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Jobs @ ThinkGeek

ThinkGeek is hiring! w00t! Open positions are detailed below. Please e-mail your resume to us at the address listed in the job description. Text, HTML and PDF formats are preferred. Don't be shy, if you've got the skills and want to work hard and have fun with a bunch of geeks and their dogs, we want to hear from you!

Current Open Positions:

T-Shirt & Apparel Buyer

The ThinkGeek Overlords are seeking a T-Shirt and Apparel Buyer who will be responsible for growth, profitability and overall awesomeosity of ThinkGeek's apparel line. And, if you are curious, ThinkGeek is indeed awesome and cookies are a frequent part of our apparel meetings.

Responsibilities

  • Source and buy products that fit into the unique ThinkGeek product mix
  • Merchandise and manage these products on the ThinkGeek website
  • Creatively coming up with new apparel ideas and trends
  • React to seasonal / current trends and recognize potential product voids
  • Develop and manage vendor relationships
  • Work with customer service and marketing on ThinkGeek's apparel offerings
  • Work with the Inventory Management group on replenishment
  • Respond to customer inquiries
  • Work very closely with ThinkGeek’s Senior Apparel Merchant on growing ThinkGeek and helping to achieve our ultimate goal of World Domination in the geek Apparel space.
  • Enjoying cookies and the occasional Macaroon.

Requirements

  • College degree or equivalent
  • 4-6 years’ experience as product manager or buyer (apparel or accessories background strongly preferred)
  • Highly detail-oriented mentality
  • Very Proactive on a daily basis.
  • Strong and agile work ethic that allows you to quickly adapt to changing situations/trends
  • Ability to deal with vendors (via phone and in person) in difficult circumstances with complete professionalism
  • Ambitious, creative and aggressive, but equally humble and collaborative
  • Very strong spreadsheet, computer, and Internet skills
  • A passion for Internet and geek culture
  • Ability to travel to various Apparel trade shows or to visit vendors

Strongly Desired

  • Experience writing copy for e-commerce and/or geeks
  • Retail experience
  • Love of cupcakes and/or cookies

This posting is for a permanent, full time position in our Fairfax, Virginia office. Only local applicants or those willing to relocate at their own expense will be considered. Sorry, freelance or offsite requests will absolutely not be accepted.

Apply for the T-Shirt & Apparel Buyer position

Please submit your cover letter and resume along with salary requirements in PDF, HTML or plain text format. Geeknet is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation or any other unlawful basis.

ThinkGeek is a small, close-knit group of fun, weird, and enthusiastic people who run one of the most successful niche e-commerce sites on the Internets. As part of Geeknet, a publicly held company, ThinkGeek employees receive an excellent benefits package while enjoying the benefits of working in an exciting start-up environment in our Fairfax, Virginia office.

Sales Account Executive – Volume Purchases

The ThinkGeek robot army is seeking a geek-savvy account executive to join our fast-moving B2B sales group. If you like sales but hate suits, you will fit right in with the eclectic bunch of nerds, dorks and geeks who run our highly successful online e-commerce site. A fondness for bacon and canned mythical creatures are a definite plus.

Not familiar with our style of geek retail? Here's a bit more about ThinkGeek: ThinkGeek is a small, close-knit group of fun, weird, and enthusiastic people who run one of the most successful niche e-commerce sites on the Internet. ThinkGeek is ranked #232 in the Internet Retailer top 500 for 2010 and has been profiled or mentioned in Business Week, Wired Magazine, The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and more. As part of Geeknet, a publicly held company, ThinkGeek employees receive an excellent benefits package while enjoying the benefits of working in an exciting start-up environment in our Fairfax, Virginia office.

Responsibilities

As part of the responsibilities of this position, excessive geeking-out will be encouraged, including discussing video games, comic books, Dungeons and Dragons, science and space, Internet pop culture and more. Between hallway discussions of the merits of Star Wars vs. Star Trek, duties of this position will include the following:

  • Consistently demonstrate success selling by exceeding quota
  • B2B sales of our unique product line targeting the Promotional Products industry, Corporate Incentive Programs and Large Retailers
  • Generate profitable sales with new and existing customers
  • Build business partnerships
  • Provide product information and follow up with quotes to close business
  • Coordinate sales efforts with merchants
  • Develop and maintain sales pipeline

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3-5 years high-volume business to business sales experience
  • Wholesale or Promotional Products background a plus
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills
  • Must be detailed oriented and organized
  • BA/BS Degree
  • Computer Proficient
  • Knowledge of and interest in gadgets, technology and geek-related retail products

This posting is for a permanent, full time position in our Fairfax, Virginia office. Only local applicants or those willing to relocate at their own expense will be considered. Sorry, freelance or offsite requests will absolutely not be accepted.

Apply for the Sales Account Executive position

Please submit your resume and salary requirements in PDF, HTML or plain text format. Geeknet is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation or any other unlawful basis.

ThinkGeek is a small, close-knit group of fun, weird, and enthusiastic people who run one of the most successful niche e-commerce sites on the Internets. As part of Geeknet, a publicly held company, ThinkGeek employees receive an excellent benefits package while enjoying the benefits of working in an exciting start-up environment in our Fairfax, Virginia office.

Perl/Web Developer

ThinkGeek needs you to help keep our mod_perl hot rod purring like a kitten!

Not familiar with our style of geek retail? Here's a bit more about ThinkGeek: ThinkGeek is a small, close-knit group of fun, weird, and enthusiastic people who run one of the most successful niche e-commerce sites on the Internet. ThinkGeek is ranked #232 in the Internet Retailer top 500 for 2010 and has been profiled or mentioned in Business Week, Wired Magazine, The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and more. As part of Geeknet, a publicly held company, ThinkGeek employees receive an excellent benefits package while enjoying the benefits of working in an exciting start-up environment in our Fairfax, Virginia office.

Responsibilities

We're looking for a prolific Perl coding wizard to join our crack team of code monkey ninjas. You'll sling Perl, SQL, and JQuery while getting to play with cool new ThinkGeek swag long before it appears on Engadget or Gizmodo.

Our software is developed in-house, so projects will run a wide gamut of business areas (accounting to warehouse management, and everything in between). Development will be on an existing suite of software, so the ability to adapt to and extend an existing architecture is a must. Responsibilities will include:

  • web/console/batch based application development
  • maintaining and configuring development servers
  • participation in requirements and specifications gathering processes
  • software quality assurance and internal documentation

The ideal candidate should have strong Linux skills and be able to work and learn new skills independently when necessary, but also work as part of a team.

Requirements

  • 5+ years professional programming experience with Perl 5
  • 4+ years professional experience working with databases (SQL), MySQL a plus
  • Extensive knowledge of Apache and familiarity with Apache module development
  • XML
  • HTML/XHTML
  • Javascript/AJAX
  • Ability to comprehend and implement complex business requirements in an exacting manner
  • Team-oriented personality
  • Ability to blow away all other ThinkGeek departments when brainstorming April Fool's Day ideas

Strongly Desired

  • Experience developing automated functional and performance testing suites
  • Solid Linux Knowledge (4+ years of experience with Linux or Unix systems)
  • Retail industry software development experience
  • Web Services development (servers/clients)
  • Nerf weaponry expertise

This posting is for a permanent, full time position in our Fairfax, Virginia office. Only local applicants or those willing to relocate at their own expense will be considered. Sorry, freelance or offsite requests will absolutely not be accepted.

Apply for the Perl/Web Developer position

Please submit your resume and salary requirements in PDF, HTML or plain text format. Geeknet is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation or any other unlawful basis.

ThinkGeek is a small, close-knit group of fun, weird, and enthusiastic people who run one of the most successful niche e-commerce sites on the Internets. As part of Geeknet, a publicly held company, ThinkGeek employees receive an excellent benefits package while enjoying the benefits of working in an exciting start-up environment in our Fairfax, Virginia office.