Senior Flash Developer
Title: Senior Flash Developer Number of roles: 3 Location: Just outside of Boston, MA
Start Date: ASAP
Length of Assignment: This position in contracted through December 2008. There is a possibility to convert to a perm employee if interested. There will most likely be strong potential for extension.
Big Picture/Project Description: Designing the websites for high end and high profile international clients that push the boundaries of interactive design. This person will also be an active participant in client demonstrations.
Day-to-day responsibilities: Leveraging bleeding edge Flash and Action Script experience to develop web content. There will be a lot of development and tweaking of development to meet the changing requests of the end clients. This consultant will be responsible for being an active participant in client demonstrations.
Required Skills: Candidates must be comfortable with OOP concepts, have experience working as part of a team, and must have worked with large scale, high profile, name brand clients. In addition, qualified candidates must be comfortable pushing themselves beyond their comfort zones.
Additional Required Skills: *Very top quality front-end Flash developer *An obsession for high-quality deliverables *Passionate about pushing the boundaries of interactive technologies *Strong AS2 and AS3 coding abilities *Proficient at Flash video delivery and integration of sound, motion graphics, animations and transition sequences *Strong understanding of latest Flash features such as filters, blend modes, flashtype, bitmap caching, alpha blending, advanced gradient control, external interface *Strong performance optimization skills and the ability to help guide creative team towards sound creative solutions for Flash. *Proficient at client/server integration (xml, soap/web services and URL encoded name/value pairs) *Proficient at Flash & JavaScript integration *Knowledge of SWF Object, Macromedia Flash detection kit, Flash player and cross domain security *Proficiency in aspects of software development in a team environment, including identifying requirements, design, implementation, testing, and deployment. *Understanding of object oriented programming techniques, RIA/SOA architectures, knowledge of design patterns *Knowledgeable about tricks, workarounds and limitations of the Flash player. *Understanding of theories related to interface design, usability and interactivity *Excellent communication skills *Creative toolset expertise (adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, indesign, premiere pro) *Knowledge of user-centered UI design, human factors, human-computer interaction, usability *Development from adobe flex builder 2 or Flash CS3 IDE
Desired skills: Familiarity with localization techniques and the issues related to providing international (i.e. non- English) content within Flash *Visual Effects background with emphasis on Math Motion and Physics *3d modeling in 3ds MAX with vector animation export to SWF *Experience with .NET PHP, SQL, FLEX and other programming languages and technologies *Mobile Development Experience with Flash Lite 2