Green Irene Careers

Green Irene LLC is based in New York City. Our Manhattan offices are on 47th Street, just east of 5th Avenue. We are a small, high-growth company owned by a husband-and-wife team of seasoned entrepreneurs. We make decisions quickly, and each team member sees the direct impact of their efforts on the growth of our direct sales and consulting organization.

Company growth creates opportunities for team members to grow as well. All of our roles require employees to be self-starters and to be comfortable wearing multiple hats. We are open to telecommuting arrangements for the right candidates for some, though not all, positions.

Our current job openings are listed below. To apply, email your resume and cover note to jobs@greenirene.com. Be sure to paste your resume into the body of the email or attach it as a PDF. Due to the risk of viruses, we will not open Word or RTF attachments. No phone calls please. To keep posted on new job opportunities, sign up to receive the Friends of Green Irene email newsletter.

We look forward to hearing from you and learning how you can help us grow our company as part of the booming Green Economy of the future.

VP, Sales and Field Development

Work with co-founder Rosamaria Caballero to help our Eco-Consultants develop their practices. If you are a seasoned, ethical and entrepreneurial leader, join our small executive team at HQ in New York City. We are especially looking for someone with significant experience at a reputable Direct Sellers Association member company (i.e. Avon, Pampered Chef, etc.) leading and motivating a large distributor team.

Paid Internships

Green Researcher and Content Developer

This position, ideal for a college junior, senior, or grad student studying environmental studies, involves researching large quantities of information (books, websites, email newsletters, videos, magazines, etc) relating to helping homeowners green their home and business owners green their small business. You will summarize, edit and repurpose the material into training, online knowledge bases (AskGreenIrene.com), checklists, reports, blog postings, website content and email responses to our Eco-Consultants and their clients. We are in business to support our independent Eco-Consultants, and we go the extra mile to help them succeed in their local consulting practice.

You will report to the Director of Training and Research, and also work directly with the Co-Founder.

Skills/Requirements

• Passion for all things Green (without being “Preachy Green”)
• Excellent researching skills; Fast web researcher
• Great multi-tasking skills
• Excellent writing and spelling skills

Position Details

• Opportunity for part-time work in the Fall and Spring Semester, and opportunity for full-time work in the Summer
• Starting pay from $12+/hr based on experience (higher if a grad student)
• Paid Weekly

Comments from recent interns:
"I just wanted to write a note to say that it was an honor working with all of you. Not only did you all show your dedication to helping the world be greener, but you all were very helpful and supportive to me and the rest of the team. I really felt part of a cohesive, creative team at Green Irene that was ready to collaborate to make Green Irene a better company. I am glad to have worked with all of you over the last six months and really look forward to seeing Green Irene continue to grow and green more homes and small businesses across this great nation. Much of the future will depend largely on what companies like Green Irene can accomplish, so I have great admiration for what all of you are doing."

"I really enjoyed working with the staff at Green Irene, especially the Research & Training team. I gained experience working on a wide range of skills, from writing to researching new products to answering client questions. I'm excited to see what Green Irene comes up with in the future as the company continues to grow."

"I would like to thank all of you for a wonderful summer experience. It has been a pleasure getting to know and working with all of you. I am very proud to have been a part of a company that is actively taking a part in making the world a more environmentally-friendly place. From the AGI database to our great selection of products, Green Irene holds a very special place in the realm of green consulting companies. I look forward to hearing more good things about Green Irene in the future, and wish you all the best of luck!"

We are looking for a college or grad student who is available 4 hours a day, three days a week, to work with our Marketing Manager on a variety of tasks. You must be proficient with Photoshop and Illustrator, though a comfort with the entire Adobe Create Suite for Mac would be ideal.

Our goal is to help our Green Irene Eco-Consultants market their Green Consulting practice locally. We customize all the online and offline tools they need.

Tasks may include:

• Creating or editing a email postcard template in Photoshop to be used in our Constant Contact email manager to announce a new product.
• Editing flyers or gift certificates for Eco-Consultants to use for a Green School fundraiser.
• Basic edits to website text as well as creating blog post in Wordpress.
• Creating banners and badges for our Eco-Consultants to use at their personal blog or Facebook profile.
• Applying a electronic "stamp" to 500 PDF documents to personalize for Eco-Consultants.

You will also get great exposure to a number of marketing tools including public relations, email marketing and web ads. An interest in e-marketing is important, though this job can't be done without good Adobe Creative Suite skills.

This is a semester position with the possibility of a full-time position in the summer.

Our company is growing and we are ready to move beyond temps who only want a short term position. We are looking for someone who wants a LONG TERM part-time job with a flexible, innovative, growing company.  We welcome people who may be “overqualified” as long as you realize it is a hands-on role.

Tasks include:

• QuickBooks on a PC
• Accounts Payable
• Payroll (using Quickbooks enhanced payroll service) and payroll tax returns
• Purchasing goods for inventory using POs
• Bank Reconciliations
• Credit Card statement reconciliations
• State Sales Tax returns monthly and quarterly (we will train you)
• Entering daily sales Journal Entry and reconciling with credit card deposits
• Acting as Office Manager for various office purchases
• Using Excel for analysis on a XP operating system

This is an excellent growth opportunity with a growing company in a growing field. We check references for this position carefully, so please don’t apply if you don't have solid accounting references.

Requirements: An Associates Degree is required, but a Bachelors Degree is preferred.

This is a small company environment, with daily interaction with a husband and wife team of entrepreneurs who run the company.  If you identify with our culture and mission, we would love to hear from you. The office is about ten people with 500 independent Eco-Consultants spread around the country. Casual dress code. You will report to one of our co-founders who is a CPA and respects the work you do.

Please send a resume to jobs@greenirene.com.  Put "Accounting" in the subject line.  Cut and paste your resume into the body of the email (preferred) or attach as a PDF or give a link. Word Docs may not be opened. A few introductory lines about why this may be a good fit will be appreciated and read.

Please give us a sense of your expectations regarding hourly rate of pay.  Give us some comfort that the commute to midtown Manhattan is reasonable (especially since you are only working 3-4 hours a day) and that a long term PART TIME job is a good fit for you, and not just something you will take until a full time job presents itself.

LOCAL, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ONLY

Operations Assistant

We are looking for a web-saavy individual to help us manage our ever-growing number of eco-friendly products. This is full-time position, based at our HQ offices in Manhattan, requires someone very detail-oriented to coordinate the product information and graphics on our website, electronic/print catalog and product sheets.

You would be involved in purchasing and any other operations projects that come up, including quarterly warehouse inventories and you would be expected to pitch in with product fulfillment to help cover for vacations or heavy volume.

Skills/Requirements:

• Photoshop (Mac) skills are required for image manipulation
• A hard working, detail-oriented attitude
• Good writing & editing skills 
• Mac and PC skills

A plus is experience with web shopping cart inventory systems/back-end management.

We want to work with people with a personal interest in green lifestyles and sustainable business consistent with the Green Irene mission. This is a good, hands on job for a recent college grad (though one with work experience during college) looking to stretch their skills with a fast growing green consulting firm.