Los Angeles 
Gorilla Nation is the largest online advertising sales representation company, exclusively handling the media sales for over 500 high-traffic, quality websites in select vertical markets.
We're a one-stop shop for online advertisers & agencies looking to build brand awareness through high impact ad units and rich media across targeted content categories. We assist in developing media and creative strategies, execute these plans with volume media buys, and traffic campaign delivery utilizing our advanced ad-serving technology.
Gorilla Nation then delivers results, usually above and beyond advertiser expectations. As an ad rep firm (rather than an ad network) we then interpret these results to make each subsequent buy more effective.
Brian Fitzgerald
Co-Founder and President
Brian began his career as an intellectual property attorney at MGM Studios, went on to represent some of the entertainment industry's largest independent film distributors, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1992 & J.D. Loyola Law School, 1996. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Aaron Broder
Co-Founder and CEO
Aaron began his career at the William Morris Agency, a Hollywood Talent Agency, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1991; M.B.A from University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1993 & J.D. U.C.L.A. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Bill Foltz
CFO
Bill is an experienced senior executive with a strong background in growing and operating companies with expertise in M&A, corporate finance, fundraising and private equity. Prior to joining Gorilla Nation, he was a Partner and Managing Principal a Sports Business Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund and advisory firm focusing on sports and sports-related investments. Prior to this, Bill was SVP/CFO of Roll International, where he oversaw a $1 billion portfolio of seven wholly owned companies in consumer products, service and wholesale products, food processing and beverages including such iconic consumer brands as Teleflora PomWonderful Pomegranate Juice, and Fiji Water, whose acquisition he led. He has also held the CFO position with Platinum Equity Capital Partners, one of the fastest growing private equity firms in the nation. In addition to serving on the firm’s management committee that had primary responsibility for the performance of the entire portfolio, he also managed the company’s initial private equity fundraising of $700 million. Earlier, he served as CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball club where he spent 10 years as a key member of the management team. He was a manager for the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young and is a CPA.
Christophe Louvion
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Louvion has over 10 years of experience in enabling rapid business growth through planning and implementation of cutting edge technologies. He held various positions at Shopzilla.com, where he was instrumental in developing the leading shopping search engine, serving there as Software Architect, VP of Operations, VP of Product Development and Engineering, Agile Evangelist/Coach and Uber Scrum Master. Prior to working in the e-commerce field, he worked as a Software Engineer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of San Diego. He started his career as a Software Engineer for Cegelec in Paris, where he won an Anvar award from The French Agency for Innovation. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Nancy I and a Master of Science in Computer Science from ESIAL, both in France. He is a Certified Scrum Practitioner, and a member of the Agile Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network.
Brad Agens
Sr. VP/National Sales
Brad joined Gorilla Nation as the National Sales Director in 2002. Prior to this, he served as Southwest Sales Manager for L90/MaxOnline and as Director of Business Development for RealSearch, a Real Estate Marketing firm. Brad has over a decade of online sales and marketing experience and has worked with such marquee brands as Verizon, Turner, Nestle, Ford, and Nike.
Frank Simonelli
Sr. VP/Marketing & Corporate Communications
Frank brings 25 years of strategic and tactical marketing expertise to GN. He currently directs branding, reputation management, lead generation, advertising, PR and promotional activity for the firm. He has held a wide range of senior positions at the world's largest advertising and PR agencies, including Young & Rubicam (where he helped form the industry's first "New Media Group" in 1984, developing such seminal web properties as CompuServe and Prodigy), Burson-Marsteller, J. Walter Thompson, and Hill and Knowlton. He has served on the client side in the research, publishing and wireless industries.
Steven Orenstein
Sr. VP/Finance
Steve offers 35 years executive financial management expertise from various facets of the advertising industry to GN. He directs day-to-day financial activity and reporting and is responsible for all systems and controls for all GN's operating companies. He previously held senior posts at The Kern Organization, Direct Partners, Davis Elen Advertising, McCann Erickson and Young & Rubicam.
Matt Stodder
VP/Ad Strategy & Operations
Matt is responsible for leading integrated sales initiatives to connect brand advertisers with consumers through GN’s global network of mid-tail sites in three ways: developing larger integrated online promotional packages on GN’s larger premier properties, aggregating selected smaller sites to create uniquely targeted media packages, and creating opportunities for international advertisers that provide creative integration across different geographic markets. Matt came to GN after 7 years at Yahoo! where, most recently, he served as Director of Ad Solutions for Yahoo! Entertainment. He has developed successful, integrated marketing programs for a broad array of major brand advertisers, including Pepsi, Coca Cola, GM, Toyota, Nissan, Verizon Wireless, P&G, JCPenney and Target. Prior to this, he headed up publishing at LAUNCH.com, a music site acquired by Yahoo!, and was a former politics editor at LATimes.com.
Moises Magana
VP/Finance
Moises brings 6 years of finance and operations expertise in the online media and entertainment industry. He is currently responsible for strategic planning and analysis, acquisition valuation, due diligence and integration. His previous experience includes directing all finance and operational activity for YouBet.com.
Diane Bradley
VP/Ad Operations
Diane is responsible for directing all internal ad operations, campaign fulfillment, trafficking, and out-sourced services. Her team implements and maintains all marketing campaigns that run on GN sites, and works closely with the rest of the company to help achieve the best performance possible for clients. Her previous experience includes management positions at Vendare Media and Eyeblaster.
Alex Godelman
VP/Technology
Alex provides nearly 20 years of senior management experience in ecommerce, commercial software development, and online media and entertainment. He has a proven track record in formulating and executing technology and service delivery plans for rapidly growing internet brands and other high tech companies. Most recently, he was a part of the senior management team at Shopzilla, the world leader in comparison shopping search; CIO at Diskeeper Corporation, a leading software manufacturer; Executive Director of Technology for the B3 division of Time Warner responsible for numerous TW and WEA music labels; Senior Director of IS&T for the Maxis division of Electronic Arts, makers of Sims Online. Prior to these, he also served as CIO of Otis College and Director of Technology for WoltersKluwers, responsible for delivery of their two largest online brands, GlobalFx and CompleTax. Alex is very active in the ITIL community and holds a graduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Universitatea de Stat din Moldova.
Sharon Reese
VP/Human Resources
Sharon is responsible for managing rapid employee growth on both a domestic and international level, with focus on Toronto, London & Sydney. Prior to GN, she spent nearly 7 years as Head of Corporate Employee Relations for Dreamworks SKG (sold to Paramount) and DreamWorks Records (sold to Universal Music Group) where she was responsible for human resources activities domestically and internationally in all areas of employee relations, performance management, training and development, corporate policies and procedures compliance, transitions and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, she was VP, Human Resources Manager for Bank of America with an employee population of over 100,000 where she supported the Corporate Group, Retail Branches, Commercial Banking, Credit Card and Teleservices.
Josh Ellingwood
General Counsel
Josh joined GN in March 2006, bringing with him 10 years of experience as a business attorney. Prior to joining GN, Josh served as Vice President and General Counsel for a private aerospace research and development company and as a financial restructuring attorney with nationally prominent firms in Los Angeles. Josh has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C.L.A.
Jeff Shieh
VP/Business & Legal Affairs
Jeff is primarily responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of GN's acquisitions and investments. Prior to joining GN, Jeff practiced as a corporate attorney at the international law firms of Sheppard, Mullin and Skadden, Arps, working on a wide variety of M&A, venture capital/private equity, finance and other transactions. He was also previously a corporate governance and finance attorney and assistant corporate secretary at Edison International/Southern California Edison Company, a publicly traded Fortune 200 company. Jeff has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C. Hastings.
Co-Founder and President
Brian began his career as an intellectual property attorney at MGM Studios, went on to represent some of the entertainment industry's largest independent film distributors, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1992 & J.D. Loyola Law School, 1996. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Aaron Broder
Co-Founder and CEO
Aaron began his career at the William Morris Agency, a Hollywood Talent Agency, and co-founded Celebrity Blvd. Graduated UCSB, 1991; M.B.A from University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1993 & J.D. U.C.L.A. He co-founded Gorilla Nation in 2001.
Bill Foltz
CFO
Bill is an experienced senior executive with a strong background in growing and operating companies with expertise in M&A, corporate finance, fundraising and private equity. Prior to joining Gorilla Nation, he was a Partner and Managing Principal a Sports Business Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund and advisory firm focusing on sports and sports-related investments. Prior to this, Bill was SVP/CFO of Roll International, where he oversaw a $1 billion portfolio of seven wholly owned companies in consumer products, service and wholesale products, food processing and beverages including such iconic consumer brands as Teleflora PomWonderful Pomegranate Juice, and Fiji Water, whose acquisition he led. He has also held the CFO position with Platinum Equity Capital Partners, one of the fastest growing private equity firms in the nation. In addition to serving on the firm’s management committee that had primary responsibility for the performance of the entire portfolio, he also managed the company’s initial private equity fundraising of $700 million. Earlier, he served as CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball club where he spent 10 years as a key member of the management team. He was a manager for the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young and is a CPA.
Christophe Louvion
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Louvion has over 10 years of experience in enabling rapid business growth through planning and implementation of cutting edge technologies. He held various positions at Shopzilla.com, where he was instrumental in developing the leading shopping search engine, serving there as Software Architect, VP of Operations, VP of Product Development and Engineering, Agile Evangelist/Coach and Uber Scrum Master. Prior to working in the e-commerce field, he worked as a Software Engineer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of San Diego. He started his career as a Software Engineer for Cegelec in Paris, where he won an Anvar award from The French Agency for Innovation. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Nancy I and a Master of Science in Computer Science from ESIAL, both in France. He is a Certified Scrum Practitioner, and a member of the Agile Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network.
Brad Agens
Sr. VP/National Sales
Brad joined Gorilla Nation as the National Sales Director in 2002. Prior to this, he served as Southwest Sales Manager for L90/MaxOnline and as Director of Business Development for RealSearch, a Real Estate Marketing firm. Brad has over a decade of online sales and marketing experience and has worked with such marquee brands as Verizon, Turner, Nestle, Ford, and Nike.
Frank Simonelli
Sr. VP/Marketing & Corporate Communications
Frank brings 25 years of strategic and tactical marketing expertise to GN. He currently directs branding, reputation management, lead generation, advertising, PR and promotional activity for the firm. He has held a wide range of senior positions at the world's largest advertising and PR agencies, including Young & Rubicam (where he helped form the industry's first "New Media Group" in 1984, developing such seminal web properties as CompuServe and Prodigy), Burson-Marsteller, J. Walter Thompson, and Hill and Knowlton. He has served on the client side in the research, publishing and wireless industries.
Steven Orenstein
Sr. VP/Finance
Steve offers 35 years executive financial management expertise from various facets of the advertising industry to GN. He directs day-to-day financial activity and reporting and is responsible for all systems and controls for all GN's operating companies. He previously held senior posts at The Kern Organization, Direct Partners, Davis Elen Advertising, McCann Erickson and Young & Rubicam.
Matt Stodder
VP/Ad Strategy & Operations
Matt is responsible for leading integrated sales initiatives to connect brand advertisers with consumers through GN’s global network of mid-tail sites in three ways: developing larger integrated online promotional packages on GN’s larger premier properties, aggregating selected smaller sites to create uniquely targeted media packages, and creating opportunities for international advertisers that provide creative integration across different geographic markets. Matt came to GN after 7 years at Yahoo! where, most recently, he served as Director of Ad Solutions for Yahoo! Entertainment. He has developed successful, integrated marketing programs for a broad array of major brand advertisers, including Pepsi, Coca Cola, GM, Toyota, Nissan, Verizon Wireless, P&G, JCPenney and Target. Prior to this, he headed up publishing at LAUNCH.com, a music site acquired by Yahoo!, and was a former politics editor at LATimes.com.
Moises Magana
VP/Finance
Moises brings 6 years of finance and operations expertise in the online media and entertainment industry. He is currently responsible for strategic planning and analysis, acquisition valuation, due diligence and integration. His previous experience includes directing all finance and operational activity for YouBet.com.
Diane Bradley
VP/Ad Operations
Diane is responsible for directing all internal ad operations, campaign fulfillment, trafficking, and out-sourced services. Her team implements and maintains all marketing campaigns that run on GN sites, and works closely with the rest of the company to help achieve the best performance possible for clients. Her previous experience includes management positions at Vendare Media and Eyeblaster.
Alex Godelman
VP/Technology
Alex provides nearly 20 years of senior management experience in ecommerce, commercial software development, and online media and entertainment. He has a proven track record in formulating and executing technology and service delivery plans for rapidly growing internet brands and other high tech companies. Most recently, he was a part of the senior management team at Shopzilla, the world leader in comparison shopping search; CIO at Diskeeper Corporation, a leading software manufacturer; Executive Director of Technology for the B3 division of Time Warner responsible for numerous TW and WEA music labels; Senior Director of IS&T for the Maxis division of Electronic Arts, makers of Sims Online. Prior to these, he also served as CIO of Otis College and Director of Technology for WoltersKluwers, responsible for delivery of their two largest online brands, GlobalFx and CompleTax. Alex is very active in the ITIL community and holds a graduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Universitatea de Stat din Moldova.
Sharon Reese
VP/Human Resources
Sharon is responsible for managing rapid employee growth on both a domestic and international level, with focus on Toronto, London & Sydney. Prior to GN, she spent nearly 7 years as Head of Corporate Employee Relations for Dreamworks SKG (sold to Paramount) and DreamWorks Records (sold to Universal Music Group) where she was responsible for human resources activities domestically and internationally in all areas of employee relations, performance management, training and development, corporate policies and procedures compliance, transitions and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, she was VP, Human Resources Manager for Bank of America with an employee population of over 100,000 where she supported the Corporate Group, Retail Branches, Commercial Banking, Credit Card and Teleservices.
Josh Ellingwood
General Counsel
Josh joined GN in March 2006, bringing with him 10 years of experience as a business attorney. Prior to joining GN, Josh served as Vice President and General Counsel for a private aerospace research and development company and as a financial restructuring attorney with nationally prominent firms in Los Angeles. Josh has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C.L.A.
Jeff Shieh
VP/Business & Legal Affairs
Jeff is primarily responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of GN's acquisitions and investments. Prior to joining GN, Jeff practiced as a corporate attorney at the international law firms of Sheppard, Mullin and Skadden, Arps, working on a wide variety of M&A, venture capital/private equity, finance and other transactions. He was also previously a corporate governance and finance attorney and assistant corporate secretary at Edison International/Southern California Edison Company, a publicly traded Fortune 200 company. Jeff has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C. Hastings.
Here We Grow Again! Current Openings:
Gorilla Nation is always looking for talented individuals to join our team. Please forward your resume and cover letter to: careers@gorillanation.com
Gorilla Nation New York:
Associate Sales Planner -New York
The Associate Sales Planner is an entry-level position within the Sales Department. Responsible for assisting the sales team with coordinating pending deals and managing existing campaigns. Duties include, but not limited to maintaining current campaigns, working closely with Ad Op's, building presentations and reporting. The role provides excellent training for an individual looking to pursue a career in online advertising, account management and sales.
Entry level. College degree. Online planning and sales experience preferred.
Gorilla Nation Los Angeles:
Associate Sales Planner - Los Angeles
The Associate Sales Planner is an entry-level position within the Sales Department. This position is responsible for assisting the sales team with coordinating pending deals and managing existing campaigns. Duties include, but not limited to maintaining current campaigns, working closely with Ad Op's, building presentations and reporting. The role provides excellent training for an individual looking to pursue a career in online advertising, account management and sales.
Entry level; College Degree. Online planning and sales experience preferred.
Human Resources Coordinator
The Human Resources Coordinator will coordinate the daily operations of the Human Resources department; Maintains all departmental files and records; Assists in benefits administration and management; Help maintain all employee files and keep them up to date.
1-2+ years Human Resources experience; Prior administrative experience; Excellent organization and communication skills; Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment.
Jr. Business Development Associate
Research, organize and identify new business endeavors to fortify existing categories. This includes outreach via comScore Media Metrics, Alexa and other business industry tools. Report and distribute comprehensive data on industry/business trends. This includes reporting on current properties, sales trends, data analysis and organization via Sales Force. Outreach to new Publishers Creation of presentations, proposals and other documents to present the Gorilla Nation proposition to prospective Publishers. Involvement in contract negotiations with new and current Publishers and workly closely with the New Business Team in our international expansion
-Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and superb sales skills -Strong understanding of the Internet -Ability to successfully multi-task and possess strong organizational skills -Exceptional working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point) -Ability to meet deadlines, review detailed reports and field inquiries -Online media or advertising experience a plus -Team player and highly motivated -Bachelors Degree in related field or equivalent
PHP Developer
We currently need highly skilled innovators adept at both web application development and partner integration. The projects require solid design fundamentals working with Apache/MySQL database-driven web applications. Those with more advanced skills writing in Python/Ruby/shell are highly desired.
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 5 to 7 years OO PHP4/PHP5 - 1 to 2 years PERL - 5 to 7 years HTML/JavaScript - 4 to 5 years MySQL (using stored procedures/clustering/replication) - Experienced w/Linux flavors (Redhat/ CentOS/ Ubuntu) - Advanced Programming Knowledge (OOP, UML, Use of Frameworks) - Experience with MVC - Experience with Subversion or CVS - Experience with Apache - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment
Online Ad Trafficker
Entry-Mid level; 1-2 years experience. Internet/Online media experience. DART, HTML, Flash and JavaScript is preferred. Support the online Adverting sales team to maximize revenue and enhance client relationship. This is a hybrid of interactive ad trafficking as well as campaign management.
Receptionist/Recruiting Assistant
Answering and directing incoming calls; Greeting clients and visitors; Processing all incoming and outgoing mail and couriers; Processing all outgoing shipping via FedEx; Ordering Staples office supplies; Candidate identification through job boards, direct sourcing and referrals; Resume review and phone screening candidates; Scheduling interviews.
Prior Receptionist experience; Prior Human Resource and/or Recruiting experience preferred; 2+ Administrative experience; Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; Excellent organization, time management and reporting skills; Ability to work in a fast paced environment; Microsoft Office skills.
Project Coordinator
GN is currently seeking a talented Project Coordinator to join the IT and Development Team. It is a pro-active position with room for growth. GN is a dynamic team environment and is looking for the right Project Coordinator with 3 + years of experience and a working hands on knowledge IT and WebDev best practice. Essential Functions: - Gathering, organization, and management of various IT or cross departmental projects - Tracking, coordinating and reporting on workflow, deliverables, issues and deadlines - Liaison between several corporate divisions - Assisting management (VP of Technology, CTO and others as necessary) in daily project and task specific items - Tracking, coordinating and reporting (software/hardware asset management) all IT related purchasing - Facilitator and Scrum Master of the daily stand-ups and iteration planning meetings
Job Requirements: - 3 years of project management experience - Proven experience in IT and in a web-based environment, such as e-commerce, online content management, online publishing or Internet consulting - Excellent organizational, communication and administrative skills - Ability to work collaboratively - Project management/facilitation skills - Strong oral and written communication skills - Good understanding of change control - Some Scrum background is a must, formal training and / or certification is a huge plus
Python Developer
Gorilla Nation is currently seeking an elite specialist experienced in developing applications for processing large amounts of data. In this position you will be working to optimize Python backend applications to deliver the data arranged for monitoring system and business performance. This will be with Linux servers, MySQL and large data sets with billions of records.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent combination of work/life exp.) - 5 + years Python - 1 to 2 years HTML / CSS / JavaScript - 3 to 5 years (SQL) MySQL - Experienced w/Linux scripting - Experience with MVC/MTV - Experience with Scrum / Agile Methodology - Experience with Subversion or GIT Pluses: - QA/Bug Tracking Skills - Major web/internet/startup experience - Experience with Apache / Lighttpd - Debian/Ubuntu system knowledge
Director/Manager QA Engineer
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated software testing involving internet applications. Responsibilities include designing, creating, documenting and executing test plans in a scrum environment. The QA Engineer will work closely with the Development team to investigate report and track bugs.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software testing, working with Internet applications - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment - Experience with MySQL - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated test scripts with Perl, php or other scripting language - Experience using automated test tools such as Load Runner or others - Experience with bug tracking tools (such as Bugzilla) - Experience with automated testing and continuous integration tools such as Selenium / Siege / cruise control / maven
Configuration Management Architect
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated CM, release and build of internet applications. Responsibilities include management and versioning of software code, documents, design models and directory structure.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software development, working with Internet applications - Parallel coding / testing and release management in Agile/Scrum environment - Experience with Ant, Cruise Control, Apache Maven - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated build and release scripts
Senior Systems Specialist
GN is seeking a talented Senior Systems Specialist to join the IT and Development Team. The individual must be a self-starter and able to work well in a team environment. Must have 5-7+ years of working hands on knowledge of server/network architecture in a Linux environment. Additional skills working with traditional and virtual router and firewall solutions required.
- Must be able to interpret technical requests - Must know Linux - Must have a solid understanding of MySQL - Knowledge of various Access Control Level theory - Strong hands on knowledge of shell scripting - Hands on knowledge of Apache 1.3x, Apache 2.x, TomCat and IIS - Hands on knowledge of Red Hat Linux 4/Fedora Cafe - Hands on knowledge of various network switches and firewalls - Knowledge of network cabling - Expert in TCP/IP and OSI layers -
IT Lead
Serves as a functional leader for the group and responsibile for installation, service delivery and administration of Windows 200X Servers/Workstations, WAN, LAN, Telephony and applications. Performs/supervises configuration, integration, maintenance, performance management, security management, failure analysis and recovery and user support. Responsible for supervision and coaching of help desk support technicians and systems engineers.
- Microsoft certification expert - Hands on experience with Intel based web server farms and MS Exchange - Minimum 5 years experience supporting IIS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Microsoft NT Server and Windows 200X environments - Solid working knowledge and a minimum of 3 years hands on experience with AD and DNS services - Minimum 7 years of experience in a technology related field - Minimum of 2 years experience in a senior role supervising technical staff - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Strong project management skills - Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
Network Engineer
The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, installing, maintaining and supporting WAN, data center and Office LAN networking. The successful candidate will have a strong background in Layer 2, 3 and 4 network technologies. Posess the ability to work well with others and communicate effectively with various levels of technical and nontechnical staff. Must be a self-starter, creative, and able to think strategically. Share ownership of the architecture, design, deployment, troubleshooting and performance optimization of the network with a small group of systems engineers and architects. Able to manage their time effectively and able to work effectively and efficiently without direct supervision.
Network topology and networking experience: LAN switching: • Spanning-Tree • VLANs • Vendors: Cisco, Foundry, Dell Routing: • Dynamic routing using EIGRP or OSPF • Redundancy using HSRP • QoS • Vendors: Dell. Cisco, Juniper or Force10 Load balancing (Layer 4 switching): • Load balancing HTTP across multiple web servers • Load balancing database queries across multiple database servers • Load balancer vendors: Foundry ServerIron, F5, Nortel Alteon, Juniper Security: • Firewalls • VPN concentrators and VPN tunnels • Apply security updates and patches on network equipment, when necessary • Firewall and VPN concentrator vendors: Cisco and Sonicwall
Attorney
Serve as the lead attorney working with the Business Development department in negotiating advertising sales representation agreements and handling any issues and disputes relating thereto. Work closely with the business development department in negotiating and drafting advertising sales representation agreements. Must be able to prioritize and handle multiple agreements. Handle various other day-to-day legal matters, including commercial agreements, employment agreements, license agreements and any other matters delegated by the General Counsel.
2-5 years experience as a corporate attorney at a large, nationally or regionally recognized law firm Internet in-house experience highly preferred Significant hands-on experience negotiating and drafting business contracts Must possess excellent skills in drafting business contracts Able to work independently and as a strong team-player and possess excellent interpersonal skills Able to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities Must be able to successfully multi-task and be highly organized Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills Some litigation experience a plus Substantive understanding of intellectual property law Strong academic record Bachelors Degree and JD required in addition to memberhship in the California Bar
Gorilla Nation is always looking for talented individuals to join our team. Please forward your resume and cover letter to: careers@gorillanation.com
Gorilla Nation New York:
Associate Sales Planner -New York
The Associate Sales Planner is an entry-level position within the Sales Department. Responsible for assisting the sales team with coordinating pending deals and managing existing campaigns. Duties include, but not limited to maintaining current campaigns, working closely with Ad Op's, building presentations and reporting. The role provides excellent training for an individual looking to pursue a career in online advertising, account management and sales.
Entry level. College degree. Online planning and sales experience preferred.
Gorilla Nation Los Angeles:
Associate Sales Planner - Los Angeles
The Associate Sales Planner is an entry-level position within the Sales Department. This position is responsible for assisting the sales team with coordinating pending deals and managing existing campaigns. Duties include, but not limited to maintaining current campaigns, working closely with Ad Op's, building presentations and reporting. The role provides excellent training for an individual looking to pursue a career in online advertising, account management and sales.
Entry level; College Degree. Online planning and sales experience preferred.
Human Resources Coordinator
The Human Resources Coordinator will coordinate the daily operations of the Human Resources department; Maintains all departmental files and records; Assists in benefits administration and management; Help maintain all employee files and keep them up to date.
1-2+ years Human Resources experience; Prior administrative experience; Excellent organization and communication skills; Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment.
Jr. Business Development Associate
Research, organize and identify new business endeavors to fortify existing categories. This includes outreach via comScore Media Metrics, Alexa and other business industry tools. Report and distribute comprehensive data on industry/business trends. This includes reporting on current properties, sales trends, data analysis and organization via Sales Force. Outreach to new Publishers Creation of presentations, proposals and other documents to present the Gorilla Nation proposition to prospective Publishers. Involvement in contract negotiations with new and current Publishers and workly closely with the New Business Team in our international expansion
-Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and superb sales skills -Strong understanding of the Internet -Ability to successfully multi-task and possess strong organizational skills -Exceptional working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point) -Ability to meet deadlines, review detailed reports and field inquiries -Online media or advertising experience a plus -Team player and highly motivated -Bachelors Degree in related field or equivalent
PHP Developer
We currently need highly skilled innovators adept at both web application development and partner integration. The projects require solid design fundamentals working with Apache/MySQL database-driven web applications. Those with more advanced skills writing in Python/Ruby/shell are highly desired.
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 5 to 7 years OO PHP4/PHP5 - 1 to 2 years PERL - 5 to 7 years HTML/JavaScript - 4 to 5 years MySQL (using stored procedures/clustering/replication) - Experienced w/Linux flavors (Redhat/ CentOS/ Ubuntu) - Advanced Programming Knowledge (OOP, UML, Use of Frameworks) - Experience with MVC - Experience with Subversion or CVS - Experience with Apache - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment
Online Ad Trafficker
Entry-Mid level; 1-2 years experience. Internet/Online media experience. DART, HTML, Flash and JavaScript is preferred. Support the online Adverting sales team to maximize revenue and enhance client relationship. This is a hybrid of interactive ad trafficking as well as campaign management.
Receptionist/Recruiting Assistant
Answering and directing incoming calls; Greeting clients and visitors; Processing all incoming and outgoing mail and couriers; Processing all outgoing shipping via FedEx; Ordering Staples office supplies; Candidate identification through job boards, direct sourcing and referrals; Resume review and phone screening candidates; Scheduling interviews.
Prior Receptionist experience; Prior Human Resource and/or Recruiting experience preferred; 2+ Administrative experience; Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; Excellent organization, time management and reporting skills; Ability to work in a fast paced environment; Microsoft Office skills.
Project Coordinator
GN is currently seeking a talented Project Coordinator to join the IT and Development Team. It is a pro-active position with room for growth. GN is a dynamic team environment and is looking for the right Project Coordinator with 3 + years of experience and a working hands on knowledge IT and WebDev best practice. Essential Functions: - Gathering, organization, and management of various IT or cross departmental projects - Tracking, coordinating and reporting on workflow, deliverables, issues and deadlines - Liaison between several corporate divisions - Assisting management (VP of Technology, CTO and others as necessary) in daily project and task specific items - Tracking, coordinating and reporting (software/hardware asset management) all IT related purchasing - Facilitator and Scrum Master of the daily stand-ups and iteration planning meetings
Job Requirements: - 3 years of project management experience - Proven experience in IT and in a web-based environment, such as e-commerce, online content management, online publishing or Internet consulting - Excellent organizational, communication and administrative skills - Ability to work collaboratively - Project management/facilitation skills - Strong oral and written communication skills - Good understanding of change control - Some Scrum background is a must, formal training and / or certification is a huge plus
Python Developer
Gorilla Nation is currently seeking an elite specialist experienced in developing applications for processing large amounts of data. In this position you will be working to optimize Python backend applications to deliver the data arranged for monitoring system and business performance. This will be with Linux servers, MySQL and large data sets with billions of records.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent combination of work/life exp.) - 5 + years Python - 1 to 2 years HTML / CSS / JavaScript - 3 to 5 years (SQL) MySQL - Experienced w/Linux scripting - Experience with MVC/MTV - Experience with Scrum / Agile Methodology - Experience with Subversion or GIT Pluses: - QA/Bug Tracking Skills - Major web/internet/startup experience - Experience with Apache / Lighttpd - Debian/Ubuntu system knowledge
Director/Manager QA Engineer
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated software testing involving internet applications. Responsibilities include designing, creating, documenting and executing test plans in a scrum environment. The QA Engineer will work closely with the Development team to investigate report and track bugs.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software testing, working with Internet applications - Experience with parallel coding / testing in Scrum environment - Experience with MySQL - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated test scripts with Perl, php or other scripting language - Experience using automated test tools such as Load Runner or others - Experience with bug tracking tools (such as Bugzilla) - Experience with automated testing and continuous integration tools such as Selenium / Siege / cruise control / maven
Configuration Management Architect
The ideal candidate will be someone that has extensive experience in automated CM, release and build of internet applications. Responsibilities include management and versioning of software code, documents, design models and directory structure.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering - 8 + years experience in software development, working with Internet applications - Parallel coding / testing and release management in Agile/Scrum environment - Experience with Ant, Cruise Control, Apache Maven - Experience with performance and load testing - Experience with LAMP applications - Experience writing automated build and release scripts
Senior Systems Specialist
GN is seeking a talented Senior Systems Specialist to join the IT and Development Team. The individual must be a self-starter and able to work well in a team environment. Must have 5-7+ years of working hands on knowledge of server/network architecture in a Linux environment. Additional skills working with traditional and virtual router and firewall solutions required.
- Must be able to interpret technical requests - Must know Linux - Must have a solid understanding of MySQL - Knowledge of various Access Control Level theory - Strong hands on knowledge of shell scripting - Hands on knowledge of Apache 1.3x, Apache 2.x, TomCat and IIS - Hands on knowledge of Red Hat Linux 4/Fedora Cafe - Hands on knowledge of various network switches and firewalls - Knowledge of network cabling - Expert in TCP/IP and OSI layers -
IT Lead
Serves as a functional leader for the group and responsibile for installation, service delivery and administration of Windows 200X Servers/Workstations, WAN, LAN, Telephony and applications. Performs/supervises configuration, integration, maintenance, performance management, security management, failure analysis and recovery and user support. Responsible for supervision and coaching of help desk support technicians and systems engineers.
- Microsoft certification expert - Hands on experience with Intel based web server farms and MS Exchange - Minimum 5 years experience supporting IIS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Microsoft NT Server and Windows 200X environments - Solid working knowledge and a minimum of 3 years hands on experience with AD and DNS services - Minimum 7 years of experience in a technology related field - Minimum of 2 years experience in a senior role supervising technical staff - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Strong project management skills - Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
Network Engineer
The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, installing, maintaining and supporting WAN, data center and Office LAN networking. The successful candidate will have a strong background in Layer 2, 3 and 4 network technologies. Posess the ability to work well with others and communicate effectively with various levels of technical and nontechnical staff. Must be a self-starter, creative, and able to think strategically. Share ownership of the architecture, design, deployment, troubleshooting and performance optimization of the network with a small group of systems engineers and architects. Able to manage their time effectively and able to work effectively and efficiently without direct supervision.
Network topology and networking experience: LAN switching: • Spanning-Tree • VLANs • Vendors: Cisco, Foundry, Dell Routing: • Dynamic routing using EIGRP or OSPF • Redundancy using HSRP • QoS • Vendors: Dell. Cisco, Juniper or Force10 Load balancing (Layer 4 switching): • Load balancing HTTP across multiple web servers • Load balancing database queries across multiple database servers • Load balancer vendors: Foundry ServerIron, F5, Nortel Alteon, Juniper Security: • Firewalls • VPN concentrators and VPN tunnels • Apply security updates and patches on network equipment, when necessary • Firewall and VPN concentrator vendors: Cisco and Sonicwall
Attorney
Serve as the lead attorney working with the Business Development department in negotiating advertising sales representation agreements and handling any issues and disputes relating thereto. Work closely with the business development department in negotiating and drafting advertising sales representation agreements. Must be able to prioritize and handle multiple agreements. Handle various other day-to-day legal matters, including commercial agreements, employment agreements, license agreements and any other matters delegated by the General Counsel.
2-5 years experience as a corporate attorney at a large, nationally or regionally recognized law firm Internet in-house experience highly preferred Significant hands-on experience negotiating and drafting business contracts Must possess excellent skills in drafting business contracts Able to work independently and as a strong team-player and possess excellent interpersonal skills Able to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities Must be able to successfully multi-task and be highly organized Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills Some litigation experience a plus Substantive understanding of intellectual property law Strong academic record Bachelors Degree and JD required in addition to memberhship in the California Bar
