TITLE: Administration Assistant

LOCATION: San Francisco

COMPANY: The Consulate General of Canada is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Administration Assistant in their San Francisco office.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
This position is responsible for providing administrative support services to the Administration and Consular Program, as well as providing internal administrative support to the other Programs in the office by:
• Providing general information on company policies and procedures
• Managing the personnel and property files for the Consulate General
• Liaising with service providers or other government agencies to deliver services to internal clients
• Ordering supplies and coordinating materiel services
• Providing various administrative support services

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Secondary school diploma.
• 2 to 4 years of experience in providing administrative support services and responding to inquiries from internal clients.
• Excellent written and oral skills in English
• Experience in operating a computer, Microsoft Office Suite and researching the Internet.
• Knowledge of French would be an asset.

DETAILS
• Candidates must be able to legally work in the United States prior to applying.
• Local candidates will be given preference as there will be no relocation allowance.
• Internal candidates may be given preference.

BENEFITS: Salary 39k plus a competitive benefits package.

HOW TO APPLY: Candidates should submit their resumes to the attention of the Director of Human Resources, no later than midnight on November 30, 2008. ccgusahr@yahoo.com

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TITLE: Web Developer (Front-end)

LOCATION: Mountain View

COMPANY: Loopt

RESPONSIBILITIES
Enjoy pushing the limits of JavaScript and manipulating the DOM to your will? Are you a master at crashing Firefox, and then figuring out how to make your web app run efficiently? Loopt is looking for a creative and motivated client-side web application developer. The ideal candidate will have significant experience working at successful start-ups building compelling web user interfaces. The position involves designing, building, delivering, and maintaining features in the web interface to the Loopt service. Must be ready for a fast paced environment with aggressive timelines.

The position requires extensive knowledge of web user interfaces, and the ability to communicate and work closely across multiple engineering and marketing teams.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Required: Expert in JavaScript, AJAX, DOM, HTML and CSS; Working knowledge of a server side scripting language (e.g. ASP, PHP, JSP, etc.)
• Nice to Have: Flash animation skills; Working knowledge of ASP.NET; Experience with backend technologies (ASP, Java, Web servers, Databases)
• 2+ years working on professional or personal web application projects
• Please supply example code or links to running web applications

BENEFITS: We are offering a competitive base salary, health benefits, and stock options.

HOW TO APPLY: Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@loopt.com with the position title "Web Developer (Front-end)" in the email subject line.

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TITLE: Ambitious and talented master stylist

LOCATION: San Francisco

COMPANY: Atelier Emmanuel is a high-end salon and day spa located next to Union Square, in downtown San Francisco.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a master stylist with 10+ years of experience looking to boost his business.

The perfect match will :
• Be a consummate craftsman of the art of hair
• Have a pre-established client base in the Bay Area
• Be Hardworking
• Be Team oriented
• Be Entrepreneurial and interested in expanding business

We provide :
• A tremendous downtown location with top class views of San Francisco
• A reputation as a five star rated salon (check us out on Yelp!)
• A positive workplace with a personable and professional international team
• Dynamic marketing to support your business growth

More than hiring an employee, we envision this as developing a partnership with you.

HOW TO APPLY: Email us at atelieremmanuel@gmail.com and please include a resume and cover letter.

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TITLE: Administration Position - Sales Assistant

LOCATION: San Francisco

COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Richart Chocolates USA, a leading high-end French chocolates company is seeking a well-organized individual to join its San Francisco team. The ideal candidate should be able to multitask, is detail oriented, ambitious, a self starter willing to work hard and grow with our company.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
This job will involve many different responsibilities and will include but is not limited to the following:

1. Sales
• Incoming Phones/emails, following up on all sales, tracking and executing customer orders
• Initiating first contact with prospects from call lists/database
• Data entry, update and management of sales database
• Providing product information and price quotes for our new and existing customers
• Shipping marketing and sales materials to new and existing customers
• Delivering exceptional customer service and follow-up

2. Order Processing
• Enter all orders in our system, print out orders and packaging slips, package products, print UPS labels, ship products and create invoices

3. Assistance with Administration and Inventory Management
• Coordinating deliveries
• Assisting with everyday tasks and whatever it takes to achieve best results

REQUIRED SKILLS
• Prior customer service and sales experience, at least 2 years. Industry experience is a plus
• Proven ability to produce tangible results
• High proficiency in key Microsoft applications
• Fast learner
• Team player and friendly
• Strive for excellence and unwilling to settle for mediocrity
• Verifiable references

WHAT YOU WILL GET IN RETURN
The opportunity to work in an established and creative environment.
Our office is located Downtown San Francisco with easy access to MUNI/BART.

Check our website: www.richart-chocolates.com to find out more about us.

COMPENSATION: Competitive depending on experience.

HOW TO APPLY: This position is available immediately. Please email resume and cover letter to martine.wiener@richart.com We will not respond to any other types of inquiries. All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer.

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TITLE: Managing director for Frial

LOCATION: Palo Alto

COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Frial is a leading manufacturer of frozen food, focused on developing unique, creative, and tasty recipes to retail clients and food services (www.frial.com).
Major player in France, Frial recently extended its scope to the North American market and we thus created a US subsidiary based in the San Francisco area.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
• Plan, direct, and coordinate the operations of U.S. subsidiary of major European frozen food manufacturer
• Formulate policies, manage daily operations, and plan the use of materials and human resources
• Lead, direct, and develop commercial activities in order to drive revenue growth and profitability
• Maintain responsibility for French-North American and U.S.-Canada supply chain.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Master’s degree in business administration
• Three years of relevant experience, including experience with (a) the North American retail and private label market in the food service sector, including B2B sales of private label food products; (b) both French and American cultural and businesses practices; (c) management and strategy consulting.
• Extensive international travel required.

HOW TO APPLY: If you are interested, please contact: stephanie.lesdos@frial.com

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TITLE: Bilingual French-speaking Customer Support Representative

JOB DESCRIPTION: TurnHere is the world's leading provider of internet videos to web publishers.  Our customers include some of the world's leading brands, including AT&T, Simon & Schuster, Discovery Networks, CitySearch and many others.  We're headquartered in Emeryville, CA and support a worldwide network of thousands of independent video producers.

We are looking for enthusiastic, high-energy French-speaking Customer Support Representatives to join our team.  TurnHere Support Representatives play an integral role in the phone and web-based system that we use to support and manage our network of thousands of independent filmmakers and business advertisers.

Our Support Representatives professionally and efficiently interact with our filmmakers and our advertisers, seamlessly facilitating interaction between the two groups.   It’s a fast-paced and dynamic environment with responsibility for high volumes of inbound/outbound calls and emails and an environment that rewards those who actively engage with the day-to-day tasks with a goal of improving and building the world’s first and finest matching system for independent filmmakers and advertisers. 

QUALIFICATIONS
• Must be extremely comfortable and professional in both email and phone communication in both French and English
• Need to thrive (dare we say “need” to be in) a fast-paced environment
• Strong multi-tasking skills are a must
• Competitive streak – we’re building the world’s first and finest web video advertising company and we’re doing it with an A-list team
• Strong competency with the Web, email and MS Office is key
• Resourcefulness – we’re a start-up, enough said.
• Desire to work hard
• Ability to work with minimal direction

DETAILS
• Compensation: $15/hour plus
• Hours: flexible hours (minimum 20 hours per week)
• Location: Emeryville, CA

HOW TO APPLY: We’re a start-up with a customer base that includes some of the world’s leading brands and our Support Representatives are the engine that drive our success. If the above sounds fun and like something you’d be good at, we’d love to hear from you. Please call Dana Kilian at (510) 250-8242.

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TITLE: Executive Assistant for Investment Firm

JOB DESCRIPTION: Our Firm is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to support a global co-head of sales. We are looking for a smart and energetic person with excellent interpersonal skills to join our team of bright and motivated professionals.
The successful candidate will:
• Provide administrative support to Global Co-Head of Sales
• Make high-level contacts of a sensitive nature inside and outside the company.
• Handle duties and details of a highly confidential and critical nature.
• Coordinate office/facilities maintenance
• Schedule meetings and make travel arrangements
• Prepare expense reimbursement
• Prepare correspondence (internal and external)
• Answer telephones and respond to voicemails when appropriate
• Coordinate internal office meetings and events
• Distribute internal documents

QUALIFICATIONS
• College degree plus 5 years of executive administrative support experience in a fast paced environment, preferably investment banking
• Strong organizational skills with a commitment to quality work
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Demonstrated ability to produce error-free work
• Proficient in Lotus and Microsoft Office applications
• Experience with Seibel a plus, but not required
• Excellent team work and people skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks
• Ability to work independently and efficiently
• Detail oriented
• Trustworthy
• Professional in appearance
Expected hours of work are Monday - Friday 6:30 am - 3:30 pm, some overtime. The position is a temporary with the potential for permanent employment.

HOW TO APPLY: Resumes should be sent to nhancock@bofasecurities.com

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TITLE: Vendeur

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Café-Saint-Honoré, a French-theme espresso shop in Albany, is hiring staff for the shop. This position is ideal for students or someone needing a flexible schedule.

REQUIREMENTS:
- Clean-cut, well dressed people who have a love for the French language, history and culture.
- Some knowledge of the French language would be beneficial.
- Store hours are 6.00 am until midnight, 7 days a week.

HOW TO APPLY:
If interested, please contact Paul Cruce: louislavache@me.com or Café-Saint-Honoré, 862 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA 94706.
 

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TITLE: Tour Coordinator

COMPANY: Go West Tours
We are a wholesaler working primarily with professionals of the tourism industry from Europe, so we work in Business to Business sales.  We are currently seeking a bright, motivated individual to join and grow with our young, fast paced team. We specialize in the land portion for group tours: itineraries, hotels, meals, attractions, transportation and guides. Our work environment is friendly but demanding and candidates need to be able to handle large volumes of work quickly and accurately.

REQUIREMENTS:
- Accuracy with attention to details
- Excellent computer skills
- Working well under tight deadlines and high stress
- Ability to remain focused in an open spaced environment
- Flexibility
- Authorization to work in the US
- French skills

HOW TO APPLY:
Please send cover letter in the body of your email and resume attached as a Word document to jholt@gowesttours.com. Be sure to indicate "Tour Coordinator- Your Name" in the subject line.

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TITLE: Senior Software Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Telltale is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. This position will design, implement and debug code for multiple platforms, including PC, Wii and XBox (among others).

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to the design and direction of Telltale Technology.
- Develop and maintain core game engine technologies such as resource loading, memory management, performance tuning.
- Develop and maintain core game systems (eg: animation, audio, ai, etc)
- Develop and maintain authoring tools.

PROFILE:
Essential Skills and Experience
- Minimum of 4 years industry experience.
- Must have completed production on at least two games.
- Fluent C/C++ (templates, design patterns, STL, etc).
- Very strong general 3D programming background.
- Fluent with DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 (graphics and sound).
- Fluent with Win32 API, WTL experience a plus.
- Strong problem solving and communication skills.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience designing and implementing a complete game system such as animation, ui, resource management, etc.
- Experience in game AI or Natural Language Processing.
- Console development experience (Xbox and Wii preferred).
- C# and Lua experience.
- Maya experience (as a user and API).

HOW TO APPLY:
If interested, please send your resume to andre@telltalegames.com with the subject "Senior Software Engineer".
 

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TITLE: Vendeur magasin de décoration

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TITLE: Rep Group Sales

LOCATION: Silicon Valley

COMPANY: Prouve Contract Furniture.
Prouve represents 4 major manufacturers of high end office furnishings including Davis Furniture, Martin/Brattrud, Nucraft and Source International, as well as 2 established hospitality lines: Andreu World and Sandler Seating.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Prouve Contract Furniture, a major manufacturers’ rep firm is looking for an experienced and motivated candidate to join our organization in Northern California's Silicon Valley.
Responsibilities will include working with A & D, dealers and end-users.
Experience in the industry and calling on the A&D community is required.

HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please forward your resume to stefan@prouvecf.com, ref. Rep Sales.
 

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TITLE: Hardware Design Engineer

COMPANY: Orb Networks. Leader of content virtualization and distributed computing. With 5 million users (and counting) this software based platform company innovates constantly in the field of place shifting, remote access, consumer devices and broadband services.

JOB DESCRIPTION: We are seeking a start-up minded hardware design engineer knowledgeable in reference boards, selecting hardware chipset products and working with embedded software teams to design world class CE products. The position will be a contractor engagement initially, which can turn into a full time position if the fit is right.
Do not conclude that Orb Networks is entering the hardware business… however as we ramp-up the embedded solutions we have announced recently, it is important for Orb to grow our resources in the area of hardware devices to better support our OEM partners… (just in case you wondered).

PROFILE DESCRIPTION:
- 5 to 10 years of experience designing hardware products
- Knowledge of embedded software and RTOS (Linux, VxWorks, and / or WinCE)
- Knowledge of the main hardware platforms of the main chipset vendors, in the wireless communications and / or media device space: Broadcom, TI, STMicro, Connexant, NEC, LSI Logic, Marvell, ViXS, ATI, Intellon, Zoran etc
     o Project is focused on digital media player devices, with communication capabilities (WiFi,
        broadband power line)
- Capable to start immediately
- Local BayArea candidates only – no relocation or remote contract engagement
- Optional, but a plus:
      o Knowledge of some middleware and application development solutions

HOW TO APPLY:
Send resume to herve@orb.com
More information about the company at www.orb.com

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TITLE: Sales Associate

LOCATION: San Francisco

COMPANY: Intern-Abroad brings from Europe qualified Marketing, sales, I.T and international trade students, to intern into American Corporate. It has been created in Florida, Miami in 2003 and now is expanding in San Francisco, California.

HOURS AND SALARY: Position for 25 hours a week, 5 hours a day between 9.00 and 5.00pm

$17 / hour + commission

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

•  Be able to manage daily tasks of a small office

•  Develop hosting company and potential employers database

•  Match candidates to potential employers

•  Screen candidates with a view toward placement options           *

•  Organize visa arrangement and assist in finding housing

•  Daily email communication with candidates in France and Intern Abroad in Miami.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Education and/or Experience: College degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or other related discipline. Experience in sales and marketing or Human Resources.

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Good Knowledge in French necessary

• Must be flexible and be able to handle multiple situations 

• Must have excellent ability to build relationships through attentive customer service with candidate and hiring companies.

HOW TO APPLY: Please do not hesitate to visit our website www.internabroadusa.com and  send your application to Leslie DOLLET : leslied@internabroadusa.com or contact us at 415.632.0310

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