Online Community Manager

PEAK6 Investments, LP was established in 1997 and today is a leading financial institution in Chicago. We are known for our proprietary equity derivatives, futures and fixed income trading and we are also rapidly expanding our commercial focus to include businesses in the hedge fund, retail options brokerage and institutional trading segments.

We specialize in inventory and risk management using state of the art technology and tools and are heavily committed to building the next generation of automated trading systems and businesses.

Recently recognized as one of 'Chicago's Best and Brightest Employers to Work For,' PEAK6 offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and a great benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid vacation, sickness and disability benefits, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, along with a casual work environment and dress code. We currently employ 300 professionals and are rapidly growing in scope, complexity and depth of operation.

We’re building an exciting and innovative social networking site backed by PEAK6 Investments, an industry leader in the investment arena, and led by a nationally known entrepreneur and financial commentator. Do you live in and on the blogosphere? Do you have a history of building online communities? We are looking for your Web2.0 talents  Won’t you please join us in our ‘start-up’ environment as we build an online social networking site dedicated to the passions everyone loves in everyday life. 

 

Responsibilities:

 Interact, engage, stimulate and take the lead with our online community via blogging, private messaging, blog comments and discussion boards etc.Use already established social media connections to the blogosphere to recruit and foster other bloggers for relevant content as needed.Mange a team of bloggers across a varied work matrix (in-house, on-call, tele-commute etc).Define guidelines, recommendations, best practices and procedures related to the community.Be the face of the community across the social graph and help manage the social relationship of the community on the web.Serve as a point of contact and help solve any customer service issues within the community. Increase community membership, awareness and participation to create a thriving online community.Use already established social media connections to promote the community.Identify and recruit influencers, evangelists and trends within the community and conduct evangelization efforts online and offlineEstablish metrics and provide tracking to communicate and validate community interactionAssist in social media marketing campaigns.

 

Requirements:3+ years online community management 3+ years of verifiable community contributions (blogging, discussion posts, etc.).Should be well versed and have hands on experience with social media sites and networks (Facebook, MySpace, dig, reddit, Newsvine, technorati, Friendfeed etc.Know what twitter is and ‘get it’.Referenceable experience managing in-house writers and coordinating external bloggers/contributors.Excellent writing skills.Established extensive or rich blogosphere and general professional social network connections        Creative, outgoing, friendly team player and builderHave a BA/BS degree

 

Pluses include:SEO knowledge and experiencePersonal finance and investing knowledge.Web2.0PR, marketing and advertising knowledge or experience

 

Send usYour resumeA cover letter including salary requirement and telling us why you’re our community manager.3 websites and 5 blogs you frequent the mostAdded bonus: Links to your profiles, your blog link or sample writing

 

LocationChicago, IL USA ( Loop)

 

 

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

 

Let us hear from you: Jobs@PEAK6.com

 

As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.