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Seasonal bike mechanic
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Joe Bike
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We’re looking for a friendly, experienced mechanic for the summer and early fall, with a possibility of year-round employment. Varied, fast-paced environment, great customers, mostly commuter and touring bikes.
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Stop by with a resume. Please avoid peak times (noon to 4) so that we can chat with you on the spot.
This post was written by Adam Brunelle, program director at Green Lents. It was originally published by The Intertwine.
The Lents Green Ring project seeks to improve neighborhood safety and accessibility through placemaking and community-led advocacy. Physically speaking, the Lents Green Ring is a network of loosely connected bicycle streets with needed upgrades — like better crossings and improved signage. But more importantly, the project builds social connections in the community through placemaking projects and community programming that is accessible across cultures and geography. And ecologically, partners work to improve habitat connectivity for pollinators in both urban and natural areas in Lents.
The Lents Green Ring has been developing at the grassroots level alongside the City of Portland’s Green Loop project, and can serve as a model for how to equitably develop greenways that provide benefits for existing residents.
Four new job opportunities were posted this week.
Learn more about each one via the links below…
–> Seasonal bike mechanic – Joe Bike
–> Mechanic/Sales – Cycle Portland
–> Account Executive – ECHOS Communications
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Morning Bike Valet Attendant
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Go By Bike
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Come join the largest bicycle valet in North America! We are looking for someone with an excitement for bicycles to join our amazing team to help park bicycles in the morning. During the summer we average 350 bicycles a day and 250 in the winter time.
Go By Bike has provided bicycle valet and repair service under the aerial tram in South Waterfront for the past 4 years. This past year we converted a shipping container into our repair and valet shop.
The position is part-time. You must be a morning person. The valet opens at 6am. The job is physical, you will be walking and lifting bicycles onto racks. Benefits include transit pass, bicycle commute incentive, paid vacation and holidays, biketown membership, and more. We are looking for someone who is friendly, a multitasker, and wants to work everyday at a place that is proving Portland is still the leader in making awesome urban bicycling experiences.
How to Apply *
Email your resume and a paragraph cover letter explaining why you would like to work at Go By Bike.
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Account Executive
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ECHOS Communications
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ECHOS Communications (www.echoscomm.com) seeks an Account Executive to support a number of amazing brands in the cycling industry.
**A minimum of 2 years of media relations experience (agency experience preferred) is required.** Applicants should be avid cyclists with a background in the cycling industry. Those not fully immersed and passionate about cycling need not apply.
The candidate will be an excellent writer, bring a positive, can-do attitude, be hungry to learn, experiment, and improve processes, and demonstrate interest in supporting the agency’s continued growth. The position is based at our Portland office
Broad Role Overview:
Media Relations:
Build media lists, compile contacts from existing media lists and databases, while considering new contacts and appropriate outlets to include in campaign outreach
Compiling materials for media kits; building online newsrooms
Participate and execute daily reactive and proactive media outreach for clients
Launch or execute campaign outreach, including follow-up, and creating new relationships
Respond with a sense of urgency to all media and client requests and queries
Plan campaign with client and supervisor, setting goals and drafting roadmap to achieve desired results
Consider big picture targets such as broadcast and mainstream consumer media, as well as endemic/vertical publications
Develop compelling communications and thorough pitch/press materials relevant and of value to media targets
Respond with urgency to all incoming media requests for information, images, and product
Tracking and developing monthly client reports
Drafting press releases, talk points, pitches, blog posts, social media messages
Operations / Agency Development:
Actively participate in client calls
Attend client visits, meetings, and media visits
Participate in team meetings; sharing best practices, successes, and learnings
Required Qualifications:
Two years of media relations experience with a proven record of results
Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
Understanding of public relations and the roles and responsibilities of a PR professional
Flexibility to work in a fast-growing, dynamic environment
Professionally driven to build relationships on our clients’ behalf
Ability to think creatively and strategically about individual pitches and campaigns
Ability to keep the best interest of the agency and our clients top-of-mind
Sound judgment and proven problem-solving capabilities
Positive, confident, and personable
Excellent organization and planning ability
Sharp eye for detail in all internal and external communications
Excellent time management; ability to prioritize with flexibility
Additional
Experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Apple Keynote; Google Drive and Google Analytics; Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and InDesign (or other design suites); WordPress
Knowledge and interest in outdoor lifestyle (cycling, snowsports) and consumer products
Please send resume and cover letter. No calls please.
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Please send resume and cover letter to Jacob@echoscomm.com
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Mechanic/ Sales
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Cycle Portland
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Full Time Mechanic/ sales staff position at Cycle Portland Bike Shop downtown.
We’re looking for an experienced mechanic to round out our team. Certification is preferred, but not required. Applicants should have previous bike shop experience and be comfortable working on a wide variety of different bike styles. This position includes working on the retail sales floor as well as behind the stand.
Customer Service experience is a must and you should enjoy working with the public. We serve as a maintenance and local accessory shop for many commuters in the area, focusing on building relationships between our shop staff and our community of long time customers. We also rent bikes at our shop and a large part of this position is checking bikes in and out to customers along with helping cyclists choose appropriate accessories for their needs.
Knowledge in the following is preferred:
– Service/Maintenance/Overhaul of Shimano internally geared hubs
– Account/Distributor ordering familiarity within a tracked inventory system
– Wheelbuilding/Truing experience
– Hayes/Avid/Shimano disc brake bleeding and replacement
– Shimano E-Bike troubleshooting and maintenance
Many of our customers are visitors from around the world and a large part of the position is being able to give directions, route assistance, and food/ drink recommendations to make their Portland experience a success.
Compensation starts at $13/ hour with the possibility to advance based on performance.
How to Apply *
Please e-mail portlandbicycle@gmail.com or drop off a resume at 117 NW 2nd Ave., along with a paragraph or two about why you would be a good fit for the position, and what days of the week you are available. This is a full time permanent position currently scheduled Monday thru Friday 5 days a week, though part time can be considered based on skill set.
Among a host of tweaks expected to Oregon’s transportation funding package is very likely to include a major change to the controversial bicycle excise tax.
Instead of 3 percent excise tax on all new bikes (with some exceptions), it’s likely to become a $15 flat fee.
In a meeting of the Joint Transportation Preservation and Modernization Committee at the capitol last night, Co-Chair Lee Beyer (D-Springfield) said he and other legislators have heard concerns about the tax from bicycle dealers. As we reported last week, the current proposal is a 3 percent tax on the purchase of new bicycles. That idea faced strong opposition from shop owners who fear the tax will drive sales toward online and big-box retailers, create onerous new reporting requirements, and put a black cloud over bicycling in Oregon.
As affordable space to live and work becomes scarce in Portland’s inner neighborhoods, higher rents are forcing many people and organizations to move further out. As this trend continues, Portland Autonomous Zone (PAZ), a member-supported space for making and fixing things — especially bike-inspired things — is struggling to hold onto their space at SE 16th and Woodward.
PAZ was founded by Brian Smith in 2013 with a “focus on bike fun and DIY sub-culture.” Smith, who likens PAZ to “an Eagles Lodge, but with a focus on DIY tinkering and bikes,” is a regular in the Portland bike scene and can often be found astride his tall bike. He’s also a computer and audio expert who loves tinkering with mobile sound systems and once dreamed of a tall-bike powered tour with his punk band. Smith has kept PAZ alive for the past four years by pouring his heart (and sometimes his own money) into it. He has also worked to recruit new members, whose monthly rents help pay for the space.
The northeast Portland-based nonprofit that believes bicycles are a vehicle for changing our communities has hired a new leader. The Community Cycling Center announced yesterday that Kasandra Griffin is their next executive director.
Griffin is known quantity in local bike advocacy circles. She spent eight years (on and off) on the Board of Directors for The Street Trust and also served as their interim executive director for five months in 2002 and as their finance director from 2003 to 2005. She has also worked at the City of Portland’s parks bureau and most recently as policy manager at Upstream Public Health, a nonprofit.
“Coming back to an organization centered on bikes feels like returning to my first true love,” she said in an interview posted on the CCC’s website yesterday. “Doing it at an organization that is also focused on equity makes me feel honored, delighted, and eager to get to work.”
This post was written by The Street Trust’s Interim Executive Director Stephanie Noll and Campaign Manager LeeAnne Fergason.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, five amazing kids testified in Salem before the Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation and Modernization. These young advocates had never before been to the Capitol. Legislators welcomed Oliver from North Portland; Ben, Gus, and Isadora from Eugene; and Trey from Milwaukie as they and their parents spoke out for Safe Routes to School.
Pedalpalooza is here and the calendar is chock-full of new ways to have fun on a bike. Whether you love superheroes, the Sprockettes, or bahn mi and bubble tea, you’re sure to find something on this weekend’s menu that suits your tastes.
Our featured events this week are Cycle Oregon’s Joyride and the Clever Cycles 10th anniversary party.
Buckle up and dig into all our picks for the weekend ahead…
#bikestp
4 rooms just opened up at McMenamins Olympic Club for Saturday night of STP 2017.