Hire a Specker
We have some incredible talent and, suddenly, many of them are looking for new gigs: illustration, animation, level design, game design and balancing, project management, Flash UI development and low-level AS3, Java, game engineering, player support & community management, UI design, web development — if you are looking to hire any of these marvelous people, please get in touch with them directly!
Departments
Art
Brent Kobayashi
Location: Vancouver
Role: Art Director / Senior Illustrator
Expertise: Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash
Contact Brent
Henrique Barone
Location: Vancouver
Role: Animator
Expertise: 2D Animation, Flash, Photoshop
Contact Henrique
Lillian Lai
Location: Vancouver
Role: Illustrator
Expertise: Illustrator, photoshop, flash
Contact Lillian
Engineering
Danil Glinenko
Location: Vancouver
Role: Game Server Engineer
Expertise: Java, J2EE, SOA, iOS
Contact Danil
Elizabeth Gordon
Location: Vancouver
Role: Gameplay Engineer
Expertise: AI, gameplay, C, C++, JavaScript, ActionScript 3.0, Objective-C
Contact Elizabeth
Ian Fung
Location: San Francisco or New York
Role: Data Scientist
Expertise: Data Analysis (Machine Learning/Statistical Models), Web Development, Distributed Systems/Scalability, Software Security, Networking (Protocol Dev), Kernel Development, Mobile Development (iOS/Android), Project Management (Eng), Event Planning
Contact Ian
Scott Ysebert
Location: San Francisco
Role: Flash Game Engineer
Expertise: ActionScript 3, JavaScript, CSS
Contact Scott
Tim S. Lefler
Location: Vancouver
Role: Game Engineer
Expertise: Software Design/Architecture, C++, ObjC, PHP, JS, SQL, OSX/IOS, Win32
Finance
Steven Lee
Location: Vancouver (or remote)
Role: Director of Finance & Operations
Expertise: Financial Analysis, Strategic Planning, Forecasting/Budget Setting, Advisory Board
Contact Steven
Game Design
Fernando Medrano
Location: Vancouver
Role: Visual Design - World's Art Direction
Contact Fernando
Ian Passmore
Location: Vancouver
Role: Level Design/Game Design
Expertise: Level Design, Game Design and basic scripting
Contact Ian
Lisa Trac
Location: Vancouver
Role: Level Designer
Contact Lisa
Ryan Pelcz
Location: Vancouver
Role: Game Designer / Level Designer
Expertise: Game Design, Level Design, Misc Scripting
Contact Ryan
Music
Daniel Simmons
Location: Toronto
Role: Sound Designer and Composer
Expertise: SFX, Foley, Music Composition and Production
Contact Danny
Player Support
Brenda Poortinga
Location: Remote/Canada/Ontario
Role: Player Support
Expertise: Community Support, Customer Service, Community Content, Live Customer Assistance
Contact Brenda
Carrie Stevens
Location: Chicago, IL or remote
Role: Player Support
Expertise: Customer Service, Technical Support, Volunteer Wrangler
Contact Carrie
Justin Klemsz
Location: Lincoln, NE or remote
Role: Player Support
Expertise: Account Management, Project Management, Content Strategy, Marketing
Contact Justin
Kristi Robison
Location: Austin, TX or remote
Role: Player/Customer Support
Expertise: Customer Service, Community Support, Copyediting, Training
Contact Kristi
MacKenzie Allyn
Location: Remote (Sacramento/Auburn, CA)
Role: Player Support and Level Design QA
Expertise: Community Support, Customer Service/Billing, Quality Assurance
Contact MacKenzie
Michael Conkin
Location: Vancouver
Role: Player Support
Expertise: Community Support, Quality Assurance, Design Support, Copy
Contact Michael
Peter Maurice
Location: Vancouver (or remote)
Role: Player Support Manager
Expertise: Game Production, Project Management, Customer Service, Quality
Product Management
Justin Prostebby
Location: Vancouver / San Francisco
Role: Product Manager, Producer (World Building)
Expertise: Product Development, Team Lead, Project Management, Game Design
Contact Justin
Kristel Ottis
Location: Vancouver / Seattle / San Francisco / NYC / Europe
Role: Product Manager
Expertise: Product Management (avatar and housing customizations), Project Management (art team), Asset Management
Contact Kristel
Märt Lume
Location: Vancouver / San Francisco / Europe
Role: Game Designer, Project Manager
Expertise: Project Management, Game Design, Game Balance, Tools
Contact Märt
Quality Assurance
Patrick O'Brien
Location: Vancouver
Role: Q.A. Tester
Expertise: Q.A. Testing, Design support
Contact Pat
UI Design & User Experience
Brad Slavin
Location: Vancouver or Remote
Role: Interaction Designer
Expertise: Wireframing, Information Architecture, User Interface Design, Front-End Development
Contact Brad
Matt Kump
Location: Vancouver
Role: UI Designer
Expertise: Interface design, interaction design, visual design
Contact Matt
Writing
Anna Pickard
Role: Writer
Expertise: Writing, witticising, making up of words, scripting, creating engaging copy and kicking the ass of social media stuff