, all help areas, online tutorials, outbound emails, and newsletters.

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is comfortable with the chaos of online communities, the oddities of user-generated content, and the fairly ugly confines of our office in San Mateo. This person is flexible and able to communicate well using a variety of media (i.e. instant messaging, Skype, email, wiki talk pages, cell phone) with teammates in eight time zones and users around the globe. The candidate is a heavy user of one or more of MySpace, Facebook, Wikipedia, Flickr, etc. and can verbalize what works and doesn't work on each site. Experience with wikis is a nice plus.

Requirements

 * BS or BA
 * Excellent and creative written and oral communication skills.
 * Well-organized self-starter with attention to detail.
 * Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
 * Entrepreneurial spirit.
 * 3+ years experience in marketing and/or product management of a web-based product or service.
 * Experience with online communities as a user or product manager.
 * Strong analytical skills and passion for analyzing and benchmarking products, competitors, and market dynamics.
 * Proactive style with discipline and will to set priorities, drive decisions, and get closure on recommendations and issues.
 * Flexible and willing to do what it takes to ensure success.
 * UI design and usability testing experience a plus.
 * Experience editing wikis a huge plus.
 * Multiple written languages a plus.

Please send resume and cover letter in .pdf format explaining how you currently resemble or how you could become the ideal candidate. Send to [mailto:hiring@wikia.com hiring@wikia.com] and include PMM in the subject line.