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Combustion Labs Media Inc.
Michael Stephenson
266-3495 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
V5Z 4R3 Canada

Questions? Please email mike at this domain. Sorry, but we do not accept applications via email.

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Sales Executive - Outside Sales Position
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Our sales environment demands that you are a strong self-starter. We welcome those who are new to sales as well as seasoned sales professionals. Either way you must be committed to creating a rewarding career in sales and client relations. You will primarily work at expanding our existing client base through networking, cold calling, and targeting specific market segments. You will market our products, do on-site presentations, and ensure client satisfaction throughout the sales process.


Requirements:
Passion for sales
Research and build your own prospect lists (we will help you, but you need to do your part!)
Able to handle rejection well; possess a naturally optimistic, positive, and hungry sales outlook
Great at cross-selling, up-selling, and closing deals
Strong communications skills (over the phone and in person)
Able to time manage, set appointments and market information well
Presentable and effective in person; most deals are closed in our clients' offices
Team oriented and able to contribute to creating a positive work environment


Preferred, but not required:
Sales experience relating to the Internet and telecommunications industries
Knowledge of Internet marketing strategies
Any experience related to web-based software


Compensation for this position is paid on activity and commissions; if you follow our sales process you can expect to earn $25,000 to $45,000 per year. We provide the tools and support; all you need is the willingness to win!


About Combustion:
Combustion is a 5 year old, Vancouver based web application and brand developer. We offer a challenging and dynamic environment filled with a team of seventeen passionate developer, designers and sales people.


We offer:
a dog friendly environment
daily catered lunch program
a weekly workout session led by a personal trainer
subsidized recreational activities with flex time for snow days


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Are you an Office Administrator with some serious judo chops?
Vancouver, BC, Canada

We promote the distinction between a customer and a client. A customer buys a product once, while with a client there is a relationship. Our service oriented environment demands that our clients will smile when on the phone with you, say WOW when they read an email from you and jump at the opportunity to recommend us to their friends.

Your super fast roundhouse kicks will keep wayward problems away from our development team. When not flexing your judo moves to the amazed programmers you may find yourself:

Billing
Answering Calls
Office Errands
Light Collections (reminding clients that they have not paid)

We welcome those who are new to the Office Administration field, as well as seasoned professionals. Either way, you must be committed to creating a rewarding career in office administration/client relations as well as be committed to having our clients spread the Combustion name. We will train the right individual; a technical background is not necessary.

You should however, be very comfortable with using the internet. Requirements:

Passion for making clients smile
Energetic and motivated
Self-Starter with a passion for finding new ways to assist clients better
Comfortable with the Internet and Computers
Strong communications skills (over the phone, written and in person)
Able to time manage, set appointments and complete tickets on time
Presentable and effective in person
Team oriented and able to contribute to creating a positive work environment Preferred, but not required:
CSR experience relating to the Internet and design industries
Knowledge of Internet marketing strategies

Any experience related to web-based software Compensation for this position starts at:

White Belt - $19 200 plus bonuses
Yellow Belt - $25 000 + B's
Orange Belt - $35 000 + B's
Green Belt - $45 000 + B's
Blue Belt - $55 000 + B's
Brown Belt and beyond ? - Lets talk.

We use the belt system to come closer to our belief that salaries should be a reflection of skills and contribution not a factor of your negotiation skills.




Requirements:

About Combustion:
Combustion is a 5 year old, Vancouver based web application and brand developer. We offer a challenging and dynamic environment filled with a team of seventeen passionate developer, designers and sales people.


We offer:
a dog friendly environment
daily catered lunch program
a weekly workout session led by a personal trainer
subsidized recreational activities with flex time for snow days


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Are you a Client Service Guru?
Vancouver, BC, Canada

We promote the distinction between a customer and a client. Our service oriented environment demands that our clients will smile when on the phone with you, say WOW when they read an email from you and jump at the opportunity to recommend us to their friends. As a CSR, you are the foundation of our expanding business.

We welcome those who are new to the Client Service Representative (CSR) field, as well as seasoned CSR professionals. Either way, you must be committed to creating a rewarding career in client relations as well as be committed to having our customers spread the Combustion name.

Your primary responsibility is to work at servicing our existing client base through email, snail mail and telephone. You will walk our clients through the functionality of our products, do web based presentations (web-ex), and ensure client satisfaction throughout our help process.

We will train the right individual; a technical background is not necessary. You should however, be very comfortable with using the internet.




Requirements:
Passion for making customers smile
Energetic and motivated
Self-Starter with a passion for finding new ways to assist clients better
Comfortable with the Internet and Computers
Strong communications skills (over the phone, written and in person)
Able to time manage, set appointments and complete tickets on time
Presentable and effective in person
Team oriented and able to contribute to creating a positive work environment


Preferred, but not required:
CSR experience relating to the Internet and design industries
Knowledge of Internet marketing strategies
Any experience related to web-based software


Compensation for this position starts at:

White Belt - $19 000 plus bonuses
Yellow Belt - $25 000 + B's
Orange Belt - $35 000 + B's
Green Belt - $45 000 + B's
Blue Belt - $55 000 + B's
Brown Belt and beyond ? - Lets talk.

We use the belt system to come closer to our belief that salaries should be a reflection of skills and contribution not a factor of your negotiation skills.


About Combustion:
Combustion is a 5 year old, Vancouver based web application and brand developer. We offer a challenging and dynamic environment filled with a team of seventeen passionate developer, designers and sales people.


We offer:
a dog friendly environment
daily catered lunch program
a weekly workout session led by a personal trainer
subsidized recreational activities with flex time for snow days


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SEO / SEM Professionals and Leaders Wanted
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Our environment demands that you are a strong self-starter. We welcome those who are new to SEM as well as seasoned SEM professionals. Either way you must be committed to creating a rewarding career in online marketing. You will primarily work at expanding our existing client base through targeting specific real estate related segments via Search Engine Marketing. You are disciplined and passionate about search engine marketing.

You have an entrepreneurial spirit, and may currently have you own business, but have discovered that the administrative aspects of running a business are not for you.

The opportunity is here to build our SEM division, we have the clients and infrastructure to support you.


Requirements:
Passion for Search Engine Marketing
Identify, initiate and implement new SEM and SEO projects
Track and analyze SEM and SEO program performance data, and ensure that programs are working at an optimum level
Develop reporting to show the effectiveness of the SEM and SEO programs
Constant research and participation in the larger SEM community to remain on the cutting edge
Able to time manage, set appointments and market information well
Presentable and effective in person; most deals are closed in our clients' offices
Team oriented and able to contribute to creating a positive work environment


Preferred, but not required:
BS/BA
2 years SEM/SEO track record
3 years in either affiliate management, account management, or web marketing

Compensation for this position is paid on salary and profit sharing; if you follow our process you can expect to earn $25,000 to $85,000 per year. We provide the tools and support; all you need is the willingness to win!


About Combustion:
Combustion is a 5 year old, Vancouver based web application and brand developer. We offer a challenging and dynamic environment filled with a team of seventeen passionate developer, designers and sales people.


We offer:
a dog friendly environment
daily catered lunch program
a weekly workout session led by a personal trainer
subsidized recreational activities with flex time for snow days


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CSS Ninjas Wanted!
Vancouver, BC, Canada

This position is mainly suited for a person who is more developer than designer as the scope of your design work will be specific to the real estate industry. To avoid stagnation of design, you should be comfortable in managing outside contracted designers.

Interacting with our clients on a daily basis is another function of this role. You will meet with clients in person, iChat AV and over the phone to customize their templated sites to their needs.

Do your influences include Apple, Zeldman, 37 Signals and Stop Design? If so, you have found your new home.

Requirements:

Passion for Usability
Expert-level knowledge in standards-based, accessible CSS/XHTML production
Ability to work in a team environment, as well as the ability to produce high-quality presentation-layer development work independently
Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash a plus
Solid communication skills, flexibility and detailed focussed
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to skill requirements
Relevant BA or BS required

Preferred, but not required:

MySQL experience
PHP/Ruby experience

Compensation for this position starts at:

White Belt - $19 200 plus bonuses
Yellow Belt - $25 000 + B's
Orange Belt - $35 000 + B's
Green Belt - $45 000 + B's
Blue Belt - $55 000 + B's
Brown Belt and beyond ? - Lets talk.

We use the belt system to come closer to our belief that salaries should be a reflection of skills and contribution not a factor of your negotiation skills.

Please apply with:

cover letter and resume
links to previous work, contributions to open source projects, etc.
a ranking of yourself using the above belt system


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Apprenticeship for PHP Ninjas (shinobi shokuzu not provided)!
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Combustion Labs Media Inc., is growing and we're looking for a salaried white or yellow belt PHP programmer. This position consists primarily of work on real estate specific web based software. Developing both backend code and the front-end presentation layer, you will work with a team of experienced masters to help extend and maintain software used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. The ideal candidate will be very detailed-oriented, flexible, have strong organizational skills, be able to grok legacy code and be comfortable with the pace of a small-sized company. If you are a pragmatic programmer with an aptitude for XP and doing right, you have found your dojo.


Benefits:
Access to state-of-the-art equipment
A groomed track to project manager in 12 to 18 months
Convenient Yaletown location
Work as an equal with an experienced team of developers
Intense work environment


Requirements:

Passion for programming, passion for learning, passion for personal growth

PHP 5 (with Object Oriented experience)
Linux
MySQL 4 - 5
HTML/CSS
Solid communication skills, flexibility and detail focussed
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to skill requirements
Must provide own shuriken and katanas


Preferred, but not required:

Extensive MySQL experience

Ajax
Ruby on Rails
C/C++
XML Web Services (in PHP)
Web standards
Experience with email and MIME message handling

Compensation for this position starts at:

White Belt - $24 000 plus bonuses
Yellow Belt - $30 000 + B's
We use the belt system to come closer to our belief that salaries should be a reflection of skills and contribution not a factor of your negotiation skills.

About Combustion:
Combustion is a 6 year old, Vancouver based web application and brand developer. We offer a challenging and dynamic environment filled with a team of seventeen passionate developer, designers and sales people.


We offer:
a dog friendly environment
daily catered lunch program
a weekly workout session led by a personal trainer
subsidized recreational activities with flex time for fresh powder days


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RUBY Ninjas Wanted!
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Combustion Labs Media Inc., is growing and we're looking for a RUBY programmer to work on web-based applications. This position will consist primarily of work on industry specific web based CRM/SFA and automation tools. Developing both backend code and the front-end presentation layer, you will build software used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. The ideal candidate will be very detailed-oriented, flexible, have strong organizational skills and be comfortable with the pace of a small-sized company. If you are a pragmatic programmer with an aptitude for XP and doing right, you have found your home.


Requirements:

Passion for programming

Ruby
Apache
Linux
MySQL
HTML/CSS
JavaScript
Experience writing and reading PHP code
Solid communication skills, flexibility and detailed focussed
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to skill requirements


Preferred, but not required:

Extensive MySQL experience

Ruby on Rails
C/C++
XML Web Services (in Ruby)
PHP
Experience with email and MIME message handling

Compensation for this position starts at:

White Belt - $24 000 plus bonuses
Yellow Belt - $30 000 + B's
Orange Belt - $45 000 + B's
Green Belt - $55 000 + B's
Blue Belt - $65 000 + B's
Brown Belt and beyond ? - Lets talk.

We use the belt system to come closer to our belief that salaries should be a reflection of skills and contribution not a factor of your negotiation skills.

About Combustion:
Combustion is a 6 year old, Vancouver based web application and brand developer. We offer a challenging and dynamic environment filled with a team of seventeen passionate developer, designers and sales people.


We offer:
a dog friendly environment
daily catered lunch program
a weekly workout session led by a personal trainer
subsidized recreational activities with flex time for fresh powder days


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Phone: +1(604)264-1999  Fax: +1(801)749-0574  Email: info@ubertor.com