AWC: Recruitment Thread

https://i.ur.com/VmKaGXT.png This is the AWCs official Recruitment Thread. Below you will find descriptions of all AWC Staff roles. If youve ever considered joining our team you can read up on the roles below and see which one you think might fit you best We will comment on this thread with this account to announce the opening and closing of recruitment for specific roles so be sure to check back frequently and see if you have a chance to join the team We ask that you refrain from posting on this thread. While we cant stop you this thread is for us to share recruitment information with you all it is easier for this information to be shared when there is nothing to interrupt the flow of its distribution. https://i.ur.com/njaH7n4.png Challenge Team The Challenge Team Leader is Plusho. Plusho leads all aspects of AWC challenge creation and is in charge of the Anime and Lists Teams. Moha is the manager for the Manga Team and leads planning and design work for all Manga Challenges. The Challenge Team designs writes and tests all the anime and manga challenges. Members of the challenge team need to be creative hardworking and cooperative. They must be diligent and have the time dedication and relaxed attitude for long planning discussions. As a challenge team member you must be happy to share all your ideas good or bad respond well to feedback and have the ability and imagination to improve upon the teams ideas as well as your own. Dont worry if youre shy or not confident everyone is welcome on the team and confidence is not a priority. The Challenge Team is the heart of AWC and works with every other team to ensure the coordinated planning and release of challenges and events. You will be expected to help with all Manga Challenges Anime Challenges and List Verification. We use Google Docs for planning and drafting so some experience with it will be a bonus but not necessary. You will also be required to proofread our challenge posts which are in English and make complex use of AniList forum code. Challenge planning involves brainstorming challenge ideas creating and testing different rules creating and testing requirements team discussions writing draft documents creating and organizing potential Helpful Lists debating and improving draft requirements writing forum posts for challenges writing challenge codes proofreading forum posts and codes and supporting the Challenge Team in any other areas as needed. Applications to the challenge team involve the completion of a specific creative task which will be announced on the AWC Discord whenever the team is hiring new members. Design Team The Design Team Leader is Kondor and the manager is Kongroo. The Design Team is responsible for all of the fun and fancy graphics and images involved with our challenges. There are two major areas of AWC design: forum graphics and badges. A forum graphics artists utilize Photoshop to create all of the graphical images you see on our challenge posts. While we have a general format that we try to follow past that we encourage imagination and creativity. As a forum graphic artist you will receive assignments to create graphics that help set the stage for the challenges theme. A badge artist is also a vector artist. We make use of Illustrator to create our character vectors. We handtrace in the program to create the form and then color detail and shade the character to create the images you see on our badges. These are then taken into our badge templates in Photoshop where the final coloring and touches are made so the badges can be sent to any challenger that completes their challenge. A visual effects artist is a new position recently added to the Design Team. The visual effects artist is a role focused on helping our Design Team elevate and evolve the designs of our badges and graphics. This member will be responsible for working with the badge and graphics artists to design and plan for visual and animated effects that can be added to the designs. Current examples of this are the shines we have on our Monthly and Genre Mastery badges as well as the glow on our Seasonal badges. Weve used Illustrator and Photoshop for this previously however this is a new position and were open to experimentation with software and practices. As a Design Team member you will get assignments as early as possible often a couple months in advance to give you as much time as you need to be successful in creating graphics and images that meet the AWC standard. We do have deadlines and ask that all design work be completed a bit earlier than other parts of the challenge creation process but this pressure should be offset by the fact that youll have your assignments and be able to work on them much earlier than other aspects of the AWC. Applications to the Design Team will require you to send us some work as an example. Applying as a badge and vector artist will see you sending a few .AI files of your vector work for us to look over and applying as a forum graphics artist will see you creating an example set of graphics using a theme we give you. You will have a bit of time to work on these before applications will closed even we cant churn out graphics on the drop of a dime. Review Team The Review Team Leader is annahoj. The Manager of the Review Team is draboko. The Review Team is responsible for reviewing all completed challenges submitted by challengers. Reviewing involves confirming that all challenge rules and requirements were followed logging completed and failed challenges in our records and providing feedback on challenges if needed. The Review Team is also responsible for providing challengers with their badges when they successfully complete a challenge. Being a member of the Review Team does require time you will be expected to devote time each week to reviewing submissions and a goal is set for all members of the team to hit each week. However we try not to be unreasonable if you will be unavailable you just need to communicate this. While goals are set you are also given a maximum that you can do each week meaning we restrict how much time you spend doing reviews so as to prevent burnout and unreasonable expectations. As a member of the Review Team youll be expected to uphold the standards of quality for the Review Team. Its our responsibility to ensure that the challenges are fair for everyone and this is done by being meticulous and consistent from challenge to challenge. Applications to the Review Team will involve a brief QA session where youll be asked questions to determine your suitability for what the team is looking for at that time. We will view your experience with the challenges so far and take your challenge record into account but this is not a deciding factor those newer to challenges but would like to join the Review Team are still encouraged to apply. Community Team The Community Team Leaders are Plusho and Moha. Community Moderation: Moderators are responsible for keeping the AWC discord the positive and wholesome place that it is. We have implemented a slightly stricter discord ruleset and will be more stringent on moderation overall going forth. The moderation team is a collection of good users who contribute to meaningful discussions who know how to handle themselves in a constructive and respectful fashion. Moderators are fairly active. The primary function as an AWC Moderator is to oversee most channels facilitate constructive discussion between our users. Apart from the bare bones moderating giving proper warnings and/or citations per infraction making sure conversations are in their respective channels and maintaining a positive atmosphere Mods are also in charge of keeping pins updated joining in staff discussions regarding AWC improvements as well as being open to progress and helping with some community events and other community projects. Please know that being a moderator is a big responsibility and not a superiority position impartiality. Club Committee: You will be responsible for managing your specific clubs listening to member feedback and keeping your club fresh with new ideas. You will also have responsibility of full moderation within your individual channels. Simulwatch/read Host: You will be responsible for holding Simulwatch/read events which includes taking charge of a sizeable group of people having excellent time management listening to recommendations and being wellorganised. You will also have responsibility of full moderation within your individual channels. AMQ Events Party Game Management: Your primary function is to host AMQ games and upcoming AMQ Tournaments Jackbox and other misc party games but most of all work together with the team to cultivate new and exciting events that will appeal to as many people as possible. You will also be responsible for coming up with genuine and tangible reward ideas. Bot Management: A technically savvy person who is responsible for handling all of the bot intricacies you will have the privilege of suggesting new bots for the server and the possible opportunity to work together with one of our devs. Regardless of which role you partake in you must be team and community driven: Being a part of AWC Staff is a labour of love. Our central goal is to provide fun content and a safe environment for the community and we all work together to do so. It is imperative that we have likeminded people on our team who enjoy giving back to the community. Please note that you represent AWC in this role so its important that you are a positive pillar within the community. Development Team The Development Team Leader is Kondor. The Development Team is responsible for programming projects that are requested by other AWC teams as well as maintaining any existing projects indefinitely. This not only involves contributing to various programming projects but also troubleshooting issues with existing projects across the full development stack. The Development Team needs to communicate with the other AWC teams in the process of these projects. While there isnt any set expectations on how much time should be devoted to working on projects some projects may have deadlines. As a Development Team member youll be expected to communicate regularly about your progress on assigned projects so that the team can allocate resources differently if necessary. There will never be a penalty for being unable to meet a deadline or getting stuck on an issue as long as it is communicated in a timely manner. We want to make sure that everyone is enjoying the time they spend programming. The Development Team focuses on one main technology/framework for each level of the development stack database server userinterface. A Development Team member should have the capacity to develop a familiarity with the technologies and frameworks that the team uses as well as a willingness and ability to learn new things. Its not expected that any Development Team member will know everything about the technologies and frameworks but they should be able to always absorb and utilize new information. Applications for The Development Team will involve a QA session involving some simple questions to gauge your technical knowledge and experience. There may also be some nontechnical questions to determine your suitability for the team. Although not at all required or expected we would also be happy to see any of your hobby programming projects youre proud about especially if they are anime or manga related. List Team The List Team Leader is akaDry. The List Team is responsible for verifying all list submissions sent to the Thread. The verification process involves several steps such as ensuring that the entry submitted is not yet on our lists checking that it conforms to our definitions verifying that the anime effectively corresponds to the provided proof and providing feedback on the submission. Being a member of the List Team requires the ability to confront various sources without minding too much being exposed to potential spoilers using your own knowledge or talking with other staff to confirm the accuracy of the suggestion researching the anime to verify the information sourcing and skimming/watching the anime to confirm the suggestion and reporting this information accurately. While there is no current quota to meet you will still be expected to claim a fair share of submissions. However we try not to be unreasonable if you will be unavailable you just need to communicate this. As a member of the List Team youll be expected to interface with other users through submissions. Its our responsibility to ensure that the verifications are fair and consistent for everyone and this is done by being meticulous. Applications to the List Team will involve a brief QA session where youll be asked questions to determine your suitability for what the team is looking for at that time. https://i.ur.com/xxf7kbf.png As stated earlier we will post below when recruitment for a certain role is open. To apply for these positions when we are recruiting for them please contact the Leader in charge of that Team. They will be tagged in the post and their Discord profile will be listed for you. Please note that our Leaders generally prefer to discuss these matters on Discord and they will generally require a friend request on Discord before you message them. However none of them will bite and theyre all looking forward to speaking with you. Remember if you have even the smallest thought of possibly joining our team be sure to apply when that perfect role for you opens up You may just end up as a part of this awesome team helping us to create challenges for our community.