About Howcast

Howcast® empowers people with engaging, useful how-to information wherever, whenever they need to know how. From (“How to Paint a Wall”), and (“How to Survive a Zombie Attack ”), Howcast streams tens of millions of videos every month across its multi-platform distribution network. With more than two million downloads across iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry phones, Howcast is the #1 mobile app for instructional content -- wherever you are.

In addition to creating a library of valuable how-to information, Howcast also offers an array of (“costom video solutions ”) for content providers, site publishers, and marketers. Launched in 2008, Howcast is led by a senior management team with backgrounds in traditional and new media, including alumni of Google, YouTube, Yahoo!, and NewsCorp, with offices in San Francisco and New York. To learn more, visit (“www.howcast.com”), and keep up with us on (“twitter”).

The Howcast Team

With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we are building a team of new media and technology professionals to maintain and expand our digital presence.

We offer a competitive salary, stock options, and benefits package. We're also proud to offer an environment that prizes creativity and collaboration, recognizes personal achievements, and believes in the potential of our team members.

The Role

Reporting to the CEO and co-founder, you will be responsible for managing the hectic schedule of a very busy executive. This role requires that you are highly organized, can juggle many tasks at once, are not easily overwhelmed, and are comfortable interfacing with executives at Howcast and other organizations. Additionally, for the right candidate, the role includes the opportunity to take on additional mission critical work in the areas of PR and Marketing, including writing press releases, pulling media lists and pitching media outlets. Additional Project Management opportunities may also be available.

You should be interested in online media and social media and should be seeking to grow with the company. The ideal candidate will be out-going, up-to-date about online technologies, and New York City events.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing one or more busy executive calendars
• Overseeing Howcast's internship program (this includes recruitment, hiring, and co-managing interns with their department managers)
• Arranging travel
• Planning events
• Answering phones
• General office work
• Ordering office supplies
• Organizing internal office events
• Managing hiring and recruitment process
• Managing office vendors
• Tracking press hits and maintaining media kits
• Researching and submitting speaking proposals

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. degree from a "top tier" school
• Experience with social media: Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and YouTube
• Experience working on Macs
• Experience using: Gmail, Google Applications, and Microsoft Office
• Communications experience highly preferred

To Apply

Send resume with cover letter to jobs+ea@howcast.com. Please also include your favorite Howcast Video and why.