Vacancies of the week (October 5)

Wanted: Lead narrative designer at RJ Games, project manager at Nexters and Senior 3D artist at Banzai Games.

The selection was prepared by Marina Lopatina, Director of Business Development of Talents In Games. Recall that this is a job search service and a recruitment agency.

Marina LopatinaLeading Narrative Designer at RJ Games (Remote Work)

RJ Games is working on the Puzzle Breakers project, a fantasy game in the match-3 RPG genre. The studio is looking for an experienced lead who will be responsible for the entire narrative part of the game.

Responsibilities:

• search, description and presentation of narrative ideas for both the game as a whole and for individual features/assets;
• elaboration and support of narrative ideas throughout their implementation. Ensuring the narrative integrity of the project;
• formation of rules for creating text content of various types;
• independent creation of text content, as well as feedback to specialists who are involved in this task;
• creation and maintenance of documentation in the field of narrative.

Requirements:

• experience in the gaming industry in a similar role;
• knowledge of modern trends in entertainment media of European and American culture (games, movies, TV series, social networks, literature);
• knowledge of the basics of game design;
• knowledge of the mobile games market. Understanding how fritupley projects work;
• knowledge of English at a level sufficient to analyze competitors.

Puzzle BreakersProject Manager at Nexters (Remote work)

Nexters is a Russian—based publisher and developer of mobile games. The company needs a project manager who will help with the development of social and web versions of its flagship title Hero Wars.

Responsibilities:

• formulate and validate hypotheses;
• turn ideas into concepts;
• think through user scenarios;
• think through UI/UX and draw mockups;
• write project documentation;
• participate in the development of features on the side of the development team;
• work with the game economy and balance.

Requirements:

• knowledge of Unit economics;
• advanced skills in Excel/Google Spreadsheets;
• understanding AB-testing (basic fundamentals of statistics);
• understanding the principles of operation and monetization of free-play games;
• collecting and forming requirements, building a USM;
• an idea of JTBD, CusDev and other similar concepts;
• good soft skills;
• the ability to convey your ideas briefly and figuratively.

Hero WarsSenior 3D Artist at Banzai Games (Moscow, Russia)

Banzai Games, which has worked on Shadow Fight 3 and Vector 2 projects, requires a senior 3D artist. He will be engaged in cyberpunk environment for the studio’s new project – Spine.

Responsibilities:

• development of the pipeline for the production of the environment and its control at all stages of work;
• creating 3D locations for cross-platform 3D action;
• modeling, texturing, retopology;
• integration of graphics into the engine;
• working with Unity, with shaders;
• interaction with narrative and level design teams.

Requirements:

• portfolio availability;
• experience working in game development on AA/AAA projects;
• professional knowledge of 3D graphics packages;
• a modern approach to the development of assets.

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