More Help Wanted

The good news is that people seem to be willing to sign up for our Ambassador program. The better news is that after they sign up they seem to be willing to submit reports about their word of mouth encounters. The even better news is that we’ll need to hire another contractor to handle the volume of reports coming in. We’re looking for someone to work for us starting in September. Roughly 20 hours/week. Here’s the job description.

Ambassador Engagement Specialist

Position Description:
Nokia leads the worldwide smartphone market. Strong smartphone market growth and evolving competition calls for deeper collaboration with existing and potential Nokia smartphone consumers.

Almost all Nokia smartphone owners belong to the “involved” category of Nokia Global Segmentation. Involved consumers strongly influence their friend’s, family’s, and colleague’s purchase behavior. Our target is to increase their awareness of and preference for Nokia devices, applications, and services. We will engage this segment through online services (S60.com, blogs.s60.com) and physical events (“Evening with S60”). Each touch point will provide early access to interesting new, evolving mobile technologies and news, the opportunity to give feedback to Nokia other S60 licensees, engage them to share know-how, opinions and experiences and provide a “career” as S60 enthusiasts from “interested member” to “S60 Ambassador”.

The person we are seeking will communicate directly with S60 Ambassadors during S60 Ambassador Campaigns. Through frequent e-mail and web-based correspondence, the candidate will engage up to 1000 Ambassadors on a one-to-one basis. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic, passionate, and able to communicate and connect with large numbers of people on a consistent basis.

The activities and deliverables will include:

• Frequent e-mail correspondence with Ambassadors
• Occasional “broadcast” messages for Ambassadors
• Contribution to strategic messages for new Ambassador recruitment

Send your resumes and cover letters to daniel dot shugrue (at) nokiadotcom

The bad news? Well, there really isn’t any bad news to report. Unless you count the fact that my WAG has been cutting out mid-song, which kind of pisses me off. But that’s another story altogether….