Is there a place where online poker sites post their jobs?

Suited Rockets

I am looking to become a marketer for an online poker site. I'd like a change (currently I'm the head marketer for an IT consulting firm), like to get in on this emerging industry, and I have marketing ideas for online poker sites that I've yet to see any implement. However, I have yet to find an online job site that lists jobs with online poker sites. And the vast majority of online poker sites don't even have an employment page. What I hoping is that someone here might know of such a job site and/or a forum that caters to the online gambling industry.

Unfortunately, I have been told that jobs with online poker sites tend to go to friends and family. This being a mark of an emerging industry and thus is kind of good as far as I'm concerned since I want to get involved in an emerging industry. The downside of this is that it makes it that much harder to get a foot in the door.

What I have done is send my resume unsolicited to a number of online poker sites and asking if they have a marketing job opening. The result of this effort has been one poker site being interested. Last week, I had the first telelphone interview with them and am waiting for a conference calls with both partners. However, there is no guarantee I'll land the job so I would want to continue looking and contacting to generate more job leads.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

garthv

Yeh try www.nixers.ie or www.monster.ie

Ollieboy

Did you try the PP website?

Remember, there's only 2 big companies in Ireland, PP and Boyles, most of the marketing comes from the UK and I think PP are the only one with a decent budget for marketing.

Suited Rockets

Ollieboy wrote:

Did you try the PP website?

If by "PP" you mean Party Poker, yes, I did. No reply back yet.

Lafortezza

Would you really be happy living and working in Gibralter, Malta or the Caribbean?? I mean really???

crashbang

I got my job in poker industry through this recruitment agency who specialise the gambling industry www.pentasia.com

Good luck !

Suited Rockets

lafortezza wrote:

Would you really be happy living and working in Gibralter, Malta or the Caribbean?? I mean really???

Oh, I could force myself ... with, of course, great effort ... to live in Jamaica or Antigua. It would to be a huge sacrifice, but I would endure the beautiful beaches, sailing, and so forth to be part of this emerging industry.

Suited Rockets

crashbang wrote:

I got my job in poker industry through this recruitment agency who specialise the gambling industry www.pentasia.com

Good luck !

Thanks for the link! I have just registered with them.

Dub13

I have been to Jamaica,believe me you do not want to live/work/visit there.

Ollieboy

Suited Rockets wrote:

If by "PP" you mean Party Poker, yes, I did. No reply back yet.

If your going to work in marketing in the poker industry, your going to need to learn the slang, PP is Paddy Power, why would you apply for a job in Party Poker, they target the UK and USA market, they've no need for employees in Ireland. Seems like a waste of time to me.

Anyway, lets us know how you get on........

I know PP are always looking for staff, more more in the support side than marketing.

gl

RoundTower

Well PP is also Party Poker and PPP is Paddy Power Poker, no? And I'm sure PP would be delighted to have new customers in Ireland, although I don't know if they do much marketing here.

Suited Rockets

Dub13 wrote:

I have been to Jamaica,believe me you do not want to live/work/visit there.

The online casino that I have already done a phone interview with is located in Jamaica.

I know it isn't an ideal country but I'm willing to go where there's a job offer. And I have no desire to go slumminng in Trench Town at night alone.

Thanks for warning me though. If you have advice on how to make the best of it in Jamaica, I would appreciate that.

Suited Rockets

Ollieboy wrote:

If your going to work in marketing in the poker industry, your going to need to learn the slang, PP is Paddy Power, why would you apply for a job in Party Poker, they target the UK and USA market, they've no need for employees in Ireland. Seems like a waste of time to me.

Anyway, lets us know how you get on........

I know PP are always looking for staff, more more in the support side than marketing.

gl

Here in the States, when you say PP and mean online poker, you mean Party Poker. If you say PPP, you mean Paddy Power Poker. And I did fire off my resume to PPP. No reply back yet.

And I'll keep this thread posted. When I land the desired job, I'll let you know.

Davey Devil

http://www.paddypowerplc.com/curvacancies_dyn.html

Suited Rockets

Davey Devil wrote:

http://www.paddypowerplc.com/curvacancies_dyn.html

Thanks for the link. I've fired off my resume for the open position of Paddy Power Poker Online Marketing Executive. Wish me luck!

Ollieboy

you live in the states? I would imagine its even harder to get a job there for a poker company.

Good Luck

Suited Rockets

Ollieboy wrote:

you live in the states? I would imagine its even harder to get a job there for a poker company.

Yes, it means I absolutely have to relocate out of the country to wherever the poker company's headquarters is located. However, I'm willing to do so. I think online poker is still an emerging industry and I have many marketing ideas for it that I've yet to hear any online poker site implementing. I also believe it is still evolving and I have a few ideas on how it will evolve and will hopefully get hired by a receptive company that will allow me to test those concepts.

Good Luck

Thanks! I will need it.

RoundTower

One innovatve marketing idea I had that maybe you could apply if you got the PPP job is a "shop" where frequent players can redeem the action points they get based on the amount of rake they pay. I'm sure you can think of things people would like to buy.

Suited Rockets

RoundTower wrote:

One innovatve marketing idea I had that maybe you could apply if you got the PPP job is a "shop" where frequent players can redeem the action points they get based on the amount of rake they pay. I'm sure you can think of things people would like to buy.

Sort of like what they used to do in video game arcades? You get so many tickets from playing the games and then can turn them in for candy, toys, and what's in the "mystery box". *laugh*

But it isn't a bad idea. The items would have to be more expensive to make it worth everyone's while to ship them to players. What would you suggest to be sold? Dodge Viper?

MadsL

Some very heavy duty salaries being offered by computer futures at the moment;

26 jobs offered including;

http://www.computerfutures.com/index.php?dir=jobsearch&page=details&lang=en&sec=jobseekers&aid=119647&keywords=POKER&nocache=1148777416

try poker as a keyword

not pimping - just spotted it today

Suited Rockets

MadsL wrote:

Some very heavy duty salaries being offered by computer futures at the moment;

26 jobs offered including;

http://www.computerfutures.com/index.php?dir=jobsearch&page=details&lang=en&sec=jobseekers&aid=119647&keywords=POKER&nocache=1148777416

try poker as a keyword

not pimping - just spotted it today

Thanks for the tip. I'll fire off my resume to them. I'm not a perfect match for what they're seeking but there's no harm in giving it a try.

However, their application form is in error. When you click on "Apply", all the questions with pull-down menus have nothing in them and you cannot even insert the answer in them. Oh well. I'll complete what I can and we'll see what happens.

An update: Now this is odd. When I pressed "Submit", it rejected my application. I half expected that with the blank fields as mentioned earlier. What is odd is that now all the pull-down options are available. Odd. Oh well. I can now select them and re-submit.

Suited Rockets

MadsL wrote:

Some very heavy duty salaries being offered by computer futures at the moment;

26 jobs offered...

And four of those are for the same job. Odd titles to them even, especially the last two.

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Online Marketing Director - Poker Champion Please

Director of Online Marketing progress to VP

Online Marketing Director - Dont be a "Fish"

Online Marketing Director - This jobs "THE NUTS"

---

All linking to the same job description you have the link to and that being...

http://www.computerfutures.com/index.php?dir=jobsearch&page=details&lang=en&sec=jobseekers&aid=119647&keywords=POKER&nocache=1148777416

Suited Rockets

Something I didn't expect happened. I've had a well-known poker professional express interest in teaming up to do a poker site. Without revealing his name, he was a businessman before becoming a poker pro so that is encouraging. He asked for my resume. I fired it off to him. He liked what he saw and explained himself more, including his take on the online poker industry. I did likewise. Saying he liked what I sent, next up will be a telephone chat. Then I'll learn how much he's investing into the venture, time schedule, and so forth.

5starpool

Out of curiousity, what got you posting onto boards if you are based in the states? Did you just google poker forums (or fora I guess)?

Good luck with this by the way, if/when you can reveal any more keep us posted. Where would you be based in this hypothetical situation?

I'll start the guessing. Amir Vahedi?

Suited Rockets

5starpool wrote:

Out of curiousity, what got you posting onto boards if you are based in the states?

Because I want to get into this industry and am willing to relocate anywhere in the world. Since 50% of online poker revenue is generated from the States, bringing onboard an American marketer would be a logical move by a poker site. Or at least that's what I'm hoping.

Did you just google poker forums (or fora I guess)?

My normal haunt for poker discussions is the newsgroup rec.gaming.poker where I posted this question to as well. As for this site, I used BoardTracker to see where such discussions were taking place elsewhere on the net.

Good luck with this by the way...

Thanks. I'll need it.

...if/when you can reveal any more keep us posted.

Will do. Besides the poker pro contacting me (see my last post before this one), the only other thing that has happened over the weekend is another poker site asked me to send them my resume. No word back from them yet. But since it is now Monday, perhaps today or tomorrow I'll hear from them.

Where would you be based in this hypothetical situation?

I'll start the guessing. Amir Vahedi?

The one that I had the telephone interview with two Thursdays ago is based in Jamaica. The poker site that asked from my resume over last weekend is based in Curaçao, Dutch Antilles. I have no idea yet where the poker pro would set up his operations. I'll go wherever the job is.

hotspur

The best place I know of for recruitment ads in Europe for the online gaming industry is eGaming Review which is an English based industry magazine, go to their website and check out their recruitment section on the right hand side, the best of luck to you in your search.
Link:
www.egrmagazine.com

gamblingIRE

hmm I did see a job advertised on poker.co.uk (forums) - but it was for someone to run tourneys for them in england somewhere..
amusingly I am sure it still has 0 repies

Suited Rockets

hotspur wrote:

The best place I know of for recruitment ads in Europe for the online gaming industry is eGaming Review which is an English based industry magazine, go to their website and check out their recruitment section on the right hand side, the best of luck to you in your search.
Link:
www.egrmagazine.com

Thanks for the link. I fired off my resume to seven openings listed there.

Wish me luck.

Suited Rockets

gamblingIRE wrote:

hmm I did see a job advertised on poker.co.uk (forums) - but it was for someone to run tourneys for them in england somewhere..
amusingly I am sure it still has 0 repies

Doubly so since they only want someone that is already in Manchester. Here's a link to the posting:

http://tinyurl.com/eq446

But thanks for recalling what you did. I need all the help I can get.

Dub13

You may be intrested in thi thread Pocket Kings Ltd Jobs €100,000 Plus!!!

Suited Rockets

Dub13 wrote:

You may be intrested in thi thread Pocket Kings Ltd Jobs €100,000 Plus!!!

Thanks for the tip. However, I cannot find them on the net ... or at least Google hasn't. The poster that started that thread didn't give a link to them. Anyone have a link to them?

Suited Rockets

Had a weird call this morning. Very early morning. A partner of a poker site woke me at 4 am. He was polite, apologized for the hour, said he wanted to get in contact with me right away, and was about to catch a plane for the States thus the odd hour. What was weird is that we never really talked about his poker site, online poker, and anything related to either. He talked about his life story and asked me about mine. Lasted for a hour and then he said he had to board his flight. The only time he talked about his site was by telling me its name at the beginning of the conversation and that was it. At the end of the conversation, I got no sense where I stood or if he would even call back. I have had many telephone interviews over the years and this was one of the more unusual ones. *laugh*

Lafortezza

What was the site?

Suited Rockets

lafortezza wrote:

What was the site?

I don't think I should be revealing those kind of details. If I land a marketing job with a poker site, I'll then let you all know which one it is.

Lafortezza

Suited Rockets wrote:

I don't think I should be revealing those kind of details. If I land a marketing job with a poker site, I'll then let you all know which one it is.

lol, just being nosy.

Suited Rockets

lafortezza wrote:

lol, just being nosy.

No harm in asking.

Suited Rockets

This made me chuckle.

I sent in my resume to bodog.com. I got a reply back saying that they only consider those with work permits in Costa Rica. Looking up how to get one, it says foreigners need a business that wants to hire them. As bodog.com mandates it, it is a Catch-22. *laugh* Oh well. Their stupidity. Their loss.

HookOrCrook

Someone already mentioned Pentasia, and only yesterday there was a piece on them as they have just opened up an office in Malta:

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2006/6/pentasia-igaming-recruitment.htm

Their man out there said “The iGaming industry is proving to be a major contributor to the Maltese economy and is providing numerous employment opportunities for both local and international candidates. We are confident that our recruitment services will assist in further promoting Malta as a leading international gaming jurisdiction, by enabling operators to appoint experienced and specialist gaming skills to their operation.”

Also Mansion are now Gibraltar's biggest employer! From a standing start two years ago.........!!

Suited Rockets

HookOrCrook wrote:

Someone already mentioned Pentasia, and only yesterday there was a piece on them as they have just opened up an office in Malta:

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2006/6/pentasia-igaming-recruitment.htm

Thanks for the news article. I have also bookmarked that site.