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🚀 Join the Pusher Team at Bird as a Systems & Software Engineer! 🚀 👋 We're on the hunt for two rockstar Systems & Software Engineers to dive into the world of Pusher Channels and Beams. Join Marcel Corso, Victor Cuenca Canal & Dana Majid if real-time communication, dynamic user interfaces, and cutting-edge notifications make your heart race! 🚀 This is a multi-faceted role involving Full Stack Mastery: Tackle everything from infrastructure and backend APIs to connectivity and UI. 🚀 Innovate & Optimize: Bring fresh ideas to enhance and scale our services. 🚀 Customer Champion: Provide top-notch support and ensure our users are always delighted. What You’ll Need to Bring: 🔥 Ruby 🔥 Redis 🔥 AWS 🔥 Terraform 🔥 Kubernetes 🔥 Scale & handling high-traffic applications. 🔥 Product Mindset Why You'll Love It Here: ✅ Autonomy & Impact: Work independently on meaningful projects that build customer trust. ✅ Fast-Paced Fun: Thrive in a high-energy, hyper-growth environment. Start-up Style! ✅ Global Collaboration: Be part of a worldwide team that values collaboration and innovation. We're considering applicants from the Netherlands and Lithuania 🌍 Apply here to show off your skills and let's create something amazing together! ➡

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🎉 It's that time again! Time to get ready for WIA's upcoming Fall 2024 Mentorship Circles Program! Preview the circle descriptions as we release them starting this week: ➡https://lnkd.in/gTPE6NcN 😍 This session we have more than 50 Circles available! 🔴 Applications open July 31st, 2024. 🎯 ARE YOU READY TO APPLY? Here are our top tips to prepare: 🔸ACCOUNT: Have an active Creator-Level WIA Membership. ➡https://lnkd.in/eWQCsnM 🔸DECIDE which circle to apply to (You can only apply to ONE - click the link above to view the circles and descriptions) 🔸REVIEW the Application Process. 🔸KNOW the date your circle opens for applications. 🔸PREPARE any supplemental application materials ahead of time. 🔸DOUBLE CHECK: After you apply, make sure you go into your profile and ensure your mentorship-specific profile is 100% complete (you can't access the mentorship profile until you have an active application in the system - DON'T SKIP THIS STEP). 🔴 The WIA Mentorship program connects people of underrepresented gender identities at all professional levels to dedicated mentors who can help them achieve the next steps in their careers. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! #WIAMentorship #WIAnimation #Animation #mentorshipCircles #fall2024Mentorship #career

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Hail, Adventurers! 👑🦄 I'm looking 🕵️for a 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 to join one of the fastest growing CCG Game Studio in the biz. Check out the deets below! 3-5 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Experience in content planning, production, posting, and analysis. 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐑𝐎𝐈 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: Proven success in creating high-ROI content for product brands, especially in party games or humorous products. 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: Proficient with CapCut and hook testing. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡: Develop data-driven, channel-specific strategies to drive growth and engagement beyond superficial metrics. 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞: Understand the mechanics of viral content and how to collaborate with creators for high-performance results. 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Must be located in Los Angeles, CA or open to relo. Action Button LOVES referrals and is offering a 🍔𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐅𝐘🍔 $1500 for any introductions that lead to a placement! Connect with me @ josh@actionbuttonrecruiting.com #SocialMediaManager #ContentStrategy #GamingIndustry #GameStudio #SocialMediaMarketing #ContentCreation #LosAngelesJobs #DigitalMarketing #MarketingJobs #CreativeJobs #GamingJobs #ActionButtonRecruiting

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🎮 Want a job in the video game industry? 🎮 📅 It's July. We made it through the first half of 2024. Are you looking at your resume/skills/experience for the second half of the year and 2025? Are you bookmarking your favorite career sites in case the perfect job opens up and you're ready to apply? *cough* https://lnkd.in/gmapUg36 *cough* What skills are needed in your line of work for your next role? Are you taking any classes/courses or applying to tangentially related roles (i.e. not the dream job yet) to build those skills? In your last interview, was there a skill could you not explain to the best of your ability or are you unsure of that you could learn more about? Your dream job won't always come tomorrow, but are you preparing in case it opens in a week? A month? January 2025? Any questions? Put them in the comment section and we'll see what we can do to help. #startpreparingnow #Letsgetyouhired

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Listen, I'm no prude or pearl clutcher but this is such an important topic. 1) You have team members that don't drink for a number of reasons and making booze your only form of team bonding or celebration leaves them out or forces them into uncomfortable positions. The opposite of the assumed goal. 2) Gaming as an industry in particular has rampant sexual harassment and abuse. Involvement of alcohol does not help. This isn't fear mongering - I know of, have seen, or experienced several incidents. 3) You don't have to go totally dry 100% of the time to be safe and inclusive, but you do need to factor in safety measures. It wouldn't hurt to stop making booze the primary activity as well. If you need a selfish reason, the liability alone isn't worth it.

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🎮 Want a job in the video game industry? 🎮 Begin with the end in mind.* ➡ When you drive to work do you just turn left or right based on how you feel that day? 😅 (I hope you left extra early that day) ➡ When you gather data for a project, do you grab monthly active users, popular breakfast items and breeds of dog? 🤐 (This report might be fun but your boss will not be happy) ➡ When you schedule a doctor appointment, do you call random numbers in the phone book? 🙃 The same applies to...well...applying for jobs. ❔ Do you look at the minimum requirements for a job or do you click easy apply on cool titles? (Although, I might as well shoot my shot for Game Director) ❔ Do you update your resume with your most relevant experience when you apply? What is your desired outcome? Work backwards and you'll see at least some of the steps in a path to get there. This is not easy to do, because there is no perfect way to be the best fit for a job. Everyone's journey is different. What steps have you taken to get to your goal or how have you been successful in your journey? *One possible end goal pictured #Letsgetyouhired #RecruiterAdvice

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The great joy of my career is that I get the privilege of talking to Artists at various stages of their careers. While I enjoy speaking to mature and experienced talent, I love speaking with emerging Artists; those at the beginning of their journey. Of late, those conversations have been the equivalent of hand holding and trying to give some sense of comfort. It's no secret that the various creative industries that many are looking to join are in a period of re-evaluating their headcount expectations. TBH I cannot remember a time when creative industries were not in a period of re-evaluating their headcount expectations. Is this the most challenging I have seen? No, it's close, but there have been more challenging times. Here's the deal though - at some point in your career you will look back at these challenging times and think of them as "The good old days". The distance time provides will expose the lessons you are learning now. You may hate feeling the way you may be feeling, but you're building muscle. You're building resilience, and you'll be needing that later in your career. Your career path is not going to get any easier, but you are going to get a lot stronger.

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🎮 Want a job in the video game industry? 🎮 ➡ Proactive - creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened ➡ Reactive - to be ready to react or respond to something else Are you Proactive or Reactive in your job search? 1. Open to work banner on 2. Following favorite companies 3. Notifications from those companies (the bell icon in the top right) 4. Clicking on the "People" tab on the career page to find employees to follow on Linkedin to absorb their wisdom There's no one way to get a job. There's only the way that finally works for you individually. It is super tough right now. Any questions or comments? Advice for fellow job seekers? Put it below in the comments and we'll see if we can help. #Letsgetyouhired #RecruiterAdvice

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⭐ Have you considered becoming a mentor to further cultivate our industry in animation, games, VFX, and beyond? I'm seeking prospective mentors for our WIA mentorship circle program and would love to hear from you! 😻 Our mentorship circle program is offered every Spring and Fall, and serves more than 500 creatives annually pairing women, nonbinary, and transgender creatives with veteran industry professionals to bolster careers and confidence. ⭐ Are you ready to make a difference? Join us, and be a part of WIA's mission by becoming a mentor. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A MENTOR? • 3+ years of experience in the field in which you plan to mentor. • 4-5 hours a month to meet virtually for a 4-month duration. • A willingness to help and give back in a virtual group setting. HOW DOES WIA SUPPORT MENTORS? • WIA has 2 mentor coaches that help you iron out the details of your circle. • WIA handles all the operations of the application process and notifies all applicants if they are selected or not. Interested in being part of the program? There are various ways to get started: 1) Fill out our Expression of Interest form ➡ https://lnkd.in/g3EH54Uh 2) DM me and I can send you our mentor information pack with further details. 🤩 We are an inclusive organization and welcome mentors of all genders and non-binary identities. ❓ Questions? visit our mentorship program FAQ: https://lnkd.in/gzwJ7umH 💃 BONUS: If you reside in New York, NY. I offer a discovery call to give you further details about our program. #mentorship #wiaNewYork #wia #career #mentoring #mentorshipCircles #5050by2025 #givingBackToTheCommunity #wiaMentorshipProgram

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This week has been a whirlwind! Reconnecting with people I know at ProbablyMonsters, connecting with new Monsters, introducing my goofy face to my team members, and also talking with my main Hiring Manager. I knew coming in that this would be a tough fill and its fun! I've collected comic books since 1986 so I don't use comic book references just to use them. Travis Johnston needs a Forge: The person who enables the X-Men to go out and do good (poor English intended). As a Lead Engine Tools Engineer, this person will be a central part of the central services team (wait that's too many central's). Whats awesome is that you don't only get to work with just our Battle Barge or Hidden Grove teams (although they sound super cool!), we have several incubation projects going on now too! (hello X-Men... and X-Force, X-Factor, Excalibur, Generation X, New X-Men, New Mutants, Maurauders, you get the idea). But Val, give me more sizzle? This person gets to work with a new code base and we get to experiment and start from scratch. I've worked at a company that has 300k people, you rarely have the opportunity to do things from scratch. LETS GO! "Whats on the back of the Forge card Val?" We are looking for someone who loves working with Tools and Engine, and who has led a team in the past. We need leaders who pull their team; not leaders who only push! If we say C++ and blueprint and your eyes don't gloss over, maybe we should talk. C# and python are your friends too! Wwise integration *sound* good to you? We are working in Unreal so UE4 and UE5 experience is a must (we want your expertise and set you up for success). If you have not professionally worked in Unreal but have used Cryengine or the ID engine, and you mess around with Unreal on your own time, we should still talk! Because you will be jamming with our engineers, we are asking this person to work hybrid. However, we should still talk whether you live here or not or are unable to relocate let's talk. I talk, I like to talk. Let's talk? Is this you? Is this your friend you can recommend? Sharing is caring! If you don't wanna talk to me and wanna hit up Travis, do that too! Whatever it takes to help our team make good games! https://lnkd.in/gyua8X33 (you're gonna have to cut and paste because LinkedIn can't handle an image AND a link).

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I'm definitely seeing an uptick in recruiting roles and I'm hoping the trend continues before we hit the holidays. If you're searching, here's the biggest lesson I can impart: 👉 SEARCH + APPLY RIGHT AWAY - daily or more frequently, if you can. 👈 The sooner you send in your application, the more likely you'll get a call back. These roles are taken down after receiving a certain # of applications, and I've seen it happen literally within hours.

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The real ones know May the 4th is my favorite holiday. Next to Christmas and my birthday 😅 But this May the 4th will be super special. If you remember me complaining about how I wanted to be recognized in the games industry because of my love for the craft, not because of my title or the companies I work for, then maybe you remember the idea that Jalyssa and I teased about last year. We came together to co-found Gametalk Unlocked, a meet-up organization that creates opportunities for people who love video games to come together to literally talk about all things games. We are removing barriers of titles, levels, and disciplines, whether you are in the industry or not. Why can’t there be a place to share your perspective and love for games? Well, that’s what Gametalk Unlocked is about. Also, we are doing this in a cost-effective way to continue to lower the barrier of entry to building this community. So on May the 4th, come join us. We are celebrating our launch! 🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Saturday, May 4 at 5:00p PT 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Arts District Brewing Company, DTLA 𝗪𝗵𝗼: Marie Benigno Ablaza, SHRM-TA Jalyssa Eliasen PMP CSM Brianna Krejci mike knox Chelsea Fan, MBA Game vets Game noobs YOU 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲: $26 (this covers the food, but a cash bar is also available) 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮: Get out of the house and off of your laptop for some good conversation, good food, and good atmosphere, whether you're in between jobs or buried in work. Come tell us what game you’re playing, game you’re working on, thoughts on industry trends, or nerd out about your favorite games. 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆: We've reserved space for 100. Grab your spot here! 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/e3m5FXAv S/o to our amazing volunteers who helped to make this happen 👏🏼 Lastly, if you like a good game and a prize, check our Jalyssa’s post on how to win a free ticket to our event! https://lnkd.in/g9BfYxmZ Thank goodness for good friends who understand why celebrating this day is important to me because I get to dig up this baddie and will definitely be wearing it to the event! Sorry, I’ll have to reject the “hello my name is _____” name tag for this 💎

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At the heart of EVERYWHERE is ARCADIA! ARCADIA is our building tools, self-publishing system, and library of assets and community-made content. Check the basics of building in ARCADIA out in the video below! #gamedev #UGC #gamedevjobs

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100 Games 🎮 With new games coming to Netflix, our members have 100 games…100 experiences…to step into. From shows to games 🔥and we mean that literally with a line up of games based off some of your favorite series! Experiencing our games only takes a Netflix membership. Once you’re in, you get to play to have fun. No pay walls, no microtransactions, no ads. Just a good time on iOS and Android. “But I don’t play mobile games” Give it a try though. Our games are highly curated. We work with amazing developers and have the most talented internal studios bringing games to the world. Check out our list of games and this list of games that are coming! Y’all. We’re getting Tales of the Shire! 😍 What games are you playing? What games have you tried? And what are you looking forward to? Spread the words and lets keep hyping up Netflix Games! LETS GO! https://lnkd.in/gY5-Exrk

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Exciting news for fans of Invincible! 🔥 The hit comic and Amazon series, is getting the AAA treatment with an upcoming console game adaptation. As a huge fan of this universe, I can't wait to see how Skybound Entertainment bring the rich storyline and characters to life. Can you imagine the boss fights?! 😮 #Goodgamingnews 🚀

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The future of #gaming will be defined by studios that can deliver on the powerful trifecta of seamless performance, persistent progression and deep personalization. https://lnkd.in/eT5tHjGb

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📣GAMES INDUSTRY RECRUITERS PAST AND PRESENT📣 I have a curious question that you all have unique insight into! Today, I was chatting with some of my teammates about hard to fill roles in the gaming space and how we illustrate that to our greater teams and stakeholders with data. While we are definitely doing more data exploration I am also just curious about personal anecdotes and experiences so with that being said: ✍🏻 What are THE hardest roles you have had to fill in the games space? ✍🏻 Historically which roles have you found require a bit more work than usual? I figured this could be useful or interesting for other recruiters to see as well! As for me, I will be taking notes.

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Exciting news for college football fans! Check out the latest roster updates for EA SPORTS College Football 25.

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