About Us
Signupforcamp.com is a free and easy way for parents to plan their children’s summer camp schedules. On Signupforcamp.com, you can search our comprehensive list of camps by location, date, and by your children’s ages and interests; then organize camps on a custom calendar and share it with friends to coordinate with their kids’ schedules. Parents can exchange tips and recommend their favorite camps too.
This website was inspired by and built by parents to support other parents.
Looking for a good way to use your sales or technical skills? Join our team
About our team
Jennifer Silva, CEO and Founder
When Jennifer recently entered the world of summer camp planning for her six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter, the seed for Sign Up For Camp was planted. As a full-time working parent, she was surprised by how much time she spent searching for camps and coordinating with other parents to place their kids together. She knew there had to be an easier way to plan, and founded Sign Up For Camp to do it. Silva has over 10 years of senior management experience in marketing, ecommerce and entrepreneurial ventures, including seven years at Sheet Music Plus, an Internet 500 retailer. Her most recent position was VP of Marketing and Merchandising, responsible for website traffic, website functionality and look and feel. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Peggy Chang, Vice President of Product Management
With over 15 years of experience developing industry-leading online services and software applications, Peggy has led product management teams for QuickBooks for Windows, QuickBooks for Mac, Charles Schwab, The Los Angeles Times, and Excite. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and engineering degrees from M.I.T. Her seven-year-old and nine-year-old children have attended more than fifteen different summer camps.
Bob Skinner, Chief Developer
Bob has more than 15 years experience in application architecture strategy for information technology and services firms, including Life Technologies, Comergent/Sterling Software, and Anderson Consulting. Bob is a partner at Pierce Washington, LLC. He is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame and is a father of three children.
Regional Leaders
Susan Skinner, San Francisco Regional Leader
Susan is the mother of three children, Jack, Nick and Lily, and has lived in San Francisco for 18 years. As a child, Susan was an avid camper and is thrilled to see her children explore and enjoy the variety of camps in the Bay Area. She is an auxiliary member of the Edgewood Center for Children and Families, the oldest children's charity in the West. Before working for Sign Up For Camp, Susan was a producer for CNN for 10 years. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and holds an MA in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Keri Tully, San Mateo County Regional Leader
Keri is the mother of three camp-loving children, ages 8, 10, and 12. Currently, she is the PTA president at her children's middle school. Previously, she spent a 3 years heading the Annual Giving Campaign for her school district Foundation. With her background in education, she taught elementary school in New York City and Los Angeles before leaving the classroom to stay at home. She has a BA from UC Berkeley, and an Masters in Education from Columbia University.
Orin Jespersen, Philadelphia/South Jersey
Orin is the mother of two tennis-players, Lars (8) and Molly (6). She has lived in South Jersey for 12 years. As a child, Orin attended day camp from the time she was 5 thru 10. She also attended a sports sleep away camp and toured the West coast on a “teen tour” at age 15. She is excited to see her children enjoy tennis and more traditional camps in South Jersey. Before working for Sign Up For Camp, Orin sold advertising space in print and online for South Jersey MOM magazine. Prior to that, she was a software recruiter for Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft contractors. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College with a BA in Economics and is a 3-Year Badminton NCAA All-American.
Join our team
To apply, tell us about yourself and send email to jobs@signupforcamp.com.
Regional Sales
Directors
We are currently recruiting Regional Sales Directors in the SF Bay Area, Delaware and South Jersey Areas. Sales directors are responsible for reaching local summer camps and promoting Sign Up For Camp in his or her region. Sales Directors will need to be available to start work in early January and dedicate roughly 10-15 hours per week through April 2012. The hours are extremely flexible, and the work can be done from home.
Compensation: Sales Directors are paid on a commission basis, with target earnings of $1,000+ per month.
Requirements:
- Outgoing personality and excellent communication skills by phone and email
- Organized and able to keep good contact records
- Familiarity with local summer camps
- Sales experience is desirable
- Available to work 10-15 hours a week, with at least 6 hours between the hours of 9am-5pm
To apply, send the following information to jobs@signupforcamp.com:
- A short description of yourself
- Your resume
- Your available dates/times to have a phone interview in the next few days
Web Developer
You'll be the lead developer for our growing business and a founding member of the team with significant equity participation. You can work remotely from your home office and collaborate with product management to build better services for parents and camp advertisers.
The ideal candidate should have:
- Proficiency in Python, Django, MySQL, Subversion, HTML/CSS design, jquery, and Ubuntu System Administration
- Familiarity with Lucene/Solr, Cloudfront CDN, Google Maps API, Google PageSpeed, Amazon S3 and Paypal API.
- Nice to have would be knowledge of the Facebook APIs, Geolocation approaches and calendaring APIs (.ics and .gcal formats).
- Experience in site performance tuning from both a database optimization and network efficiency standpoint.
