Rebtel Is Hiring August 30th, 2010  

Are you one those people that have always dreamt about working at a cool, agile startup in a great team dedicated to creating the best products and services in voice communications man has ever seen?

Have you fantasized about working at a young technology company with an informal, friendly corporate culture that won’t settle for anything less than being at the very frontier of voice communications? Well, now is your chance, because Rebtel is hiring!

We’re currently looking for a number of talented individuals specialized in areas ranging from marketing, UI design to testing. Even though we’re based in Stockholm Sweden, we’re looking for people from all corners of the world. As long as you speak good english and can see yourself moving to the wonderful capital of Scandinavia and feel like you fit the bill on any of the descriptions found below, don’t hesitate sending us your CV so we can have a chat.

Did I mention that we offer competitive salary levels, various super great perks and a ping pong table?

Developers

To be able to help us out you need to be able to balance the need of creativity with structure and the need speed with quality. To fit, we think you need to have deep experience in .Net, enterprise-level system architecture, SQL Server, SOA, performance tuning and client/server optimizations. Furthermore, you need to know C#, Web Services, Html, JavaScript, MVC, jQuery, WCF, Ajax and ASP.Net. It is also a bonus if you are familiar with the following techniques; Flex/Flash, Silverlight, web for devices (mobiles), EPI or other content management systems. You either have an academic degree or are self taught. Either way, you have at least a few years of experience for software development. Read more..

Online Marketing Manager

Project Management – Develop and execute marketing projects and strategies for lead generation in primarily digital target group media intended to create new users in our key calling corridors. Requires digital marketing knowledge, project managing and digital media planning skills and being able to handle complex campaigns and projects. Paid traffic Management – Manage the lead generation budget and the team that works with online advertising programs like PPC, Affiliates, SEO & Direct deals/Partnerships. Evaluate new traffic sources while meeting the cost per acquisition targets and driving improvements to make the sources and campaigns sustainable. Read more..

Application UI Designer

You’ll be an important part of our new application team, responsible for creating a user experience and user value that makes Rebtel the first choice for application based international calling. As Application UI designer you’ll have one foot in our Product management team and the other foot in the Application developer team. You’ll be the main responsible for the user interfaces and user experience of all mobile and desktop applications developed by Rebtel. You’ll drive the process of UI design, applying user tests as a part of the design process, specify the user flows and screens, and create graphical design based on our graphical profile. Read more..

Marketing Analyst

Data Analysis – Develop and perform analyses leveraging internal data sources, competitive intelligence, and industry information to be used by management, marketing and PR in external communication or in internal decision-making.

Marketing Optimization – Assist Paid Traffic Manager in developing and optimizing Search Engine Marketing campaigns and reports based on metrics analysis.

This role involves:
Provide data, reports and conclusions from internal or external sources on our target groups and their behavior for marketing to be used in PR, market communication and lead generation.

Provide ad hoc & ongoing decision support to Management by engaging in data analysis and research.
Analyze and optimize online marketing programs to achieve increase in high-quality leads.

Create automated reports for measurement of web traffic and web analysis to be used by marketing in lead generation.
Assist Paid Traffic Manager in running and optimizing paid search campaigns by Keyword Research, Copy Optimization, Content Network.

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Junior Web Designer

As a leading online brand Rebtel requires constant development and optimization of our web presence. To be able to grow lead generation programs we continually need new online graphical materials and web pages developed.

This role involves:
Responsible for the development of all marketing web assets, email assets, landing pages & third party marketing creative assets.
Design and develop marketing material that is consistent with Rebtel’s brand positioning.
Design assets that meet marketing objectives, incorporating innovative solutions and known best practices.

More specific:
Design in Photoshop
Implementation from Photoshop to XHTML/CSS
Publishing via EpiServer or FTP
Production of ad vehicles for paid traffic
Storyboard with messaging for ads and banners
Graphical design of ads and banners
Animation of banners in Flash
Design and build email campaigns that drive traffic and conversion
General graphical design for marketing material in all channels

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Applications Developer

As an Application Developer at Rebtel you will get the opportunity extend the Rebtel functionality to the new client environments available on e.g. smart phones. You will also be part of building new innovative client solutions to serve a growing and fast moving user base. You will also actively take part in making sure that our current applications meet Rebtel quality standards. Read more..

Core and Application Tester

We are looking for a driven tester that can help us sustain the quality that has made Rebtel successful. Working with test at Rebtel means that you are part of a very experienced and dedicated R&D team. Our customers are dear to us and as a tester working at Rebtel you need to make sure that we continue deliver the high quality that has made us loved by our customers. The challenge you will face is to do that in a high paced, constantly changing, low margin environment. However, you will not be alone. Your Rebtel colleagues care and will support you in your strive to deliver. Read more..

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Rebtel Deemed Fifth Most Successful Swedish Startup August 27th, 2010  

Rebtel sveriges 5:e framgångsrikaste företag på E101

Rebtel sveriges 5:e framgångsrikaste företag på E101

A few days a go we got the news that we snatched the number 5 spot on Emerging 101’s table chart that list Sweden’s most successful technology startups. We’re very humbled by this achievement and are motivated to commence the work to hopefully become number one.

If you happen to read Swedish, be sure to head over to Emerging 101 to read the announcement on their blog.

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Rebtel Dropping Rates To Pakistan August 12th, 2010  

Our thoughts go out to all who have suffered in the recent catastrophe in Pakistan. In the light of current events, we are happy to be able to immediately lower our rates to Pakistan to 0.085 USD/min both to fixed lines and mobiles. That’s 22% off the current rate.

We continuously work to offer you the best quality calls at the lowest possible rates. On top of these lower rates to Pakistan, you can earn credit by sharing Rebtel. You get $10 USD for every new friend that pays for a call. Help us lower our rates even more by using our Tell Friends tool or simply send your Profile Page to your friend and ask them to sign up from there. You can easily edit your page from the Settings menu in your account.

Reports state that the floods have claimed over 1,100 lives thus far and have left an estimated 27,000 Pakistanis stranded. According to the British Red Cross, over 2 million people are affected by this natural disaster.

If you want to contribute with life saving aid to the people of Pakistan, go to the British Red Cross and make your donation to support the relief effort.

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