Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.
 
Search Optics, is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a full time SEM Coordinator to be located in our Ferndale office. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, PTO, matching 401k and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

 Reporting to the SEM Manager, the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Coordinator  will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our Paid Search clients and products.  This individual will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to execute campaigns in line with goals, budgets and needs.  Our overarching goal is to drive leads for our clients through Paid Search through daily monitoring of bid management, creative performance and site side behavior. 

This person will be expected to keep abreast of changes in the industry, relay research, document best practices and support both corporate and department goals.  The candidate will be a trusted advisor for the organization, so a willingness to accept responsibility, an ability to deliver results and a curious, inquisitive nature are preferred and deemed necessary for success.  This is a demanding entry-level position, but familiarity search engine optimization concepts are assumed. 

Familiarity with Digital Marketing, Online Advertising or Social Media is a plus.  Candidate will receive training and support, but a self-starter with strong attention to detail will excel.  This person will work closely with the Paid Search Team and Management for direction, insight and understanding of our tools, processes and goals.

Key qualities for this role are demonstrated excellence in time management, attention to detail, commitment to flawless execution, an entrepreneurial attitude and the ability to determine the root cause of various issues.  Experience working with Analytics tools from Google or Yahoo a plus.  Candidate must be able to prioritize multiple high demand and high visibility requests, while meeting communicated milestones and deadlines.  We are looking for an individual with excellent communication skills and accountability. 

Familiarity with the automotive industry, knowledge of Digital and Interactive marketing, and demonstrated experience in related disciplines is a plus.  An ideal candidate will need to be flexible, as day-to-day responsibilities could shift based on needs of the company or exhibited aptitudes.  There is a lot of opportunity in this position to grow expertise in SEM, while gaining exposure to related practices and channels. 

 This is a full time position with benefits, paid time off and potential to transition into a salaried opportunity.
  -Responsibilities:
  -Development of SEM Campaigns based strategic objectives (e.g. Conquest vs. Brand Building)
  -Management of SEM campaigns across our client base
  -Develop, execute and monitor effective SEM campaigns
  -Weekly and Monthly Reports for internal and external needs
  -Coordinate SEM campaigns with other marketing initiatives, such as SEO, Display and Social
  -Keep abreast of changes in the Automotive and SEM industries via Research and Knowledge Sharing
  -Work closely with Sales, Operations and Digital Media teams to coordinate strategies and track the performance and effectiveness of campaigns
  -Support, assist and answer all questions from internal stakeholders including Sales, Operations, Marketing and Executives
  -Manage paid search campaigns across a variety of engines including but not limited to Google and Bing.

Requirements

-Strong analytical, time management, communication and writing skills
  -Ability to prioritize tasks, make data driven recommendations and maintain consistently high performance campaigns
  -Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with high levels of personal accountability
  -Ability to work cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets
  -Experience in or familiarity with Automotive Industry and Tiers preferred
  -Experience in or familiarity with Paid Search, Organic Search, Online Display and/or Social Media preferred
  -Bachelor's degree; emphasis in Marketing, Advertising or Business preferred

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/SEM_Coordinator/235

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

 1. Do you have a Bachelor's degree?
 2. Please outline any digital marketing experience.
 3. What are your salary expectations?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a Digital Marketing Manager to lead our growing team of Digital Marketing Specialists in our Ferndale, MI location. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits including health, dental, vision, paid vacation and sick time, matching 401K and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

Duties include:

• Ensures team members meet or exceed daily activity goals for meeting new sales goals and contact productivity.
• Establishes and maintains a high quality environment that will motivate the team to perform at their highest level ensuring excellent customer service for our clients that will contribute to expected sales growth
• Works with the Marketing Services Manager and Digital Marketing Team to help resolve unique customer and internal sales issues
• Effectively works through escalated issues with clients, demonstrating listening skills, patience, and suburb problem-solving abilities
• Team player who takes initiative to support a diverse and growing department
• Manages information flow, key performance indicators, and prioritizes departmental functions to ensure deadlines are met for self and team
• Executes ongoing training, coaching sessions, and facilitates the implementation of new initiatives and strategies
• Provides daily feedback to Digital Marketing Specialist and Coordinators and is able to answer questions and provide direction when needed

Requirements

 The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
• Minimum 5 years related work experience, preferably in the automotive and/or digital arena
• Experience managing a team in an outbound call center, with a primary focus on revenue generation
• Excellent customer service skills
• Be detail oriented, exemplary communication skills; oral and written
• Have a proven ability to maintain good working relationships with coworkers, customers, and vendors
• Possess intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Digital_Marketing_Manager_(Inside_Sales)/233

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1) Do you have a bachelor’s degree?
2) How many years’ experience do you have in call center management or other managerial roles?
3) What is the largest team you have managed?
4) How do you motivate your team to generate revenue?
5) What metrics do you use to measure performance of your sales team?
6) Why do you want to work for Search Optics?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits, PTO and life insurance.  Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a Digital Account Manager to provide excellent customer service to our clients while helping expand business.  The Digital Account Manager supports the sales organization by acting as a liaison with the internal operations department.  They will support our clients in a variety of areas including web site launches, SEM, social media, display and other responsibilities as outlined below.

Duties

Web Site

• New Client Launch
  Provide dealer information/links
  Work with SEO team for correct site content
  Ensure proper slides/specials are communicated to operations team
  Follow up with QA team to ensure site/leads are working properly
  Client Ongoing
  Work with design/sales to urgently update incentives as they become available
  Ensure team knows vehicle trim level image needs based on lease/purchase offers
  Continue to review sites and provide feedback to operations on updates needed
  Follow up with operations to ensure site is monitored and randomly checked for quality
  Ensure site fits into the client’s vision at large and there is coordination between the site     and all other marketing services for the client
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/operations to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution

SEM

• New Client Launch
  Provide dealer/budget information and New Client form to SEM team
  Be the expert on client goals and ensure team is aware of expectations
  Client Ongoing
  Liaison between sales teams/SEM team for proper execution of client requests
  Collaborate with SEM team to update budgets and incentives
  Create tickets for SEM team based on client direction and incentive updates
  Ensure SEM team knows client direction in other marketing services departments
  Conduct Bi-Monthly reviews to discuss client successes and failures
  Update campaigns on the fly based on client goals/expectations for that month
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/SEM to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution

Social Media

• New Client Launch/Client Ongoing
  Liaison between sales team/Social Media team for proper execution
  Collaborate with Social Media team to update budgets and incentives
  Ensure Social Media team knows client direction in other marketing services departments
  Facebook Ads
  Ensure team is aware budget amounts monthly
  Supply information/wording/images for ads if needed
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/Social Media to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution

Display

• New Client Launch
  Provide dealer/budget information and New Client form to display team
  Be the expert on client goals and ensure team is aware of expectations
  Client Ongoing
  Liaison between sales teams/display team for proper execution of client requests
  Collaborate with display team to update budgets and incentives
  Ensure display team knows client direction in other marketing services departments
  Communicate bi-monthly with to discuss client successes and failures
  Update campaigns on the fly based on client goals/expectations
  Create tickets for the design team with information/images for ads
  Ensure team knows vehicle trim level image needs based on lease/purchase offers
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/display to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution
  Campaign Management
  Work with the analytics team to answer budget questions when needed
  Review weekly reports to monitor campaign performance and offer suggestions for improvement
  Have a broad overview of clients including their overall/monthly expectations and budgets

Sales Support

• Be aware of sales meetings
  Assist with presentations when needed
  Be the expert on current client campaigns/successes and failures
  Know the trends in the automotive space and understand how that factors into monthly trends

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

Bachelor’s degree (strongly preferred)
Minimum 2 years in an account role at an advertising/digital agency, preferably in the automotive space
Must be fluent in Québécois French

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Digital_Account_Manager_(Québécois_Speaking)/232

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Please detail your experience in an account management role in the digital or automotive space.
2. Do you have a bachelor degree?
3. What are your salary requirements?
4. Are you fluent in Québécois French?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits, PTO and life insurance.  Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a Digital Account Manager to provide excellent customer service to our clients while helping expand business.  The Digital Account Manager supports the sales organization by acting as a liaison with the internal operations department.  They will support the Tier II sales team in a variety of areas including web site launches, SEM, social media, display and other responsibilities as outlined below.

Duties

Web Site

• New Client Launch
  Provide dealer information/links
  Work with SEO team for correct site content
  Ensure proper slides/specials are communicated to operations team
  Follow up with QA team to ensure site/leads are working properly
  Client Ongoing
  Work with design/sales to urgently update incentives as they become available
  Ensure team knows vehicle trim level image needs based on lease/purchase offers
  Continue to review sites and provide feedback to operations on updates needed
  Follow up with operations to ensure site is monitored and randomly checked for quality
  Ensure site fits into the client’s vision at large and there is coordination between the site     and all other marketing services for the client
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/operations to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution

SEM

• New Client Launch
  Provide dealer/budget information and New Client form to SEM team
  Be the expert on client goals and ensure team is aware of expectations
  Client Ongoing
  Liaison between sales teams/SEM team for proper execution of client requests
  Collaborate with SEM team to update budgets and incentives
  Create tickets for SEM team based on client direction and incentive updates
  Ensure SEM team knows client direction in other marketing services departments
  Conduct Bi-Monthly reviews to discuss client successes and failures
  Update campaigns on the fly based on client goals/expectations for that month
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/SEM to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution

Social Media

• New Client Launch/Client Ongoing
  Liaison between sales team/Social Media team for proper execution
  Collaborate with Social Media team to update budgets and incentives
  Ensure Social Media team knows client direction in other marketing services departments
  Facebook Ads
  Ensure team is aware budget amounts monthly
  Supply information/wording/images for ads if needed
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/Social Media to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution

Display

• New Client Launch
  Provide dealer/budget information and New Client form to display team
  Be the expert on client goals and ensure team is aware of expectations
  Client Ongoing
  Liaison between sales teams/display team for proper execution of client requests
  Collaborate with display team to update budgets and incentives
  Ensure display team knows client direction in other marketing services departments
  Communicate bi-monthly with to discuss client successes and failures
  Update campaigns on the fly based on client goals/expectations
  Create tickets for the design team with information/images for ads
  Ensure team knows vehicle trim level image needs based on lease/purchase offers
  Sweepstakes
  Liaison between sales/display to ensure proper needs, expectations and execution
  Campaign Management
  Work with the analytics team to answer budget questions when needed
  Review weekly reports to monitor campaign performance and offer suggestions for improvement
  Have a broad overview of clients including their overall/monthly expectations and budgets

Sales Support

• 
  Be aware of sales meetings
  Assist with presentations when needed
  Be the expert on current client campaigns/successes and failures
  Know the trends in the automotive space and understand how that factors into monthly trends

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:
  
Bachelor’s degree (strongly preferred)
Minimum 2 years in an account role at an advertising/digital agency, preferably in the automotive space

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Digital_Account_Manager/231

1. Please detail your experience in an account management role in the digital or automotive space.
2. Do you have a bachelor degree?
3. What are your salary requirements?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits, PTO and life insurance.  Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking an Account Manager to provide excellent customer service to our clients while helping expand business.  The Account Manager supports the sales organization by acting as a liaison with the internal operations department.  They will support the Tier II sales team in a variety of areas including web site launches, SEM, social media, display and other responsibilities as outlined below.

Duties

Web Site
-Launches
-Provide dealer information/links
-Ensure proper slides/specials are communicated to operations team
-Work with design/sales to update incentives and as well as other site updates

SEM
-Launches
-Liaison between sales teams/SEM team for proper execution
-Collaborate with SEM team to update budgets, incentives and coordinate launches    

      
Social Media
-Launches
       -Liaison between sales team/Social Media team for proper execution
-Facebook Ads
-Help with budget amounts
-Supply information/wording/images for ads

Sweepstakes
-Liaison between sales/Social Media to ensure proper execution

Display
-Launches
        -Liaison between sales team/Display team for proper execution
-Incentive Updates
  -Create tickets in system for design team with information for ads
  -Provide client approved ads and budget info to display team

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Minimum 2 years in an account role at an advertising/digital agency, preferably in the automotive space

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Account_Manager/228

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Please detail your experience in an account management role in the digital or automotive space.
2. Do you have a bachelor degree?
3. What are your salary requirements?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits, PTO and life insurance.  Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking an Account Manager to provide excellent customer service to our clients while helping expand business.  The Account Manager supports the sales organization by acting as a liaison with the internal operations department.  They will support the Tier II sales team in a variety of areas including web site launches, SEM, social media, display and other responsibilities as outlined below.

Duties

Web Site
-Launches
-Provide dealer information/links
-Ensure proper slides/specials are communicated to operations team
-Work with design/sales to update incentives and as well as other site updates

SEM
-Launches
-Liaison between sales teams/SEM team for proper execution
-Collaborate with SEM team to update budgets, incentives and coordinate launches     

      
Social Media
-Launches
       -Liaison between sales team/Social Media team for proper execution
-Facebook Ads
-Help with budget amounts
-Supply information/wording/images for ads

Sweepstakes
-Liaison between sales/Social Media to ensure proper execution

Display
-Launches
        -Liaison between sales team/Display team for proper execution
-Incentive Updates
  -Create tickets in system for design team with information for ads
  -Provide client approved ads and budget info to display team

Campaign Management
-Work with the analytics team to answer budget questions
-Review weekly reports to monitor campaign performance and offer suggestions for improvement

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Minimum 2 years in an account role at an advertising/digital agency, preferably in the automotive space

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Account_Manager/227

1. Please detail your experience in an account management role in the digital or automotive space.
2. Do you have a bachelor degree?
3. What are your salary requirements?

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics, a leading Internet marketing company, is currently seeking an Account Director to be based in our San Diego office.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits, PTO and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

The Account Director, Tier II, will be responsible for managing and developing new business and mentoring account staff. This position also includes planning, development and execution of key client deliverables on high-profile accounts of international brands.  Knowledge and experience in managing all traditional and interactive advertising platforms is required.

Requirements

• Key qualifications include:
• Retail automotive and/or retail account management experience (Previous experience managing dealer advertising associations)
• 10+ years Agency experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Proven relationship-building and communication skills
• Ability to manage and develop new business
• Clear, concise communication skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, results-oriented environment
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Word suite

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Account_Director_-_Tier_II/224

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Do you have a bachelor’s degree?
2. Please detail your automotive and agency experience.
3. What are your salary requirements?
4. Why do you want to work for Search Optics?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics, is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a full time Web Developer to be located in our San Degio office. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, PTO, matching 401k and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

The position will report to the Website Development Manager and work in coordination with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain our next generation websites and web tools. We are looking for an ambitious, hard-working, highly motivated developer with creative outlook.

SKILLS:
- Strong verbal and visual communication abilities
- Proficient with Adobe Photoshop CS3 or newer
- Ability to cut and slice Photoshop designs to include in HTML pages
- Knowledge of image optimization and spriting
- Ability to create web pages using HTML, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, AJAX, and PHP
- Some knowledge of CSS3 and HTML5
- Ability to manage and work in a Linux VM (shell, command line)
- Knowledge of version control systems such as Subversion or Git
- Knowledge of IDEs

Within each of the following categories, the successful applicant will have a thorough understanding of:

DESIGN
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- How to meet compliance standards

HTML/CSS
- Floats - how they work, what it does to document flow, and how to break out of it
- Padding and its relation to width and height of object
- How to write all CSS declaratives in a single line
- The difference between ID and class and when to use each
- CSS specificity and inheritance
- Semantic HTML
- Debugging web pages using browser tools
- Browser specific compatability coding issues

CODING
- Creating and debugging PHP code
- Creating and debugging Javascript and JQuery code
- Know and understand DRY principles

DUTIES:
- Work with team of web designers and web developers to design and develop our next generation websites
- Work with web designers to transform Photoshop designs into websites
- Participate in maintenance of existing sites
- Develop code using HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, and other front-end technologies
- Work with backend product development team to enhance overall user experience of our platforms
- Improve development efforts by applying industry best practices

Requirements

- 2+ years designing and developing LAMP web applications
- Experience with PHP frameworks like Zend or Symfony is desired
- 2+ years’ Experience with JQuery
- 3+ years’ experience of CSS

A Bachelor's degree is highly desired but not required.

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Web_Developer/220

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. What are your salary requirements?

2. How many years’ experience do you have in web development?

3. How many years’ experience do you have in each of the following?
- Photoshop
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- PHP
- Linux
- Shell
- SQL

4. How would you rate your knowledge of the following on a scale of 1-10?

- Photoshop
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- PHP
- Linux
- Shell
- SQL

5. Do you have a bachelor's degree? If so, what is field of study?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics, is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a full time Web Developer to be located in our Ferndale office. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, PTO, matching 401k and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

The position will report to the Website Development Manager and work in coordination with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain our next generation websites and web tools. We are looking for an ambitious, hard-working, highly motivated developer with creative outlook.

SKILLS:
- Strong verbal and visual communication abilities
- Proficient with Adobe Photoshop CS3 or newer
- Ability to cut and slice Photoshop designs to include in HTML pages
- Knowledge of image optimization and spriting
- Ability to create web pages using HTML, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, AJAX, and PHP
- Some knowledge of CSS3 and HTML5
- Ability to manage and work in a Linux VM (shell, command line)
- Knowledge of version control systems such as Subversion or Git
- Knowledge of IDEs

Within each of the following categories, the successful applicant will have a thorough understanding of:

DESIGN
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- How to meet compliance standards

HTML/CSS
- Floats - how they work, what it does to document flow, and how to break out of it
- Padding and its relation to width and height of object
- How to write all CSS declaratives in a single line
- The difference between ID and class and when to use each
- CSS specificity and inheritance
- Semantic HTML
- Debugging web pages using browser tools
- Browser specific compatability coding issues

CODING
- Creating and debugging PHP code
- Creating and debugging Javascript and JQuery code
- Know and understand DRY principles

DUTIES:
- Work with team of web designers and web developers to design and develop our next generation websites
- Work with web designers to transform Photoshop designs into websites
- Participate in maintenance of existing sites
- Develop code using HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, and other front-end technologies
- Work with backend product development team to enhance overall user experience of our platforms
- Improve development efforts by applying industry best practices

Requirements

- 2+ years designing and developing LAMP web applications
- Experience with PHP frameworks like Zend or Symfony is desired
- 2+ years’ Experience with JQuery
- 3+ years’ experience of CSS

A Bachelor's degree is highly desired but not required.

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Web__Developer/219

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. What are your salary requirements?

2. How many years’ experience do you have in web development?

3. How many years’ experience do you have in each of the following?
- Photoshop
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- PHP
- Linux
- Shell
- SQL

4. How would you rate your knowledge of the following on a scale of 1-10?

- Photoshop
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- PHP
- Linux
- Shell
- SQL

5. Do you have a bachelor's degree? If so, what is field of study?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners. We are seeking an Account Director to be based in our Ferndale office.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent benefits, PTO and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

The Account Director, Tier II, will be responsible for managing and developing new business and mentoring account staff. This position also includes planning, development and execution of key client deliverables on high-profile accounts of international brands.  Knowledge and experience in managing all traditional and interactive advertising platforms is required.

Requirements

Retail automotive and/or retail account management experience (Previous experience managing dealer advertising associations)
10+ years Agency experience
Bachelor’s Degree
Proven relationship-building and communication skills
Ability to manage and develop new business
Clear, concise communication skills
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, results-oriented environment
Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Word suite

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Account_Director_-_Tier_II/218

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Do you have a bachelor’s degree?
2. Please detail your automotive and agency experience.
3. What are your salary requirements?
4. Why do you want to work for Search Optics?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, a matching 401k, paid time off and life insurance.  Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a VP, Group Accounts Director to provide professionalism to our clients while leading and directing the expansion of our business.  The VP, Group Accounts Director leads the Tier II sales organization by acting as a liaison between Search Optics and our clients and/or their advertising agencies. 

The ideal candidate must have previous advertising/digital agency experience as you will be responsible for collaboratively creating and managing fully integrated advertising and communications solutions including strategic development, creative briefing and overseeing tactical processes.

We are seeking a highly productive, energetic marketing executive experienced with enhancing organizational growth through successful brand development, marketing communications and strategic issues management. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated and results-oriented achiever who successfully partners with executive teams and clients in growing and changing environments.

As the point of contact to our clients, this position will manage both people and projects so you must be a strong leader, team player, and communicator who is organized, able to multi-task, and enthusiastic with an overall drive to succeed.

Duties

Duties will include but may not be limited to:

• Account Leadership
• Building and Growing Trusting Client Relationships
• Strategic Marketing Leadership/Marketing Analytics
• Guiding and Coaching Cross Functional Teams
• Enhancing Profitability/Budget Management
• Channel Development
• Sales Enablement
• Business Model Analysis
• Developing Marketing & Communications Strategy
• Collaborating with Product Teams
• Clarifying Value Proposition

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred

Minimum 7-10 years at an advertising/digital agency in the automotive space

Experience working for an automotive OEM a plus, but not required

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/VP,_Group_Accounts_Director/216

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Please detail your experience in an account management role in the digital or automotive space.
2. Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?
3. What are your salary requirements?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions – Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search  Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish
to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking an Area Sales Manager to cover the Canadian regions of Edmonton, AB, Calgary, AB, and Vancouver, BC.  Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, PTO, matching 401k and life insurance.Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com.

Duties

Market and sell interactive marketing solutions through consultative sales techniques to existing and prospective clients within a defined geographic area.

Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

•Meet and exceed individual and team CAP, conduct, activity, and performance, standards.

•Grow account base by prospecting, soliciting, and closing new clients within assigned territory. Target of 50% focus on new business generation and 50% managing existing clients.

•Maintain and grow existing accounts by proving specific value of solutions and utilizing successful upselling techniques. Hold multi-level relationships within the dealership, i.e. internet, GM and ownership.

•Identify client needs and communicate value proposition through effective delivery of sales presentation and consultative sales techniques. Manage all stages the sales process.

•Prepare written proposals to prospective and existing clients.

•Facilitate implementation of client programs through effective written and oral communications to operations team. Follow through with operations team on assigned tasks.

•Convey value of solutions to existing clients through effective, ongoing communication of campaign results and reports.

•Handle and resolve customer requests, issues, and complaints in a timely manner.

•Engage as a productive team member through active participation in all sales related meetings and events.

•Complete all sales reporting requirements in a detailed, timely manner.

•Maintain an active record of all client communications and document in company CRM database.

•Research industry trends and product developments through related publications and training sessions to continually increase knowledge base.  Act as a product expert in order to identify additional opportunities within SEO, SEM, Social Media, Mobile and website offerings.  Understand our competition and dealers competition as well as within the automotive industry as a whole.

•Understand and support sales and operations policies and procedures to provide proper and effective treatment to all customers.

•Represent company in a professional manner at all times including proper conduct and dress. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

- 7-10 years experience in sales
- Digital experience preferred
- Auto industry experience, specifically at the dealer level
- Advertising sales and marketing experience
- A 4-year degree from an accredited college

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Area_Sales_Manager_-_Edmonton/Calgary/Vancouver/209

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

-Do you have a bachelor's degree?
-How many years of experience do you have selling to auto dealerships?
-At what positions/companies did you do this? What percentage of your
clients were automotive?
-Why do you want to work for Search Optics?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics, a leading Internet marketing company, is currently seeking a Training and Development Manager to be based in our Ferndale location. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, paid vacation and sick time, matching 401k and life insurance.

The Training and Development Manager will provide strategic vision, direction and professional expertise in all areas of learning and development for our dynamic and growing company, taking us to the next level and beyond. Fostering growth, development and education of our people is an essential part of this role. The successful candidate will be familiar with training methodologies and practices while using innovative approaches to craft new solutions for a growing organization.

Duties

Analyze
• Assess / identify / prioritize individual and group training needs
• Conduct needs analyses (formal &/or informal)
• Lead / guide upper management re: organizational training needs (emphasis on sales training)

Design:
• Identify and implement best methodologies for training delivery (i.e. web-based, classroom, etc.)
• Communicate corporate culture to all new employees
• Administer plans, procedures, and programs to meet training needs
• Formulate training policies and programs based on company processes, business systems, or changes products, procedures, or services
• Determine appropriateness / need for contracting with outside vendors to accomplish organization’s training goals and objectives
• Prepare training budgets

Develop:
• Develop and manage learning curriculum and roll out new programs to build expertise and accelerate the proficiency of employees while meeting strategic objectives.
• Develop and implement standards and best practices for consistent approach to instructional design methodologies, competency modeling, and performance improvement techniques to ensure content quality in a variety of mediums.
• Create specific onboarding and development plans for each team member.
• Revise and improve existing training aids, materials, solutions
• Organize and develop training manuals and other educational materials
• Support the organization’s long-range plan for continuous improvement

Implement:
• Manage and ensure accuracy and version control of instructional materials to ensure quality deliverables
• Manage deliverables of the learning & development team, ensuring high-quality results within aggressive time frames and within budget and resource parameters.
• For all new employees, conduct new hire orientation which includes, but is not limited to company overview of products, services and clientele.

Evaluate:
• Establish evaluation protocols aligned to organizational goals and performance metrics and carry out regular evaluations.
• Evaluate existing training programs and methodologies to implement and transform content for increased proficiency
• Measure training program effectiveness, report findings and make recommendations to management
• Monitor employee progress in conjunction with HR via performance-based measures based on organizational goals
• Maintain records and prepare reports to evaluate training effectiveness

Requirements

• Must have Bachelor’s Degree
• CPLP highly desired
• Master’s degree a plus
• 5 years prior training experience required
• Dealership or automotive industry background preferred
• An understanding of sales processes and sales skills are required
• Effective written and oral communication skills for the purpose of conveying technical and strategic information to vendors, senior management and staff in a clear and concise manner.
• Effective presentation skills for the purpose of presenting ideas, programs or strategies to management.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and creative problem solving skills.
• Strong consulting capability with strong interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills
• Extensive knowledge of adult-learning concepts, principles, practices, and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee projects; organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to apply instructional principles and practices with a solid understanding of e-Learning.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and developing complex learning solutions
• Convey professionalism, leadership presence and effectively influence peers and customers

 Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Training_and_Development_Manager/203

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Do you have a bachelor's degree?

2. Please describe your training experience.

3. Why do you want to work for Search Optics?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics, a leading Internet marketing company, is currently seeking to hire a Vice President of Human Resources.  This is a full time position. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, paid vacation and sick time, matching 401k and life insurance.

The Vice President of Human Resources will provide strong and effective leadership, strategic vision, direction and professional expertise in all areas of human resources management for our dynamic and growing company, taking us to the next level and beyond. Fostering growth in financial as well as human terms will be an essential part of this role. The successful candidate will be familiar with practices of leading companies yet be innovative enough to craft new solutions where appropriate.

This leadership role will be responsible for ensuring optimal operations including the financial viability, planning and success of the department with responsibilities over the HR team, talent recruitment, succession planning, organizational development, employee relations, employment law compliance, compensation and benefits and other functions. The ideal candidate will have superior leadership skills combined with exceeding business objectives. This position reports to the CEO.

Duties

Organizational Leadership 

• Must be a hands-on professional with strong creative and conceptual skills as well as a proven track record managing a complex and changing business environment.
• Serve as a thought Partner/Trusted Advisor to Executive leadership team.
• Driver who possesses the ability to take actions and implement effective solutions often while influencing across different functions and levels of the organization.
• Serve as internal HR consultant and partner to the executive team, Director and Managers to address specific business needs.
• Able to exhibit a strong sense of urgency in exceeding company goals and objectives. Thrive within an environment that has undergone business and leadership transformation.

Human Resources Strategy

• Desire to build unconventional world-class programs.
• Strategic ability leading resources management, including organizational and cultural development.
• Develop meaningful relationships throughout the organization as well as HR. Ability to provide direct leadership across the entire spectrum of HR service needs (i.e. executive leadership to hourly employees).
• Able to accurately diagnose organizational needs in conjunction with the political aptitude for gaining support with clearly defined goals.
• Responsible for activities related to the development and oversight of company policy and procedure.
• Must be able to be decisive and logical in evaluating and analyzing situations.

Requirements

Ideal candidate will have 12 years prior HR experience with at least 7 years leading the HR function.

• Must have Bachelor’s degree
• SPHR highly desired
• Master’s degree a plus.
• Superior networking skills.
• Experience acquiring talent across a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to Financial, sales, research and creative.
•  Demonstrated sound judgment and decision making abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including ability to give direct and honest insights.
• Experience managing within a diverse and fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record successfully developing and implementing programs in all facets of an organization

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Vice_President_of_Human_Resources/198

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. Please detail your experience managing HR in a growing company.

2. In your experience, what are the biggest challenges when recruiting heavily for a growing company?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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"Smarter Solutions -- Better Results" summarizes the philosophy of Search Optics. This phrase defines what we strive to provide every day, the action and approach of all our team members, and the impression we wish to leave with our business partners.

Search Optics is a rapidly growing internet marketing company and we are seeking a full time Website Development Manager to manage our Website Development Team. Search Optics is an employee-friendly company offering excellent health, dental and vision benefits, PTO, matching 401k and life insurance. Please visit our website at www.searchoptics.com

Duties

- Manage day to day operation of the website team in building new sites as well as maintaining existing customer sites

- Hold daily SCRUM meetings

- Responsible for managing time and workload of web designers and web developers

- Directly supervise web designers and web developers

- Work with cross functional teams to gather requests and customer requirements

- Plan and execute new site launches

- Participate in customer conference calls to improve communication and requirement gathering process

- Work closely with product development team to provide feedback and suggestions for enhancing products

- Work closely with QA and System Administration teams to improve overall quality of systems

- Continuously improve our systems and processes to better serve our clients

- Overall responsibility of ensuring all website development projects launch successfully

- Interview and Train new team members

- Some travel (to remote team locations) is required

Requirements

- Minimum five (5) years of Project Management experience working on website projects

- Minimum three (3) years of Website Development team management experience in a LAMP environment

- Experience managing a distributed team

- Experience managing conflicts and negotiations while maintaining a degree of adaptability

- Team leadership building skills

- Understanding of one or more agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, DSDM, Crystal, Lean, etc.

- Project management skills, ability to manage multiple projects concurrently

- Process development and documenting skills, ability to manage multiple work flows while minimizing problems and delays

- Experience with implementation of business process redesign or the implementation of business changes within an organization

- Experience with multiple in-house tools used to manage projects, work-loads, etc.

- Proven expertise in preparing and presenting communications to all levels of management and staff

- Results oriented

- Understanding of digital and traditional marketing

- Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical field such as Computer Science

- Agile certification is a plus

Please create a Word doc or pdf containing the answers to the below questions and attach, along with your resume to our application page:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Website_Development_Manager/195

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief!

1. What are your salary requirements?

2. How many years experience do you have in each of the following:

- Management (General, Technical, Website)

- Photoshop

- HTML

- CSS

- JavaScript

- jQuery

- PHP

- Linux

- Shell

- SQL

3. How would you rate your knowledge of the following on a scale of 1-10?

- Photoshop

- HTML

- CSS

- JavaScript

- jQuery

- PHP

- Linux

- Shell

- SQL

4. Do you have a bachelor's degree? If so, what is field of study?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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The quick overview:

The Job – Full-time Digital Marketing Specialist (Inside Sales)

The Company – We are Search Optics; a rapidly growing internet marketing company.

Pay – Base pay plus commission

Location – Ferndale, MI (Detroit)

Search Optics and our team:
Get out of the grind and get into the groove. At Search Optics, our philosophy may be "Smarter Solutions -- Better Results", but we take pride in knowing that the only way to achieve that is with Happy People. Instead of cogs in a machine, our team members are peas in a pod -- or rather, multiple pods. Yup, no boring cubicles here! And there's even pods when it comes to our coffee. You read that right. Our coffee is as 2.0 as our technology. Don't drink coffee? We've got you covered: soft drinks, sparkling water, and snacks galore. You won't even have to skip breakfast again!

And that's not all. Search Optics promotes camaraderie through team outings, barbeques, and luncheons, and we encourage a fun, casual work environment. Moreover, you'll have opportunities to develop your skills and grow with the company, all while collaborating with a great group of dedicated individuals. So if all this sounds like your cup of tea (or coffee), then apply today!

The Perks:
-health, dental, and vision benefits
-paid time off
-401(k) contribution/company matching, FSA, life insurance
-company outings, barbeques, and luncheons
-casual/fun working environment
-great opportunity for growth

Duties

This role’s primary responsibility will involve growing our client base by prospecting, soliciting, and closing new clients within an assigned area of responsibility. You will maintain and grow existing accounts by articulating specific value of Search Optics solutions and utilizing successful upselling techniques.
 
As our clients’ first point of contact, you’ll be the friendly voice of Search Optics. We will rely on you to listen to our clients and use your technical expertise, creativity, and passion to meet their needs. The Digital Marketing Specialist will also be responsible for handling inbound calls from clients in support of the interactive marketing service we provide to them. You will identify client needs and communicate value proposition through consultative sales techniques. The right candidate will utilize knowledge of company services, with the ability to spearhead initial signup for new clients and provide customer service for our existing clients.

The Digital Marketing Specialist must have prior customer service experience and technical abilities to provide superior inbound and outbound phone support to our clients. This person must effectively communicate with customers and co-workers to affect issue resolution. Strong customer service and troubleshooting skills are a must. We are willing to train the right candidate; automotive and digital experience is preferred, but is not required.

Requirements

-At least 6 months of demonstrated sales experience with a track record of results
-Customer service focus and passion for support with stellar phone skills
-6 months customer service experience desired
-Ability to blend customer service and sales to enhance client growth and satisfaction
-Technical savvy, troubleshooting expertise and minimum typing speed of 35 wpm
-Ability to multi-task
-Ability to learn Search Optics' interactive marketing services
-Proven ability to sell and promote services
-Flexibility to work 40 hours per week with one week per month of an 11:00am- 8:00pm shift
-Exceptional organization, communication, problem solving, negotiation, influence, and analytical skills
-Good judgment, high energy, strong team player and creative thinker
-Bachelor Degree strongly preferred

If you are interested in joining our team (of course you are!), please click here:

http://www.searchoptics.com/company/careers/Digital_Marketing_Specialist_(Inside_Sales)/157

Please answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each! Be brief! Attach a word doc with your answers to the link above.

1. Do you have a bachelor's degree?
2. Please describe your previous customer service experience.
3. Please describe your previous inside sales experience.
4. Why are you interested in an opportunity with Search Optics?

Please remember, failure to answer any of the above questions may disqualify your application for employment with Search Optics.

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