Motionbox is hiring!
We’re looking for talented, forward-thinking people with a passion for video sharing and innovation to join our team. Located in the heart of lower Manhattan near every subway line imaginable, we offer excellent benefits, a creative environment and downright good times.
If any of the positions below look like a good match for your skills, send a cover letter and resume to jobs@motionbox.com. Please make sure to note the job you are applying for in the subject line.
Available positions include:
- Flex Developer
- Senior Ruby On Rails Developer
- Interactive Designer
- Graphic Designer
- Copywriter
- Product Intern
Flex Developer
This is a great opportunity for an experienced UI developer with a passion for the Adobe Flex web platform. Part of our mission at Motionbox is to put rich video editing and mixing capabilities into the hands of the average consumer making it easy for anyone with a digital camera to save and share their video memories, and get to the good stuff. We are now expanding our investment in Flex development to enrich our video editing features and make it drop-dead simple to upload videos from a PC, Mac, or mobile device.
Come join an established team of web developers, and help us lead the way in providing the richest consumer video experience on the web!
Responsibilities:
Develop rich internet applications using Adobe Flex, well-integrated with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and server-side XML REST APIs.
Qualifications/Experience:
- 3+ years of experience doing software development on high traffic, rich internet applications
- Detailed knowledge of Adobe Flex development framework (or similar frameworks like Java Swing/SWT)
- Deep familiarity with ActionScript3/ECMAScript
- Experience with Flash video (including FMS) a plus
Senior Ruby-on-Rails Developer
If you love designing APIs and building well-architected technology platforms, we’d love to hear from you! We’ve got an opening for a senior, architect-level web developer with strong knowledge of Ruby-on-Rails. Our technology team is now looking ahead to its future with a huge focus on technology platform and web APIs. You’ll be joining a talented team of engineers well-practiced in Rails development, with huge opportunity to impact our app & DB infrastructure and external API set.
Responsibilities:
Lead development of web application platform and web APIs, both to strengthen our technical foundation and to enable deeper technical integration with 3rd party developers and business partners.
Qualifications/Experience:
- 2+ years experience leading technical design & architecture for web platforms
- 5+ years of experience doing software development on high traffic, rich internet applications
- Detailed knowledge of Ruby on Rails technology stack and related technologies (MySQL or similar databases)
- Disciplined approach to software development, with mindset of test-driven coding and “agile”, iterative forms of project management
- Strong teamwork skills, practical business sense and a passion for getting things done
Position is located in NYC office. At this time we are only considering local candidates.
Interactive Designer
We are looking for an Interactive Designer with a passion for design and a positive attitude. Someone eager to share the latest news, trends and techniques and always prepared to dive into new challenging projects. You will work on a range of projects from “Big Picture” concepting to cutting and optimizing graphics. You will design websites, banners, emails, and other marketing materials.
Qualifications/Experience:
- 3-5 years experience in interactive design
- Photoshop and Illustrator are your go-to design tools
- You can create Flash and HTML interface layouts without breaking a sweat
- Your design and typographic skills, sense of color and visual hierarchy for the web are impressively captured in a killer ONLINE portfolio.
- Are professional, dependable, solid work ethic, you’re detail-oriented, and self-motivated
- Are a problem solver, take direction well, but are able to make decisions and take initiative
- Have excellent communication skills
- Pluses: Branding experience, internet marketing experience, knowledge of SEO
Competitive compensation package including salary, performance-based bonus and stock options. EOE.
Graphic Designer
We are looking for an Online Graphic Designer with a passion for design and a positive attitude.
Responsibilities:
- Graphic design for websites, banners, emails, logos, and marketing materials
Qualifications/Experience:
- Photoshop expert
- Strong understanding of color theory, typography, and design best practices
- An impressive online portfolio
- Ability to generate ideas, design mock ups, and work individually or with a team
- Are professional, dependable, solid work ethic, you’re detail-oriented, and self-motivated
- Are a problem solver, take direction well, but are able to make decisions and take initiative
- Have excellent communication skills
- Pluses: Proficiency in Flash or Illustrator, Branding experience, internet marketing experience, knowledge of SEO
Competitive compensation package including salary, performance-based bonus and stock options. EOE.
Copywriter
We are looking for a Copywriter with a passion for language and a positive attitude.
Responsibilities:
- Copywriting for websites, banners, emails, logos, and marketing materials
Qualifications/Experience:
- Must have 3+ years promotional copywriting experience
- Strong conceptual and editorial skills
- Up-to-date on the latest web technologies
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Ability to generate ideas and work individually or with a team
- Are professional, dependable, solid work ethic, you’re detail-oriented, and self-motivated
- Are a problem solver, take direction well, but are able to make decisions and take initiative
- Have excellent communication skills
- Pluses: Branding experience, internet marketing experience, knowledge of SEO
Competitive compensation package including salary, performance-based bonus and stock options. EOE.
Product Intern
Responsibilities:
- Content Review - Review user-generated video content to enforce community rules
- Conduct competitive research and report on trends and news in personal media (photo, video) sharing
- Provide support to and customer service to Motionbox users
Qualifications/Experience:
- High school diploma and be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree
- Extremely web savvy spend lots of time on social networking sites, have a blog, share photos and/or video online, etc
- Have a real passion for new media and technologies.
- Have strong interpersonal skills. Play nice with others. Be patient, flexible, curious, and willing to learn
- Know your way around Macs and PCs as well as web related programs and technologies.
- Basic HTML skills are a plus, but not required. Experience in video is also a plus
This is not a coffee-fetching internship! You’ll be an integral member of a lively team of smart, dedicated pros. Stipend and class credit available.
