Employment Opportunities

Here is a list of our current job offerings. If qualified please send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to Gwen Breidenbach Please no phone calls.

• Sr. Headphone Development Engineer
• Business Systems Specialist
• Web Applications Developer
• Graphic Designer
• Photographer
• Internet Channel Analyst
• Director of Sales, Personal Audio Products (PAP), Eastern US

Sr. Headphone Development Engineer

This is a Full Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Major loudspeaker industry brand is looking for an individual to lead the design and engineering efforts associated with the development of new headphone products (over-ear, on-ear, in-ear, in-ear canal, etc.). This person will participate in or direct substantially all aspects of headphone product technical development, to include a substantial subset of the following:
 

1. Transducer modeling
2. Loudspeaker/audio system design and integration (including passive & active network design)
3. Acoustics/audio design and testing
4. Mechanical design and testing
5. Wireless audio design and testing
6. Design for manufacturing
7. Packaging design

Furthermore, the ideal candidate shall demonstrate an avid interest in high-fidelity audio and music reproduction. And this individual should also be capable of managing and directing both in-house and vendor resources to prosecute project tasks.

Responsibilities

1. Coordinate all engineering work required for assigned projects.
2. Responsible for coordinating all technical contributions and specifications from each of the engineering groups and serving as the project team?s technical expert for that project.
3. Technical responsibilities include, but are not limited to, product specifications, computer-based electro-acoustic models, FEA, listening evaluations, product/component performance testing/validation, assembly-line production testing, physical prototyping and measurement using systems specifically developed for headphone development.
4. Transducer Design ? specify, develop, evaluate, improve micro, BA and other types of transducers typically use din headphone design
5. Serve as an engineering leader on project teams responsible for executing new product development.
6. Meet with manufacturers to discuss all engineering details of a project, providing solutions as needed and making critical and timely technical decisions on behalf of the project team
7. Occasional domestic and international travel is required.

Problem Solving:

1. Must exhibit good personnel skills.
2. Must use best judgment and explore all alternatives to resolve most problems.
3. Must confer with peers and management on unusual problems/decisions and drive for consensus.
4. Must be able to manage the efforts of internal, external and multicultural resources across language barriers of solve problems.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Extensive experience with headphone development is required.
2. 5 years in the headphone field and an understanding of new product development systems and practices.
3. Technical experience should include loudspeaker systems and transducer design using computer based modeling programs; extensive experience with audio measurement systems and equipment such as LISTEN, KEMAR, Audio Precision, etc. is preferred.
4. Experience with LEAP, COMSOL, FineCone, Listen, AP or other industry standard design, modeling, test and measurement systems preferred.
5. Affiliation with technical associations such as the Audio Engineering Society, including occasional attendance of conferences as a means of maintaining familiarity with state-of-the-art audio design practices and technologies, strongly preferred.

Additional Information

Business Systems Specialist

This is a Full Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Baltimore Based Loudspeaker Corporation has an immediate opening for a Business Systems Specialist. We are seeking a motivated team player with good communication, interpersonal, and problem solving skills.  The successful candidate will assume responsibility for the basic administration and maintenance of the corporate business system This position requires three years of practical hands-on experience supporting network applications in a Windows network environment.

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for the daily administration and maintenance of ERP database system. Supports the ERP System Manager with advanced administration, system development, and integration as assigned.
   • Demonstrates knowledgeable use and application of ERP system tools.
   • Performs daily operational troubleshooting tasks related to ERP system.
   • Performs ERP system security administration to include user accounts, access control, and menu/function security.
   • Assists with the implementation of new ERP system modules and enhancements.
   • Assists with ERP system application and hardware upgrades.
   • Assists with the gathering and defining of user requirements for ERP system changes and improvements
   • Coordinates with vendors and consultants on ERP system projects as assigned.
   • Creates and maintains technical documentation on core system and associated subsystems.
2. Responsible for the daily administration and maintenance of ERP database system. Supports the ERP System Manager with advanced administration, system development, and integration as assigned.
   • Demonstrates knowledgeable use and application of ERP system tools.
   • Performs daily operational troubleshooting tasks related to ERP system.
   • Performs ERP system security administration to include user accounts, access control, and menu/function security.
   • Assists with the implementation of new ERP system modules and enhancements.
   • Assists with ERP system application and hardware upgrades.
   • Assists with the gathering and defining of user requirements for ERP system changes and improvements.
   • Coordinates with vendors and consultants on ERP system projects as assigned.
   • Creates and maintains technical documentation on core system and associated subsystems.
3. Responsible for the daily operation of the EDI systems and related integrations.
4. Assists ERP System Manager with the support, administration, and integration of the corporate business systems with the eCommerce infrastructure.
5. Assists ERP System Manager with support, administration, and development of the corporate Business Intelligent systems and related applications including, but not limited to, Cognos, SharePoint, and Data Warehouse integration.
6. Functions as backup resource to members of IT Team for administrative and operational duties.
7. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

1. Education
   • A.A. in Computer Information Systems required.
   • BA/BS in Computer Science or BS in Information Systems preferred.
   • Equivalent technical training certification and/or working experience considered.
2. Experience
   • Working knowledge of DOS, XP, and Windows 7 operating systems is required.
   • Good understanding of database terminology and principles is required.
   • Experience with EDI formats and communications is preferred.
   • Experience with ERP operations is preferred.
   • Experience with Enterprise databases and OLAP is a plus.
3. Other Skills and Abilities
   • Must be highly motivated and able to contribute in a team-oriented environment.
   • Must possess the ability to communicate well with others, at all levels of the organization, both verbally and in writing.
   • Must possess the ability to work independently, set priorities, and make decisions with minimal supervision.
   • Must possess the abilities to resolve problems and communicate status in a timely manner.
   • Must possess the abilities to effectively multi-task in order to meet deadlines and commitments.
   • Must possess the ability to work under pressure and with constant interruption.
   • Must perform in a highly conscientious and accurate manner, especially with regard to technical documentation.
   • Must possess the ability to tactfully and courteously deal with employees and others.
   • Must appreciate and respect the necessity for confidentiality.

Additional Information

Benefits:

• Health/Prescription/Vision/Dental
• STD/LTD/Life: 100% Company-Paid
• 401(k) Plan w/company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• State-of-the-Art Computer Equipment

Web Applications Developer

This is a Full Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Work with and manage a team of developers that support, maintain, and develop high traffic web-based, database driven applications.  Manage and lead corporate E-Commerce Applications.

Responsibilities

1. Manages and Lead Development team
   • Assign tasks and create priorities within the team.
   • Mentor and foster junior developers through code reviews and pair programming.
   • Review performance of developers.
   • Work with various departments and business units to define tasks and priorities ensuring proper visibility throughout all levels
   • Responsible for defining and communicating coding standards to team.
   • Lead Documentation efforts across all projects and platforms.
2. Leads the maintenance and enhancement of existing web applications and server administration.
   • Performs daily maintenance/bug fixes to all internal and external web properties.
   • Oversee Forum software and lead upgrading and maintenance schedules
   • Develop direction for content managements system and possible opportunities for leveraging its content and technology.
   • Responsible for managing Server contract with Rackspace.
   • Responsible for server maintenance, configuring, and upkeep.
   • Lead in supporting Marketing activities such as creating landing, contest, event and product specific pages or microsites for internal or dealer purposes.
   • Coordinate, develop and track campaigns and advertising.
   • Support and develop for our intranet (SharePoint) to provide additional functionality at a corporate level.
   • Leverage a wide array of APIs to integrate external content into websites (Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)
   • Lead Installation, maintenance and configuration of blogging software to support company internal and external blogging platforms.
   • Manage Database creation, configuration, maintenance and optimization to ensure a stable database-driven platform.
3. Leads the Development of corporate Ecommerce Platforms.
   • Research potential ecommerce applications or platforms that will allow us to leverage our existing processes going forward.
   • Install, configure and maintain existing and future ecommerce applications.
   • Lead Integration of 3rd party applications (fraud detection, payment gateways, etc.) into our ecommerce solutions.
   • Lead development and maintenance of plugins/add-ons to provide additional functionality to our end users or support specific sales promotions.
   • Lead and work with the Senior Front End Developer to theme our ecommerce platforms to align with the corporate identity.
   • Direct and manage the integration of various ecommerce platforms with our ERP system.
4. Lead 3rd party integrations and leverages API’s to accomplish various business goals
5. Directs LAMP administration and maintenance.
6. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

PROBLEM SOLVING

• Possesses and demonstrates exceptional technical and practical problem solving capabilities.
• Possesses and demonstrates exceptional research and resource utilization skills.
• Has latitude to cope with most problems.
• Confers with team leader and/or members on unusual problems especially when pertaining to employees and legal or regulatory agency concerns.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION

• Masters in Information Systems/Computer Science.
• Equivalent technical training certification and/or working experience considered.

EXPERIENCE

• 7-10 years of professional programming experience.
• Previous management experience leading small teams.
• PHP developer with development on a LAMP stack (apache/PHP), PHP development for web applications.
• Expert knowledge of MySQL and database management and optimization
• Expert Proficiency leveraging various API’s (Google Maps, Facebook, etc.)
• Expert Knowledge creating valid, w3c compliant, XHTML and CSS.
• Expert Knowledge and familiarity of cross-browser compatibility issues
• Knowledge JavaScript, Ajax methodologies and jQuery
• Knowledge of version control systems (Git, SVN, Mercurial, etc.)
• Knowledge/experience programming in ASP.NET and IIS a plus.
• SharePoint module and 3rd party development experience a plus.
• Knowledge/experience with PHP based content management systems such as Drupal or WordPress.

Physical Demands

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and occasionally required to sit for long periods of time.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Normal office type environment - inside, well-heated, lighted, and ventilated.
• Must remain flexible enough to respond to unforeseen emergencies requiring on-site critical troubleshooting.
• Occasionally required to work during extended hours of system downtime, system upgrades, and/or problem resolution.

Additional Information

Benefits:

• Health/Prescription/Vision/Dental
• STD/LTD/Life: 100% Company-Paid
• 401(k) Plan w/company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• State-of-the-Art Computer Equipment

Graphic Designer

This is a Full Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Sound United has an immediate opening for a Graphic Designer in the Baltimore area.
The successful candidate will help lead the development and execution of the graphic design elements and requirements for the Sound United brands. This candidate will work to concept, design, create, and execute facets of brand marketing collateral for the SU brand experience including all in-store material, advertising, packaging materials and manuals as well as select digital assets for web related activity. This individual will be linked to – and take creative direction from – the Sound United Creative Director and Chief Design Officer to ensure consistent execution of the Sound United family of Brands look, feel, and voice for this channel to our consumer.

Responsibilities

SPECIFIC AREAS OF FOCUS

1. In-Store Signage;
2. Packaging;
3. Web Graphics;
4. Event Marketing Materials;
5. Multi-Media and Social-Media Content;
6. Internal Communications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Collaborate on the conception, design, and development of Sound United Brand Marketing;
2. Execute the creative vision for Sound United;
3. Execute the requisite POP in support of the Retail Partners;
4. Work with vendors to ensure the flawless execution of all Brand material;
5. Create and design art based on marketing department supervisor’s general direction;
6. Acts as the first point of contact/trouble shooter for production vendor related questions/problems as necessary;
7. Maintains the Brand style guide, helps with keeping it enforced ¬always ensuring the Brand team is following the creative lead of the Sound United brand team;
8. Collaborate and work with external agencies on the development and execution of brand and product concepts with retail or POS applications;
9. Assist in the research and sourcing for cutting edge materials and processes to ensure Sound United maintains its leadership position in both retail displays as well as shops and tradeshows;
10. Understand fabrication costs/processes to ensure each stays on brand, on budget and on schedule;
11. Work closely with outside agencies and vendors related to the engineering, sourcing/development and delivery of related projects.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
A Bachelors Degree (or similar) and 4+ years of related experience are required. Experience working with vertically integrated brands on the retail store experience is preferred as is experience within the Consumer Electronics industry

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Proficient in the typical graphic design programs (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign) required. Ability to collaborate with creative teams to ensure world-class creative development and execution. Demonstrates a high degree of creativity through the understanding of design principles including typography, color, images and composition for effective design solutions. Experience working with vendors and on-press to ensure flawless execution of materials to the highest standards of the Sound United Brand.

Physical Demands

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb and stoop. The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential functions of the job are usually performed in an environmentally controlled facility. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

BENEFITS
Health/Prescription/Vision/Dental
STD/LTD/Life:  100% Company-Paid
401(k) Plan w/Company Match
Tuition Reimbursement

Photographer

This is a Full Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Sound United has an immediate opening for a Photographer in the Baltimore area.
The right candidate for this position is a shutter bug like no other. Excellent product photography skills, the ability to find the unexpected shot, and the flexibility to take product, lifestyle, and portrait style images. The Sound United photographer will work across all three of our audio brands so this individual must possess the aesthetic flexibility to work with the style of each brand as defined by the Chief Design Officer and Creative Director. Deep knowledge of composition, lighting, and digital editing is a must.

Responsibilities

SPECIFIC AREAS OF FOCUS

1. Photographic digital assets for brand specific websites and social media platforms
2. Product photography for Packaging, catalogs, POP displays and web
3. Lifestyle photography (in residential environments, on models) for packaging, catalogs, and web
4. New Hire Portraits
5. Documentation of tradeshows, concerts, performances, and other corporate Events
6. Any other photography as defined.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Collaborates on the conception, design, and development of Sound United Brand Marketing images;
2. Executes the creative vision through photography for Sound United;
3. Collaborates with designers and team members to execute final image;
4. Keeps updated on latest camera, imaging and photo-editing technologies in the industry;
5. Is responsible for lighting setup, product preparation/placement, acquiring and positioning props for shoots, planning and implementing background/backdrops;
6. Assists in the research of renting space for photo shoots, and/or location/model selection and setup;
7. Ability to travel to tradeshows, concerts, and other corporate events;
8. Responsible for editing, retouching and submitting both digital and print-ready images;
9. Is a team player and communicates well with the Sound United Creative Team;
10. Maintains cataloged digital image library for easy access across brands
11. Has the ability to carry out multiple tasks simultaneously, while maintaining attention to detail.
12. Reliable and conscious of deadlines.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
Advanced (4 year) degree in Photography and 3+ years of related experience are required.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of techniques, principles and equipment of all modern photography. Performs custom and specialized photography in-house or on location using a variety of cameras and other photographic equipment. Determines camera setting, lighting requirements and other specifications to ensure quality shooting. Proficient in Macintosh platform Adobe Photoshop and all photo-editing functions.

Physical Demands

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb and stoop. The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The essential functions of the job are usually performed in an environmentally controlled facility. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

BENEFITS
Health/Prescription/Vision/Dental
STD/LTD/Life:  100% Company-Paid
401(k) Plan w/Company Match
Tuition Reimbursement

Internet Channel Analyst

This is a Part Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Monitors and reports on the sale of Polk Audio products from unauthorized resellers on the Internet.

Reports to Sales Associate. Part-time position of 20 - 24 hours a week. No benefits.

Responsibilities

Monitors on-line sales activity of Polk Audio products:

1. Locating and identifying unauthorized sellers of Polk Audio products.

2. Delivering appropriate communications of observed activity.

3. Identifying products to purchase from unauthorized accounts.

4. Assist in purchasing and tracking of products from unauthorized sellers.

5. Assist in documentation of all interactions with unauthorized sellers.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A. EDUCATION: High School diploma required

B. EXPERIENCE: None required

C. OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Basic computer skills including Excel, Word, Outlook

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and occasionally required to stand.

B. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance
vision, color vision,

Additional Information

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A. Normal office type environment.

B. No travel required.

Director of Sales, Personal Audio Products (PAP), Eastern US

This is a Full Time position at our Baltimore, MD location.

Job Description

Individual will lead the sales efforts in Personal Audio Products categories in the Eastern US

Reports to Chief Sales Officer

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CSO, the Director of Sales – PAP will:

• Lead the sales efforts to establish Polk’s leadership in the headphone, speaker dock, computer speaker, and other personal audio product categories.

• Meet or exceed category sales and profit goals.

• Ensure that creative, high quality sales planning and development result in the creation of market leading share within as short a timetable as possible.

• Monitor and analyze competitive information regarding pricing, product features, distribution, promotional activity, etc., and contribute actively to maintaining up to date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.

• Create and build confidence and establish him/herself as an informed, capable, knowledgeable and accessible resource to the development team, management, and colleagues both inside and outside the company.

• Act as the key account manager for defined dealers and buyers within the categories.

• Take the lead role in developing compelling sales presentations for category products.

• Direct the management of outside rep firms as appropriate.

• Assist in the development of successful retail promotional plans for category products.

• Actively participate in the forecasting process with outside accounts and the Polk supply chain team.

• Participate in the decision making process for product configuration.

Qualifications

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• BS Required, MBA a plus

• Approximately  5 – 10 years of progressively broadening assignments in sales development, preferably in the personal audio market with a demonstrated track record of success.

• Meaningful exposure and involvement in Marketing projects and programs a plus, most preferably in the headphone or audio “dock” business.

• Demonstrated traditional brick and mortar channel success (retailers, distributors, etc) + “direct to consumer” experience.

• Experience gathering “Voice of the Consumer” information, processing the information into coherent summaries and delivering this information to the product development team.
• Ability to effectively work on multiple tasks, keeping track of projects and monitoring progress.

• Strong market orientation – demonstrated ability and processes in identifying key customer needs and the ability to understand and prioritize products based on both short and long term goals.

• Solid networking and relationship building activities and demonstrated ability to develop and maintain trust with customers and other strategic partners.

Decisive and results oriented. Has a management style that instills a sense of urgency and direction. 

CRITICAL SKILLS

• Leadership

• Focusing on Action and Outcomes

o Attacks everything with drive and energy with an eye on the bottom line; not afraid to initiate action before all the facts are known; drives to finish everything he/she starts

• Communicating Effectively

o Writes and presents effectively; adjusts to fit the audience and the message; strongly gets a message across. Effectively communicates across departments to gain needed support and keep appropriate team members informed.

• Making Complex Decisions

o Can solve even the toughest and most complex of problems; great at gleaning meaning from whatever data is available; is a quick study of the new and different; adds personal wisdom and experience to come to the best conclusion and solution, given the situation; uses multiple problem solving tools and techniques.

o Has the ability to successfully manage a complex and highly diverse channel strategy.

• Prioritization Skills

o Can quickly separate the mission critical from the routine; quickly senses what the next most useful thing to work on is; focuses on the critical few tasks that really add value and puts aside or delays the rest.

• Understanding the Business

o Knows the business and the mission critical technical and functional skills needed to do the job; understands various types of business propositions and understands how businesses operate in general; learns new methods and technologies easily.

• Getting Organized

o Is well organized and resourceful; effective an efficient at marshalling multiple resources to get things done’ lays out tasks in sufficient detail to mark the trail; is able to get things done with less and in less time; can work on multiple tasks at once without losing track; foresees and plans around obstacles.

• Getting Work Done Through Others

o Manages other people well; gets the most and best out of the people he/she has; sets and communicates guiding sales goals; measures results, and hold people accountable. Gives useful feedback and Inspires his/her team to exceptional results. Understands what motivates different people and builds a successful team.

• Demonstrating Character

o Is a person of high character; is consistent and acts in line with a clear and visible set of values and beliefs; deals and talks straight; walks his/her talk; is direct and truthful, but at the same time can keep confidences.

o Demonstrates fiscal responsibility in all areas.

Physical Demands

Must meet all the requirements of office staff employees for normal physical activity.

Additional Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

o  Normal office type environment.
o  Travel requirements are 50% or greater.