VistaGraphics is always looking for bright, highly motivated individuals who are interested in pursuing a career in the Advertising Sales, Marketing fields or are looking for Internships for college credit or on-the-job-experience.
Web Employment Opportunities
Senior Web Developer:
VistaGraphics is seeking a talented developer to join our team.
Essential Functions:
Work with others to understand business needs, product requirements, and job specifications to research and program new functionality, features, and products.
Serve as mentor for other team members, helping craft best practices and standards.
Maintain programming standards throughout sites for consistency and ease-of-use.
Manage workflow and turnaround time to meet deadlines, while working with multiple internal employees as well as customers.
Serve as the technical point of contact for some vendors, evaluate vendors based on stated requirements.
Work on improvements and new functionality for all web sites, including news sites, social networking sites and e-commerce sites.
Learn new programming skills and implement them appropriately.
Manage data import/exports in a variety of environments; use the scripts and processes best suited for the job.
Authority:
Serves as a senior member of the Web Services Team
Reports to the Publisher
Works directly with the Web Creative Director, Marketing and Sales Directors
Requirements/Education/Experience:
Experience in developing sites with framework CMS's such as CubeScript or WordPress
Experience in developing native and web apps
5+ years experience with .Net, Java, PHP and phpMyAdmin
5+ years experience supporting business critical applications
Proficient with SQL (SQL Server, MySQL, etc).
Familiar with SCP and/or FTP data transfers, XML/text file parsing and DB insertion, XML export automation, regular expression matching, data normalization, etc. ... in other words, comfortable working at the UNIX command-line level.
I.T. knowledge a must for MAC, PC and NAS Server
SEO knowledge a must
Bachelor's degree required.
Submit resume to Chris Murphy: cmurphy@vgnet.com
Sales Employment Opportunities
I. Account Executive:
Responsible for the on-going and daily sales and territory activities for defined territories. These activities include all issues regarding sales, production, collections, distribution of publications and customer service to hospitality related accounts and prospects and distribution, merchandising responsibility for specific publications. Sales growth within territory is expected to grow by expanding our current base and by exploiting the opportunities that exist for our various products with our current base. The position of sales reports to the Sales Manager regarding performance against sales goals, distribution, collections and production. A challenging position that covers a wide array of responsibilities especially deadlines with outside clients. Must convey excellent communication skills, ability to handle diligently multiple tasks and deadlines, and convey confidence when representing products.
Submit resume to Jay Bellamy, Sales Manager at jay@vgnet.com
2. Associate Account Executive:
Similar responsibilities ad Account Executive, however markets are on a smaller scale and territories may include special assignment sales initiatives. This position requires extensive, short-term weekly travel to markets and/or assignments. Specific tasks include all those of Account Executive; however the need may arise to deliver magazines when needed. Overall, this dynamic position is training to become an Account Executive. Compensation is salary based until promoted to Account Executive whereas compensation becomes unlimited based upon performance.
Submit resume to Jay Bellamy, Sales Manager at jay@vgnet.com
Internship Opportunities
1. Marketing and Communications Intern
VistaGraphics, Inc. is seeking a Marketing and Communications Intern for Spring 2013, Summer 2013, and Fall 2013. This Virginia Beach publishing house offers an exciting opportunity to participate in the production process of more than 60 titles deadlining monthly and annually. Applicants should have strong writing, communication and proofreading skills. 10 hours minimum per week (in Virginia Beach office) for the duration of the academic semester. 120 hours total.
Submit resume to Stacy Graef at sgraef@vgnet.com
2. Editorial Intern
Hampton Roads Magazine is seeking motivated and outgoing interns for the Editorial Department during Spring 2013, Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 semesters. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: assembling the Datebook calendar of events, writing/updating editorial for Visitors Guides publications, acquiring images/art, general research and fact checking, assisting in copy editing and proofing pages, helping with large-scale projects and events and general administrative duties. There also may be opportunities to write for the publication. Ideal candidates are college sophomores, juniors or seniors. Experience writing and editing preferred. Internship is unpaid and dates/hours are flexible, although a minimum of 16 hours a week is ideal.
Submit resume and writing samples to Angela Blue at ablue@hrmag.com
3. Web Editorial Intern
Hampton Roads Magazine is seeking a motivated and outgoing intern for the Web Editorial Department during the Spring 2013, Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 semesters. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: writing content/editing/gathering images for two weekly e-newsletters and one monthly newsletter; helping to maintain the Facebook and twitter pages; research and fact checking; assisting in copy editing and proofing articles; helping with large-scale projects, events and photo shoots; and general administrative duties. There also may be opportunities to write for the publication and/or the website. Ideal candidates are college sophomores, juniors or seniors. Experience with social media sites, writing and editing preferred. Internship is unpaid and dates/hours are flexible.
Submit resume and writing samples to Angela Blue at ablue@hrmag.com
4. Web Design/Development Intern
VistaGraphics is looking for creative college students who would like hands-on web design/development experience. Duties include updating content on existing websites using HTML, content management systems, Dreamweaver and CSS.
Required Skills: HTML (hand-coding). Working knowledge of Photoshop (image resizing, cropping, laying out graphics, optimizing), Dreamweaver, CSS or Text Wrangler.
Useful skills: Knowledge of using FTP software such as Filezilla, Search Engine Optimization skills and Social Media knowledge a plus. Internship is an unpaid position and dates/hours are flexible.
Submit resume to Chris Murphy, Web Creative Director at cmurphy@vgnet.com
5. Graphic Design Intern
Using InDesign 5 and PhotoShop 5 in a MAC platform, Graphic Design Interns will learn to construct ads for numerous print publications. The primary publications that the art internship focuses on are: Hardbound Restaurant and Menu Guides for five hospitality markets as well as the coupon and map booklets for seven hospitality markets. This is a well-rounded 120 semester hour internship that will include creative speculative advertising for prospective clients and their marketing campaigns, graphic print projects such as brochures and rack cards.
Submit resume to Holly Watters, Art Director at holly@vgnet.com
6. Media Sales Intern
Local regional publisher of print and electronic media offers a 120 semester hour internship. Duties will range from prospecting to database management to inside/outside sales opportunities. Overall the program will provide hands-on experience that will help students gain an insight into the normal duties and expectations of business to business development.
Submit resume to Paul Brannock at paul@hrmag.com.
POSTED MAY, 2013
