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Skild is Hiring
You want to use your talents for something important. You want the chance to make a real difference, each and everyday. You want to be part of something BIG. And you wouldn’t mind having lots of fun along the way with like-minded people that share your drive.
Skild is full of people that share these values. We’re changing the way people think about big ideas like education and innovation. If you want to be part of this — if you want to be a game-changer — then we have a place for you.
Skild is an fast-growing software company with a mission to enable anyone to create their own custom competitions. We are pioneers in the global trend towards crowdsourcing competitions, and our goal is to provide the much needed infrastructure to set-up, promote and manage effective challenges, awards and prizes.
Why work at Skild?
- Vision: We believe in the power of intelligent competition to make meaningful and lasting impact in the world.
- People: Our goal is to hire outstanding team players with exceptional skills who are committed to delivering disruptive products. We're looking for people who are passionate about improving the world through skill-based competitions.
- Purpose: We have a central, driving purpose to transform how we work, play and live through challenge-based platforms, and we’re unapologetic in our daily pursuit of this purpose.
- Real Challenges: There are no shortages of challenges at Skild! If you crave a real intellectual challenge, then this is the place for you.
- Agility: We move fast, and we’re committed to keeping our organization flat and maintaining the virtues of a small, nimble company.
- Transparency: Our core values include open and clear communication.
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Open Positions
Currently, we’re interested in hearing from people who can fill the following roles:
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Java Web Developer
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Culver City)
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What we need from you:
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A brief cover letter |
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Your resume/CV in Word or PDF format |
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Send us an email at jobs@skild.com.
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Idea Crossing is a high growth technology company founded in 2002. We believe the collective minds of many will always be better than those of a few.
Through our Skild software platform, Idea Crossing facilitates intelligent competitions for major corporations, creative agencies, universities, foundations and government organizations. We have powered prizes, awards and competitions ranging from $5K to $2.2MM in prize money for companies such as Red Hat, Hilton, American Express, Harley-Davidson, Google, Sprint and IBM. government organizations such as Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company and forward-thinking non-profits and philanthropic organizations.
We are offering a software engineering position to an innovative individual to become part of our development team. Working independently and with a team, the candidate will experience all facets of a Software Development environment. The team is comprised of local developers and offshore developers. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience, to learn and to provide additional capabilities to the team while training to become a senior level engineer.
Primary Skills:
- Java Front End development (JSP, JQuery, AJAX, JSON)
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- At least 1 year professional experience developing Java web applications
- Experience developing on MVC framework (Spring / Struts)
- RDBMS experience (Hibernate, MySQL)
- Experience with Apache/Tomcat Web Server in Unix environment
- BS in Computer Science or related area
Additional/Desired Skills:
- FLEX (ActionScript) is a BIG PLUS
- Experience with BlazeDS
- Subversion
- Development in both Linux and Windows environments
- Linux Administration
- Apache Tomcat
- Apache HTTP Server
- Experience with Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
- Ability to prioritize responsibilities, work to deadlines, and meet project goals
- Readiness to work effectively, both independently and as a member of a team
- Support product migration to various environments
- Participate in and support platform upgrades
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science or related area
- At least one (1) year industry experience programming in Java
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Client Services Associate
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Culver City) |
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What we need from you:
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A brief cover letter |
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Your resume/CV in Word or PDF format |
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Skill-based competition is pervasive and exists in many forms, yet most initiatives lack the adequate tools and resources to achieve the visibility and scale they are truly capable of. At Skild, we’re rethinking - and disrupting - how organizations approach old problems in a whole new way: through Intelligent Competition. Skild has powered prizes, awards and challenges ranging from $5K to $2.2M in prize money for organizations such as Red Hat, Hilton, American Express, Harley-Davidson, Google, Sprint, IBM, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the government of Abu Dhabi.
We are looking for a Client Services Associate who understands the value of cultivating and nurturing client relationships. You will ultimately be responsible for engaging directly with clients and ensuring high retention and customer satisfaction. While this is not a direct sales role, some soft-sales may be required.
Overview:
In this full-time role you will work with new and existing clients to ensure that we are effectively transitioning them into Skild and that client satisfaction is super high. This is not a support role, but more of a proactive role where activities are driving toward customer activation and marshalling any required resources from Skild on behalf of the client. Creative, energetic and self-driven, you understand each customer’s need and know what you can do to deepen their trust so clients stay and grow with Skild. You also love understanding a product in depth and then communicating that product to your clients. If you love working with customers and have thrived in a role like this before, then we want to talk to you.
Responsibilities:
- Transition new clients into Skild via phone calls and/or webinars
- Engage with clients at every step and ensure that they are activated according to plan
- Be proactive with each new account to ensure proper event configuration and functionality
- Increase client retention by performing regular “health checks”
- Handle demo requests when the need arises
- Conduct training and other webinars for general client base
- Work closely with engineering to identify and track bugs
- Function as the voice of the customer during scheduled meetings with the product development team
- Rapidly learn our model and the space in which we operate, including crowdsourcing competitions, social networking and enterprise 2.0
Qualifications:
- 4 year degree required
- 1-2 years prior account management experience
- SaaS experience is a big plus
- Self-motivated team player who has fresh ideas when it comes to client operations
- Enjoys working closely with clients to ensure complete client satisfaction
- A real go-getter who takes the initiative to get things done
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