With our growing reputation and a steady stream of successful and innovative projects the demand for Daden's services is growing rapidly. Our current job opportunities are listed below. We are also always keen to hear from anyone interested in working for us in a freelance capacity - particularly if Midlands based. More details below. Any enquiries regarding employment opportunities should be sent to jobs@daden.co.uk, ideally with a CV and a link to any on-line or in-world portfolio.
Permanent and Part-Time Roles
We currently have 4 job opportunities for permanent roles - although we would consider part-time on a job-share. These roles are based out of our offices in Birmingham UK. Salaries for each will be commensurate with the role and your experience. Preference will be given to candidates who can contribute to multiple roles, we need flexibility.
These roles provide the ideal opportunity to join a well respected and rapidly growing business, and to get involved with some of the most exciting and leading-edge technology around today.
- 3D Builder/Scripter - 2010/001, £20k - £28k
- Building and scripting in Second Life and other virtual worlds
- 3D Studio Max or similar 3D modelling experience useful but not essential
- Game engine experience (eg Unity, Unreal) useful but not essential
- Poser or similar avatar modelling experience useful but not essential
- Able to work from AutoCad drawings
- Good creativity when needed
- Programmer/IT Operations - 2010/002, £20k - £28k
- Proficient in either C# or Perl, and able to rapidly learn the other
- Familiarity with PHP, Python, Java, C++ useful
- Able to set up and manage Linux/Apache/MySQL environments
- Must be able to write both client and server side of web services (REST, RPC-XML, SOAP)
- Good familiarity with XML and ideally XSLT.
- Able to implement a robust version control and test regime
- Able to set up servers running virtual world applications (eg OpenSim), fault find and fix on them, and ideally customise open-source code (eg OpenSim, SL client)
- Able to manage routine office IT systems, servers, networks, hardware and software
- Training/Business Analyst - 2010/003, £20k - £28k
- Able to work with clients to turn their requirements into clear specifications
- Able to take training requirements and author the required exercises within the PIVOTE open-source training authoring system (web based interface - training given!)
- Able to take virtual character/AI requirements and author the required characters within the our Discourse chatbot system (web based interface - training given!)
- Able to develop and manage system testing exercises
- Able to contribute to documentation and white papers
- Production Assistant - 2010/004, £15k - £22k
- Provide routine support in the office - phone answering, info@ email handling etc
- Ensure that our virtual office is kept fresh and visitors welcomed - including maintenance of our automated receptionists
- Support the Client Director in marketing activities, including web-site, newsletter, campaigns, events
- Help manage the financial administration of the business - sending invoices, work orders, logging invoices in, handling expenses etc
- Contribute according to skills/aptitude/ambition in building/scripting/analysis/authoring as above
If you're interested
Any enquiries about these positions should in the first instance be by email to: work@daden.co.uk
Please include an up to date CV (and portfolio links if applicable), daytime contact number and details of
your current position, salary and notice period (if applicable). Please put the Job Code in the email title. Deadline for all roles is 29th Jan 2010.
Freelance Work
We are always in interested in hearing from anyone who would like to work for us in a freelance capacity - particularly if Midlands based (although we have worked with people as far away as the USA and Australia). Freelancers are brought in on a project by project basis. There is no guarantee of work, but it's nice to know who we can call on as opportunities arise. Skills we are particularly interested in at the moment include:
- AI programming (esp if you have AIML expertise)
- Prim based avatars/mannequins
- Clothing, skin and avatar design
- Sculpties
- 3D modelling (esp Unity)
- Landscaping
- Vehicles (land, sea, and air)
- Recreating real-world buildings
- Advanced scripting and building
