Buyer

You're at Woot, so you probably think you know a deal when you see one. But we're not looking for any old discount-chaser here. We need a true bargain wrangler, somebody who won't be satisfied until they've sniffed out the cheapest needle in a warehouse full of haystacks. We need somebody who can buy the shoes off of a horse and make the horse think he's the one getting a good deal. Most of all, we need a fearless, intrepid explorer, who'd always rather be moving than standing still.

In this job, you'll learn: exactly where LeakFrogs come from.
Intangible benefits: first shot at the LeakFrogs, for your personal stash.
Potential hazards: watching your painstakingly crafted deal get ruthlessly mocked in public by our writers.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: Acquisitor, who uses the power of the mind to manipulate reluctant sellers.
Degrees of separation from CEO: 3, unless you make a really awesome deal.
Worst part of the job: realizing the XV-208531 video card you just bought is inferior to the XV-208531-A video card you could've bought.
It'll go better if: you know where to find new iPods for, like, two bucks apiece.
Make sure you bring: your own bottle. In this job, you'll need it. Uh, bottle of water, we mean. Yeah, water. It's thirsty work.

Job Responsibilities:

• New vendor introduction to our business
• Deal research / analysis
• Deal negotiation / closing
• Account maintenance / Relationship building
• Internal sales -selling product/story/energy/ideas to our sales and product management teams
• Inventory management - monitoring for problem items in stock, creating awareness and discount programs to address

Prerequisites:

• Creative persistence
• Knowledge of where you’re not going
• Convergent thinking
• No fear of asking dumb questions
• Dot-connecting abilities (written test may be required)
• Ability to work with people who might not be able to return the favor some day
• Possess solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Ability to learn technical information quickly
• Great Internet navigation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented with organizational skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ever-changing very demanding environment

No-Nos:

• Mediocrity
• Any level of comfort in stagnant cultures
• Stubbornness
• Fast talkers/slow typists (one or the other might be ok, but not both, unless able to actually do both at the same time)

Even though we’re all about equal opportunity, xenophobes need not apply.

Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) – NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION.

Web Designer/Developer (St. Louis)

Against all reason, we're hoping to cram one more person into our St. Louis-based creative & development office. Right now, a lot of Americans are talking about whether experience matters. For this job, it's the ONLY thing that matters. We're not looking for a diploma, we're looking for a designer. We're looking for somebody who can show us that they've done the work and can do it again. Whether you did it for pay, for a grade, or just for fun is of no interest to us. So don't bother lying on your resume about your degrees. Your portfolio will tell us all we need to know. And XHTML never lies.

In this job, you'll learn: that great web pages aren't born. They're made. Then tweaked, modified, revised, and finally re-made all over again from scratch.
Intangible benefits: a commute that isn't affected by the I-64 shutdown, unless you live in West County.
Potential hazards: sprained wrists from the Creative Department's daily arm-wrestling bouts.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: Bezier Lass or Lad, trusty sidekick to the Creative Director.
Degrees of separation from CEO: two degrees and about 800 miles.
Worst part of the job: the inside jokes. Four of us went to high school together.
It'll go better if: you love the much-misunderstood St. Louis-style pizza and hate the Chicago Cubs. You are one of us, aren't you?
Just kidding about: that last part. The job is open to applicants of all races, faiths, nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, team affinities, and pizza preferences. No jerks, though.
Make sure you bring: the occasional twelve-pack of Coke Zero. That fridge doesn't stock itself, you know.

Responsibilities:

• Working with Creative Director to create and modify web and print graphics, in a variety of platforms, contexts, and formats, and consistent with the established Woot brand.
• Using CSS and XHTML to create web pages.
• Analyzing the pros and cons of potential changes, especially with regard to aesthetics and usability.
• Dealing with crazy bosses who are constantly flinging new tasks at you before you're finished with the last ones.
• Protecting the secret of the Lost Woot Gold of Las Bromas Canyon, with your life if necessary.

Qualifications:

• Like we said, we don't much care about your formal schooling or lack thereof, but you MUST show an online portfolio displaying:
  • CSS in an organized format with well-thought-out and consistent naming conventions;
  • XHTML that is semantic, accessible, and structural rather than display-centric, without using tables (except for tabular data) or deprecated tags, and consistent throughout multiple pages and sites;
  • Aesthetically pleasing and intuitively usable layout and design; and
  • Nothing that hurts our eyes, gets on our nerves, or makes us wonder what you were thinking.
• Demonstrated experience in Photoshop design, including creating functional web page mockups, ability to work within an existing look-and-feel, and the ability to expand to new projects.
• Photo retouching experience, especially as relates to product photographs.
• Secondary skills include designing with vector graphics as in Illustrator, and familiarity with aspects of printing such as Pantone colors and resolution/dpi.
• Familiarity with the Visual Studio environment, .NET code, SourceSafe, basic JavaScript, and digital camera photography a plus.
• Ability to read a clock, dress and bathe yourself, and express your thoughts and ideas without personal insults or physical violence.

Local candidates only please (St. Louis, Missouri) – NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION.

Programmer - St. Louis

Do you wish you could live all the time in the clean, logical .NET environment instead of the messy, chaotic real world? Would you rather develop web apps than play with your children? Well, that sounds pretty unhealthy to us. We're not looking for total obsessive weirdos - just programmers hungry for the challenge of developing for a site that sells over seventeen units a day!

In this job, you’ll learn: the joys of typing SQL with a fist full of gooey butter cake!
Intangible benefits: The happy laughter of co-workers every morning when you walk into work!
Potential hazards: Spending the first half hour trying to figure out what they did to your desk before you arrived.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: in a costume with a lot of pockets. And you might be the one who drives.
Degrees of separation from CEO: Once a week he’ll wander in and say “How are the kids, Barry?” and then whistle as he walks away. You’ll get used to it.
Worst part of the job: He’ll be whistling “It’s A Small World”.
It’ll go better if: you actually know how to program.
Make sure you bring: the gooey butter cake we mentioned up there. We don’t provide it on site.

Qualifications:

• Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience.
• 1-3 years experience in web/windows application development.
• 2+ years developing Web Applications in the .NET environment using ASP.NET, C#, and Web Services.
• Strong database design and SQL skills using SQL Server.
• Knowledge of client side Web technologies including HTML.
• Participation in full development life cycle of product/application development.

Requirements:

• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be a team player with good people skills.
• Ability to interface with all levels within the organization.
• Proficient with MS Office products.

Salary: Based on experience

Local candidates only please (St. Louis, Missouri) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION

General Warehouse Staff

Believe it or not, all those Woot orders don't pack and ship themselves. Until we find a colony of elves who want the job, we need human warehouse staff to get woots to wooters. That's where you might come in. In your dreams you run barefoot through a field of 32 megabyte memory cards. You look out over the city and wonder about the story of each and every Mustek camera. You stay in shape by lifting refurbished vacuums and tape a picture of an MP3 player to the inside of your locker. You’ve got what it takes.

In this job, you’ll learn: the lyrics to the Woota Loota song. Don’t worry, we won’t make you sing it all the time. Just when the tour groups come through.
Intangible benefits: Sometimes you’ll get to spend all day testing one of those little remote control helicopters while the copywriters sit at their desks steeped in jealousy. Or so we’ve heard.
Potential hazards: Warehouse sharks. No, really, it’s a big industry secret. I shouldn’t even be telling you this much.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: the best friend with the signal watch. But hey, they always get powers eventually. Be patient, you gotta work your way up!
Degrees of separation from CEO: Who do you think hears the signal watch?
Worst part of the job: Once a year you have to stick your hand in that tree stump from Flash Gordon and try not to get stung by the scorpion beast. Strangely, this breaks no current OSHA regulations.
It’ll go better if: you marry into money.
Make sure you bring: your lucky abdominal belt.

Reporting to the warehouse manager, you will be responsible for:

• Pulling and staging orders in appropriate locations
• Loading and unloading trucks
• Maintaining inventory accuracy
• Maintaining neat, safe and organized working environment
• Performing other responsibilities as assigned

Requirements:

• Must live in Dallas area
• Pass background checks and drug screening
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to pass a basic math skills assessment test
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions with minimal supervision
• Ability to physically lift 75 pounds
• Forklift certified or have ability to become certified within three months
• Experience in working in adverse conditions (i.e. office, warehouse, temperatures)

Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION

Wholesale Sales Representative (aka: Inside Sales Rep)

If you're an experienced, results-crazy Sales Person in the Dallas area, we may have a position ready for you to fill immediately. Basically, we're looking for a few good sales people with drive, charisma, and ability to aid us on our march toward total global supremacy. Mwah-ha-ha-ha! Should you be deemed worthy, you'll report to our Woot Wholesale Sales Manager (who's not such a bad guy, despite what people say). Great benefits, bountiful earning potential, and a frankly awesome work environment - in other words, it beats setting pins at the bowling alley. You who dare, step forward!

In this job, you’ll learn: the dirty lyrics to “Camptown Races”. Then you’ll be asked to never repeat them again because of our harassment policy. No one should ever feel uncomfortable in their work environment.
Intangible benefits: That’s an anagram for “Elfin Tennis, A Big Bet”! Which is our way of avoiding the question.
Potential hazards: Every time you want a Pepsi you have to solve a fiendish riddle that has tasked mankind since the very dawn of sentience. But there is a water fountain by the restrooms.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: a representative of a galactic force of great power, wielding a ring so powerful that reality itself shifts before your every desire… and you’d be in charge of the cold calls.
Degrees of separation from CEO: Three, unless you get to know Barry in programming.
Worst part of the job: “Me? Oh, I work for woot.com. Woot. W-O-O-T. No, T like Tango. Here, let me just write it on a bar napkin.”
It’ll go better if: you play elfin tennis Dragonlance style, not Lord of the Rings style. Some of the guys in the league are picky about that. You’ve got your own racket, right?
Make sure you bring: a change of shirt to the interview. The first three rows usually get wet.

Initial Responsibilities:

• Depending on experience, this position will likely train as an assistant to the sales manager, handling departmental communication, process development, and various member interaction and order entry activities
• Answering incoming wholesale customer calls
• Conducting online research for new product opportunities for market pricing, key competitive features, brand recognition and general market penetration
• Providing feedback to sales and purchasing staff of product opportunities based on personal feel and market research
• Making outbound sales calls to both existing and prospect retail accounts (including cold calling)
• Communicating and negotiating various opportunities with retail decision makers

Qualifications:

• Energized by fast pace work environment, pushes sense of urgency
• Able to multitask and stay focused in distractive situations
• Can self-start and maintain a positive, upbeat attitude
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Strong written and oral communications (email/phone)
• Serenity to accept the things you cannot change, courage to change the things you can, and wisdom to know the difference
• Generally be a reliable, amiable sort who doesn't show up drunk or steal stuff

Requirements:

• Internet savvy individual aware of various online tools and how to use them
• General knowledge of computer hardware, consumer electronics, house wares
• General knowledge of ecommerce and brick and mortar retail operations and corporate business models
• Solid experience with Excel, Word, Outlook, and general accounting software
• Minimum AA degree, BA/BS preferred
• Experience with wholesale distribution, manufacturer or VAR sales preferred

Salary: Based on experience

Commission structure available after 90 days, no cap on commission.

Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION