Michael Gellman and Paul Schrank incorporate as SpireMedia. The name comes from the goals of the company -- Inspire our clients and employees. Aspire to be the best. Perspire from hard work. They move into the basement of The Daniels and Fisher Warehouse #2 with a few Mac clones, a big whiteboard, a recent Ivy League grad, and a whole lot of ambition.
After more than six months of development Spire's first client, eBags, launches. It is one of the earliest large-scale e-commerce websites and it is instantly a success. The .com world takes notice, putting Spire on the map as a company that can actually make business happen on the Internet.
SpireMedia employs more than 30 people. Outgrowing the basement, the company now resides on the second floor of D&F #2. Venture-funded start ups and progressive technology companies populate the client list. Fueled by a relationship with David Letterman, SpireMedia's New York office opens.
Driven by client desire for usable websites that produce real results, Spire establishes its User Experience practice. Providing information architecture and web strategy services, this will become one of the company's greatest differentiators. The work SpireMedia performed in this realm laid the foundation for what is now the thriving User Experience industry.
With eight years and hundreds of successful projects under its belt, SpireMedia combines the best of its technology to release the SpireESM platform. This open content management system is an innovative precursor to such widely used platforms as Drupal, WordPress, and Umbraco. From mid-sized enterprises to Fortune 500s, SpireESM simplifies the way in which companies interact with their web applications.
Over a year before the iPhone is introduced, SpireMedia (now occupying the 3rd floor of D&F #2) sees the potential of mobile technologies and establishes a mobile R&D department. Western Union hires the team to build innovative apps that run on company BlackBerries. SpireMedia is soon several steps ahead of its competitors as iOS and Android gain favor.
Fresh off of its iPhone exclusive, AT&T asks SpireMedia to evangelize mobile apps to its biggest business customers. This move quickly leads to a major partnership. That partnership continues to thrive today and has moved beyond iPhone apps into Android apps as well.
In its thirteenth year, SpireMedia is fresher than ever. New methodologies and processes; improved technologies and designs; great clients and solid numbers. Now, the company makes the decision to finally move out of The Daniels and Fisher Warehouse #2. Construction on 2911 Walnut, the new SpireMedia World Headquarters, begins. By April 2012, the company will officially move and a whole new timeline begins.
- WHAT WE LOOK FOR
In general, we look for intelligence, reasonableness, flexibility, and strength of character, as well as domain knowledge and expertise, experience in relevant industries, work discipline, cooperation, and communication skills. - THE OPPORTUNITY
We offer talented individuals the opportunity to break out of traditional "agency" models of design and production, and embrace new levels of specialization in product development, web and mobile application development, and highest-quality strategic consulting.
We are currently ranked by the Denver Business Journal as one of Denver's Best Places to Work and Top Web Firms.
As Quality Assurance Analyst with Spiremedia, you will
work with the Vice President of Technology to develop, maintain and execute
Quality assurance testing procedures. The primary responsibility is to evaluate and test mobile and web
applications to ensure that they function according to specification. Your
responsibilities will include developing and executing test plans for our web
and mobile applications, entering defects into our bug tracking system, create
the necessary documentation to successfully test an application, write test
scripts, and validate installation instructions.
Position responsibilities:
* Develop and
maintain test plans, manual and automated test scripts for user interface,
functionality, system and "ad-hoc testing"
* Execute
regression tests, functional tests and data tests
* Document
quality assurance practices
* Report, track
and determine priority of reported bugs
Requirements:
* BA/BS in
Computer Sciences/Engineering or associated discipline or the equivalent
experience
* Well-versed
in all testing methodologies (white vs. black box test work, system vs.
functional).
* Well-versed
in software process methodologies.
* A solid
understanding of quality assurance as part of the development process.
* Detail
oriented and a problem solver
* Ability to
work in a rapidly changing environment
* Automated
Testing with Selenium or Jmeter
* All
applicants applying for this position must be authorized to work in the United
States.
About Spiremedia
SpireMedia creates business-critical Web and Mobile
applications. We serve an international
clientèle from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies and have been in the Web
industry for more than 10 years.
If interested please send your resume and salary requirements to: kecnav at yahoo dot com
