On The Hunt: Erase All Kittens
Hello Erase All Kittens!
For all the eager job hunters out there can you please explain what your company does?
We’re making Erase All Kittens — a Mario-style game designed to teach children real coding languages, and inspire more girls to code and create. Solely through word-of-mouth, E.A.K. has over 70,000 players around the world, and half of them are girls.
Can you please describe your company culture?
We’re a team of six with three co-founders — Dee, Chief Scribbler, Leonie, Chief Pixel Wizard and Roger, Chief Button Presser. At the moment we work from EdSpace in Hoxton (a co-working space for education companies) and also remotely. We often exhibit E.A.K. at tech and education events, such as Mozilla’s Mozfest, BBC Make it Digital, and Pioneers, and we also hold workshops at schools. As well as our specific roles, all team members have the opportunity to be involved in the creative side of our business — we generally look for people who are creative with great communication skills.
What are your main focuses at the moment?
We’re focusing on promoting E.A.K. for our first official launch, looking for Javascript developers, and looking for someone with a background in education to help sell the game to schools.
How did you hear about Unicorn Hunt and what do you like about it?
I heard about Unicorn Hunt from Bryce Keane, co-founder of 3beards. Having been in the tech scene for two years, I can say that Unicorn Hunt is definitely the best place to advertise for startup roles and to find a job at a startup. It’s fun to use and has a ‘choose your own discount’ pricing model — far more helpful to startups than expensive job boards and recruiters! I also love the extensive use of emojis.
What advice would you give other startups that are hiring?
Boring, corporate language isn’t going to attract awesome, talented people, unless you’re going to pay them ridiculous amounts of money. Get across why you’re passionate about your startup, and be very specific in your job spec — the exact skills required, the exact role, etc.
What advice would you give applicants trying for your role(s)?
We get lots of emails that start with ‘Dear Sir or Madam’… No-one speaks like this in real life. It instantly shows that the applicant either hasn’t bothered to research us properly or has no idea about our tone of voice. I’d advise applicants to take a look at our website and product before writing to us.
If your company was a item of clothing what would it be and why?
A unicorn onesie. Our aim is to teach children — especially girls — professional coding languages, to help transform the way that they think, problem solve and create.
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