IT Director

Job description:

lvl*studio is currently looking for a director of technology. The director of technology would be responsible for the execution of all technological projects. He or she would collaborate with other members of management for strategic decisions and would develop long-term plans for his or her sector. The director must be able to demonstrate strong leadership skills and have great attention to detail. He or she must have experience in designing software or network architectures and must have a firm grasp of the software development process. An understanding of telecom network infrastructures is an asset.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Create software development plans and making sure that deadlines are respected.
• Define a software development methodology.
• Evaluate projects including identifying the effort required as well as the risks.
• Manage the development team resources (hiring and firing).
• Maintain an understanding of various technologies, technological trends, and competitors.
• Ensure that R&D activities are eligible for tax credits.
• Ensure the protection of intellectual property.

General skills:

• Professional
• Takes initiative
• Able to work under pressure and manage priorities, organized
• Applies good judgment and perseveres
• Self-confident
• Passionate and curious about new technologies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable talking to clients

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or computer science (mandatory)
• Graduate degree in a related field (asset)
• The candidate should be bilingual (spoken and written French and English) and possess a minimum of 10 years of experience, 3 of which should be as a manager.

Management skills:

• Leadership and teamwork
• Attention to details
• Able to make decisions
• Analytical
• Goal-oriented
• Able to see the big picture
• Project management
• Conflict management

We offer a competitive salary and a dynamic work environment. We would like to thank all applicants for applying, however, only qualified candidates will be selected for our screening process.

Please send your resume to: job@lvlstudio.com

(Creative) interaction designer

Job description:

lvl*studio is seeking a creative interaction designer to develop cross-platform products and services. The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver: able to understand the needs and scope of a project and create solid and engaging solutions.

You would report to the director User Experience; and work alongside other information architects, interaction designers, and game designers. You could expect to work on designing products and services for TV, mobile devices, and the web.

Specific functions

• User and product research (needs analysis):
  • Benchmarking, product research
  • Personas, task analysis, feature requirements / prioritization
• Design
  • Creative conceptual development
  • Navigational models
  • Detailed storyboards, screen flows, or process diagrams (wireframes)
  • Content for immersive products: writing / storytelling
  • Documentation for hand-off to internal development teams and external clients
• Evaluation
  • Heuristic evaluations and usability assessments

Core skills and experience

• University diploma in UX design, multi-media design, human factors engineering, or other related field
• 2 to 5 years experience in information architecture
• Demonstrated creativity
• Good knowledge of Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash), facility with all MS Office applications
• Very strong knowledge of Internet technology.
• Advanced knowledge / experience in the following will be considered as strong assets:
  • Ergonomics / usability
  • TV middleware and other embedded systems
  • TV production
  • Games design
  • Anthropology

General skills

• Creative
• Organized, flexible, and curious. Team player.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: written and verbal fluency in both English and French.

Visit www.lvlstudio.com for more information about the company.

We offer a competitive salary and a dynamic work environment. We thank all applicants, however only selected candidates will be contacted.

Please send your application / inquiries to: job@lvlstudio.com

Flash Actionscript 2/3 and Flex developer

Job description:

lvl*studio is currently seeking a Flash Actionscript 2/3 and Flex developer. Specialist of multimedia and Web technologies, the candidate will be responsible for programming and developing modules for Web, iTV and IPTV applications. In addition, the candidate has experience with video streaming and is interested in game development.

Skills:

• Minimum 4 years experience in Actionscript 2/3
• Knowledge of Flex
• Knowledge of OOP best practices
• Experience with API
• Experience with XML
• Experience with video streaming
• Experience in Web 2.0 application development
• Interest for game development.

Technical requirements:

• Bachelor ‘s degree in Computer Science
• Minimum of 4 years in a similar role
• Flash and Actionscript expert
• Knowledge of XHMTL, CSS, javascript and XML
• Knowledge of Photoshop and illustrator

General criteria:

• Ability to work within a team
• Autonomous, hard working with good attention to detail.
• Bilingual (English and French)
• Curious and passionate about new technologies
• Autonomous, rigorous and quality-oriented
• Design-oriented

We offer a competitive salary and a dynamic work environment. We would like to thank all applicants for applying, however, only qualified candidates will be selected for our screening process.

Please send your application / inquiries to jobs@lvlstudio.com

Web Developer

Job description:

lvl*studio is currently seeking a Web Developer who is comfortable with backend development as well as HTML integration. The candidate must have experience in ASP .NET – C# (ideally with Entity framework), PHP, HTML, JavaScript and JQuery. Knowledge in accessibility and SEO will be considered assets.

Competencies:

• Experience with ASP.NET – C# (3.5 and 4)
• Use of PHP5 on a regular basis
• Experience with HTML and knowledge of the modern methods of integration
• Use of JavaScript and JQuery on a regular basis
• Familiar with the good practices of OOP
• Experience in Web application development
• Asset : Knowledge in accessibility and SEO
• Minimum experience of 3 years in programming.

Technical requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

General criteria:

• Ability to work within a team
• Autonomous, hard working with good attention to detail.
• Bilingual (English and French)
• Curious and passionate about new technologies
• Self-governance, rigor and quality oriented
• Design-oriented

We offer a competitive salary and a dynamic work environment. We would like to thank all applicants for applying, however, only qualified candidates will be selected for our screening process.

Please send your application / inquiries to jobs@lvlstudio.com

iPhone developer

Job description:

lvl*studio is currently seeking an iPhone Developer. Specialist of Web and multimedia technologies, the candidate will be responsible for developing and programming applications for iPhone and iPad platforms. The candidate must also have knowledge of XML and database programming.

Competencies:

• Experience in Objective-C programming
• Knowledge of iPhone SDK : Foundation Framework, Core Graphics Framework, UIKit Framework, etc
• Knowledge of xCode
• Knowledge of XML and database programming
• Familiar with the good practices of OOP and AGILE methodology
• Knowledge of Cocoa environment is an asset
• Background in game programming is an asset.

Technical requirements:

• DEC in computer science or multimedia
• Minimum 1 year in a similar job
• Experience in iPhone application development

General criteria:

• Ability to work within a team
• Autonomous, hard working with good attention to detail.
• Bilingual (English and French)
• Curious and passionate about new technologies
• Self-governance, rigor and quality oriented
• Design-oriented
• If possible, the candidate must provide a sample code of previous work for us evaluate.

We offer a competitive salary and a dynamic work environment. We would like to thank all applicants for applying, however, only qualified candidates will be selected for our screening process.

Please send your application / inquiries to jobs@lvlstudio.com