Upbeater represent top talented students from around the world. We're dedicated to accelerate the success of our Upbeaters and get them #onestepcloser to reaching their dream career. Right now we're building a team of Lisbon's 13 top talented students within App & Web development, Visual Communication, Marketing & Business. Do you have what it takes to take one of the spots? Apply below before Feb 13!

Great that you have found your way here!

Firsts thing first:

• Do you believe that you're one of Lisbon's #1 iOS developer students and have what it takes to become the next Upbeater? 
• Do you see yourself as an up-and-coming performer with the goal to become one of the top players in your field? 
• Are you a driven, ambitious, and self motivated individual who're constantly looking for new ways to grow in your field and believe that the right opportunities and contacts can significantly help you reach the top?  
• Are you curious to know about new trends within your field and to follow industry updates?
• Do you find it fun to participate in industry initiatives and to play around with your own concepts/projects on your spare time?
• Are you confident that your talent stand out a little extra, yet humble with great communication/social skills.  

Yes? Well you sound like an Upbeater! Now, do you have the strong skills in:

• Objective-C, or Swift 
• Model-View-Controller (MVC), Notifications, Delegation, Key Value Observation
• JSON, Core Data, Foundation, UIKit, and CocoaTouch
• Grand Central Dispatch (GCD)
• Good to have: familiarity with iOS 10 and newer OS versions, UX/UI design, Git, Apple's Xcode IDE, Apple Human Interface Guidelines, 2D and 3D graphics frameworks like SpriteKit and SceneKit, OpenGL or Metal, iOS graphics APIs., software architecting, testing, publishing and distribution (App Store), REST/SOAP, etc. 
• AND do you love building new, impressive apps?
  

Great, then you have the chance to become the next iOS developer Upbeater!

APPLY BEFORE FEB 13;

1. Include a link to your LinkedIn, resume, portfolio, Github, or other where we can see more about your background to date
2. Write a short "work sample" (max 300 words) answering the following question; "If you only had 4 hours to come up with an app for Upbeater, what would you do and why?"
3. Record and submit a video (max 1 min) telling us; a) Who you are. b) Why you deserve to be the next Upbeater within your field. c) Where you see yourself in the future (for example if you have any dream companies, project or roles). Please note - if you don't want to submit a video, you can choose to have a 5 min in person interview with us instead. If you prefer this option, please specify it in the text field of the application.

NOTE - by applying you guarantee that, if you are chosen, you're available to work on projects at least 10-15h/week from mid March.    

If we love your application we'll contact you by Feb 18 about the next steps.

We're looking forward to your application and wish you best of luck! 

#onestepcloser