Code Platoon is seeking a mission-focused marketing professional eager to help grow our program. The Director of Digital Marketing will oversee, coordinate, and participate in the development of marketing strategies and projects for Code Platoon. This position will work closely with the Executive Director and Chief Operations and Development Officer on marketing strategies and tactical implementations of projects focused on recruiting students to Code Platoon and building awareness of the program.

Why You Want This Job:

• Code Platoon offers competitive salary and benefits with more purpose and connection to your work than a typical corporate marketing position
• You will have a large amount of influence over your daily activities and environment
• You will get to network with industry contacts within our sponsor companies
• You will get to help advance both the veteran community and the tech community

Qualifications We’d Like To See:

• Ideal candidates will have a deep desire to give back to the military and veteran community. 
• Strong strategic thinking, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience with Infusionsoft, Zapier, Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, and WordPress preferred
• Ability to be technical and tactical with various technologies
• Bachelors’ degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or advanced degree
• At least two years of experience in marketing.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Interviews and trains supervisory and management staff in the department:
  • Oversees the daily workflow of the marketing department.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Directs and implements the organization’s advertising and promotional activities.
  • Blog and other content writing, editing and posting
  • Website updates and redesigns as needed
• Analyzes target market information to identify and recommend effective marketing approaches.
• Identifies new market segments that will benefit from Code Platoon’s program.
• Prepares effective advertising campaigns based on market research.
  • Maintain and grow presence online through Google Ad grants, social media, and other SEO optimization
  • Update, maintain, and create a calendar to deploy drip email campaigns (currently in Infusionsoft) to prospective students
  • Consistently update Infusionsoft to ensure contacts are properly tagged and segmented
• Collaborates with senior executives to develop growth plans for the organization.
• Forecasts, drafts, implements, and oversees the departments operating budget and goals.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The position is located in Chicago, although remote options may be considered. Part-time or Full-time option available. 

About Code Platoon

Code Platoon is a non-profit coding bootcamp that prepares US military veterans and military spouses for careers in software development. Each full time training session is 14 weeks long, and we have 3 sessions each year. In 2020, we are running our first part-time program, which will feature the same curriculum over 35 weeks. Students participate in either program in-person through our Chicago classroom or remotely across the country and around the world. 

We are currently training our 11th cohort of students in Python, Javascript, and job readiness skills including resume writing and interview skills. After the classroom portion is complete, many of our students will be matched with a sponsor company for  a 3 to 6 month paid internship. We have graduated 85 veterans and military spouses to date, with an 80%+ job placement rate due to our small class sizes, industry volunteers, and excellent instruction. 

Code Platoon’s community includes other instructors, volunteers, staff, and active board members who will be there to support you

Code Platoon NFP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Next Steps

If you are interested in this position, please email jobs@codeplatoon.org.  Please include any relevant work experience, links to projects, a LinkedIn profile, or anything you think might help us know more about your background.

Job Description

Code Platoon is looking to add a part-time paid remote WordPress Technician to its growing team.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with WordPress themes, plugins, and extensions, knowledge of CSS and HTML, the ability to work with Javascript and PHP, and a passion for researching and applying test methodologies to ensure that production code and user experience are rock solid.

This is an exciting opportunity for those looking to contribute to a meaningful cause and make an impact with an energetic, startup non-profit.

Familiarity with the Kriesi Enfold theme, Jotform, Infusionsoft, Zapier and similar tools are a plus.

Because our mission is to serve veterans and their spouses, those demographics are preferred for this role!

Role & Responsibilities

• Design and implement manual and automated tests for WordPress responsive website
• Organize and compile test results into a periodic report communicating areas of strength and weakness as well as opportunities for improvement
• Manually implement approved change requests
• Correspond with third-party vendors to remove bottlenecks where required

Requirements

• Knowledge of WordPress
• Experience testing software
• Strong communication and self-accountability

Preferences

• Knowledge of CSS, HTML, Javascript, PHP
• Understanding of cross-browser test cases
• Knowledge of web development tools such as FireFox Firebug or Chrome Inspect
• Portfolio of prior web development work

Submission

Email us at Jobs@CodePlatoon.org about your interest in the position.

Please include your resume with a cover letter and, if available, links to prior work

Salary: $20-$25 an hour

Location: Remote

Hours: Part-time flexible

Code Platoon is looking for a Full-time Coding Instructor to help teach Python / Django and Javascript / React. 

Why You Want This Job

• Code Platoon offers competitive salary and benefits with more purpose and connection to your work than a typical corporate coding position
• You will have a large amount of influence over your daily activities and environment
• You will get to work with code and keep your own programming knowledge sharp
• You will get to network with industry contacts within our sponsor companies
• You will get to help advance both the veteran community and the tech community

Qualifications We’d Like To See

• Worked for at least a year as a professional software developer
• Either attended a coding bootcamp or have a computer science background
• Have deep comfort with Javascript/React.js or Python/Django
• Comfortable with test-driven development, SQL and git
• Have an interest, and ideally some background, in education or teaching

Responsibilities

As an instructor, your typical day will be divided between giving a lecture, helping students with projects, and grading student work. 

You will teach for some, but not all, of the business days during the 14 week program. Even though the students will often work 60 to 80 hours a week, your schedule will be normal business hours.

We are flexible about how much time you spend lecturing, how much time you spend leading a joint class exercise, and how much time you spend in a flipped classroom setting, where the students are working on projects and you are supervising and helping them get ‘unstuck.’ 

But in general, you can expect to spend some time teaching, some time overseeing students’ work (lots of debugging), and some time preparing curriculum. You’ll also make appearances for offsite events and graduations, which are always fun for the team.

In the gaps between cohorts (like semester breaks,) you’ll be helping prepare the classroom and select new applicants for acceptance into our program.

Next Steps

If you are interested in this position, please email Jonathan Young, Director of Education, at jon@codeplatoon.org.  Please include any relevant work experience, links to projects, a LinkedIn profile, or anything you think might help us know more about your background.

Lastly, if you know someone who would be a great fit for this position, we are offering a $2,000 referral bonus for a successful hire. Please connect your referrals to jon@codeplatoon.org so that we can track their progress.

About Code Platoon

Code Platoon is a non-profit coding bootcamp that prepares US military veterans and military spouses for careers in software development. Each training session is 14 weeks long, and we run 3 sessions a year.

We’ve had 10 cohorts graduate since 2016 with a strong 80%+ job placement rate due to our small class sizes, industry volunteers, and excellent instruction. After the classroom portion is complete, many of our students will be matched with a sponsor company, and will begin a 3 to 6 month paid internship.

Code Platoon’s community includes other instructors, volunteers, staff, and active board members who will be there to support you.