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About foursquare:

foursquare helps you and your friends make the most of where you are. We’re a small but highly ambitious company with millions of users worldwide relying on foursquare to keep up with friends, discover what’s nearby, save money and unlock deals.  We’re also helping over a million registered merchants ranging from local businesses to global brands connect with their customers.

To thrive as a member of team foursquare, you must embrace our exciting work-hard, play-hard environment. We’re a close-knit team and, especially at the end of a long day over beers, we feel like we’re inventing the future together.

Your role as Business Development Manager:

As the newest member of our European Business Development Team, you will be the foursquare representative for one of our target markets (France/Spain/Italy/Germany/Turkey) focusing on building partnerships to drive awareness and adoption of our product across the region.

Your main job will be to engage with a broad range of companies from the retail, media and sports world to change the way that they interact with their customers, followers and fans in the real world. The list of our existing partners is very impressive so far and we hope that with your help we can add more local partners to that list.

Being among the first European employees is an exciting opportunity as you would be planting the seed for our future growth in the region. That also means that you will have to be comfortable picking up a variety of other tasks that might not be immediately related to building partnerships. You should have a great network in your target market (France/Spain/Italy/Germany/Turkey), be familiar with a wide variety of industry business models, be comfortable in a fast-paced start-up environment, and bring an energetic, fun and creative approach to your work.

This position will be based at our European headquarters in London, UK. We offer competitive compensation packages including equity options and full benefits for everyone.

Key responsibilities:

• Simultaneously manage multiple partnerships to insure closed deals are implemented successfully
• Forge new strategic partnerships that contribute to increased brand awareness and user acquisition
• Develop creative solutions with partners to launch campaigns that align with the company’s product and vision
• Deal sourcing, structuring, negotiation and closing with a wide variety of strategic partners in the retail, media industries and in the agency world
• Direct liaison with foursquare legal counsel to shape contract development
• Help lead direction of evolving foursquare advertising product line and help drive other monetization initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA nice to have
• 3-5 years of relevant business development experience
• Fluency in English and one other of the following languages: Spanish, Italian, French, German, Turkish
• Deep industry expertise and a overflowing Rolodex of contacts in the industry
• Sharp strategic thinker who can help design as well as execute foursquare partnership strategy
• Proven success in sourcing, negotiating, closing and managing complex strategic partnerships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills; comfortable presenting foursquare capabilities and partnership opportunities to a large audience
• Comfortable in a small, intense and high-growth start-up environment

If you’re interested in helping us build new partnerships, please submit a resume and cover letter highlighting the types of strategic partnerships you’d like to help develop.

Feel free to contact Maxine ([email protected])

Paid internship for the month of August at POPSUGAR in NYC

• Opportunity to work on Sugar’s Strategy and Business Development team assisting in operations and marketing for the recently launched Must Have subscription commerce product
• Additional opportunities to assist in  business development projects, identifying / acquiring new partners and expanding existing partner relationships
• Potential opportunity to extend into a part-time internship, field study or ISR project during the fall semester

Qualifications:

• Current or recent graduate —  MBA at Top Tier School
• Solid understanding/knowledge of online media and e-commerce space
• Proven ability to execute and manage multiple time-sensitive, cross-functional and complex projects
• Ability to thrive and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment

Contact Julia Straus, HBS 2011, at [email protected]

Title: Partner Manager, AppNexus Apps Marketplace – Strategic Partnerships Group

Contact: [email protected]

Role Type & Location: This is a full-time position based in New York, NY. The role is a part of the AppNexus Strategic Partnerships group.

AppNexus Strategic Partnerships: We are a team of multi-skilled thinkers building and managing world-class strategic partner relationships that grow AppNexus’ platform business.

Summary: AppNexus is looking for an App Marketplace Partner Manager to help manage activities within AppNexus’s latest industry-leading offering, the AppNexus App Marketplace.  This role is essential to help build and commercialize an innovative offering within our company. By helping to structure processes, coordinate resources internally and externally, and working closely with app partners, the Apps Marketplace Partner Manager will help to shape the future of a business unit.  The candidate’s primary role will be to help evolve a nascent program, and it will require excellent project management, knowledge of business fundamentals, great communication and strong organization skills. This is a highly valued role that will provide the candidate with a great deal of exposure to innovative companies building products and services across the display advertising ecosystem, internal AppNexus technology tools, and fantastic cross-functional opportunities within AppNexus.
Responsibilities

• Aid in apps commercialization and business planning to build the Apps Marketplace offering
• Advise, train and work with the Sales and Services teams, as well as their clients, to understand evolving business needs, identify the highest impact opportunities for app builders, and create programs to drive Marketplace growth
• Spearhead project management efforts with app partners, who are external companies, clients, and prospect clients, to help them build successful apps on top of AppNexus API frameworks
• Work with and support new app partners in their onboarding process with business-related inquiries
• Manage business needs, push for effective app feature upgrades, and handle day-to-day communications with existing partners
• Coordinate with Marketing to obtain case study materials from existing app partners
• Help create collateral for Sales, Services, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to evangelize AppNexus Apps
• Conduct research and industry benchmarking against other marketplace businesses
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams to spearhead app adoption, knowledge-building, and training for apps
• Document, track progress and prepare materials that summarize key milestones and developments within the Apps Marketplace
• Keep abreast of internal API and product features and inform app partners on company developments affecting app development
• Assist in planning and coordinating marketing events for app builders, data providers, and AppNexus app and data users

Requirements

• BS/BA from a top-tier school, MBA a plus
• Strong project management skills with an ability to manage external and internal stakeholders across several functional groups
• Entrepreneurial mindset, a self-starter and love for innovation
• Experience in product management/marketing, bringing features to market, or consulting is a plus
• Analytical skillset and a solid understanding of business concepts
• Process-oriented and organized, with attention to detail
• High energy creative thinker
• Amazing communication and people skills
• Familiarity with advertising technology products and API frameworks
• Experience in the advertising technology industry preferred

Atherton Advisors is seeking tech passionate candidates at Analyst (pre-MBA), Consultant (post MBA) and Engagement Manager level for career opportunities in Boston.  SF, NY and Chicago might also be options.  Firm is mostly former McKinsey, Bain and BCG tech/engineering types.

Please contact [email protected] for further information.

Shoptiques is an online fashion destination for one-of-kind boutiques across the world. Shoptiques.com allows users to virtually travel & explore the neighborhoods of the best-kept secret boutiques in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and more. Shoptiques is disrupting $20bn market. Headquartered in New York City, Shoptiques is funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Benchmark Capital, SV Angel, General Catalyst, Charles River Ventures, William Morris Endeavor and Y Combinator. We are expanding internationally and you have the opportunity to start our Paris business.

We have garnered a lot of media attention since our nationwide public launch in March this year, including Harper’s Bazaar, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, WWD, Stylecaster, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Tech Crunch, Inc Magazine, Mashable and more.

Our vision is to be the Open Table for boutiques and more. We are looking for an enthusiastic Director of International Sales & Operations based out of Paris, France that will be eager to get involved into all aspects of running a business: from marketing to operations. This is a start-up atmosphere, so we are looking for someone who is a go-getter and can take initiative.

Responsibilities will range from:

• Starting and growing our Shoptiques Paris business (with support from the New York HQ)
• Developing strategy plan for expansion
• Identifying and onboarding the best boutiques in Paris
• Analyzing/identifying the target market, interacting with consumers and developing and executing marketing plan to reach international customer base
• Managing day-to-day operations, such as photo shoots, shipping and logistics, payments etc.
• Coordinating all fashion coverage with daily blog entries on fashion, pop culture and beauty; working with guest bloggers, prominent fashion figures for interview for Shoptiques online Magazine

Qualities we are looking for in a candidate:

• Highly ambitious, self-motivated, takes initiative
• Ability to prioritize and manage a variety of tasks in a fast paced environment
• Strategic and creative thinker with advance problem solving skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Fluent in French, position will be based out of Paris
• Interest in fashion

If you are as excited as we are about changing the way people shop local boutiques, and the details above describe things you love to do and how you love to do them, we look forward to hearing from you. Please send your cover letter, resume, and why you are interested in joining to [email protected].