Employment

One of the great things about being an AliveTek team member is that no two days are ever the same. That’s the beauty of working in the world of eLearning — it drives you to think creatively, work collaboratively, and to continuously improve your skills so you can help create magnificent landscapes for learning.

Individuals who qualify for a position with AliveTek should have:

• a desire to continuously learn, and to help others become lifelong learners
• a strong interest in innovative educational technologies
• a preference to work in a team-driven atmosphere
• a strong set of technical skills that can be applied to design and create innovative eLearning environments

Instructional Designer/Technologist [Apply Now]

Are you a detail-oriented instructional designer/technologist ready for an exciting opportunity to create showcase interactive eLearning?

Based in Tampa Bay, we are an eLearning company that creates custom eLearning environments for our clients and we are looking for new instructional design talent to support our creative team. This role is more instructional than technical.

Instructional Design: Our clients trust us to steer the design of their courses and programs, so our instructional design team must be consultative as well as flexible. Content comes to us in a variety of formats, so being able to smooth over and fill-in rough content is a must. Strong writing, editing and quality control skills are critical. Aligning learning objectives and creating assessment items for any subject area is key to this position. Project management and leadership skills will be helpful, and working within a team environment is a must.

Instructional Technology: Our main focus is interactive design for Web delivery, so minimally you should be comfortable designing for team projects using any LMS with most any web technologies. Strong Microsoft Office skills are necessary. As the instructional technologist you will identify necessary technologies as you design strong learning modules. The details of your experience in this area are not as important as your capacity and desire to learn. Experience with Blackboard and Moodle is beneficial but not required. In this position, you'll have an opportunity to broaden your technology skill-set by storyboarding interactive learning environments, and working within a team to see them come to life.

Everyone on our team plays a support role so you should be able to help our clients with technical or instructional events. As a cross-trained team, we all support each other and play multiple roles within projects.

There will be opportunities for conducting research in the area of teaching and learning online, as well as public speaking opportunities. Travel will be minimal.

Salary is commensurate with experience and skill level. This is a full-time position with a benefits package and flexible work schedule in a fun and creative work environment!

If this job sounds like you, apply now!

Web Developer [Apply Now]

Are you a detail-oriented Web developer ready for an opportunity to learn as you work?

We are a small eLearning company that creates custom Web content for our clients and are looking for new technical talent to support our creative team. This role is more technical than artistic.

Our main focus is Web delivery, so minimally you should be comfortable with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with a commitment to Web standards and clean markup. We may ask you to develop with Flash, so knowing AS2 and AS3 is a definite plus. To complement these front-end Web skills, you should know your way around an Apache Web server and be willing to administer Linux servers. The details of your experience in this area are not as important as your capacity and desire to learn. Experience with PHP or another similar language is beneficial but not required. In this position, you'll have an opportunity to broaden your skill set.

Everyone on our team plays a support role so you should have a pleasant demeanor when speaking with clients on the phone. As a cross-trained team, we all support each other and play multiple roles within projects.

Salary is commensurate with experience and skill level. This is a full-time position with a benefits package and flexible work schedule in a fun and creative work environment!

If this job sounds like you, apply now!

When applying, answer the following:

1. In general, what kind of experience do you have with client-side Web design?
a. What tools do you use?
b. How do you approach Web design? What do you do first? What information do you feel is most important to produce a good design?
c. How do you test?

2. How have you, and how do you, learn about Web design?
a. Did you learn most of what you know from taking classes, work experience, or personal experience?
b. Do you find yourself going back to certain sites for information or inspiration? Is so, what are they?
c. What was the last Web site that impressed you? What was impressive about it?

3. What kind of experience do you have with server-side Web or other development?
a. How do you develop? With what set of tools are you most comfortable?
b. What kinds of applications or services have you developed? What languages did you use? Were you already familiar with the necessary languages or did you need to learn them while working on the project?
c. With what programming language, or languages, are you most comfortable? What is it about this, or these, languages that you like most?

4. Is there a Web design or Web development project that you are currently working on, or would like to work on, that is unrelated to work or school responsibilities? Describe it? (This can be real or hypothetical.)

We accept interns from Tampa Bay graphic design and web development programs. [Apply Now]

AliveTek is an equal opportunity employer.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the AliveTek team, drop us a line using the contact form. Be sure to include a hyperlink to your resumé or send a copy of your resumé to hr@alivetek.com.