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August 30, 2006
Build Out Rotten Tomatoes' Site
In a recent entourage episode, one of the characters was the writer for a movie review blog who made the stars' skin crawl with the power of his blog. We suspect this was based on Rotten Tomatoes which gets sick traffic.
Rotten Tomatoes needs a Web developer in its Emeryville, CA office. It seems like a find job. The glamor of Hollywood without having to live there. The allure of a startup + ownership by News Corp. (via IGN ownership).
Perhaps only the Internet Movie Database Gets More Traffic Within the Movie Category
To apply: write staffing@ign.com
Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com), the leading movie reviews and previews destination, is seeking an enthusiastic, organized, and self-starting web developer/engineer to help contribute to our technology efforts for the next several years. We are not looking for a frontend HTML monkey, but someone who has coded clean, complex, standards compliant, and dynamically database-driven websites.
We are a small company (10 employees) with flexible hours and a friendly small company environment. At the same time, as a part of IGN Entertainment and News Corp., you'll have big company career development opportunities and benefits.
General Responsibilities:
• Plan, develop, and test Rotten Tomatoes user interface and features
• Assist in planning and developing new user interfaces and Rotten Tomatoes graphics
• Cooperate with Rotten Tomatoes graphic designers to integrate new user interfaces
• Complete assigned projects independently, on-schedule, and with reliable code
Qualifications:
• Solid understanding of web development & production processes, including requirements gathering, design, development tools and technologies, QA and deployment
• Solid knowledge of CSS 2.0, XHTML, and demonstratable standards compliant coding. Experience building table-less, CSS-layout driven pages is a must.
• Firm understanding of cross-platform incompatibilities and solutions is a must.
• Demonstrable self-initiated web-based projects using PHP, XHTML, and SQL
• AJAX experience is a plus.
• Demonstrable experience implementing code in a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) a BIG plus.
• Prior experience with content management systems a plus
• Demonstrable experience to successfully work and code independently AND within an team
• Being a movie and/or video game fanatic is a good thing
Requirements & Education
• Being a movie and/or video game fanatic is a good thing
• 3+ years designing and developing professional interfaces for successful websites and web applications.
• 2+ years in web development in a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
Please submit a brief cover letter, a resume, and URLs and description (your particular role) of previous web development work (professional or self-initiated).
IGN respects, values and welcomes diversity in our workforce, as well as in the IGN community. Our policy is to comply with all applicable laws and to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees without regard to non-job-related factors such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity. This policy applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and social and recreational programs.
We will make reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and/or employees with known physical and/or mental limitations, unless undue hardship would result, consistent with applicable laws.
Please send resumes to staffing@ign.com
Posted by Paul at August 30, 2006 12:47 AM
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