Job Openings

The music industry is changing and Sonicbids is helping to change it one gig at a time. Sonicbids is a website that helps bands connect with people who book or license music. The Sonicbids online community is made up of over 300,000 emerging artists and 25,000 promoters from over 100+ countries worldwide. We also work with brands you know like Diesel, Gap, Guitar Hero, and Jansport to deliver customized music marketing programs to help them connect with their key audiences.

And we’re growing. Sonicbids has been named one of Fast Company’s "Fast 50" and Inc. 500’s "Fastest Growing Companies in America." You can find a whole chapter on Sonicbids breaking down doors in an untapped market in the best-selling book on innovation: "Outsmart: How to do what your competitors can’t" by Jim Champy.

Life here is different. Things move quickly, things change just as quickly, and every day brings a new challenge. We like to find what works and then find what works better.

We're looking for dynamic, creative people who want to roll up their sleeves and help the cause. Sound like you?

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@sonicbids.com and reference the appropriate job title in your note. When submitting your application, help us get to know you a little better by answering the following questions:

  1. If we gave you control of the office sound system, what would you play?
  2. What's the last concert/show you attended?
  3. What one product or gadget can you not live without?
  4. Which blog(s), newspaper(s), magazine(s), etc. do you read on a regular basis?

No recruiters or offshore teams, we've already got our hands full, thanks.

Current Openings:

Print/Web Designer

Software Developer or Senior Software Developer

Promoter Advisor

Product Manager

Music Network Intern


Position Title:
Promoter Advisor

Reports To:
VP Promoter Network

Position Summary:
Do you love new music? Do you travel halfway across the country to attend festivals like SXSW or Bonnaroo in the hopes of attaining musical (heck, spiritual) enlightenment? Do you want to play a part in getting those emerging artists noticed and booked and developed? Sonicbids is looking for a motivated, disciplined, music-crazy self-starter that wants to help us grow the Sonicbids Promoter Network. Sound awesome?


Essential Functions:

• Build and maintain relationships with promoters

• Acquire new prospects and opportunities for Sonicbids members

• Create, launch and monitor promoter listings

• Plan and schedule all aspects of gig listings with careful attention to target dates and deadlines

• Provide customer support to promoters and to artists looking to submit to opportunities

• Meet or exceed quarterly goals

• Ensures that all new gig listings launched are of excellent quality and of accurate content


Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Sales, or similar

• Awesome people, relationship-building and interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication, sales and negotiation skills

• Outstanding attention to detail

• Self motivated and goal-oriented

• Solid organizational skills

• Demonstrated, in-depth passion for new and emerging music

• Proven knowledge of business, sales, marketing and negotiation tactics

• Must be able to learn quickly and work in a fast-paced and creative environment

• Knowledgeable technology user (SalesForce, Zoho etc)

• Understanding of Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc)

 

Nice to haves:

• Existing music industry contacts a huge plus

• Concert booking or other music industry experience

• Sales and/or customer services experience

 
 


Position Title:
Music Network Intern

Reports To:
Music Network Representative

Position Summary:
The Sonicbids music network team supports and engages two key groups: the artist members that use to Sonicbids to find gigs and the promoter partners that come to Sonicbids to book the best emerging acts. The music network intern contributes by engaging directly with members and providing administrative support to full-time members of the team.

Responsibilities:

  • Answers and resolves inquiries from both bands and promoters
  • Improves experience for bands and promoters by exceeding expectations and helping each member of the network find success
  • Works within internal admin and Salesforce.com to create new gig opportunity listings
  • Participates in proactive outreach to bands and promoters to collect feedback, build relationships, and increase happiness in the network.
  • Reports on key team focuses like member engagement and promoter retention
  • Actively participates in regular team meetings, identifying challenges and recommending solutions


Requirements:

  • Stellar written and oral communication skills, including a good eye for editing copy
  • Exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills
  • An unhealthy obsession with knowing the best emerging music
  • Base knowledge of music industry and current industry affairs
  • Working familiarity with basic web technologies and social media
  • Must be extremely reliable, flexible and have a strong work ethic
  • Experience working in a venue, agency or other organization that promotes emerging music is a major plus
 


Position Title:
Product Manager

Reports To:
Director, Technical Project Management

Position Summary:
Do you spend your days thinking about music and technology? Come join the Sonicbids team that is changing the way fans, brands and bands interact. We're looking for someone to help us create the next generation of tools and applications for Social Music Marketing. You will be responsible for managing the product development lifecycle from idea generation and requirements elicitation through implementation, delivery, and KPI analysis. Ready to jump right in and become an integral part of an awesome team, then read on…

 Essential Functions:

  • Generate new product ideas based on company strategy, customer needs, and opportunities in the social/music space
  • Clearly define and communicate product requirements through user stories, use cases, wireframes, and detailed specifications
  • Manage project implementation and delivery
  • Identify product success metrics, track performance, and recommend future enhancements

Required Skills/ Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated success defining and delivering high quality consumer facing products on the web
  • 2+ years product management experience for consumer facing products on the web
  • BA/BS in Computer Science OR related discipline
  • Ability to clearly articulate the rationale behind product decisions
  • Strong planning and time management skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Passion for music and technology

Nice to Haves:

  • Mobile product management experience
  • Facebook app product management experience
 

Position Title:
Print/Web Designer

Reports To:
Creative Director

Position Summary:

This position designs and manages a wide variety and quantity of marketing-related collateral, including brochures, ads, catalogs, presentation, promotional, and online materials. The designer works with the creative team to provide production design and support from project kickoff through final delivery. Able to prioritize multiple projects to meet aggressive deadlines, work with minimal supervision, and offer ideas to reduce production issues and costs. Should be innovative in thinking about the best way to deliver on a project. Has knowledge of working within a team of Directors, Designers, and Marketing Manager.

Responsibilities:

  • Quick and detailed design with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Works closely with product managers, UX designers and developers to create designs in support of Sonicbids.com web application
  • Creates consumer-focused materials including brochures, mailers, PDFs, print materials for events (e.g. South by Southwest) - including banners, collateral, booth designs, etc.
  • Supports sales efforts with the creation of one-sheets, direct mail pieces, etc.
  • Designs web marketing materials – marketing web pages, special landing pages, emails, etc.
  • Designs custom microsites and materials for Sonicbids brand marketing partners (e.g. Converse)
  • Supports with creation of presentations (for sales, speaking engagements, etc.)
  • Supports marketing and brands team (www.sonicbids.com/brands) with creative concepting for new brand campaigns and execution

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Art or other related field required
  • Demonstrated design experience supported by online portfolio
  • 5 years professional print/web design experience and production skills
  • Expert knowledge of the Adobe Suite, specifically Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop – Flash experience a major plus
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to work efficiently and in a fast paced environment to meet tight deadlines
  • Understanding of HTML, CSS and Content Management Systems
  • Verbal, interpersonal, individual project management and presentation skills
  • Desire to understand company's brand and its customers
  • Ability to juggle multiple design projects and move within design mediums (print & web)
  • A passion for music!
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Position Title:
Software Developer or Senior Software Developer (depending on experience)

Reports To:
Director of Engineering

Position Summary:

Sonicbids is looking for a top-notch .NET developer to join our engineering team. We have a fun working environment working on an exciting new product with great people who love to build great software. This is a full time position in Boston, MA.

Essential Functions:

  • Develop creative and innovative solutions
  • Deliver quality software on time
  • Interact with different stakeholders to gather feedback and clarification
  • Contribute to architecture and design sessions
  • Provide tasks estimations
  • Collaborate with other team members
  • Escalate roadblocks and communicate efficiently with your team leader
  • Produce clear and maintainable code
  • Acts as second tier production support
  • Research and apply new technologies
  • Participate in the release process


Required skills and qualifications:

  • A team player with great communication skills
  • Proven ability to solve challenging problems
  • Extensive experience with development using Visual Studio 2005 or above
  • 3+ years experience in .Net - C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.Net, ADO, HTML, Javascript, XML
  • 5+ years experience in software development
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Strong understanding of OOP
  • Experience with SQL (Preferably MS SQL Server 2005 or later)
  • Attention to details
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics.

Nice to haves:

  • Experience with any or all of the following: Agile methodologies, web services and payment protocols, Python, Hibernate and Spring
  • A music lover!
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