We want an enthusiastic and agile Javascript developer who can help us develop games for the web, and compelling online experiences for our mobile games. And we want someone who can help us think up and create entirely new game concepts, branching out on to exciting new platforms and pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the web on mobile devices.

In other words, we want your help to make the games of the future.

What’s working at Six to Start like?

• You get to talk directly to everyone who makes the game – we’re an nimble team and decisions get made quickly.
• You get the hardware and software you need; we’re an Apple shop and everyone has an extra display.
• We provide all staff with a generous personal budget for games, consoles, running gear, and other work-related things.
• We’re flexible on hours and on occasionally working from home.
• We’ve got a laid-back atmosphere – we have an hour for lunch and we regularly go out on funded lunches, dinners, cinema trips, and more.
• You get real responsibility and public credit for the work we do. We’re regularly invited to speak at conferences around the world and it’s important that our developers take advantage of these opportunities.
• We offer a competitive salary based on experience.

Most importantly, we get emails every day from people whose lives we’ve improved with our games – people who’ve lost weight, become healthier, and gained confidence. There’s nothing like knowing that your work is valued by hundreds of thousands and is doing good in the world.

Skills & Requirements

Requirements:

• 1+ years experience of professional Javascript development, and/or an excellent portfolio of your own work.
• A working knowledge of server-side development (in any language).
• Experience with and a strong interest in mobile web development.
• You’re able to work from our office in Gospel Oak (nearest tubes: Kentish Town/Tufnell Park)
• You’re flexible in your habits and what you’re willing to learn; we’re an indie developer and everyone’s job can be very fluid. If you aren’t comfortable with that, this is not the place for you. But if you like trying out new things and learning very quickly, it is.
• Being friendly and approachable!
• An interest in games and game design, and a tenacious approach to problem-solving.

Nice-to-haves include:

• You consider yourself a “full-stack” engineer with experience in server administration, application deployment, databases, hosted platforms, and all aspects of client application development.
• You have experimented with frontend MV* frameworks such as Backbone, Angular and Knockout.
• You also have experience with Python and Django, our current backend framework of choice.
• You have experience in other related fields (e.g. UI/UX design, sound engineering, multiple mobile platforms, hardware hacking, etc.)
• You have experience adapting or porting games or apps from one platform to another.
• You have a proven ability to work independently, manage your own time and hit deliverable dates.

Pay is dependent on experience and competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with the subject your CV attached and cover letter attached. No recruitment agencies.

About Six to Start

Six to Start creates games and interactive experiences for smartphones, the web, and the real world. We’ve won a whole host of awards including SXSW Best of Show and Best Game, and before making Zombies, Run!, we worked on major projects for the BBC, Channel 4, Disney Imagineering (the guys who make all the insanely cool stuff), Microsoft, and the British Museum.

We’re profitable, bootstrapped, and expanding rapidly. No need to worry about funding here.

We’re offering a competitive salary and the chance to make games that will be remembered by hundreds of thousands of people decades from now.

We have a friendly and dynamic atmosphere at work and since we’re a small business, we’re looking for someone who’s capable and organised with strong communication skills and a willingness to get stuck in.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing general assistance to the production team
• Online customer support
• Organising recording sessions and auditioning new actors
• Writing copy and editing data for games
• General office administration

The ideal candidate must be highly computer literate (with Macs and Windows), and experienced in Microsoft Office and Google Docs. We also require very good spoken and written English skills as you’ll be interacting with clients and customers. A helpful, courteous, and professional attitude is essential along with a can-do approach and willingness to work to tight deadlines.

Finally, you have a genuine interest and enthusiasm for games (but you don’t need to be an expert!).

We do not require previous experience in the games industry but you will need to demonstrate your ability as a person who has an attention to detail and can work hard.

Candidates will start in June/July at our office in the Gospel Oak area.

Pay is competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with the subject your CV attached and cover letter attached. No recruitment agencies.

No recruitment agencies.

We want an Android developer who can help make our games – including Zombies, Run! and a new project with the Department of Health – even better and even more polished by using the latest software and hardware features in Android 4.0. And we want someone who can help think up and create entirely new game concepts that use smartphones, tablets, and other wearable devices and computers in novel ways.

In other words, we want your help to make the games of the future.

What’s working at Six to Start like?

• You get to talk directly to everyone who makes the game – we’re an nimble team of eleven right now, and decisions get made quickly.
• You get the hardware and software you need; we’re an Apple shop and everyone has an extra display.
• We provide all staff with a generous personal budget for games, consoles, running gear, and other work-related things.
• We’re flexible on hours and on occasionally working from home.
• We’ve got a laid-back atmosphere – we have an hour for lunch and we regularly go out on funded lunches, dinners, cinema trips, and more.
• You get real responsibility and public credit for the work we do. We’re regularly invited to speak at conferences around the world and it’s important that our developers take advantage of these opportunities.
• We offer a competitive salary based on experience.

Most importantly, we get emails every day from people whose lives we’ve improved with our games – people who’ve lost weight, become healthier, and gained confidence. There’s nothing like knowing that your work is valued by hundreds of thousands and is doing good in the world.

Skills & Requirements

Requirements:

• 1+ years experience of professional Android development
• We need you to show us something you have coded. It doesn’t need to be a game, it doesn’t need to have graphics, it doesn’t even have to have zombies, it just needs to be interesting.
• You’re able to work from our office in Gospel Oak (nearest tubes: Kentish Town/Tufnell Park)
• You’re flexible in your habits and what you’re willing to learn; we’re an indie developer and everyone’s job can be very fluid. If you aren’t comfortable with that, this is not the place for you. But if you like trying out new things and learning very quickly, it is.
• Being friendly and approachable!
• An interest in games and game design, and a tenacious approach to problem-solving.

Nice-to-haves include:

• Experience in a related field (e.g. web development, UI/UX design, sound engineering, multiple mobile platforms, hardware hacking, etc.)
• Experience adapting or ‘porting’ games or apps from one platform to another.
• Proven ability to work independently, manage your own time and hit deliverable dates.

Our philosophy is that good developers are able to learn new languages quickly – that’s why we don’t require multiple years of Android or IOS experience for this job, and why we welcome developers who have an equally strong passion for learning.

Pay is dependent on experience and competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with the subject your CV attached and cover letter attached. No recruitment agencies.

About Six to Start

Six to Start creates games and interactive experiences for smartphones, the web, and the real world. We’ve won a whole host of awards including SXSW Best of Show and Best Game, and before making Zombies, Run!, we worked on major projects for the BBC, Channel 4, Disney Imagineering (the guys who make all the insanely cool stuff), Microsoft, and the British Museum.

We’re profitable, bootstrapped, and expanding rapidly. No need to worry about funding here.

We’re offering a competitive salary and the chance to make games that will be remembered by hundreds of thousands of people decades from now.

Specifically, we want someone who can create illustrated-yet-realistic landscapes in 2D, like the examples below from our new game (but with a lot more variety in practice – most of the landscapes won’t look like this!):

We’re also interested in people who can create the types of isometric 2D buildings we have in the Zombies, Run! Season 2 base, as shown below:

Requirements include:

• You’re familiar with how art is processed during game development (e.g. working to code specs, making sure assets fit in, how they need to look on different devices, etc.)
• You can mimic the painting style we currently use in Zombies, Run!
• You’re friendly, approachable, and flexible in your habits; we’re an indie developer and everyone’s job can be very fluid. If you aren’t comfortable with that, this is not the place for you. But if you like trying out new things and learning very quickly, it is.
• Deep experience in Photoshop.
• If you’re applying for the part-time position, you will need to visit our office in London at least once a week. The contract position is available for remote workers.

Nice-to-haves include:

• 1+ year experience in game art and graphic design.
• Experience in illustration.

Pay is competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with your CV attached and a link to a relevant portfolio.

No CV and no portfolio = deleted email. No recruitment agencies.

We want developers who can help make our games – including Zombies, Run! – even better and even more polished by using the latest software and hardware features in Android and iOS. And we want people who can help think up and create entirely new game concepts that use smartphones, tablets, and other wearable devices and computers in novel ways.

In other words, we want your help to make the games of the future.

What’s working at Six to Start like?

• You get to talk directly to everyone who makes the game – we’re an nimble team of eleven right now, and decisions get made quickly.
• You get the hardware and software you need; we’re an Apple shop and everyone has an extra display.
• We provide all staff with a generous personal budget for games, consoles, running gear, and other work-related things.
• We’re flexible on hours and on occasionally working from home.
• We’ve got a laid-back atmosphere – we have an hour for lunch and we regularly go out on funded lunches, dinners, cinema trips, and more.
• You get real responsibility and public credit for the work we do. We’re regularly invited to speak at conferences around the world and it’s important that our developers take advantage of these opportunities.

Skills & Requirements

Requirements:

• 1+ year experience of Android or iOS development
• We need you to show us something you have coded. It doesn’t need to be a game, it doesn’t need to have graphics, it doesn’t even have to have zombies, it just needs to be interesting.
• You’re able to work from our office in Gospel Oak (nearest tubes: Kentish Town/Tufnell Park)
• You’re flexible in your habits and what you’re willing to learn; we’re an indie developer and everyone’s job can be very fluid. If you aren’t comfortable with that, this is not the place for you. But if you like trying out new things and learning very quickly, it is.
• Being friendly and approachable!
• An interest in games and game design, and a tenacious approach to problem-solving.

Nice-to-haves include:

• Experience in a related field (e.g. web development, UI/UX design, sound engineering, multiple mobile platforms, hardware hacking, etc.)
• Experience adapting or ‘porting’ games or apps from one platform to another.
• Proven ability to work independently, manage your own time and hit deliverable dates.

Our philosophy is that good developers are able to learn new languages quickly – that’s why we don’t require multiple years of Android or IOS experience for this job, and why we welcome developers who have an equally strong passion for learning.

Pay is dependent on experience and competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with the subject your CV attached and cover letter attached. No recruitment agencies.

You’ll also be assisting our office manager in running the Six to Start offices. General office administration duties will include the management of documents, the maintenance of office supplies and helping with logistics.

We’re looking for a great communicator who enjoys solving people’s problems in an enthusiastic and courteous way, and who is able to interact with our developers, office manager and community manager to make sure Zombies, Run! is the best game it can be. The person we hire will be driven, friendly and will take the initiative to ensure they’re realising their full potential in the job.

This is a part-time position, based in our North London office. At the moment, we’re looking at around three days a week.

How to apply

Please submit a cover letter explaining:

• Why you want to work in customer support and admin
• Why you want to work with Six to Start
• A description of a great customer service/support experience you had recently, and what made it great

And please pick three of the questions from customers below and answer them like you would if you worked here:

• Can I play my Spotify music with Zombies, Run!?
• I turned on zombie chases but I’m not getting any – can you help?
• Your app costs too much! Why should I spend $7.99 when I can get other apps for free?
• Can I play this game on my iPad?
• My data isn’t syncing to ZombieLink – what troubleshooting steps can I try?
• Does Zombies, Run! use up my mobile data allowance?

Pay is competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with the subject your CV attached and cover letter attached. No recruitment agencies.

Creating Zombies, Run! is amazingly rewarding – one of the most gratifying things is knowing that we’ve helped almost 200,000 people around the world to have more fun than ever when they’re out running. Since we launched in Spring, we’ve seen millions of kilometres logged online and thousands of tweets and emails from players telling us how much their fitness has improved and how much weight they’ve lost. We’ve been continuing to update the app, plus we’re creating new apps including Zombies, Run! 5k Training. Zombies, Run! is continuing to go from strength to strenght, and we’re looking forward to bringing the thrill of fleeing for your life to hundreds of thousands more people over the coming years.

We know that there’s more we can do, though – and that’s why, with the backing of the Department of Health, we’re prototyping a new app which aims to change people’s behaviour in order to reduce the impact of obesity. We’re still at a very early stage in development so there are very few details we can reveal now, but it’ll be no surprise to learn that we’re bringing our unique combination of real world gaming and storytelling talents to bear on this challenge – just as we helped make running more fun.

This new project is part of a competition funded by the Department of Health and managed by NHS London, using the Small Business Research Initiation (SBRI) process co-ordinated by the Technology Strategy Board.

It’s estimated that if current trends persist until 2050, 60% of the UK will be obese, and the NHS cost attributable to obesity and overweight would be £9.7 billion and the total societal costs would be £49.9 billion (National Obesity Observatory, 2009). Obesity is also closely associated with type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% of the estimated 3.7 million in the UK with diabetes.

The NHS spends 10% of its budget treating the consequences of the condition, according to Diabetes UK, so reducing obesity rates could make a enormous positive impact on the nation’s health and finances. With smartphone penetration in the UK at over 50% and still rising, and with the tremendous demand we’ve seen for health and fitness games like Zombies, Run!, we believe apps will be a crucial part of that solution. We’re thrilled to be producing another game that’s fun, scary, gripping and happens to be good for your too. Stay tuned.

We have a friendly and dynamic atmosphere at work and since we’re a small business, we’re looking for someone who’s capable and organised with strong communication skills and a willingness to get stuck in.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing general administrative support to the CEO and team:
• Office management, including ordering of food and supplies and organising general upkeep
• Processing company expenses and credit card transactions
• Filing and scanning of documents
• Diary management
• Keeping track of employee holidays (HR)
• Mail and postage runs to the post office
• Online customer support

The ideal candidate must be highly computer literate (with Macs and Windows), and experienced in Microsoft Office and Google Docs. We also require very good spoken and written English skills as you’ll be interacting with clients and customers. A helpful, courteous, and professional attitude is essential along with a can do approach. Please note: This is not a game design or writing position.

Candidates will start in October at our office in the Gospel Oak area.

This position has now been filled.

No recruitment agencies.

We’re looking for a great communicator who enjoys solving people’s problems in an enthusiastic and courteous way, and who is able to interact with our developers and community manager to make sure Zombies, Run! is the best game it can be.

This is a part-time position with flexible hours. At the moment, we’re looking at approximately 15-20 hours per week, with at least four of those hours across the weekend.

We’re especially keen to hear from people who are based in the US so we can cover more timezones, but we’re open to candidates from around the world.

How to apply

Please submit a cover letter explaining:

• Why you want to work in customer support
• Why you want to work with Six to Start
• A description of a great customer service/support experience you had recently, and what made it great

And please pick three of the questions from customers below and answer them like you would if you worked here:

• Can I play my Spotify music with Zombies, Run!?
• I turned on zombie chases but I’m not getting any – can you help?
• Your app costs too much! Why should I spend $7.99 when I can get other apps for free?
• Can I play this game on my iPad?
• My data isn’t syncing to ZombieLink – what troubleshooting steps can I try?
• Does Zombies, Run! use up my mobile data allowance?

Pay is competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with the subject your CV attached and cover letter attached. No recruitment agencies.

This is not a full time position, and the amount of work will be variable, but it could increase if things go well!

We’re not going to provide a long list of requirements because we realise talent can come from anywhere, but absolute requirements include:

• You’re familiar with how art is processed during game development (e.g. working to code specs, making sure assets fit in, how they need to look on different devices, etc.)
• You can mimic the ‘photorealistic’ painting style we currently use in Zombies, Run!
• You’re friendly, approachable, and flexible in your habits; we’re an indie developer and everyone’s job can be very fluid. If you aren’t comfortable with that, this is not the place for you. But if you like trying out new things and learning very quickly, it is.
• Deep experience in Photoshop.

Nice-to-haves include:

• 1+ year experience in game art and graphic design.
• You’re able to regularly/occasionally visit our office in London. However, if we think you’re a brilliant candidate, then we’re willing to talk to people who will work completely remotely (but then we’d need to be sure you can communicate well online)
• Experience in illustration.

Pay is competitive. Get in touch at hello@sixtostart.com with your CV attached and a link to your portfolio.

No CV and no portfolio = deleted email. No recruitment agencies.