Are you someone with a strong passion for gaming, who enjoys working creatively as part of a motivated and energetic team? If so, we may have a place for you at ChangYou.com (US) Inc.
As one of the top three developers and operators of online games in China and an emerging leader in the American free-to-play revolution, our company is always seeking new talent. ChangYou.com (US) Inc. is comprised of individuals from diverse backgrounds who are brought together by a unifying desire to create, distribute, market, and operate high-quality, free-to-play online games.
For our full-time positions, we offer competitive salaries and benefits, including medical, dental and vision as well as paid time-off, life insurance, great advancement opportunities, and much more. Qualified candidates should email a cover letter, resume and salary history/requirement statement to: job_us@cyou-inc.com.
Please feel free to browse through our job openings and check back frequently to learn more!
Send your resume to us via email (job_us@cyou-inc.com) In addition; please answer the following questions to be considered:
- Tell us why you are a great candidate. An email describing how your background directly relates to the desired position.
- Tell us about your gaming experience if you have any. What is your favorite game? Why? How long have you played this for and how often do you play it?
- Salary History and expectation.
Engineering Director
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Responsibilities:
- Plan overall technical architecture for online game database, server-side program, IDC, and website development.
- Provide solutions to technical difficulties of online game database administration, server-end programming and other technical issues.
- Ensure timely server set-up, patch update, and server maintenance.
- Set direction and goals for website/platform development to be in line with business needs.
- Establish process and security standard and ensure continuous improvement for website development, server maintenance, patch update.
- Work with Product and Marketing department for data statistics, analytical tool planning, and development.
- Work with Finance department on internal auditing.
- Identify project risks and communicate them promptly and effectively with proposed solutions.
- Create best practices and technical documents.
- Manage server operation, web development, and office IT team to make comprehensive planning to ensure meeting project timeline, quality, and technology ductility and advancement.
- Coach and develop team members and maintain a learning environment to enhance department knowledge and skills.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline or equivalent extensive and related experience.
- Minimum 3 years experience leading and managing a technical team in the gaming industry; at least as a technical manager leading a team to support a mid-size online game operation.
- Experience with developing large-scale user site is preferred.
- Extensive experience in setting up DBA, server, web development, and supporting more than 2 large scale online gaming websites.
- Proficient in JAVA and PHP and familiar with other major programming languages such as C++.
- Expert knowledge of MySQL, SQL with database optimization capability. Familiar with SmartFoxServer, ElectroServer, Red5 and Unix.
- Expert knowledge of http, https, ftp, telnet, familiar with database design with experience in large database development and management.
- Working knowledge of upcoming technologies such as Flash 3D, HTML 5 IOS, Android, etc.
- In-depth understanding of the internet and technical development trend, development process control. Provide valuable suggestions to the business, communicate effectively with developers to work well with the business teams.
- Strong leadership, communication, and resources management skills.
- Self-driven, self-managed, and fast learning.
Market Research Analyst/Manager
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Responsibilities:
- Formulate a market research plan/proposal on assigned research projects.
- Conduct in-depth analyses on innovative business models and market trends of the western markets.
- Gather information on the market news, new product update, competitors, best practices, latest technology, etc and provide insightful analysis to senior management.
- Make strategic recommendation to senior management based on the market research findings.
Requirements:
- A good understanding of China Internet market.
- Strategic thinking & market sensitivity.
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years internet industry experience.
- To be methodical and well organized, with good numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent people skills and a friendly manner.
- The ability to take responsibility and handle pressure.
- Exceptional written and oral communication abilities.
- Bilingual in English and Mandarin.
- Bachelors or advanced degree in business, mathematics, or the sciences.
Production Assistant
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Responsibilities:
- Assist Production Team and work closely with our Community Management on monthly promotional plans, revenue optimization, and retention-based initiatives.
- Work closely with our overseas Customer Support team for daily operations. These include fraud monitoring, major bugs, or any other critical issues.
- Report bugs and/or major user base concerns to Producers and QA team.
- Monitor gaming community for multiple titles and actively contribute to the daily interaction with our user base to ensure its growth and positivity.
- Manage our Player Volunteer Team program and coordinate the communications with Production and Customer Support teams.
- Contribute to live operations and launch strategies as needed.
- Setup in-game and external events and execute them as planned with regular ROI analysis.
- Update our players regularly and communicate over our portal and/or social media channels.
Requirements:
- Must be an active and experienced gamer.
- Must be a driven, energetic, and motivated individual who can work both independently and with a close team.
- A fast learner with the ability to adapt to new concepts and resolve issues quickly and creatively.
- One or more years industry experience is ideal but not required.
- Experience playing in the free to play micro-transaction model as both a non-buying and buying user.
- A good business sense in the F2P market along with an understanding of revenue and marketing strategies is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills, inter-department, intra-department, and external; verbal and written.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint software.
Business Development and Game Sourcing Manager
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Responsibilities:
- Analyze and evaluate new potential titles for overall quality and revenue opportunities primarily in China, but potentially looking into other Asia markets as well.
- Develop relationships with potential developers overseas to provide a direct communications channel for our US office.
- Work closely with the US Product team and US General Manager to achieve evaluation and acquisition goals that will help augment the US product pipeline.
- Identify issues with potential games based on product knowledge synthesis to define the best resolutions and communicate those with the developer.
- Prepare detailed reports on partnerships, potential titles in development, comparative analysis for titles, and general market overviews.
- Investigate all opportunities to source games at an early stage.
- Coordinate and follow-up with developers, other overseas BizDev personnel, and other potential partners on all game acquisition related materials and evaluations for our US office.
- Coordinate meetings and arrangements for US personnel as needed.
- Assist US Product Lead or GM in any other related tasks.
Requirements:
- Must be an active gamer experienced in multiple genres and multiple platforms, which may include Social, Mobile, Client, or Browser-based games.
- Must be a driven, energetic, and motivated individual who can work both independently and with a close team with minimal supervision.
- A fast learner with the ability to adapt to new concepts and resolve issues quickly and creatively.
- BA or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience playing in the free to play micro-transaction model as both a non-buying and buying user.
- A good business sense in the F2P market along with an understanding of revenue and marketing strategies.
- Ability to identify the target audience and cater our sourcing strategies based on the varying values and changing market trends.
- Ability to speak/read/write Chinese (Mandarin) and English is required, Korean is also a plus.
- Excellent communication skills, inter-department, intra-department, and external; verbal and written.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint software.
- Travel and work in a foreign country is required.
Online Project Manager
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Experience
- Successfully delivered online projects from inception to completion as a producer, traffic coordinator or project manager.
- Familiarity with online development technology, languages and design software.
- Experience working with medium to large scale websites, online stores, or online games.
- Cross functional and global team relationship management.
- General knowledge and understanding of internet marketing, social media, web technology and gaming.
- Video game or social gaming industry experience is a plus.
Skills:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Good organizational, scheduling, and planning ability.
- Ability to work with internal and external parties diplomatically.
- Ability to be part of a cross functional team.
- Strong copywriting, editing ability or attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of online technologies and tools.
- Flexible approach to facilitate the changing needs of the business.
Responsibilities:
- Online Design and Development Project Management.
- Drive the planning, development, testing, and release of game's web/online/play now presence with various stakeholders.
- Provide rich, actionable feedback to game producers, creative and marketing team.
- Status reporting, stakeholder communication and coordinating with resource.
- Work closely with marketing & community teams to understand audience and content strategy.
- Define and enforce online production processes, best practices as set by Sr. Web Producer to ensure efficiency, consistency and ROI.
- Balance production considerations with quality and creativity in decision-making.
- Write functional requirement documents for developers and QA when required.
- Coordinate and assist in the QA review of key deliverables.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 3-4 years project management experience in online, web, tech or gaming space.
- Ability to produce quality work in a fast pace, start-up like environment.
- Excellent Communication and Project Management Skills.
- Capable of thinking creatively and troubleshooting independently.
- Passion for gaming, web technology and having fun.
- Skillful in defining and implementing processes, procedures, and policy.
- Four years college degree from a credit university or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities:
- Work on a variety of interactive design projects. Including our next Portal page design, marketing emails, banner ads, splash page, landing page, etc.
- Create high quality web and graphic designs with direction from Senior Designer.
- Provide production support as needed, resizing and optimizing marketing banners for various media.
- Work closely with Product Management to build products from inception to launch.
- Prepare weekly news, events and forum image updates.
- Help with archiving, backing-up and organizing files.
Requirements:
- Excellent design skills, including the effective use of typographic, color and compositions.
- Experience designing online marketing including animated gif and flash ads, targeted landing pages, site promotions and page layouts.
- Extremely organized and efficient, with strong attention to detail and the ability to work on multiple projects at once, meeting tight deadlines.
- Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite, including Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong initiative and the ability to work independently.
- A positive, proactive work ethnic.
- BA in art or related field.
- At least 3 years experience in the production of graphic or web materials.
Responsibilities:
- Create and execute strategies that will build and grow our game community and player base.
- Work closely with PR and Product marketing to ensure in-sync communication strategies and game branding is adhered to.
- Explore trends in technology and the MMO industry to suggest new ways to grow our player base.
- Proactively create and manage community driven organic player acquisition and retention program on an ongoing basis.
- Forge alliances with top community leaders to assess the state of the player needs and build efficient two-way communication system with the community.
- Build and maintain the community volunteer program to reinforce our community focused marketing initiatives.
- Moderate official website forums & update in-game communication and announcements.
- Provide weekly report on community feedback, buzz and viral coverage.
- Maintain social network presences including Facebook & Twitter.
- Propose and implement new ways to engage our community.
- Assist in the development of game related web content.
- Help drive blogger, fan site and editorial content.
- Regularly communicate with the Producers and GMs to be aware of player issues and concerns. In turn, highlight any player concerns you become aware of across social media and forums.
Requirements:
- Four years college degree in Communication, Media, Social Sciences or related field.
- Experience with forums, blogs and social networks. (You will be asked to provide samples).
- Result-oriented, passionate, creative, fast learning, and adaptive.
- Strong communication and writing skills is a must.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong initiative and the ability to work independently.
- A deep knowledge of the free-to-play MMO community.
- Experience with public speaking and public relations would be a plus.
Game Sourcing Manager
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Responsibilities:
- Analyze and evaluate new potential titles from around the world to determine overall quality and revenue opportunities.
- Work closely with the US Product team and US General Manager to achieve evaluation and acquisition goals that will help augment the US product pipeline.
- Identify issues with potential games based on product knowledge synthesis to define the best resolutions and communicate those with the developer.
- Prepare detailed reports on potential titles in development, comparative analysis for titles, and general market overviews.
- Investigate all opportunities to source games or other related opportunities at an early stage.
- Identify and submit potential M&A or investment opportunities.
- Coordinate and follow-up with overseas BizDev personnel and other potential partners on all game acquisition related materials and evaluations for our US office.
- Coordinate meetings related to game sourcing as needed.
- Assist US Product Lead or General Manager in any other related tasks.
Requirements:
- Must be an active gamer experienced in multiple genres and multiple platforms, which may include Social, Mobile, Client, or Browser-based games.
- Must be a driven, energetic, and motivated individual who can work both independently and with a close team with minimal supervision.
- A fast learner with the ability to adapt to new concepts and resolve testing issues quickly and creatively.
- BA or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience playing in the free to play micro-transaction model as both a non-buying and buying user.
- A good business sense in the F2P market along with an understanding of revenue and marketing strategies.
- Ability to identify the target audience and cater our sourcing strategies based on the varying values and changing market trends.
- Ability to speak/read/write Chinese (Mandarin) and Korean is a plus but not required.
- Excellent communication skills, inter-department, intra-department, and external; verbal and written.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint software.