The Ultimate Internship
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Brand Ambassador
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The Ultimate Internship is a job opportunity at TokBox, Inc. (“TokBox”) that is open to all applicants who meet the eligibility requirements below and who successfully submit an application on or before April 22nd, 2009, or the date TokBox receives 10,000 applications, whichever comes first. TokBox shall select the applicant to whom it will offer the Ultimate Internship in its sole discretion.
The application process shall involve:
- The submission of an online application form
- Submission of a 1 to 3 minute video mail sent via TokBox that explains why you should be the TokBox Ultimate Intern
- Collection of references from friends, family, professors and former employers by video mail using the tool provided at www.theultimateinternship.com
- A formal interview, as appropriate, with TokBox between 27th April and 3rd May
- The winner will be selected and notified by May 6th 2009.
The Ultimate Internship is a program of up to 6 weeks at TokBox’s headquarters in San Francisco, California. The Company will select the actual dates of employment, which will be between June 15th and September 15th 2009.
Job Duties include:
- Perform project work as reasonably directed by TokBox
- Providing weekly internet updates/blogs;
- Represent TokBox at various functions;
- Be a TokBox ‘Ambassador’ and participate in media interviews as required;
- Act responsibly at all times and in accordance with the reasonable directions of TokBox.
The Ultimate Intern will receive a salary of $1000 per week. TokBox will also provide accommodation (including utilities, such as gas, electric and water), a round-trip flight to San Francisco from anywhere within the United States, lunchtime meals and a daily allowance of $40 to cover meals and transportation during the internship. (All forms of compensation will be subject to reduction to reflect applicable withholding and payroll taxes and other deductions required by law. TokBox will increase pay as appropriate to compensate for any taxes on temporary living expenses, assuming that the applicant falls within the 15% or less tax bracket)
The Ultimate Intern will be required to enter into the Company’s standard form of offer letter and Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, pursuant to which TokBox will own all intellectual property in reports, diaries, blogs, photos and other material created by the employee in the course of their employment.
In order to be eligible for the Ultimate Internship, you must satisfy all of the following eligibility requirements.
- You must be 18 years of age or over as of 1st January 2009.
- You must be a student in good standing enrolled in a 4-year college or university program.
- Your employment is contingent upon your satisfactory completion of a background check selected by TokBox.
- You must be eligible to work in the US. As required by law, if you are selected for the Ultimate Internship, your employment will be contingent on your providing proof of your identity and authorization to work in the US.
- Employees of TokBox, members of TokBox’s Board of Directors and their immediate families are not eligible to apply for the Ultimate Internship.
- Candidates selected for interviews will behave in an appropriate and professional manner as befitting their potential representation of TokBox.
- All applicants must be subscribed to receive email communications from TokBox.
TokBox shall be entitled to use each candidate’s application, name, likeness, appearance, voice and biographical information for its promotional and publicity purposes, and by submitting your application you hereby grant TokBox a license to do the same.
The Ultimate Intern selected as a representative of TokBox, will act in an appropriate and professional manner and not engage in any activity or undertaking which brings disrepute or cause damage of reputation to TokBox. If you are selected for the Ultimate Internship, your employment with TokBox will be “at will,” meaning that either you or TokBox may terminate your employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause.
TOKBOX BRAND AMBASSADOR
NO PURCHASE OR OBLIGATION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
As a condition of participating in the TokBox: Brand Ambassador Program (the “Contest”), You (“You” or “Entrant”) agree to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of TokBox Inc (“TokBox”), whose decisions shall be final and binding in all respects, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these Official Rules.
- You must be 18 years of age or over as at 1st January 2009
- You must be a student in good standing enrolled in a 4-year college or university program
- Only legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia eligible to enter the Contest
- Directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents or representatives of TokBox, and/or its affiliate companies, and their suppliers, as well as the immediate family of the employees (including spouse, and parents, children and siblings, and their respective spouses regardless of where they live) and individuals living in the same households as the employees, whether related or not, are ineligible to enter the Contest or win a prize
- The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations and is VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
The Contest is a free Contest in which thirty (30) Entrant’s will be chosen as Brand Ambassadors for TokBox (“Brand Ambassadors”) and will serve as Brand Ambassadors for a period of one (1) year, through the conclusion of the Promotional Period, as explained below:
Selection of Candidates and Brand Ambassadors:
Between April 22, 2009 and April 27, 2009, TokBox will select fifty (50) Brand Ambassador candidates (the “Candidates”) from all of the entries submitted during the Entry Period. Candidates will be selected at TokBox’s sole and absolute discretion based upon the quality and content of the Entrant’s Video Submission and proposed marketing efforts. Candidate selection will be made by TokBox’s Vice President Marketing.
Between April 27, 2009 and May 4, 2009, TokBox’s designated representative will interview each Candidate and contact Candidate’s references, and from the pool of Candidates select thirty (30) finalists to be Brand Ambassadors. Interviews will take place via TokBox Video Mail using the contact information contained on Entrant’s Account. One member of TokBox’s management team will chose and determine the thirty (30) Brand Ambassador finalists, which shall be at TokBox’s sole and absolute discretion. TokBox will consider, among other things, the quality of the Entrant’s interview and the compatibility of Entrant’s personality with TokBox.
TokBox will announce the thirty (30) Brand Ambassadors on May 6, 2009. TokBox will notify each Brand Ambassadors via TokBox Video Mail and will also list the same on its Website.
Brand Ambassador Responsibilities:
Each Brand Ambassador will be appointed by the TokBox to promote TokBox between June 1, 2009 and December 15, 2009 (the “Brand Ambassador Period”). During the Brand Ambassador Period, each Brand Ambassador must recruit as many Active Users as possible. An “Active User” is a registered TokBox user who has made at least one (1) video call, and sent at least one (1) video mail to someone other than their recruiting Brand Ambassador.
By June 5, 2009, each Brand Ambassador will receive a welcome box of marketing materials. The welcome box also will contain a set of rules and requirements You must abide by when acting as a Brand Ambassador. By agreeing to these Official Rules You also agree to comply with the rules and regulations that accompany the welcome box.
At the end of each week during the Brand Ambassador Period, TokBox will issue an e-mail to all Brand Ambassadors that identifies the number of Active Users each Brand Ambassador has enrolled to that date. The weekly e-mail report will be current as of the Saturday before the report is issued.
At the end of the second week of every month, TokBox will send to each Brand Ambassador a video mail via TokBox Video Mail. The video letter will contain promotional ideas that can be implemented by the Brand Ambassadors.
At the end of each month, all Brand Ambassadors will participate in a conference call with TokBox’s VP Marketing to discuss marketing strategies. During the conference call, each Brand Ambassador will be provided with data on the number of Active Users they recruited during that month. In addition to this, the Brand Ambassador of the Month will be announced, as detailed below.
The Contest will begin at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on March 30, 2009, and end at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on December 15, 2009 (“Promotional Period”). In order to enter the Contest, You must :
- Log onto www.tokbox.com (the “Website”) between March 30, 3009 and April 22, 2009 (the “Entry Period”) and (a) access or create Your TokBox user account
- Complete the application form including your name, company name, title, e-mail address, street address, city, state, zip code, and phone numbers (including area code) and the name and address of your university
- Submit a 1-3 minute video mail presenting Your marketing plan and how You think TokBox can be used at Your university campus (the “Video Submission”)
- Submit the names and e-mail addresses of up to five (5) friends, family members and/or university professors as references. By entering the Contest You hereby represent and warrant that You have permission to divulge Your references’ names and contact information to TokBox. No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest.
- Only one entry per person. Entries that are lost, late, illegible or incomplete for any reason will not be eligible. Any form of entry other than those described herein is void. All entries become the property of the TokBox and will not be returned.
All content of the Video Submission must be completely original to You and must not have been taken or composed in, whole or in part, from any other source, and must not have been released commercially in order to be eligible for entry into the Contest. Video Submissions must not be defamatory, trade libelous, pornographic or obscene and such use authorized herein must not give rise to any claims of infringement, invasion of privacy or publicity, or infringe on any rights or interests of any third party, or give rise to any claims for any payment whatsoever. Video Submissions that contain material that is not original to Your own ideas and thoughts, or which are inoperable or incomplete, will not be accepted and Your entry into the Contest will be void.
You also agree to grant TokBox the non-exclusive, irrevocable right and license to exhibit, broadcast, copy, reproduce, encode, compress, encrypt, incorporate data into, edit, broadcast, rebroadcast, transmit, record, publicly perform and create works of the materials contained in Your Video Submission and/or any portion or excerpts thereof, in any manner, an unlimited number of times, in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world in perpetuity and without any compensation to you. TokBox is under no obligation to use the Video Submission for any purpose.
Video Submissions shall not contain, include or involve any of the following: obscenity; crude, vulgar or offensive pictures, depictions, images, language and/or symbols; gang signs or symbols; nudity; commercial products (e.g., clothing, toys, food) and/or their trademarks, brands, logos or endorsements other than TokBox’s products; license plates, phone numbers, personal addresses - physical or email or otherwise; website or web page links; derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious groups, humiliate other people (publicly or otherwise), any assault or threatening of others; trespass or the violation of other people's rights or property; illegal (e.g., discriminatory, harassing, illegal drug abuse) or inappropriate activity, behavior or conduct (e.g., inflicting emotional distress); conduct or activities in violation of these Official Rules; any other content, display, materials and/or images that is or could be considered inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive, as determined by TokBox, in its sole discretion.
There are five (5) levels of prizes: the Ultimate Brand Ambassador; The Top Tier; The Second Tier; the Brand Ambassador of the Month and the Consolation Prize (collectively “Prizes”).
Ultimate Brand Ambassador: At the conclusion of the Promotional Period, TokBox will select one (1) Ultimate Brand Ambassador who will receive a cash prize of $5,000. The Ultimate Brand Ambassador will be the person who has registered the most Active Users during the Brand Ambassador Period and who has at least a minimum of 1,750 Active Users.
Top Tier: All Brand Ambassadors who register between 1,000 Active Users and 1,750 Active Users during the Brand Ambassador Period will receive a cash prize of $1,000.
Second Tier: All Brand Ambassadors who register between 750 Active Users and 1,000 Active Users during the Brand Ambassador Period will receive a cash prize of $750.
Brand Ambassador of the Month: Each month, the one (1) Brand Ambassador who registers the most number of Active Users during the preceding month will receive $100 to plan and execute his/her next promotional event. Each plan must be approved by a representative of the TokBox before it is put into effect. Also, the Brand Ambassador of the Month must retain the receipts for his/her expenditures. For the purposes of this prize award, a “month” shall be deemed to begin on the first day of the month at 12:00 am PST and end on the last day of the month at 11:50 pm PST.
Consolation Prize: The twenty (20) Candidates who are not chosen to be Brand Ambassadors will each receive a t-shirt. Approximate Retail Value: $15.00.
The Ultimate Brand Ambassador, the Top Tier prize winners, the Second Tier prize winners and the Brand Ambassador of the Month will each be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and (where legal) a Publicity Release. In the event of non compliance with these rules, the relevant cash prize will be forfeited.
The Prizes are non-assignable and non-transferable. No prize substitutions will be allowed. TokBox has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of TokBox are final and binding.
TokBox reserves the right to remove from or to deny entry to the Contest to any Entrant who engages in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, or for any other reason TokBox deems to be in its sole discretion ineligible. TokBox also reserves the right to require potential prize winners to submit to, and cooperate fully in, a background check to confirm eligibility and to help ensure that the use or involvement in any way of any such person in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring the TokBox into disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest, the TokBox or any supplier of any portion of the prizes, as determined by the TokBox in its sole discretion.
Each prize winner is responsible for the payment of his/her federal, state and/or local taxes on the prize and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the acceptance and use of the Prizes.
Winner Determination and Notification
The Ultimate Brand Ambassador, the Top Tier prize winners and the Second Tier prize winners will be determined on or around December 30, 2009, and will be notified via TokBox Video Mail. Prizes will be sent to the Entrant’s address, using contact information contained in the Entrants Account, on or around January 15, 2010.
The Brand Ambassador of the Month will be notified during the monthly conference call, as referenced above. Prizes will be sent to the Entrant’s address, using contact information contained in the Entrants Account.
The twenty (20) Candidates who are not chosen to be Brand Ambassadors will be notified on or around May 6, 2009 via TokBox Video Mail. The consolation prize will be sent out on or around May 16, 2009.
TokBox shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winners for any reason. Time is of the essence when awarding the Prizes. Accordingly, if, despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within three (3) business days of the first notification attempt (or a shorter time if required by exigencies), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize. Similarly, if any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he/she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines the prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will forfeit his/her prize. Any forfeited prize may be awarded to an alternate winner, at TokBox’s sole discretion.
The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period to become a Brand Ambassador, as well as the Brand Ambassador’s ability and skill to recruit Active Users.
Except where prohibited by law, by entering the Contest, as a condition of participating in this Contest, Entrant agrees to allow TokBox and its designees to use Entrant’s name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice and city and state address for advertising and promotional purposes for this and similar promotions, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
ENTRANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IF ENTRANT IS CHOSEN AS A CANDIDATE AND/OR BRAND AMBASSADOR, ENTRANT’S PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PLACING ENTRANT’S NAME ON A WINNERS' LIST.
BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ENTRANT HAS READ AND CONSENTS TO TOKBOX'S PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE.
TokBox is not responsible for: (1) stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, undeliverable or incomplete, inaccurate, delayed, illegible entries due to technical, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other errors relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the mailing or transmission of entries, notification or correspondence, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest related materials; (2) technical failures of any kinds; (3) failures of any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (4) unauthorized human and/or mechanical intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (5) technical or human error that may occur in the administration of the Contest, the sending of entries or the processing of entries; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s Video is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed, corrupted or for any other reason not accepted as an entry into the Contest, Entrant’s sole remedy is to submit another Video in the Contest. TokBox may rescind any Contest entry found to contain such errors or failures without liability at its sole discretion.
As a condition of participating in this Contest, Entrant agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless the TokBox and its affiliate companies, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, and TokBox’s advertising and promotion agencies and all their affiliates, and each of their respective agents, representatives, officers, managers, directors, members, shareholders and employees from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions and any liability of any kind resulting from or arising from participation in the Contest, including acceptance, possession, use, misuse or nonuse of the prize that may be awarded, or any injury or for damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or wireless device relating to or resulting from participation in this Contest or downloading any materials in this Contest, or inability to access any web site or wireless service associated with this Contest, or any combination thereof. Entrant agrees that the laws of the State of California will govern any and all disputes. As a condition of participating in this Contest, Entrant agrees that (1) under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, (2) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and (3) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but shall in no event include attorneys’ fees. TokBox reserves the right to modify prize award procedures.
If in the TokBox’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if computer virus, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical difficulties or failures compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Contest, the TokBox reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and or void any entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or suspend the Contest, or to terminate the Contest and conduct a random drawing to award the prizes using all eligible, non-suspect entries received for the applicable drawing as of the termination date. Any attempts by an individual to access any web site associated with this Contest via robotic, automatic entry devices, programs such as, but not limited to, by script, macro or any other automated means, or other unauthorized entry will void all such entries by such methods.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE TOKBOX’S WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, TOKBOX RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
As a condition of participating in this Contest, You agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of a Candidate or Brand Ambassador shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective and in accordance with its expedited hearing procedures. The arbitration will be conducted before a single arbitrator and will be limited solely to the dispute between You and TokBox. The arbitrator’s award, including attorneys’ fees, shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will You be permitted to obtain awards for, and You hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Contest), and You further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or your rights and obligations or TokBox’s rights and obligations in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and all proceedings shall take place in the State of California in the City of San Francisco.
To obtain a copy of the winners list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to “TokBox: Brand Ambassador Program” Winners List, 128 King Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California 94107. All such requests must be received no later than two (2) weeks after the announcement of the Candidates and Brand Ambassadors and two (2) weeks after the announcement of the Brand Ambassador of the Year, Top Tier prize winners and Second Tier prize winners. These Official Rules will be posted on the Website throughout the Promotional Period, as well as for 2 weeks after the announcement of the prize winners.
If You do not wish to receive any further notices from TokBox, regarding Contest offerings, send Your name and address to: TokBox, 128 King Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California 94107 Attn: Brand Ambassador Program