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Pandora is Hiring

Founded in 2000, privately-held Pandora (www.pandora.com) is revolutionizing the way people discover new music while also listening to their favorite artists and tunes. Pandora's personalized radio service is powered by the Music Genome Project, the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken. Pandora taps into a massive musical collection to deliver a service available anytime and anywhere - on the computer, in the home, and on mobile devices, including the Apple iPhone. Members of the Pandora community build their own profiles, and connect to others to share their musical experience. We've quickly become the largest online radio service in the world, are well-funded, have attracted over 15 million registered users and are growing faster than ever. We have partnerships with industry leaders such as Sprint, AT&T, Comcast, HP, Dell, and Logitech.

Pandora is located in downtown Oakland, near the 19th Street BART.
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Director, Human Resources - Oakland, CA

Mission:

As the strategic HR advisor reporting to the CEO, you'll create the Human Resources function for Pandora. By assessing the needs of employees, managers, business partners and listeners, you'll forge a plan to leverage Pandora's reputation as an employer of choice. By understanding our business model, you'll create a one-of-a-kind infrastructure to support current needs while providing a solid foundation upon which the company can grow. When successfully executed, your dynamic efforts should spark changes to the workplace that enhance employee productivity and excitement about being part of Pandora.

Responsibilities:

Single-handedly you'll meet all of Pandora's human resources needs on a daily and long-range basis. Using a strategic focus to assess and plan for the Company's needs, you'll design and implement HR programs as required. In addition to introducing best practices in HR management, other tasks may include:

Implementing recruiting models to provide a just-in-time inventory of talent to meet future work needs Tailoring our benefits offering to meet diverse employee needs while keeping an eye on containing costs Introducing standardized yet flexible compensation schemes that incent optimum employee performance Designing performance and compensation review programs that deliver timely, equitable rewards to optimize employee motivation and performance Assessing skill gaps of employees and managers, then designing/delivering programs to address same Ensuring Pandora's legal compliance as Federal and State employment laws evolve Aggressively, but sensitively, handling employee relations issues as they arise

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate is a highly self-motivated and experienced HR executive with a passion for developing and supporting highly effective organizations:

Experience creating a responsive HR department from scratch for a high growth startup company, ideally one with a geographically distributed sales team Expertise in all HR disciplines - recruiting, compensation, benefits, ER, training, etc. Comfortable as both leader and individual contributor; hands-on with extraordinary nimbleness An impressive ability to establish a high impact HR presence with minimal budget dollars Well-tested leadership qualities and a collaborative style geared to the millennial work place Education - BA/BS degree with MBA helpful Attributes - enthusiastic, dynamic, high-spirited, collaborative, natural team player/builder

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To Apply:

Send cover letter and resume to pandora-jobs@pandora.com. Please reference the job title for which you are applying.

Principals Only. Pandora does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies, and is not responsible for fees associated with such submissions.

Pandora is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Sales Representative - New York

Job Requirements:
Pandora.com, the leading online music radio site that plays the music that our listeners love, is looking for a senior advertising sales representative to play a critical role in developing and managing successful advertising programs for key clients.

Responsibilities:

Proactively prospect, qualify, grow, and maintain a regional territory account list. Create innovative and turn-key sales proposals. Prospect and develop key senior level ad agency and company relationships in order to effectively build and maintain territory ad revenue vs. budget.

Qualifications:

5+ years of online advertising sales experience in media. Extensive contacts and relationships with leading interactive agencies and clients. Deep understanding of the online advertising marketplace. Must be creative, smart, and passionate, as well as a problem solver and a team player. Entrepreneurial spirit driven to achieve sales goals Extensive knowledge of interactive advertising with regard to positioning and technology. Relationships with top marketing decision makers at traditional New York companies and agencies. Willingness to travel when needed.

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To Apply:

Send cover letter and resume to pandora-jobs@pandora.com. Please reference the job title for which you are applying.

Principals Only. Pandora does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies, and is not responsible for fees associated with such submissions.

Pandora is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Advertising Project Manager

Advertising Project Manager (APM) is a key contributor in the Advertising and Sales Operations team responsible for implementing, maintaining and enhancing larger, customized online advertising campaigns. This position involves sales and client support, campaign project management, execution and reporting. APMs are expected to perform as team leaders, mentoring newer employees.APMs may be aligned to a Territory and serve as the primary point of contact for all Ad Ops inquiries coming out of the territory.

Responsibilities:

Ensure that online advertising campaigns are implemented in an accurate and timely manner to ensure complete and accurate revenue recognition. Successfully manage larger, custom, cross-platform advertising projects including implementation of new ad products. Serve as a mentor to newer team members, leading by example and passing down best practices for successful campaign management. Identify improvements to existing business processes and be an active contributor to the growth of the Ad Ops department. Provide high-quality support to the sales team in the territory of alignment. Develop a good understanding of the pre-sales pipeline and be able to answer questions regarding inventory availability, product specs, functionality and timelines. Maintain exceptional standards of quality through accurate and timely fulfillment of all IOs. Monitor / reconcile campaigns across delivery, financial and third party ad serving systems. Perform regular quality assurance/quality control checks on client campaigns to ensure they are running as contracted. Provision, track, measure, and analyze the performance of multiple campaigns. Update / maintain detailed client campaign reports on a weekly, bi-weekly and/or monthly basis. Work collaboratively with sales to recommend campaign pacing and optimization modifications, leveraging understanding of advertiser and product performance. Cultivate positive business relationships with clients and advertising, graphic design and technical teams. Act as client / sales contact for any campaign performance questions and other issues. Troubleshoot any ad creative issues that impact tracking, implementation, or reporting. Work with graphical advertising, 3rd party advertising tags, and Rich Media creative. Work directly with client on any and all elements related to creative specifications and submission. Review Campaign Status Report (CSR) with Manager weekly for latest update on campaigns. Support on-call program (as needed) to enhance campaign and quality support during non-business hours.

Requirements:

2-4 years experience in online advertising, project management, client services or marketing preferred. Experience with one or more Internet ad management preferred. (Particularly DoubleClick&#8482 DFP or DSM product a plus.) Experience with mobile and video advertising and ad ops platforms a plus. Extremely proactive and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and in a timely manner. Excellent client service, organizational abilities, and verbal and written communication skills with both internal colleagues and external clients. Enjoy working independently and in a collaborative team environment, sharing knowledge across the department. Results-driven with strong analytical skills. Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in Excel. Experience with HTML, Macromedia Flash, Javascript a plus. Must love music!

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To Apply:

Send cover letter and resume to pandora-jobs@pandora.com. Please reference the job title for which you are applying.

Principals Only. Pandora does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies, and is not responsible for fees associated with such submissions.

Pandora is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Graphic Designer - Oakland, CA

We have a terrific opportunity for a talented graphic designer to join our team. You should have an exceptional eye and enjoy pushing the limits of design in all directions. You need significant experience designing in a variety of styles and should be comfortable juggling several projects with changing priorities.

Pandora's graphic design team is responsible for creating cutting-edge online advertising that is well-integrated into the overall Pandora experience. You will have a level of creative freedom unusual in the advertising world. You will also help to maintain Pandora's high standards of design for new features, communications projects, and more!

Primary Responsibilities:

Graphic design and production of unique ad units and page skins Authoring of HTML and CSS to implement ad units Working directly with the ad sales team to design compelling custom ad units for major accounts Design of marketing communications materials

Requirements:

Demonstrated ability to conceptualize creative, engaging consumer designs A BA in Graphic Design or related field At least 3 years of relevant experience, including online advertising Strong Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash skills Comfortable working knowledge of HTML and CSS Ability to work quickly and flexibly while juggling several projects Ability to work in a variety of visual styles Knowledge of Actionscript and Motif Ad Kit is a plus

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To Apply:

For immediate consideration, please submit your resume to pandora-jobs@pandora.com. You should also include a link to your online portfolio (PDFs accepted but not preferred). Please include the Job Title in the Subject line.

Principals Only. Pandora does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies, and is not responsible for fees associated with such submissions.

Pandora is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Database Administrator [DBA-01]

We've built a complex cluster around PostgreSQL for scalability and high availability. It's imperative that you approach administration with an emphasis on repeatability, testability and consistency. The demands on this system are increasing rapidly as we grow the userbase and add more functionality. We're looking for individuals who can help us continue to scale our queries, our systems and our hardware to meet our growing needs. We're also looking for someone who has a deep understanding of hardware architecture and understands how to tune database systems appropriately based on a particular architecture. You will be expected to come up to speed quickly on difficult problems, become a significant contributor to a hard-working team, and to take pride in your work.

Requirements:
You should have a deep understanding of database systems, systems programming, and the factors that affect distributed system performance. We have a strong preference for folks with PostgreSQL experience.

Minimum 5 years experience developing and administering database infrastructure for mission critical applications. Strong SQL skills and deep experience writing stored procedures. Experience maintaining large databases(>1TB) Experience developing stored procedures (PL/pgSQL) Experience supporting redundant systems with 24X7 availability requirement A deep understanding of database design principals Thorough knowledge of current hardware systems, RAID and disk subsystems commonly used in fault tolerant production environments Ability to proactively identify, troubleshoot and resolve live database systems issues BS or better in Computer Science or a related field.

Core Technologies:
Linux, PostgreSQL, Slony, Database Administration, Python, Distributed Systems.

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To Apply:

Send cover letter and resume to pandora-jobs@pandora.com. Please reference the job title for which you are applying.

Principals Only. Pandora does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies, and is not responsible for fees associated with such submissions.

Pandora is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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