WORK ENVIRONMENT

We are a laid back company that is focused as much on our creative output as our own quality of life. We listen to music throughout the work day, do not work through the night, but still push each other to create the best work we possibly can. If you would like to work in a highly creative environment that does not include all of the corporate bullshit that prevents good work from happening, please contact us. We are looking to hire in-house fulltime employees.

PLEASE SEND:

Your Resume and urls/samples of websites/projects that you helped to manage and produce, describing your role in the process and whatever else you think will impress us to show your scope of work and ability to think differently or manage people/projects.

INTERNSHIPS:

Our internships are unpaid but we do offer a daily stipend for your travel and lunch.

BENEFITS AND SALARY:

Fulltime positions: Competitive salary and benefits package will be offered and negotiated according to experience and competence level. Company offers competitive benefits including health insurance, company paid dental/vision, 401(K) w/ company contribution and paid time off.

** DUE TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS WE APOLOGIZE THAT WE CAN NOT PERSONALLY RESPOND TO ALL OF YOU, SORRY!!

WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for a senior level front-end developer to join our growing interactive team as a full-time staff member. The ideal candidate will have proven experience creating rich and engaging user interfaces utilizing a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (JQuery and other libraries). Experience with the latest and greatest web standards, including HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design, is also a plus.

As a Front-End Developer at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be working with a variety of existing web-presences and developing new ones. You should be comfortable building a site from the ground up and working with and maintaining other people's code. You should be familiar with and excited to develop interactive front-end experiences with animation and motion that push the boundaries of current standards. The projects you work on may also require interacting with external API's and pulling in data feeds from XML, JSON, and other sources.

While the primary role of a Front End Developer is to create, maintain, and support superior quality user interfaces, the ability to integrate his or her work with backend environments and content management tools is a must. This includes a level of comfort with Wordpress and/or Drupal, PHP and some knowledge of database and SQL syntax.

1 Trick Pony developers work independently on projects, but also take direction from Account Directors, Art Directors and Creative Directors. We are looking for someone who can thrive as part of a collaborative team. The ideal person also has the ability to communicate to all levels of users, strong problem-solving skills, and is adaptable, proactive and willing to ask questions.

Job Requirements:

• At least 3-5 years experience developing websites with a combination of: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience working with JavaScript libraries, primarily JQuery, to create dynamic and visually engaging user experiences
• Experience integrating with a variety of CMS systems (Wordpress, Drupal, Expression Engine, etc)
• Experience implementing standards based websites built for accessibility, SEO and interactivity
• Experience working with social network API's (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.)
• Experience developing mobile and/or responsive web sites.
• Flexibility to juggle multiple projects while being able to solve problems independently, adapt to quickly changing priorities, maintain a high quality of work under pressure, and deliver on required timelines
• Ability to effectively communicate your work with both technical and non-technical peers
• Enjoy working both in teams and independently as required by the projects and tasks at hand
• Superior attention to detail and a strong ability to QA one's own work required, including cross-browser and cross-platform displays and performance

Bonus Points:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent
• Flash, ActionScript 3 development experience
• Facebook application development experience
• Ecommerce development experience

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for all levels of PHP developers to join our growing interactive team as full-time staff. The ideal candidate will have proven experience creating and the flexibility to support a variety of standards-based, mobile and Flash projects. He or she will be familiar with and excited to develop data-driven web solutions on PHP frameworks (ideally CakePHP) and open source CMS systems (Wordpress, Drupal, Expression Engine, etc); but be undeterred when the need arises to create an application from the ground up as required.

As a PHP/Backend Developer at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be working with a variety of existing web-presences and developing new ones and must have the ability to work with and maintain other people's code. Many of the projects you will be working on will require interacting with external API's and often outputting information as XML and JSON for other developers to pick up in their Flash and HTML/Javascript builds.

While the primary role of a PHP/Backend Developer will be to create, maintain, and support the dynamic back-end applications powering our Flash and HTML/Javascript based websites, the flexibility to code cross-browser and standards based front-end works will be required.

Job Requirements:

• at least 2-3 years experience developing websites with a combination of: PHP / MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery development in *AMP environments.
• Experience working with rapid development frameworks (CakePHP primarily, Zend, Syphmony, Ruby on Rails, etc)
• Experience with a wide variety of CMS systems (Wordpress, Drupal, Expression Engine, etc)
• Experience implementing standards based websites built for accessibility, SEO and interactivity
• Experience working with social network API's (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc)
• Exceptional understanding of and practice using Object Oriented Coding principles
• Flexibility to juggle multiple projects while being able to solve problems independently, adapt to quickly changing priorities, maintain a high-level of work under pressure, and deliver on required timelines
• Ability to effectively communicate your work with both technical and non-technical peers
• Enjoy working both in teams and independently as required by the projects and tasks at hand
• Superior attention to detail and a strong ability to Q/A one's own work required

Bonus Points:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent
• Server management and load-balancing experience
• Facebook application development experience
• Mobile website development experience
• Ecommerce development experience

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for an entry-level front end developer with CSS & JS skills who can help us produce a wide variety of interactive projects including: landing pages, emails, interactive javascript features, microsites and more. The ideal candidate will be comfortable developing cross-browser compatible HTML, Javascript, and CSS; they should have experience creating rich and engaging user interfaces utilizing a combination of web technologies and experience with the latest and greatest web standards, including HTML5 and CSS3.

As a Front-end Developer at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be working with a variety of existing web projects and you must have the ability to work with and maintain other people's code. You should be familiar with and excited to develop web sites, HTML emails, Facebook tabs/apps and mobile web pages. 1 Trick Pony developers work independently on projects, but also take direction from Lead Developers and colleagues across the organization; we are looking for someone who can thrive as part of a collaborative team.

Job Responsibilites:

• Develop and deliver HTML landing pages, emails, Facebook tabs
• Assist lead developers by taking on portions of larger websites, as well as picking up partially finished work to take it over the finish line.
• Work closely with creative team, project managers, third-party collaborators and clients to deliver completed projects
• Keep up to date and familiar with all relevant and necessary technologies and plug-ins
• Maintain and understand relevant delivery specs

Job Requirements:

• At least 1-2 years experience (or equivalent education) developing websites with a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or equivalent education/coursework
• Experience working with Javascript libraries, primarily JQuery to create dynamic and visually engaging user experiences
• Experience implementing standards based websites built for accessibility, SEO and interactivity
• Experience working with social network API's (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, etc.)
• Flexibility to juggle multiple projects while being able to solve problems independently, adapt to quickly changing priorities, maintain a high-level of work under pressure, and deliver on required timelines
• Ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical peers
• Enjoy working both in teams and independently
• Superior attention to detail and a strong ability to unit test and QA one's own work required, including cross-browser and cross-platform displays and performance

Skill Requirements:

• Proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Knowledge of JSON, XML, REST APIs and dynamically driven Web applications
• Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Strong debugging skills
• Must be self-motivated, able to multi-task and work well with others and as part of a team

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send:

Resume and URLs of websites/projects that you helped to design and build, describing your role in the process.

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WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for an entry-level front end developer with Flash skills who can help us produce a wide variety of interactive projects including: landing pages, emails, rich media banners, interactive flash features, website transition animations and more. The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable developing in HTML and Flash; they should have experience creating rich and engaging user interfaces utilizing a combination of web technologies and experience with the latest and greatest web standards, including HTML5 and CSS3.

As a Front-end Developer at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be working with a variety of existing web projects and you must have the ability to work with and maintain other people's code. You should be familiar with and excited to develop web sites, HTML emails, Flash banners, Facebook tabs/apps and mobile web pages. 1 Trick Pony developers work independently on projects, but also take direction from Lead Developers and colleagues across the organization; we are looking for someone who can thrive as part of a collaborative team.

Job Responsibilites:

• Develop and deliver flash banners (including rich media banners), flash features, and flash web sites
• Develop and deliver HTML landing pages, emails, Facebook tabs
• Work closely with creative team, project managers, third-party collaborators and clients to deliver completed projects
• Keep up to date and familiar with all relevant and necessary technologies and plug-ins
• Maintain and understand relevant delivery specs

Job Requirements:

• At least 1-2 years Flash development experience or equivalent education/coursework
• At least 1-year experience (or equivalent education) developing websites with a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience working with Javascript libraries, primarily JQuery to create dynamic and visually engaging user experiences
• Experience implementing standards based websites built for accessibility, SEO and interactivity
• Experience working with social network API's (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, etc.)
• Flexibility to juggle multiple projects while being able to solve problems independently, adapt to quickly changing priorities, maintain a high-level of work under pressure, and deliver on required timelines
• Ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical peers
• Enjoy working both in teams and independently
• Superior attention to detail and a strong ability to unit test and QA one's own work required, including cross-browser and cross-platform displays and performance

Skill Requirements:

• Proficient in Flash and Actionscript (AS3)
• Strong knowledge of JSON, XML and dynamically driven Flash applications
• Proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Strong debugging skills
• Must be self-motivated, able to multi-task and work well with others and as part of a team

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send:

Resume and URLs of websites/projects that you helped to design and build, describing your role in the process.

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WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for a mid-to-senior level Account Manager to join our growing interactive team as full-time staff. The ideal candidate will have proven experience working and managing accounts/projects at a similarly positioned interactive advertising or development agency that has been creating rich and engaging interactive experiences, advertising campaigns and websites.

As an Interactive Account Manager at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be responsible for overseeing client relationships, budgets, internal project teams, many project management tasks, strategy documentation/proposals as well as helping to grow our responsibilities with our various accounts. There is an opportunity to work on some of our key interactive accounts as well as some of the new and exciting accounts we continue to win.

Job Requirements:

• Client Relationship Building: ability to manage clients in a calm, cool, collected manner while still pushing projects and relationships forward. Daily client communication: Including managing daily email correspondence, conference calls/creative reviews and in-person meetings.
• Account Leadership: Proven leadership skills across a variety of interactive projects/client types. Ability to manage an entire team of creatives, developers, and account coordinators with detailed organizational skills both from managing the internal team to the client team.
• Strong Technical Knowledge: Nuts and bolts as well as progressive knowledge of the interactive industry, the capabilities of web technologies and the various skillsets needed to perform these tasks.
• Proposal & Estimate Creation: help to review RFP and project requests, estimate pricing/timelines and produce well written proposals and documentation.
• Internal Management: Assisting with internal management of interactive projects including managing file assets, file server organization, creating and managing project schedules, invoicing, maintaining and creating creative briefs and coordinating internal project meetings with the design and production staff.

Skill Requirements:

• Strong grammar and email writing skills, excellent organization skills, creative eye for proofing/checking work, personality, and an easy going client service style within a fast paced environment.
• Candidate must have strong computer skills/competency and Internet processes. 90% of this position involves the computer & internet, must have strong technical skills with the following programs: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Email, InDesign, FTP.
• Passion and interest in Interactive Advertising and Marketing. We would like someone that can handle all of the day-to-day operational duties of an account and progress to handle more accounts/projects as possible.
• Experience in traditional advertising a plus.
• MAC computer user: We are an all Mac shop, so candidate must be a Mac user.

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send:

Resume and urls of websites/projects that you helped to manage and produce, describing your role in the process.

Benefits and Salary:

Competitive salary and benefits package will be offered and negotiated according to experience and competence level. Company offers competitive benefits including company paid health insurance, company paid dental, 401(K) w/ company contribution and paid time off.

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WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for great Account Executives with at least 3-4 years of interactive project experience to join our growing team as full-time staff. The ideal candidate will have proven experience working and managing accounts/projects at a similarly positioned interactive advertising or development agency that has been creating rich and engaging interactive experiences, advertising campaigns and websites.

As an Interactive Account Executive at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be responsible for overseeing client relationships, budgets, internal project teams, many project management tasks, strategy documentation/proposals as well as helping to grow our responsibilities with our various accounts. There is an opportunity to work on some of our key interactive accounts as well as some of the new and exciting accounts we continue to win.

Job Requirements:

• Client Relationship Building: ability to manage clients in a calm, cool, collected manner while still pushing projects and relationships forward. Daily client communication: Including managing daily email correspondence, conference calls/creative reviews and in-person meetings.
• Account Leadership: Proven leadership skills across a variety of interactive projects/client types. Ability to manage an entire team of creatives, developers, and account coordinators with detailed organizational skills both from managing the internal team to the client team.
• Strong Technical Knowledge: Nuts and bolts as well as progressive knowledge of the interactive industry, the capabilities of web technologies and the various skillsets needed to perform these tasks.
• Proposal & Estimate Creation: help to review RFP and project requests, estimate pricing/timelines and produce well written proposals and documentation.
• Internal Management: Assisting with internal management of interactive projects including managing file assets, file server organization, creating and managing project schedules, invoicing, maintaining and creating creative briefs and coordinating internal project meetings with the design and production staff.

Skill Requirements:

• Strong grammar and email writing skills, excellent organization skills, creative eye for proofing/checking work, personality, and an easy going client service style within a fast paced environment.
• Candidate must have strong computer skills/competency and Internet processes. 90% of this position involves the computer & internet, must have strong technical skills with the following programs: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Email, InDesign, FTP.
• Passion and interest in Interactive Advertising and Marketing. We would like someone that can handle all of the day-to-day operational duties of an account and progress to handle more accounts/projects as possible.
• Experience in traditional advertising a plus.
• MAC computer user: We are an all Mac shop, so candidate must be a Mac user.

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send:

Resume and urls of websites/projects that you helped to manage and produce, describing your role in the process.

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WHAT WE NEED:

1 Trick Pony is looking for an Interactive Producer with significant Internet experience to join our growing interactive team as a full-time staff member. The ideal candidate will have experience gathering business, marketing, and technical requirements in order to lead project execution and delivery. Experience creating and executing project plans and revising them as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements is a necessity.

As an Interactive Producer at 1 Trick Pony, you'll be working with a variety of new and existing web projects and you must have the ability to work with developers, designers and account managers. You should be familiar with development of web sites, HTML emails, Facebook tabs/apps and mobile web, including responsive design.

We are looking for someone who can thrive as part of a collaborative team. The ideal person also has the ability to communicate to all levels of users, strong problem-solving skills, and is adaptable, proactive and willing to ask questions.

Job Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience in a technical/interactive producer or project manager position
• Experience managing the day-to-day technical aspects of projects
• Ability to scope development tasks and create timelines
• Ability to review project deliverables, including technical QA
• Possess a thorough understanding in the areas of web development, database, and system design
• Understand Internet and general client/server architecture
• Maintain awareness of new and emerging technologies and industry best practices to potentially be applied on business partner engagements
• Flexibility to juggle multiple projects while being able to solve problems independently, adapt to quickly changing priorities, maintain a high-level of work under pressure, and deliver on required timelines

Bonus Points:

• Experience in an agency environment
• Experience working with CMS systems (Wordpress, Drupal, etc)
• Social media strategy
• User Experience design
• Some experience coding HTML/CSS or JavaScript
• PMP/PMI, Agile, SCRUM Experience and/or certifications

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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WHAT WE NEED:

The ideal UX lead will be a hands on designer that can both participate in and lead a cross-functional team through a collaborative design process to deliver prototypes, user stories, concept sketches, experience storyboards, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, motion design, design research and usability. They will be skilled with breaking apart problems into manageable parts, and tackling each component with fervor and confidence.

You should be able to partner with creative directors, art directors and interactive developers to collaboratively discuss issues and develop solutions. In addition to being an exceptional designer, you must be able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. You must be able to create a range of concepts for each project, be self-motivated with a positive attitude and have strong communications skills.

Lead UX Designers at 1 Trick Pony typically have 3 - 5+ years of professional UX design experience in an digital design or interactive agency.

Job Responsibilities:

• Own and manage the interaction design across web and mobile devices
• Design and specify user interfaces and information architecture
• Produce user stories, personas, storyboards, scenarios, prototypes, and interaction design specifications
• Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale

Skills:

• Innovative and able to design a user interface for cutting edge applications when no comparable examples exist in the market
• An eye for creating elegant, simple and easy-to-use interfaces for applications with a rich and complex set of features
• Strong knowledge of interaction design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to web/mobile/social products
• Detail-oriented and highly developed organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
• Extensive experience designing and creating responsive designs and page layouts

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send:

Resume and urls of campaigns/samples that you have produced, describing your role in the process.

Benefits & Salary:

Competitive salary and benefits package will be offered and negotiated according to experience and competence level. Company offers competitive benefits including company paid health insurance, company paid dental, 401(K) w/ company contribution and paid time off.

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WHAT WE NEED:

We are looking for conceptual interactive focused copywriters that can lead the conception and execution of innovative campaign ideas for integrated, cross channel initiatives. This may include large social initiatives, online advertising, digital marketing or direct response email marketing. We need someone that can say a lot in a small amount of space but that is more than just a headline writer, we need someone that can understand our clients brands and bring big interactive/digital ideas to the table and then execute them. You should possess sharp writing skills and have the ability to understand more than one voice; adapting your writing skills as necessary to concepts, social networks and/or headlines. You should be able to partner with art directors and designers to ensure the art direction supports the concept.

In addition to being an exceptional writer, you must be able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. You must be able to create a range of concepts for each project, be self-motivated with a positive attitude and have strong communications skills.

Copywriters at 1 Trick Pony typically have 2 - 5+ years of professional writing experience in an advertising or interactive agency.

Job Requirements:

• You must also have strong experience working on large cross channel and/or direct marketing initiatives including rich media, email, web and direct.
• Expertise with new content publishing platforms like Buzzfeed, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
• Candidate must be detail-oriented and able to manage own workflow and meet deadlines.
• Experience with online media is a must. Offline experience is a plus.
• Must have great presentation skills and be comfortable pitching or communicating ideas to colleagues, clients and prospective clients.
• Conceptual thinking and advertising mind. We need you to translate marketing objectives into clear, compelling solutions.

Skill Requirements:

• Strong grammar and email writing skills, excellent organization skills, creative eye for proofing/checking work, personality, and an easy going client service style within a fast paced environment.
• Candidate must have strong computer skills/competency and Internet processes. 90% of this position involves the computer & internet, must have strong technical skills with the following programs: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Email, InDesign, FTP
• MAC computer user: We are an all Mac shop so candidate must be a Mac user

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send:

Resume and urls of campaigns/samples that you have produced, describing your role in the process.

Benefits & Salary:

Competitive salary and benefits package will be offered and negotiated according to experience and competence level. Company offers competitive benefits including company paid health insurance, company paid dental, 401(K) w/ company contribution and paid time off.

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We are looking for internships in our Design group. We are open to overall timing of the internship based on your availability/needs but we request that you be able to dedicate a minimum of 24 hours of time per week, ideally 3 straight days of work and a minimum of 2 months of total participation.

WHAT WE NEED:

We are looking for people that are energetic, hungry and have a "willing to do anything attitude" to learn and grow within design and advertising.

Design Internships

We need someone with excellent design program skills, has a great eye for design and an acute attention to detail to assist with anything and everything design and/or production related here at the office.

Requirements:

• Superior skills working with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat
• Photoshop retouching and image manipulation skills
• Ability to mock-up samples
• Interest/Experience in Web Production a plus
• Candidate must be detail-oriented, able to manage creative department workflow, meet deadlines, multi-task and work with others for a common project goal.
• MAC user: We are an all Mac shop, so you will need to use a Mac.

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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We are looking for internships in our Account services group. We are open to overall timing of the internship based on your availability/needs but we request that you be able to dedicate a minimum of 24 hours of time per week, ideally 3 straight days of work and a minimum of 2 months of total participation.

WHAT WE NEED:

An intelligent, enthusiastic and organized task master. This position is particularly focused on helping to manage, organize and coordinate our daily advertising activities for Print and Interactive projects with our various clients (ranging from print campaigns, radio, websites, banner ads, splash pages, etc.). You will be doing anything and everything account service related here at the office.

Requirements:

• Strong grammar and email writing skills, excellent organization skills, creative eye for proofing/checking work, personality, and an easy going client service style within a fast paced environment.
• Candidate must have strong computer skills/competency. 90% of this position involves the computer, must have strong technical skills with the following programs: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Email.
• Must be willing to learn or have experience using the following programs: InDesign, FTP, and a WYSIWIG Html program like Dreamweaver. We are small, so having strong technical abilities or the ability and desire to learn quickly is very necessary.
• Passion and interest in Interactive Advertising and Marketing.
• MAC computer user: We are an all Mac shop so candidate must be a Mac user or willing to switch (we will provide training).
  

1 Trick Pony, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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