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Openings & New Hires at Locu, Groupon, Patch, Signpost, and More…

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There's lots happening in hyperlocal as the year comes to a close: Locu snags PayPal vet Mok Oh as an adviser, plus lands a hot ex-Googler. Booker brings on a dynamic duo in its hiring spree. Patch sees big moves at the top. And there are some shifts at Groupon and open gigs at Telenav, Signpost, Swipely, Yellowbook, Yelp, and more...

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Openings & New Hires at Patch, MapQuest, Local.com, and More

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At JiWire, another departure; Patch brings on a few new department heads; UBL and Delivery.com continue to add to their teams. Plus, longtime Borrell Associates executive Peter Conti makes the jump to Local Media Association, and JT Batson becomes chief revenue officer at Cumulus Media. Looking for a new gig? Openings at Local.com, Patch, Microsoft, Google and more...

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Openings and New Hires at JiWire, UBL, Groupon, Booker, Telenav & More

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JiWire gets a new CEO in a year of big executive changes; Groupon tries for third-time's-a-charm COO; UBL staffs up; Living Social loses an exec; and LocalResponse brings on a new vice president of technology. And that's just what's highlighted in industry moves from this week. Plus, openings at LocalVox, Booker, Apple, Google, Twitter, Facebook, Telenav and more...

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Openings & New Hires at Patch, Yelp, Supermedia, HopStop, Square & More

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Executives moving on up and over lately in sales, product, marketing, business development and more. Plus, who's hiring? Yext, Yelp, Yodle, Restaurant.com, LivingSocial, DealHeaven, Apple and HopStop. Hyperlocal is expanding fast, and these openings are just one indication. Listings include links on where to apply. Get started now!

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Openings & New Hires at Constant Contact, Facebook, Groupon & More

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Ever more personnel changes at Groupon, a new hire at Constant Contact, plus shifts across the industry in business development, sales and product management. On the move this week: Dalip Tyagi, Shagun Vatsa, Joshua Scherman, Sean Smyth, and more. Openings at Yext, Yahoo, Ebay, LinkedIn, Manta and more...

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Openings & New Hires at Repair.com, Amazon, Seamless, DexOne & more

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Six new AEs at Yelp, five new engineers at Apple, plus shifts across the industry in business development, sales and product management. On the move this week: Jennifer Monteverde, Navid Davani, Rebecca Lawler, Robert Kilgarriff, and more. Openings at Yext, Yahoo, Ebay, LinkedIn, Manta and more...

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Who’s Coming and Going at Groupon, Delivery.com, LocalVox, YP & more

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Big changes at Delivery.com with several new members of the management team; a new head of marketing at LocalVox; Groupon brings on an executive to focus on accounting from the C-level; and lots of jobs on offer in sales, marketing and business development at Foursquare, Patch, LocalVox, Factual, Apple and more.

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Movers & Shakers at Gilt City, Foursquare, Maine Today, Quoin

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Every two weeks, Search Influence’s Kelly Benish -- who knows practically everyone in hyperlocal -- covers some of the latest job changes taking place in this dynamic industry -- like Sarah Chubb (pictured) leaving Condé Nast Digital to join Gilt City. Plus: job openings at Yext, TripAdvisor, Telenav, and Red Bricks Media.

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