Ypulse Jobs: MTV Geek, Dancewave & More

Today we bring you our weekly sampler of the cool youth media and marketing gigs. If your company has an open position in the youth media or marketing space, we encourage you to join the Ypulse LinkedIn group, if you haven’t yet, and post there for focused career networking!

Editor at MTV Geek
Industry: New Media/Management
Location: New York, NY
Description: MTV is seeking a full-time freelance Editor to join MTV Geek. Editors have 5+ years of experience in new media managing a writing staff and building web content for major brands. They are specialists in the areas under their supervision, possess a strong knowledge of best-of-breed practices and keep abreast of industry developments. They are creative individuals whose expertise allows them to concept and develop features. Strong written and verbal communication skills ensure they coordinate and focus efforts between departments, external partners, companies and team members. Ultimately, they are directly responsible for the coverage and quality of the editorial team. More

Marketing and Administrative Associate at Dancewave, Inc.
Industry: Nonprofit/Marketing/Administration
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Description: Dancewave, a non-profit, interdisciplinary arts and education provider, seeks a highly organized individual with both marketing and arts administration experience to take on the role of Marketing and Administrative Associate. The successful candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills; graphic design experience; a strong ability to multi-task; and a high degree of computer literacy. The ideal applicant is creative, entrepreneurial, and able to think outside the box to help generate innovative ideas for marketing campaigns and branding. Familiarity with and ability to speak about our classes and programs in a warm, people-friendly manner is essential. This position offers ample room for growth as well as the opportunity to make a lasting impact on our organization. More (via Idealist.org)

Senior Associate of Publicity at PBS KIDS
Industry: Marketing/Communications
Location: Arlington, VA
Description: To support the Sr. Director, PBS KIDS Marketing and Communications on various campaigns, programs and on-going strategy. Essential Duties: Review PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! program materials and artwork, post materials to PBS Pressroom, maintain list of publicity contacts on all children’s series; Work with publicity director and series publicists to develop publicity strategies for series launches, on-air events or new episodes; Research new media tactics to help increase reach and effectiveness of publicity efforts; Build and maintain media database for local and national press outreach, including parenting, television and online contacts, as well as parenting bloggers.. More

Events & Marketing Manager at Vimeo
Industry: Event Marketing
Location: New York, NY
Description: Vimeo is looking for a Events & Marketing Manager to support its Marketing Communications Department. The successful candidate will help Vimeo with its trade show and event production, advertising and marketing materials development. This is an exciting year for Vimeo. The brand continues to grow rapidly and the site has several exciting events, shows, and new site features coming up and the Event & Marketing Manager can be right in the thick if it all. This position reports into the Marketing Communications Director. More (via mediabistro, reg. required)

Spring Internship at Nickelodeon Virtual Worlds Group
Industry: Virtual Worlds/Gaming
Location: Glendale, CA
Description: Are you into gaming & surfing the web? Do you have an online avatar? Do you have a favorite MMORPG? Even if you had to look up that last one, we might be looking for you! Nickelodeon Virtual Worlds Group is currently seeking motivated interns looking for hands-on experience in the online gaming and art industry! General duties include but are not limited to participating in department meetings, special projects, product testing, research & reporting. You will learn something from each task you perform, if you can’t learn from it, you won’t be asked to do it! More