Are you a natural salesman and looking for a place to shine at a fast growing tech company? Does the idea of closing big deals seem like the perfect career for you?

If the answers to the above questions are yes, then you should consider applying to inSparq as a Junior Account Executive. You will learn from two of the leading business development executives in the industry:

• How to get a meeting with a top executive or CEO.
• How to effectively do sales and marketing to crush your numbers
• How to methodically sell and position yourself as a leader in an industry.

You will learn the tools and strategies to sell effectively and be a dealmaker. This position is like getting an MBA in business development.

Through this position, you will have a chance to work closely with the company’s founders Veronika Sonsev and Richard Hecker. Collectively, they have closed hundreds of deals, generating over $500MM in revenue. Deals they’ve done span from advertising sales to strategic partnerships to M&A transactions. They have bought and sold companies, led financings, and closed multi-million dollar customers.

About You:

• You know how to tell a story and have great presentation in all forms of communication.
• You have experience selling (at least 1 year).
• You have sold into decision makers previously (recruiting experience a plus).
• You are fearless and are comfortable with cold emails and cold calling.
• You have an understanding of sales psychology.
• You are organized and highly detail-oriented.
• You have a demonstrated history of hard work and hustle.
• Prior sales, consulting, or banking experience required.

In your cover letter, please include your answers to the following questions:

1. What does social commerce mean to you?
2. What value do you see retailers gaining from inSparq?
3. Tell us about your greatest sales achievement.
4. What is the best deal you’ve ever done? It could be a lemonade stand.
5. How would you approach an executive at a company via a cold email? How would you research, reach out, follow up, and sell?

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, send your email and cover letter to Orian Breaux at jobs@insparqinc.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

inSparq is looking for a sharp mind with experience in journalism/PR and marketing that wants hands-on experience in the hot field of fashion tech and social commerce. Your main responsibilities will include creating content (write blogs, articles, press releases) and pitching them to various industry publications and helping the company obtain speaking opportunities and awards. Beyond that, you’ll get to work on BIG IDEAS and hopefully come up with the next BIG IDEA and execute on it yourself!

You’ll be trained on cutting-edge techniques in marketing from some of the top marketers in the tech industry. We are building industry momentum and already have major clients live with our social products. It’s an opportunity to be part of the development of a new company with the wind at its back. We’re successful entrepreneurs and executives who have built large companies in the past. Our ethos is built around bootstrapping and being efficient while having fun. We’re a close-knit team looking for great people to join our ranks.

Your work will have a meaningful impact on our marketing and develop your skillset and career.

Your primary responsibilities will be:

• Executing our journalism and PR strategy.
• Creating content, including research reports, trend analysis, interviews, and getting us placed in major media publications.
• Executing on digital marketing programs (training included).
• Executing on social media conversations.
• Event production.
• Being an awesome contribution to our team.

About You:

• You have PR experience in writing, pitching, and placing stories or experience as a publication editor.
• You have a demonstrated history of successfully planning and executing events.
• You are a powerful writer with a great voice and ability to tell a story.
• You have a data-driven, strategic-minded approach to marketing/PR decisions.
• You have a background in journalism or related-function (college or professional), preferably as an editor.
• You are organized and operationally savvy.
• You possess an natural finesse and instinct for marketing.
• Your leadership skills inspire people to perform at their best.
• You see yourself proactively contributing to a startup environment where you tangibly impact the bottom line.

Perks:

• Work in a fun fast-paced environment.
• Grow and develop with our startup.
• Work in fashion tech and social commerce, the hottest and fastest growing part of e-commerce and retail.

In order to apply, please answer the following questions:

• What do you think is the future of social commerce?
• What is the most important thing to keep in mind when positioning a brand in the B2B industry?
• Explain how market data informs your marketing/PR decisions and strategy.
• What are you most passionate about?
• How would you reach out to bloggers and journalists to get our name out to publications?
• Tell me a story about yourself.

Please email Orian Breaux at jobs@insparqinc.com if you are interested. In addition to providing your resume and answering the questions above, please tell us a little about your background and why you are excited to join our startup. Please also provide some writing samples you have done in the past. This position will be highly competitive, but we will take a serious look at your submission and get back to you quickly.

inSparq is looking for a smart, highly motivated individual with at least seven years of experience in middle-tier/back-end development to join our fast-growing team. We want you to have strong, pragmatic, hands-on knowledge of both server and browser-side technologies (full-stack capable), and a passion for building great web applications. Knowledge of Ruby is a plus!

About You:

• Self-starter and professional developer, in every sense of the word.
• Well-organized individual who documents their work and code.
• Proponent of test-first development.
• Passionate about writing lean multi-useful code.
• Great communicator and excellent multi-tasker.
• Have a good reputation on GitHub and/or Stack Overflow.

Technologies We Use (you do not need experience with all of these):

• Languages: Building our new platform in Ruby; existing platform built in PHP (CodeIgniter) and Node.js
• Database: CouchDB, MySQL and Redis
• Web Server: Nginx and Apache
• Version control: Git
• Deployment: Capistrano
• Front End: HTML/CSS and lots of Javascript/AJAX

Your primary responsibilities will be:

• Leading in the creation and development of our new product suite.
• Assisting in the maintenance of our current product suite.

Compensation is startup market rate and includes full health benefits and equity. Given the nature of this job, it will be very competitive, but we will take a serious look at everyone’s submission and get back to you quickly.

In order to apply, please send your resume to: Richie@insparqinc.com. Include your LinkedIn URL, GitHub URL, Stack Overflow Account, and code samples.

Are you interested in a career in business development? Can you work a room and make new friends instantly? Do you have a gift for rallying people to your side? Does the idea of closing big deals seem like the perfect career for you? 

If the answers to the above questions are yes, then you should consider joining inSparq as a Business Development intern. You will learn from two of the leading business development executives in the industry:

• How to get a meeting with a top executive or CEO.
• How to develop and execute on large scale business development strategies.
• How to manage operations for business development.

You will learn the tools and strategies to sell effectively and be a dealmaker. This internship is like getting an MBA in business development.

Through this internship, you will have a chance to work closely with the company’s founders Veronika Sonsev and Richard Hecker. Collectively, they have closed hundreds of deals, generating over $500MM in revenue. Deals they’ve done span from advertising sales to strategic partnerships to M&A transactions. They have bought and sold companies, led financings, and closed multi-million dollar customers.

About You:

• You know how to tell a story and have great presentation in all forms of communication.
• You have great writing voice and excellent copywriting skills.
• You possess strong research and analysis ability.
• You are organized and highly detail-oriented.
• You easily navigate PowerPoint and Excel.
• You have a demonstrated history of hard work and hustle.
• Prior sales, consulting, or banking experience a plus.
• Prior email marketing experience a plus.

We have three Business Development Internship positions available. We will determine where you best fit during the interview process:

1. Customer Relationship Mgmt & Operations: You will become a ninja at researching companies, writing convincing copy, and securing meetings with top executives. You will play a highly crucial role in our sales outreach and development, as well as developing inSparq’s voice to our existing customers.
2. Sales Support: Become the ultimate wingman to inSparq’s top-notch sales team. While you work alongside our team to close major deals, you will gain critical insights into how to convert prospect conversations into paying clients. Your work will demonstrate inSparq’s value to our prospects and drive deals to close.
3. Marketing & Copywriting: This is your opportunity to position inSparq as an industry leader and build our brand. You will learn to produce effective B2B and B2C events and marketing materials to add value to the e-commerce industry, sales prospects, and existing customers.

In your cover letter, please include your answers to the following questions:

1. What does social commerce mean to you?
2. What value do you see retailers gaining from inSparq?
3. Tell us about your greatest marketing achievement.
4. What is the best deal you’ve ever done? It could be a lemonade stand.
5. How would you approach an executive at a company via a cold email?
6. What is your availability for an internship? Starting as soon as possible is an option, as well as a summer internship.
7. Please provide writing samples.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, send your email and cover letter to Orian Breaux at jobs@insparqinc.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

inSparq is looking for a sharp intern that wants hands-on experience in the hot field of social media and social commerce.

We are building industry momentum and already have customers committed to rolling out our product. It’s an opportunity to be part of the development of a new company with the wind at its back. We’re successful entrepreneurs and executives who have built and sold companies and are self-funding the venture to launch. Our ethos is built around bootstrapping and being efficient while having fun. We’re a close-knit team looking for great people to join our ranks.

Your primary responsibilities will be:

• You will help spread the word about our products, interview customers, and develop our public social media presence. Your work will have a meaningful impact on our marketing. You will get an opportunity to learn from excellent B2B marketers and brand builders.
• You will engage in market research on the e-commerce and daily deals industry to strengthen our sales efforts.
• Content creation: working with our team to develop white papers, tweets, blog posts, and research for the industry.
• Reaching out and engaging bloggers and journalists to cover inSparq.
• Being an awesome contribution to our team.

About You:

• You have experience and addiction to social media tools.
• You possess an excellent writing voice and employ clear and inciting language.
• You are organized and operationally savvy.
• You have a hunger to learn and proactively contribute to a startup.

Perks:

• Work in a fun fast-paced environment.
• Grow and develop with our startup.
• Work in social media and social commerce – the hottest and fastest growing part of e-commerce and retail.

In order to apply, please answer the following questions:

• What do you think is the future of social commerce?
• What role does social media play in society?
• What is the importance of analytics and what data do you think is important to track in e-commerce?
• Have you ever bought products online that were referred by a friend?

Please email Orian Breaux at jobs@insparqinc.com if you are interested. In addition to providing your resume and answering the questions above, please tell us a little about your background and why you are excited to join our startup. Please also provide some writing samples you have done in the past. This position will be highly competitive, but we will take a serious look at your submission and get back to you quickly.