Jackbox Games is looking for a part-time Website Developer Contractor to join our team! We anticipate 30-40 hours per week for 3 months with a possible option to extend 3 months based on workload.

Please note: We offer remote work in the following states: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Who are We?

Jackbox is a game studio best known for our Jackbox Party Pack franchise: a set of five social party games released every fall. Since 2014, our games--like Quiplash, Drawful, and Trivia Murder Party-- have been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, by Polygon, and in living rooms and finished basements across the world.

In 2020, we had over 200 million users. And we have hard evidence that one of those users was Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron.

You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about how our games work (spoiler: your phone is the controller!) and who we are and what we make at jackboxgames.com.

What’s the gig?

Our website is a vital hub for our marketing team that allows us to educate and provide support to our players while also promoting and selling our vast catalog of party games. Millions of visitors stop by our site each year and it’s imperative that we keep the site running smoothly and find new ways to optimize based on visitor behavior. 

It’s also an eCommerce platform for us through which we can sell codes for our titles while advertising promotions in other console storefronts. This means that we also need to review updates to the site frequently to stay nimble based on how changes are impacting customers. 

We are looking for a web developer to execute on tasks and projects from our marketing team. We have a ton of ideas and improvements and need someone with a sharp eye toward marketing trends to clear out the backlog.

Hourly rate: $69 - $75

Some things in the backlog:

• Develop, optimize, and maintain the marketing website using Vue.js and TypeScript
• Implement A/B tests and multivariate experiments to improve conversion rates
• Optimize SEO performance (structured data, metadata, Core Web Vitals, etc.)
• Improve site speed, performance, and accessibility
• Work closely with marketing, UX/UI designers, and analytics to enhance engagement and conversions
• Implement tracking scripts, analytics, and marketing pixels (Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, etc.)
• Ensure the site is cross-browser compatible and mobile-friendly
• Develop new pages showcasing product launches or promotions
• Troubleshoot issues and continuously improve UX and UI based on analytics data
• Stay up-to-date with the latest SEO, conversion rate optimization (CRO), and front-end performance trends

Ideal Contractors Will Have...

• 3+ years of experience in front-end development
• Strong proficiency in Vue.js (Vue 3 preferred) and TypeScript
• Experience with A/B testing frameworks (Google Optimize, Optimizely, VWO, etc.)
• Strong understanding of SEO best practices and Core Web Vitals optimization
• Experience improving conversion rates and user engagement metrics
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (ES6+)
• Experience integrating and managing tracking scripts and analytics (Google Analytics, GTM, Facebook Pixel, etc.)
• Familiarity with headless CMS solutions like Contentful, Sanity, or Strapi
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills using browser dev tools
• Experience with Git/GitHub workflows and agile development methodologies
• Experience with Nuxt.js for server-side generation (SSG)
• Familiarity with heatmap and behavior tracking tools (Hotjar, Crazy Egg, FullStory)
• Knowledge of progressive enhancement techniques for SEO and accessibility
• Experience with CRO tools and methodologies for marketing sites

Requirements

Ideal candidates will align with our following values:

• Craft: the skills, effort, and wisdom it takes to excel in the work we do
• Results: focusing our efforts to deliver value to the company and those who play our games
• Teamwork: Making the most of our combined talents to achieve our goals
• Communication: The respectful exchange of information in order to minimize misunderstandings, confusion, and other pitfalls of working in a group
• Agility: Moving quickly with clarity and coordination to a shared destination
• Inclusion: Seeking out, respecting, and appreciating diversity in both our organization and our customers.

Jackbox Games is a group effort and you must work collaboratively. Everyone here shares a commitment to excellence and a desire to work in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere.

Jackbox Games is committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, or disability.

Interested?

Great, we look forward to reading your application. Please include:

• Your resume.
• A cover letter. You don't need to be a professional writer for this job (we have those) but we would love to hear about your background. Please tell us a bit about yourself and what interests you about the work above.

We know it is a time commitment to prepare an application and we respect that effort by thoughtfully reviewing every complete application and responding one way or the other. But that kind of thoughtful review means that it sometimes takes us a while to get back to applicants, so please be patient with us and no phone calls.

Due to scheduling and other logistics, we are looking for applicants living within the United States.

Thanks for your interest in Jackbox Games!