Are you driven to create beautiful code AND delighted users? Sleepy Giant is seeking engineers with strong frontend engineering skills (JS, DOM scripting, CSS, markup) and solid computer science fundamentals, who are passionate about developing high-quality web applications.
A Senior Front-end Engineer at Sleepy Giant will:
* Know how to leverage everything the browser offers, including the latest implementations of HTML5 and CSS 3, to create fast, scalable, complex web applications that are manageable to maintain and enhance.
* Create new products and new features based on the Sleepy Giant architecture.
* Maintain core JS code and UI templates used by the team.
* Collaborate with server-side engineers to optimize scalability and network efficiency.
* Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and others to keep projects moving quickly and efficiently.
Our ideal candidate will have:
* Respect for and deep knowledge of JavaScript as a "real language", and experience using it to create substantial features in a variety of projects.
* Experience using JavaScript, DOM scripting, CSS and semantic HTML to create clean, fast, high-quality web applications.
* Strong experience working with frameworks such as jQuery, YUI, and Dojo, and/or a smaller framework that you wrote yourself. Preferably this experience includes writing your own UI widgets, not just using those written by others.
* The ability to quickly and routinely convert designer mockups into pixel-perfect, cross-browser CSS and markup renditions.
* Understanding of the current state of HTML5 and CSS3 support, and practical experience leveraging their good
parts, avoiding the rough edges, and falling back gracefully to old-school methods when the browser version requires it.
* Experience with a variety of 3rd-party service integrations, including both common major API's like Facebook as well as one-off, custom integrations with smaller partners.
* In the context of integrations, you have direct experience with working with and around the browsers' same-origin policy.
* Experience designing your own client-side API.
* Experience optimizing your code and achieving substantial, measured improvements.
* Tenacious and efficient troubleshooting abilities across all of the major browsers.
* Experience shipping features for mobile/tablet platforms.
* A demonstrable track record of solving hard problems.
* Intuitive user-centric design sense and strong empathy for the user's actual experience with your features. You want to delight the user!
The Company:
Sleepy Giant runs persistent online games and communities of all sizes. We specialize in working with game studios to get their games to market, through a blend of strategic planning, smart design, cutting edge technologies, rock solid operations and real-time marketing. Our team takes an analytical approach to games; matching and supporting our creative counterparts at development studios. Some of the partners we work with include Activision, Disney, SeaWorld and THQ.
The product manager is responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams around specific product initiatives, delivering beautiful and functional sites and applications. Candidates for this role require a solid background in web development, particularly design and user experience. Though not a technical role, candidate must be conversant in web technologies and frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Lead product vision for assigned projects.
- Interview customers to understand their goals and requirements.
- Coordinate in-house design resources for assigned projects, bringing the best out of this team.
- Write product analysis and requirements documents
- Create wireframes and user flows
- Lead SEO planning and A/B testing
Requirements
- Experience in UX/AI
- Great client management skills
- Marketing/Agency experience preferred
You Can Look Forward To:
- Our team is talented and small - your contribution will matter.
- Growth opportunities. The company plans on growing quickly. As we grow, there will be advancement opportunities for management, software architecture, etc.
- Great perks! We are committed to our team's high quality of life, including an excellent benefits package:
- full medical, dental, vision. benefits
- 401K
- fully stocked pantry and bagels monday
- Paid vacations days
Notes:
- This is a full time on- site position located at our headquarters in Newport Beach, CA
- Sleepy Giant is unable to sponsor or transfer work visas at this time.
Sleepy Giant is looking for a leader for its Chicago operations. You will be coming into a rapidly growing company and have the opportunity to make your mark. You will partner closely with management to grow our Chicago operations.
The role requires a high impact individual with passion and energy and the experience of a broad spectrum of management skills.
Responsibilities will include but not limited to:
- Chicago Team Management A core part of your duties will be to provide leadership for functionally diverse teams across multiple projects. You will assist with recruiting and onboarding new members.
- Partner Relationship Management You will assist in maintaining strong relationship with external game studios and publishers.
- General Office Management You will be responsible for facilities, operations, and general office management.
- Business Development You will will work with Sleepy Giant's business development to grow the business.
Required qualifications:
- MBA degree or current enrollment in a MBA program is preferred
- 5+ years of professional experience
- 2+ years of management experience
- Online game experience and passion
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of company information
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Personable team player and people manager, preferably experienced in working with an entrepreneurial team
- Strong written and verbal skills
We look forward to hearing from interested candidates.
Sleepy Giant is looking for a Player Enchanter to lead all player engagement efforts for our online games and entertainment properties. This person will be the face of the game, interacting with players on a daily basis via blogs, podcasts, live-streaming, community meet-ups, and all relevant social media channels. The ideal candidate is an out-going, creative, digitally savvy, and highly motivated individual who is passionate about games, social media, content creation, player relations, and brand storytelling.
*Creative applications encouraged.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute a comprehensive player engagement strategy, coordinating with stakeholders across the game management team to ensure effectiveness
- Interact with players, both online through forums and live-streaming, as well as in person at game conferences and community meet-ups
- Create and maintain a rich social media presence across all major platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and other relevant channels, seeding content on a daily basis
- Generate compelling editorial content such as articles, blog posts, and podcasts to establish and broaden awareness of games and entertainment properties
- Collaborate with the AV Specialist to produce and distribute audio and video media in support of the game’s communications and content plan
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of community websites, working with the development team to continually evolve the sites with player-focused features
- Coordinate in-game events and manage a schedule of online events and contests, in conjunction with content releases, PR and marketing campaigns, and overall game communication strategies
REQUIREMENTS
- Undergraduate degree in communications, marketing, advertising, public relations, media studies, business, or related field
- Two years of experience at an online game company with a focus on viral marketing, player engagement, and community management
- Demonstrated expertise in activating a community of gamers, with the ability to map out and drive an engagement strategy
- Passionate about online games and entertainment
- Currently writes a personal blog, is active on Twitter, and participates in podcasts and live-streaming events
- Experience managing social media platforms for a brand, with an understanding of a wide variety of online community platforms
- Exceptional communication and creative writing skills
PLUSES
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
- Previous video production/editing experience
Sleepy Giant is looking for a Growth Monster to develop and execute strategies for generating sustainable growth for our games and entertainment properties, using a mix of user acquisition tactics and online marketing programs. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and a self-starter with entrepreneurial drive who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic work setting.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create, implement, and manage the online marketing strategies and tactical execution plans to grow games and entertainment properties across all channels, coordinating with company stakeholders to ensure effectiveness
- Develop and execute innovative user acquisition campaigns via a variety of channels, including viral initiatives, email marketing, CRM communications, and player referral systems
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of community websites, working with the development team to continually evolve the sites’ user experience and registration process
- Plan, evaluate, and manage analytics and funnel optimization programs to increase new users, repeat visits, viral distribution, and lifetime value
- Implement SEO strategies and track the effectiveness of new and existing online campaigns
- Drive performance-based programs including CPM/CPC/CPA-based advertising and paid-search campaigns
- Oversee partnership engagements for affiliate and co-marketing programs
REQUIREMENTS
- Undergraduate degree in new media, marketing, advertising, business, or related field
- 2 years of experience working in an online game company with a focus on growth hacking, acquisition marketing, or a closely related activity
- Passionate about online games and entertainment
- Experience running and managing online acquisition programs with an emphasis on CPA/CPI and CPC
- Experience working with various ad networks and successful optimization of online advertising performance through quantitative metrics and ROI analyses
- Strong understanding of SEO, and how to use SEO to scale acquisition marketing as well as to lower acquisition costs
- Experience with analytics software (e.g. Tableau, MixPanel, Google Analytics)
- Familiarity with various online email marketing solutions and campaign management platforms
- Experience with website software and applications, both configuration and management
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and to meet changing deadlines and priorities on multiple simultaneous projects
- Deliver and manage high availability systems and networks with 100% SLAs.
- Troubleshoot any issues related to technical portion of game delivery
- Deploy and configure the system network architecture for each game in coordination with game developers and internal Applications TeamsResponsible for setup, security, management and performance monitoring of the following:
- Game Servers
- Web Servers
- Database Servers
- Routers/Firewalls and other L4 network equipment
- Stress testing of environments prior to production rollout
- Perform shell and software programming needed for monitoring, deployment or stress testing
- Manage day-to-day project operations and communications. This includes:
- Building solid best practices and 24 x 7 systems administration
- Document process and procedures per environment.
- Creating and maintaining all logical and physical network diagrams, rack diagrams, wiring connections, hardware locations, etc.
- At least 3+ years Linux system’s and network administration experience
- Must be able to script and program in languages such as perl and shell
- Must understand application deployment and troubleshooting
- Able to quickly perform problem isolation in an online environment
- B.S. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, IT Management or equivalent experience
In-depth knowledge of:
- Linux (specifically current CentOS and Debian), understanding of file system layout differences and installation tools used
- Web architecture stacks including ability to fully install, configure and trouble shoot all of its components
- Basic shell scripting in all standard Linux shells
- Troubleshooting of shell, php and python scripts
- Server and application level communication protocols (eg HTTP, XML, JSON, SOAP, XML-RPC) and ability to isoloate transport and communication problem related to each.
- VPN and various firewalls including iptables
- Network backup and recovery techniques
- Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, MRTG, Munin or other SNMP tools
- PostgreSQL, MySQL and MS SQL Server databases and clustering
- Linux and Windows servers including clustering
- VMWare and virtualization
You Can Look Forward To:
- Our team is talented and small - your contribution will matter.
- Growth opportunities. The company plans on growing quickly. As we grow, there will be advancement opportunities for management, software architecture, etc.
- Great perks! We are committed to our team's high quality of life, including an excellent benefits package:
- full medical, dental, vision. benefits
- 401K
- fully stocked pantry and bagels monday
- Paid vacations days
Notes:
- This is a full time on- site position located at our headquarters in Newport Beach, CA or at our office in Chicago, IL. or remote
- Sleepy Giant is unable to sponsor or transfer work visas at this time.
The Company:
Sleepy Giant runs persistent online games and communities of all sizes. We specialize in working with game studios to get their games to market, through a blend of strategic planning, smart design, cutting edge technologies, rock solid operations and real-time marketing. Our team takes an analytical approach to games; matching and supporting our creative counterparts at development studios. Some of the partners we work with include Activision, Disney, SeaWorld and THQ.
We're looking to add a talented Interactive Designer who is ready to take awesome game properties and blow out the online experience. Ideally, you will have:
Responsibilities:
- a strong passion for design and design thinking
- a high level of creativity and sensitivity to composition, typography and branding
- innate desire to push the envelope for digital media
- Solid design skills
- strong technical and non-technical communication skills
- comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company
- great sense of humor, eccentricities are welcome
- a passion for designing with modern web practices - HTML 5, CSS3, jQuery, etc.
- thrive in a collaborative environment, and on the exchange of ideas
Qualifications:
- 2-3 years of experience designing for social sites, applications and preferably, gaming sites
- BA/BS in Visual Design, Interaction Design, or other visual arts track
- Proficient working in Adobe Photoshop and/or Fireworks
- Illustration/iconography abilities a plus
- Intimate understanding of social websites (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, etc.)
Please provide:
- URLS of portfolio sites/applications
- Linkedin URL
What you'll be working on:
- a variety of web-based, community-driven experiences that support and interact with the game client.
- generating creative ideas and interaction models for major game franchises, and other brands
- designing experiences for iPad and iPhone
You Can Look Forward To:
- Our team is talented and small - your contribution will matter.
- Growth opportunities. The company plans on growing quickly. As we grow, there will be advancement opportunities for management, software architecture, etc.
- Great perks! We are committed to our team's high quality of life, including an excellent benefits package:
- full medical, dental, vision. benefits
- 401K
- fully stocked pantry and bagels monday
- Paid vacations days
Notes:
- This is a full time on- site position located at our headquarters in Newport Beach, CA
- Sleepy Giant is unable to sponsor or transfer work visas at this time.
Are you looking to break into the video game industry? This could be your chance! Turn your love of playing video games into a career by becoming a Customer Support Representative (CSR)!
We need people who are passionate about gaming to help support our upcoming game. As a CSR, your responsibilities will include creating and running in-game events, interacting with players, monitoring the forums, helping with customer support, providing feedback to the development team, policing the game, and most of all having fun!
We are currently looking for sharp, responsible individuals with experience playing games across multiple genres and platforms.
We promote from within! As a small, fast-growing company, many new job openings and positions will be created as we expand our operations. This provides many opportunities for growth within the company, allowing talented individuals to quickly climb up the job ladder.
These positions are part-time, entry-level openings that may require working evenings, weekends, overnights and holidays.
In addition to a resume, all applicants are required to submit a professional cover letter to be considered for an interview.
Requirements
• Passionate about online games
• Experience playing games across multiple genres and platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, problem solving, and time management skills
• Solid computer, network, and gameplay troubleshooting skills
• Minimum typing speed of 35 WPM
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Unrelenting self-motivation and initiative
• Strong work ethic and good character
Pluses
• Experience with customer service tools such as RightNow, Parature, and Clean Speak
• Strong interest in the gaming industry; knowledge of recent releases and current trends
• Additional language skills, particularly French, Italian, German, or Spanish
• Familiarity with online chat programs such as ICQ, IRC, MSN, and Skype
• Familiarity with Visio, MS Project, and Photoshop
Parlez-vous français?
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Then we need you!
We're looking for smart, professional French and German-speaking individuals to provide customer support for one of the biggest military-style FPS games in the world. Note: This position will be staffed on-site at the publisher's office, located in El Segundo.
We promote from within! As a small fast growing company many new job openings and positions will be created as we expand our operations. This provides many opportunities for growth within the company, allowing talented individuals to quickly climb up the job ladder.
Requirements
- Must be able to read, write, and speak French or German at a native level
- Must work well with others and in groups
- Good communication and writing skills
- Solid computer, network, and gameplay troubleshooting skills
- Minimum typing speed of 35 WPM
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Must have strong work ethics and standards
- Bonus: Previous customer service and/or quality assurance experience
- Bonus: Knowledge of current and upcoming games
- Bonus: Additional language skills
The Company:
Sleepy Giant runs persistent online games and communities of all sizes. We specialize in working with game studios to get their games to market, through a blend of strategic planning, smart design, cutting edge technologies, rock solid operations and real-time marketing. Our team takes an analytical approach to games; matching and supporting our creative counterparts at development studios. Some of the partners we work with include Activision, Disney, SeaWorld and THQ.
This position will manage the launch and maintenance of multiple game infrastructure launches and various related projects which span traditional hosting to cloud farms. You will manage large/small projects/tasks which will require working with all organization levels and groups including network operations, engineering staff, project management teams both internal and external. You will be responsible for development and management of project schedules, identification of risks and clear communication of those to all project stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities
- Create Project Plans for tracking project, network, systems and application deployment and maintenance work.
- Manage multiple, simultaneous projects of varying degrees complexity against tight deadlines from inception through completion
- Create and maintain master schedules
- Provide both internal and external contact point for project status reporting
- Provide daily, weekly and monthly updates via reports
- Hold daily and weekly meetings with internal teams to help guide priority of projects
- Hold weekly client meetings to communicate plans, progress and risk
- Grow and own relationships between internal and external teams/clients
- Drive process development and iterative optimizations
- At times, handle researching new technologies and possible prototyping.
Qualifications
- Must have strong technical project management skills
- Strong knowledge of hosting services, networking, systems and applications
- Great communication skills both written and verbal
- Experience working in dynamic environments
- Experience managing vendor/client relationships
- Demonstrated skills in requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, scheduling, and achieving objectives on schedule within budget.
- Excellent analytical, and presentation skills
You Can Look Forward To:
- Our team is talented and small - your contribution will matter.
- Growth opportunities. The company plans on growing quickly. As we grow, there will be advancement opportunities for management, software architecture, etc.
- Great perks! We are committed to our team's high quality of life, including an excellent benefits package:
- full medical, dental, vision. benefits
- 401K
- fully stocked pantry and bagels monday
- Paid vacations days
Notes:
- This is a full time on- site position located at our headquarters in Newport Beach, CA or at our office in Chicago, IL. You'll need to commute to the office at least twice a week.
- Sleepy Giant is unable to sponsor or transfer work visas at this time.
The Company:
Sleepy Giant runs persistent online games and communities of all sizes. We specialize in working with game studios to get their games to market, through a blend of strategic planning, smart design, cutting edge technologies, rock solid operations and real-time marketing. Our team takes an analytical approach to games; matching and supporting our creative counterparts at development studios. Some of the partners we work with include Activision, Disney, SeaWorld and THQ.
This position is responsible for managing the successful delivery of web development projects. The role requires close interaction with development, engineering, quality assurance, customer support, marketing, and the client/producer. The candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and be eager to take on a variety of project and balance multiple simultaneous responsibilities.
Strong candidates possess an analytical mind and are able to balance many competing priorities. Additional responsibilities include requirements gathering, application wire framing, client management, and project planning.
A background in Service/Consulting Implementations or Systems Engineering experience is valuable. Experience in interactive media or online gaming is a plus and highly considered.
Job Responsibilities
- Create Product Specifications and wireframes for application development.
- Must be able to communicate well with teams
- Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
- Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls.
- Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust
- Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
- Must be able to create Project Plans for tracking project, network, systems and application deployment and maintenance work.
- Must be able to manage multiple, simultaneous projects of varying degrees complexity against tight deadlines from inception through completion
- Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management
- Provide daily, weekly and monthly updates via reports
- Hold daily and weekly scrum meetings with internal teams to help guide priority of projects
- Hold weekly client meetings to communicate plans, progress and risk
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of fundamentals of iterative development
- Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise
- Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
- High value of commitments to delivery made by a development team
- Highly analytical to understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics
- Understanding backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition
- Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices
Skills & Education
- Project Management: Microsoft Excel, Project, and Visio
- General Business: Reporting, Dashboard composition, Budgeting
- B.A/B.S.
You Can Look Forward To:
- Our team is talented and small - your contribution will matter.
- Growth opportunities. The company plans on growing quickly. As we grow, there will be advancement opportunities for management, software architecture, etc.
- Great perks! We are committed to our team's high quality of life, including an excellent benefits package:
- full medical, dental, vision. benefits
- 401K
- fully stocked pantry and bagels monday
- Paid vacations days
Notes:
- This is a full time on- site position located at our headquarters in Newport Beach, CA
- Sleepy Giant is unable to sponsor or transfer work visas at this time.
The Company:
Sleepy Giant runs persistent online games and communities of all sizes. We specialize in working with game studios to get their games to market, through a blend of strategic planning, smart design, cutting edge technologies, rock solid operations and real-time marketing. Our team takes an analytical approach to games; matching and supporting our creative counterparts at development studios. Some of the partners we work with include Activision, Disney, SeaWorld and THQ.
The Role:
- You'll be involved and contribute to game platforms from dev to deployment.
- You'll have the chance to architect and implement new components - including requirements gathering and documentation, re-factor or optimize components and more.
- Interact with clients - discuss technical issues, address questions and concerns they may have.
Our Ideal Candidate Is:
- A software developer who's worked on at least 1 Ruby on Rails application in a professional setting, and is anxious to dig into game platform development.
- Looking for a role where you can come in prove yourself and move up in the ranks.
- Loves games and want a chance to be involved from platform dev to deploy.
In summary: You're looking for more Ruby experience to bolster your skills. You're looking for a chance to move in and move up. You own your projects and not only manage but understand the ins and outs of them from step A to step Z - you're self-motivated, detail-oriented and organized.
You Can Look Forward To:
- Our team is talented and small - your contribution will matter.
- Growth opportunities. The company plans on growing quickly. As we grow, there will be advancement opportunities for management, software architecture, etc.
- Great perks! We are committed to our team's high quality of life, including an excellent benefits package:
- full medical, dental, vision. benefits
- 401K
- fully stocked pantry and bagels monday
- Paid vacations days
Notes:
- This is a full time on- site position located at our headquarters in Newport Beach, CA or at our office in Chicago, IL. You'll need to commute to the office at least twice a week.
- Sleepy Giant is unable to sponsor or transfer work visas at this time.
