Fish Explorer is a member-driven resource for Colorado lakes, designed to make it easy for you to find lakes, fish species, maps, and fishing tips and reports. Help us maintain current water temps, water levels, and other elements by submitting lake updates.
If you love to fish, enjoy working hard towards a common goal with a fun loving team, and you have the skills to push FishExplorer.com to new levels of quality and ingenuity, you may very well just fit in. See descriptions below for positions we have currently listed, and feel free to submit your resume to us and thoughts about any other way you might fit into the grand scheme of the company.
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Operations Director
This position involves a diverse skill set and experience working with people, most importantly the ability to communicate via phone and email effectively. We are looking for a self-driven, highly motivated, professional, and tireless individual to help build a network of writers, editors, and volunteers. Experience in the fishing industry is a plus, and exceptional communication skills an absolute.
Desirable Traits:
Exemplary communication abilities
Excellent organization capabilities
General computer, internet, and phone skills
Knowledge of and experience in the professional fishing industry and market
Knowledge of general fishing information and management of fishing areas
Experience and knowledge of, of course, FishExplorer.com
In your resume and letter, please address the above elements in detail, and provide examples where applicable.
Responsibilities:
Research and planning in various regions
Daily phone calls and emails
Establishing contacts and filling positions in various regions
Following up with contacts and finalizing details of involvement
Setting up contacts for integration with our admin system
Weekly reports and plans
Contractor must be available to work in Fort Collins on a frequent basis. This contracted position is a paid at an entry level.
Fish Explorer is looking for experienced salespeople with the drive to research and pursue promotional opportunities on FishExplorer.com. This position will focus mostly on geo-targeted, location-specific advertising, potentially leading into wider-spread global branding opportunities. The most important skills for this position are the ability to make phone calls, generate strategic campaigns, following up on necessary tasks, and being a pleasant and effective communicator. It is also beneficial to be creative and capable of melding existing opportunities with the needs of clients to create advertising campaigns that are ultimately beneficial to the client and Fish Explorer.
Desirable Traits:
Excellent communication skills
Excellent organization skills
General computer, internet, and phone skills
Sales experience
Knowledge of internet advertising, the market and trends
Knowledge of web graphics
Knowledge of internet advertising creative standards and specifications
Excellent writing skills
Responsibilities:
Daily cold calls, face-to-face meetings, follow-up phone calls, and email communication
Sales strategy planning on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis
Maintaining existing accounts and developing new accounts
Following up on new leads and referrals
Receivables management
Weekly sales meetings
Preparing proposals and sales contracts
Preparing and communicating campaign performance reports
Promoting new service opportunities to new and existing clients
Maintaining individual sales forecasts and performance reports
Maintaining intimate knowledge of internet advertising trends, standards, and practices
Providing assistance and guidance to new reps
Providing a positive and professional company image to clients and general public
In your resume and letter, please address the above elements in detail, and provide examples where applicable.
Position is paid on a commission basis in accordance with experience. Representative may reside anywhere, but must be able to participate in infrequent meetings in Denver or Fort Collins, Colorado.
Skippers are the main lake and river editors for conditions reports. Each skipper will generally be assigned to one lake or river of their choice. They are responsible primarily for reviewing and editing member-submitted reports, and also secondarily providing first-hand frequent reports on the waters to which they’re assigned. Knowledge of the water bodies and current conditions on a year-round basis is a must. Our network of skippers is integral to the quality control of FishExplorer.com reports. Skippers are featured on the FishExplorer.com website administrator listings, on the property details page of the website, and designated with a symbol on all forum posts. Skippers receive discount on FxR+ subscriptions, discounts on FxR merchandise and occasional perks.
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News Editors
News editors are responsible for finding current news articles in relation to fishing in the state, contacting writers and editors to pursue rights to republish articles, and submitting full or partial news articles to our admin system giving appropriate credit. Understanding of online news resources, general computer and internet usage, and RSS feeds is a must. It is also beneficial to have an understanding of copyright implications and usage rights. News Editors receive discounted FxR+ subscriptions, discounts on FxR merchandise, occasional perks, and are featured in FishExplorer.com administrator listings.
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Calendar Editors
Calendar editors are responsible for finding current events in relation to fishing in the state, contacting fishing clubs and organizations to submit not-for-profit events to our system, and submitting events to our admin system. Understanding of online news resources, general computer and internet usage, and news feeds is a must. Calendar Editors receive FxR+ subscription discounts, discounts on FxR merchandise, occasional perks, and are featured in FishExplorer.com administrator listings.
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Lake and River Editors
If you have a knack for doing research, are enthused about and capable of editing, and want to help build the FishExplorer.com database with high-quality information, apply within to be a Lake/River Editor. Applicants must have writing and editing experience, or demonstrate the ability to do so at a high level. Fact-checking, information gathering, phone and email communication, writing skills, and general knowledge of computers and internet are required. Lake/River Editors receive FxR+ subscription discounts, discounts on FxR merchandise, occasional perks, and are featured in FishExplorer.com administrator listings.
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Writers
If you are an angler, professional or not, have both stories to tell and have a knack for the written language, submit your ideas to us. Our Field Editors, Bloggers, and guest Authors are not directly paid for published submissions. If you would like your work published on FishExplorer.com, having the passion and ability is most important. Becoming published on FishExplorer.com will put your work in front of 15,000 - 50,000 readers. In addition to the exposure, authors may also be rewarded with FxR+ discounts and/or Fish Explorer merchandise on a case-by-case basis.
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