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ddavison
March 22nd, 2016, 18:40
SmiteWorks is looking to add another talented individual to the team. If you seek a career in RPGs and you want to be on the ground floor of some exciting new releases over the following years, then please check out our requirements and apply by email to [email protected].

Job Description and Requirements
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/Job_Posting_Production_Coordinator.pdf

JohnD
March 22nd, 2016, 20:00
Interesting! Is this limited to US based individuals or are you going world wide?

ddavison
March 22nd, 2016, 20:12
U.S. applicants will have a slight preference, but we are not excluding international applications. We would need to rework a few things for international applicants since they would be contractors instead of employees.

Mortar
March 22nd, 2016, 20:34
Interesting indeed.

Patou
March 23rd, 2016, 14:07
It is definitely very interesting. Haven't touched programming since my days in Computer Science in the 90's though and it has changed a lot. Working in something I am passionate about... wow. Plus 23 years of customer service..... The brain is making noise.... hmmmmm. Doug you got me thinking this morning... lol!

ddavison
March 23rd, 2016, 14:16
I am hopeful that we will have a difficult decision ahead of us on who to hire. I imagine that we have a number of people who would be great in that role. For others, they would be great but the role is still a bit too junior for their level of knowledge and experience. If we keep growing, we might be able to add a higher level position in the future.

kp9911
March 27th, 2016, 13:52
Ahh damn! This is awesome! But unfortunately the internet connections are horrid in India. :c

captainsinith
March 28th, 2016, 12:29
I have written for wotc and troll lord and know gary gygax...well his wife. I own a production company and a marketing company. I am 37 , retired, and dont care about payment. Sounds fun, hit me up if your interested.

ddavison
March 28th, 2016, 15:08
Thanks for everyone who applied. The response has been overwhelming so far and we now have a very difficult process of narrowing down the selection and setting up interviews and reference checks. I'm disappointed that I can't hire a half-dozen people.

Nylanfs
March 28th, 2016, 16:04
Well gaming company, the logical choice would be using dice. :)

Mortar
March 28th, 2016, 16:07
I'll spend a benny or two on re-rolls thanks

Mellock
March 28th, 2016, 16:08
But the most entertaining would involve an arena, foam melee weapons and nets, and some Twitch streaming.

captainsinith
March 28th, 2016, 16:19
ummmm. 1 or 2

dberkompas
March 28th, 2016, 20:45
Mortar,

Thanks for your deep sacrifice to keep the world a safer place.

I wish there were more people such as yourself that take pride in honor and tradition, morals and ethics.


Boomer

Mortar
March 28th, 2016, 22:24
Thanks, its been one hell of a trip.

Black Hammer
March 29th, 2016, 00:26
I'd have put in for this, except for the LUA bit. Business & technical writing was kind of my thing, before I wound up in the casino business.

Mortar
March 29th, 2016, 13:41
I'd have put in for this, except for the LUA bit. Business & technical writing was kind of my thing, before I wound up in the casino business.

Why would you let that stop you? Always focus on what you can do, show that you have the main things they want, and that you are willing to learn and adapt.

ddavison
March 29th, 2016, 14:35
We are definitely willing to bring someone in that will learn on the job. I will say, however, that we received a pretty substantial round of resumes and overall, the majority of them were strong either in graphics skills or programming, or had demonstrated experience modding and converting stuff for Fantasy Grounds. We just about have it narrowed down to our top 6 candidates and will start scheduling interviews soon.

Nylanfs
March 29th, 2016, 15:08
Streamed nerf dart battles is all I'm saying...

Mortar
March 29th, 2016, 17:05
Meet me on the playground at 3PM ...bring your friends :p

Nylanfs
March 29th, 2016, 17:13
Time to break out my new gun. (https://toyland.gizmodo.com/nerfs-fall-lineup-includes-a-fully-automatic-version-of-1754182985)

Mortar
March 29th, 2016, 17:25
Dis bro has my back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wm3tLB7dkk)

Black Hammer
March 29th, 2016, 21:45
Why would you let that stop you? Always focus on what you can do, show that you have the main things they want, and that you are willing to learn and adapt.

There's no reason to hire someone who doesn't already have the relevant skills in the current economy. If you can get someone who has actively been practicing the skills in question, you don't have any use for someone who hasn't done much graphic design or coding for about five years. My editing and publishing credentials are a bit out of date, and they were looking for Lua, not Oracle or VB. The RPG companies I have the closest ties with from writing or doing product testing/demos for are Arc Dream and Pelgrane, who FG doesn't seem to have active business relations with.

Also, I'm currently an end user. You don't want an end user for something like this; the priority is on producing a salable product quickly, not optimizing usability.

MadBadHare
March 31st, 2016, 15:37
Shame I missed this.. I probably would of been a decent fit with my skill set.

That being said, congrats to FG for growing and the ability to expand the company. As well as congrats to whomever gets selected to fill this role.
I see nothing but further success for all involved.

ddavison
April 29th, 2016, 14:36
Thanks to everyone who submitted an application or who helped us spread the word. You all made it super tough and gave us basically no chance to make a bad pick. I have just posted the info on who we selected for the position. See the thread here:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?31260-Please-Welcome-our-Newest-Addition-to-the-Team-James-Holloway-(aka-Lokiare)&p=268082#post268082