Community Manager, ColdFusion Job#: 1203HS Location: San Francisco, CA Applicants can send their resumes to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or apply via the web site at <http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/hr/reqs/engineering/1203hs.html>.
Summary The Community Manager is responsible for managing the community and creating technical content on Macromedia.com. The community manager has four functions: managing the leveraged community of Team Macromedia evangelists, securing and funneling content for publication on the Designer and Developer center on Macromedia.com, writing technical content for publication on Macromedia.com, and performing evangelical duties. Responsibilities > Build the community into a competitive advantage for Macromedia. > Identify, recruit, and manage a team of volunteer external evangelists (Team Macromedia) to support Macromedia's community efforts in the online forums. > Work with the external evangelists to produce no less than 2 technical articles per month per evangelist. > Monitor Macromedia's product forums and interface with other departments at Macromedia to ensure a consistent and high level of service. > Write and produce no less than 2 technical articles per month. > Write and produce no less than 2 marketing/community articles per month. > Support marketing and communications initiatives by leveraging external evangelists, including arranging for Team Macromedia members to speak at major industry events, attending local UG events, interfacing with major customers in the field for the development of case studies. > Create and maintain relationships with leaders, experts, authors in the ColdFusion community. > Perform evangelical duties such as monitoring and posting in forums, speaking at events and user groups, Macromedia's user conferences, and on an as-needed basis. > Create community initiatives such as contests, outreach efforts, event participation to increase the level of activity of the Flash community. > Liaise with product groups to support marketing and business initiatives and provide feedback on developer acceptance of new technologies > Provide weekly statistics and reports that characterize the growth, status, and dynamism of the community. > Gather, analyze and communicate information, strategies, messages, and weaknesses about competitive and complementary products. > Recruit, manage, and administer Team Macromedia evangelists. > Content and technical edits of Team Macromedia submissions. > Report on activity in the community. > Coordinate with the other Community Managers. > Work with the developer relations management to establish tiered programs for 3rd party evangelists. Requirements > 4+ years experience in building applications using ColdFusion. > Technical proficiency in application-building technologies such as ASP, JSP, and PHP. > Experience with building rich application user interfaces with Macromedia Flash . > Excellent verbal and written communications skills, public speaking experience preferred. > Working knowledge of Macromedia Software tools and servers. > Must have a passion for ColdFusion and a desire to build the ColdFusion Community. > In-depth knowledge of web application development required. > Strong people management skills. > Ability to work in a team environment and create and foster strong relationships. > Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Ideal > Current profile in the ColdFusion community a plus. _________________________________________________________ Matt Brown Community Manager Macromedia (650) 481-4525 [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
