Located in the SOMA district of San Francisco, Outspark is positioned to become a leader in the rapidly evolving U.S. casual gaming market. We're recruiting talented individuals who will enjoy rewarding positions with serious career potential, competitive benefits, and awesome coworkers (and, of course, the Nintendo Wii in the game room).

Listed below are the positions for which we are currently accepting applications. Please note the position you are applying for in the subject line and attach a cover letter and resume in PDF or Word format.

Current Openings

 

Game Copywriter - San Francisco, CA - SOMA

We are looking for a talented Game Copywriter to help us reach out to users with engaging, informative language. The copywriter will work closely with the marketing team to ensure the timely delivery of material for Outspark.com, and other material such as e-mail messaging campaigns, print, editorial copy, web landing pages, game websites, and surveys.

Key Duties:

  • Work with the Outspark web development team in the creation of copy for Outspark web pages.
  • Working with game producers and project managers to refine existing copy and find new ways to communicate with users.
  • Actively working with marketing on retention and lifecycle marketing copy via email, web.
  • Periodic involvement with the Outspark PR team.

Requirements:

  • 3 to 4 years of professional experience writing for print or online publications.
  • Experience copy writing for consumer centric companies or products.
  • Ability to meet deadlines.
  • Strong work ethic.
  • Deep understanding of the Internet as a communication tool. Familiarity with different communication formats (traditional news sites, blogs, forums) along with their advantages and limitations.
  • Strong understanding of the Teen market.
  • Desire to work in a small company environment where hard work is expected, a willingness to be social and have fun is a definite bonus, and good ideas are encouraged and rewarded.
  • Interest in gaming, media and online digital content.

Status: Full Time with Benefits
Salary: DOE
Location: SOMA - San Francisco
If interested, please email a text copy of your resume along with any additional links to portfolios or supporting information to wkriegel@outspark.com

 

Software Engineer - San Francisco, CA - SOMA

At Outspark, you will be an integral part of building the next-generation social gaming platform. We are implementing an innovative business model that showcases fun and involving gameplay merged with Web 2.0 features such as community messaging, cross-game avatars, Web services integration, social networking and more. Your primary role will be to expand our front-end and back-end web technologies, which include payment systems, caching tiers, database/application partitioning, and asynchronous DHTML/Javascript. You will also be involved in designing, developing, and optimizing core application services.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain Outspark platform services
  • Work closely with game developer partners
  • Extend and create innovative front-end and back-end solutions
  • Help us meet aggressive performance and scalability goals and keep ahead of dramatic growth
  • Help define the Outspark user experience

Qualifications -- Must Have:

  • Proven experience in developing complex, high-traffic web applications
  • 5+ years web application or software development with LAMP stack
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented design
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
  • Passion for video games

Nice to have:

  • Expert knowledge of PHP and other web-centric technologies
  • Javascript / AJAX / REST experience
  • C/C++ proficiency
  • HTML / CSS proficiency
  • Experience creating highly scalable and/or distributed solutions
  • Verbal or written Korean language ability a strong plus.
 

Game Web Producer - San Francisco, CA - SOMA

Outspark is a fun, dynamic, casual game publisher, based in the SOMA area of San Francisco. We are looking for a talented Game Web Producer to help our gamers enjoy their online experience.

The Web Producer's primary responsibility is to visualize game web site UI, process flows and use cases, then create requirements and UI wire-frames for execution.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Planning, producing and executing game web site projects.
  • Develop UI flows and mock-ups for web and windows client applications in preparation for graphic design.
  • Manage graphic designers and web developers to quality and schedule deliverables.
  • Plan and run daily operation of game web site.

Requirements:

  • Proven talent for website UI design and project planning.
  • Experience developing user interface flows, wire frames, and UI mock-ups for websites.
  • Understanding of web content, presentation and the requirements for daily change, management and operation.
  • Experience working closely with graphic designers and web programmers.
  • Awareness of current trends in the online games industry.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Desire to work in a small company environment where good ideas are encouraged and rewarded.

Icing:

  • Experience in the game industry as a website producer.
  • Verbal Korean language skills.
  • Knowledge of web industry best practices and standards.
  • Enthusiasm about online games.
Position title: Game Web Producer
Status: Full Time with Benefits
Salary: DOE
Location: South Beach/SOMA San Francisco

 

UI Designer - San Francisco, CA - SOMA

Outspark is a fun, dynamic, online game publisher, based in the SOMA area of San Francisco. We are looking for a talented UI Designer to help drive the design process for our web products and features. This includes Outspark.com and each of our game websites. As a UI Designer, you will work closely with engineers, other designers, and product managers throughout all stages of the web product lifecycle. Outspark is a startup environment where everyone works collaboratively and rolls up their sleeves to help get the job done.

The UI Designer's primary responsibility is to visualize web site UI, process flows and use cases, then communicate and champion a consistent standardized user experience across all of Outspark.com. The UI designer may be called to create designs, storyboards, wireframes, user flow diagrams, or prototypes to help communicate his/her ideas to the team.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure UI standards and patterns are followed consistently sitewide.
  • Developing high level mockups, wireframes or prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
  • Gauge and review the usability of new and existing products, and making constructive suggestions for change.

Requirements:

  • Enthusiasm about online games.
  • Previous work in a portal, gaming or social networking company preferred Solid understanding of web portal design standards, ad sizes and their preferred placements.
  • Knowledge of web industry best practices and standards.
  • Demonstrated experience in designing usable web-based interfaces.
  • Strong, clean visual design sense.
  • Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
  • Knowledge and applicable expertise of various web-related technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
  • Knowledge of design tools including Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign or the equivalent

Extra:

  • Solid academic background in UED related field