We are Hiring!
# Web UI/UX Designer
The designer at Tusitala will work with a small team, and be involved in almost all projects. We assess candidates based on their attitudes, stretch potential, and openness to learning. We welcome individuals who have a wide range of interests, prefer a democratic workplace culture, and enjoy puns and random comments.
Responsibilities
- Gather, understand, evaluate and integrate business requirements and users’ needs, in collaboration with project managers and programmers
- Illustrate design ideas with storyboards, process flows, sitemaps and responsive wireframe prototypes
- Develop user experience mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how web-based platforms function and look like
- Create digital artwork including logos, gifs, digital banners, social media assets, etc.
- Keep abreast of emerging digital and design trends and share them with the team
- Produce eBook covers, and supplementary marketing collateral (websites, bookmarks, name cards, etc.) for eBooks, when required
- Manage interns and freelancers, when required
Must Haves
- Knowledge of HTML5, CSS, Javascript, and UI/UX prototyping tools (Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, etc.)
- Experience and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, and strong technical aptitude to learn new software and hardware
- Work independently and collaboratively, and communicate well with team
- Excellent visual communication, and good verbal and written communication
- Self-motivated, fairly structured, and a creative and active problem-solver
- Strong ownership of projects and values prompt delivery
- Display attention to detail, as well as a genuine desire to produce excellent work
- Minimum 1-year working experience in a full-time capacity in a similar role, ideally some experience working with small teams
Nice to Haves
- Interest in experimenting with 2D animation, believes in the awesomeness of gifs
- Able to manage production, make material recommendations and offer solutions
- Knowledge of industry best practices, media platforms, networks and resources, etc.
- Interested in stories, narrative, books, audiobooks, immersive technology, etc.
- Illustration and/or photography skills
Tell us about yourself and why you would like to work at Tusitala. Please attach your CV and portfolio, and an appropriate gif that best represents you. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Email us at hr@tusitalabooks.com
We are looking for an intern!
Interactive media intern
The intern will work with the team at Tusitala to create the visuals for an original interactive fiction work to recommend books to travellers, and two adaptations of interactive fiction stories into web experiences. They will also support the team in creating audio assets for a 360° illustration experience, and other design collateral, such as for branding, events, social media assets, etc.
We are looking for someone with a range of design and multimedia skills, an interest in reading and literature, as well as travel. We welcome individuals who are excited about the intersection of the literary arts and technology.
The role is flexible: it can be full-time for a minimum of four weeks, or part-time (two to three days a week) for a minimum of six weeks.
Responsibilities
- Work with the inhouse designer to conceptualise, propose and execute the look and feel of an interactive fiction site to recommend books to travellers
- Work with the developer to select and integrate web effects into an interactive fiction work (sci-fi and romance) on Twine
- Illustrate 15-20 images for the third interactive fiction work (historical fantasy)
- Create audio assets for five 360° illustration experiences (horror, fantasy, sci-fi, etc.)
- Produce other design collateral, such as for branding, events, social media assets, etc.
- Other design tasks, if required
Must have
- Experience and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, and strong aptitude to learn new software
- Experience with HTML5, Javascript, CSS, etc.
- Intermediate illustration skills
- Creative and able to propose novel solutions and approaches
- Interest in books, the arts, and tech
Nice to have
- Experience with basic animation
- Some experience in an office environment, ideally working with small teams
- Some experience with interactive fiction, visual novels, etc.
Tell us about yourself and why you would like to work at Tusitala. Please attach your CV and portfolio, and an appropriate gif that best represents you. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Email us at hr@tusitalabooks.com to tell us about yourself.
About
Tusitala is a digital publisher that champions access and innovation. We publish eBooks, produce and transmedia stories, and introduce storytellers to different technologies. We use our expertise in technology, UI, UX and design to transcend the traditional boundaries of print and digital.
Tusitala started in 2010 and is based in Singapore. It means “teller of tales” in Samoan. It was the nickname given to author Robert Louis Stevenson by the locals of Samoa, where he spent the last years of his life telling stories. Our work embodies the essence of a storyteller: using different mediums and techniques to deliver a powerful message to audiences.
Our logo is a kitsune, an enchanted nine-tailed fox that casts spells of illusion and designs rich worlds that the others see, feel and perceive as real. Inspired by its intelligence, mischievousness, and shape-shifting abilities, Tusitala’s values are knowledge, creative rebellion, and versatility.
Christine
Saad
Rina
Vaibhav
Wilson
With a transmedia mindset, you don’t have to choose between print and digital.
What We Do
Today’s content creator is a listener. You find your audience, listen to them, figure out how and where they might interact with your story, and deliver it to them in their preferred ways. Let us handle the delivery while you do what you’re best at.
Ebooks
For authors, eBooks mean a simpler workflow, lower upfront costs, and faster entry to market.
eBooks now account for about a quarter of global book sales. Publishers also save costs (printing, inventory, distribution, etc.) and recover lost revenue resulting from titles being out-of-print or out-of-stock.
Readers get eBooks faster and cheaper, have easier access to indie or out-of-print titles, and no longer have to worry about overflowing shelves and carrying bulky books.
Storytellers’ Kitchen
Get a taste of how technology can enhance storytelling through these hands-on, experimental workshops.
We’ll introduce you to various recipes, which come with their own fancy tools and exotic ingredients, and equip you with the skills to cook up various stories.
The Storytellers’ Kitchen is founded on the spirit of experimentation and collaborative design; dive in and get your hands dirty!
Nine Tales
Nine Tales is a work-in-progress eBook store that showcases innovative transmedia titles.
These include enhanced eBooks, augmented reality books, poetry collections complemented with audio, interactive fiction told with VR360 technology, etc.
We aim to produce at least nine different formats for storytellers to choose from, so get in touch if you have a work to propose.
When creating for digital, technology should augment – not distract from – content.
Ebooks
Local stories, global reach. Ebooks are a great way to get your stories published and distributed across the world.
Check out our ebook publishing packages to kickstart your digital publishing journey!
eBook Packages
BASIC
- Up to 200-Page PDF
- Distribution of ebook to major stores
- Marketing of ebook
- With revenue share
S$99
PLUS
- Everything in Basic package
- eBook cover design
- Web design from basic templates
- With revenue share
S$299
PREMIUM
- Up to 300-Page PDF
- 2 eBook cover designs to choose from
- Web design from premium templates
- With revenue share
S$699
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| BASIC S$99 |
PLUS S$299 |
PREMIUM S$699 |
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| Revenue Model | *Revenue sharing | *Revenue sharing | *Revenue sharing |
| File Required | ^Up to 200-page PDF | ^Up to 200-page PDF | ^Up to 300-page PDF |
| Distribution | Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play Books, & E-Sentral | Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play Books, & E-Sentral | Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play Books, & E-Sentral |
| eBook Cover | 1 Cover design proposed | Up to 2 Cover designs proposed | |
| Website | 1 Website design proposed featuring author & book | 1 Website design proposed featuring author, book and blog | |
| Showcase | Listed on Tusitala's website | Listed on Tusitala's website | Listed on Tusitala's website |
| Marketing via Tusitala Blog | |||
| Marketing via Twitter | |||
| Marketing via Facebook/Instagram |
Technology has changed the conversation between the story and the audience
Work
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The Big Blue Book
Apps
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Magic Brush
Apps
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Grim Granary 2
Branding
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Watercolors – Aaron Wong
Apps
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Super Cool Books (Version 2)
Apps
We’re happiest when we’re working on projects that allow us to be creative and experimental. And, we think, our best work is yet to be done.
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Blog
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Tusitala partnered with Joy Works for a team-building session that reflected just how the team likes to move forward by looking back at the things they’ve done. In part as a way to link projects together, and partly as a feel-good journey down memory lane, the team had a great time revisiting successes. From…
The Force is Strong with You! An Interview with JB Casacop, Premier SEAsian Artist
About me I’m a professional freelance fantasy and sci-fi artist who’s been working in the games industry for more than a decade. I started out as concept artist for video games before becoming a full-time illustrator. Having collaborated with Fantasy Flight Games since 2012, I’ve produced hundreds of artworks for hobby games including Warhammer, Arkham…
Making Things Come Alive at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content!
The Asian Festival of Children’s Content, or the AFCC, is an annual event held by the Singapore Book Council at the National Library of Singapore. Comprising professional conferences, workshops, talks, and a book fair, the AFCC aims to celebrate and promote the creation of children’s content, with a focus on Asian themes. Parents…
Andariya x Tusitala: Changing Social Narratives with Augmented Reality
Sudan’s incredibly rich cultural and music offerings are unfortunately often hidden from the world underneath all the ongoing political turmoil and violence. Known throughout the region for their poetry and their surprisingly-catchy music and oral storytelling traditions, one group aims to change how we view Sudan. They recognize the “”immense gap in independent, gender and…
In conversation with Mahita Vas
Have you always had a powerful imagination? Yes, to the point that I was told in school that my imagination was too wild. It baffled me. You either had an imagination or you didn’t, how wild could it be? In fact, I would’ve thought, the wilder the better. What do you think brought this…
The future of storytelling is here. Ride the wave with us.
Contact
We’d love to hear from you! Drop us a line.
Address: 284 River Valley Road
#01-01 Singapore 238325