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Burst Media provides advertising representation, services, and technology to specialty content web sites and media companies. Burst specializes in forming lasting relationships with publishers and then finding clients to advertise on those specific web sites for the maximum advertising potential. For over a decade we have built a robust sales organization and state-of-the-art technology platform for ad management.
Burst Network is the premise we built our company on over 12 years ago and is our largest business unit. Burst Network serves the needs of brand advertisers looking to deliver their message on the highest quality web sites, and with the most refined targeting possible to create a positive impression to their audience of consumers. Advertisers like Comcast, AT&T, Allstate, Microsoft, and Wal-Mart use the Burst Network to achieve their brand goals. Burst Network looks for people who can work with ad agencies and advertisers to explain the value of Burst’s 4,200 web publishers and capture the media buyers attention. If you love brand advertising, Burst Network is the place for you!
Burst Direct, our fastest growing division after only 2 years in business, focuses on performance advertising and is based in Latham, NY (near Albany). Companies like Netflix, Vonage, South Beach Diet, Disney, P&G, Visa, Home Depot, Match.com and hundreds more are spending millions of dollars on-line to reach their target audience. Join our professional Internet sales team and have fun working with media buyers for the most recognized direct marketers in the world!
Burst’s AdConductor ad management platform is the core to all of Burst Media’s operations, and is sold to web publishers and ad networks to manage their advertising operations. This product has been around for over 6 years and is the part of the company that makes sure we deliver what we sell. The technology has been continuously enhanced since it was first developed in the pioneering days of online advertising in 1995, and offers the most comprehensive solution in the business. As a standalone offering, AdConductor is growing rapidly, and works with well known companies such as TACODA (a division of AOL), Reed Business Information, and Christian Science Monitor.
AdConductor is on the lookout for technology experts and a professional service staff to ensure that AdConductor customers – including Burst Direct and Burst Network – get the best service possible.
Burst Sales Positions
Media Buyer
The Media Buyer will focus on securing and maximizing the profits of CPM/CPC/CPA media buys. This person will identify and evaluate distribution opportunities and set up and manage media campaigns with the goal of profitable lead generation and new customer acquisition for specific advertisers. The Media Buyer will assist in the management of CPA/CPL campaigns and make recommendations to maximize success. He/She will be responsible for managing the profitability of the media buys while developing new and leveraging existing relationships with publishers, networks and exchanges.
The Media Buyer is responsible for purchasing online display inventory in support of an actively managed portfolio of online DR (Direct Response) campaigns, identifying and negotiating the most effective inventory given the performance goals and targeting, while procuring at the minimum cost.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate, establish and maintain profitable media relationships with top 500 online publishers, ad networks and major exchanges
- Negotiate pricing and acquire direct response ad inventory on a CPA, CPC and CPM basis which meet both revenue and margin goals
- Work closely with the account management and campaign management teams in the development of media placement plans for key advertisers
- Compile and analyze performance data and metrics; and, make decisions regarding direction based on analysis
- Provide monthly forecasting to ensure we have appropriate inventory to meet our clients’ demand for quality leads
Requirements:
- Ability to learn and contribute quickly
- Proficient with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- 1+ years combined experience in media sales/purchasing and campaign management for online direct response advertising
- Proven negotiation and relationships management skills
- Performance driven with a day-to-day focus on bottom-line results
- Solid analytical and decision making skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Enjoy working in a collaborative and entrepreneurial team environment
- B.A/B.S.
Internet Client Development Associate
The position of Client Development Associate is at the core of our company. This position directly interfaces with Sales, Traffic, Marketing, Publisher Services and most importantly, our customer: the Advertiser/Ad Agency.
In this position, a person will begin developing strong client relationships with Advertisers and Ad Agencies after a campaign has been sold by our Sales Team. Using our proprietary tools, the CD will learn what makes a campaign run well and perform to meet the advertiser's goal. Using our optimization tools, the CD will develop insight and techniques to maximize the effeiciency of each campaign. The CD will also have the responsibility of communicating on a regular basis with the client about how the campaigns are running and offer recommendations for enhancements.
In this role you will work closely with the Sales team to renew or up-sell customers at the end of each campaign. This is an exciting position that offers tremendous opportunity for upward mobility throughout the company.
Requirements:
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Analytical-Very comfortable working with numbers, statistics, etc.
- Computer/Internet savvy
- Detail focused
- Ability to multi-task
- Team Player
Burst Media offers a competitive salary, a team oriented work environment, and a strong benefit plan.
Interested parties please submit your resume and salary requirements to jobs@burstmedia.com.
Marketing Positions
There are no Marketing positions available at this time.
Technical Positions
Senior Software Engineer (C#.NET)
As a Senior Software Engineer at Burst, you would create, enhance, and maintain the .NET applications and web services using C# and Microsoft SQL Server that facilitate the running of our business and employee productivity. You will work on a dynamic team that always encourages input from all employees and values creativity.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience in software development and support
- Experience developing applications using C# and .NET.
- Solid commitment to quality and testing
- Sound familiarity with the software development life cycle
- Experience in writing complex SQL Server queries
- Experience in database design, triggers, stored procedures and user-defined functions a plus.
- Understanding of source control and versioning techniques.
- Must demonstrate the ability to learn new skills quickly and independently.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team but also to manage many simultaneous tasks without direct supervision
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, concisely and professionally.
Burst offers a competitive salary based on experience, a team oriented work environment, and a strong benefit plan.
Interested parties please submit your resume and salary requirements to jobs@burstmedia.com.
Financial Positions
There are no Financial positions available at this time.
Operations
There are no Operations positions available at this time.
Client Management
Internet Advertising Account Manager
The Internet Advertising Account Manager is responsible for managing advertiser and publisher relationships on an ad network.
This position requires an avid interest in the Internet and familiarity with current web trends in the web design, security/privacy, and web communities.
Primary Duties Include:
- Recruit publishers to join emerging ad networks
- Provide exceptional advertiser and publisher support to clients
- Utilize software to set-up and manage and optimize internet campaigns
- Work with websites to ensure proper set-up for ad serving, based on their preferences
- Test and Post Creatives (gifs, ipegs,third party, iframes, flash, Eyeblaster, Pointroll, Unicast and other rich media)
- Implement campaign changes to meet client expectations
- Manage creative problems and troubleshooting (links not working, animation showing properly, third party tracking issues, etc.)
Required Skills:
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills
- Ability to build relationships internally and externally via e-mail and telephone
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and CRM software (Sales database management tools a plus)
- HTML knowledge a plus
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment
- Outstanding attention to detail and the ability to think analytically
- Ability to troubleshoot and prioritize under pressure
- Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment
Burst offers a competitive salary based on experience, a team oriented work environment, and a strong benefit plan.
Interested parties please submit your resume and salary requirements to jobs@burstmedia.com.
Benefits
Medical Insurance– we offer Blue Cross/Blue Shield as our health care provider. The coverage is 3 tiered and covers all of your medical needs.
Dental Insurance– Burst Media has 2 dental plans, basic and premium. This plan is offered through Guardian Insurance and is a 2 tiered plan.
Life Insurance – All employees are covered up to one year of their salary and the employee may chose to supplement this for themselves as well as their spouse or children.
Disability Coverage– Burst offers both short term and long term disability. Short term disability coverage begins after a 2 week absence for work. It covers 60% of your salary up to $1,500 a week and the coverage period is 90 days. If you need to be out longer than 90 days then Long term disability will begin for up to a year.
401K Plan – The company matches a portion of an employees contribution and the plan is available on-line. This gives you complete control over all funds offered and the ability to move your money around at anytime. You are fully vested after 6 years.
Flexible Spending Account – We offer both health care reimbursement up to $1,500 per year and dependent care reimbursement up to $5,000 per year.
Paid Time Off – Every new employee starts with ten vacation days their first year, prorated from their hire date, which accrues. At every anniversary the employee starts accruing an extra day. All employees are awarded five sick days per year, prorated from their hire date.
Holidays – Burst has eleven holiday observations per year and five early closings per year to aid in safer travel experiences before the major holidays.
Locations
Our headquarters are in Burlington, Massachusetts, about 13 miles northwest of Boston. We also have satellite offices in Latham, NY, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, London, and San Francisco.
Boston is a growing, European-style city with a rich history, wonderful tourist attractions and easy commutes. Your coworkers at Burst Media live in Allston, Brighton, Cambridge, the Back Bay, Lowell, and New Hampshire.
Directions
From BOSTON
From POINTS SOUTH
From POINTS NORTH
From BOSTON:
- Take Route 93 North.
- Exit 37B onto Route 95/128 South.
- Exit 33B, Mall Road & 3A, Burlington -- stay in the middle or left lane.
- You will come to a set of lights at the end of the ramp. Go straight through the intersection onto Mall Road.
- Follow Mall Road past the Marriott Hotel and the Lahey Clinic -- both are on your left.
- Then, move into the left turn lane.
- Take a left into the entrance for New England Executive Park.
- We are in 8 New England Executive Park.
From POINTS SOUTH:
- Take Route 95/128 North.
- Exit 32B Middlesex Turnpike (2nd ramp off of exit).
- Turn right at the end of the ramp on to Middlesex Turnpike-- keeping the Burlington Mall on your right.
- Turn right at the third light onto Mall Road.
- On Mall Road, turn right at the third set of lights into New England Executive Park.
- We are in 8 New England Executive Park.
From POINTS NORTH:
- Take Route 93 South.
- Exit onto Route 95/128 South.
- Exit 33B, Mall Road & 3A, Burlington -- stay in the middle or left lane.
- You will come to a set of lights at the end of the ramp.
- Go straight through the intersection onto Mall Road.
- Follow Mall Road past the Marriott Hotel and the Lahey Clinic -- both are on your left. Then, move into the left turn lane.
- Take a left into the entrance for New England Executive Park.
- We are in 8 New England Executive Park.
Building 8 is the fifth building on the left, and there is visitor parking in the rear of the building. When you walk through the breezeway entrance from the rear of the building, Burst is through the glass doors on your left in the East wing (Rebecca's Café is to the right in the West wing). The office entrance is on the second floor immediately at the top of the stairs, or on your left as you exit the elevators.
Burst Media
8 New England Executive ParkBurlington, Massachusetts 01803
781-272-5544
Burst Direct
12 Century Hill DriveLatham, NY 12110
518-724-1700
Satellite Offices
Los Angeles
13101 Washington Blvd.,
Suite 118,
Los Angeles, CA 90066
310-566-7087
or
310-566-7085
San Francisco
90 Alhambra, #205
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-829-3785
Chicago
60 West Randolph Street #226Chicago, IL 60601
312-762-9216
New York
122 East 42nd Street Suite 720New York, New York 10168
212-759-1474
London
211 Picadilly, London W1JHF+ 44 (0) 20 7917 6234 jobs@burstmedia.com
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