Do you spend an insane amount of time on social networks?

Would you welcome the opportunity to represent and advocate on behalf of users around the world?

Do you want to help shape products used by hundreds of millions of people around the globe?

Fantastic! Slide is looking for a Community Manager to help make sure we continue to deliver what our users want.

About Slide:

Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.
Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic, and Top Fish.

Responsibilities:

As the Community Manager for a Slide application, you are responsible for growing a thriving community of passionate users from the ground up. You will do this through outreach efforts, engaging users through creative campaigns and contests, answering their questions, and using creative tactics to make users feel welcome in our community. We rely on you to tell us everyday what our users are doing, what they like, what they don’t like. Specific responsibilities include:

• Responding to questions and addressing concerns on a personal level both 1-to-1 and one-to-many, while being able to scale for high volume of contacts.
  
• Ideation, planning, implementation, and execution of creative programs and contests to engage users and build product and brand loyalty.
  
• Execution and analysis of campaigns and promotions to grow, engage, and retain our user base.
  
• Soliciting and interpreting user feedback and translating that into actionable product/feature recommendations.
  
• Ownership of all public points of contact (profiles, personals, fan pages, blogs, forums). This may include building these from scratch.
  
• Reporting on user activity and behavior in a data-driven way.
  
• Coordinating and mobilizing evangelists to drive new and sustained activity with the product.
  
  

Requirements:

• Love helping people and find it rewarding to assist others in finding solutions.
  
• High degree of intellectual curiosity. You should have a demonstrated ability to learn fast and complete simultaneous priorities.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt tone and writing style to fit the circumstances and situation (feel free to submit links to work).
  
• Strong analytical skills and a proven ability to understand users. You should be able to spot patterns and derive meaningful user insights from both quantitative and qualitative data.
  
• Someone who can work both independently and as a strong contributor to a team.
  
• Creativity to devise campaigns for strengthening community among all users.
  
• Comfortable being measured on numerical goals and targets.
  
• BA/BS degree.
  
• 1-2 years experience in community work for a consumer facing application or website.
  
  

Bonus:

• An early adopter in the use of social networks. You were on Facebook from the very beginning. Before that, you were on MySpace. You might have even been on Friendster. You’re definitely on Twitter.
  
• Marketing background.
  
• Deep understanding of social network structures.
  
  

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Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

 

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

Job Description:

You will work as an intern with a small, talented team in a fast-paced environment at our office in San Francisco, building and scaling out highly entertaining, media rich Internet applications used by hundreds of millions of people. You will collaborate with really smart and fun engineers. You will solve hard problems and bend Web technologies to accomplish new, interesting and complex engineering challenges.

About You:

• Get excited about working with wicked smart people and solving really challenging problems
• Think you would enjoy working in a small team, fast-paced start-up environment where engineering is king
• Want to work on both the front-end and back-end of high transaction Web applications
• Are interested in designing and implementing complex object-oriented abstractions, data structures, run-time complexity, etc.
• Have studied different languages but have a strong preference for Python. You think decorators and generators are cool. You are familiar with Django, Pylons or TurboGears frameworks and understand their trade-offs
• Can write efficient JavaScript, are knowledgeable with jQuery, and are familiar with AJAX
• Think Actionscript/Flex/Flash are interesting and wouldn't mind learning them
• Enjoy staying up-to-date with technologies so you can suggest new coding practices, recommend architecture changes and collaborate with our platform team to optimize scalability and network efficiency
• Love seeing your work used by hundreds of millions of people.

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Do you find yourself playing games and grimacing at the poor placement of interface elements and inconsistent art direction?
Confident you could do better with one arm tied behind your back?
Prove it by joining the art team at Slide and help us change the face of online games.

We're looking for a top notch designer to dig in and define the overall presentation, interface, and art style on one of our games. You'll work closely with product owners, developers and artists to mockup and implement all of the key game screens and components of the game. You'll take a stand when great design is threatened by a request to just make a button bigger. And red. And blinking.

About Slide:

Based in San Francisco, Slide is a leading social entertainment company, providing popular Facebook applications such as SuperPoke! Pets, SuperPocus, Rock Riot and Top Fish. Slide creates products that allow people to engage, communicate, share content and just have fun with your social network of friends. Find out more at www.slide.com.

Gotta Have:

• 3-5 years of experience designing and developing for the web or applications
  
• Amazing graphic design skills
  
• A clear vision for art style and the ability to articulate it to a team
  
• Ability to work in and develop a range of styles, from concept to final production art
  
• An understanding of web and interactive principals
  
• Expert skills in working in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
  
• Ability to create clean, usable and visually pleasing layouts from written specifications
  
• Ability to create final art assets
  
• Comfortable working under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  

Wouldn't Hurt:

• Expert traditional art and animation skills, with a strong portfolio of visual styles
  
• Deep understanding of HTML and CSS
  
• A passion for games and animation
  
  

If you think you have what it takes, drop us a resume and samples of your work!

Please note: As this is an artistic position, a simple design test may be required.

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Is your obvious creative genius going to waste reading job listings?

Want to put it to good use?

We're building a world class art team at Slide to fight the good fight and take online games to whole new visual level.

We're looking for artists at all levels with the ability to concept, refine and deliver great characters, items and environments for a wide range of online games. You'll be able to work together with our existing art team and other departments to make a strong mark on the quality and direction of our games. You'll have heated debates about what the best Saturday morning cartoon was and why one game character could beat up another game character in a straight up fight.

About Slide:

 

Based in San Francisco, Slide is a leading social entertainment company, providing popular Facebook applications such as SuperPoke! Pets, SuperPocus, Rock Riot and Top Fish. Slide creates products that allow people to engage, communicate, share content and just have fun with your social network of friends. Find out more at www.slide.com.

Gotta Have:

• Strong foundation art skills with an understanding of form, color, and composition
  
• Ability to work in a range of styles, from concept to completion
  
• Expert skills in creating Adobe Illustrator art and 2D Flash animation
  
• Ability to collaborate with other artists and product owners on projects quickly and efficiently
  
• Comfortable working under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  

Wouldn't Hurt:

• Experience with working in web and/or games industry
  
• A passion for games and animation
  

If you think you have what it takes, drop us a resume and samples of your work!

Please note: As this is an artistic position, a simple design test may be required.

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Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

This position is responsible for day to day HR administration activities including recruitment, employee disciplinary matters, employee relations, compensation, legal compliance, safety, and coordinating training activities.

About Slide:

Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products includes fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct recruitment activities for all staff level and plant workshop openings, including advertising, job fairs, establishing relationships with local universities, screening/interviewing, reference checks, and other essential recruitment steps
• Assist in the development of management training, organizational development, and compensation programs
• Manage all human resource regulatory and legal matters to ensure compliance
• Administer and document all employee disciplinary proceedings including terminations
• Administer the annual merit/performance evaluation program
• Update and maintain HR policies and procedures
• Communicate China HR, compensation, benefits, compensation and compliance issues to the US Director of Human Resources

 

HR Manager will report to the Shanghai Executive and be co-managed by Operations Manager.

Requirement:

• BA in business or preferably human resources/industrial relations
• 3-5 years of HR experience is preferred
• Must be highly motivated with an outgoing personality and able to develop strong professional relationships with employees
• Fluent in Chinese with basic knowledge of English
  
  

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Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Responsibilities:

•  Conduct deep data driven analyses that answer business critical questions
• Perform both regular and ad-hoc analyses using MySQL and various software packages to manipulate large amounts of data
• Work closely with product managers to ensure that all key metrics are being tracked with each product release
• Gather, track and analyze key performance metrics to provide explanations for significant changes and drive overall business growth

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year experience in a relevant field such as quantitative market research, data-mining or product management in a high-growth tech company or professional services organization.
• The drive to work in a fast-paced, start-up environment
• A strong interest in online social networks and network/user dynamics
• Superior intellectual, quantitative, and analytical abilities
• A degree or similar experience in a quantitative field is preferred (statistics, engineering, computer science, economics, etc.)

 

 

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Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?

Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?

Then you want to be at Slide.

Responsibilities:

• Build a large, scalable service for delivering dynamic content over the web.
  

Requirements:

• Experience developing server software in Python or some other interpreted dynamically typed language.
  
• Detailed understanding of using Unix to implement a large server application: networking, memory, storage and concurrency.
  
• Knowledge of web service technologies and protocols (Linux, MySQL, Apache, REST, XML, Ajax, etc...)
  
• An appreciation of how elegant algorithms and data structures are compatible with pragmatism and getting cool things done.
  
• Comfortable with asynchronous network programming, server frameworks, distributed systems, fault tolerance, and scalability.
  
• Thrive in a startup environment, working with a small team while creating software used by millions of people every day.
  
• B.S. in Computer Science or related field.
  
  

Please answer the following question in your cover letter when you apply: 

• In your favorite programming language, write a program to read a multiple line text file and write the N longest lines to a new file. Where N and the file to be read are specified on the command line.

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Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

Check out a recent interview with our CEO.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0910/gallery.hiring_40_under_40.fortune/8.html

Responsibilities:

• Develop media rich internet applications with fast rendering time and reusable components using OO Javascript and AJAX
  
• Work closely with product / matrix team to determine new features, designs, and priorities
  
• Collaborate with server-side programmers to optimize scalability and efficiency
  
• Suggest new coding practices, recommend architecture changes if appropriate
  
• Technologies we use include: Python, Django, Jquery, OO Javascript, AJAX, ActionScript, Flex, Flash, MySQL, Linux...

About You:

• Crave to code Object Oriented Javascript. Love cross browser event handling
  
• Stay up-to-date with technologies because it's cool, not because you need it for a job
  
• Obsessed with delivering the best user experience possible
  
• Thrive best in small, friendly, energetic teams in a fast pace environment

Required Qualifications:

 

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Are you comfortable rolling up your sleeves?
Would you welcome the opportunity to represent and advocate on behalf of customers?

Fantastic! Slide is looking for a Community Support Representative to help make sure we continue to deliver what our users want.

Responsibilities:

• Provide tier 2 e-mail support using CRM software
  
• Troubleshoot issues reported by customers
  
• Research, document, and log bugs into tracking system
  
• Collect suggestions
  
• Write and update FAQs and canned responses
  
• Manage application settings though administrative tools
  
• Assist Support Management with various tasks, reports, and projects
  
• Lead various team projects
  
• Advocate for our community
  
• Work closely with Project Managers, Developers, and Community Managers
  

Requirements:

• At least 2 years in email based customer support
  
• Experience with ticket tracking and CRM software
  
• Superb writing and communication skills
  
• Excellent organizational skills, creative stamina, and ability to problem-solve
  
• Ability to work independently and multi-task
  
• Familiar with both Windows and Mac platforms
  
• Familiar with Microsoft office applications
  
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical people
  
• Experience using and supporting applications on social networking sites, like Facebook and MySpace
  
  

"While we're passionate about our work, we also never pass up an opportunity have a good time when we're done with our day. This is a t-shirt and jeans environment, where quality and hard work is equal to our sense of humor."

 

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Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

Responsibilities:

• We're seeking a network/systems administrator with experience building and scaling large, multi-datacenter architectures for high traffic websites. You must have a mastery of Linux and network design.
• Slide is growing fast, and we need admins who can work onsite full-time at our San Francisco office to take ownership and build out and continue to scale.
  

Requirements:

• 4+ years of production network/systems administration in production environments for large, growing web properties.
• Emphasis on Linux and Cisco equipment in previous experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent understanding of TCP/IP, firewall, networking protocols and security concepts.
• Excellent understanding of layer 2 and layer 3 networking topologies. (VLANS, STP, NAT, ACLs, PBR, OSPF, BGP)
• Architectural experience in an Apache/MySQL environment.
• Familiarity with load balancing technologies and systems.
• Familiarity with monitoring and configuration distribution tools (nagios, puppet, rancid, cacti, ganglia)
• Excellent working knowledge of DNS, HTTP/S, SSH, LDAP, NFS, PXE/DHCP/TFTP.
• Extensive sh/csh/perl knowledge (Python a big plus).
• Must be detail oriented, an organized thinker, and able to act decisively under stressful conditions.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to multitask and prioritize, and a proactive mindset.
• Team player and self-motivated.
• Willing to work on-call and respond to production issues 24x7.
  

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Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

Check out a recent interview with our CEO.

money.cnn.com/gallerie/s/2009/fortune/0910/gallery.hiring_40_under_40.fortune/8.html

Job Description:

You will work with a small, talented team in a fast-paced environment at our office in San Francisco, building and scaling out highly entertaining, media rich Internet applications used by hundreds of millions of people. You will collaborate with really smart and fun engineers. You will solve hard problems and bend Web technologies to accomplish new, interesting and complex engineering challenges.

About You:

• Get excited about working with wicked smart people and solving really challenging problems
  
• Enjoy working in a small team, fast-paced start-up environment where engineering is king
  
• Want to work on both the front-end and back-end of high transaction Web applications
  
• Are very strong in designing and implementing complex object-oriented abstractions, data structures, run-time complexity, etc., but feel you can still learn from others
  
• Have worked with different languages but have a strong preference for Python. You think decorators and generators are cool. You are familiar with Django, Pylons or TurboGears frameworks and understand their trade-offs
  
• Can write efficient JavaScript, are knowledgeable with jQuery, and are familiar with AJAX
  
• Think Actionscript/Flex/Flash are interesting and wouldn't mind learning them
  
• Enjoy staying up-to-date with technologies so you can suggest new coding practices, recommend architecture changes and collaborate with our platform team to optimize scalability and network efficiency
  
• Love seeing your work used by hundreds of millions of people
  

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Are you a recent BS graduate looking to excel in your career as software QA?

Do you have internship or work experience at a fast pace start-up building / testing Internet Applications?

Are you passionate about learning and producing high quality software applications?

Would you get excited about working with really smart people and seeing your work viewed by hundreds of millions of people?

If you answer "Yes" to the above questions, you want to be at Slide.

 

Slide is looking for a Junior QA who wants to do what it takes to excel in his/her software career. This position demands superior communication skills, a fast-learner of how things work, and the obsession to deliver products quickly while maintaining quality. In this position, you will:

• Design, document, and exercise test cases in a fast pace environment, rapidly changing environment
  
• Conduct unit, integration, regression, ad-hoc, and edge-case testing as part our daily release cycle
  
• Work closely with all parties involved in the development cycle, while maintaining a positive relationship that demands respect for quality
  

Requirement:

• BS graduate (CS or other technical fields) with 1-2 years of industry experience
  
• An active user of Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, Orkut, etc.
  
• Detail oriented and passionate about and delivering high quality, web based consumer software in a fast pace environment
  
• Familiar with HTML/CSS/JavaScript, cross browser compatibility...
  
• Working knowledge of UNIX and MySQL
  
• Understand QA methodology and software development life cycle
  
• Fast learner with superior analytical and problem solving skills
  
• Solid leadership and organization skills to juggle priorities
  
• Superior interpersonal skills, communication (written and verbal) skills, and excellent work ethics
  
• Preference to work at start-ups with really smart people

Bonus:

• Some coding experience in Python, Perl or Flash

To increase your chances for an interview, please respond with a cover letter highlighting relevant experience and why you think you are a good fit for Slide.  Thanks!

 

 

Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

As a flash animator/illustrator at Slide you will be working on numerous
interesting product we have on all different platforms, primarily
Facebook, MySpace and Hi5. You will be responsible for creating cute, fun,
clean and whimsical illustration and animation for applications like
SuperPoke! (http://apps.facebook.com/superpokey) and SuperPoke! Pets
(http://www.spp.com). Because we're a company who believe in quality,
being able to adapt to the unique SuperPoke! style is also very crucial.
We are a very fast paced company with a very wide distribution so your
work will be seen by millions of users on a daily basis.

So if you want your work seen by millions of users and you want a part of
the next big internet success story then you want to be at Slide.

Requirements:

* Expert in Adobe Illustrator and 2D Flash animation
* Skilled in Adobe Photoshop
* Ability to execute in the SuperPoke! graphic style
* Enthusiasm and interest in working on web applications for social
networking
* HTML/CSS is a plus

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Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Want an exciting job developing rich Flash technologies for tens of
millions of users? Looking to build the next amazing online community?
Then you want to be a part of Slide.

 Responsibilities:

Play a leadership role in a new team of engineers working to create
the next generation of Slide's online communities.
Provide technical expertise in areas related to animation and 2D/2.5D/
3D graphics.
Get hands-on and implement core Flash technologies for use throughout
Slide's product lineup.

Qualifications:

2-5 years experience developing online single or multiplayer games in
Flash.
Expert knowledge of Flash 9 & 10, ActionScript 3.
Strong knowledge of Flash optimization techniques.
Strong knowledge of the client side of client/server programming.
A passion for visual & human interface design is a plus.

B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work
experience.

•  

 

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution
throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing
product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, defining
and tracking key metrics, and working closely with engineering, sales, and
support to ensure growth, engagement, revenue and customer satisfaction
goals are met. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the
product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
. Managing Slide's product development including product specifications
  and messaging
. Managing the entire product life cycle from conception to development to release
. Quantitative analysis of product/key metrics
. Initiate and prioritize projects within engineering and QA, track
  product development, and develop product launch plans
. Engage closely with engineering team and assist in determining the best
  technical implementation methods as well as reasonable execution schedule
. Be an expert with respect to the competition
. Own the product metrics and responsibility for the ultimate success of
  t he product

REQUIREMENTS:
. Resume with proven results not just description of duties - We want to
  see metrics
. Passion for writing product specifications and building engaging
  applications
. Outstanding creativity plus stellar written and oral communication
  skills
. Strong organizational and analytical skills, attention to details
. An enthusiastic, performance-driven self-starter and team player with an
  unparalleled work ethic and desire to win
. Previous start-up experience is a strong plus
. BA/BS degree (CS, EE, Math, Stats preferred)
. Innate ability to understand customers
. Strong knowledge of the consumer internet space

Desirable Skills:
. Proven ability in developing winning product strategies for consumer
  internet space
. Experience with social media, virtual economies, gaming, or developing
  advertising products a plus

 

 

 

Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

 

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and
talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

 

 Responsibilities:

We're looking for a game designer who can create user engagement for applications like:

* Fun Space: http://apps.facebook.com/crazyfunpix/

  and

* SuperPoke! Pets: http://apps.facebook.com/slidepets/

Requirements:

* 5+ years of game design experience.
* Excellent communications.
* Passion for excellence of design.
* Experience executing ideas.
* Level or systems design experience.
* Love playing online games.
* Analytical skills.
* Ability to do critical analysis and find creative solutions.
* Current knowledge of trends, philosophies, tools and techniques.
* Bachelor's Degree.

Responsibilities:

* Lead and work closely with team on gameplay mechanics.
* Make Slide's applications engaging.
* Lead design meetings.

Bonus:

* Experience with Social-based games.
* Experience with building for Social networks like Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, etc...
* Experience with designing for Xbox Live games.