Work at Snooth

Snooth is revolutionizing the way people buy wine. We're the world's largest and fastest growing wine site. We power the wine results for companies such as Time Inc, Conde Nast and others, reaching a monthly audience of over 10M uniques. We're a nimble, New York based, venture capital backed company and a great place for smart, hard working people to make a difference and help us change the wine industry.

Competitive Salaries, Full Benefits

All positions come with a comprehensive benefits package, belying our startup status: health, dental, vision, vacation, stock options, meals, travel reimbursement etc.

Work With Interesting People

Snooth is a small startup with less than 10 employees, but we're a unique group of people with a wide range of previous experience. Between us we've done things from climbing Everest and playing professional soccer to DNA sequencing and building search engines. We've also created and built popular products for such companies as Lucent, Vivastreet, Merrill Lynch, Ask, Sony Ericsson and many others. Snooth's employees have over 30 years of combined experience in the wine industry.

If you see a job you're interested in, send us an email telling us about yourself and your relevant experience to jobs@snooth.com.

If you refer someone to us and we end up hiring them (and they are still with us after 3 months), we'll send you a check for $2,000 as a thank you.


Current Positions

All positions are full time and based in New York or San Francisco. We're currently looking to fill the following positions:


Direct Sales Manager

Snooth (snooth.com), the largest wine site in the world, is looking for a highly talented and motivated Direct Sales Manager. This position will be responsible for selling Snooth's online ad inventory as well as working cooperatively with the Marketing Director to design and sell integrated marketing packages to winery trade groups.

    Duties Include:

  • Increase revenue through sales of advertising inventory and marketing campaigns.
  • Define and maintain client list.
  • Develop and sell online ad campaigns.
  • Build relations with wine trade groups and develop highly integrated marketing campaigns for them.

    Skills Needed:

  • Knowledge of and contacts in luxury brand advertisers.
  • 3+ years experience selling advertising in online or offline media.
  • Thorough understanding of the entire sales cycle from prospecting to closing.
  • Experience with food, wine, and lifestyle brands.
  • Good understanding of the wine industry and its unique structure.
  • Good understanding of the digital media landscape, as well as a solid grasp of the web and social networks.
  • Excellent understanding of agency dynamics and how they operate.
  • Understanding of audience demographics, online ad targeting, and campaign optimization.
  • BA/BS degree required.

Position Description:

The Direct Sales Manager position will work alongside a dedicated team to drive Snooth's growth. Snooth has proven revenue streams but it is up to this person to expand the client list and develop and maximize new sources of revenue.

This is a new position at Snooth - we are looking for a highly motivated hunter type who is hungry and does not take no for an answer. Snooth is a fast growing brand with a highly desirable demographic, but is still relatively new to the advertising world. You must be able to turn an initial No into Yes.

Snooth's team is smart, ambitious, and passionate; the environment is relaxed and a lot of fun despite lots of tight deadlines. We are focused on quick, quality completion of projects and excited by what we do. If you like wine, that's always a plus.

If you fit the profile above, please submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@snooth.com. Your cover letter must include salary requirements and what inspired you to apply for a position at Snooth.

This is a full-time position based in our Union Square, New York office. Exceptional candidates based in San Francisco, CA may be considered.

No recruiters. Qualified candidates only please. This is not an entry-level position.


Ad and Sales Operations Specialist

Snooth (http://www.snooth.com), the world’s largest wine site, is looking for a highly motivated person to fill a role that spans ad operations and business analysis. The ideal candidate will have an analytical mind and be intellectually curious while still able to develop creative solutions to problems.

Snooth is growing quickly, so there is potential for this position to develop and evolve over time, as the company’s needs change. This position is ideally suited for someone junior who wants to get involved in a dynamic startup that is at the intersection of wine and technology.

Snooth's team is smart, ambitious, and passionate; the environment is relaxed and a lot of fun despite lots of tight deadlines. We are focused on quick, quality completion of projects and excited by what we do. If you like wine, that's always a plus.

    Duties

  • Operate as the point person for all ad trafficking for the site and own the entire implementation process
  • Assist sales team with research, analysis and packaging creative advertising campaigns
  • Implement project management policies to manage offshore data entry team
  • Generate data analysis to support the business units

    Daily Responsibilities:

  • Manage timely implementation of display, email, and all other forms of advertising
  • Coordinate flow of ad information internally and externally
  • Evaluate performance of and make suggestions to optimize ads
  • Test and troubleshoot ad delivery issues
  • Prepare campaign summary reports as needed
  • Prepare analyses and proposals to support new business initiatives
  • Participate in developing innovative promotional campaigns for clients

    Skills needed:

  • Ability to think analytically and logically
  • Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn new systems and improve processes
  • BA/BS degree required, preferably with a major in an analytical/mathematical field
  • Quick learner, self-starter, and able to teach yourself computer applications
  • Desire to contribute to and be an integral part of the success of a funded, fast growing startup

If you fit the profile above, please submit your resume (as an attachment) and cover letter (in body of email) to jobs (at) snooth.com. Your cover letter must include salary requirements and what inspired you to apply for a position at Snooth. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

This is a full-time position based in our Midtown Manhattan office. Local candidates only. No recruiters please.


Engineering Intern

Snooth (http://www.snooth.com), the world’s largest online wine marketplace, is always on the lookout for smart, hardworking software engineering interns.

    Duties Include:

  • Build tools (largely in PHP and Perl) to help the team work more efficiently.
  • Help to test code before it is released on the production environment.
  • Work with a large data set — improve quality of the data as the quantity scales.
  • Work with the team to uncover and resolve potential issues.

    Skills Needed:

  • Good knowledge (1 year experience+) of some combination of PHP, Perl, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and XML.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.

    You Will:

  • Learn best coding practices.
  • Participate in a dynamic and motivated team.
  • Work with a mature platform.
  • Be encouraged to own projects and work independently.

Snooth's team is smart, ambitious, and passionate; the environment is relaxed and a lot of fun despite lots of tight deadlines. We are focused on quick, quality completion of projects and excited by what we do. If you like wine, that's always a plus.

If you fit the profile above, please submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@snooth.com. Your cover letter must include salary requirements and what inspired you to apply for a position at Snooth.

This is a fulltime position, based in our Union Square offices. Please reference the job title "Engineering Intern" in your subject line.


Marketing Intern

Snooth (http://www.snooth.com), the world’s largest online wine marketplace, is always on the lookout for smart, hardworking marketing interns.

    Duties Include:

  • Contacting prospective business partners.
  • Customer service.
  • Search engine marketing and web analytics.
  • Administrative duties as needed.

    Skills Needed:

  • Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.
  • Proficiency with Excel and other Office apps.

    You Will:

  • Participate in a dynamic and motivated team.
  • Learn about search engines, e-commerce, wine, and social networks.
  • Be encouraged to own projects and work independently.

Position Description

You will work alongside a smart, dedicated team in building the next generation of Snooth. Candidates should be smart, energetic and mature enough to take on significant responsibility in this rapidly growing company, yet able to do their fair share of grunt work too. An internet obsession is good too.

Snooth's team is smart, ambitious, and passionate; the environment is relaxed and a lot of fun despite lots of tight deadlines. We are focused on quick, quality completion of projects and excited by what we do. If you like wine, that's always a plus.

Excel skills are highly valued.

If you fit the profile above, please submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@snooth.com. Your cover letter must include what inspired you to apply for a position at Snooth. Resumes without cover letters will NOT be considered.

This is a paid position, based in our Manhattan office (located along 6 line). Hours and duration are flexible. Please reference the job title in your subject line.