Producer / Product Manager / Director: Fantasy Sports

If you love fantasy sports and want to:

* Be an early employee at a hot start-up?

* Work on stuff that’s fun?

* Make a real contribution?

* Work on products used by hundreds of thousands of people?

We are looking for a talented Producer / Product Manager with strong user experience sensibility and a passion for sports. We are nearing the launch of our first fantasy sports game and are looking for someone to manage this and future games.

This position will be responsibile for managing the first game, driving revenue, overseeing the development of “expansions”, and overseeing the development and launch of future games.

Specific qualifications include:

* Deep experience playing fantasy sports games. A general passion for games is a significant plus.

* Substantial experience with project / product mangement / production work on major web properties or software products.

* Usability or user experience sensibilities are also a significant plus.

* An understanding of web business models and general business acumen is critical.

* An economics or similar undergraduate degree is desired.

* An MBA is also desirable.

You can check us out at:

* Duels: http://www.duels.com

* Corporate Site: http://www.challengegames.com

Duels, our first game, has over 210,000 registered users in its first few months. Some reviews of Duels:

- Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118678079521194572.html

- Techcrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/06/ready-to-kill-some-time-and-some-enemies-try-duelscom/

We are venture funded, offer competitive salaries, stock options, health care, and a great work environment.

What we are looking for:

* People who love games!

* Smart developers and designers who are excited about tons of people using the products they work on.

If you think this might be a fit for you, do the following:

1. Check out duels.com and challengegames.com

2. Send us an e-mail letting us know why you’d be a good fit, listing your favorite games, what fantasy sports you play and why, and your resume

Our offices are downtown Austin and we are only looking for full-time employees.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you.


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