Auction Network is the most cutting edge interactive, live, bid-to-picture auction entertainment network on the planet. Delivering real-time bidding online, on-lawn, on cable, satellite cell phone or wristwatch, Auction Network is either there or on the way.
Our executives have decades of media experience with companies like Disney, TV Guide, and Liberty Media, and years of auction training with Williams & Williams in auction marketing, operations, management and auctioneering.
We look for people who are exceptionally smart, desire to win for the right reasons, are flexible and fearless in their creativity, unafraid of change, quick to laugh and slow to anger, and who want to build something unique with speed and freedom.
We hire people who believe with all their heart that smart, dedicated talent, sharing a common vision, can transform advanced technology into thrilling interactive entertainment, go beyond e-commerce to entertainment-commerce, and connect bidders and buyers around the globe in the phenomenally exciting social and transactional experience called auction.
2008 EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
For a more in-depth look at Auction Network flip through our 2008 Employee Handbook. Hover over the pages and you can scroll forward and backward. Double click to zoom in.
CURRENT CAREER OPENINGS
Listed below are the current Auction Network career openings. Please click on "Details" to view the description and click on Employment Opportunities to apply.
* Vice President of Sales: Details
* Marketing Copywriter: Details
* Auction Operations Manager
To apply for any of these careers, please send your resume to our human resources department by clicking on this link: Employment Opportunities
Or fax resume (along with cover letter) to 918.362.6526.
Competitive compensation and benefits in a dynamic work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer.
WHAT IS AUCTION NETWORK?
The press releases marketing disseminates boldly claim we are a 24-hour network that allows viewers to participate remotely in live auctions taking place throughout the world and bid interactively using a PC connected to the Internet, and soon with their televisions and mobile devices.
Sounds impressive, right?
But what does that really mean?
It means that no matter if you are standing on a green-friendly lawn in Charleston, S.C., waiting for a turn to bid on the Chefs Brigade package during the Low Country Derby Auction or sitting with your best friend hoping to land a fox terrier painting by John Emms at Bonhams & Butterfields Barkfest in Manhattan, N.Y., or chillin on your couch at home, we provide everyone with a heartbeat the opportunity to Watch, Bid and Win anywhere, at any time and with nearly any method possible short of messenger pigeons.
Thanks to proprietary real-time bidding technology and an active partnership with the 6,500-plus members of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA), only the Auction Network is dedicated to bringing global auctions straight to bidders who spend nearly $270.7 billion each year in auctions. You know how many 22-pound meteorites that landed near Fukang, China that kind of coin can buy?
BENEFITS
Health and Wellness: Auction Network (AN) believes in being innovative and unique in all that we do, including the benefits package that we offer our employees. We offer a competitive benefits package that is diverse and comprehensive. Our goal is to ensure that nothing stands in the way of our employees success.
AN employees become eligible for health, dental, vision, life insurance and disability on the first day of the month following the date of hire. AN also provides eligible employees with the option of a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses.
* Medical: Aetna PPO and HMO coverage
* Dental: Guardian Basic and Extended Services Plan
* Vision: VSP Service with coverage for exams, frames, and lenses.
* Flex Spending Account (FSA): ADP FSA: (Health and Dependent Care)
* Employee Assistance Plan (EAP): Guidance Resources (Estate planning, counseling, legal resources).
* Life, Disability and AD&D Insurance: Coverage through Guardian and Sun Life.
Retirement: AN offers a 401k-retirement plan for eligible employees. Employee and company contributions are fully vested and the company match is 100% from 1-3% contribution and 50% for anything above 3%, but not to exceed 5%.
PTO: Paid time off will be available for employees for vacation, illness, injury, personal business or working on honey-dos at home. Employees will be able to use accrued PTO after 90 days of employment and will accrue 128 PTO hours per year. You can bank up to 40 hours of unused PTO at the end of the year. After five, 10 and 15 years of employment, you will be eligible to accrue an additional 40 hours of PTO annually.
Holidays: Auction Network observes the following holiday:
* New Years Day (January 1)
* Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
* Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
* Independence Day (July 4)
* Labor Day (first Monday in September)
* Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)
* Day after Thanksgiving otherwise known as Not turkey sandwiches for dinner again day
* Christmas Eve (December 24)
* Christmas (December 25)
* New Years Eve (December 31)
All full-time employees are eligible for holiday pay.
A recognized holiday that falls on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday and a holiday that falls on a Sunday will be observed on the following Monday.
BEYOND THE BASICS
Physical Fitness: AN has contracted with certain fitness facilities in the area to provide monthly membership to employees who are interested in taking advantage of this benefit. Well pay any enrollment and monthly membership fee incurred at any approved facility.
Education Support: The world and technology change by the minute. And if were going to stay one step ahead of the competition, we need to do what it takes to be pioneers. And that includes keeping our employees mentally sharp. The Auction Network will cover approved educational costs (including travel, seminars, conferences, books, books on tape, training sessions, etc.) that are position or company related for each full-time employee. Your immediate supervisor and the HR vice president must approve all career development courses in advance.
GETTING TO KNOW TULSA
Tulsa has long been a city tailored to meet the needs of its citizens. People feel at home in Tulsa where their families live in thriving neighborhoods, the education system provides the best for students, the job market is welcoming and the economy continues to reflect a successful future.
Recent national recognition has given Tulsa a reputation for being one of Americas Most Livable Communities, (2004 Partners for Livable Communities, Washington D.C.) and in 2006, ranked #6 on Forbes.com list, Best Cities for Jobs. Salary.com ranks Tulsa as the fifth most affordable in the country when examining salaries and cost of living, which means you can live large. Tulsa is an excellent place to start a business. Tulsa was recently named one of the top 10 hottest cities among mid-size cities for entrepreneurs by the National Policy Research Council.
Today, citizens in our region enjoy unsurpassed beauty, a well-educated and talented workforce, cultural diversity and a pro-business environment. Tulsa has the second shortest commute time in the nation, we rank 15th in the nation for the highest rate of high school graduation and our cost of living is 8.6 percent below the national average while our county per capita income is 16 percent above the national average.
The city continues successful efforts to revitalize and diversify the city away from petroleum dependency and proves to be a flourishing community in all aspects of living. All of this ensures Tulsa remains a great place to do business, raise a family and visit.
In 2008, Tulsa opened the Bank of Oklahoma Center ... our much-anticipated regional events center designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli. In Tulsa youll find everything from classical ballet, art deco and arena football. A visit to Tulsa is a great opportunity to experience a delightful mix of rich culture, colorful history, terrific shopping and lively nightlife.
If art makes you happy, explore some of Tulsas nationally recognized museums such as Gilcrease Museum, the worlds largest and most comprehensive collection of fine art, artifacts and archives of the American West. Or stroll through an Italian-style villa that was once home to a millionaire oilman is now the renowned Philbrook Museum, filled with Italian Renaissance art, ancient and classical pieces and extensive Native American collections.
When the sun goes down in Tulsa, the city has plenty of things to do for the young and young at heart. Hit the trendy bars of Brookside, the Brady District or the Blue Dome District and find out what Tulsas growing community of young professionals already knows ... the city is a cool place to work and to have fun.
Try your luck at a casino or the horse races, cheer on a ball team, enjoy a night at the opera, feast at a four-star restaurant or get messy at a barbecue joint. The choices are endless, and whatever you do youll have the time of your life.
