COMPANY: Classy Llama Studios (http://www.classyllama.com)
WHAT: Web developers (HTML/CSS/Javascript, OOP PHP/MySQL)
WHEN: ASAP- Til Aug 25, 2010
Office: Work at home/ online jobs/ freelance/ contractors
Contact: 268-8167 or post a message,
if interested please email resume and link to sample website to: mhec40xmax@yahoo.com

Compensation: Determined by experience, skill, and other factors.

Current team size: 14.

Current need: Front-end developers (HTML / CSS / Javascript) and back-end developers (OOP PHP/MySQL intensive). Multi-disciplined developers are preferred. Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com) experience MUCH appreciated, but not required. If you can learn quickly, lack of Magento experience can be overcome. We specialize in Magento; it is our exclusive focus.

WHY: Our learning environment is intense. If you want to grow quickly, this is a great place to do it. Our main selling point to potential team members is not what we do, but who we are: Our team and culture. Details upon inquiry.

WHO: Those who are 100% committed to extraordinary quality and truly understand what it means to sacrifice for your team and clients. Candidates also need to be outlandishly sharp.

E-mail samples of code in reply to this ad (back-end: anything from Magento or Zend Framework; front-end: sliced PSDs and corresponding HTML/CSS/Javascript; anything in jQuery).

Feel free to visit our website @http://www.classyllama.comto get to know us before you call. Make sure to check out our portfolio and team pages.

More about the company:


In late 2007, Classy Llama Studios started as a couple of programmers picking up a few freelance jobs and working out of a garage to make extra money to keep them afloat. After slow but consistent growth through the middle of 2009, we experienced a breakthrough. Last year we grew by 500%+; this year, we are en route to grow by 400%; next year, we anticipate similar growth.


Here's an excerpt from our sales presentation:


Classy Llama Studios is a team of thirteen based in Springfield, MO. 90%+ of the work we do is done in-house. We have multiple front-end and back-end developers, two full-time designers, and an online marketing team.


Our mission is to fearlessly, sustainably serve others in ever-increasing breadth and depth with wild abandon for our own interests.



We are committed to all the good stuff that all the best of the best e-commerce development firms are committed to, but here is...





What makes us different is:


... we are an e-commerce consulting firm with a production foundation, which means that not only will we be able to help you plan effectively for your e-commerce success, but we will be able to implement the vision we create together.


... we're focused on Magento-driven e-commerce solutions, which means when it comes to Magento, it's going to be done the best way. Magento is the best open-source e-commerce platform by a measure of multiples. That's why we chose to become Magento experts. As with any journey, choose the guide that understands the terrain the best. The best guides also design the journey circumspectly to your final destination, which is why...



... we are interested in long-term e-commerce management relationships. It's not just about the build, it's the living, breathing organism that is your web presence that determines long-term success, and we engage and invest in caring for and growing that organism. We focus first on the mission, vision, and goals of the site, and then let the strategy, tactics, and actions build out from that foundation. This keeps your e-commerce presence organized, united, and predictably effective.



... we are focused on measurable results. All promotions, media, and functionality must be carefully tracked and measured to prove performance. Losers get dropped, winners get loved. A beautiful design and a functional e-commerce platform are useless without measurable results.



... we're people-oriented, people-driven, people-loving people. We make a point to listen and learn and receive before giving feedback and making solution suggestions. We believe that need to know you and your goals before we can make qualified recommendations.


... we have designed a development environment that is so effective and clean, other development teams hire us just to set it up for them. It divides the live environment from a staging environment and connects both of those environments to the developers through an SVN (subversion) system. This gives our lead developers maximum control over the progress of the development and protects our clients from costly mistakes in the live environment and delays in development.


...We have everything on our team that is needed to generate e-commerce success from the build to the marketing plan design and execution.



Ultimately, we love serving people, and in this little slice of the service world, we've gotten very good at it. We have smart processes, sharp people, and open creativity.


Our purpose is to work with people who desire to become effective leaders in their respective skillsets.


Global Team Vision


  • We want to maintain team balance, having the right number of infrastructural team members (project managers, business developers, financial managers, senior management) to match the productive output of the development team (designers, programmers)
  • All members of the team deeply understand and embrace Leadership In-the-Round, the leadership model upon which Classy Llama Studios is founded.
  • All team members spend their time doing what they love to do, and it is not consistently required that members work overtime unless they choose to.
  • Team members have the time to focus on learning and being creative within their skillsets.




Other facts:


Trust is the foundation of our culture.


Core team member values: Openness, honesty, transparency, passion, discipline, proactivity, and humility. We also believe in equity for all on the team.


Initial compensation is based on experience and demonstrable output. Ongoing compensation is based on aggregate productivity.


We are a Magento Enterprise Partner, the same group of which ARS, Acquity, Guidance, and other established brands are members.




We are looking forward on having you on our team.


Classy Llama Studios