Brave New Films (
http://bravenewfilms.org/ ) is looking for a full-time Web Developer to guide and implement our online efforts.
This is a very unique and exciting opportunity for the right person to use their tech talents to help build vital progressive infrastructure. Brave New Film’s uses video and new media to create, amplify, and tell stories to inform people, change attitudes, and make change happen. Outfoxed, Wal-Mart: The High Cost for Low Price, The Real McCain, Sick for Profit, and Rethink Afghanistan are among our online video campaigns and full length documentaries. We have over a million monthly uniques and over 45 million views on our viral videos.
Responsibilities include:
- Build HTML websites with light PHP code as well as more robust site with programming languages
- Manage ecommerce and donation infrastructure including set up donation pages on our sites
- Address technical aspects of online distribution (upload videos to YouTube, post on reddit, write FBML for Facebook, etc.)
- Be on top of developments in social media, trends and technologies to guide and inform our distribution strategy
- Develop queries to pull segments of our emails list when needed
Skill set:
- Experience in Ruby on Rails, Django, PHPCake, or other programming language
- Excellent knowledge of MySQL
- Ability to quickly develop a web site that integrates with our email and donation tools
- Good attention to detail
- Enjoys fast-paced environment of politics
We use technologies and services like PHP, MySQL, Wordpress, Disqus, DemocracyInAction/Salsa, Ultracart, Google Analytics, and Authorize.net.
We care less about writing perfect code or complying with every standard, and more about birthing the clever idea that'll wreak havoc on the establishment.
Politics moves fast. We have some pretty intense deadlines, so we're pragmatic. Think startup meets non-profit political rabble rousers. We also get along well with people that have an excellent work ethic, juggle multiple tasks under tight deadlines, and realize this is not a 9-5 job.
Our offices are located in the shadow of Sony studios in Culver City, CA (LA) and we’re open to the person working on-site or living elsewhere in the U.S.
In your cover note/resume, provide a list of sites you have developed.
- Location: Culver City or Anywhere, USA
- Telecommuting is ok.
- This is at a non-profit organization.
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- Please, no phone calls about this job!
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