Local Matters Careers

What Does Local Matters Do?

Before we talk about who we are, here’s an overview of what we do:

We offer a suite of technology solutions for publishers. Local Matters combines a highly adaptable multi-media platform with specialized local advertising, content and shopping applications that empower yellow and real estate publishers. In other words, we offer a feature-rich Java platform to large publishers of yellow page or real estate data. And that’s just the start…

Why Choose a Career at Local Matters?

Everyone has their own reasons for choosing us, but there are some things that truly make Local Matters great.

Tangible Advantages

Individual Challenge
Local Matters is packed with smart, talented individuals who are passionate about web technologies and motivated to succeed.

Innovation
Enjoy the opportunity to help create the future of web technologies at Local Matters. A strong entrepreneurial environment encourages new ideas and creative thinking.

Location
The Local Matters headquarters is only a few short blocks from the heart of Denver. It’s just a walk across the parking lot to the Pepsi Center and a short stroll to both INVESCO Field and Coors Field, homes of the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies, respectively.

International Opportunities
Denver is our home, but we have offices spread across the globe including Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, and St. George, Utah.

Interview with an Engineer

What projects are you working on?
I work on the components that our products are based on. Destination Search and Traffic Director are the big ones.

What do you like about being an Engineer at Local Matters?
The ease of our process: I like the agile development cycle, the fact that it’s iterative, that we work with Java. Folks tend to share knowledge. Usually engineers aren’t social, but here there’s a degree of sociability in the group. We’re free to think and to experiment and that’s how I would define progressive.

What do you like about Local Matters?
It’s still a small company, there aren’t a lot of egos around. Folks here are very communicative, easygoing, low-stress, friendly, upbeat, positive. It’s a comfortable company to work at.

What would you tell someone interested in working here?
There’s a lot of support for growth and for people that want to know more. It’s not the place to work if you like monotony and to do the same thing over and over again. If you don’t want to challenge yourself, you don’t want to work here. I think I fit in well here because I like to teach myself things, so it’s perfect for me. There’s room for growth and there’s an opportunity to expand outside of your core knowledge. There’s a lot of knowledge here, so if there’s something you don’t know you can pretty much find it out by asking folks within the group.

Our Clients

At Local Matters, you can help support some of the largest names in yellow pages and in real estate publishing, including:

MRIS
Truvo Belgium
Truvo Ireland
Truvo Portugal
YPG

Our Management Team

Local Matters has an incredible team leading the way, holding some of the biggest names in the industry.
To read the full bios of our Executive Team, head to our website

Matthew J. Stover, CEO
Mat served as a member of the Board of Directors since December 2005, becoming CEO in January 2009. Prior to this, he was the Chairman and President of a variety of successful and entrepreneurial companies ranging from marketing to investments and advisory firms.

Nancy Hamilton, Chief Financial Officer

Nancy K. Hamilton has served as a director since December 2005 and has held the position of CFO since November 2009. Prior to working at Local Matters, Ms. Hamilton served as Chief Financial Officer for Southwest Windpower, Inc., the world¹s leading provider of small wind turbines, and Roving Planet, a provider of network access solutions. Ms. Hamilton holds a BS degree from Regis University.

Chris Black
Chris is the Senior Vice President of Technology, overseeing software architecture, software development, quality assurance, technical support and data center operations for Local Matters. He joined the company in 2005 as a software architect and search expert.

Nico Brooks
One of the top 5 names in SEM development, Nico has extensive hands-on experience helping companies expand their online presence through marketing. His experience before Local Matters was working on automated tools for search marketing campaign management at Atlas / aQuantive / Microsoft.

Greg Gruse
Greg brings 23 years of extensive technical and business development skills to his role as Vice President of Corporate Development. Most recently, Greg served as Vice President, New Ventures at ISx, a Local Matters Company.

Bruce R. Huebner
Bruce R. Huebner brings over 27 years of software experience in the personal, client/server and Internet computer areas to his role as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Most recently, Mr. Huebner was the President and CEO of TurnKey Solutions, a computer software firm in the Denver area. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of TeamShare, a Colorado Springs software company. He also spent 13 years with Microsoft Corporation as a general and district manager with responsibilities ranging from sales, marketing, partnerships and consulting services for a 7-state region.

Mario Joachim
Vice President of Solutions Delivery, Europe, Mario Joachim joined Local Matters in April 2009. Mario has 25 years of experience in solution delivery and program management delivering major transformations programs in Online, Business and IT Outsourcing.

Dave Kinnear
The Vice Present of Client Delivery, Dave joined Local Matters in February 2008 as Vice President of Media Solutions for Europe. Dave previously worked for Telstra Corporation LImited where he served in a variety of roles including Group Manager, Wireless and Online Content.

Kris Skavish
Vice President of Products and Marketing, Kris Skavish has been with Local Matters since 2005. She was Director of Product Management at Jabber, Inc. and has extensive experience in new media companies.

The People of Local Matters

Who We Hire

Bright, creative, motivated and fun, the employees of Local Matters are great at making the job a blast. Our dedication to doing the best work in our respective fields creates products and an atmosphere that we believe are the best around.We are always on the lookout for great new talent. Check out our career opportunities at Local Matters Careers.

What We Value

Even though we don’t take ourselves very seriously, we take our work with deep seriousness and pride. This dedication and commitment to both our jobs and our team means that we are devoted to encouraging originality and creativity both in our work and in that of others.

We promote a laid-back office environment to help everyone feel both comfortable and inspired. Jeans are the happy medium of choice and many of us have almost forgotten how to tie a tie.

Office Quirks and Goodies

We pride ourselves on being unique, and we do our best to keep entertained and relaxed!

No Cubes
An open floor plan and open office doors keep communication flowing and coworkers in touch.

Anger Management
Let loose a bit in one of Local Matters’ tried and true traditions: a Nerf Gun fight or a foosball game perhaps?

Dogs Allowed
Throughout the week, but especially on Fridays, many of us have our favorite canines come along for the day.

Free Doughnut Wednesdays
On Wednesday mornings everyone watches their e-mail extra carefully, waiting for news that once doughnuts have arrived for breakfast.

Happy Hour (with Rock Band!)
Once a week we all let loose, heading down to our in-house Happy Hour. Beyond the selection of drinks, there are always great snacks and plenty of conversation. You might have to wait for a go on the foosball or billiards tables though. In addition, once a month Rock Band competitions take place on our huge flat screen, eliciting cheers, boos and a whole lot of laughter.

Hear From Our Employees

We asked Local Matters employees what they loved, and here’s what they had to say:

What do you love about your projects?

“My favorite thing about working on most of our client facing projects so far is being able to interact with people from all over the world. Also, being exposed to the world of search technologies and learning more about SEO has been very interesting and rewarding.” Eric S., Information Architect for EDSA, Sensis and Trudon

“Projects are run using an agile approach, which means very close collaboration with other team members.  It makes the work easier, and we see results much more quickly than with a traditional approach.” Ross S., Search Engineer for Truvo

“The FAST Enterprise Search Platform allows us to provide search services customized to each customers language and preferences.” Michael G., Sr. Search Engineer for YPG NC and EDSA

What do you like about working at Local Matters?

“There is a great casual, laid back atmosphere in the Denver office but the team members are some of the most professional and experienced I’ve ever worked with – dedicated to putting out a great product. You also can’t beat the location of the office in downtown Denver and there’s always a chance you can travel abroad to work directly with clients.” Eric S., Information Architect

“Mostly the vibe — there’s lots of positive energy here — people actually enjoy their work!  I’ve been here for almost 5 years, and people have always been excited about the job. There are lots of opportunities to move up or around in the company, and the atmosphere is very laid back.” Ross S., Search Engineer

“I like that we are able to accomplish very large amounts of work without becoming a place where everyone just sits at their desk all day every day, not interacting with other people.” Michael G., Sr. Search Engineer

See Our Office

Sitting right on the edge of LoDo, the location of Local Matters is cool enough, but check out how incredible our office is. Completed in 1865, it used to serve as a coffin factory… but don’t worry, there are no ghosts here! Huge windows and a central atrium bring in plenty of natural light and give our office an open, airy feel.

Careers and Contact Information

Now are you tempted? Here’s how you can reach us:
Visit our website: www.localmatters.com
See our current job openings: Local Matters Careers

Get the Scoop on LoDo

Read the guides listed below by some of our employees and find out where to go when you’re taking a break.