Join the Dovetail Team! If you're a media relations pro, and others tell you you're among the best in your field, then we want to hear from you. If you're looking for a job with rapid advancement potential based not on years of experience but on the quality of your work, check us out. And if want to work in a sane environment with a great team, look no further. Dovetail offers outstanding growth opportunities, competitive compensation, annual profit sharing for all employees, stock in our sister company, Smashwords, Inc., and casual dress everyday. Dovetail is conveniently located in beautiful Los Gatos, within one block of Starbucks, Peets Coffee, Jamba Juice, High Tech Burrito, Togos and Whole Foods Market. Dovetail's Mission Statement For employees, Dovetail offers a fast-paced work environment where honesty, personal respect, teamwork and professional growth are our guiding principles. For clients, Dovetail is a top flight agency that delivers exceptional strategic guidance and results on a consistent basis. For the media, Dovetail is a valued partner known for great stories, great ideas and rapid responsiveness. Account Executive (One open position) Candidates should have current working relationships with high tech media and industry analysts. Excellent writing skills are required, while direct media relations experience with technology clients a plus. Responsibilities include media and analyst relations, writing (press releases, pitches, plans), strategy, editorial calendaring, list generation and client management. Most of your time will be spent on the phone, working with clients and reporters. A degree in marketing, public relations, business, journalism or English is required, as is at least one year of current tech agency experience. We offer outstanding growth opportunities as well as competitive salaries and benefits. Interested to join the Dovetail team? Follow the application instructions at the bottom of this page. Account Manager (One open position) At Dovetail, all account team members - from entry level associates to the president - are actively involved in media relations. Account manager candidates should have strong working relationships with high tech media and industry analysts, outstanding writing ability, excellent team leadership skills, excellent strategic planning skills, strong creativity and extensive client management experience at another high tech PR agency. Direct media relations experience with security, storage, telecom, network infrastructure, consumer software or clean tech a plus. Responsibilities include client management, message development, press release writing, team leadership, team mentoring, new product publicity, trend story publicity, analyst relations and product reviews management. You will work side by side with your team on projects and will report to the president. The majority of your outbound media contact will be with high tech trade publications, analysts and top tier business publications. A degree in marketing, public relations, business, or journalism is required, as is 4+ years of directly applicable agency experience. We offer outstanding growth opportunities as well as competitive salaries and benefits plus profit sharing and stock in our sister startup, Smashwords, Inc. To apply now, scroll to the instructions at the bottom of this page. Account Coordinator (No open positions) These are entry-level positions, providing the right candidates an opportunity to launch a fulfilling and lucrative career in high tech public relations by working at one of Silicon Valley's premier boutique agencies. At Dovetail you'll be given immediate responsibility and it will be up to you to prove yourself based on your passion, analytic thinking, creativity and execution ability. We'll give you training and direction, but your ultimate success will be determined by how hungry you are to learn and grow. Qualities of the ideal candidate: Self starter Great writer Strong and articulate verbal communications ability High self-esteem and confidence, but not arrogant Passionate about tech Computer and Internet savvy Not afraid to take chances and fall on your face (and learn from the experience) A curious and inquisitive personality - you're not afraid to ask questions, you want to peel away the layers of the onion You're eager to prove yourself and earn greater responsibility within the agency You're honest to a fault Prior agency internship experience is a plus but not required A four year degree in marketing, public relations, business, or journalism is required. Curious to learn what an average "day-in-the-life" of a Dovetail account coorindator is like? You'll be assigned anywhere from one to three accounts to work on, and you'll work side by side with agency account managers, our vice president, our president and our office manager. Although every Dovetail client has unique activities, most client programs are composed of multiple ongoing program elements, which you will track and execute. Some of these elements may include: Editorial calendaring - you'll create, track and manage an editorial calendar spreadsheet that consolidates known planned story features of interest to our clients. Your consolidated calendar will be created by researching the individual editorial calendars for our target publications. To learn what a magazine's editorial calendar looks like, here's a sample of PC Magazine's editorial calendar, click here.You'll continually update your editorial calendar to track fast-changing editorial opportunities. Once your calendar is complete, you'll track the opportunities and pitch our clients' products, people, and customers for inclusion in the feature. Our unique process for editorial calendaring, which we'll teach you, is actually much more involved, but this gives you an idea. Press announcement publicity - our clients make frequent announcements, usually in the form of a press release. We'll teach you how to promote these announcements to the appropriate media. To be successful, you must learn to articulate complex topics in simple language and how to build positive, mutually beneficial relationships with reporters. You will need to learn how to think like a reporter so you can pitch stories in a way that compells them to want to interview your client and cover the story. You'll need to be meticulously organized with a great memory and an attention to detail. Again, the process we teach you for press announcement publicity is much more complex that this simple summary. Press release writing - We don't expect you to be an expert press release writer on day one, but we do expect you learn quickly, and the better you are, the more writing responsibility we've give you and the faster you'll be promoted. Client communication - you'll work with clients daily via phone conversations and email as you line up interview opportunities, provide progress reports, or participate in planning calls. Activity logging - At Dovetail, our time is billed to clients by the hour. You must maintain well organized, accurate and complete logs of your daily client work, updated throughout the day as you work. There's obviously much more to the position. In short, you'll spend most of your time on the phone and on email, pitching stories, managing story opportunities, communicating with your client, and working as an integral member of the Dovetail team. In your spare time, you'll devour industry trade publications such as eWeek, Computerworld, PC Magazine and relevant blogs so that you can quickly become expert in your field and stay on top of trends that will help you better serve your clients. For some additional background on high tech PR, read this article written by Mark, our president. Interested to join the Dovetail team? Follow the application instructions at the bottom of this page. Application Instructions: Dovetail will handle all applications in the strictest confidence. Preference will be shown to candidates who follow the instructions below: study our clients and our web site prior to contacting Mark below state why you think you're a good fit for Dovetail paste your resume into the body of your email (no file attachments please!!!) include your salary expectations and your salary history (bonus points) include hyperlinks to recent story placements and press releases (quadruple bonus points) include references to working journalists who can talk about why they enjoy working with you. To apply, please email your information to Mark Coker. Or, send your info via snail mail, along with writing samples, to: Mark Coker and Corey Oiesen Dovetail Public Relations 15951 Los Gatos Blvd., Ste 16-W Los Gatos, CA 95032