Vice President, Mobile Applications - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced VP, Mobile App Engineering to lead Zinio's mobile application development projects. As a member of Zinio in San Francisco, you'll be a key member of the IT leadership team responsible for all mobile engineering efforts for our iOS, Android, WebOS and Win7 readers. Our award-winning technology makes magazines fully interactive by adding sound, movies and other elements that engages the reader's senses on the top tablet and smartphone devices.

Primary Responsibilities/ Tasks

• Working with SVP, Technology to build innovative mobile content and application solutions and be the lead owner of the Zinio mobile applications for iOS, Android, WebOS, Win7 and RIM platforms.
• Develop the product & content roadmap for mobile applications and implement it in a phased manner.
• Lead a cross-discipline development and product management teams for implementation of the mobile products for an international and multi-lingual global market.
• Constantly improve the mobile applications through user feedback in terms of features/user experience and achieve rapid growth in mobile users utilizing Zinio services.
• Distribute mobile applications across all popular platforms including Apple iPhone, Blackberry, Micromax, Samsung, Sony, LG and across all leading mobile operators including Vodafone, T-Mobile/ATT, etc.
• Manage and train the team as required to deliver desired outcomes.
• Responsible for managing an SDLC process in partnership with the SVP, Technology and our PMO.

• 10+ years of overall technology/mobile/software experience managing a team of 15-25.
• 3-5 years of mobile VAS experience.
• + 3-5 years of experience in internet/consumer facing enterprises.
• 8-10+ years of at director level or above
• Strong experience working within an environment that includes native mobile development and cloud-based services.
• Previous experience working with SOA and MVC architectures.
• Strong organizational, product strategy, and product management planning and execution skills.
• Ability to work closely with a larger team within an agile development (Scrum specifically).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience.

• Experience working on international mobile applications.
• Experience working with Web Services/SOA and MVC architectures.
• Exposure to mobile advertising, mobile ad networks and existing relationships with mobile operators.
• Prior experience in managing consumer mobile/internet brands would be a plus.

• SDLC: Agile/iterative using Scrum
• Coding: Java, SQL, Javascript, CSS, HTML, C#
• Version Control: Subversion (SVN)
• Server Technologies: Apache, JBoss
• IDE: Eclipse
• Dbase: Oracle, SQL Server

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Architect/Lead Engineer, iOS Platform - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced mobile architect/lead engineer for Zinio’s iOS application development projects.

Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices.

Check us out on the App Store at: http://tinyurl.com/yb7r6u5.

What People are Saying:

"To see magazines done correctly look at Zinio" — Huffington Post "The iPad newsstand that works" — Fortune.com "Zinio is to magazines what Kindle is to books" — Engadget.com "Zinio editions on the iPad are terrific" — Salon.com

Core Responsibilities:


The iOS Lead Developer is a technical leader with extensive experience in iPad and iPhone development.

The ideal candidate is someone with a proven ability to develop high quality/stable code with minimal supervision, recommend technology/process improvements, and influence stakeholders to reach difficult technical decisions, and lead a team of developers (helping with hiring, code reviews and mentoring). The candidate must also work closely with team leads and architects across the different teams to deliver scalable mobile products. Experience in Agile Scrum methodology and comfortable with iterative design-development approaches a plus.

Required Skills:

• 2+ years experience in developing complex native applications for iOS or Mac OS X
• Successfully released and maintained iPhone or iPad apps in the App Store
• 7+ years experience building mobile, desktop, or web applications in a production environment
• Strong team ethic and attention to details
• Superb analytical skills and excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience using Core Animation to create slick animations and interfaces and multi-threading a plus
• Experience working in a consumer product-focused company a plus

• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Sr. Engineer, iOS Platform - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced senior mobile engineer for Zinio’s iOS application development projects.

Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices.

Check us out on the App Store at: http://tinyurl.com/yb7r6u5.

What People are Saying:

"To see magazines done correctly look at Zinio" — Huffington Post "The iPad newsstand that works" — Fortune.com "Zinio is to magazines what Kindle is to books" — Engadget.com "Zinio editions on the iPad are terrific" — Salon.com

Core Responsibilities:

The iOS Engineer has experience in iPad and iPhone development. You can point to at least one app you have successfully launched on the App Store.

The ideal candidate is someone with a proven ability to develop high quality/stable code. Experience in Agile Scrum methodology and comfortable with iterative design-development approaches a plus.

Required Skills:

• 2-3+ years experience in developing complex native applications for iOS or Mac OS X
• Successfully released and maintained iPhone or iPad apps in the App Store
• Strong team ethic and attention to details
• Experience using Core Animation to create slick animations and interfaces and multi-threading a plus
• Experience working in a consumer product-focused company a plus
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for Apple products, the mobile space, and tablet devices
• BA/BS degree (CS, EE, Math, Statistics) or equivalent experience preferred

• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Engineer, iOS Platform - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced mobile engineer for Zinio’s iOS application development projects.

Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices.

Check us out on the App Store at: http://tinyurl.com/yb7r6u5.

What People are Saying:

"To see magazines done correctly look at Zinio" — Huffington Post "The iPad newsstand that works" — Fortune.com "Zinio is to magazines what Kindle is to books" — Engadget.com "Zinio editions on the iPad are terrific" — Salon.com

Core Responsibilities:

The iOS Engineer has experience in iPad and iPhone development. You can point to at least one app you have successfully launched on the App Store.

The ideal candidate is someone with a proven ability to develop high quality/stable code. Experience in Agile Scrum methodology and comfortable with iterative design-development approaches a plus.

Required Skills:

• 1+ years experience in developing complex native applications for iOS or Mac OS X
• Successfully released and maintained iPhone or iPad apps in the App Store
• Strong team ethic and attention to details
• Experience using Core Animation to create slick animations and interfaces and multi-threading a plus
• Experience working in a consumer product-focused company a plus
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for Apple products, the mobile space, and tablet devices
• BA/BS degree (CS, EE, Math, Statistics) or equivalent experience preferred

• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Product Manager, iOS Platform - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager for Zinio's iOS application development projects. The iOS Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle for the leading magazine reader for the iPad and iPhone.

Check us out on the App Store at: http://tinyurl.com/yb7r6u5.

What People are Saying:

"To see magazines done correctly look at Zinio" — Huffington Post
"The iPad newsstand that works" — Fortune.com
"Zinio is to magazines what Kindle is to books" — Engadget.com
"Zinio editions on the iPad are terrific" — Salon.com

Core Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate has proven experience in gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with executives, engineering, partners, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager is expected to:

• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Deliver PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
• Ensure that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals
• Monitor competitors and the market landscape
• Act as a product expert for all things Apple and iOS within the company

• Minimum of 4 years experience as a Product Manager
• Consumer product experience (mobile applications, publishing, gaming, or rich media)
• Experience with Agile software development practices
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Sample of an effective product specification document delivered in the past
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for Apple products, the mobile space, and tablet devices
• BA/BS degree (CS, EE, Math, Statistics) or equivalent experience preferred

• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Architect/Lead Engineer, Android - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced Mobile Android Architect/Lead Engineer for Zinio’s Android application development projects.

Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices.

Check us out on the Android Marketplace at: http://tinyurl.com/3f7o79c.

The Zinio Mobile Applications Team is seeking an strong Android Architect/Lead Engineer that strives for excellence in the customer experience through intelligent development of rich user interfaces and supporting web services. We have a growing team and collaborative engineering culture.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture of Zinio application for the Android platform, including UI layer, MVC components, rich media handling, security, and web services.
• Collaborate with content platform and web platform teams in order to design web service interfaces.
• Review code before it is integrated into the main source line.
• Design and develop core application software for Zinio’s Android app.
• Code design and development using Java, XML, and Pure MVC.
• Mentor and direct the Android engineering team members.

• A solid track record of designing and delivering with OOP and Agile practices while advocating for good long-term platform architecture.
• Team leadership experience: 5-20 engineers.
• An education in Computer Science, HCI, or equivalent experience.
• Point of view on technical and architectural options, making decisions when appropriate.
• Solid Mobile and Android SDK development experience (touch, graphics, audio/video, content providers, data storage, memory management, screen independence, and localization).
• Experience developing with Java, JavaScript, Web Services, XML, HTML/CSS, and SQL.
• Confidence to change processes, refactor architecture when necessary, and overcome complex technical challenges.
• Experience with build scripts and branch/merge best practices.
• Desire to constantly invent solutions and evolve the development process.
• Cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Good communicator, friendly, collaborative, proactive.

• Rich media management: content streaming, video, 2D image manipulation, and PDF
• Android NDK development experience (JNI, libjnigraphics, libc, C/C++)
• OpenGL ES experience
• HTML5/CSS3,WebGL, WebCL
• Objective-C, iOS SDK
• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• SDLC: Agile/iterative using Scrum
• Coding: Android, Java, XML, SQL, Javascript, CSS, XHTML, C/C++
• Frameworks: Android SDK, Pure MVC
• Version Control: Subversion (SVN)
• SOA/Web Services: Spring, Apache Axis, Mule
• IDE: Eclipse
• Dbase: SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Engineer, Android Interfaces - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced Mobile Engineer, Android Interfaces for Zinio’s Android application development projects.

Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices.

Check us out on the Android Marketplace at: http://tinyurl.com/3f7o79c.

The Zinio Mobile Applications Team is seeking an strong Android engineer that strives for excellence in the customer experience through intelligent development of rich user interfaces and supporting web services. We have a growing team and collaborative engineering culture. Core Responsibilities:

• Design and develop core application software for Zinio’s Android app.
• Code design and development using Java , XML, and Pure MVC.
• Collaborate with content platform and web platform teams in order to design web service interfaces.
• Review code with Technical Lead.

• Examples of mobile applications, web apps, or games that you built or worked on
• A solid track record of delivering with OOP and Agile practices while advocating for good long-term platform design
• An education in Design, HCI, Game Development, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Ability to evaluate and have perspective on technical and architectural options
• Solid Android SDK development experience (touch, graphics, audio/video, content providers, data storage, memory management, screen independence, and localization)
• Experience developing with Java, C/C++, OpenGL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and SQL
• Confidence to change processes, refactor when necessary, and overcome complex technical challenges
• Experience writing ANT build scripts and performing SVN branch/merge operations
• Desire to constantly invent solutions and evolve the development process
• Cross-functional collaboration experience
• Good communicator, friendly, collaborative, proactive

• Rich media management: content streaming, video, 2D image manipulation, and PDF
• Android NDK development experience (JNI, libjnigraphics, libc, C/C++)
• RESTful Web Services
• HTML5/CSS3,WebGL, WebCL
• Objective-C, iOS SDK
• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• SDLC: Agile/iterative using Scrum
• Coding: Android, Java, XML, SQL, Javascript, CSS, XHTML, C/C++
• Frameworks: Android SDK, Pure MVC
• Version Control: Subversion (SVN)
• SOA/Web Services: Spring, Apache Axis, Mule
• IDE: Eclipse
• Dbase: SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Mobile Engineer, Android Web Services - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for an experienced Mobile Engineer, Android Web Services for Zinio’s Android application development projects.

Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices.

Check us out on the Android Marketplace at: http://tinyurl.com/3f7o79c.

The Zinio Mobile Applications Team is seeking an strong web services engineer that strives for excellence in the customer experience through intelligent development of rich user interfaces and supporting web services. We have a growing team and collaborative engineering culture. Core Responsibilities:

• Design and develop core application software for Zinio’s Android app.
• Design and develop web services for Zinio’s Android app deployed through Mule ESB.
• Code design and development using Java , XML, and Pure MVC.
• Collaborate with content platform and web platform teams in order to design web service interfaces.
• Review code with Technical Lead.

• Examples of mobile applications, web apps, or games that you built or worked on
• A solid track record of delivering with OOP and Agile practices while advocating for good long-term platform design
• An education in Design, HCI, Game Development, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Ability to evaluate and have perspective on technical and architectural options
• Solid Android SDK development experience (touch, graphics, audio/video, content providers, data storage, memory management, screen independence, and localization)
• Experience developing with Java, C/C++, OpenGL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and SQL
• Confidence to change processes, refactor when necessary, and overcome complex technical challenges
• Experience writing ANT build scripts and performing SVN branch/merge operations
• Desire to constantly invent solutions and evolve the development process
• Cross-functional collaboration experience
• Good communicator, friendly, collaborative, proactive

• Rich media management: content streaming, video, 2D image manipulation, and PDF
• Android NDK development experience (JNI, libjnigraphics, libc, C/C++)
• RESTful Web Services
• HTML5/CSS3,WebGL, WebCL
• Objective-C, iOS SDK
• Experience working on international mobile applications.

• SDLC: Agile/iterative using Scrum
• Coding: Android, Java, XML, SQL, Javascript, CSS, XHTML, C/C++
• Frameworks: Android SDK, Pure MVC
• Version Control: Subversion (SVN)
• SOA/Web Services: Spring, Apache Axis, Mule
• IDE: Eclipse
• Dbase: SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server
• Web Services: Mule ESB

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Director, QA and Release Management - San Francisco, CA - Details

We are looking for a seasoned Director of QA and Release Management for establishing a new central QA and Release Management team. As a member of Zinio, LLC in San Francisco, you'll be a key member of the IT leadership team responsible for coordination and execution of all projects designed to support Zinio’s ecommerce and digital content platform strategy across mobile devices, desktop applications as well as our web-based commerce and B2B services for digital books and magazines. Our cutting edge technology makes magazines fully interactive by adding sound, movies and other elements that engages the reader’s senses. It's a unique opportunity to be involved in something this new, then you can join Zinio and help us champion this emerging frontier.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the operation of the 20+ onshore and offshore QA team and Release Management function for all product development work being done by our commerce, reader, content and authoring product teams.
• Establish and measure key testing methodologies and metrics for application testing and performance benchmarks on all target platforms.
• Establish positive and collaborative relationships with customers and demonstrate a clear understanding of both internal and external customer requirements and measurement criteria.
• Establish effective release management process and deployment schedules to support engineering efforts.
• Lead the hiring, coaching and evaluation of performance for the QA and RM team.

• Ten years of progressive QA management experience.
• Five years of experience leading an enterprise QA team within a large enterprise web centric company with complex testing and performance testing criterion.
• Strong multi-project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing multiple high-visibility, large-scale projects through testing to release.
• Comprehensive knowledge of full lifecycle project management, software development, and infrastructure deployment methodologies and industry best practices.
• Experience building collaborative environments, teaming cultures, and customer service mindset among project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with various levels in an organization.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university; Masters degree from an accredited college/university is preferred.

• SDLC: Agile/iterative using Scrum
• Testing: QuickTest Pro, JMeter, Borland OptimizeIT, LoadRunner
• Release Management: CruiseControl, ControlTier, RunDeck
• Coding: Android, Java, XML, SQL, Javascript, CSS, XHTML, C/C++
• App Servers: Jboss, ATG Dynamo, Autonomy IDOL Server
• Version Control: Subversion (SVN)
• SOA/Web Services: Spring, Apache Axis, Mule
• Dbase: SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server

• Location: Financial district, near all major transportation: BART, ferry boats, buses, and amenities.
• Private-Equity Backed: Innovative and high growth culture mentality backed by a very strong investment company that is privately owned and operated (versus a traditional VC).
• Benefits: Excellent benefits, including: 3-week vacations per year (plus national holidays), full medical, full dental and 401-K as well as options (as we are pre-IPO).
• Culture: Professional and innovation driven working environment. We're here to have the top mobile global application across all mobile platforms.

Graphic Production Designer - San Francisco, CA - Details

Put your unique talents to work at Zinio. We have an opening for a full-time Mid-level Graphic Designer who excels in designing and producing emails, website design, print design, and more.

This position is based in downtown San Francisco.

Primary responsibilities:

- Ability to follow existing templates and styles.

- Ability to design templates for emails and print ads which both follow brand guidelines and push the envelope.

- Ability to implement quick revisions based on feedback.

- Ability to create press ready files.

- Work closely with other designers to add to, edit and adhere to style guide and brand guidelines .

- Ability to juggle multiple design projects under tight deadlines.

- Ability to accurately estimate scope/schedule work.

- Keen eye for detail – you know when designs are pixel perfect.

Experience:

- 4-6 years graphic design experience in an agency or in house setting.

- Experience designing for both web and print.

- Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign whiz—Flash is a plus.

- Solid experience with image compression, file correction, and optimization techniques.

- Strong working knowledge of web graphic creation and production techniques.

- Strong experience/knowledge of typography and page layout techniques are essential.

- Keen eye for typography and layout.

Candidates with online portfolios preferred.

An equal opportunity employer that values a diverse combination of ideas, perspectives and cultures. EEO/AA Employer M/F/D/V.

To apply:

Contact Manager at mdavis@zinio.com, including your resume and a brief cover letter.

No phone calls please. Pretty please. Seriously.