JOB: Play Designer at Toca Boca, Stockholm

One of our play designers, Chris, is going on maternity leave soon and we need to find an equally brilliant replacement for her! If you get excited about the possibilities of making technology fun for kids then it just might be you.

First off, a little about us. Toca Boca is a play studio in Stockholm that makes digital toys for kids on touchscreen devices. We are a team of ten people that together make products that so far have sold in over 100 countries. We have an open and flexible work environment where quality is more important than the amount of hours you put in every night. We work together and have a prestige-free and pragmatic approach to development.

More specifically, the job consists of the following:

• Creating concepts for digital toys that work in an international environment
• Creating visions and turn them into products that kids love
• Testing concepts and prototypes with kids and bringing the findings back to the team in a constructive and analytical way
• Planning and managing the production in the team that consists of you, an art director and a developer (or a playsmith, as we call them)

We think your skills and experience should include a few of these:

• Creating interactive products for kids
• Organizing projects and leading a team through them
• Interaction design
• Taking a project from vision to finished product
• Designing for touch screens, smart phones and tablets
• Agile development

We’re hoping that you can start fairly soon, perhaps even as fast as October, but if that’s not possible then we can work something out of course. The job is based in Stockholm, Sweden and is time limited until the 1st of August 2012. If you’re interested in the position, please send us a letter that describes why you would fit the part along with a CV to jobs@tocaboca.com at the 14th of September at the latest.

If you have any questions about the position, please email our CEO Björn Jeffery at bjorn@tocaboca.com or call on +46705661946.

ABOUT TOCA BOCA
Toca Boca is a play studio that makes digital toys for kids. We think playing and having fun is the best way to learn about the world. Therefore we make digital toys and games that help stimulate the imagination, and that you can play together with your kids. Best of all – we do it in a safe way without advertising or in-app purchases.

We are a part of the Bonnier Group which is a family owned business that started as a book publisher in 1804. Since then, the group has grown to include newspapers, magazines, television, cinemas and digital media.

Toca Boca

Toca Boca is a game studio that makes digital toys for kids. We think playing and having fun is the best way to learn about the world. Therefore we make digital toys and games that help stimulate the imagination, and that you can play together with your kids.