Join Dapper

Dapper is about surfacing the web's content in the right place, at the right time, for the right person. If you have a passion for the web, love challenges, and want to take part in the re-invention of online advertising, we'd love to hear from you.

Current Openings


Design Openings


Visual Interaction Designer — San Francisco

We're looking for a visual interaction designer with advertising background to conceptualize, design and produce dynamic content ads.

Work Environment
We're a rapidly growing a startup. You'll work with a diverse group of smart engineers, designers and account managers. You'll work for the leading Travel, Retail and Ticketing brands on next genereation campaigns. This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting edge technology as it shapes the future of advertising.

Role
  • Create concepts, prototypes and mock-ups for dynamic ads, together with clients and agencies
  • Derive design decisions from data gathered through tests and past performance
  • Implement ads in Flash, using our dynamic ad framework
  • Resize ads
  • Iterate according to campaign performance, creating tests
Requirements
  • 3+ years experience with designing display ads, widgets and content rich apps
  • Advertising background — display ads and online marketing
  • Able to lead the creative process from concept to production
  • Fluent in: Flash, Photoshop
  • Autonomous
Desired Qualities
  • Passion for user centered design, you love to think about how people will use your designs. An interest in usability, information architecture
  • Love for the advertising world, marketing and how it relates to how people use new technology
  • Attention to pixel level visual details
  • AS3
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Engineering Openings


Front-End Engineer — San Francisco

We're looking for an exceptional front-end engineer to create dynamic ads and web applications. The role provides an excellent opportunity to shape how content is consumed and distributed on the Internet.

Responsibilities
  • Build Flash AS3 ads and applications
  • Build Javascript-based web interfaces
  • Work closely with product management, interaction designers, and back-end engineers
  • Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems
Requirements
  • Demonstrable experience building world-class, consumer facing web application interfaces and/or advertisements
  • Expertise in:
    • Actionscript 3
    • Javascript / Ajax
    • HTML / CSS
    • Java, Python or PHP
  • Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance. Able to work in an agile environment
  • Strong command of web standards, CSS-based design, and web services
  • Good understanding of web technologies (HTTP, Apache) and familiarity with Unix/Linux
  • Understanding of interaction design principles
  • Great written communication and documentation abilities
Desired Skills
  • Visual-design skills
  • B.S. or higher in Computer science or equivalent
  • Experience working in a Linux-based environment
  • Experience in online advertising
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Marketing & Sales Openings


Marketing Manager — New York

We're looking for an aggressive and conscientious Marketing Manager to support its growing marketing activities.

Qualified candidates will show a track record of project management and B2B promotion and lead management. Position reports to the NY-based Head of Marketing.

Responsibilities
  • Lead / Pipeline Management
    • Salesforce.com lead management and nurturing
    • Lead gen campaigns (email, trade show, PR cultivation, social media)
  • Promotion
    • Conference / Trade show coordination and attendance
    • Standalone event planning (panel events, industry dinners, cocktail parties)
  • Sales Support
    • Support creation of collateral on an ongoing basis for the sales team, including sales-sheets, mockups, and media kits
  • Administrative
    • Creating and maintaining the daily marketing calendar
    • Measuring marketing performance to established goals and reporting weekly on these metrics
    • Coordinating with external PR agency, external website development resources, and external technical writers.
Skills
  • Impeccable Organization Skills — we need to stick to a calendar, meet goals, and adjust in the face of new information all the time. Candidate should be very organized and diligent in maintaining control over potentially hundreds of activities.
  • Strong People Skills — we have a busy promotions/trade show calendar that requires outgoing personalities promoting Dapper's brand. Those that are uncomfortable approaching strangers are probably not a good fit.
  • Self Starter / Entrepreneurial spirit — we are a small team of self starters that work largely independently. We are not looking for people who need to be told "do A, B, C, and D;" rather, we expect our team members to come up with and execute on their own action plans that meet the goals set out for them.
  • Marketing Communication — Tasks may include occasional writing for external consumption. A writing sample may be part of the interview process. Ability to create product mock-ups in PowerPoint or Keynote a plus.
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How to Apply?

To apply, please send a detailed cover letter and your resume to in Word, Pages or PDF including the following:

  • Why you think you would be a good fit for Dapper
  • How you would uniquely contribute to the Dapper team
  • Any experience that is particularly relevant