Located in downtown Palo Alto, California, Endicia, A Newell Rubbermaid Company, offers challenging work in an easygoing environment. Fueled by chocolate, Friday pizza and Cokes from the antique vending machine, Endicia offers a culture that encourages self-sufficient, innovative and independent problem-solvers. We employ an outstanding mix of people with diverse skills and backgrounds. To encourage and reward both individual and team performance, we offer a comprehensive compensation package. Compensation includes base pay, variable pay (bonuses and profit sharing) and a variety of employee benefits.
Endicia is an equal opportunity employer.
Endicia (A Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., company) is the leading provider of Internet Postage,
with over $1 billion of postage printed, 40 integrated partners, and 25 years of experience
in the postal industry. Endicia’s PC and Mac applications allow users to print postage and
shipping labels for all mail classes, domestic and international. Endicia’s shipping
functionality includes discounted Delivery or Signature Confirmation, discounted insurance,
hidden postage amounts, and pre-filled customs forms. Endicia’s APIs allow developers to
integrate postage printing into a variety of applications, including web-based services.
Endicia’s PictureItPostage service allows businesses and individuals to print customized
postage with their logos, images, or pictures.
Current Job Openings Include: (list updated 08/04/08)
This person will take the lead with product management, product enhancement, product
positioning, and competitive analysis of our product line.
The responsibilities of this position will include but are not limited to:
Lead the product lifecycle of the advertising platform including definition, design, launch and maintenance phases
Collect and analyze data to influence feature prioritization decisions and product roadmaps
Develop specific near term product plans and longer term product milestones that deliver on the overall business objectives
Initialize and prioritize projects within engineering and marketing; track product development and develop product launch plans.
Qualifications
The position requires the ability to understand and analyze a technical product – serving as a
bridge between technical and non-technical teams in the company. Superior analysis, writing and
communication skills are essential. Strong project management skills are also required.
4+ years related experience – project management and product marketing
Experience in parcel shipping or carriers such as UPS, FedEx, DHL or USPS is a plus
Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent
Experience in software design, usability, and user testing
Knowledge in writing product requirements documents
Demonstrated leadership, communication and teaming skills
Self-starter, organized, flexible, customer focused, strong business sense
Ability to understand a decision's impact on other areas of the business
Ability to learn quickly and to communicate about new technologies in a fast paced environment
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to proactively recognize issues and develop new
processes/programs to exceed expectations
The DBA will be responsible for the operation, maintenance and enhancements to our
core 24 x 7 OLTP production database. The DBA will also perform similar functions
on related development and support databases.
Essential Duties
Responsible for database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning,
and full-time availability of our core SQL Server 2000 and 2005 databases (a production 24x7 environment).
Development (design and implementation) of our next generation replication architecture for scale up and out.
Specifications and configuration recommendations of hardware for all database systems.
Similar duties for our development, testing, and staging databases.
Maintenance/enhancement/tuning of all backup, disaster recovery and failover of the database.
Administer, maintain, develop and recommend policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company’s databases and systems
Create and maintain database schemas for all databases.
Identify and resolve database performance issues, database capacity issues and data distribution issues.
Qualifications
5+ years as SQL Server DBA
Large OLTP databases with very high transaction volume
Large scale storage options – DAS, SAN, NAS
Maintaining high-availability systems in a 24x7x365 E-commerce environment
Backup & Recovery, Security, Performance monitoring and tuning
SQL Server Log shipping, Replication and Clustering
Mission critical systems and appropriate business practices to ensure smooth, uninterrupted operations
Appropriate skills to work closely and effectively with development staff, vendors and management
Manage the execution of the activities relating to the US Postal Service relationship and the
teams associated with growing the parcel volume and number of customers in the parcel shipping space
using Endicia products and services. Activities will include field sales and customer focused
marketing projects, sales support efforts, integration activities and communication plans.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position will include but are not limited to:
Manage and support the activities surrounding the marketing and sales efforts to grow the High Volume Shipping segment. Assist in development and lead execution of plans.
Assist in managing the relationship with high profile partners such as the US Postal Service.
Coordinating with Marketing and Sales teams to plan and execute related activities
Develop specific near term marketing plans and longer term activities that deliver on the overall business objectives
Initialize and prioritize projects within sales and marketing; sales support and customer integration efforts.
Contribute to the development of an integrated marketing and sales strategy
Maintain expert-level knowledge on the features and business application of the company’s product line
Qualifications
The position requires the ability to work with a variety of disciplines surrounding a software
product and interface to field sales and execute on efforts to grow the shipping business. Superior
analysis, writing and communication skills are essential. Strong project management skills are
also required.
4+ years related experience – project management, product marketing, sales, management
Strong Project Management Skills. Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to work with both internal marketing, sales,and technical resources and external sales organizations.
Demonstrated leadership, communication and teaming skills
Self-starter, organized, flexible, customer focused, strong business sense
Ability to understand a decision's impact on other areas of the business
Ability to learn quickly and to communicate about new technologies in a fast paced environment
Ability to monitor progress, escalate issues, manage risks and control changes agreed upon plans
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to proactively recognize issues and develop new processes/programs to exceed expectations
Acceptable Experience and Training
Experience in parcel shipping or carriers such as UPS, FedEx, DHL or USPS is a plus.
Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Marketing or Business Administration.
Your role will be to design and develop web based applications and
update content on the Endicia & PictureItPostage websites and affiliated
websites. This role requires a responsible individual who can balance
multiple projects that involve working with database interfaces, customer
facing account management applications, internal applications, and
reporting systems.
Essential Duties
Prototype, develop and maintain new features and enhancements
Hands-on development and maintenance of web-applications
Perform thorough debugging of the site
Focus on teamwork; able to collaborate with Marketing, Support and QA on projects.
Must be able to perform under tight timeframes & execute problem-solving skills
Requires good analysis and design skills, yet practical enough to get the job done
Must have excellent communication skills, including documentation
Collaborate, have fun, deliver results to the growing community of power-shippers and mailers
Qualifications
4+ years experience working with Windows 2000/XP at the desktop level
2+ years experience developing Web sites using Windows-based tools and IIS
2+ year experience using Cold Fusion, Javascript and DHTML
2+ year experience with SQL databases, preferably SQL Server 2005
Technical expertise using HTML and XML
Experience in graphic design and website design
Formal training in Web design and multimedia technologies preferred
Experience using Photoshop
BS/MS Computer Science or related
Microsoft Certification a plus
Shipping, mailing and/or e-commerce industry experience highly desirable
Experience with fraud mitigation and high security environments desirable
Work with internal and external resources to plan, coordinate and execute marketing projects, campaigns
and programs in support of Endicia’s products, services and objectives.
Essential Duties
Contribute to the development of an integrated marketing strategy
including, but not limited to: benchmarking, market segmentation,
targeting, communication strategies and execution
Identify emerging market segments
Developing and managing databases
Developing and executing direct mail and email marketing campaigns
Manage affiliate marketing program
Assist with developing advertisements for Endicia products
Collect and analyze customer demographics
Assist with pre- and post- tradeshow activities
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Must have exceptional written and oral communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively and professionally work with coworkers, vendors and customers
Advertising or direct marketing experience
Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to apply analytical tools to market analysis
Acceptable Experience and Training
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business Administration. 1-3 years experience working in a marketing
environment. Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment. Experience working with
Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Internet research tools.
Newell Rubbermaid and its Business Units are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable
employment laws. M/F/D/V are encouraged to apply.
The Regional Product Specialist provides sales, technical, and integration support to
partners, sales teams, prospects, and customers for Endicia’s products and services.
Essential Duties
Respond to phone, fax and e-mail sales inquiries in a timely, efficient and professional manner.
Use a customer-focused, needs-based review process to educate customers on what products/services will best fit their needs.
Provide basic installation/integration help and training for customers.
Follow up with customers through the sales process and periodically after installation.
Maintain expert-level knowledge on the features and business application of the company’s product line
Provide training to USPS representatives on Endicia’s products and services.
Attend trade shows and perform marketing tasks as needed.
Perform other related duties as required.
Positions located in the East Coast (NY or DC) and South Regions (FL or TX)
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Requires an excellent telephone and personal demeanor
Must have exceptional written and oral communication skills
Must be able to demonstrate products and match their advantages to customer needs
Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Requires the ability to work on a team with other sales representatives
Acceptable Experience and Training
Bachelor’s degree and/or 1-3 years experience working in a customer service/sales environment. Proven
ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Newell Rubbermaid and its Business Units are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with
applicable employment laws. M/F/D/V are encouraged to apply.
Newell Rubbermaid is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products that touch the lives of people where they live, work and play. We are
committed to building consumer and commercial Brands That MatterTM while leveraging the benefits of being one company: shared expertise, operating
efficiencies, and a culture of innovation. Our globally recognized brands include Sharpie, Paper Mate, DYMO, EXPO, Waterman, Parker, Rolodex, IRWIN,
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