A gaggle of Corus ex-pats went on to start something big at Earth Rangers, an enivronmental education centre for kids. They’re looking for a Coordinator for their Interactive team.

The drawback is that they’re all the way up in Woodbridge. Perks include a Captain Planet lunchbox and free eagle rides.

Company: Earth Rangers (Toronto area)
Job Title: Coordinator, Interactive
Description: Earth Rangers is an innovative, dynamic and fast-growing organization which mandate is to inspire kids to act to protect the environment.

The Coordinator, Interactive will be responsible for regular updates to the Earth Rangers web sites (corporate and kids sites), researching and writing new material, and understanding and maintaining a connection with the users and kids that are visiting the site. The ideal candidate will be creative, possess excellent organizational and communication skills and is aware of online trends and culture specific to our audience.

See the full posting here.

i was filled with regret when i let this job posting for a CBC Flash developer pass by without comment. Now it looks like they’ve reposted it, after failing to find their developer a few weeks ago.

Why, pray tell, would CBC not be able to fill this position? Let’s take a closer look at the posting. All they’re asking for is:

• a computer science/engineering grad with
• four years experience who knows
• Actionscript 2, Actionscript 3 and OOP and is proficient in
• Javascript
• AJAX
• JSON
• XML
• XHTML
• Web Design
• CSS
• WC3 DOM
• Photoshop, who also has
• design ability and experience, and experience with
• Windows
• Unix
• Apache
• Tomcat
• CVS, as well as content management systems like
• Teamsite
• Mediabin
• Metatagger
• Livesite, and a few
• site documentation skills

If i was this person, i wouldn’t bother slogging through the doldrums of a 9 to 5 at the ‘Ceeb. i’d be melting supervillains with my heat-ray vision. The worldwide dearth of capable Flash developers puts places like the CBC (and Untold Entertainment, for that matter) into more of a “begging” than “choosing” position.

Microsoft is dropping one hundred and forty thousand BillyBucks on an Editor-In-Chief for their MSN Online Services Group.

This Toronto Star job posting is interesting. They’re looking for someone to adapt print graphics to online interactive versions, and to “Conceive, research and create interactive editorial graphics using Adobe Flash”. Sounds like fun!

Here are a few Toronto Flash and web-related job links for anyone on the prowl:

CBC Radio Canada asks “Do you have a passion for medias?”:

Children’s and Youth Area Web Head (French New Media)

dose.ca manages to work “sugar-tits” into this job posting:

Internship - Web Design @ Dose.ca

teehan + lax (which i remember drinking last time i was bunged up) tried to get more bang for their buck with this kitchen sink posting:

teehan + lax needs to staff their entire studio

Zinc Roe needs a rich media developer. We spoke briefly with the company head, Jason Krogh, last month. He has a great reputation in the industry for being a nice guy who does good work:

Zinc Roe is hiring

i also know of a London Ontario-area console game development shop looking for a TD at $90k, with at least a couple of console titles under his/her belt (preferably DS or PSP). If you fit the bill, drop us a line at info at untoldentertainment dot com.

As usual, we can’t personally vouch for any of these companies. Have you worked in any of these shops? Leave a comment and share your experiences - good, bad and ugly!