Los Angeles 
Gorilla Nation is the largest online advertising sales representation company, exclusively handling the media sales for over 500 high-traffic, quality websites in select vertical markets.
We're a one-stop shop for online advertisers & agencies looking to build brand awareness through high impact ad units and rich media across targeted content categories. We assist in developing media and creative strategies, execute these plans with volume media buys, and traffic campaign delivery utilizing our advanced ad-serving technology.
Gorilla Nation then delivers results, usually above and beyond advertiser expectations. As an ad rep firm (rather than an ad network) we then interpret these results to make each subsequent buy more effective.
Brian Fitzgerald
Co-Founder and President
Brian began his career as an intellectual property attorney at MGM Studios, went on to represent some of the entertainment industry's largest independent film distributors, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1992 & J.D. Loyola Law School, 1996. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Aaron Broder
Co-Founder and CEO
Aaron began his career at the William Morris Agency, a Hollywood Talent Agency, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1991; M.B.A from University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1993 & J.D. U.C.L.A. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Bill Foltz
CFO
Bill is an experienced senior executive with a strong background in growing and operating companies with expertise in M&A, corporate finance, fundraising and private equity. Prior to joining Gorilla Nation, he was a Partner and Managing Principal a Sports Business Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund and advisory firm focusing on sports and sports-related investments. Prior to this, Bill was SVP/CFO of Roll International, where he oversaw a $1 billion portfolio of seven wholly owned companies in consumer products, service and wholesale products, food processing and beverages including such iconic consumer brands as Teleflora PomWonderful Pomegranate Juice, and Fiji Water, whose acquisition he led. He has also held the CFO position with Platinum Equity Capital Partners, one of the fastest growing private equity firms in the nation. In addition to serving on the firm’s management committee that had primary responsibility for the performance of the entire portfolio, he also managed the company’s initial private equity fundraising of $700 million. Earlier, he served as CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball club where he spent 10 years as a key member of the management team. He was a manager for the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young and is a CPA.
Christophe Louvion
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Louvion has over 10 years of experience in enabling rapid business growth through planning and implementation of cutting edge technologies. He held various positions at Shopzilla.com, where he was instrumental in developing the leading shopping search engine, serving there as Software Architect, VP of Operations, VP of Product Development and Engineering, Agile Evangelist/Coach and Uber Scrum Master. Prior to working in the e-commerce field, he worked as a Software Engineer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of San Diego. He started his career as a Software Engineer for Cegelec in Paris, where he won an Anvar award from The French Agency for Innovation. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Nancy I and a Master of Science in Computer Science from ESIAL, both in France. He is a Certified Scrum Practitioner, and a member of the Agile Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network.
Brad Agens
Sr. VP/National Sales
Brad joined Gorilla Nation as the National Sales Director in 2002. Prior to this, he served as Southwest Sales Manager for L90/MaxOnline and as Director of Business Development for RealSearch, a Real Estate Marketing firm. Brad has over a decade of online sales and marketing experience and has worked with such marquee brands as Verizon, Turner, Nestle, Ford, and Nike.
Frank Simonelli
Sr. VP/Marketing & Corporate Communications
Frank brings 25 years of strategic and tactical marketing expertise to GN. He currently directs branding, reputation management, lead generation, advertising, PR and promotional activity for the firm. He has held a wide range of senior positions at the world's largest advertising and PR agencies, including Young & Rubicam (where he helped form the industry's first "New Media Group" in 1984, developing such seminal web properties as CompuServe and Prodigy), Burson-Marsteller, J. Walter Thompson, and Hill and Knowlton. He has served on the client side in the research, publishing and wireless industries.
Steven Orenstein
Sr. VP/Finance
Steve offers 35 years executive financial management expertise from various facets of the advertising industry to GN. He directs day-to-day financial activity and reporting and is responsible for all systems and controls for all GN's operating companies. He previously held senior posts at The Kern Organization, Direct Partners, Davis Elen Advertising, McCann Erickson and Young & Rubicam.
Matt Stodder
VP/Ad Strategy & Operations
Matt is responsible for leading integrated sales initiatives to connect brand advertisers with consumers through GN’s global network of mid-tail sites in three ways: developing larger integrated online promotional packages on GN’s larger premier properties, aggregating selected smaller sites to create uniquely targeted media packages, and creating opportunities for international advertisers that provide creative integration across different geographic markets. Matt came to GN after 7 years at Yahoo! where, most recently, he served as Director of Ad Solutions for Yahoo! Entertainment. He has developed successful, integrated marketing programs for a broad array of major brand advertisers, including Pepsi, Coca Cola, GM, Toyota, Nissan, Verizon Wireless, P&G, JCPenney and Target. Prior to this, he headed up publishing at LAUNCH.com, a music site acquired by Yahoo!, and was a former politics editor at LATimes.com.
Moises Magana
VP/Finance
Moises brings 6 years of finance and operations expertise in the online media and entertainment industry. He is currently responsible for strategic planning and analysis, acquisition valuation, due diligence and integration. His previous experience includes directing all finance and operational activity for YouBet.com.
Diane Bradley
VP/Ad Operations
Diane is responsible for directing all internal ad operations, campaign fulfillment, trafficking, and out-sourced services. Her team implements and maintains all marketing campaigns that run on GN sites, and works closely with the rest of the company to help achieve the best performance possible for clients. Her previous experience includes management positions at Vendare Media and Eyeblaster.
Alex Godelman
VP/Technology
Alex provides nearly 20 years of senior management experience in ecommerce, commercial software development, and online media and entertainment. He has a proven track record in formulating and executing technology and service delivery plans for rapidly growing internet brands and other high tech companies. Most recently, he was a part of the senior management team at Shopzilla, the world leader in comparison shopping search; CIO at Diskeeper Corporation, a leading software manufacturer; Executive Director of Technology for the B3 division of Time Warner responsible for numerous TW and WEA music labels; Senior Director of IS&T for the Maxis division of Electronic Arts, makers of Sims Online. Prior to these, he also served as CIO of Otis College and Director of Technology for WoltersKluwers, responsible for delivery of their two largest online brands, GlobalFx and CompleTax. Alex is very active in the ITIL community and holds a graduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Universitatea de Stat din Moldova.
Ari Bayme
VP/Corporate Development
Ari is responsible for evaluation and execution of acquisitions and strategic investments in niche-oriented portals while exploring expansion into Europe and Asia. In his previous role as VP with Milbank Roy & Co., LLC, Mr. Bayme led several M&A and financing transactions for clients such as advertising networks, niche portals and direct navigation portfolio companies. He has been a frequent speaker on the topic of valuing Internet based assets at technology conferences such as ad:tech, TRAFFIC and The Domain Roundtable, and is also the author of a monthly column in Modern Domainer Magazine. Mr. Bayme holds degrees from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He is President Emeritus and Board Member of Rocking the Boat, a non-profit youth development organization.
Sharon Reese
VP/Human Resources
Sharon is responsible for managing rapid employee growth on both a domestic and international level, with focus on Toronto, London & Sydney. Prior to GN, she spent nearly 7 years as Head of Corporate Employee Relations for Dreamworks SKG (sold to Paramount) and DreamWorks Records (sold to Universal Music Group) where she was responsible for human resources activities domestically and internationally in all areas of employee relations, performance management, training and development, corporate policies and procedures compliance, transitions and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, she was VP, Human Resources Manager for Bank of America with an employee population of over 100,000 where she supported the Corporate Group, Retail Branches, Commercial Banking, Credit Card and Teleservices.
Josh Ellingwood
General Counsel
Josh joined GN in March 2006, bringing with him 10 years of experience as a business attorney. Prior to joining GN, Josh served as Vice President and General Counsel for a private aerospace research and development company and as a financial restructuring attorney with nationally prominent firms in Los Angeles. Josh has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C.L.A.
Jeff Shieh
VP/Business & Legal Affairs
Jeff is primarily responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of GN's acquisitions and investments. Prior to joining GN, Jeff practiced as a corporate attorney at the international law firms of Sheppard, Mullin and Skadden, Arps, working on a wide variety of M&A, venture capital/private equity, finance and other transactions. He was also previously a corporate governance and finance attorney and assistant corporate secretary at Edison International/Southern California Edison Company, a publicly traded Fortune 200 company. Jeff has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C. Hastings.
Co-Founder and President
Brian began his career as an intellectual property attorney at MGM Studios, went on to represent some of the entertainment industry's largest independent film distributors, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1992 & J.D. Loyola Law School, 1996. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Aaron Broder
Co-Founder and CEO
Aaron began his career at the William Morris Agency, a Hollywood Talent Agency, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1991; M.B.A from University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1993 & J.D. U.C.L.A. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Bill Foltz
CFO
Bill is an experienced senior executive with a strong background in growing and operating companies with expertise in M&A, corporate finance, fundraising and private equity. Prior to joining Gorilla Nation, he was a Partner and Managing Principal a Sports Business Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund and advisory firm focusing on sports and sports-related investments. Prior to this, Bill was SVP/CFO of Roll International, where he oversaw a $1 billion portfolio of seven wholly owned companies in consumer products, service and wholesale products, food processing and beverages including such iconic consumer brands as Teleflora PomWonderful Pomegranate Juice, and Fiji Water, whose acquisition he led. He has also held the CFO position with Platinum Equity Capital Partners, one of the fastest growing private equity firms in the nation. In addition to serving on the firm’s management committee that had primary responsibility for the performance of the entire portfolio, he also managed the company’s initial private equity fundraising of $700 million. Earlier, he served as CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball club where he spent 10 years as a key member of the management team. He was a manager for the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young and is a CPA.
Christophe Louvion
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Louvion has over 10 years of experience in enabling rapid business growth through planning and implementation of cutting edge technologies. He held various positions at Shopzilla.com, where he was instrumental in developing the leading shopping search engine, serving there as Software Architect, VP of Operations, VP of Product Development and Engineering, Agile Evangelist/Coach and Uber Scrum Master. Prior to working in the e-commerce field, he worked as a Software Engineer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of San Diego. He started his career as a Software Engineer for Cegelec in Paris, where he won an Anvar award from The French Agency for Innovation. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Nancy I and a Master of Science in Computer Science from ESIAL, both in France. He is a Certified Scrum Practitioner, and a member of the Agile Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network.
Brad Agens
Sr. VP/National Sales
Brad joined Gorilla Nation as the National Sales Director in 2002. Prior to this, he served as Southwest Sales Manager for L90/MaxOnline and as Director of Business Development for RealSearch, a Real Estate Marketing firm. Brad has over a decade of online sales and marketing experience and has worked with such marquee brands as Verizon, Turner, Nestle, Ford, and Nike.
Frank Simonelli
Sr. VP/Marketing & Corporate Communications
Frank brings 25 years of strategic and tactical marketing expertise to GN. He currently directs branding, reputation management, lead generation, advertising, PR and promotional activity for the firm. He has held a wide range of senior positions at the world's largest advertising and PR agencies, including Young & Rubicam (where he helped form the industry's first "New Media Group" in 1984, developing such seminal web properties as CompuServe and Prodigy), Burson-Marsteller, J. Walter Thompson, and Hill and Knowlton. He has served on the client side in the research, publishing and wireless industries.
Steven Orenstein
Sr. VP/Finance
Steve offers 35 years executive financial management expertise from various facets of the advertising industry to GN. He directs day-to-day financial activity and reporting and is responsible for all systems and controls for all GN's operating companies. He previously held senior posts at The Kern Organization, Direct Partners, Davis Elen Advertising, McCann Erickson and Young & Rubicam.
Matt Stodder
VP/Ad Strategy & Operations
Matt is responsible for leading integrated sales initiatives to connect brand advertisers with consumers through GN’s global network of mid-tail sites in three ways: developing larger integrated online promotional packages on GN’s larger premier properties, aggregating selected smaller sites to create uniquely targeted media packages, and creating opportunities for international advertisers that provide creative integration across different geographic markets. Matt came to GN after 7 years at Yahoo! where, most recently, he served as Director of Ad Solutions for Yahoo! Entertainment. He has developed successful, integrated marketing programs for a broad array of major brand advertisers, including Pepsi, Coca Cola, GM, Toyota, Nissan, Verizon Wireless, P&G, JCPenney and Target. Prior to this, he headed up publishing at LAUNCH.com, a music site acquired by Yahoo!, and was a former politics editor at LATimes.com.
Moises Magana
VP/Finance
Moises brings 6 years of finance and operations expertise in the online media and entertainment industry. He is currently responsible for strategic planning and analysis, acquisition valuation, due diligence and integration. His previous experience includes directing all finance and operational activity for YouBet.com.
Diane Bradley
VP/Ad Operations
Diane is responsible for directing all internal ad operations, campaign fulfillment, trafficking, and out-sourced services. Her team implements and maintains all marketing campaigns that run on GN sites, and works closely with the rest of the company to help achieve the best performance possible for clients. Her previous experience includes management positions at Vendare Media and Eyeblaster.
Alex Godelman
VP/Technology
Alex provides nearly 20 years of senior management experience in ecommerce, commercial software development, and online media and entertainment. He has a proven track record in formulating and executing technology and service delivery plans for rapidly growing internet brands and other high tech companies. Most recently, he was a part of the senior management team at Shopzilla, the world leader in comparison shopping search; CIO at Diskeeper Corporation, a leading software manufacturer; Executive Director of Technology for the B3 division of Time Warner responsible for numerous TW and WEA music labels; Senior Director of IS&T for the Maxis division of Electronic Arts, makers of Sims Online. Prior to these, he also served as CIO of Otis College and Director of Technology for WoltersKluwers, responsible for delivery of their two largest online brands, GlobalFx and CompleTax. Alex is very active in the ITIL community and holds a graduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Universitatea de Stat din Moldova.
Ari Bayme
VP/Corporate Development
Ari is responsible for evaluation and execution of acquisitions and strategic investments in niche-oriented portals while exploring expansion into Europe and Asia. In his previous role as VP with Milbank Roy & Co., LLC, Mr. Bayme led several M&A and financing transactions for clients such as advertising networks, niche portals and direct navigation portfolio companies. He has been a frequent speaker on the topic of valuing Internet based assets at technology conferences such as ad:tech, TRAFFIC and The Domain Roundtable, and is also the author of a monthly column in Modern Domainer Magazine. Mr. Bayme holds degrees from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He is President Emeritus and Board Member of Rocking the Boat, a non-profit youth development organization.
Sharon Reese
VP/Human Resources
Sharon is responsible for managing rapid employee growth on both a domestic and international level, with focus on Toronto, London & Sydney. Prior to GN, she spent nearly 7 years as Head of Corporate Employee Relations for Dreamworks SKG (sold to Paramount) and DreamWorks Records (sold to Universal Music Group) where she was responsible for human resources activities domestically and internationally in all areas of employee relations, performance management, training and development, corporate policies and procedures compliance, transitions and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, she was VP, Human Resources Manager for Bank of America with an employee population of over 100,000 where she supported the Corporate Group, Retail Branches, Commercial Banking, Credit Card and Teleservices.
Josh Ellingwood
General Counsel
Josh joined GN in March 2006, bringing with him 10 years of experience as a business attorney. Prior to joining GN, Josh served as Vice President and General Counsel for a private aerospace research and development company and as a financial restructuring attorney with nationally prominent firms in Los Angeles. Josh has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C.L.A.
Jeff Shieh
VP/Business & Legal Affairs
Jeff is primarily responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of GN's acquisitions and investments. Prior to joining GN, Jeff practiced as a corporate attorney at the international law firms of Sheppard, Mullin and Skadden, Arps, working on a wide variety of M&A, venture capital/private equity, finance and other transactions. He was also previously a corporate governance and finance attorney and assistant corporate secretary at Edison International/Southern California Edison Company, a publicly traded Fortune 200 company. Jeff has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C. Hastings.
Here We Grow Again! Current Openings:
Gorilla Nation is always looking for talented individuals to join our team. Please forward your resume and cover letter to: humanresources@gorillanation.com
Gorilla Nation New York:
Sales Planner -New York
Supporting Sales Account Executive in managing proposals, presentations and campaign management functions. Interested in starting a career in online advertising, account management and sales.
Mid level. College degree. Online planning and sales experience.
Gorilla Nation Los Angeles:
Financial Analyst
The position will play an important role in our financial planning and analysis functions, including budgeting, P&L review, strategic planning and competitive analysis. In addition, the position will be responsible for preparing monthly routine analysis and ad hoc requests for Gorilla Nation.
B.S. in Finance, Accounting or equivalent; years financial analysis experience; Excellent analytical and modeling skills, in-depth experience with financial statement analysis and a strong understanding of corporate finance concepts; Extensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task; Great Plains and FRX experience preferred.
Human Resources Coordinator
The Human Resources Coordinator will coordinate the daily operations of the Human Resources department; Maintains all departmental files and records; Assists in benefits administration and management; Help maintain all employee files and keep them up to date.
1-2+ years Human Resources experience; Prior administrative experience; Excellent organization and communication skills; Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment.
Human Resources Manager
The Human Resources Manager is responsible for managing the entire recruitment lifecycle process and handle employee relations activities. This is a strong generalist role which will report to the Vice President of HR and the Human Resources Director.
College Degree (B.S. in Human Resources, Communications, Business, Marketing, or related discipline) required; Minimum 5 – 7 years of solid recruiting and employee relations experience; Prior recruiting experience in an on-line media, advertising or entertainment industry preferred; An expert level of knowledge on full recruiting lifecycle and on-boarding process.
Staff Accountant
The position will play an important role in the daily accounting functions including payroll, financial reporting, and the month end closing process.
4-6 years of Payroll Supervisory experience; 3-5 years experience in a large corporate environment; Experience with ADP/Paychex Payroll system preferred; BA in Accounting; Great Plains and Frx experience a plus; Must be highly proficient in Excel.
PHP Developer
We currently need highly skilled innovators adept at both web application development and partner integration. The projects require solid design fundamentals working with Apache/MySQL database-driven web applications. Those with more advanced skills writing in Python/Ruby/shell are highly desired.
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 5 to 7 years OO PHP4/PHP5 - 1 to 2 years PERL - 5 to 7 years HTML/JavaScript - 4 to 5 years MySQL (using stored procedures/clustering/replication) - Experienced w/Linux flavors (Redhat/ CentOS/ Ubuntu) - Advanced Programming Knowledge (OOP, UML, Use of Frameworks) - Experience with MVC - Experience with Subversion or CVS - Experience with Apache - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment
Online Ad Trafficker
Entry-Mid level; 1-2 years experience. Internet/Online media experience. DART, HTML, Flash and JavaScript is preferred. Support the online Adverting sales team to maximize revenue and enhance client relationship. This is a hybrid of interactive ad trafficking as well as campaign management.
Receptionist/Recruiting Assistant
Answering and directing incoming calls; Greeting clients and visitors; Processing all incoming and outgoing mail and couriers; Processing all outgoing shipping via FedEx; Ordering Staples office supplies; Candidate identification through job boards, direct sourcing and referrals; Resume review and phone screening candidates; Scheduling interviews.
Prior Receptionist experience; Prior Human Resource and/or Recruiting experience preferred; 2+ Administrative experience; Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; Excellent organization, time management and reporting skills; Ability to work in a fast paced environment; Microsoft Office skills.
Project Manager
GN is currently seeking a talented Project Manger to join the IT and Development Team. It is a pro-active position with room for growth. GN is a dynamic team environment and is looking for the right Project Manager with 3 + years of experience and a working hands on knowledge IT and WebDev best practice. Essential Functions: - Gathering, organization, and management of various IT or cross departmental projects - Tracking, coordinating and reporting on workflow, deliverables, issues and deadlines - Liaison between several corporate divisions - Assisting management (VP of Technology, CTO and others as necessary) in daily project and task specific items - Tracking, coordinating and reporting (software/hardware asset management) all IT related purchasing - Facilitator and Scrum Master of the daily stand-ups and iteration planning meetings
Job Requirements: - 3 years of project management experience - Proven experience in IT and in a web-based environment, such as e-commerce, online content management, online publishing or Internet consulting - Excellent organizational, communication and administrative skills - Ability to work collaboratively - Project management/facilitation skills - Strong oral and written communication skills - Good understanding of change control - Some Scrum background is a must, formal training and / or certification is a huge plus
Python Developer
Gorilla Nation is currently seeking an elite specialist experienced in developing applications for processing large amounts of data. In this position you will be working to optimize Python backend applications to deliver the data arranged for monitoring system and business performance. This will be with Linux servers, MySQL and large data sets with billions of records.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent combination of work/life exp.) - 5 + years Python - 1 to 2 years HTML / CSS / JavaScript - 3 to 5 years (SQL) MySQL - Experienced w/Linux scripting - Experience with MVC/MTV - Experience with Scrum / Agile Methodology - Experience with Subversion or GIT Pluses: - QA/Bug Tracking Skills - Major web/internet/startup experience - Experience with Apache / Lighttpd - Debian/Ubuntu system knowledge
Senior QA Engineer
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated software testing involving internet applications. Responsibilities include designing, creating, documenting and executing test plans in a scrum environment. The QA Engineer will work closely with the Development team to investigate report and track bugs.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software testing, working with Internet applications - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment - Experience with MySQL - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated test scripts with Perl, php or other scripting language - Experience using automated test tools such as Load Runner or others - Experience with bug tracking tools (such as Bugzilla) - Experience with automated testing and continuous integration tools such as Selenium / Siege / cruise control / maven
Configuration Management Architect
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated CM, release and build of internet applications. Responsibilities include management and versioning of software code, documents, design models and directory structure.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software development, working with Internet applications - Parallel coding / testing and release management in Agile/Scrum environment - Experience with Ant, Cruise Control, Apache Maven - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated build and release scripts
Gorilla Nation is always looking for talented individuals to join our team. Please forward your resume and cover letter to: humanresources@gorillanation.com
Gorilla Nation New York:
Sales Planner -New York
Supporting Sales Account Executive in managing proposals, presentations and campaign management functions. Interested in starting a career in online advertising, account management and sales.
Mid level. College degree. Online planning and sales experience.
Gorilla Nation Los Angeles:
Financial Analyst
The position will play an important role in our financial planning and analysis functions, including budgeting, P&L review, strategic planning and competitive analysis. In addition, the position will be responsible for preparing monthly routine analysis and ad hoc requests for Gorilla Nation.
B.S. in Finance, Accounting or equivalent; years financial analysis experience; Excellent analytical and modeling skills, in-depth experience with financial statement analysis and a strong understanding of corporate finance concepts; Extensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task; Great Plains and FRX experience preferred.
Human Resources Coordinator
The Human Resources Coordinator will coordinate the daily operations of the Human Resources department; Maintains all departmental files and records; Assists in benefits administration and management; Help maintain all employee files and keep them up to date.
1-2+ years Human Resources experience; Prior administrative experience; Excellent organization and communication skills; Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment.
Human Resources Manager
The Human Resources Manager is responsible for managing the entire recruitment lifecycle process and handle employee relations activities. This is a strong generalist role which will report to the Vice President of HR and the Human Resources Director.
College Degree (B.S. in Human Resources, Communications, Business, Marketing, or related discipline) required; Minimum 5 – 7 years of solid recruiting and employee relations experience; Prior recruiting experience in an on-line media, advertising or entertainment industry preferred; An expert level of knowledge on full recruiting lifecycle and on-boarding process.
Staff Accountant
The position will play an important role in the daily accounting functions including payroll, financial reporting, and the month end closing process.
4-6 years of Payroll Supervisory experience; 3-5 years experience in a large corporate environment; Experience with ADP/Paychex Payroll system preferred; BA in Accounting; Great Plains and Frx experience a plus; Must be highly proficient in Excel.
PHP Developer
We currently need highly skilled innovators adept at both web application development and partner integration. The projects require solid design fundamentals working with Apache/MySQL database-driven web applications. Those with more advanced skills writing in Python/Ruby/shell are highly desired.
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 5 to 7 years OO PHP4/PHP5 - 1 to 2 years PERL - 5 to 7 years HTML/JavaScript - 4 to 5 years MySQL (using stored procedures/clustering/replication) - Experienced w/Linux flavors (Redhat/ CentOS/ Ubuntu) - Advanced Programming Knowledge (OOP, UML, Use of Frameworks) - Experience with MVC - Experience with Subversion or CVS - Experience with Apache - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment
Online Ad Trafficker
Entry-Mid level; 1-2 years experience. Internet/Online media experience. DART, HTML, Flash and JavaScript is preferred. Support the online Adverting sales team to maximize revenue and enhance client relationship. This is a hybrid of interactive ad trafficking as well as campaign management.
Receptionist/Recruiting Assistant
Answering and directing incoming calls; Greeting clients and visitors; Processing all incoming and outgoing mail and couriers; Processing all outgoing shipping via FedEx; Ordering Staples office supplies; Candidate identification through job boards, direct sourcing and referrals; Resume review and phone screening candidates; Scheduling interviews.
Prior Receptionist experience; Prior Human Resource and/or Recruiting experience preferred; 2+ Administrative experience; Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; Excellent organization, time management and reporting skills; Ability to work in a fast paced environment; Microsoft Office skills.
Project Manager
GN is currently seeking a talented Project Manger to join the IT and Development Team. It is a pro-active position with room for growth. GN is a dynamic team environment and is looking for the right Project Manager with 3 + years of experience and a working hands on knowledge IT and WebDev best practice. Essential Functions: - Gathering, organization, and management of various IT or cross departmental projects - Tracking, coordinating and reporting on workflow, deliverables, issues and deadlines - Liaison between several corporate divisions - Assisting management (VP of Technology, CTO and others as necessary) in daily project and task specific items - Tracking, coordinating and reporting (software/hardware asset management) all IT related purchasing - Facilitator and Scrum Master of the daily stand-ups and iteration planning meetings
Job Requirements: - 3 years of project management experience - Proven experience in IT and in a web-based environment, such as e-commerce, online content management, online publishing or Internet consulting - Excellent organizational, communication and administrative skills - Ability to work collaboratively - Project management/facilitation skills - Strong oral and written communication skills - Good understanding of change control - Some Scrum background is a must, formal training and / or certification is a huge plus
Python Developer
Gorilla Nation is currently seeking an elite specialist experienced in developing applications for processing large amounts of data. In this position you will be working to optimize Python backend applications to deliver the data arranged for monitoring system and business performance. This will be with Linux servers, MySQL and large data sets with billions of records.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent combination of work/life exp.) - 5 + years Python - 1 to 2 years HTML / CSS / JavaScript - 3 to 5 years (SQL) MySQL - Experienced w/Linux scripting - Experience with MVC/MTV - Experience with Scrum / Agile Methodology - Experience with Subversion or GIT Pluses: - QA/Bug Tracking Skills - Major web/internet/startup experience - Experience with Apache / Lighttpd - Debian/Ubuntu system knowledge
Senior QA Engineer
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated software testing involving internet applications. Responsibilities include designing, creating, documenting and executing test plans in a scrum environment. The QA Engineer will work closely with the Development team to investigate report and track bugs.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software testing, working with Internet applications - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment - Experience with MySQL - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated test scripts with Perl, php or other scripting language - Experience using automated test tools such as Load Runner or others - Experience with bug tracking tools (such as Bugzilla) - Experience with automated testing and continuous integration tools such as Selenium / Siege / cruise control / maven
Configuration Management Architect
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated CM, release and build of internet applications. Responsibilities include management and versioning of software code, documents, design models and directory structure.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software development, working with Internet applications - Parallel coding / testing and release management in Agile/Scrum environment - Experience with Ant, Cruise Control, Apache Maven - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated build and release scripts
