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Welcome to the Weekend.Headquartered in Union Square, San Francisco, we're redefining game night through voice AI games. With family-favorites like Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, & Song Quiz, plus cutting-edge generative AI games like Wit’s End & 20 Questions, there’s something for everyone. Follow us to stay up to date on what we're building, and how to join us.

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Weekend is the leading developer of AI-powered games for Amazon Alexa, Roku TVs, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Weekend games include _Song Quiz_, _Jeopardy!_, and _The Price Is Right_.

We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We're building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of "AI-powered games."

Weekend was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. The founders went through Y Combinator in 2018 and landed a spot on the 2022 YC Top Companies List. We're a quickly-growing team headquartered in Union Square, San Francisco.

Role Summary
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Weekend is looking for a skilled Technical Sourcer to join our Recruiting team on a contract basis. Our current recruiting team is heads-down on active reqs, which means building and maintaining a meaningful pipeline of passive talent isn't getting the dedicated attention it deserves. You'll own this work — identifying, engaging, and nurturing top-tier technical talent across our key hiring profiles so we can move quickly when roles open up.

This is a part-time contractor engagement (~20 hrs/week) with a proposed start of June 2026 through November 2026.

_This is a remote-eligible contract role. Candidates based anywhere in the US are welcome to apply._

What You'll Do at Weekend
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*   Build and maintain an active pipeline of engaged talent across Weekend's highest-priority hiring profiles: Senior Software Engineers (Full-Stack, Platform, Games), Engineering Management, and Product Managers
*   Use a variety of sourcing tools (depending on the role and the market) to conduct strategic, targeted outreach — going beyond keyword searches to find candidates with the right experience and fit
*   Set up preliminary calls with highly qualified talent on a rolling basis and hand off warm leads to the full-cycle recruiting team
*   Track outreach performance, test messaging strategies, and report on engagement data so we can continuously improve our sourcing approach

Must Haves
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*   Proven experience sourcing technical talent for startups, particularly software engineers, engineering managers, and product managers
*   Strong Sourcing Tool familiarity & skills — you know what the best new tools are, how to search with nuance and write outreach that actually gets responses
*   A track record of building passive candidate pipelines that generate real results, not just large lists
*   Excellent relationship-building instincts — you treat candidates like humans, not leads
*   Experience working in an ATS (Ashby experience a plus) and keeping candidate records organized
*   Ability to work independently, manage your time across ~20 hours per week, and communicate proactively with a small team

Bonus Points
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*   Experience sourcing for a startup or high-growth tech company
*   Familiarity with sourcing automation tools or building engagement sequences
*   Experience with data tracking and sourcing metrics reporting

Compensation
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San Francisco: $64 – $89 per hour

Employment Details
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*   **Location:** United States (Remote)
*   **Employment Type:** Contract
*   **Department:** Recruiting
*   **Duration:** June 2026 – November 2026 (6 months, with opportunity to extend)
*   **Hours:** ~20 hours per week

The Hiring Process
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*   **Stage 1:** Interview with Adrienne (Head of Recruiting) & Zach (Recruiting Operations Lead)
*   **Stage 2:** Offer

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Weekend is seeking a skilled Technical Sourcer to join their Recruiting team on a contract basis. This part-time role involves building and maintaining a pipeline of technical talent for key hiring profiles. The position is remote, with a commitment of approximately 20 hours per week from June 2026 to November 2026, with potential for extension.

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Volley is building innovative gaming experiences that reach millions of players across Smart TV platforms.

## **Role Summary:**

Volley is seeking a Contract Art Director to lead visual strategy and execution for our marketing campaigns across Smart TV platforms and digital channels. You'll shape how millions of players discover our games, creating compelling campaign identities that translate our game worlds into scroll-stopping ads, engaging social content, and cohesive brand moments. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategic thinking and hands-on craft—you're equally comfortable defining visual direction and rolling up your sleeves to execute alongside designers and contractors.

## **What You'll Do at Volley**

- Lead quarterly marketing campaign development from concept through execution, establishing visual strategies that work across connected TV ads (Roku, Fire TV, Samsung, LG), social media, web properties, and promotional materials

- Define art direction and create style guides for campaign systems including photography direction, color palettes, typography applications, motion principles, and asset templates that designers and contractors can execute from

- Produce high-impact creative work including key art concepts, storyboards for video content, ad mockups, and design exploration that sets the visual bar for campaigns

- Direct and provide feedback to graphic designers, motion designers, and external contractors (photographers, video editors, production studios) to ensure campaign quality and brand consistency

- Collaborate with growth/marketing team to translate campaign briefs and performance goals into visual strategies that drive player acquisition and engagement

- Partner with Visual Development Artists and Game UI/UX Designers to ensure marketing creative authentically represents game experiences while optimizing for platform-specific performance

- Manage campaign asset production including photo sourcing, AI-assisted editing workflows, template creation, and deliverable organization for platform-specific requirements

- Build scalable campaign systems and reusable toolkits that enable efficient asset production across multiple titles and quarterly initiatives

- Leverage AI tools strategically throughout the creative process to accelerate exploration, asset creation, and iteration while maintaining artistic quality

- Present creative concepts and rationale to stakeholders, incorporating feedback while advocating for design decisions that serve both creative excellence and business goals

## **We're Excited About You Because You Have**

- 5+ years in art direction or senior design roles at creative agencies or in-house marketing teams, with portfolio demonstrating campaign leadership and brand work

- Strong understanding of performance marketing creative, including what makes ads work on connected TV platforms, social feeds, and digital channels

- Expertise across the full creative spectrum from strategic concepting to hands-on execution—you can define the vision and also jump into Photoshop to show what you mean

- Experience directing creative teams and external partners, providing clear feedback that elevates work while respecting collaborators' expertise

- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and comfort learning new tools as needed

- Strategic thinking about visual systems and scalability—you build toolkits and templates that make teams more efficient, not just one-off executions

- Comfort with fast iteration cycles and changing priorities that come with startup pace and performance-driven marketing

- Strong presentation and communication skills for articulating creative rationale and collaborating across functions

## **Bonus Points**

- Experience with gaming, entertainment, or family-friendly brand marketing

- Familiarity with connected TV advertising platforms and technical requirements

- Motion design skills or strong ability to art-direct motion designers and video editors

- Experience using AI tools (Midjourney, Photoshop AI, etc.) as part of creative workflows

- Background creating marketing creative from established game IP or visual style guides

- Project management experience coordinating multiple campaigns simultaneously

- Understanding of performance metrics and how creative decisions impact campaign results

**Contract Details:** 5-month contract at $50-100/hour (based on experience), remote position with flexible start dates based on project needs.

## **Why Join Volley**

Volley is building innovative gaming experiences that reach millions of players across Smart TV platforms. As Art Director, you'll define how players discover our games, creating campaign identities that capture the magic of family gaming moments while driving real business results. You'll work with a collaborative team that values both creative excellence and strategic impact, with the autonomy to establish art direction processes and campaign systems that scale across our growing portfolio. This is an opportunity to shape marketing creative at a company where your work will be seen by millions and directly influence how families experience games together.

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Volley is building innovative gaming experiences that reach millions of players on Smart TVs. As our AI Artist, you'll be at the intersection of creative vision and AI production—enabling our small team to produce visual work at a scale that would otherwise require a much larger art department. You'll work with collaborators who understand AI's potential and limitations, with the opportunity to define best practices for AI-assisted game art production.

## Role Summary

Volley is seeking an AI Artist to accelerate visual production across our portfolio of family-friendly voice games for Smart TV platforms. You'll be the prompt engineering specialist who enables our Art Director and Cinematic Producer to scale their output—building reusable generation systems for in-game art and creating storyboards and keyframes for AI-generated cinematics. This role is perfect for someone who combines strong visual sensibility with deep fluency in generative AI tools, and who thrives on the craft of getting AI models to produce consistent, on-brand results.

## What You'll Do:

- **Develop prompt systems for dynamic in-game art generation**, creating reusable prompt templates, style anchors, seed images, and parameter libraries that produce consistent visual output across game titles.

- **Create storyboards and keyframes for AI-generated cinematics**, translating scripts into visual sequences that guide AI video generation for 20-30 second intro/outro videos.

- **Engineer prompts across multiple AI platforms** including Midjourney, Stable Diffusion (ComfyUI, Forge), Flux, and AI video tools like Kling and Runway—understanding which tools excel at what and how to get reliable results from each.

- **Build and document generation workflows** that other team members can use, including YAML-formatted prompt structures, negative prompt libraries, and step-by-step guides for achieving specific visual styles.

- **Fine-tune models when needed** using LoRA, DreamBooth, or similar techniques to align AI output with established game art styles and character designs.

- **Iterate rapidly on visual output**, running multiple generation passes, analyzing what's working and why, and systematically improving prompts based on results.

- **Support the Art Director** by translating visual direction into executable prompt systems for dynamically generated game assets—backgrounds, UI elements, decorative art, and promotional visuals.

- **Support the AI Cinematic Producer** by generating keyframe images, character poses, environment shots, and motion reference that guide AI video generation and editorial assembly.

- **Maintain visual consistency** across generated assets, ensuring AI output aligns with established style guides, color palettes, and brand standards for each game title.

- **Design for TV constraints**, understanding 10-foot viewing distances, safe zones for UI compositing, and the visual requirements of Smart TV platforms.

- **Document and share learnings**, building institutional knowledge about what prompt approaches work for different visual challenges.

## What We're Looking For:

- **2+ years working with generative AI art tools** with a portfolio demonstrating consistent, high-quality output across styles—not just cherry-picked generations, but systematic results.

- **Deep prompt engineering expertise** with proven ability to craft, iterate, and refine prompts that reliably produce intended visual outcomes across platforms (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Flux, etc.).

- **Strong visual fundamentals** including composition, color theory, lighting, and an understanding of what makes images work—you don't need to be a traditional artist, but you need to see like one.

- **Experience with ComfyUI, Forge, or similar workflow tools**, comfortable building node-based generation pipelines and troubleshooting technical issues.

- **Familiarity with AI video generation tools** (Kling, Runway, Pika, etc.) and understanding of how to prompt for camera movement, character animation, and temporal consistency.

- **Systematic problem-solving approach** to generation challenges—you analyze why prompts succeed or fail and build on what works rather than relying on luck.

- **Strong documentation skills** for creating guides, templates, and workflows that others can follow and build upon.

- **Self-direction and iteration speed**, comfortable working independently through rapid prompt cycles without needing constant oversight.

## Nice-to-Haves:

- Experience with model fine-tuning (LoRA, DreamBooth, Custom Diffusion) for style consistency

- Background in storyboarding, visual development, or pre-production workflows

- Familiarity with game art production pipelines and asset requirements

- Experience creating character animations, idle loops, or motion reference with AI tools

- Understanding of cinematic composition—camera angles, shot types, visual storytelling

- Python scripting or custom node creation for ComfyUI

- Traditional art or design background that informs your AI work

## Why Join Volley:

Volley is building innovative gaming experiences that reach millions of players on Smart TVs. As our AI Artist, you'll be at the intersection of creative vision and AI production—enabling our small team to produce visual work at a scale that would otherwise require a much larger art department. You'll work with collaborators who understand AI's potential and limitations, with the opportunity to define best practices for AI-assisted game art production.

**Contract Details:** Fractional/contract role starting at ~15-25 hours/week with potential to scale based on production cycles. Hourly rate of $50-80 (based on experience). Remote-friendly with core collaboration hours for creative reviews and milestone check-ins. Work will flex between game art support and cinematics production depending on project phase.

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## Role Summary

Volley is seeking a Brand Designer to create high-volume marketing creative for our portfolio of family-friendly voice games on Smart TV platforms. You'll be the production engine behind our growth marketing efforts—designing static ads, video assets, app store creative, and promotional materials that introduce millions of players to voice-controlled gaming. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on fast-paced creative production, loves translating brand systems into scroll-stopping ads, and is excited about leveraging AI tools to scale output without sacrificing quality.

## What You'll Do:

- **Design 50-100+ marketing assets per month** across static display ads, video assets, app store creative, and promotional materials for CTV platforms (Roku, Fire TV, Samsung, LG).

- **Create performance-driven ad creative** optimized for player acquisition—you'll design for results, not just aesthetics, iterating based on what drives installs and engagement.

- **Execute within established brand systems**, applying Volley's visual identity consistently across diverse asset types while bringing fresh energy to each campaign.

- **Partner with Copywriter to develop integrated ad concepts** where design and messaging work together seamlessly—you're half of a classic creative duo.

- **Design for 10-foot viewing distances**, creating bold, legible visuals that pop on TV screens and communicate value propositions in 2-3 seconds of attention.

- **Produce rapid creative variations** for A/B testing, generating multiple design approaches that allow the growth team to optimize performance through experimentation.

- **Create app store assets and promotional materials** including icons, screenshots, feature graphics, and platform-specific creative for Roku, Fire TV, Samsung, and LG storefronts.

- **Leverage AI design tools strategically** to accelerate production, generate variations, and scale output while maintaining brand consistency and creative quality.

- **Adapt creative for multiple games and campaigns**, flexing between different visual styles for licensed IP (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune) and original titles (SongQuiz) within brand guidelines.

- **Maintain organized asset libraries and file structures** that enable efficient iteration and handoff to growth team for campaign deployment.

- **Collaborate with Creative Director** to receive feedback, align on creative direction, and ensure your work ladders up to broader brand and campaign strategies.

## What We're Looking For:

- **4+ years designing marketing creative** with a portfolio demonstrating high-volume ad production, ideally in gaming, entertainment, or consumer tech brands.

- **Proven track record in performance marketing design**, with understanding of what makes ads effective across platforms and how to optimize creative for conversion.

- **Strong visual design fundamentals** including typography, color theory, composition, and hierarchy—especially for bold, attention-grabbing advertising contexts.

- **Speed and consistency at scale**, with ability to produce high-quality work quickly while maintaining brand standards across dozens of assets.

- **Experience designing for video and motion**, comfortable creating assets that work alongside motion designers or producing simple animated content yourself.

- **Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite**, with organized file practices that enable efficient production and collaboration.

- **Comfort working within brand systems**, applying established guidelines while finding creative opportunities within constraints.

- **Self-direction and reliability**, thriving in a contractor model where you manage your own workflow and deliver consistently without daily oversight.

## Nice-to-Haves:

- Experience with gaming or entertainment marketing creative

- Background in CTV/Smart TV advertising and platform-specific requirements

- Motion design skills (After Effects) for creating animated ad assets

- Familiarity with app store optimization and platform feature requirements

- Experience with AI design tools (Midjourney, DALL-E, Firefly) for production acceleration

- Understanding of family audiences and multi-generational visual appeal

- Experience with rapid creative testing frameworks and data-informed iteration

## Why Join Volley:

Volley is building innovative gaming experiences that reach millions of players across Smart TV platforms. As our Brand Designer, you'll create the visual work that introduces families to voice-controlled gaming, operating at the intersection of brand craft and performance marketing. You'll collaborate with a team that values both creative quality and operational velocity, with the opportunity to shape how a rapidly scaling gaming company shows up across every marketing touchpoint.

**Contract Details:** Fractional/contract role starting at ~20-30 hours/week with potential to scale based on campaign volume and launch cycles. Hourly rate of $75-110 (based on experience). Remote-friendly with core collaboration hours for creative reviews and campaign planning. Fast-paced environment with 24-48 hour turnaround cycles during peak periods.

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