Current Openings

To apply, please submit your letter of interest and resume to careers@tightropeinteractive.com

We offer generous compensation, comprehensive benefits, a kitchen packed with goodies, one-of-a-kind company outings, an excellent sense of humor and an empowering work environment (not to mention, the opportunity to work with some of the coolest, most talented and passionate people around).

Web Design Intern (San Francisco, CA)

Web Project Manager (San Francisco, CA)

SEM Manager (San Francisco, CA)

Director of Sales – Education Lead Generation (San Francisco, CA)

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Learn real world web design and hone your creative eye as a Web Design Intern at Tightrope Interactive!

We are looking for Web Design Interns to help us design and produce web sites. This is an paid entry-level position that is well suited for new college graduates with 0-2 years of experience. Interns are paid $15 per hour. The internship can be either full-time (up to 40 hours/wk) or part-time (at least 20 hours/wk) based on your preference. Interns who perform well during the 3-month internship will have the opportunity to pursue a full-time, salaried position with Tightrope.

Tightrope Interactive is an online, performance-based marketing firm headquartered in downtown San Francisco (short walk from Montgomery BART). We create stellar web sites and online advertising campaigns that just “work”. We are looking for talented and ambitious interns to assist our in-house designers with day-to-day design and production.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and produce microsites with guidance from senior designers
• Design and produce marketing banners and landing pages for real world clients
• Work with Social Media marketing manager to research and produce campaigns for Facebook
• Organize and archive creative source files, stock photography, HTML / CSS code libraries

Required Qualifications

• 0-2 years of relevant experience
• Completed or pursuing a degree in graphic design, art, or a related field
• Online portfolio demonstrating HTML skills (please include a link in your response)
• Knowledge of:
• CSS-based design
• HTML5
• WordPress
• Photoshop
• User experience (UX) principles and how to effectively incorporate them in page design

Benefits

No benefits during the 3-month internship but, if you receive an offer at the end and become a regular Tightrope employee, we provide medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, pre-tax commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

About Tightrope Interactive

Tightrope Interactive is a full-service online marketing firm specializing in media buying, lead generation, and downloadable product development and distribution. With offices situated in the heart of San Francisco and the soul of New York, we are far-reaching and diversified in our approach. Our mission is not only to drive business for our clients, but to also nurture and celebrate the people who make Tightrope so special. We embrace diversity and support a work/life balance. Working here requires a healthy blend of passion, commitment, flexibility and teamwork. Think you have what it takes? We’d love to hear from you!

To Apply, send your resume and a brief cover note highlighting your relevant skills to careers@tightropeinteractive.com

• Please include a link to your online portfolio
• This is an in-office position – no telecommuter inquiries, please

Check out Tightrope’s:

• Other career opportunities
• Company site
• Facebook page
• LinkedIn page

 
Tightrope Interactive, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Tightrope Interactive’s downtown San Francisco office is seeking a full-time, smart and enthusiastic project manager for our lead generation business unit that’s primarily focused on the higher education market. In the role of project manager you will be challenged with multiple software and online media-based projects, which may have their own goals, obstacles and potential solutions. Under supervision of the Director of Product Management you will:

• Work with the media and marketing team to translate new project ideas into clear requests for the engineering and creative teams
• Define project goals. Set project timelines based on resources and priorities
• Rally the team behind your project, discuss the project plan and “kick off” the project
• Manage the project processes between your team members and ensure that the project is moving according to your plan, and the overall roadmap
• Deal with roadblocks, bugs and competing projects to keep the creative and engineering queues flowing smoothly
• Be the point of contact for all project-related questions and requests

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, and attention to detail
• Flexibility and multi-tasking skills to manage multiple projects and effectively address surprises
• Leadership ability; must be able to work with multiple stakeholders and deliver results
• Experience managing web design projects (e.g. sites, landing pages, Facebook pages), and web application development projects (e.g. internal tools, third-party web service and XML integrations, Facebook apps) that target multiple desktop and mobile browsers and operating systems
• Familiarity with CMS such as WordPress, and WP plug-ins
• Basic web troubleshooting skills (e.g. diagnose why tracking in HTML isn’t working), and image manipulation skills (e.g. resize a bitmap optimized for the web)
• Strong analytical skills using tools such as Google Analytics, Optimizely, and Excel
• A discerning eye that is able to view, digest and help improve page and site design based on quantitative data
• Must be able to identify and resolve potential issues early on before they halt your project
• Knowledge of Scrum or similar Agile SDLC processes

About Tightrope

Tightrope Interactive is a full-service online marketing firm specializing in media buying, lead generation, and downloadable product development and distribution. We produce performance-driven advertising campaigns and websites that deliver quality results for our customers.

Working @ Tightrope

Tightrope has a fun, mission-oriented work environment that emphasizes teamwork and efficiency. We believe strongly in work-life balance and personal growth.

Compensation is competitive based on a candidate’s experience. Benefits include insurance for medical, dental, life, and AD&D. We also provide 401K and commuter plans, as well as paid time off.

Send your resume and a brief cover note to careers@tightropeinteractive.com

Check out Tightrope’s:

• Other career opportunities
• Company site
• Facebook page
• LinkedIn page

 
Tightrope Interactive, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Tightrope Interactive is seeking a Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Manager with 1-5 years of relevant experience for a full-time position in our downtown San Francisco office. We are a fun, profitable internet marketing company with 40 people seeking more great employees to accelerate our growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimize various PPC SEM campaigns targeting a CPA metric
• Solid knowledge of pay per click advertising with experience on each platform
• Strong Excel skills
• Analytical mindset
• Knowledge of popular media (ie, TV, radio, magazines)
• Basic HTML coding skills (PHP skills a plus)
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Skilled at identifying and solving problems

Required Qualifications

• 1-5 years of experience with paid search and/or client management
• Solid knowledge of pay per click advertising with experience on each platform
• Strong Excel skills
• Analytical mindset
• Knowledge of popular media (ie, TV, radio, magazines)
• Basic HTML coding skills (PHP skills a plus)
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Skilled at identifying and solving problems

Additional Desired Qualifications

• SEO knowledge
• Affiliate Management experience
• Email or banner media buying experience
• AdWords certified
• Yahoo Search professional certified
• Facebook advertising experience
• Photoshop experience
• Entrepreneurial attitude – eager to go out and look for new campaigns and test aggressively

Benefits
Tightrope Interactive provides medical, dental, life and disability insurance, pre-tax commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

About Tightrope Interactive
Tightrope Interactive is a full-service online marketing firm specializing in media buying, lead generation, and downloadable product development and distribution. With offices situated in the heart of San Francisco and the soul of New York, we are far-reaching and diversified in our approach. Our mission is not only to drive business for our clients, but to also nurture and celebrate the people who make Tightrope so special. We embrace diversity and support a work/life balance. Working here requires a healthy blend of passion, commitment, flexibility and teamwork. Think you have what it takes? We’d love to hear from you!

To Apply, send your resume and a brief cover note in the body of the email explaining why you are a strong candidate for this role. careers@tightropeinteractive.com

• This is a full-time, on-site position. No telecommuter inquiries, please

Check out Tightrope’s:

• Other career opportunities
• Company site
• Facebook page
• LinkedIn page

 
Tightrope Interactive, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Tightrope Interactive is searching for a Director of Sales for our Education Lead Generation vertical. We are a fun, profitable internet marketing company with 40 people seeking more great employees to accelerate our growth.

In 2007, Tightrope Interactive entered the EDU Lead Generation space. We’ve grown this aspect of our business exponentially by closing direct relationships and servicing our advertisers with high quality traffic via SEM. We chose to offer our advertisers a transparent view of our business and, at the same time, offer them high quality leads that build sustainable long term relationships.

This position requires excellent social skills, organization skills, communication skills and the ability to be a market maker.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prospect for new schools through competitive research
• Attend conferences to meet with potential clients
• Work with the media team to discover new opportunities to sell
• Keep a pulse on the industry for regulatory environment changes to make sure we are selling compliant leads
• Work with account managers to grow each account month over month
• Keep detailed notes about client interactions on Salesforce
• Travel is required about 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

• 5-7 years in Education Lead Gen Sales
• Existing client relationships
• Strong organizational skills
• Self starter, well spoken
• Microsoft Office suite – high proficiency
• Knowledge of Salesforce
• 4-year college degree

Benefits

Tightrope Interactive provides medical, dental, life, and AD&D insurance, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

About Tightrope Interactive

Tightrope Interactive is a full-service online marketing firm specializing in media buying, lead generation, and downloadable product development and distribution. With offices situated in the heart of San Francisco and the soul of New York, we are far-reaching and diversified in our approach. Our mission is not only to drive business for our clients, but to also nurture and celebrate the people who make Tightrope so special. We embrace diversity and support a work/life balance. Working here requires a healthy blend of passion, commitment, flexibility and teamwork. Think you have what it takes? We’d love to hear from you!

To Apply, send your resume and a brief cover note highlighting your relevant skills to careers@tightropeinteractive.com

• Please include a link to your online portfolio
• This is a full-time, in-office position – no telecommuter inquiries, please

Check out Tightrope’s:

• Other career opportunities
• Company site
• Facebook page
• LinkedIn page

 
Tightrope Interactive, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.