POSITION SUMMARY
Position Web Developer
Company Outsell LLC
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Reporting Relationship The Web Developer will report to the Chief Technology Officer
Website www.outsell.com

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Web Developer will lead the creation of customer facing web based interfaces for our digital marketing solutions.

Specific responsibilities include:

* Develop large scale database driven web based applications and solutions as necessary
* Participate in daily development meetings
* Building and improving all aspects of our large scale database
* Troubleshooting existing and new web applications
* Build clean, self explanatory and well-documented code
* Interact with developers of third party companies for System Integration
* Working with and assisting fellow developers
* Create tables, stored procedures, indices, triggers and other database related tasks
* Code interface applications to external companies utilizing web services, PHP, XML in order to integrate our operations with other companies
* Utilize JavaScript, CSS and AJAX to create more interactive web pages
* Use development skills to code PHP and straight HTML web pages according to functional designs in order to add or to enhance functionality on the website to improve user experience
* Maintain current applications


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications and skills:

* Bachelors Degree in Computer Science
* Masters Degree in Computer Science preferred
* Have taken at least a Fundamental of Database Systems and a Software Engineering class
* 5+ years of programming experience with PHP and MySQL
* MySQL certified is preferred
* Strong data modeling skills
* Good planning skills
* Excellent SQL experience
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Experience developing Web Services using PHP
* Familiarity with SCRUM agile framework
* Strong proven skills in:
HTML and XHTML, XML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, CSS Style Sheets, JavaScript, Ajax, Java / .Net a plus
* Other programming languages are a plus
* Experience testing web based database applications
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills


KEY LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS
Learning on the Fly
* Learns quickly when facing new problems; a versatile learner who is open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Drive for Results
* Charged by fast paced, result oriented work; can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Priority Setting
* Spends his/her time and the time of others on what*s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.

Process Management
* Excels at mapping out the process needed to get things done; can manage an organization to create a mindset of continuous process improvement; can simplify complex processes to get more out of fewer resources.

Customer Focus
* Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; established and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Personal Learning
* Picks up on the need to change personal, interpersonal, and managerial behavior quickly; watches others of their reactions to his/her attempts to influence and perform, and adjusts; seeks feedback; is sensitive to changing personal demands and requirements, and changes accordingly.
 

COMPANY BACKGROUND/CULTURE
Outsell is a digital marketing services firm that helps market leaders effectively engage consumers. The company develops and executes intelligent, data-driven marketing campaigns that engage consumers and drive unprecedented, measurable sales results. Founded in 2004, Outsell is one of the fastest growing digital marketing services firms in America, with over 1000% growth in the past 5 years, including a 158% year-over-year growth in 2009. Outsell currently serves leading OEMs, agencies, technology partners and dealer groups, including over 1,200 automotive dealerships representing virtually every brand across the country.

Outsell recently announced the successful rollout of a brand new intelligent marketing platform called The Outsell Campaign Store*. The Campaign StoreTM is a breakthrough digital marketing platform that makes digital marketing easier, cheaper, and a lot more effective. The platform consolidates online & offline consumer data, including their shopping behaviors, and uses that data to generate personalized interactive communications via all digital channels including email, SMS, mobile and video. These communications are also enabled with the ability to connect the consumer via Live Chat with Outsell*s fully staffed 24x7 bi-lingual customer interaction center.

Outsell had been piloting the platform with dealers from across the country, and has consistently generated 5:1+ ROI results, with some dealers seeing in excess of 30:1.

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