JELLYVISION NEEDS ALEX PRODUCTION APPRENTICES

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY, BUT WHAT’S THIS I HEAR ABOUT AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM?

We’re looking for a select group of apprentices for an extended apprenticeship program with our ALEX team to help deliver perfect, customized versions of our software to our awesome customers. Before we get into specifics, here’s the lowdown on the program in general: 

Length: The apprenticeship will start in May or June and wrap up in November. Only candidates who will be available for this entire period will be considered. Apprentices work full-time, Monday through Friday. 

Who’s eligible: Students graduating in May/June 2018, recent grads, or any awesome folks who are looking for an excellent short-term opportunity.

What does the Jellyvision apprenticeship program offer?

• Competitive pay. Specifically, $600/week.
• The opportunity to work with the software tools and products that we’ve built in-house.
• The opportunity to contribute to Jellyvision’s award-winning interactive ALEX products through specific short-term assignments. You’ll be doing work that matters. You won’t be making copies all day, stuck in a back room filing papers, or fetching coffee—apprentices sit with and are valued members of the team.
• An environment voted one of Chicago’s best workplaces by Crain’s Chicago Business in 2014, 2015 and 2016. We also were on Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces List in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Lastly, Symplicity named us one of the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads in 2016 and 2017.
• Training to understand the complex world of health care benefits and other communication issues employers face.
• Professional development support, mentoring, and feedback from members of Jellyvision’s award-winning staff.
• Experience in organization, scheduling, and getting products out the door through the magic of project management, process improvement, and teamwork.
• Summer social events designed to give apprentices exposure to staff outside their core work area.
• Bottom line: the opportunity to do good work with fun people.

OKAY, I COULD COME HANG OUT WITH YOU JELLYPEOPLE THIS SUMMER. WHAT ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR IN A PRODUCTION APPRENTICE?

During our very busy software implementation season, our production team delivers many customer-tailored versions of ALEX in a short period. Why so short? There’s a tiny window between when our customers design their employee benefits packages and when ALEX must be live online for those customers’ employees to use.

We make customer-specific versions by editing, formatting, building, cat-herding, and otherwise doing whatever it takes to get each customer’s ALEX experience just right. The production apprentices keep the process running smoothly while also supporting the development of great content. 

We’re looking for perfectionists who can hit deadlines and pioneers who understand that detail-heavy work involves discipline and planning. You’ll mostly be ensuring the accuracy, formatting, and general goodness of already-created content, rather than producing brand-new creative work. To that end, we’re looking for folks who have:

• A love of problem-solving, amazing organizational skills, a great eye for detail, a spirit of helpfulness,and a calm, can-do attitude.
• Experience with editing, proofreading, quality assurance, technical writing, or other detailed nerdwork.
• Interest in contributing to fantastic products that help people learn.
• An inquisitive, curious nature and a passionate love of learning new processes and homegrown tools.

And we’re hoping for these bonus features:

• Experience using weird software: We use many homegrown tools here, so you should be fearless in the face of technology. We’ll train you on the job, but you should be a fast learner who loves trying new tech.
• Some exposure to a production atmosphere, such as working on a website or publication, making movies, manning the trapeze at your local circus…any time spent collaborating with a team on great work.

I’M A DETAIL-ORIENTED, TECH-FRIENDLY HUMAN! BUT WHAT EXACTLY WOULD I BE DOING FOR JELLYVISION AS AN ALEX PRODUCTION APPRENTICE?

• Editing content and data for spelling, grammar, and style.
• Setting up versions of ALEX using our very own content development software.
• Investigating and helping fix bugs (technical problems in the software).
• Making sure customers’ features from last year look awesome in this year’s version, uploading new files when a bug is found, and otherwise helping with version control.
• Assisting with projects that improve our products and processes.

SOUNDS FUN! SO, WHAT DOES A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ALEX PRODUCTION APPRENTICE LOOK LIKE?

• 9:13: Start your day with some locally roasted coffee from the office kitchen. Check your email and job queue… nothing’s on fire, so you get ahead on setting up files for new customers.
• 10:00: Connect with your teammates about how their day is shaping up. One of them anticipates needing some help later today, so you promise to check in again in the afternoon to see how things are going.
• 10:09: Hear from three different Production teammates that three different customers are seeing similar errors—but the bug’s slightly different for each of them, and no one knows why. Time to play detective! Try to recreate the errors and help your teammates solve the problem.
• 12:04: Grab some lunch in the neighborhood with your coworkers. Finally try tofu in your burrito, like your friend from the Product team suggested. Verdict: Pretty good—he is as smart as he seems!
• 1:02: We’ve just learned that Customer B has an unusual plan design, which means a bunch of customizations need to be in their product—ASAP. Get the scripts from a Production teammate, check ’em for typos, and get them into our system—before the 2:00 recording session.
• 1:50: Run a series of checks on six customized versions of ALEX that have to go out the door today.
• 2:38: Follow up with that teammate from earlier like you promised—right on time to help them tie up a few loose ends for one of their big deliverables!
• 3:55: Now turn to some work for tomorrow—run the database checklist and make sure the bugs from last time are fixed. Get a few missing customer details from the account managers.
• 4:41: Take a quick break to work on a jigsaw puzzle with some folks from the Implementation team. No worries—there’s no checklist for this part!
• 5:21: Today’s versions of ALEX are out the door, and the team couldn’t have done it without you.

ANYTHING ELSE? Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard. Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

SIGN ME UP! HOW DO I APPLY?

Send us a cover letter that clearly indicates:

• what year you are in school and when you plan to graduate (if applicable),
• what you think you could contribute to Jellyvision as a Production Apprentice this summer,
• what you hope to get out of the apprenticeship, and
• who you are. Really let your personality shine through your cover letter! (We weigh them heavily, so have some fun with it.)

Also send us a resume that fills us in on your experience to date.

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application. 

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page.

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision, and good luck.

THE JELLYVISION LAB NEEDS AN SVP OF PRODUCT

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams (except for the part where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world.

“THAT'S LOVELY,” YOU MAY BE THINKING, “BUT WHAT’S THE JOB?”

Jellyvision is solvent, growing, and has an incredible pipeline into 1300+ customers who are asking for more of the decision-making support that ALEX provides to their employees. That’s where our new SVP of Product will come in.  You’ll help determine and guide the scoping and prioritizations about what products we’re building now - and will build next.

In this role, you’ll own the product vision and product development process for the organization.  You will help us figure out what’s next for our existing products, and help us develop new ones that solve our customers’ problems.  As part of the senior leadership team, you’ll work with your fellow executives to invest wisely both in maintaining the exceptional product experience of ALEX and in new product ideas we can test and learn from. You’ll also lead the Product team in working with our Creative and Technical departments to bring those ideas to life quickly and efficiently. 

At Jellyvision, the Product group does not own but rather partners with our Creative and Tech teams to deliver amazing products with the unique Jellyvision voice and approach. For us, the Product role is a business/market facing one. We’re looking for someone who thinks in terms of strategy, customer solution, pricing, scope, and P&Ls, and who can partner with others on the UX/UI and tech solutions that will bring products with great market fit to life.

Accordingly, we’re looking for someone who is a market listener, a strategist who can dot-connect between the external (market trends and customer feedback) and internal (Jellyvision’s teams, tools, and what we do uniquely well) to focus our efforts on the problems most likely to yield valuable, sellable solutions.

More specifically, you will:

1. Own the product development process. You’ll help us improve our processes for iterating on products at scale while also helping us more quickly iterate on new product ideas from concept development, market validation, and prototyping to launch.
2. Own prioritization. You’ll help us figure out what and when to invest in each initiative based on potential growth, market differentiation, and profitability.
3. Manage, mentor and lead our team of product managers who are responsible for:
4. Defining customer pain and market segments for each of our products to ensure that what we build is valuable to our customers and prospects.
5. Focusing on each product’s lifecycle, creating value for the long-term while also getting the maximum value in the short-term.
6. Collaborate with our heads of revenue, creative, engineering, operations and finance, who are really quite lovely people in their own rights and have a lot of historic knowledge and great ideas for our business.
7. We’re a growing company and are constantly striving to do a better job of moving fast while keeping everyone in the loop with as little burden on the listeners as possible.

SO WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes customers, has experience dancing between creative and technology, can get mathy, and has product marketing in their DNA.  A successful person in this role will be comfortable pushing everyone to make the best products possible while making difficult decisions that balance the needs of users, customers and our own teams. We’re going to lean towards people who vibe entrepreneurial vs “big company,” but fully realize you can be entrepreneurial at a big company and bureaucratic at a small one, which is why your thoughtful cover letter will be such an important part of your application. 

In a nutshell, we’re looking for someone who is:

• Strategic yet tactical. This role requires a fair amount of bigger picture thinking, but you’ll also be in the weeds with things like key feature negotiations and sales collateral development. You’ve got to be someone who can jump to the 30 ft. level and back down again with ease.
• Used to analyzing whether to build, borrow or buy. There’s an incredible amount of innovation happening in HR tech and healthcare right now, and having a good bead on who is building what well will help. 
• A great manager. We have an amazing homegrown product team. They know our products and problems like the back of their hands, and are ready for more learning, better process and infrastructure, and personal development.
• Used to gray areas/ambiguity/messes – aka software development at a growth stage company. There will be lot of decisions where you won’t have great data to guide you, but you’ll still need to make great decisions.

HERE’S A BIT MORE ABOUT US

We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

WE LOVE PERKS, AND OFFER SEVERAL OF THEM

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people even more reason to hang out together for an hour.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn Red Line stop and the Halsted #8 bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees bike to work, and so we offer bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free Divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga and meditation classes? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work. 

HERE’S HOW YOU APPLY

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasonsyou think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, why you love working in Product, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume 

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. That kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, please don’t call or email us to follow up. Rest assured that if you receive a confirmation from our Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application and will get back to you soon.

If you have pressing questions in the meantime, please check out our FAQ page.

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION NEEDS PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPRENTICES

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY, BUT WHAT’S THIS I HEAR ABOUT AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM?

We’re looking for a select group of apprentices for an extended apprenticeship program with our ALEX team, to learn about what we do and how we do it, and to contribute to our annual implementation process during our customers’ benefit election season. Before we get into specifics, here’s the lowdown on the program in general: 

Length: The apprenticeship will start in June and wrap up in November. Only candidates who will be available for this entire period will be considered. Apprentices work full-time, Monday through Friday. 

Who’s eligible: Students graduating in May/June 2018 or recent grads, or any awesome folks who are looking for an excellent short-term opportunity.

WHAT DOES THIS JELLYVISION EXTENDED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OFFER?

• Competitive pay. Specifically, $600/week.
• The opportunity to contribute to Jellyvision’s award-winning interactive ALEX products through specific short-term assignments.  You’ll be doing work that matters.  You won’t be making copies all day, stuck in a back room filing papers, or fetching coffee — apprentices sit with and are valued members of the team.
• An environment voted one of Chicago’s best workplaces by Crain’s Chicago Business in 2014, 2015 and 2016. We also were on Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces List in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Lastly, Symplicity named us one of the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads in 2016 and 2017
• Training to understand the complex world of health care benefits and other communication issues employers face.
• Professional development support, mentoring and feedback from members of Jellyvision’s award-winning staff.
• Summer social events designed to give apprentices exposure to staff outside their core work area.
• Bottom line—the opportunity to do good work with fun people in a relaxed and casual environment.

ALL RIGHT…IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS? OPEN ENROLLMENT? EXPLAIN MORE!

Sure thing! Every summer, our team gears up for Open Enrollment in the fall, a time each year when companies allow their employees to review and make changes to their health care and other benefit plans. The problem is, these decisions can be tough and benefit materials can be difficult to navigate. This is where ALEX comes in. Working with our amazing customers, our Implementation Experts review the ins and outs of each customer’s benefit offerings. In a nutshell, they then implement the information into our virtual benefits counselor software and we license the software to our customers. Then, our customers can provide the experience to their employees who will, in turn, make more informed decisions about their health care benefits…without wanting to tear their hair out after wading through pages of “legalese.” If you resisted the temptation to click on https://www.jellyvision.com/solutions/ up in the intro, check it out now to learn more.

SO WHAT EXACTLY WOULD I BE DOING FOR JELLYVISION AS A PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE?

Project Management Apprentices are an integral part of the ALEX team. As an apprentice, you will work closely with ALEX Implementation Experts (IEs) and learn the ins and outs of product implementation and benefits communications. Every day at Jellyvision is different, but here are some things you’ll be working on:

• Entering and updating customer benefit information using Jellyvision’s online tool.
• Working with an IE to manage production schedules and meet project deadlines.
• Managing implementation and customer communication for select ALEX supporting products.
• Populating email templates and customer documents for IEs to send internally and externally.
• Taking notes during, and participating in, customer phone calls.
• Assisting with technical troubleshooting & resolving bugs.
• Taking on other ad-hoc projects to help with the production and implementation process.

The apprenticeship will provide great training for anyone interested in learning about project management. We are looking for bright-minded individuals with a thirst to learn, a can-do spirit, and the ability to be the ultimate team player.

OKAY, I COULD COME HANG OUT WITH YOU JELLYPEOPLE. WHAT SKILLS SHOULD I HAVE?

• First and foremost, great communication skills. You will be responsible for communicating both internally and externally about projects (verbally and through documentation), making certain everyone involved knows what is going on and what has changed. You will be expected to keep track of customer updates and communicate ongoing developments amongst the team.
• You must be an assertive, resourceful, and creative problem solver. Things go wrong. But you should be forward-looking to anticipate areas of concern or risk for our projects. When unanticipated issues come up at exactly the wrong time (as they tend to do), you should be world-class at quickly and constructively working with members of the team to find solutions.
• Great organizational skills and impeccable attention to detail (especially with spreadsheets!). We have that annual “busy” season called “Open Enrollment.” Accordingly, much of this job involves bringing order out of chaos during a compressed, high-pressure period of time, so you need to be the kind of person who enjoys organization for organization’s sake. We’re looking for the kind of people who derive great pleasure from making their budget balance to the penny, who enjoy creating binders for their takeout menus, or who make spreadsheets when they pack for vacation. You know who you are. And we love you.
• But that kind of organization can’t make you rigid - you will need to be extremely flexible, because you will have to be comfortable jumping back and forth between customer calls, entering customer data into our system, analyzing customer’s benefits packages, working with our internal staff to resolve issues, and handling anything else that comes up in a day.
• The ability to jump in and help out. This is a “get your hands dirty” position, and you’ll need to really understand our business, process and tasks so that you can actually help others effectively do their jobs.
• Technically savvy - It’s important to have level of comfort with learning, discussing, and understanding technical issues related to our products. We’ll teach you what you need to know when you get here, but we’re looking for someone who is capable and comfortable working with IEs to grab technical information that will assist in troubleshooting any issues our customers report.
• Computer Skills - A strong proficiency in MS Office products, especially Excel and Word, is a must.
• Ability to absorb information quickly so you know how all the pieces of a project are going to come together, and when a curve ball comes your way, be ready to work with the IEs towards a solution. And don’t worry; we’ll supply you with lots of training.
• Last but not least, a sense of humor is a must. Bizarre taste in music and/or deep knowledge of useless pop culture trivia is a plus.

SOUNDS FUN! SO WHAT DOES A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ALEX PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE LOOK LIKE?

• 9:13: Start your day with some locally roasted coffee from the office kitchen. Check your email and to-do list… nothing’s on fire, so you jump into your team’s schedules and see what’s coming up for the day.
• 10:00: Time for a customer call. We’re kicking things off with this customer, so we walk them through the process and get their questions answered. You’ve helped prep the materials for this meeting, and on the call, your job is to make sure we note any important details.
• 12:04: Head to Whole Foods for lunch. Finally try tofu in your burrito, like the Director of Implementation suggested. Verdict: She IS as smart as she seems!
• 1:00: Time for another call. This time, a customer has seen their version of ALEX for the first time, and they have some questions about how things work. You make sure any requests are captured so that updates can be made.
• 2:20: Work with a production associate to figure out a tricky bug with your customer’s Benefits Sneak Peek video.
• 3:30: Another meeting, but this time, you are checking in with the IEs that you work with on a regular basis. You go through upcoming deliverables together to make sure everyone is organized, but you also take a minute to debate about the proper pronunciation for .gif.
• 4:41: Time for a round of foosball in the game room. No worries—no checklist for this part!
• 5:12: Cross things off your to-do list (Feels good, doesn’t it? We hear you.) and take a look at what’s on your calendar for tomorrow.

SIGN ME UP – HOW DO I APPLY?

If you’re interested in joining us as an apprentice, we need two things from you:

1. A cover letter that clearly indicates:

• Where you are in school.
• When you plan to graduate.
• What you think you could contribute to Jellyvision.
• How your previous experience has prepared you for this type of gig.
• Who you are. Really let your personality shine through your cover letter! (We weigh them heavily, so have some fun with it!)

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

SO, WHAT’S THE JOB?

Jellyvision’s gone through some tremendous change recently, growing from 200 to 400 people, while evolving from a services to product to products company in the span of just a couple of years.  We have an exciting road map, including new products and believe the best is yet to come. On the data side, we have an incredibly nuanced and powerful user analytics and audit tool, but with recent improvements in efficiency we want to do more. A lot more.  We’re looking for a Director of Data Engineering to help us level-up and empower our data science and data engineering initiatives with both technical vision and strong people leadership. 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? 

• A technical leader – This person will lead the engineers in working with the Data portion of our Product Management team to set the long term vision and the short term roadmap for our data experiments, data infrastructure and data products. This person will also work closely with our architects and the Product Engineering Director to make sure we have agreement and execution around our engineering principles.
• Strong experience leading teams that build data pipelines and implement data solutions – Working directly with our data engineers and architects, this role will be responsible for connecting business context to technical options. We’re looking to make measured investments in our data capabilities, and this role will be key to evaluating “build vs. buy” decisions, illuminating risks, and helping the team make smart choices in their time and technology.
• A great manager of people and builder of teams – a coach, mentor, helpful problem solver, someone who likes building organizations where people love to come and do their best work, while having fun doing it. Someone who can help people enjoy the tasks they are doing, give them ownership over their work and help them grow in their careers.
• A great communicator – We need someone who can help build trust and get buy-in from leaders across the organization, both in engineering and more broadly. This person will be interacting with our senior leadership to help us set a roadmap for data initiatives, so this has to be someone who can explain the value of our data strategy to leaders from Sales and Marketing as easily as engineers and data analysts.
• An excellent hiring manager with a deep network to tap who wants to partner with our People team to help us make sure we find, woo, retain and grow very smart, kind, collaborative, and hard-working technical talent
• Experience with business intelligence, predictive analytics, and machine learning a strong plus. 

THE SPECIFICS 

The Director of Data of Engineering will report to the VP of Engineering. Given that this is a leadership role, you can expect to regularly interact with our Executive Leadership team, including the CEO and other senior leaders throughout the organization as we plan our product roadmap, new product initiatives and technology vision. 

You will be initially responsible for 1 engineering team, comprising 1 manager and several senior individual contributors as direct reports totaling about ~10 engineers. You will be chiefly responsible for delivery of data science and data engineering efforts to align with our company goals in the most efficient, productive and delightful manner. This will include experiments, infrastructure, productized insights and data products themselves. To accomplish this, you will also be responsible for partnering with the Director of Product Engineering to improve processes and standards such as engineering levels, hiring practices, and standards across your managers and teams. 

You will be working alongside our other Directors in technology including:

• Director of Infrastructure
• Director of QA
• Director of Client Solutions
• Director of IT
• Director of Product Engineering 

This is a really key role for Jellyvision.  We think we have cracked the nut on our current data efforts, and think there is a ton more we can do across our existing data in terms of sellable insights, data driven engineering and applied data science. We just need someone who can help us realize the potential in our team and in our software. We also need someone who knows how to celebrate wins, sees the glass as half full, and wants the work to be fun and enjoyable. 

ANYTHING ELSE?  

We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin. 

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks. 

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga and meditation classes? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the Renew 2 Zero-Gravity Massage Chair by Brookstone®. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work. 

AND HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume  

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application. 

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION NEEDS A SALES SOURCING RECRUITER

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY… BUT WHAT’S THE JOB?

We’re looking to add a top-notch recruiter to our talent team - someone with experience sourcing, engaging and closing the deal with amazing sales candidates. Our ideal candidate will be whip-smart, well-networked, an amazing judge of character, super organized, diplomatic, and great with people. Jellyvision is fortunate to be a recognized brand in Chicago, and, as a result, much of our hiring doesn’t require sourcing; sales is a notable exception. To create the pipeline of sales candidates we need, we’ve partnered with outside recruiting firms and developed some great relationships – but we want to build our in house sourcing capabilities in sales.  More specifically, the gig entails…

• Maintaining and elevating the Jellyvision recruiting brand.  Recruiting at Jellyvision is a high-touch, in depth process – we know we ask a lot of talented, sought after candidates so we want to treat them with the utmost respect and make the process as fun as it can be.  As we add sourcing capabilities to our team, we want to do so with the same level of caring and respect for candidates, and the same spirit of fun, warm, human interaction that we strive for in our recruiting practices every day.
• Partnering with hiring managers to understand our hiring needs. The better you understand the need, the better you can identify candidates who will be a good fit, so you’ll need to be good at asking the right questions of hiring managers to figure out the skills and characteristics we’re looking for in candidates, and why we’re struggling in recruiting those folks.

• WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE WE LOOKING FOR?  To be a great fit for this role, we’re looking for someone who is:

  • A true people person.  And we don’t just mean someone who can talk to anyone - being a great listener is actually more important in this role.  You need to love learning by Q&A – asking the right questions and then listening carefully to the responses in order to understand what a hiring manager needs, how to work best with a potential recruiting partner, or what a candidate is all about.
  • Creative and flexible in your approach to recruiting. Jellyvision’s approach to recruiting is different than many companies - and it’s served us well.  We don’t adhere strictly to standard recruiting metrics like time to fill – because sometimes the best thing a recruiter can do is counsel a hiring manager not to make the wrong hire – so we need someone with a flexible approach that focuses on not just hiring, but on always making the right hire.
  • An amazing communicator.  In person, on the phone, and in writing.  You will be responsible for communicating both internally and externally with a ton of folks in different roles, so your communication skills really need to be excellent, and on brand for Jellyvision recruiting speak, please.  (What does “works cross-functionally with internal teams to execute against objectives as assigned” actually tell anyone about a job?) Jellyvision has a specific, honest, jargon-free voice that you’ll be responsible for getting out in the marketplace for talent – and you’ll need great communication skills to do it right.
  • An outside the box thinker. You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. You should be the kind of person who can switch tactics if something isn’t working, and who isn’t afraid to try new things to drum up great candidates.
  • A master of project and time management. There are a lot of moving parts in recruiting, so we need a “git-r-done” person who won’t be overwhelmed by the volume of candidates and activity that needs to be managed on a daily basis.  There will be lots of people and projects vying for your attention, so if you aren’t an efficiency-minded person with a well-developed system for managing your time and candidate contacts you may not enjoy the position.
  • With charm galore. We’re not talking sickly sweet or smarmy charm…we’re talking sincere, honest-to-goodness, we appreciate that you’re spending time with us charm. Recruiting is an extension of our brand. We think charm is part of that. And diplomacy. And wit, to be used liberally, when appropriate.
  • Last but not least, a sense of humor is a must. It just makes you more fun to work with.

  WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE SHOULD YOU HAVE? 
  Ordinarily on the talent team, we look for DNA more than a specific background; but in this case, we’re looking for someone to bring expertise to the team that we don’t already have in house. As a result, we really need someone with experience sourcing candidates for sales and/or account management roles. Specifically we’re looking for someone with:

  • Experience sourcing candidates in the sales space.  We find SaaS sales folks to be some of the most difficult to recruit in Chicago. If they’re any good, they’re probably fully employed and working hard. Getting those folks to take the time to engage with a recruiter and then spend the time on an in depth hiring process can be a neat trick. So we need someone who’s a master at it.
  • Experience with and ideas for diversity recruiting. As we move to a more active model of sourcing candidates, it opens up a myriad of opportunities to source more diverse talent. We’re looking for someone familiar with strategies and tactics to find the best talent by increasing diversity in the talent pipeline.
  • Insight into how small companies recruit. We’re still a fairly small company, so we try to be flexible and scrappy in the way we do things. We don’t have a ton of structure, which could be either freeing or frustrating to folks who are used to a big company or agency atmosphere. The ideal candidate is someone who has either internally recruited for a small company before, partnered with small companies from the agency side, or has been involved in recruiting in a big company and genuinely wants the opportunity to be a part of a more personalized, less bureaucratic, process. And also someone who knows that small companies strive to be effective without simply throwing money at problems. You’ve heard of guerilla marketing? We’re looking for guerilla recruiting.

  ANYTHING ELSE?  Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

  ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

  • Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
  • Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
  • Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
  • Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
  • Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
  • Did we mention our yoga  and mediation class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
  • Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work.

  AND HOW DO I APPLY?
  
  We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

  • A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily.  We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
  • Your resume 

  You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

  Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got you’re application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

  If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

  Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

   

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY… BUT WHAT’S THE JOB?
Our new Director of Recruiting will work with head of the People team to evolve our recruiting strategy, manage the recruiting team, and build out our sourcing capabilities.  The Director of Recruiting will also be a key player in our diversity efforts – ensuring that our sourcing efforts are helping us hire amazing folks who will diversify our workforce across many lines.  To accomplish these mission critical tasks, we’re looking for someone who is whip-smart, well-networked, a great judge of character, super organized, diplomatic, quick-witted, and a great manager of people and processes.  More specifically, the gig entails…

• Setting our Talent Acquisition Strategy. Jellyvision has a strong track record of hiring amazing folks at a rate of 80-100 new hires a year. We want to maintain the high-touch, fun, deep dive approach to recruiting that has worked well for us in the past – but we also need to grow and evolve as the company does. Working with the head of the People team, you will have primary responsibility for setting Jellyvision’s recruiting strategy so that our Recruiting team continues to grow and stay cutting edge; and then leading the recruiting team to execute on that strategy.
• Building out our sourcing capabilities.  Jellyvision is fortunate to be a recognized brand in Chicago, and, as a result, much of our hiring doesn’t require sourcing. The exceptions?  Tech and Sales.  As we’ve grown, we haven’t been able to fill our dev team or our sales team with enough great people just based on inbound applications, so we’ve turned to outside recruiters to help us, and have built some great relationships.  Now, as we look to the future, we are starting to add sourcing capabilities to our in-house recruiting team. And we’re looking for someone to take the reins of that effort and up our game on sourcing amazing talent more quickly.  We’ll look to you to identify where future Jellyvision employees are hanging out and figure out how to introduce them to Jellyvision in a way that makes them active and eager participants in our process. 
• Maintaining and elevating the Jellyvision employer brand.  Recruiting at Jellyvision is a high-touch process – we know we ask a lot of candidates and so we want to treat them with the utmost respect and make the process as fun as it can be. As we add sourcing capabilities to our team, we want to do so with the same spirit of fun, warm, human interaction that we strive for in our recruiting practices every day because we believe that our employer brand lives or dies by how we treat people. And for projecting our brand externally, you’ll manage the folks that run our on-campus recruiting program; work with the marketing team and our amazing PR firm on how we market roles and Jellyvision as a place to work; and collaborate with hiring managers throughout the company on events we should attend and host to attract amazing, diverse candidates.
• Managing Jellyvision’s diversity recruiting efforts.  We’re actively looking for diversity across many lines – and while we’re having great success in some ways, you’ll see we’re way behind where we’d like to be on racial diversity just by looking at our bio pics.  You’ll work closely with our HR Manager tasked with leading our D&I efforts, and will find support from across the organization for this important effort. 
• Working with hiring managers to understand our hiring needs. The better you understand the need, the better you can identify candidates who will be a good fit, so you’ll need to be good at asking the right questions of hiring managers to figure out the skills and characteristics we’re looking for in candidates, and where and why we’re struggling in recruiting those folks.
• Interviewing.  While a big part of the role will be running the recruiting team, you’ll still have senior level searches of your own to run in this role.  So you need to be really great at asking meaningful interview questions, listening closely to the answers, and following up until you’ve learned what you need to know to advise hiring managers on whether someone should move forward in the recruiting process.
• Hiring, training, and managing sourcing recruiters.  As the company grows, we anticipate needing to grow our recruiting team beyond our two current recruiters – and we look forward to your recommendations on how to best do so.  It will be your job to find skilled folks interested in bringing their talents to an in-house recruiting role. Then you’ll train them up and manage them – so if you’ve already got great recruiting talent in mind that you can tap when we need to hire, all the better.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE WE LOOKING FOR?  To be a great fit for this role, we’re looking for someone who is:

• A great teacher, trainer, leader of people and team builder. You’ll multiply the skills and experience you bring to the table by teaching others how to do what you do – motivating, managing and leading a team that takes Jellyvision’s recruiting to the next level.

• Data driven.  By which we don’t mean obsessed with traditional recruiting metrics like time to hire (because sometimes the best thing a recruiter can do is counsel a hiring manager not to make the wrong hire), but rather someone who is constantly analyzing what’s working and what isn’t by digging into numbers and trends.
• A true people person.  And we don’t just mean someone who can talk to anyone - being a great listener is actually more important in this role.  You need to love learning by Q&A – asking the right questions and then listening carefully to the responses in order to understand what a hiring manager needs, how to work best with a potential recruiting partner, or what a candidate is all about.

• Entrepreneurial and full of creative ideas. There isn’t a playbook for the sourcing part of this position.  We need someone who can come in, learn the lay of the land, and create one from scratch for us - and then constantly reassess and evolve as our rapidly growing business does, too.  Being a lifelong student who wants to learn more, explore, test, and try something new will serve you (and us!) well.

• Creative and flexible in your approach to recruiting.  Jellyvision’s approach to recruiting is different than many companies - and it’s served us well.  As noted above, we don’t manage strictly to standard recruiting metrics - so we need someone with a flexible approach, but also a strong vision for how to motivate people to get great results. 
• An amazing communicator.  In person, on the phone, and in writing.  You will be responsible for communicating both internally and externally with so many different folks in so many different roles that your communication skills really need to be excellent, and on brand for Jellyvision.  No recruiting speak, please.  (What does “works cross-functionally with internal teams to execute against objectives as assigned” actually tell anyone about a job?) Jellyvision has a specific voice that you’ll be responsible for getting out in the marketplace for talent – and you’ll need great communication skills to do it right.
• A master of project and time management.  There are a lot of moving parts in recruiting, so we need a “git-r-done” person who won’t be overwhelmed by the volume of searches and activity that needs to be managed on a daily basis.  There will be lots of people and projects vying for your attention, so if you aren’t an efficiency-minded person with a well-developed system for managing your time and your workload – and the time and workload of your team – you may not enjoy the position.
• With charm galore.  We’re not talking sickly sweet or smarmy charm…we’re talking sincere, honest-to-goodness, we appreciate that you’re spending time with us charm.  Recruiting is an extension of our brand.  We think charm is part of that.  And diplomacy.  And wit, to be used liberally, when appropriate.
• Last but not least, a sense of humor is a must.  It just makes you more fun to work with. 

WHAT KINDS OF EXPERIENCE SHOULD YOU HAVE?
Ordinarily on the talent team, we look for DNA more than a specific background; but in this case, we’re looking for someone to bring expertise to the team that we don’t already have in house.  As a result, we really need someone with experience doing what we need to learn to do.  Specifically we’re looking for someone with:

• Experience sourcing candidates in the tech space.  Our Director of Recruiting will own more than just tech recruiting – but because we anticipate that tech recruiting will be the toughest challenge you face (at least initially), we need someone with experience sourcing in the space. 
• Experience managing recruiters.  We’re looking for someone who’s managed people before – ideally people recruiting top talent in the tech/growth stage company space. 
• Experience managing a recruiting process.  It’s not just the people that you’ll be in charge of, it’s the process.  We’ve got some non-negotiables about how Jellyvision wants to treat candidates in our recruiting process, but beyond that, we are wide open to suggestions for how to make our process better.  And we’d love to find a data nerd with experience digging into numbers to track success and suggest ways to optimize recruiting processes. 
• Experience with and ideas for diversity recruiting.  As we move to a more active model of sourcing candidates, it opens up myriad opportunities to source more diverse talent.  We’re looking for someone familiar with strategies and tactics to find the best talent by increasing diversity in the talent pipeline.
• Insight into how small companies recruit. We’re still a fairly small company, so we try to be flexible and scrappy in the way we do things.  We don’t have a ton of structure, which could be either freeing or frustrating to folks who are used to a big company or agency atmosphere.  The ideal candidate is someone who has either managed recruiting for a small company before, or has been involved in recruiting in a big company or agency and genuinely wants the opportunity to be a part of a more personalized, less bureaucratic, process.  And also someone who knows that small companies strive to be effective without simply throwing money at problems.  You’ve heard of guerilla marketing?  We’re looking for guerilla recruiting.

 
ANYTHING ELSE? Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin. 

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work. 

AND HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume  

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.                            

THAT’S LOVELY… BUT WHAT’S THE JOB?
We’re looking for a top notch Coordinator to join our People team, to support all aspects of our recruiting and onboarding operations – scheduling interviews, taking care of candidates who come in to the office, creating onboarding schedules once folks are hired, tying balloons to the chairs of new hires, and a bunch of other fun stuff.  And when interviews, events, or other plans change at the last minute (as they tend to do at times), you’ll be the one who rearranges everything with a smile on your face so that all folks involved never knows that it took any effort to accommodate. The gig also involves assisting with occasional event planning and special projects for everyone at the company. 

WHAT KIND OF SKILLS SHOULD YOU HAVE?
To do all that, we need someone who is whip-smart, super organized, detail oriented, diplomatic, quick-witted, able to multi-task and a true joy to communicate with – in person, on the phone and by email.  More specifically, the gig entails…

• Playing a “Cruise Director” role with our candidates:  You’ll be an important point of contact for candidates applying to Jellyvision.  This includes communicating with candidates about the status of their applications (especially when we’re taking longer than we wish we were!), scheduling and confirming interviews, sending out and confirming receipt of audition materials, giving candidates directions on how to get to our office, greeting them when they arrive for their interviews (assuming your directions were any good), giving tours of the office as you get them settled in their interview rooms, and ensuring that whatever tech is necessary to be up and running on the interview room computer is actually up and running when the interview needs to start. 

• Wait, what was that about auditions?  Don’t worry, no tap dancing required.  We create an audition for every role at Jellyvision – a skills test that allows candidates to show us, rather than tell us, how good they are at the things each job requires.  Many of these auditions are written, some require coding, others require preparing a presentation – each audition is tailored to the job in question.  As part of the team, you will know what each candidate needs to receive to complete the audition, when they should be returning audition materials to us, and how to identity-redact the auditions when they’re returned (we identity redact auditions before sending them to the hiring teams so that they can make unbiased decisions based on the work product).  The identity redacting process means that you dole out candidate aliases on a daily basis, so start thinking of categories you can pull names from – obscure crew members from the Starship Enterprise, beat poets, reality tv stars, whatever floats your boat.

• More on scheduling interviews.  For candidates early in the recruiting process, you’ll set up phone screens for recruiters and hiring managers, and for folks later in the process you’ll set up full round final interviews for entire hiring teams.  We generally have a dozen searches or more open at a time, so you need to be incredibly organized to keep track of all the candidates moving through our process.  And you’ll need to enjoy a lot of back and forth emailing and phone calling to get the interviews set up.  The good news is that our candidates tend to be really amazing people, and Jellyvision’s recruiting process tends to be more fun than most, so the back and forth is often accompanied by witty banter, true expressions of gratitude and the occasional cupcake. 

• Managing communication with applicants in a personable, “real” way.  We are grateful when people take the time to apply to Jellyvision, so we try to communicate in an upfront and friendly way with everyone, including those who won’t be moving forward.  We want all that back and forth emailing and phone calling to be pleasant enough that they’ll remember us fondly in case there’s a better fit in the future. 

• Posting jobs.  You’ll help keep our job postings current on our website, as well as a variety of job boards.  This takes more skill than it might at first appear, as the html in our postings translates differently on different posting sites, so you’ll need to be good at cleaning up any postings that get ugly when you pull them out of their happy home environment and send them out into the world.

• Onboarding and Training.  Once we’ve hired someone new, there’s a lot of behind the scenes work that goes into bringing them on board.  You’ll help ensure that all the checkboxes that need checking get checked: getting new hires set up with computers and workstations, assigning them “buddies” for coffee over their first few months, working with the hiring managers to get orientation schedules created and sent out, etc., etc. We’re in the process of giving our general new hire orientation a facelift, and we welcome you to come up with great new ideas for how to make joining Jellyvision even more delightful (or even lead a training or two yourself!).

• Fun employee stuff.  After all that work to attract amazing people to Jellyvision, we do our best to keep them happy and healthy once they’re here.  That means that the People team plans lots of internal and external events and wellness perks. 
• Generally pitching in when folks need help.  The great thing about the People team is that we get to work with every department in the company, which means we find all kinds of opportunities to pitch in.  This includes an amazing Office Coordinator at the front desk – who can use someone to spot them from time to time when they need a break.  So we’re looking for someone who relishes the idea of “other duties as assigned” and will take it one step further to proactively find ways to be helpful across the organization. 

• Ideally, at least 2 years of experience in a coordinator or administrative role
• Prior experience with scheduling (and if you are an MS Outlook whiz, that’s a bonus)
• Experience interacting and communicating with all types of people at all levels in an organization 

ANYTHING ELSE?  We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching, and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.

• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.

• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.

• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.

• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.

• Did we mention our yoga and meditation class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.

• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the Renew 2 Zero-Gravity Massage Chair by Brookstone®. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work.

AND HOW DO I APPLY?
We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume 

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand. 

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION NEEDS PROVEN LEADERS TO BE OUR SALES MANAGERS

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY, BUT WHAT’S THE JOB? 

Jellyvision is at a really exciting place in its history as a company – growing like crazy and with serious goals for future growth and product expansion. As we expand our sales team, we need to add a management layer with talent for coaching high performing Account Executives (AEs) through a consultative enterprise SaaS sales process, increasing conversion rates, and closing deals left and right. We’re looking for smart, seasoned, analytical managers who know how to both use data to drive decisions and also like to roll up their sleeves and dive in to help move deals forward. 

Our talented and typically hilarious AEs are supported by two rock solid functions:  1. Our team of inside appointment setters – our Business Development Representatives (BDRs) – who prospect, cold call, and set appointments for AEs to speak with interested companies and 2. our Sales Operations function that helps us track and analyze our activities.  This isn’t a start-from-scratch gig, but rather a help-us-organize-as-we-grow one.  

More specifically, our Sales Managers are responsible for:

• Managing performance and coaching your team.
  • You’ll meet with your Account Executives (likely 7 to 10 people) one-on-one weekly to review their pipeline, process compliance, and evaluate progress towards goals. You’ll be responsible for mentoring your team and identifying coachable moments, helping each AE diagnose and correct approaches that are holding them back, and reinforcing effective strategies and behavior. This will require a lot of time spent in the numbers and dashboard to proactively identify gaps in pipeline performance.
  • You’ll routinely attend pre-qualifying calls and follow-up meetings with each of your Account Executives to understand their selling techniques and gain insight into coachable moments.
  • Working with other sales leaders, you’ll participate in and lead team meetings and daily stand-ups.
• Hiring and training.
  • As we continue to grow, you’ll be involved heavily in the hiring process for your team: sourcing candidates, interviewing, participating in auditions (an important part of Jellyvision hiring) and helping us make the right decisions as we scale our team.
  • To set up your new hires for success, you’ll share your ideas for refining and expanding our AE training and on-boarding program – we welcome thoughts on how best to get new hires up to speed on Jellyvision’s sales process, learn the ins and outs of ALEX, most effectively shadow other Account Executives, etc.
  • And once folks are on board, you’ll provide continuous training and feedback to all team members.
• Assisting with large strategic opportunities.
  • With our VP of Sales, you’ll develop selling strategies to activate and nurture national partnerships.
  • You’ll help your AEs with big opportunities, including covering for them when they’re out, by demonstrating best practices around preparation and research, sitting in on calls, and moving the sale forward through a sometimes long and involved sales process.
  • You’ll work closely with colleagues across the company to assist your team in negotiating and closing strategic deals.
• Maintaining a close eye on team dynamics.
  • Each Jellyvision salesperson calls into a specific territory. Working closely with the VP of Sales, you’ll work to manage the territory split for a growing team of salespeople.
  • You’ll manage the relationships between your AEs and the BDRs they work with to increase their efficiency and productivity.
  • You’ll help foster and enable a culture of collaboration, support, and fun.
• Close communication with the VP of Sales and Executive team.
  • Each week, you’ll provide an accurate forecast of sales progress for your team.
  • Each month, you’ll report on individual and team dynamics and performance.
  • Lastly, you’ll keep the VP of Sales and Executive team informed on the insights your team gathers on market changes and dynamics as they speak daily with leaders in the HR space. 

SO WHAT KIND OF FOLKS ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

While we’re big believers that the right “DNA” and cultural fit are what makes for a successful hire, we’ll take an early shine to candidates with the following background, skills, and experience:

• Proven management experience. Ideally, 4+ years of experience managing employees in an Enterprise sales environment, preferably in the HR or SaaS Sales Industry. We’re looking for managers who love working with people and coaching their team members to perform to the best of their abilities. If you have a network of great AE and BDR candidates, that will come in handy.
• Experience cold-calling, hunting, and closing new Enterprise business. Ours is not a transactional sale but rather an involved, multi-constituent enterprise one.  The wisdom you’ll share with your team to make them better salespeople will come from lessons you learned and knowledge you gained from years of being a successful salesperson yourself, one who constantly meets and exceeds sales targets by understanding how to capture attention, show real value, and nurture relationships over time.
• Organization and time management skills in spades. Sales at Jellyvision is fast-paced. This role will require you to excel at the tasks directly in front of you, while also keeping your eye on the big picture. Serious organizational chops are required to manage all of that in a company growing as quickly as ours – and it’s an important thing to model for your team.
• A student/learner mindset. This is perhaps unusual but our sales leadership is chock full of people who are eager to continually benchmark and improve our efforts.  We’re always tinkering.  It will help if you read books on sales methodologies and have a quant-y, math-y mindset.  Also, we have a very tech-enabled organization.  If you don’t like to dabble in new technologies to create efficiencies, we’re probably not the best home for you.
• Creative problem-solving skills. The sales process for our Enterprise deals can be lengthy. When your Account Executive hits a roadblock, you’ll want to get involved and come up with solutions to keep the process moving towards a deal.
• You must be a relationship builder – trust and communication are the pillars of any relationship. And you need to be skilled at building authentic, trusting relationships both internally and externally. Having people skills and developing a rapport with everyone on your team will contribute to your success as the leader of a hungry, hard-working, and driven Account Executive team.
• You should also be able to challenge people in a charming way. Giving advice and constructive criticism is a fine art. You should know each of your individual team members well and adapt your approach to each of them in a way that brings out the best in them every day.
• A good eye for talent– As our sales team continues to grow, you’ll be responsible for helping to find and identify the next great Jellyvision salespeople. We’re looking for smart, driven people interested in sales who have hustle and are great culture fits for the team. And once those folks are on board, you’ll need to…
• …Be able to lead by example and maximize the talent of your team. To gain insight into how each of your Account Executives are doing, each month you’ll attend 2 pre-qualifying calls and one follow-up meeting per each rep.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills– the ability to talk and write with confidence, charisma, and competence for a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to play well with others.  Sales at Jellyvision is a team effort.  You’ll work closely with the other sales team members, the marketing team, and members of the legal, creative, engineering, and implementation staffs.
• A great sense of humor. Yes, it will make you more effective.  It’s also a job requirement at Jellyvision and a seriously important component of our sales process.

PHEW. THAT WAS A LOT. ANYTHING ELSE?  

Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin. 

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga and meditation classes? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work. 

AND HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume  

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application. 

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand. 

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION LAB NEEDS AMAZING STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGERS

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

GREAT, SO WHAT’S THE JOB?

Jellyvision is looking to capitalize on the momentum that comes with disrupting an industry ripe for change and a big part of that is growing a team of Account Managers who are charged with delighting and growing current ALEX® accounts. The team’s goal is to:

1. Help customers be successful in their use of ALEX®
2. Sell customers other ALEX® products and services that solve their problems
3. Leverage strong customer relationships for marketing
4. Effectively communicate customer insights to the broader team at Jellyvision
5. Oh…and be super fun and charming along the way.

The role involves a lot of customer interaction, a key focus on account growth and sales, and the ability to develop and maximize a close working relationship with the Insights analyst team (which is managed under the same VP). We’re a curious, goofy (but in a cool way), hard-working bunch who really like each other. It makes for a fun work day.

NO REALLY, WHAT WOULD I DO?

A successful Strategic Account Manager would:

• Actively sell the customer on Jellyvision’s new technologies and products – executing a strong sales process complete with pre-research, consultative question asking, pitches, and follow-ups
• Support key customer accounts through the sale of custom services, working with our project management and services team to appropriately scope and execute the project
• Help the account team design and iterate the system for customer touchpoints throughout their journey with ALEX®, managing the handoff from sales and the integration with the marketing and implementation teams
• Answer customer questions (via phone and email) with a deft mix of charm and hard-core competence
• Travel occasionally to visit customers onsite

SO WHAT KIND OF FOLKS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

We’re looking for awesome, experienced account managers, super comfortable with selling into (often large) corporate accounts and working with sales quotas. Bonus points if you’ve worked specifically with HR/Corporate Communications accounts or in the SaaS industry.

In a nutshell, we’re looking for people who are:

• Excitable. This role is about championing the customer and chasing the win. You should be a person who gets excited with the “a-ha” moment, excited by the sale, and excited by Jellyvision’s product and place in the market.
• Bright. You’ll have to do great research to be the expert on your customer accounts and the issues in the industry – a lot of this involves creative problem solving and crafty communication.
• Curious. In this role, you have to be inquisitive and energetic. You’re going to have to take a consultative approach to sales, being insightful and endlessly seeking out the real problems your customers are facing. Know-it-alls need not apply.
• Insightful. All that great customer knowledge and question asking? You’re going to have to use it wisely to make the right connections between your customers’ needs, Jellyvision’s products, and their overall Jellyvision experience.
• Discerning. This role walks the fuzzy line connecting customer relationship management and sales. You’re going to have to know when to try to make the sale, and when to hold off because it’s not the right solution for your customer.
• Genuine.  No one likes a phony. Jellyvision people really care, are really interested, and really want to help people. Don’t be afraid to be you.
• Driven and motivated. This is a role where you’ll be encouraged to do great work by everyone around you, and you need to be up for the challenge. Our amazing team will help make sure you have the tools to ace the job, but ultimately your success will be determined by your hard work and dedication.
• Confident, not cocky. At the end of the day, we’re a humble crew. You’ve got to have personality (wit and Jellyvision charm) inserted into all of your customer communications, but still have the gravitas to close a sale with the big-wigs.
• Team player. We foster a collaborative environment and encourage team members to be helpful. Be proactive with learning from your peers but also be confident to share your experiences and knowledge with the team.
• Hardworking and Eager. We need individuals who like to learn and enjoy being busy, and are willing to jump in, lend a hand, and overall take initiative when it comes to new projects, tasks and duties.

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.

• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work.

AND HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume 

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed. 

THAT’S LOVELY, BUT WHAT’S THE JOB?

We’re looking for Content Production Associates to join our team and deliver customized versions of our product to our awesome customers. Associates manage the production and delivery of ALEX to a portfolio of customers and also jump in to help their teammates on the regular. Pulling it off involves the following:

• Learning a bunch of new stuff pretty quickly. From your first day at Jellyvision, you’ll be learning a lot. We’ll train you up on the complex world of health care benefits, as well as our in-house software, tools, and systems. But don’t worry—we won’t throw you into the pool without an inflatable rubber ducky life preserver. Our Production team really is a team and we all keep learning as we go.
• Organization, communication, tools, and problem-solving. Making versions of ALEX involves a ton of quick—yet careful—coordination. You apply everything you learned in training and work closely with many other people and departments to get it all done.
• Bug-busting. When bugs in ALEX pop up, you’ll track down the problem and fix it, or quickly and courteously get coworkers to help. (Unless it’s a spider. Then you’re on your own, pal.) We’ll teach you all the skills you’ll need to know, but having some general-purpose tech-savvy is a plus!
• Customization building and management.Sometimes we build new features to meet the needs of a customer. You’ll learn how to customize ALEX using our unique software and work with other Jelly teams to ensure that all customizations are built exactly as the customer wishes (and that those wishes are granted on time).
• Amazing attention to detail and commitment to quality.You need to know everything that’s unique about your customers’ versions of ALEX, expertly document those differences, and make sure ALEX doesn’t have any spinach in his teeth before his big close-up.
• Getting it right and out the door. Then doing it again tomorrow. Our busy season—August, September, and October—is very deadline-heavy, so be prepared for an intense-yet-weirdly-fun experience.

Outside of that busy season, Content Production Associates also assist with one or more of the Production team's many projects, such as product development or process improvement.

WHAT KIND OF SKILLS SHOULD I HAVE?

Some experience in project coordination, editing, content management, or quality assurance is a helpful starting point for this role. And though Content Production Associates don’t interact directly with customers, a bit of customer service experience doesn't hurt.

But in general, we don’t care who you are, where you’re from, or what you did, as long as you love making great stuff and hitting deadlines and have the following skills:

• Top-notch communication:You can express yourself clearly and succinctly in person and on the page. You’re comfortable switching between a casual online chat with a coworker and carefully editing customer-facing content for spelling, grammar, and clarity. Most importantly, you can translate jargon into everyday language.
• Organization in spades:You know exactly what you need to do each day, and you can expertly keep track of the million spinning plates that make up any one customer’s version of ALEX.
• Logical thinking and problem solving:When a bug pops up, you can quickly investigate what’s going wrong and consider how it might relate to issues you’ve seen before.
• Self-direction and efficiency:You know how to hit deadlines and understand that detail-heavy work involves discipline and planning. You can expertly manage your own time and resources—and also know when to call in help (which is totally cool at Jellyvision).
• Attention to detail:You can make sure that customer data is error-free, bug tickets are clear and complete, and customizations to the product are beautiful, complete, and produced exactly as the customer requests.

You and ALEX will be perfectly in sync if you have these traits:

• An inquisitive, curious nature and a passionate love of learning new processes and tools.
• Flexibility and adaptiveness:You’re comfortable handling unexpected changes and willing to try new options when something isn’t working. Calmness under pressure, grace in giving and receiving feedback, resilience, self-sufficiency, and kindness are all key traits.
• Quick learning:We work in the employee benefits world, punctuated by exciting acronyms like FSA, HSA, HRA, SSNRA, HMO, and PPO. You must quickly pick those up, plus master our complex production process. A track record of learning new subjects fast (benefits or otherwise) would be excellent.
• Software savvy: You don’t need any particular tech training or experience, but you need to be comfortable with technology and confident that you can quickly learn our internal software and favorite applications. Mostly, you need to be bright, curious, and persistent.
• Proactivity, a pioneering attitude, and helpfulness: You can identify potential problems before they start and you love to pick up something new and try it out. You’re always willing to reach out and help your fellow teammates, both those on your immediate team and elsewhere at Jellyvision.
• A cool head and a good sense of humor:Our busy season is complicated and can be stressful. You’re invigorated by challenges and are committed to finding ways to satisfy customer needs in the simplest, most efficient ways. You can look on the bright side, see humor in tough situations, and find fun ways to delight your team and our customers. 

WHAT WOULD MY DAY LOOK LIKE DURING THE BUSY SEASON?

9:17 AM: Grab some fresh-ground coffee and a granola bar from the office kitchen. Check your e-mail and job queue, and see that you have 24 tasks, all due today. Better start coordinating and bug fixing!

11:02 AM: With all bugs coordinated, turn your attention to editing three customers’ entries in our database. Triumphantly catch an error that would have made “PLACEHOLDER” show up where there should be dental plan details.

12:21 PM: Head down to the kitchen to heat up your lunch and chat with teammates about what you hope the Jellyvision band will play at the holiday party.

1:16 PM: Look at Customer A’s version of ALEX and make sure the new audio for that retirement customization is finalized and slotted in the right place.

2:34 PM: Get Customer X’s version back from QA. Verify for the third time that the tax savings section stopped freezing. Take a celebratory ping-pong break.

3:40 PM: A fellow Content Production Associate needs some volunteers to run through part of Customer Y’s ALEX to confirm that everything in a customization makes sense. You’ve got free hands and you’re ready to help.

5:57 PM: Approve Customer Z’s release—the medical customization looks great! All your tasks for the day are done, so you head home.

ANYTHING ELSE? Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin. 

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work. 

ALRIGHT! I’M READY. HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume  

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page! 

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION NEEDS AMAZING INSIDE SALES INTERNS 

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY, BUT WHAT’S THIS I HEAR ABOUT AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM?

We’re looking for a select group of amazing humans for an internship program with our ALEX sales team. You’ll be hopping on board during one of the busiest, most exciting times of our sales cycle, helping our team reach their goals while learning what sales is all about. This is an excellent opportunity for someone thinking about a career in sales to try it out - with training, support and mentoring from a team that will give you kind, honest feedback to help you determine if sales is the right fit for you.

Length: The internship will start in June and wrap up in August. The length of the internship will depend largely on university academic year calendars or graduation status. 

Who’s eligible:  This inside sales internship is open to 2018 grads, 2019 grads (rising seniors/current juniors), and recent grads. Unfortunately, we do not consider current sophomores or freshmen for the role.

WHAT DOES THE JELLYVISION INTERNSHIP OFFER?

• Competitive pay. Specifically, $500/week.
• The opportunity to help drive sales of Jellyvision’s award-winning interactive ALEX products through specific sales assignments.  You’ll be doing work that matters.  You won’t be making copies all day, stuck in a back room filing papers, or fetching coffee — interns sit with and are valued members of the team.
• An environment voted one of Chicago’s best workplaces by Crain’s Chicago Business in 2014, 2015 and 2016. We also were on Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces List in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Lastly, Symplicity named us one of the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads in 2016 and 2017.
• Training in the fine art of sales, as well as background training in the complex world of health care benefits, so that you’ll really understand the customers you’re helping us sell to.
• Professional development support, mentoring and feedback from members of Jellyvision’s award-winning staff.
• Social events designed to give interns exposure to staff outside their core work area.
• Bottom line—the opportunity to do good work with fun people in a relaxed and casual environment.

OKAY, I COULD COME HANG OUT WITH YOU JELLYPEOPLE THIS SUMMER. WHAT ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR IN A SALES INTERN?

The summer is a crazy time for sales people here at Jellyvision. Summertime is when we are reaching out to and building business with more companies than any other season. We’re looking for bright folks interested in learning the ropes of entry-level sales.

This internship will largely be focused on reaching out to potential customers, sharing information about ALEX and Jellyvision, and setting appointments for our Account Executive team. You’ll work alongside our business development team to support a territory, learn how to use CRM tools, and pitch to prospects using a variety of cold calling and email sales techniques.

We are looking for interns who are outgoing, sharp and willing to adapt quickly. Sales is a fast-paced, ever-changing world that requires flexibility and resilience. Additionally, internal motivation, an outstanding work ethic and strong organizational skills are key to being successful as a salesperson.

More broadly, we’re looking for people who are:

• Seriously interested in learning about and working in the field of sales.
• Outgoing, friendly and not afraid to pick up the phone.
• Quick on your feet and willing to try new things.
• Hard-working. A strong work ethic, even when things aren’t going your way, is key (because there are days in sales when everyone just says no).
• Competitive, in a way that drives you to always be the best, while still being…
• …A kind, and collaborative team player.

And we’d love to see applications with these bonus features:

• Experience with cold calling (or other forms of cold outreach, like email or social media), or a job history of retail sales or customer service that includes upselling. Students who have worked at their university’s alumni foundations, calling alums for donations, or who have participated in phonathons are great fits for this role.

I’M A HARDWORKING, ADAPTABLE AND OUTGOING PERSON! WHAT EXACTLY WILL I BE DOING AS A JELLYVISION SALES INTERN?

Great question! As a sales intern, you will be:

• Organizing and creating lists of prospects to email and cold call within a territory.
• Using Salesforce and other tracking software to help you keep track of your work and opportunities, and maintain clean data.
• Making cold calls every day to reach out to prospects to share our ALEX library of products.
• Learning to craft specialized emails to send to prospects and other social outreach.
• Using a variety of sources, including LinkedIn, to discover fresh accounts and contacts.
• Listening in on product demos with our Account Executive team to build knowledge of the sales cycle.

SOUNDS FUN! SO WHAT DOES A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ALEX SALES INTERN LOOK LIKE?

• 8:30: Arrive and pour yourself a hot cup of coffee, tea or maybe a tall glass of soymilk. Head to your desk, fire up your computer and dial into our phone system and start making calls.
• 9:45: Take a break, have a stretch or a snack. You just wrapped up an hour of phone calls and landed a meeting with one of your prospects. Give yourself a pat on the back and take a quick lap around the office.
• 10:00: Get back to your desk and open up LinkedIn. You’re on a mission to find 10 prospects in your territory and are focusing in on the tech scene. You notice a company named Smellyvision. Suspicious.
• 12:00: It’s lunch time, and your stomach is growling. You have the great debate—do I go to Whole Foods for a burrito or make the trek to Mariano’s for a cheap salad? You poll the team and end up going to Jimmy Johns with a few of your sales pals.
• 1:30: You’re stuffed full of sandwich goodness and start hitting up the phone for your afternoon calls. Just like this morning, you’re energized and excited about each call and voicemail you leave.
• 2:30: You’ve wrapped up your afternoon calls, and are now diving into prospecting and list building. You start in Salesforce, going through your accounts and researching to make sure you find all the right contacts lined up for your day tomorrow. Planning today means success tomorrow! You also start sending some emails to your prospects.
• 3:30: A prospect you set a meeting up with last week is having their product demo with your awesome Account Executive. You take a seat and watch the demo, listen to the objections the prospect raises and see how the AE handles them, and are amazed by all the laughter at the corny jokes your AE keeps telling.
• 4:15: You challenge your Account Executive to a game of Ping-Pong. The game gets intense but you come out victorious!
• 4:30: Back at your desk, you do one final sweep of your list to make sure you’re all set for the morning. You discover your perfect prospect and put them to the top of your list.
• 5:00: It’s time to head home, planning to come back tomorrow and top the number of meetings you set today.

I’M A SENIOR AND AM REALLY LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME JOB, NOT AN INTERNSHIP.  

For recent grads in the internship program, we will evaluate your progress midway through the internship. If you are working hard, setting meetings, learning and growing, and have a great attitude at work, there is a strong possibility we will offer you a full-time position before the end of the internship. If it unfortunately doesn’t turn into a full-time offer, you’re going to learn some GREAT skills over the course of the summer for any future sales positions you may have.

SIGN ME UP!  HOW DO I APPLY? 

Send us a cover letter that clearly indicates:

1)   What year you are in school and when you plan to graduate (if applicable);
2)   What you think you could contribute to Jellyvision as a Sales Intern this summer;
3)   What you hope to get out of the internship; and
4)   Who you are – really let your personality shine through your cover letter! (We weigh cover letters heavily, so have some fun with it. If you’re going to be selling ALEX, you should be able to sell yourself too!)

Also send us a resume that fills us in on your experience to date—including sales / cold-call experience, school projects and work you’ve done on your own.

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQs page. 

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION NEEDS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVES

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

GREAT, SO WHAT’S THE JOB?

Jellyvision is looking to continue growing a team of Inside Sales Representatives who will be charged with filling our sales pipeline with excited potential ALEX clients. The team’s goal is to have engaging conversations with interested people that may end up being great customers. Business Development Representatives will have a responsibility of making 60-80 cold calls a day and setting a minimum of 5-10 qualified meetings a week, depending on the territory and product. The role involves a lot of time on the phone, scouting LinkedIn (and other resources) for contacts, research, and a strong focus on turning a cold call experience into something informative and delightful. Everyone on this team will work closely with regional Account Executives who will be tasked with closing the deal once a meeting is set by the Business Development Representatives.

SO WHAT KIND OF FOLKS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

We’re looking for recent college graduates with an interest in sales or people with a year or two of sales experience who are looking for the opportunity to get into the world of tech sales. Bonus points if you have experience selling over the phone, but we’re not making it a requirement because we’ll provide a ton of coaching and mentoring here at Jellyvision. Please note that this isn’t a role for senior sales folks.

In a nutshell, we’re looking for people who are:

• Comfortable on the phone. This role requires picking up the phone and talking to people you don’t know. You’ll have a quota of at least 300 phone calls per week. If that doesn’t sound like something you’ll enjoy, this probably isn’t going to be a good role for you.
• Expert researchers and list makers. You’ll have to do great research to get in front of the necessary contacts and a lot of this involves creative problem solving and crafty communication. Your best resources will be LinkedIn, company websites, and Google searches to learn more about the potential client’s key decision makers. Then you’ll reach out to those decision makers to discuss how ALEX can be a benefit to their business.
• Clever. That crafty communication we just mentioned? You’ll need to write clever introductory emails that hold weight, get our point across, and make us interesting to prospective customers.
• Happy to be a part of a team. Everyone in the sales department has individual and team goals. We are looking for people who want to hit their numbers, but also fit well with the team. Part of the role entails developing leads that will be passed to an Account Executive that you’ll work closely with, so a desire to work collaboratively with others is a must.
• Driven and motivated. This is a role where you’ll be encouraged to do great work by everyone around you, and you need to be up for the challenge.  Our amazing team will help make sure you have the tools to ace the job, but ultimately your success will be determined by your hard work and dedication. We want people who start their week with a goal of setting 5 meetings, and when they set their 5^th meeting on Wednesday, challenge themselves to hit 10 by the end of the week.
• Curious. You’ll be constantly re-evaluating your approach when you hear “no” in response to your pitch. So we’re looking for the kind of people who enjoy learning – folks whose curiosity will lead them to sales blogs, relevant psychological research, networking events, etc. that will help them constantly up their game.
• Confident, not cocky. At the end of the day, we’re a humble crew. Our product and our company mission is about helping people, and you’ve got to have the right amount of wit and Jellyvision charm to make a first call turn into a second. You’ll have to insert personality into all of your reach-outs, and still have the gravitas to get on a cold call with VPs and Directors alike.
• And last but certainly not least: you should be genuinely interested in building a sales career. If you’re hoping this is your foot in the door at Jellyvision to become a Writer or Graphic Designer or Massage Chair Enthusiast, this role will not be a good fit. We’re looking for folks who want to knock the socks off the Business Development Representative role and move on to more senior sales positions within Jellyvision.

ANYTHING ELSE?  Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching, and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work.

AND HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume 

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

THAT’S LOVELY, BUT WHAT’S THE JOB?

We’re looking for Project Managers to serve as “Implementation Associates” for employers who license ALEX.  This involves working with our customers (large employers and resellers) to deliver a customized version of ALEX that will delight and truly help employees make smart benefit decisions. You will become an expert in employee benefit plans so that you can work closely with our customers to understand benefit offerings, enter those offerings into our system, launch the product and provide ongoing product support.

SOUNDS INTERESTING. SO WHAT WOULD I BE DOING IN THIS ROLE?

Specifically, as an Implementation Associate for ALEX, you will be doing:

Project management

• Analyze customer benefit packages to determine fit with Jellyvision’s proprietary software. (Don’t worry if you don’t have benefits experience! It’s definitely a nice-to-have, but we can also help you learn along the way.)
  • Document and communicate any fit issues you identify both internally and externally, and propose ways to resolve them.
  • Work closely with the Production team to execute individual “releases” of ALEX for each customer you’re assigned to.
  • Keep each customer release on track, even when you are feeling the pressure from our seasonal business. We try to mitigate it, but we need to be honest: we are really, really busy from mid-August through mid-November.
  • Think at least two steps ahead to try to make everyone’s lives smoother and happier. 
  • Document process and product issues and ideas for improvement so that we are continually getting better at what we do and how we do it.
  • Work closely with the Production team to develop future versions of ALEX and ensure the product continues to meet customers’ needs.  

Customer relationship management

• Manage or support the customer transition from sales to implementation/production, ensuring a smooth changeover between steps.
• Dazzle customers with competence, charm and wit so that they love us.
• Communicate project schedules and progress to customers so that they always know where we are in completing each release.
• Help customers understand custom project options when needed.
• Document customer-specific issues and custom work for use in future years.  

SO, WHAT KIND OF SKILLS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

• First and foremost, great communication skills. You will be responsible for communicating both internally and externally about projects (verbally and in writing), making certain everyone involved knows what is going on and what has changed. You will also need to be able to understand and succinctly bridge the gap between the creative and the technical, the design and the implementation.
• Great organizational skills and impeccable attention to detail (especially with spreadsheets!). We have that annual “busy” season called “Open Enrollment” that is much like tax season for accountants. Accordingly, much of this job involves bringing order out of chaos during a compressed, high-pressure period of time. We’ve found that the kind of person who enjoys organization for organization’s sake is probably the best fit - we’re looking for the kind of people who derive great pleasure from making their budget balance to the penny, who enjoy creating binders for their takeout menus, who make spreadsheets when they pack for vacation. You know who you are. And we love you.
• But that kind of organization can’t make you rigid - you will need to be extremely flexible, because you will have to be comfortable jumping back and forth between customer meetings, sales calls, entering customer data into our system, analyzing customers’ benefits packages, working with our internal staff to resolve issues, and handling anything else that comes up in a day.
• Project and time management skills in spades. You need to be capable of balancing the need for an on-time, on-budget project while delivering a highly creative and effective end product.
• Technically savvy – or at least a comfort level with learning, discussing and understanding technical issues. We’re looking for someone who is capable and comfortable working with engineers and who is ready to stay abreast of tools and advances in technology related to the interactive communications industry.
• Ability to absorb information quickly. You’ll need to learn our product, our systems for implementing customers, and employee benefits (if you don’t come in with benefits knowledge) all in a short span of time. If you’ve had to learn how to work with proprietary technology in a previous role, that experience will serve you well.
• The ability to be charming, especially while being persistent. We are but one of a thousand things that our customers work on, so it’s important to make them know what we are doing and keep them engaged, but without being overbearing.
• You must be an assertive, resourceful, and creative problem solver. Things go wrong. But you should be looking forward to anticipate areas of concern or risk for our projects. When unanticipated issues come up at exactly the wrong time (as they tend to do), you should be world-class at quickly and constructively working with members of the team to find solutions.
• The ability to jump in and help out. This is a “get your hands dirty” position, and you’ll need to really understand our business, process and tasks so that you can help others effectively do their jobs.
• You are going to have to be firm but diplomatic. The job will require listening to many different people with different sets of priorities and finding creative solutions that work for all – and barring that, ironing out compromises that ultimately maintain the quality of our products.
• Last but not least, a sense of humor is a must. Bizarre taste in music and/or deep knowledge of useless pop culture trivia is a plus. 

WHAT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE DO I NEED TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR THE ROLE?
We’re looking for candidates with an interest in implementation or project management and who have up to a year or two of related experience. Please note that this isn’t a role for senior folks. We’re looking for the right personality type as much as we are the right experience, so we’re open to folks with a wide variety of backgrounds, but our dream candidate will have: 

Project/Account management experience

• Past roles where you had to balance internal and external (customer) requirements and budget realities.
• Responsibility for schedules.
• The demonstrated ability to rock a spreadsheet, revel in the details, and possess the kind of voodoo magic that allows you to be both a task master and generally fun person to hang around with.
• Experience performing under pressure during a “busy season” would be a huge plus. 

Other good stuff

• You must be a critical thinker. Someone who enjoys solving problems.  A person who says “Aha, I’ve got it!” on a fairly regular basis.
• Experience in the world of benefits (medical, dental, life, disability, vision, FSA) in sales or account management, working in the plan design and/or renewal process is a plus, but not a necessity. 

ANYTHING ELSE? Yes. We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin. 

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work. 

ALRIGHT! I’M READY. HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yourself. We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume  

You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand. 

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

JELLYVISION NEEDS AN AMAZING SENIOR FRONT END ENGINEER  

We here at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that happens to share some DNA (and a sense of humor) with the smash-hit trivia video game YOU DON’T KNOW JACK®, created by Jellyvision's founder. ALEX makes navigating tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits or improving your financial wellness—easier, faster, and more helpful, not to mention entertaining. The success of the ALEX platform has exceeded our wildest dreams, (except for the part right before we woke up where our mom was riding a giraffe), which is why we need talented folks like you to help us help ALEX take over the world…er…continue to grow and succeed.

SO WHAT’S THIS JOB ABOUT?

The Apollo team’s mission is to build and support the next generation of tools and frameworks to author, develop, present, and drive responsive HTML5 experiences called “Interactive Conversations.”  Our primary products are Talentshow, an internal authoring tool used to create HTML5 conversations using React Redux, and Talentshow Runtime, a runtime engine to process Talentshow data and determine the flow of the conversation using React-Redux.  Talentshow was originally built to support ALEX, and now we’re getting it ready to support a suite of exciting new products.  We’re working hard to expand the scope of what Apollo’s products can do, so we’re looking for some great engineers to join and help us keep forging ahead.

To be successful in this role you must be the kind of software engineer who can produce strong front end code - a person who is looking to play with some cool technology and build some great products. Whether you got your start with a Computer Science degree, attending a boot camp, or by writing code on the side, you know what it is to write code and you love doing it. 

There's a great deal of collaboration with a diverse team (which often leads to having fun) at Jellyvision. You'll be working on a bunch of different (but related) projects at any given time. Development is a team effort at Jellyvision, and all our development teams use Scrum or Kanban, which means every day involves working with product owners, Scrum Masters, QA, SREs, and the users we have right here in the building.

You’ll be talking to a lot of people without a strong technical background. You have experience communicating your ideas to and collaborating with non-engineers.

On a day-to-day basis, you'll be working on our products and on the tools that help the rest of the company build those products. You'll add features, fix bugs (what, bugs?! never!), test the stuff you built, and be involved in designing the next features and tools coming down the line.

WHAT KIND OF TECHNICAL SKILLS SHOULD I HAVE? YOU KNOW, LANGUAGES AND SUCH…?

Our client-side code runs on (surprise!) JavaScript, and our server-side code uses Ruby. Since this is a front-end role, we’re looking for a Javascript pro.

• Javascript: An understanding of Javascript ES5 and ES6 as well as Webpack and Docker containers would help you hit the ground running. We use React and Redux extensively, so we're looking for someone with React experience. What's important is that you can apply your knowledge toward writing JavaScript-based web applications.
• HTML & CSS: Anyone who's done some web development will have written HTML and CSS, so bonus points if you're familiar with a templating language like Mustache or Dust or a CSS preprocessor like Less or Sass.
• Testing: You should be the kind of person who tests their code as a part of writing it, whether that's TDD-style or writing them after the fact. You should know your way around a testing suite or two.
• Source Control: Experience developing software with Git or some other kind of source control will benefit you greatly. If you've been using SVN or Mercurial and you're ready for something new, we're open to that. Most of your teammates will be happy to show you the ropes.
• Experience: We’re looking for seasoned folks who are Javascript pros. You’re the kind of engineer who can ramp up quickly and contribute meaningfully by owning major features, encouraging software development best practices, and helping guide your team. We'd like to hear about how you've served as a technical expert in a product development process, how you've collaborated successfully with stakeholders and teammates, and how you've dealt with challenging technical problems.

ANYTHING ELSE?  We share a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, so we only hire nice, bright, funny people who are willing to work hard.  Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing folks to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

ARE THERE ANY PERKS? Yes, we love perks.

• Competitive pay, 401(k) with matching and benefits. We pay 100% of the cost of premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for our employees (as long as you qualify for our tobacco-free discount; if you’re a tobacco user, your medical premiums will be higher than $0). We also cover a really nice chunk of the cost of premiums for spouse/dependent medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Casual dress and a flexible schedule. Come in a sweatshirt, jeans, whatever, like everyone else here.
• Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of intelligent, talented and innovative folks. Although most hours the place is deathly quiet (we're a focused bunch), this is punctuated with hilarious outbursts and general merriment, which makes a nice way to spend the day.
• Free food. Every week, we stock our kitchen with free healthy snack foods, and we have a catered lunch every other week to give people a reason to hang out and eat together.
• Easy transportation and lots of love for folks who bike to work. We’re really close to the North/Clybourn red line stop and the Halsted (#8) bus (right by the Apple Store and Mega Whole Foods too), and we have a transit FSA that allows you to dedicate pre-tax dollars to public transportation expenses. A number of our employees like to bike to work, so we also have bike storage, showers and lockers in the office. And for those without their own bike in the city, we offer free divvy memberships – complete with Jellyvision bike helmets you can borrow from the office.
• Did we mention our yoga class? We bring a pro instructor right to the office. Fully subsidized by Jellyvision and fully optional, btw.
• Oh! And we have a massage chair. Not just any massage chair, my friend. It’s the HumanTouch HT 5320 WholeBody™ Massage Chair. Feeling a little stiff? Sit down. Relax. Feel better? Good. Okay, back to work.

 AND HOW DO I APPLY?

We look forward to hearing about you and what you do. Make sure your application includes:

• A cover letter that highlights three reasons you think you’d be great for the gig, focusing on how your past experience has prepared you for this kind of position. Writing is key to all we do, and we weigh cover letters heavily. We love a cover letter that really shows us your personality (check out our company bios to see the wide range of personalities we’ve already got in house), but don’t stress if you’re not a comedian. You don’t have to be funny. Just be yours We’re mostly interested in learning who you are, what you love to do, and why you’d love to do it here with us.
• Your resume 

 You will receive an auto-reply confirming that we've received your application.

 Please know that every single application we receive is read by a real live human being. However that kind of thoughtful review takes time, so it may take us a little while to get back to you (but we will, we promise). In the meantime, NO FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. It’s not that we don’t love hearing from you. It’s just that time spent responding to follow ups could be spent…well…reading your application. Please rest assured that if you received a confirmation from Recruiting Robot, we’ve got your application, and will get back to you really soon. We knew you’d understand.

If you still have pressing questions in the meantime, please feel free to check out our handy-dandy FAQ page!

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!