For the past four months I have been working at Raincity Studios as a co-op student and thought it might be nice to try and sum up my experience. So what did I learn? Well, a couple things struck me in the first week that I still find impressive.

The importance of including community in your projects isn't normally covered in class and so far my schooling has had a focus on siloed programming and development. Raincity really stressed community involvement and some of my tasks in the first week were drafting a blog post, introducing myself to relevant Drupal groups, digging into the code, and filing issues for small improvements, with the overall goal of letting others know what we would be working on. Building momentum on your work is a great way to keep yourself going and often people are even willing to help out. Being able to build on an existing project like the SMS Framework module by Development Seed really helped get our work off the ground and now that I see my code and ideas being picked apart by other community members, it's nice to know that others can continue to improve on our contributions.

Raincity is looking for a few good women/men to join our dynamic, energetic, drupal development team.

Why would you want to work with us crazy peeps of RCS?

1. RCS HQ is located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, just minutes from the beach and north shore ski hills.
2. Work in a collaborative environment with leading bloggers, designers, developers, drupalists, marketers and technologists.
3. Be part of a growing team, working in a fun, flexible, learning environment.
4. Be active in the community; participate in community events, camps, conferences and workshop.
5. Go on company field trips: PNE “amusement park” day, ski trip, camping.. We work hard, but we play hard too!
6. Enjoy the xbox 360 or watch a movie in our “rec room”.
7. Take company holidays; we close the studio for a week in July and December each year!
8. We offer competitive salary and extended health care packages, including paid holidays and training incentives.

Full-Time and Part-Time Open Positions

• Web Developer (PHP and AJAX foundations are essential)
• Junior Production Designer (CSS, Web Designer)
• Intermediate Production Designer (CSS, Web Designer)
• Drupal Evangelist; Sales and Marketing associate
• Dupalist; Writer / Trainer

Internship Positions (Minimum 100hrs position)

• Web Developer
• Production Designer (CSS, web)

How to Apply

Email resume to inquire (at) raincitystudios.com (PDF only please). Include a cover letter outlining your technical experience, problem solving skills, expectations, and personal/career goals. Developers/themers please provide code samples. Please include salary expectation in cover letter and provide references.

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