Everyone loves camp! Want to join ours? We're always on the lookout for happy campers to join our team. For general employment inquiries, or if you don't see the camp role you're interested in below, email us at: beabuddy at thebuddygroup dot com. We look forward to your note at mail call!
Interactive Designer Extraordinaire
We are currently seeking a talented, energetic, and optimistic professional to fill the role of Interactive Designer.
The position is freelance/contract with opportunity to become full-time permanent staff based on performance and workload. This individual will be crucial in the creation of two exciting, new projects for one of our long-standing customers. You'll work as a member of our design team to establish and maintain design solutions and prototype interface concepts.
Please email your resume, portfolio and salary requirements if you are interested in becoming a Buddy!
Please email your resume, portfolio and salary requirements if you are interested in becoming a Buddy!
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Articulate concepts and communicate clearly (written and verbal).
- Have proficiency in creating UX documentation (personas, flows, and wireframes) that clearly and persuasively communicate the UX strategy and the reasoning behind it.
- Collaborate and facilitate concept execution.
- Prepare and maintain style guides.
- Provide quality assurance on creative deliverables.
Qualifications:
- A professional design portfolio
- A refined sensibility to color, composition, typography, and iconography.
- Expertise in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, XHTML and CSS. (Flash a plus)
- Comprehension of the latest web technologies and trends.
- 3+ years of experience as a Web Designer / UX Designer.
- Show us you are thorough and read everything, in your email tell us the password is “Squirrels”.
Flash Developer
We need someone to come develop with us. This is what you need to know: Flash/ActionScript 3, XML, AMF/Remoting, FLV, Gaia. Prime candidates will be able to demonstrate professional level skills by providing code samples and case studies of work they have done for clients. We expect solid understanding of the tools and process of building Flash applications: core packages, OOP principles, event architecture, class loading, resource loading and management, video and image manipulation, optimization, production standards and workflow, embedding and deployment, etc. We are looking specifically for free lance, contract, and temp to perm candidates.
We're looking for candidates with the technical chops and a friendly, professional attitude, so send us references from colleagues clients, even friends and family. Bonus points awarded for candidates with experience developing for LAMP (PHP), HTML/CSS and AJAX/JavaScript.
Interested? To respond to this job posting, please contact us via email. Please include “Flash Developer” in the subject and include the following in your response:
1. Tell us why you are the developer we're looking for.
2. Attach sample code and case studies.
3. Tell us a joke or perhaps include an amusing drawing (optional, and keep it work safe!).
Must be Southern California based and able to work at least some of the time in our Irvine, CA offices. We hope to meet you soon!
We're looking for candidates with the technical chops and a friendly, professional attitude, so send us references from colleagues clients, even friends and family. Bonus points awarded for candidates with experience developing for LAMP (PHP), HTML/CSS and AJAX/JavaScript.
Interested? To respond to this job posting, please contact us via email. Please include “Flash Developer” in the subject and include the following in your response:
1. Tell us why you are the developer we're looking for.
2. Attach sample code and case studies.
3. Tell us a joke or perhaps include an amusing drawing (optional, and keep it work safe!).
Must be Southern California based and able to work at least some of the time in our Irvine, CA offices. We hope to meet you soon!
Qualifications:
- Plays well with others.
- Can translate specifications and client requests into a workable development plan.
- Can explain technical concepts in plain English and communicate effectively with people of diverse backgrounds.
- Has a favorite text editor or IDE.
- Has a deep appreciation for usability, design, and information architecture.
Senior Post-Production (Video Editor)
We are looking for a Senior Post-Production Buddy who is highly skilled in all aspects of video post including narrative video editing, motion graphics and audio editing. This person exhibits a mastery of animation and keying skills and can find a way to bring any creative vision to the screen. A Senior Post-Production Buddy is as organized and detail oriented as they are creative and is as comfortable in a client meeting as they are in the edit bay. This position is freelance/contract with the opportunity to become full-time permanent staff based on performance and workload.
If you're the perfect person for this job, please send your resume and links to your online reel or other samples of your work.
If you're the perfect person for this job, please send your resume and links to your online reel or other samples of your work.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Primary editor for all video projects.
- Helps design, create and manage motion graphics elements for all video projects.
- Participates in creative concepting meetings and builds digital storyboards and animatics for each project.
- Must ensure that final video outputs match client requirements.
- Might manage entire projects and/or other post-production employees.
- Works with Director of DotLot™ and TBG IT Buddies to maintain and upgrade equipment.
- Supports other members of the DotLot™ team in managing day-to-day workflow of projects.
- Makes recommendations for new technologies that will help streamline the post-production workflow.
- Frequent and clear communication with all team members (written and verbal).
Qualifications:
- Has 4+ years professional editing and/or animating experience as well as a B.A. degree in Film and/or Television production or equivalent industry experience.
- Might have a focus in a particular area (Editorial, Mograph or Audio) but is comfortable with all post-production disciplines.
- Has a solid understanding of the language of visual storytelling, including pacing, framing and editing.
- Excellent editorial skills. Possesses the ability to review and log footage, make shot selections and tell an appropriate story based on the footage and other tools provided.
- Is expert with Final Cut Studio, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere and other related programs.
- Has a concrete understanding of video resolutions, aspect ratios and file formats and is expert with encoding and converting videos for use in multiple distribution formats.
- Is highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Extremely proactive and able to react quickly to change.
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives as assigned.
Production/Traffic Coordinator
Get us out of this Traffic Jam on the Information Super Highway!
We are currently seeking a talented, energetic, and optimistic professional to fill the role of Production Coordinator.
The Production Coordinator needs to exhibit credibility, honesty and reliability. A key component of this position is mastering the routing process from start to finish. Keen listening skills are essential in order to manage the timing of projects so that deadlines are met on a consistent basis. Responsibility and resourcefulness are important traits needed in order to thrive in the fast-paced culture of a creative agency.
We are currently seeking a talented, energetic, and optimistic professional to fill the role of Production Coordinator.
The Production Coordinator needs to exhibit credibility, honesty and reliability. A key component of this position is mastering the routing process from start to finish. Keen listening skills are essential in order to manage the timing of projects so that deadlines are met on a consistent basis. Responsibility and resourcefulness are important traits needed in order to thrive in the fast-paced culture of a creative agency.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develop an understanding of the functions of all departments and how to appropriately interact with them
- Display appropriate sense of urgency, prioritization, organization, and tenacity relating to project milestones
- Communicate on a consistent basis with Account Managers regarding the status of all projects
- Set and enforce weekly priorities with Production Staff
- Distribute work assignments to team members to successfully meet milestones
- Work directly with Account Services to assign resources
- Evaluate workload on a daily and weekly basis as a guide to aid Directors in establishing resource and additional hour needs
- Run or participate in production meetings providing feedback and information on issues, job status and daily/weekly goals
- Help maintain positive morale among team members
- Comprehend digital agency process and terminology
- Possess knowledge of overall accounts
Qualifications:
- Experience in Microsoft Office software
- Excellent organization skills
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills in a team environment
- Must possess the ability to produce independently in a team environment
Ideal Skill Set includes: - Overall agency experience is helpful
- Ability to collaborate with all staff outside of Production (i.e. Sales, Executives, etc.)
- Having worked in a LARGE Production environment of 12 or more staff
- Ability to work with a variety of personalities
- Not afraid to ask questions or offer differing opinions
- Experience with Microsoft Project
Please email your resume and salary requirements if you are interested in becoming a Buddy! In order to be considered you must provide answers to these three questions. Please keep in mind your answers may be from either a personal or professional example.
1. Tell us about a time when you were working hard to complete a task and you were asked to leave that task before completing it and to start a different job.
2. When you were a kid how did you clean your room?
3. Please take a look at this website and tell us how much time you estimate it will take in each Production department.
a. Design
b. Development
c. QA
d. Project Management
Hybrid Web Developer (Flash/PHP) Extraordinaire
We need someone to come develop with us. This is what you need to know:
Flash/ActionScript 3.0
Flex/AIR/MXML
PHP/MySQL (CakePHP framework experience a plus)
HTML (HTML5 experience a plus)
AJAX/JavaScript/jQuery
CSS
It’s a tall order, but we mean business. We’re looking for a senior level developer that can handle the front and back ends of a project from start to finish. Prime candidates will be able to demonstrate professional level skills by providing code samples and case studies of work they have done for clients. We expect solid understanding of the tools and processes of building websites and desktop/mobile applications, OOP principles, event architecture, class loading, resource loading and management, video and image manipulation, optimization, production standards and workflow, embedding and deployment, etc. We are looking specifically for a temp to perm candidate.
We’re looking for candidates with the technical chops and a friendly, professional attitude, so send us references from colleagues, clients, even friends and family.
Interested? To respond to this job posting, please contact us via email. Please include “Hybrid Developer” in the subject line and include the following in your response:
1. Tell us why you are the developer we’re looking for.
2. Attach sample code and case studies (at least one example of each core technology)
3. Tell us a joke or perhaps include an amusing drawing (optional, and keep it SFW!)
Flash/ActionScript 3.0
Flex/AIR/MXML
PHP/MySQL (CakePHP framework experience a plus)
HTML (HTML5 experience a plus)
AJAX/JavaScript/jQuery
CSS
It’s a tall order, but we mean business. We’re looking for a senior level developer that can handle the front and back ends of a project from start to finish. Prime candidates will be able to demonstrate professional level skills by providing code samples and case studies of work they have done for clients. We expect solid understanding of the tools and processes of building websites and desktop/mobile applications, OOP principles, event architecture, class loading, resource loading and management, video and image manipulation, optimization, production standards and workflow, embedding and deployment, etc. We are looking specifically for a temp to perm candidate.
We’re looking for candidates with the technical chops and a friendly, professional attitude, so send us references from colleagues, clients, even friends and family.
Interested? To respond to this job posting, please contact us via email. Please include “Hybrid Developer” in the subject line and include the following in your response:
1. Tell us why you are the developer we’re looking for.
2. Attach sample code and case studies (at least one example of each core technology)
3. Tell us a joke or perhaps include an amusing drawing (optional, and keep it SFW!)
Qualifications:
- Plays well with others
- Can translate specifications and client requests into a workable development plan
- Can explain technical concepts in plain English and communicate effectively with people of diverse backgrounds
- Has a favorite text editor or IDE
- Has a deep appreciation for usability, design, and information architecture
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