Jen Bekman Projects, Inc. encompasses a variety of interrelated and evolving programs, all of which are organized around the concept of "art for everyone." JBP is currently comprised of three businesses: 20x200, the innovative and critically acclaimed website, which offers limited edition prints at ridiculously affordable prices; Jen Bekman Gallery, which opened on the Lower East Side in 2003, and exhibits the work of emerging and established artists in the mediums of photography, painting, drawing, and mixed media; and Hey, Hot Shot!, an international photography competition which discovers, recognizes and promotes photographers at all stages of their careers. Our diverse array of projects and programs share the goal of supporting artists and art collectors alike. We enjoy an inimitable working environment and innumerable opportunities for growth.
We are looking for passionate, art-loving people who are the very best at what they do in the following fields: marketing, product & project management, web development and accounting.
You must also possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and eat/sleep/breathe social media, the Internet and, of course, art. Sound like you? We can't wait to meet you! Send us your resume and cover letter today.
NOTE: Details of the Marketing and Project Management positions will be posted the week of October 25th.
Currently available jobs:
Jen Bekman Projects | Project ManagerJen Bekman Projects is looking for an art-loving Project Manager to oversee large-scale interactive projects from the planning stages through to development and implementation. Extensive experience with online projects is essential.
The candidate should be an energetic, detail-oriented problem solver who can take initiative on, manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous projects. As the key point of contact between editorial, design, curatorial and technical sides of the project team, he or she must have stellar communication skills and be able to help keep individual team members on-point and on-time. This person will play a major role in the success of growing the company so he or she should like getting things done and know how to go about it. Like the rest of the JBP team, the candidate should love art, photography and technology and eat/sleep/breath the Internet and social media.
This is a full-time role that begins immediately.
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Jen Bekman Projects is looking for an obsessively organized, art-loving, social media guru to be our Office Manager and Executive Assistant. He or she will work as the direct assistant to Jen and oversee the day-to-day operations of the office, supervise our interns, and assist our accountant. The candidate must be self-motivated and diligent, pay extreme attention to detail and be able to juggle multiple deadline-driven tasks simultaneously. Administrative experience in an office environment is a must. He or she should love art, photography and technology and eat/sleep/breath the Internet and social media.
If you know anything about Jen, you know she works around the clock, so with this role, you'll need to be reachable by email or phone some evenings and weekends. This is a full-time role that begins immediately!
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Jen Bekman Projects is looking for an energetic, art-loving Public Relations specialist who can start immediately for a contract-based position through January 1, 2010. He or she will be responsible for capitalizing on press and marketing opportunities during the holiday season, both online and in traditional media (print and television). He or she will oversee all PR activities, build awareness and site traffic and lay out PR plans for 2010. The ideal candidate works well with a team and is self-motivated. He or she must have outstanding communication skills (written and verbal).
Like the rest of the JBP team, the person we're looking for must love art, photography and technology and eat/sleep/breath the Internet and social media.
This is a temporary, full-time role through January 1st, 2010 with the possibility of an extended contract.
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Do you live and breathe network architecture? Does setting up and maintaining deployment scripts, building virtualized application servers, and tuning load balancers sound like your idea of a good time? If so, we have your dream job. We are looking for a organized and meticulous System Administrator. Our Sys Admin will be responsible for maintaining the server environments for the websites and blogs that comprise our many projects. Our ideal candidate will have a broad range of experience with a focus on building and maintaining scalable, stable, secure environments. Consultants with startup experience are encouraged to apply.
As you might expect, this is an on-call job. You will be expected to be available 24/7 if there is a server issue to be solved.
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We are looking for a highly motivated Jr. Developer who will be involved in a wide range of projects on all of the JBP sites: 20x200, Hey, Hot Shot! and Jen Bekman Gallery. Our ideal candidate is a creative thinker who is comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously with the ability to design and write high performance, reliable and maintainable code under deadline. Our bootstrapping technical team will ask you to think outside of the box, use open source code, and to handle a broad range of challenges. Like everyone on the JBP team, you should love art, photography and technology as much as we do.
This is a full-time role that begins immediately. Our team is smart, ambitious and passionate; the working environment is energetic and fun in spite of regular, tight deadlines.
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Jen Bekman Projects is looking for a Controller who loves art + numbers, thinks outside the box, and will do things differently if it means doing them better. The Controller is a key member of the JBP team and will report directly to the CEO. He or she will manage and execute the accounting processes of the company (AP/AR, sales accounting, the monthly close, account analysis, reconciliations, cash treasury functions, and a variety of projects including substantial reporting and analysis as they arise). We're looking for someone who is energetic, self-motivated, detail-oriented and hyper-organized.
This is a full-time role that begins immediately. Our team is smart, ambitious and passionate; the working environment is energetic and fun in spite of regular, tight deadlines.
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Jen Bekman Projects is looking for interns to assist with general administrative tasks and archiving for 20x200. We'd love it if you had some experience in an office environment, but what's most important to us is that you're smart, polished, motivated and as excited about art as we are.
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