Community Connect is the category leader building online community destinations for U.S. ethnic groups and is a top 50 web publisher (Nielsen) with nearly 20 million registered members across four sites -AsianAvenue.com, BlackPlanet.com, MiGente.com and GLEE.com. Community Connect's proprietary technology enables members to form and engage in culturally-oriented communities resulting in a highly personalized and meaningful online experience.

The Site Manager, Christian will be responsible for developing the partnership, marketing and programming strategy for Community Connect's planned Christian community web site. This position will have general management responsibilities for leading the success of the site including: working with marketing to drive customer acquisition and developing relationships with content partners (video, music, print), celebrities and artists and internal editorial resources to increase the amount of content relevant to community members. In addition, this position will formulate editorial packages and site sections that reflect marketing goals and advertising opportunities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Define and manage the programming strategy, requirements, resources, applications and delivery for Christian Community Site- identify and develop additional sources of content
• Develop new content partnerships through outsourcing/syndication opportunities and negotiate contracts, terms for delivery
• Work with celebrities, artists and their agents/publicist to increase the number of celebrity pages on Community Connect sites
• Work with groups/organizations and personalities relevant to their sites cultural community to increase the number of profiles on Community Connect sites
• Manage external media and PR relationships. Through a combination of unique programming and effective PR establish Community Connect Inc as thought leader in the Christian social networking market
• Develop brand style, policy, and requirements consistent with site's mission/strategy and in accordance with consumer appeal

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND MEASURES:

• Traffic and membership growth
• Traffic levels for Notable Personal Pages and Groups
• Impressions from PR and Advertising

QUALIFICATION & SKILLS:

• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum
• Experience defining and positioning user-generated content products to achieve business results
• Knowledge of marketing strategies, platforms and techniques
• Understanding and experience in sourcing and negotiating content from third parties / syndication opportunities.
• Experience working with media contacts across industries
• Strong PR skills, ability to measure and quantify results
• Strong attention to detail and can drive to successful completion
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Marketing, branding experience preferred - understand how content/user generated drives brand
• Experience working with multi-cultural media companies and partners required

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum Education Requirement:

• BS degree (in Computer Science or related discipline)

Please send resume and cover letter to jobs@communityconnect.com. You must reference the job code SRDEV in the subject line of the e-mail. Only resumes in MS Word format will be accepted.

Community Connect Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. In order to ensure equal employment opportunity for every applicant, all hiring decisions will be made without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, veteran status, or disability. The Company is firmly committed to a policy and practice of non-discrimination in all areas of employment, and the Company will fully comply with all applicable federal, state, and local statutes pertaining to employment. As required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act, all applications selected for employment will be required to be eligible to work in the United States before beginning employment. Community Connect Inc. will not sponsor individuals for employment purposes.