Vacancies of the week (March 20)
Wanted: animators at Housemarque, senior game designer at Wargaming and video designer at Kefir.
Based on the job search service and specialists TalentsInGames.com Marina Lopatina, product manager, has prepared a selection of the most interesting vacancies for the week.
Marina LopatinaAnimation vacancy of the week
Animator and Senior animator, Housemarque (Helsinki)
Games Factory Talent is a Finnish agency, nominated by PocketGamer for the title of the best recruiting agency in the gaming industry in 2019,
looking for an animator and a senior animator in the Helsinki office of Housemarque. The latter was noted for such console arcades as Alienation, Nex Machina and Matterfall. The salary fork of vacancies is $3000-5000.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Animator your responsibility is to be in charge of the animating, the rigging and the implementing of the animations in the game engine. You will need to be proactive and capable of handling pressure. You are not afraid to take responsibility and are able to work independently, if needed.
As an Animator your responsibility is to be in charge of the animating, the rigging and implementing of animations in the game engine. You will also need to be proactive and capable of handling pressure, as well as being able to work independently, if needed. As our motto is “Game is King”, you need to have a solid understanding how animation can serve the gameplay.
Requirements:
- at least 2 years of experience as an animator in a current generation console or a PC game project;
- at least one shipped title for any of the following platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, PC;
- experience in working with animation trees
- experience working with Maya
- ability to produce high quality animation in the given time frame
- strong understanding of gameplay animation restrictions and needs – understanding the gameplay first mentality
- strong understanding of human locomotion
- able to rig and skin on a game production level
- fluent spoken and written English
- as a Senior Animator, you are expected to have also:
- experience in working or hobbying in any of the major game engines: Unreal 4, Unity, CryEngine, etc.
- at least 4 years of experience in PC / Console projects
- firm understanding and experience of the full game development cycle from the game animation perspective
Your advantage will be:
- art degree (BA, MA, etc.);
- 2D animation skills;
- 3D modeling skills;
- mocap experience;
- experience in cutscene related tasks;
- facial rigging and animation experience;
- ability to draw down animation ideas, rough storyboards and thumbnails.
Housemarque OfficeDesigner vacancy of the week
Senior game designer (for a new project), Wargaming (Minsk)
Wargaming is actively developing its mobile direction — Wargaming Mobile. The company that released World of Warships Blitz in 2018 is now looking for a senior game designer for a new mobile project.
Responsibilities:
- be the “how-to” voice for the studio of how best to execute the core concepts of the new product design in a way that fits the studio’s capabilities and talents, including hands-on designing of some key features and systems yourself;
- evaluate, assign, and oversee tasks to be performed by your team to ensure the studio produces timely, high-quality work and proactively addresses potential delivery risks;
- provide constructive, timely, and effective feedback to your team to help them grow their abilities as designers;
- work collaboratively with the game’s leadership team to deliver thrilling, high-quality product.
Requirements:
- 5 years’ industry experience in design roles, including at least one product shipped in a senior designer role;
- game design credits on at least one live service/game-as-a-service title in the midcore/hardcore action game sphere;
- game design credits on at least one high-quality mobile title in the midcore/hardcore action game sphere;
- ability to work with existing game engines like Unreal or Unity highly preferred;
- demonstrable examples of, and a passion for, hands-on experience with scripting, rapid prototyping, and building great gameplay.
Minsk office of Wargaming and Wargaming MobileVideo promotion of the week
Video designer, Kefir (Volgograd)
The developer of the hardcore multiplayer zombie survival Last Day on Earth: Survival, Kefir Studio, is looking for a video designer to join his team.
Responsibilities:
- creating commercials for the studio’s game projects.
Requirements:
- knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro (or similar video editing software);
- significant gaming experience;
- interest in advertising;
- animation skills (Adobe After Effects);
- portfolio.
Kefir Volgograd Office
