Are you interested in joining the leading online site for environmentally conscious consumers? Care2.com offers exciting career opportunities for talented individuals who want to hit the ground running. Fast. We are growing quickly and are seeking the best and brightest for our company!

We have openings in our Redwood City, CA headquarters (or other offices if noted) for the following positions:

• Web Developer - Nonprofit Campaigns
• Online Campaigner
• PHP Developer
• Web Editor/Producer
• Fall 2009 Business Development Internship -- Washington, DC
• Social Media Intern

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Care2 is Hiring a New PHP Developer

The Company:
Care2 (www.care2.com) is the largest online social network empowering civically active people to "make a difference." Founded in 1998, Care2 has grown to more than 11 million members, and many thousands of new members join every day, attracted by the many opportunities that Care2 provides for them to discover, share and take action. Care2's members tend to be well-educated women between the ages of 25 and 60 (average age is 39), with strong "green" values and a desire to support social justice, save the environment and live healthier, more sustainable lives. For more than 400 leading nonprofit organizations, Care2 has become a preferred source for recruiting new members, supporters and donors online. A rising number of these nonprofits have made Care2 a central component of their strategy to attract new grassroots members, donors and advocacy supporters.

Job Description:
Care2 is currently seeking a PHP Developer to join our team and help continue the legacy of excellence. You will be in integral member of the team working on all aspects of our system, from new products and technologies to diagnosing issue with our legacy code.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in design and definition phase of projects.
• Work alone or in small teams to complete task on time.
• Rotational assignment to diagnosing user issues on installed code base.
• Document your code for future maintenance.

Requirements:

• 3-5 Years Experience with PHP4/5
• Familiarity with Smarty/Zend
• Solid working knowledge of MySQL
• Version control CVS/Git
• XML (schema and instance)
• Familiarity with development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Extreme)

Compensation:
Competitive, depending on qualifications and experience.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Please email resumes to c_resumes@earth.care2.com and specify "PHP Developer" in the subject line.

Care2 is a certified B Corporation, meeting comprehensive and transparent social and environmental standards, to use the power of business as a force for good. Read more at: www.bcorporation.net

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Web Editor/Producer

Make a difference! Join a company that shares your passion and is making the world a better place.

With more than 10 million members and 400 non-profit partners, Care2 is the largest and most trusted online community empowering people to lead healthier, more sustainable lifestyles while taking action on important causes.

We're seeking a dedicated Web Editor/Producer for our Healthy and Green Living channel. Your responsibilities will include selecting and posting images, working with our content partners, editing and posting content, and monitoring interactive features. You will also help drive the growth and engagement of our vibrant, active online community.

Key responsibilities:

• Post articles, partner content, blogs and images in content management system.
• Select, resize and post images.
• Copy-edit/proof articles and blogs.
• Create HTML coding and meta-tags/meta-descriptions for search engine optimization.
• Compile and monitor statistics.
• Monitor comments and track-backs; participate in comment streams.
• Work with Healthy & Green Living editors on content generation. Write articles/blogs and create polls based on news, events, trends, seasonal items, and hot topics related to healthy and green living.
• Stay informed of current developments in healthy and green living and social networking.

Required skills and experience:

• BA or BS in Journalism, English, or Communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Two to four years professional experience producing web content. Previous online experience essential. (Candidates with print-only experience will not be considered.)
• Proficiency with blog administration tools, content management systems and various Web browsers.
• Expertise with HTML and other web technologies.
• Knowledge of online design principles; Photoshop proficiency.
• Experience with search engine optimization techniques and meta-tags.
• Familiarity and interest in healthy and holistic wellness and/or green living.
• Strong organizational skills; ability to multitask and prioritize time and workload.
• Enjoys being part of a team and works well in a collaborative environment.

Compensation:
Competitive; commensurate with qualifications and experience. Comprehensive benefits package.

How to Apply:
Please email cover letter, resume and recent links/clips to editor@earth.care2.com. Please include your last name in the subject line.

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Fall 2009 Business Development Internship -- Washington, DC

The Company
Care2 is the largest online social network of civically active "do gooders" who want to make a difference. Founded in 1998, Care2 has 12 million members who take action every day to promote social justice, save the environment and live healthier, more sustainable lives. More than 5,000 new members join each day. Care2 also serves more than 450 leading nonprofits by mobilizing its members to send millions of messages to decision makers. By connecting nonprofits to its members, Care2 has helped hundreds of nonprofits achieve vital victories and expand their base of grassroots supporters, donors and volunteers. Care2 is a certified B Corporation, meeting comprehensive and transparent social and environmental standards, to use the power of business as a force for good. (Read more at www.bcorporation.net)

Internship Description
This is a hands-on, interdisciplinary internship in a relaxed office environment that will give you a bird's eye view of the nonprofit sector and enable you to hone valuable online communications and marketing skills. Qualified undergraduate and graduate students will have an interest in online marketing and social networking, and a background in Journalism, International Relations, International Development, Communications, Marketing, Sales, Business, Sociology, Psychology, English or Web Design. It's also good if you are interested in social entrepreneurship and causes. To some extent, Care2 will tailor the internship according to the skills you present, and to your interests, while focusing on activities that will help Care2 advance its mission and business success.

Past internships have involved:

• Writing and Content Development: Interns were trained in Content Management Systems (CMS) to update the website. They also helped brainstorm new topic ideas for Care2's blog, Frogloop, that discusses online advocacy, member recruitment, and fundraising issues.
• Marketing and Communications: In order to create "viral" member growth, interns investigated ad placement opportunities, determined strategic search engine keywords, and created new e-cards and petitions. Interns also helped Care2 grow its nonprofit client base by assessing sponsorship and participation opportunities at nonprofit conferences and by conducting analysis to identify new nonprofit sectors that Care2 should explore.
• Competitive Analysis: Interns have profiled progressive blog sites and other online media outlets used by nonprofit groups for advocacy, list growth and fundraising.
• Research, etc.: Interns researched current events, wrote blog entries, interviewed nonprofit professionals and assisted in the creation of online surveys, podcasts, feature articles, MySpace type strategies and made recommendations to guide development of new "Web 2.0" services and identify process improvement opportunities.

How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit resume, cover letter, and writing sample to larissa@care2team.com. Specify "Washington Internship" and your name in the subject line.

Care2 is an equal opportunity employer. and encourages women and minorities to apply.

 

 

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Online Campaigner

Care2 is hiring a new Online Campaigner to join our campaign team based in Redwood City, California.

The Online Campaigner will work with advocacy and fundraising professionals at leading nonprofits to craft successful online campaigns targeting Care2 Web visitors and e-newsletter subscribers. The ideal candidate is a strong writer, has solid analytical skills, is passionate about the environment and progressive causes, and is comfortable balancing competing deadlines and demands. This candidate is equally adept at creating persuasive editorial messages - often in response to fast-changing current events - and at analyzing and optimizing a campaign’s performance.

Job Responsibilities:

• Research, write, edit and test Care2 action alerts and newsletters, in consultation with teammates and Care2's nonprofit clients
• Launch and manage campaigns, then track, analyze and report results for Care2 and clients
• Effectively utilize different areas of Care2's Web site and social networking areas (e.g. Races, Care2Connect, E-Cards) to promote campaigns for Care2's nonprofit clients
• Interact with broad array of nonprofit clients
• Help manage Care2's inventory of email alerts, e-newsletters and Web site placements for maximum effectiveness
• Participate in achieving monthly campaign team revenue targets while providing strong value to Care2's nonprofit partners
• Achieve Care2 list growth targets by utilizing a wide range of digital marketing techniques. A high value is placed on developing innovative techniques to recruit new members
• Provide strong project participation and/or leadership within Care2, consistent with an upward career growth path

Qualifications

• Superb writing and speaking skills
• Knowledge of, or experience in, the nonprofit sector
• Excellent relationship-building, consulting and client management skills
• Self-starter, dynamic and able to thrive in an unstructured environment
• Excellent listening and communications skills to interact effectively with teammates, clients and others
• Strong work ethic and desire to work collaboratively
• An interest in, and passion for, progressive social issues and the environment
• Ability to work quickly under pressure and multi-task
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to help drive projects to completion
• Demonstrated skills in using Excel and/or in managing quantitative data
• Experience with social media and search engine marketing
• HTML and web graphics skills
• At least a college degree; Journalism, English, Political Science, International Relations preferred
• 1-3 years of relevant experience

Compensation:

Competitive, depending on qualifications and experience.

The Company:

With more than 12 million members, Care2 is the Internet’s largest social network for people who want to make a difference. Thousands of new members join Care2 every day, attracted by our progressive values and commitment to advancing social justice, protecting our planet and leading healthier lives. Our mission is to empower Care2 members to take action so that they can help "make a difference." We achieve this mission with action-oriented tools and content on Care2.com and ThePetitionSite.com, enabling our members to rapidly pool their resources and produce lasting change. Care2 powers its members' activism via cause-driven education, activism and fundraising campaigns that benefit more than 450 of the world's best-known nonprofit organizations. Care2's team lives its mission, knowing at the end of the day that we have done a little more to help the world become a better place.

Care2 is an equal opportunity employer. Please email your resume to campaigner_resume@earth.care2.com and specify "Online Campaigner" in the subject line.

 

Social Media Intern

Care2.com is looking for a Social Media Intern to help us spread the word about the great work our nonprofit partners are doing on Care2, bring progressive, green people to Care2 to take action, and bring Care2 to people who care about making a difference - wherever they are online.

You are a strong writer, savvy about social networking, passionate about nonprofit issues, comfortable with HTML and web graphic production, and enjoy promoting progressive issues and engaging with an online community to market Care2's nonprofit partners and petitions. You love to test out new social media tools and sites, are active on several social sites, and have lots of ideas for how to make the world a better place using the power of social media.

• Create and test campaigns to promote Care2 nonprofit petitions using social media and on social networks;
• Evaluate new and upcoming social media tools and sites for potential use for promoting Care2 actions and content;
• Monitor social media outlets to better understand how users are talking about and using Care2, and for which issues people are passionate about;
• Communicate with Care2 activist petition authors about how they are using social media to promote petitions;
• Blog on Care2 and potentially elsewhere about Care2 campaigns and progressive issues;
• Write and promote Care2 success stories;
• Have fun making the world a better place!

The Social Media Intern reports to the Manager of Activist Marketing, and works primarily with the Campaign Team Marketing staff.

Job Qualifications

• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Knowledge of social networks and social media tools including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, StumbleUpon, Digg and MySpace.
• Proficiency in HTML and web graphics production using Adobe Photoshop and/or ImageReady
• Knowledge of basic office programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Enthusiasm for Care2's nonprofit issues and campaigns.

The position is located in Redwood City, California. Dates and hours of the internship are flexible (minimum of 20 hours a week). This is a paid position at $10 per hour.

Submit a resume and writing sample to samerr@earth.care2.com.

 

Web Developer – Nonprofit Campaigns

Do you want to work with a smart, creative team for causes you believe in? Join us at Care2.

We are seeking a versatile Web Developer to join our campaign team based in Redwood City, California. Reporting to the Vice President of Causes and Advocacy, the Software Engineer will help to implement Care2’s online campaigns for a wide range of leading environmental, animal welfare, and progressive organizations.

The Developer will extend the capabilities of Care2’s online campaigning and email marketing tools and develop custom solutions for unique campaigns. He/she will also work closely with Care2’s product development teams.

The ideal candidate has strong technical skills, can translate campaigning needs into technical requirements, is comfortable balancing competing deadlines and demands, has solid analytical skills, and is passionate about the environment, politics and progressive causes. The candidate is comfortable working in a fast-paced and fast-changing environment, and is committed to delivering high quality products and hitting deadlines.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 Years experience with PHP in a LAMP environment. PHP 5 a plus.
• Understanding of SQL and work with MySQL.
• Competence with OO design methodologies.
• Familiarity with HTML, XHTML and JavaScript
• 2-3 years experience with version control (CVS, SVN, Git)
• Understanding of SMTP and email distribution


• Motivated self-starter able to deal with multiple concurrent projects
• Provide reliable and realistic estimates of time
• Interact with business and technical stakeholders to determine requirements
• Passionate advocate for quality.
• At least a college degree; Computer Science or Software Engineering preferred.

The Company:

With more than 12 million members, Care2 is the Internet’s largest social network for people who want to make a difference. Thousands of new members join Care2 every day, attracted by our progressive values and commitment to advancing social justice, protecting our planet and leading healthier lives. Our mission is to empower Care2 members to take action so that they can help "make a difference." We achieve this mission with action-oriented tools and content on Care2.com and ThePetitionSite.com, enabling our members to rapidly pool their resources and produce lasting change. Care2 powers its members' activism via cause-driven education, activism and fundraising campaigns that benefit more than 450 of the world's best-known nonprofit organizations. Care2's team lives its mission, knowing at the end of the day that we have done a little more to help the world become a better place.

Compensation:

Competitive, depending on qualifications and experience.

How to Apply:

Please email your resume to campaigner_resume@earth.care2.com and specify "Web Developer – Nonprofit Campaigns" in the subject line.
Care2 is an equal opportunity employer.