By Alex4change on

Description & Experience
Internet start-up Changents (www.changents.com) seeks a bright, strategic-thinking Web 2.0 technologist with experience building Drupal web sites plus a deep understanding of community features and user-generated content functionality. Experience with XHTML, HTML, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS and AJAX is required. Additional programming experience (Perl, ASP.net, Java, C++, etc.) as well as a working knowledge of video delivery platforms would be very helpful. You will be working with an experienced, distributed team as we transition from Alpha to Beta and scale Changents into a mass social media experience.

Skills and Interests
The ideal candidate will be an active user of social networks, including MySpace and Facebook, and possess an interest in how entertainment and media technology can be used to impact positive social change among a global Internet audience. If you are results oriented, self-motivated, disciplined and a quick learner who thrives on solving problems and teamwork, you’re right for us! Most importantly, the candidate should possess an extraordinary work ethic, be able to commit to deadlines and have a great a sense of humor. You should be a strong communicator and energized about being part of an exciting, fast-paced start-up opportunity.

Location, Hours and Compensation
Changents is a distributed, national organization whose team is based in New England, Washington DC and Toronto with partners and developers on both coasts. Therefore, we are seeking a technologist who with guidance from management can work independently. While we are flexible about the schedule, candidates should be able to commit a minimum of approximately 10-15 hours per week. Changents will pay competitively (depending on skill level) and cover all pre-approved expenses.

Contact
Please send your resume and a cover letter that describes your experience and interest in working with Changents to Alex Hofmann (alex AT changents dot com).

About Changents
Changents is an emerging social media company that connects charismatic individuals on the frontlines of social and environmental change – Change Agents – with their own following of fans around the world to help them. We use storytelling tied to action opportunities to get members behind these Change Agents, and apply a new technology called The Ripple to show the impact of each individual’s good deeds. Changents was founded in 2007 by Alex Hofmann and Deron Triff, social entrepreneurs with backgrounds in entertainment and new media, who set out to engage a digitally-connected, socially-conscious generation on its own terms. For more information, please visit www.changents.com

Recent press coverage

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4157445

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/12/29/change_the...

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/small-business/2007/11/agents_of_social_c...

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