Time period July 15th -October 15th 2008

Position: 3-month full time mission in PR/blogger relations

Place: New York City area

Description:

3-month Freelance position: the candidate would be in charge of managing a project linked to a BuzzParadise campaign: www.Buzzparadise.com

BuzzParadise is a community based in 12 countries counting more than 6,000 bloggers. These members are invited to exclusively test new products and services in their favorite fields as well as freely and honestly speak their minds about them on their blogs and in their own environments...

Mission:

3 project phases to be carried out after a brief training period, the candidate would first have to identify and qualify a given number of selected bloggers based on predefined criterion. The candidate would then be in charge of following (under the supervision of a project director) the progress of a marketing action with the bloggers while monitoring the evolution of the campaign. This will include the creation of a result/report for the client. The candidate will be at a privileged contact point between the bloggers and the brand during the mission, and will successfully complete a community management operation.

Candidate Profile:

The applicant must be a user of blogs and must also have an excellent knowledge of the American blogosphere (more particularly the 15-25 affluent age segment within the areas of music and urban culture). Ideally, the applicant would already be a blogger that is:

-Comfortable with forging relationships over the Internet
-An active participant in social networks
-Used to frequent blog post exchanges
-Familiar with the use of web 2.0 tools like twitter, mybloglog, etc…

The applicant must have a good overall understanding of how to approach bloggers when asking them to participate in a marketing operation. Ideally, the applicant would possess experience in Public Relations and/or advertising.

Send resumes/CV’s to: abologna@vanksengroup.com