About Slickdeals:
On a mission to bring the joy of discovering a great deal to shoppers, Slickdeals thrives on the active participation of its 12-million-strong community. Users share, upvote, and uncover the best prices on popular products from trustworthy brands.
With a robust track record of 25 years in business, marked by profitability and a thriving community that has saved more than $10 billion, Slickdeals is currently undergoing a transformation. As we evolve into a daily shopping destination for millions more, joining Slickdeals presents an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurially-minded builders to create an innovative deal discovery platform.
The Purpose:
This is a contract position with TCW in partnership with Slickdeals. The primary mission is to help shoppers win everywhere. We are looking for a Deal Hunter with expertise in consumer electronics, health and beauty, groceries, home, apparel, and other categories. The Deal Hunter must be willing to help people save money, love finding great deals, and help consumers make smart buying decisions.
What You'll Do:
- Identify and find amazing deals
- Collaborate with partners to find and post deals
- Analyze the current and historical performance of deals through data and using insights to make smart decisions
- Collaborate with different departments (including Business Development and Publishing/Coupons teams to evolve our content across all devices)
- Identify and provide feedback on deals from spreadsheets sent by partners
What We're Looking For:
- Must be computer literate and possess the acumen to quickly learn the company’s system as it relates to Deal Hunting
- Extremely reliable and responsive
- Ability to write high-quality content
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to keep up in a fast-paced environment
- Have necessary equipment to perform duties such as desktop, laptop, tablet & high reliable internet connection, or ability to acquire prior to start date
- Must have basic Excel spreadsheet knowledge
- Relevant experience (can be professional or personal) that makes you a shopping expert in one or more categories
- Quick learner; pays close attention to details
- Has an interest in data analytics
- Team player who shows passion for their work
- 100% passionate about deals
- Ability to work an atypical schedule that could involve weekends and/or evenings on a permanent basis. This is not a standard 9-5 role
- 2pm - 10:30pm PST Sunday to Thursday
- 2pm - 10:30pm PST Tuesday to Saturday
Work Authorization
Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
TCW & Slickdeals are Equal Opportunity Employers; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected status. Slickdeals will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the "Ban the Box" legislation. We may access publicly available information as part of your application.
TCW in partnership with Slickdeals participates in E-Verify. For more information, please refer to E-Verify Participation and Right to Work.
TCW in partnership with Slickdeals does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies and is not responsible for related fees.
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