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✓ Minimum age: 13. We welcome young talent. Build real experience and get paid while you learn, it looks great on a future resume. If you're under 18, a parent or legal guardian must consent, and your pay is issued to them on your behalf , see the pay field below.
✓ Your real, legal first and last name. Not a nickname, not a first name only. An application with no real full name will not be reviewed.
✓ At least 2 real social or public profiles. Enough for us to confirm you're a real person. No socials, no review. "I don't have any" is not accepted for a paid role.
✓ We run background checks. We review every account, profile and history you list, plus public records tied to them. This is standard for anyone we pay.
✕ Withholding accounts or faking your identity = permanent ban. Hiding an alt, a ban history, or your real name gets you rejected now and blacklisted across ATS forever.
01 · Identity & eligibility
✓ Applicant is under 18 — parent / legal guardian details required
You can work with ATS as a minor. By law, we cannot pay a minor directly, so a parent or legal guardian must consent to this application and will receive your pay on your behalf. We verify with them before you start.
Payment method if hired * we pay biweekly. Under 18: enter your parent / legal guardian's details
02 · Identity verification & online footprint
We check all of it. Be complete, hiding an account is grounds for rejection.
Primary Steam account * URL or SteamID64
Every alternate Steam / Epic account you own * write "none" only if true
Your social & public profiles * at least 2 real, active accounts, this is part of vetting
Any other accounts or profiles optional including ones under a different name
Have you ever used an alt to evade a ban or punishment anywhere? * Yes No
Ever been removed, banned or suspended from a game, job or community? * full disclosure, we verify
ARK experience & availability
Days per week you can realistically commit to ATS
Are you staff anywhere else right now? names and roles, and would you step down for ATS
How long do you plan to stay with ATS, and what would make you leave?
What real-life commitments could affect your availability, and how would you manage them?
References optional
Optional, but it helps. Two people who can vouch for how you work, a staff lead, an admin, an employer, a community owner. We may contact them.
About you
Real answers. Minimum lengths are enforced, low-effort answers can't be submitted.
Why do you want to join ATS staff? * 0 / 150 characters minimum
Walk us through your most relevant experience moderating, running or building for an online community. * situation, what you did, the result 0 / 250 characters minimum
Why should we pick you over other applicants? * be honest, not modest 0 / 150 characters minimum
Be brutally honest: what could tempt you to misuse a paid staff position? * 0 / 150 characters minimum
Tell us about a real mistake you've made, as staff or otherwise, and what it taught you. * 0 / 150 characters minimum
How long do you plan to stay with ATS, and what would make you leave? * 0 / 120 characters minimum
Enforcement judgment
There are no perfect answers, we want to see how you think under pressure.
A player DMs you offering to pay you to unban their friend. What do you do?
Two tribes accuse each other of cheating. Both have clips, neither is conclusive. How do you handle it?
You catch another staff member abusing admin commands. What do you do?
It is wipe day, tickets are flooding in and chat is on fire. How do you prioritize?
A tribe stays within the letter of the rules but clearly organizes to grief and drive off new players. Do you step in? Why or why not?
A player you personally know and like breaks a clear rule. Walk us through exactly what you do.
You issue a ban and later realize you got it wrong. What do you do?
A popular streamer breaks the rules on stream and their audience floods you with abuse. How do you handle it?
A player quietly reports an exploit to you instead of abusing it. How do you respond, and what do you do with the report?
A whole tribe is clearly ganging up on one player, but no single message breaks a rule on its own. What do you do?
Two staff members disagree on whether something is bannable and it is getting heated. How do you resolve it?
In your own words, when does a permanent ban make more sense than a warning?
Integrity & temperament
Describe a time you enforced a rule that made someone angry at you. What happened, and how did you handle it?
How do you stay neutral against players or tribes you personally dislike?
Be brutally honest: what, if anything, could tempt you to misuse a staff position?
What is a real mistake you have made, as staff or otherwise, and what did it teach you?
Moderation judgment
There are no perfect answers, we want to see how you handle people.
An argument in general chat is turning toxic, but no rule is technically broken yet. What do you do?
Someone posts a scam or phishing link in chat. Walk us through your exact response, in order.
A member keeps toeing the line, always technically fine, but clearly baiting staff. How do you handle it?
A wave of spam or bot accounts is flooding the server. What is your immediate response?
A user opens a ticket furious about an in-game ban that is not your call. How do you handle them?
Two members are in a personal feud spilling across channels. What do you do?
A user is personally insulting you in chat. How do you keep your cool and respond?
How do you decide between a warning, a mute, and escalating to enforcement?
Developer background
Show us how you build. Links speak louder than claims.
Which languages and technologies are you strongest in? rate yourself on each
Links to your GitHub, GitLab, portfolio or past projects
Have you built anything for ARK specifically? plugins, mods, RCON tools, bots Describe it.
Walk us through something non-trivial you built end to end: what it did, how you approached it, and what broke.
We need a tool that pulls live stats from ARK servers into a leaderboard. At a high level, how would you approach it?
You have a bug in production you cannot reproduce. How do you go about it?
How do you work in a small team against deadlines? Describe your workflow and how you like tasks assigned.
Roughly how many hours per week can you commit to development work?
Design portfolio
Your work does the talking. Give us links.
Links to your portfolio Behance, Dribbble, ArtStation, drive folder, anything
What tools do you work in? Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, After Effects, Blender
Have you designed for gaming or esports brands before? Link examples.
Our brand is dark, ember/orange, aggressive but clean. Does that fit your style? Link something close to it.
Can you do motion work animated banners, short clips , or static only?
How fast can you realistically turn around a promo graphic or announcement banner?
Walk us through your process from a brief to a final asset.
Which piece are you most proud of, and why? Link it.
Events & community
Show us you can plan something people actually show up to.
Pitch an in-game event or side tournament you would run for ATS. Be specific about format, rules and prizes.
Have you organized events or tournaments before? Describe the scale and how they went.
How would you keep the community active between the main season milestones?
An event is going wrong live: low turnout, an exploit, or a dispute. How do you handle it in the moment?
How do you measure whether an event was actually a success?
How would you coordinate with enforcement and moderators to run an event smoothly?
An event idea you have seen elsewhere that you would steal and improve, and how
Roughly how many hours per week can you commit to planning and hosting?
Background check & declaration