3 Blokes Studios

3 Blokes Studios is looking for new staff to assist its growth as a leading social game developer. Currently we are looking for:
Community Manager
2 Artists
1 Programmer
3 Game Programmer / Designers
Quality Assurance Tester

About 3 Blokes Studios:
3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are.

Title:
Community Manager (Facebook Application)

Description:
You will be the external voice of 3 Blokes Studios to our players and the voice of the players internally. You will serve as a hub, personally connect with the customers and provide feedback to many departments internally (development, PR, marketing, customer service, tech support, etc).

Responsibilities:
- Moderate and manage community forums
- Develop strong proactive communication between studios and the community
- Act as the Voice of the community for the studio, summarize customer issues, and provide regular reports to studios
- Drive resolution of known issues and feature requests for games and game tools
- Ensure all internal and external knowledgebase content is current and accurate
- Drive initiatives to increase customer self service and first contact resolution
- Identify & engage advocates from within the community
- Stay up to date on new social media tools, best practices and how other organizations and companies are using them, so that the company can continue to be an early adopter of these technologies.
- Write copy for content updates and new releases

Requirements:
- Strong online customer service background
- Play Facebook games and keep up to date with the latest Facebook trends and latest Facebook game trends
- Demonstrated background in cultivating online communities (including private communities, Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills
- Net savvy (addicted to social networking sites & all things Web 2.0)
- Bachelors in Marketing, Business or equivalent work experience a plus.

Employment type:
Casual

Hours:
20+hrs a week

Location:
TBA

Application:
Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com

About 3 Blokes Studios
3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are.

Title:
Artist - 2 positions available

Responsibilities:
- Develop art assets for the product team within weekly deadlines
- Interact with Designer/Programmers to complete tasks
- Work with Lead Artist to develop new products and maintain existing services
- Prepare work for Programmers that is clear to understand and implement
- Maintain a worklog of assets and naming conventions
- to complete assigned tasks in an efficient and skillful manner
- keep up to date with current trends in social gaming art practices

Requirements:
- Experienced knowledge of Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator or equivalent
- Specific experience in vector based graphics
- Experience with Flash animation preferable
- Strong foundation art skills, solid understanding of colour and the ability to take something from concept to completion
- Extensive + varied portfolio
- Desire to learn from others and be in constant development
- Someone who is open for input and enjoys working in an iterative and agile process
- Play and enjoy social games!

Location:
TBA

Hours:
38 hrs a week

Application:
Applicants will be judged on experience, portfolio base and example work (in flash) to be assigned on application.

Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com

About 3 Blokes Studios
3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are.

Title:
Programmer - 1 position available

Description:
3 Blokes Studios is looking for a Programmer to work on a growing MMO game that runs on social networks.

Responsibilities:
- Integrate code and release new builds on a regular basis
- Report to the Programming Lead on project progress / issues
- Make sure the programming needs of the project are being met by the programming team assigned to the project
- Merge code into release builds and work with QA to bug fix any issues that may arise
- Work with a team of artists and programmers / designers to ensure programming standards are being kept
- Code in PHP, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ActionScript 3

Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Passion for software development and OO Design (experience with Java, C++, C sharp or ActionScript 3)
- Have a good understanding of networking and network programming, database principles and MySQL
- Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks
- Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate coherently and explain coding standards to others
- Strong initiative and work proactively without instruction
- Strong problem solving skills
- Strong passion for games
- Play Facebook games and keep up to date with the latest Facebook trends and latest Facebook game trends
- Be able to quickly learn and adapt to changes
- Adept with Flash CS4

Pluses:
- Expert with Flash CS4 / Flex
- Programming and team-work experience on a shipped game (or at the very least a completed project)
- Programming experience on a multi-player game (super plus if you have created a multiplayer Facebook application)
- Experience working under an AGILE management system (SCRUM)
- Examples of work / code
- Able to write TrafficScript for Server Load Balancing and redundancies
- Familiar with Unix / Solaris operating systems
- Familiar with Apache
- Expert ActionScript 3, PHP, JavaScript, SQL knowledge
- Expert knowledge of the Facebook platform
- Game Design experience

Location:
TBA

Hours:
38 hrs a week

Application:
Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com

About 3 Blokes Studios
3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are.

Title:
Game Programmer / Designer - 3 positions available

Description:
3 Blokes Studios is looking for a Flash Games Programmer with experience in Game Design to work on a growing MMO game that runs on social networks. Qualified candidates will have experience in creating fun Flash games.

Responsibilities:
- Prototype game concepts in Flash
- Create or adapt leading game features to work with an existing game
- Tune and model complex systems using Excel
- Write copy, names, and narrative elements of game
- Analyze real-time feedback and metrics, and adjust game designs accordingly
- Work with team to oversee the implementation of new features and systems
- Remain up-to-date with latest social game design trends and best practices
- Will be required to write code in PHP, SQL, ActionScript 3

Required Skills:
- Game programming background required with strong Action Script 3.0 programming experience
- Experience or knowledge of major social games
- Knowledge of game balancing and pacing
- Good communication skills both verbal and written
- Adept with Excel/spreadsheets
- Passionate gamer
- Examples of existing Flash games
- Experience with PHP, SQL programming experience a bonus
- Passion for software development and OO Design
- Adept with Flash CS4
- Must be able to quickly learn and adapt to changes
- Must be good at problem solving

Location:
TBA

Hours:
38 hrs a week

Application:
Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com

About 3 Blokes Studios
3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are.

Title:
Quality Assurance Tester - 1 position available

Description:
3 Blokes Studios is looking for a Quality Assurance tester to work on a growing MMO game that runs on social networks. Qualified candidates will have experience in testing and helping create fun Flash games.

Responsibilities:
- Provide quality feedback on game mechanics / visuals / features
- Test game builds that are live as well as in the staging area
- Report bugs / issues in a coherent and detailed manner
- Properly document, record and keep track of bugs / feedback
- Easily distinguish different bug severities
- Properly assign bugs
- Follow up with programmers / designers / artists responsible for fixing bugs
- Report to studio leads on QA status for multiple products

Requirements:
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Excellent knowledge of Quality Assurance Technologies including manual testing, test planning, and testing scenarios
- Have great initiative, work proactively and without instruction
- Must take a critical, systematic and broad approach when testing
- Strong passion for games
- Play Facebook games and keep up to date with the latest Facebook trends and latest Facebook game trends
- Adept with Excel / similar software

Pluses:
- Able to set up a bug tracking system without instruction
- Design / Programming / Art experience
- Previous Quality Assurance experience
- Have a good understanding of Flash applications on Facebook, networking and databases
- Adept with Flash CS4

Location:
TBA

Hours:
38 hrs a week

Application:
Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com

About 3 Blokes Studios
3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are.

Page last updated: December 16, 2009



Jobs at 3 Blokes Studios 3 Blokes Studios is looking for new staff to assist its growth as a leading social game developer. Currently we are looking for: Community Manager 2 Artists 1 Programmer 3 Game Programmer / Designers Quality Assurance Tester About 3 Blokes Studios: 3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are. Title: Community Manager (Facebook Application) Description: You will be the external voice of 3 Blokes Studios to our players and the voice of the players internally. You will serve as a hub, personally connect with the customers and provide feedback to many departments internally (development, PR, marketing, customer service, tech support, etc). Responsibilities: - Moderate and manage community forums - Develop strong proactive communication between studios and the community - Act as the Voice of the community for the studio, summarize customer issues, and provide regular reports to studios - Drive resolution of known issues and feature requests for games and game tools - Ensure all internal and external knowledgebase content is current and accurate - Drive initiatives to increase customer self service and first contact resolution - Identify & engage advocates from within the community - Stay up to date on new social media tools, best practices and how other organizations and companies are using them, so that the company can continue to be an early adopter of these technologies. - Write copy for content updates and new releases Requirements: - Strong online customer service background - Play Facebook games and keep up to date with the latest Facebook trends and latest Facebook game trends - Demonstrated background in cultivating online communities (including private communities, Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter, etc.) - Excellent communication skills - Net savvy (addicted to social networking sites & all things Web 2.0) - Bachelors in Marketing, Business or equivalent work experience a plus. Employment type: Casual Hours: 20+hrs a week Location: TBA Application: Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com About 3 Blokes Studios 3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are. Title: Artist - 2 positions available Responsibilities: - Develop art assets for the product team within weekly deadlines - Interact with Designer/Programmers to complete tasks - Work with Lead Artist to develop new products and maintain existing services - Prepare work for Programmers that is clear to understand and implement - Maintain a worklog of assets and naming conventions - to complete assigned tasks in an efficient and skillful manner - keep up to date with current trends in social gaming art practices Requirements: - Experienced knowledge of Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator or equivalent - Specific experience in vector based graphics - Experience with Flash animation preferable - Strong foundation art skills, solid understanding of colour and the ability to take something from concept to completion - Extensive + varied portfolio - Desire to learn from others and be in constant development - Someone who is open for input and enjoys working in an iterative and agile process - Play and enjoy social games! Location: TBA Hours: 38 hrs a week Application: Applicants will be judged on experience, portfolio base and example work (in flash) to be assigned on application. Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com About 3 Blokes Studios 3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are. Title: Programmer - 1 position available Description: 3 Blokes Studios is looking for a Programmer to work on a growing MMO game that runs on social networks. Responsibilities: - Integrate code and release new builds on a regular basis - Report to the Programming Lead on project progress / issues - Make sure the programming needs of the project are being met by the programming team assigned to the project - Merge code into release builds and work with QA to bug fix any issues that may arise - Work with a team of artists and programmers / designers to ensure programming standards are being kept - Code in PHP, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ActionScript 3 Requirements: - Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent - Passion for software development and OO Design (experience with Java, C++, C sharp or ActionScript 3) - Have a good understanding of networking and network programming, database principles and MySQL - Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks - Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate coherently and explain coding standards to others - Strong initiative and work proactively without instruction - Strong problem solving skills - Strong passion for games - Play Facebook games and keep up to date with the latest Facebook trends and latest Facebook game trends - Be able to quickly learn and adapt to changes - Adept with Flash CS4 Pluses: - Expert with Flash CS4 / Flex - Programming and team-work experience on a shipped game (or at the very least a completed project) - Programming experience on a multi-player game (super plus if you have created a multiplayer Facebook application) - Experience working under an AGILE management system (SCRUM) - Examples of work / code - Able to write TrafficScript for Server Load Balancing and redundancies - Familiar with Unix / Solaris operating systems - Familiar with Apache - Expert ActionScript 3, PHP, JavaScript, SQL knowledge - Expert knowledge of the Facebook platform - Game Design experience Location: TBA Hours: 38 hrs a week Application: Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com About 3 Blokes Studios 3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are. Title: Game Programmer / Designer - 3 positions available Description: 3 Blokes Studios is looking for a Flash Games Programmer with experience in Game Design to work on a growing MMO game that runs on social networks. Qualified candidates will have experience in creating fun Flash games. Responsibilities: - Prototype game concepts in Flash - Create or adapt leading game features to work with an existing game - Tune and model complex systems using Excel - Write copy, names, and narrative elements of game - Analyze real-time feedback and metrics, and adjust game designs accordingly - Work with team to oversee the implementation of new features and systems - Remain up-to-date with latest social game design trends and best practices - Will be required to write code in PHP, SQL, ActionScript 3 Required Skills: - Game programming background required with strong Action Script 3.0 programming experience - Experience or knowledge of major social games - Knowledge of game balancing and pacing - Good communication skills both verbal and written - Adept with Excel/spreadsheets - Passionate gamer - Examples of existing Flash games - Experience with PHP, SQL programming experience a bonus - Passion for software development and OO Design - Adept with Flash CS4 - Must be able to quickly learn and adapt to changes - Must be good at problem solving Location: TBA Hours: 38 hrs a week Application: Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com About 3 Blokes Studios 3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are. Title: Quality Assurance Tester - 1 position available Description: 3 Blokes Studios is looking for a Quality Assurance tester to work on a growing MMO game that runs on social networks. Qualified candidates will have experience in testing and helping create fun Flash games. Responsibilities: - Provide quality feedback on game mechanics / visuals / features - Test game builds that are live as well as in the staging area - Report bugs / issues in a coherent and detailed manner - Properly document, record and keep track of bugs / feedback - Easily distinguish different bug severities - Properly assign bugs - Follow up with programmers / designers / artists responsible for fixing bugs - Report to studio leads on QA status for multiple products Requirements: - Good communication and presentation skills - Excellent knowledge of Quality Assurance Technologies including manual testing, test planning, and testing scenarios - Have great initiative, work proactively and without instruction - Must take a critical, systematic and broad approach when testing - Strong passion for games - Play Facebook games and keep up to date with the latest Facebook trends and latest Facebook game trends - Adept with Excel / similar software Pluses: - Able to set up a bug tracking system without instruction - Design / Programming / Art experience - Previous Quality Assurance experience - Have a good understanding of Flash applications on Facebook, networking and databases - Adept with Flash CS4 Location: TBA Hours: 38 hrs a week Application: Enquires and applications must be sent to jobs@3blokesstudios.com About 3 Blokes Studios 3 Blokes Studios was founded in 2006 in Brisbane, Australia. Since then Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic joined forces with John Passfield and together share a vision of creating fun social games that can be played by everyone, everywhere. Their latest game, Hospital Town, has exploded onto Facebook and they are looking for people who are as excited about making games that their friends and family play as they are. Page last updated: December 16, 2009