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Sr. Engineer, Carrier Operations
Skyrockit Inc., the premiere digital content agency, is seeking a motivated and experienced Sr. Engineer, Carrier Operations to drive operations of our thriving mobile carrier business and help us take it to the next level of efficiency. The right individual will be comfortable in a cross-functional, technical and marketing, role with a strong technical background across a variety of disciplines and a strong passion for work with licensors and carrier partners to deliver the highest quality content. To qualify, you will have a comprehensive knowledge of mobile personalization business, its various platforms, their benefits and limitations, and a firm grasp of how to work internally and externally to meet common goals. This is a technical operations role in a content and marketing environment.
Responsibilities
In this position you will:
- Coordinate the flow of licensed content assets through the delivery chain from licensors to our carrier partners.
- Coordinate the quality control, delivery, and handling of weekly transmission of personalization content; ringtones, wallpapers, videos, and graphics from partner ingestion all of the way through carrier distribution.
- Own the delivery process and implementing improvements of the overall process with the ability to inherit the current carrier delivery procedures and make them your own.
- Optimize production, delivery, and reporting procedures with licensors and carriers including timely and accurate entry of licensor data for internal database.
- Assist reporting team and review all licensor reports on a quarterly basis.
- Manage hands-on the support for growing top-line revenues on mobile storefronts for Skyrockit and our licensor partners.
- Some of the specific tasks would include the streamlining and troubleshooting of:
- XML Packagers for white-label deliveries
- weekly data ingest including aggregation of non-standardized metadata from various sources
- weekly source file ingest from various non-standardized FTP sources, email links, etc.
Skills
- Linux/Unix shell scripting (familiarity with perl, rsync, ssh, bash)
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments i.e. RedHat, Centos, Solaris
- Good communication skills
- Database familiarity i.e. read/write SQL for PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with carrier handsets, data offerings and mobile content providers
- Ability to remain flexible and willing to change strategies, as business needs dictate
- Self-starter and creative-thinker with the ability to work with numerous internal and external teams to reach common goals
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Java familiarity a plus.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years experience required in a technical delivery capacity in mobile content or mobile application development
- Carrier contacts and direct experience, a plus
This position is located in San Francisco, CA
Sr. Producer 2
Skyrockit Inc, the leading digital content agency, is looking for an experienced and dynamic Sr Producer to develop and execute lifestyle and branded entertainment products and apps.
The right candidate will be comfortable driving highly dynamic projects as well as managing and mentoring other producers in a fast paced environment. This Sr. Producer will be responsible for coordinating product design and implementation, driving competitor analysis and intelligence, partner selection, and keeping projects on track and on budget, while assuring the highest possible level of quality.
To be successful in this role, the person should be able to think strategically, organized and have great attention to detail.
Responsibilities
In this position you will:
- Coordinate the entire product development cycle, either directly of through other producers; including multi-version product plans on a number of platforms
- Drive product budgets, schedules, development and QA processes as well all of the project-related communication, both internally as well as to the client
- Work with all of the internal and external stakeholders on product requirements, costing, and implementation
- Product presentation and proposal to both client and to the public
- Follow new technology and consumer trends in their specific product area; assist in evolving existing processes and develop new ones relative to their project areas.
- Manage, coordinate, and mentor a team of producers.
Skills
- Demonstrated experience in product development on mobile and/or handheld environments
- Ability to work with a wide number of stakeholders both internally and externally
- Advanced knowledge and experience with multimedia content production
- HTML/CSS/ XML and relevant web development experience
- Experience in iPhone/mobile development a plus
- Proven experience in commercial and media web environments;
- Strong people management skills and experience
- Experience with contracts and external vendor selection and coordination
- Photoshop and Illustrator skills desirable
- Passion for and understanding of social networks an online communities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years experience in project management experience in content or mobile application development
- Video game development experience a plus
- Carrier contacts and direct experience, a plus
This position is located in San Francisco, CA
Sr. User Experience / Interaction Designer
Skyrockit, a leading entertainment agency, is looking for a creative, solutions-oriented UI/UX expert who understands that "design" is more than a coat of paint. We are looking for someone who can devise elegant solutions to difficult problems and has real-world experience with the unique challenges of mobile applications and the issues associated with bringing such products to market.
To be successful in this role, you will need to not be afraid to get your hands dirty and to respond quickly, responsively & efficiently. Your tasks will include creating wireframes & dynamic mock-ups; designing, honing and exporting actual in-app elements, often on very aggressive timelines.
You will also be fluent in the language of visual communication and able to communicate intent clearly, both internally and externally. A collaborative spirit, an openness to take criticism and critique well, and to respond thoughtfully and in a timely manner, are also key traits.
To apply you should have a portfolio showing an understanding of information architecture and usability and usability testing, human factors, persona creation, user flows, wireframes, and use cases.
Responsibilities
In this position you will:
- work in a multidisciplinary product development team, often of different design sensibility and knowledge
- translate customer requirements into? defined specifications and inspire the Engineering team to develop the right? product
- own the design of the user interface-related features and? participate in the product definition process with product management,? engineering, marketing, and other product functions
- work with product management and other functions to translate business and marketing goals into the software solutions
- develop and maintain design mockups, usage scenarios, prototypes, specifications, navigation maps, and other design documents.
- work with feature development team to ensure that the workflow reflects the customer's needs and ensure consistency among features
- develop expert-level knowledge of competitive and complementary products and bring new ideas to the team
- define innovative user interfaces and interaction models which result in? improved user satisfaction
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or related field from or equivalent.
- 6+ years experience in the field.
- Video game development, iPhone Application development, websites development, 3D/2D Animation experience are a plus.
- Proven track record and a passion for designing compelling, award-winning user interfaces.
- Excellent presentation skills & and attention to detail.
- Expertise in visual design using tools like Photoshop, Illustrator is a must.
- Prototyping skills using tools like Flash, Flex, Dreamweaver and a knowledge of imaging / video domain applications would be definite plus.