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Lead ActionScript Developer UI

Job Opportunity posted 09/16/11 by djredthorne , tagged: Contract, Design, Development, flash, full time, Full-time, North America, Open
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Job Title
Lead ActionScript Developer UI

Company Name
RedThorne

Company Address
Loft Style Office Downtown LA 90012
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Employment Status
Full-time

Start Date
asap

Employer Contact
Dustin

Contact Phone
8055707813

Contact Email
jobs@redthornemedia.com

Job Description

THE COMPANY

RedThorne is a well-funded start-up company based in warm and sunny Los Angeles. By leveraging key partners in Cable TV, Hollywood, and advertising, we plan to build an end to end TV service delivered over the internet with unlimited on-demand content and targeted, addressable advertising with real-time analytics that are actually reliable and accurate. We will be building the next generation living room experience.

THE JOB

We are looking for an expert ActionScript programmer to help lead the development of our thin UI layer for interactive TV viewing. We are developing an Adobe AIR application to run on Linux, but will also be building web based services and mobile services utilizing Adobe Flash. This position will focus on building well designed and thoughtful user interfaces for HD television. We will be implementing multimedia design theory, and porting to multiple platforms including iOS and Android. This is not just a website and it is not just another social app acting as a Band-Aid for linear television, it is a truly new platform being built from scratch.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build a 10’ UI that will crush Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, and your Cable Box
• Collaborate closely with product design team, sourcing requirements and inventing solutions
• Research, evaluate, test, deploy, and maintain software development tools and utilities for Adobe ActionScript and UI development.
• Port your UI work to multiple devices through the Adobe AIR framework (PC, mac, set top boxes, mobile, tablets etc
• Develop supporting sites for marketing and business development.

Required Experience

• Expert at Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR development in ActionScript 3
• Expert at Object Oriented Design and Task Driven Agile Development
• Building efficient applications with strong garbage collection and QA methodologies.
• Strong documentation skills and best practices

Desired Experience

• Experience with mobile devices, consumer electronics, portable devices, etc.
• Experience developing for Linux

Local Candidates
local preferred