Interactive Flash Developer – eLearning simulations / gam,es

Do you dream of electric vector sheep?

Interactive Flash Developers are special people. We’re looking for those souls who swim the interactive seas. They know the ways objects and states and classes can interact: mathematical spirals of logic, friction coefficients, variables of volition, the user acting, the experience re-acting.

Serious Games, simulations, a whole other world, a learning ecology are tucked inside the screen just in front of us.

The balance we’re looking for is hard to find: someone with enough confidence and experience that they can lead the development of an entire project, yet still seek advice and get help when they need it.

We work closely together. We like developers who like people and working with others, and especially those who like learning from others and contributing their own wisdom.

We create custom, interactive eLearning experiences for our clients. Think video games that help people do their job better. In fact, we study video games, it’s one of the best places to find great interactive, instructional design.

Developers in our company lead the technical development of eLearning. The code, the standards, the way the data flows and the logic happens.

Developers create the initial prototypes for the project in our Savvy Start sessions and refine those prototypes until the final design is approved. During the rapid prototyping process, the Developer collaborates closely with the project team: the Producer, Media Artist, and Instructional Designer.

After prototyping is finished, the Developer builds the ironclad model that serves as the engine for the final project. This engine allows the production team (text, media, and programming) to fill in the content and complete the project.

Developers don’t have to be experts in user interface, media, or interactivity design, but they do need to be conversant in those areas and be able to ask good questions about them as they relate to the development of the courses in Flash.

We create eLearning for a broad spectrum of people: police officers, financial analysts, marketers, car mechanics, therapists, cell phone salespeople, brand managers, bank tellers, vacation planners, doctors, and many more.

Title – Interactive Flash Developer

Status - Full-time position in our Studio in Tampa (please don’t contact us about remote or contract work)

Major job responsibilities include:

1. Leading the technical development of the eLearning project through all stages of development (prototyping, modelization, Alpha, Beta, and Final)
2. Creating rapid prototypes on-site with the project team
3. Modelizing the final prototype into an efficient and stable “engine” for production
4. Thorough and effective debugging as needed

Required:

1. Passion for the work
2. At least 3 years of Flash Lead Developer experience in the creation of interactive experiences
3. Advanced ActionScript 3.0 skills
4. Experience with XML integration
5. A firm grasp of object-oriented programming techniques
6. Appreciates the opportunity to learn new languages and skills
7. A willingness to experiment with creative solutions combined with rigor and discipline in the organization and documentation of your code
8. Ability to set development timelines and meet them
9. Ability to be conceptually creative with the project team
10. Ability to travel to out-of-town client sites when needed (travel is not a large part of the job, but for project kick-offs it is often necessary to travel to the client)

Ideally Have:

1. Experience developing highly interactive eLearning or video games
2. Some experience with mobile development: haXe, Corona, Coco2D, Unity, etc.
3. Experience with jQuery
4. HTML5 experience and skills
5. Media and design skills

Bonus Points For:

1. Sense of Humor (can be odd, dry, or even British)
2. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or something interesting
3. An eye for aesthetics
4. LMS / LCMS experience
5. Business Consulting experience