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Based on a small industrial campus between London’s King’s Cross and Camden, GINX TV is one of the leading media outlets dedicated to esports in the world. Our channel, GINX Esports TV which broadcasts entertainment shows as well as live esports tournaments around the world, is distributed to over 50 million households worldwide and is pioneering the concept of bringing esports to mainstream TV audiences. Our content is created not only to live on television and OTT but also digital platforms, of which ginx.tv. Ginx.tv grew exponentially last year and we are now recruiting to support this year’s ambitious development plan.

The Role(s)

GINX is recruiting an esports content editor to join its team. As a content editor for GINX, you will work closely with the GINX Studios’ content team to create industry-leading stories for ginx.tv, the online magazine dedicated to esports natives around the world.

Responsibilities

• Research, edit and publish content on ginx.tv, working with freelancers as and when needed
• Work closely with the GINX Studios content team, editorial and video, to create and implement the brand’s editorial strategy across platforms
• Find and secure the most interesting and relevant stories or voices from the gaming and esports industry across the world
• Build a pipeline of relevant stories, tutorials and opinion pieces, following the latest trends and insights from our audience, using SEO and traffic management tools to support your strategy
• Use our platform to create engaging, shareable and opinionated esports content which will be distributed on the internet platform and in our TV Shows
• Chase leads for breaking news and keep up to date with the goings-on of the industry
• Represent GINX at and report on various events and shows

Must haves…

• English fluency
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• At least 2 years’ experience in a writing-based role within the esports or gaming industry
• Strong passion for esports and gaming in general.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision, with potential nights and week-end missions based on live event coverage
• Knowledge of content publishing & editing rules and How-Tos, including basic html knowledge
• Strong knowledge of the esports and gaming industries
• Knowledge of SEO desirable

The position can be remote or based in our London offices. Freelance candidate outside of the UK welcome.

GINX TV Ltd l is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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As the gaming arm of Bad Robot Productions (Lost, Cloverfield, Westworld, Star Wars), Bad Robot Games is passionate about telling stories and building worlds that can only be experienced through games. Our goal is to create gaming destinations across all platforms that are as fun to watch as they are to play. 

We are seeking an exceptional and versatile Senior Gameplay Engineer to join our internal studio team of seasoned game industry veterans who are focused on creating something brand new.

Responsibilities:

• Prototype and iterate on features and be willing to accept and respond to critical feedback
• Ensure robust long-term architectural and algorithmic decisions are made throughout the rapid prototyping and production coding processes 
• Work closely with the Technical Director to bring technical excellence to the game across multiple features and platforms
• Optimize and fix bugs in existing gameplay systems
• Contribute ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development
• Write robust, maintainable code
• Cross-discipline collaboration with the development team to problem solve and generate new ideas
• Participate in playtesting and providing “hands on” feedback as the project progresses

Requirements:

• 7+ years of game development experience in an engineering role
• At least one shipped game on a major gaming platform
• A keen analytical mind, with strong problem-solving skills
• Strong C++ skills 
• Able to code and architect gameplay mechanics and tools 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work and inspire in a team environment
• Proficiency in professional engines like Unreal and Unity
• Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and able to work independently
• Creativity in problem-solving and the ability to think outside of the established solutions
• Proficiency in the pipelines, tools, and processes of creating, building, shipping, and supporting live games
• A passion for multiplayer online gaming and a rich history of game playing across a wide variety of game genres

Ideal:

• Online multiplayer FPS game development experience
• Console development experience
• Experience working on a live service game
• Strong math skills

We believe every project should feel like you’re making something special—and that you’re making it with a family. Any act of creation is a leap of faith. The fun comes from believing that it just might work.

 

BENEFITS and MORE:

Startup mentality, Bad Robot benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits 
• 401(k) program 
• 100% paid Medical / dental / vision, life, and employee assistance program
• Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility Benefits 
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Social impact programming, education, and awareness offering via Good Robot

Distributed Team and Remote Friendly:

• It’s 2021, games are being made by developers spread across the world. Our HQ is located in Santa Monica, CA, but our team collaborates from all over. 
• For now, we are only accepting remote candidates in the continental USA, but may be interested in changing this policy as we grow. 

Funded, but Independent:

• Backed by strategic and venture capital firms Galaxy Interactive, Horizons Ventures, Tencent, WBIE, and Iconiq, we have incredible investors who believe in the future of storytelling in games, and our ability to deliver on that promise.

We believe that our studio should be representative of the people who play our games.

• Our goal is to make games in which all players can see themselves.

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.

 

About this Role 

 

As a ​Content Producer​, you will be working with the art and game design teams to produce new content across multiple games with different themes and styles. We’re looking for someone with a flexible, creative mind who can come up with ideas for levels, props, and other content that will surprise and delight our audience while still adhering to the games’ themes. 

The work will include writing short descriptions for props and environments, finding references the artists can work from and writing up tasks in a task management app like Asana or Jira.

Responsibilities

• • Generate concepts and references for props, environments and other in-game assets. 
  • Plan, track, and support assets flowing through multiple content pipelines, coordinating hand-offs, monitoring bandwidth risks, and anticipating needs.
  • Come up with creative ideas for multiple game themes.
  • Work closely with our art and product teams on applicable content, ensuring adherence to guidelines and deadlines.
  • Create tasks in Asana.

Requirements

• • Creative writing skills that can apply to any theme or concept.
  • Visual thinker who can find great reference images that can assist the art team in executing on your concepts.
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to organize and track a large number of data points.
  • Well versed in GSuite (Google slides and docs mostly) and basic understanding of image editing.
  • Familiarity with Asana.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment with a globally distributed remote team.
  • Passion for games and connecting people. 

Bonus

• • Experience with entertainment content.
  • Avid mobile game player.

Playco is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, disability, genetic information, age, military service, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We believe that our differences are our strength and we know that diversity builds a better team.

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.

 

About this Role

 

The artist role at Playco is unique compared to other companies. We work on a wide variety of projects with varying styles and game mechanics. You’ll be able to explore different genres and learn new techniques. An ideal candidate can take ownership over a game and create games that clearly stand out from the pack, while working closely with their fellow artists, product managers, and engineers to make sure they are aligned with the high standards we strive for. There’s a lot of opportunity to grow into a leadership role in this position, so having previous experience in this area is a plus.

Responsibilities

• • Create high quality 2D and isometric 2D vector art using Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
  • Support the Studio Art Lead in the overall vision for the game.
  • Develop beautiful, fun game experiences, and associated marketing and promotional initiatives with creative design.
  • Conceptualize and design game environments, characters, and UI.

Requirements

• • 2+ years industry experience in mobile, social, or free2play games.
  • Have experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Excellent teamwork and communication skills; ability to be proactive and confident in a diplomatic manner.
  • Respond well to artistic feedback while getting the work done with minimal direction.
  • Ability to iterate quickly and adhere to a production schedule
  • Skilled at managing responsibilities across multiple projects.
  • Great concept art skills with an eye for composition and color.
  • Ability to understand, internalize, and communicate high-level goals to team members and reports.
  • Motivated and excited about design and game art.
  • Style versatility is a must-have. We work on a range of games whose style can vary from cute and casual to hardcore and realistic

Bonus

• • Knowledge of Flash/Animate and/or 3D modeling software is a huge plus!

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.

 

 

About this Role

 

We’re looking for an experienced Art Director to help lead the art team, guiding an extremely talented team of designers who are known for exceptional creativity. The ideal art director will bring a mix of artistic, marketing, and project management expertise to the position, promoting our company and that of our valued clients. You will be working with internal game artists and outsourcing studios to grow games from concept art to full production. We are looking for an experienced manager, who can inspire and be inspired by others to take our creative efforts to the next level. The ideal candidate will have a natural eye for design and a passion for delivering dynamic ideas that connect with any audience.

Responsibilities

• • Work with the creative team to establish a unified brand understanding and voice for the company, helming a creative audit to elevate our innovation.
  • Conceptualize campaign vision, harnessing original graphics, copy, content websites, social media, and other marketing materials.
  • Develop creative briefs based on ideas established in brainstorming sessions with direction, schedules, and expected deliverables for the creative team.
  • Delegate projects to in-house designers and oversee storyboards.
  • Obtain team approval by presenting final layouts, storyboards, and illustrations, encouraging members to provide feedback, and responding to internal commentary and requests.
  • Present or oversee presentation of final concepts and coordinate production and dissemination for cross-organizational use.
  • Oversee the art department by assisting with hiring, training, assigning, scheduling, and mentoring staff.
  • Establish art department standards for production, productivity, quality, and client service.
  • Ensure the team adheres to current processes, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and proposing and creating processes and tools to support design operations.
  • Collaborate with marketing and sales divisions in creating marketing plans, aligning team priorities with business goals to deliver high-quality work on time and on budget.
  • Develop presentation approaches, styles, and techniques for the team to implement.
  • Study and evaluate market trends, consumer needs, the competitive landscape, and track campaign performance.

Requirements

• • 8+ years of experience in mobile game development and 4+ years of experience in a management capacity.
  • Outstanding knowledge of art fundamentals such as: Lighting, color, anatomy, perspective, exceptional draughtsmanship skills. Being able to apply these skills across different styles. Being able to apply these skills across different disciplines (UI, animation, illustration, etc.).
  • An art portfolio that demonstrates the ability to make art that’s in line with the top mobile games in the industry.
  • Must have proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (a basic understanding of Animate/Flash is important).
  • Experience in task management software.
  • Experience working with outsourcing companies.
  • Good and clear communication. Ability to give direct but constructive feedback.
  • Detail-oriented and organized.

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play. 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, humble, and passionate professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are inspired by makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.

 

The artist role at Playco is pretty unique compared to other companies. We work on a wide variety of projects with varying styles and game mechanics. So you’ll be able to explore different genres and learn new techniques. An ideal candidate can take ownership over a game and do whatever it takes to create games that clearly stand out from the pack, while working closely with their fellow artists, product managers, and engineers to make sure they are aligned with the high standards we strive for. There’s a lot of opportunity to grow into a leadership role in this position, so having previous experience in this area is something we look for.

 

What you’ll be doing

 

Develop beautiful, fun game experiences, and associated marketing and promotional initiatives with creative design.

Conceptualize and design game environments, characters, and UI.

Create high quality 2D and isometric 2D vector art using Photoshop and/or Illustrator.

Support the Studio Art Lead in the overall vision for the game.

Requirements

• • 2+ years industry experience in mobile, social, or free2play games.
  • Excellent teamwork skills.
  • Respond well to artistic direction but get the work done with minimal supervision.
  • Manage responsibilities across multiple projects.
  • Great concept art skills with an eye for composition and color.
  • Must have experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop.
  • Knowledge of Flash and/or 3D modeling software is a huge plus!

Desired Qualities & Attributes

• • Excellent teamwork skills. Responds well to feedback but gets the work done with minimal supervision.
  • Possess excellent communication skills; ability to be proactive and assertive in a diplomatic manner.
  • Ability to understand, internalize, and communicate high-level objectives to team members and reports.
  • Ability to iterate quickly and adhere to a production schedule.
  • Style versatility is a must-have. We work on a range of games whose style can vary from cute and casual to hardcore and realistic.
  • Motivated, driven, and excited about design and game art.

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life. 

 

About this Role

 

Playco is seeking Engineering Managers to help us build the services and infrastructure that power our social games that are played by millions of people every day on Facebook, Viber, Line and other messaging platforms. We are a growing distributed team that embraces remote work, and we also have offices in Mountain View and San Francisco, California, and Tokyo, Japan for people who prefer the office environment. If you want to join us to make great games on our groundbreaking technology and truly make an impact, then we want to talk to you!

 

As an Engineering Manager at Playco, you will play a pivotal role in crafting a platform to redefine the instant games development industry. You will lead a team of highly skilled engineers building the scalable, backend systems and high-performance, game-client services that power Playco’s games. Engineering managers at Playco are also very strong engineers and design, review and write code daily.

 

Responsibilities

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  • Lead a team of highly skilled engineers to deliver polished features on a consistent basis in a high pace environment. We deploy code multiple times a day to millions of users across the world.
  • Lead the development and deployment processes - make sure that the features are shipped reliably and product stays healthy once they hit production.
  • Ensure our gaming services are performant, reliable and efficient. Our services must scale to millions of users.
  • Design, review and write code -- this is a hands-on engineering role and you will be directly involved in the design and development of new features, writing and reviewing code.
  • Provide mentorship and feedback to teammates to make your team the best version of itself. Empower and encourage everyone to give their best work.
  • Collaborate with other leaders around the company to prioritize and execute against technology needs across game teams.
  • Work with the head of our core technology engineering group. 

Requirements

• • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Experience managing a team of engineers.
  • Good communication skills and the ability to work reliably in a remote team environment.
  • Attention to detail - any code that makes it into the product will affect millions of users immediately.
  • Strong Computer Science fundamentals in object­-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
  • Self starter, analytical and creative.
  • Solid familiarity with analytics and A/B testing in mobile games.
  • Great teammate with a positive demeanor.
  • Experience writing clean, testable, high-quality code and crafting highly scalable systems in production.
  • Familiarity with git, svn or other VCS.
  • You must be capable of working in a fast-paced environment and multiple time zones.

Bonus

• • Expert knowledge of NodeJS and TypeScript.
  • Experience in game development, gaming services and shipped titles.

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.

 

About this Role

 

As a UX Designer, you'll work closely with senior art leadership, producers, developers, and interdisciplinary teams to understand player needs and build top-notch user experiences and interfaces. You'll help shape the UX direction of end-to-end player solutions and find opportunities for further research and innovation, working with senior designers and product leaders to define, improve, and implement design standards across every aspect of the product development cycle.

Responsibilities

• • Develop beautiful, fun game experiences that are intuitive, scalable, and on-brand by working closely with Engineers, PMs, Designers, and QA.
  • Create interface wireframes and user flows, ensuring iterative feedback is incorporated throughout the development process.
  • Work with stakeholders and teammates to gather, understand and codify requirements for various projects.
  • Produce look and feel layouts, mood boards, storyboards, design briefs, sketches, mock-ups, motion works, and visual comps to help the team understand what to build and why.
  • Work with senior artists and stakeholders from inception to drive development, implementation, QA, launch, and ongoing supportHelp champion and implement user-centered design methodologies across products and studios.
  • Educate and evangelize the importance of human factors, player feedback, and data-driven decision making in end-to-end user experience design.
  • Work with your UX teammates to define and maintain interaction pattern libraries we can share across products, teams, and studios.
  • Follow high level aesthetic direction from the Art Director from prototyping to final implementation of UX.

Requirements

• • 2+ years industry experience in mobile, social, or free2play games.
  • Exceptional design, artistic, typographic, layout, and compositing abilities.
  • Demonstrated understanding of information flow, readability, and interface usability principles.
  • Proficiency using Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Photoshop and Illustrator).
  • Strong ability and passion to collaborate in and with nimble, multidisciplinary teams.
  • Clear and concise communication style that enables you to explain the thought process behind your work and build consensus around design goals.
  • Attention to detail and solid organization.
  • Open-minded, friendly, and positive attitude.

Bonus

• • Bilingual in English & Japanese
  • BA/BS Degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), or a related field.
  • Experience with Flash/Animate, Sketch, and rapid prototyping techniques/software a plus.
  • Experience leveraging user research, key performance indicators, and analytics to help make informed design decisions a plus.

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Here at Playco, we make games that bring the world closer together through play! 

 

Our ideal teammates are thoughtful, low ego, and hardworking professionals who can both zoom into the details and zoom out to embrace the big picture. We are passionate about makers and tinkerers, who are unafraid to experiment with a healthy disregard for constraints. We hope you'll enrich our team with your enthusiasm and passion, both for games and for life.

 

About this Role

 

As a UI Game Artist, you'll work closely with senior art leadership, producers, developers, and interdisciplinary teams to understand player needs and build top-notch user experiences and interfaces. You'll help shape the UX direction of end-to-end player solutions and find opportunities for further research and innovation, working with senior designers and product leaders to define, improve, and implement design standards across every aspect of the product development cycle.

Responsibilities

• • Develop beautiful, fun game experiences that are intuitive, scalable, and on-brand by working closely with Engineers, PMs, Designers, and QA.
  • Create interface wireframes and user flows, ensuring iterative feedback is incorporated throughout the development process.
  • Work with stakeholders and teammates to gather, understand and codify requirements for various projects.
  • Produce look and feel layouts, mood boards, storyboards, design briefs, sketches, mock-ups, motion works, and visual comps to help the team understand what to build and why.
  • Work with senior artists and stakeholders from inception to drive development, implementation, QA, launch, and ongoing supportHelp champion and implement user-centered design methodologies across products and studios.
  • Educate and evangelize the importance of human factors, player feedback, and data-driven decision making in end-to-end user experience design.
  • Work with your UX teammates to define and maintain interaction pattern libraries we can share across products, teams, and studios.
  • Create polished, game-ready UI Art assets that read well at varying levels of detail.
  • Follow high level aesthetic direction from the Art Director from prototyping to final implementation of UI

Requirements

• • 2+ years industry experience in mobile, social, or free2play games.
  • Exceptional design, artistic, typographic, layout, and compositing abilities.
  • Demonstrated understanding of information flow, readability, and interface usability principles.
  • Proficiency using Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Photoshop and Illustrator).
  • Strong ability and passion to collaborate in and with nimble, multidisciplinary teams.
  • Clear and concise communication style that enables you to explain the thought process behind your work and build consensus around design goals.
  • Attention to detail and solid organization.
  • Open-minded, friendly, and positive attitude.

Bonus

• • BA/BS Degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), or a related field.
  • Experience with Flash/Animate, Sketch, and rapid prototyping techniques/software a plus.
  • Experience leveraging user research, key performance indicators, and analytics to help make informed design decisions a plus.

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We're looking to expand our Art team here at Hypixel Studios which collaborates remotely from around the world. Our members range from industry newcomers to veterans with 15+ years of experience. Team members come from a diverse set of backgrounds, but share a common passion for building player-focused, community-powered games.

 

The key qualities we look for in applicants are that they are demonstrably passionate about their hobbies, have the drive and commitment to deliver results with minimal supervision, have international-level professional competency in their skill sets, and can demonstrate involvement with other interesting projects throughout their lives.

We are looking for an experienced VFX artist, willing to join a small team of artists, with the intent to become part of a unique art direction, and help us producing high quality visuals.

 

Our studio intends to empower our community by releasing a wide range of creative tools at same time as its game, and we are also looking for passionate professionals, able to help us improve our in-game engine and editor accessibility, pushing further the limits of creativity.

 

Who You Are:

• You have a taste for cartoony and stylized visual effects and particles
• You feel able to adapt to an existing art direction and work among talented artists
• You are an excellent communicator: you love providing feedback and sharing knowledge with other team members.
• You are driven by discovering solutions to unique problems and participating in the development of unique tools and pipelines.
• You are not afraid of working with inhouse solutions and different tools.
• You are eager to learn and improve your own craft, and are able to identify your areas of improvement
• You want to proactively seek out creative ways to improve all aspects of the game and performance.

 

Some of your role:

• Collaborate with art team and help making awesome visuals
• Work on particle systems and visual effects, using our inhouse engine
• Create VFX assets, from the concept stage to its integration ingame

 

Essential traits:

• 4+ years as VFX artist/technical artist or equivalent experience on published titles.
• An outstanding portfolio demonstrating stylized work with handpainted textures.
• Ability to work in a broad range of art styles in both 2D and 3D mediums.
• A strong understanding of technical considerations for VFX.
• Good knowledge of industry standard software (Blender/Max/Maya etc, Houdini, Substance Designer, Unreal/Unity etc.), as well as experience working with real-time particle and VFX editors with a high capacity to learn new tools.
• Able to communicate with artists, technical team members and studio leadership in a remote environment.

 

Bonus traits:

• Traditional art skills - Illustration, Sculpture, Painting and Anatomy.
• Experience in 3D Modeling, Sculpting, Texturing, Animation.
• Knowledge in Technical Art and 3D rendering principles.

 

We can offer:

• A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team.
• Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally.
• A stable and secure work environment.
• The ability to work remotely.

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We're looking for a talented and passionate UI artist to join our team, which collaborates remotely from around the world. Our members range from industry newcomers to experts with 15+ years of experience. Team members come from a diverse set of backgrounds, but share a common passion for building polished player-focused, community-powered games.

 

At Hypixel Studios we are looking for applicants that are demonstrably passionate about their hobbies, have the drive and commitment to deliver results with minimal supervision, have international-level professional competency in their skill sets, and can demonstrate involvement with other interesting projects throughout their lives.

 

The ideal candidate for our UI/UX team will create amazing player experiences through their use of interface design, color theory, visual hierarchy, and illustration. The candidate will be responsible for creating deliverables that captivate players through impeccable visual design, while seamlessly allowing them achieve their goals in the game’s various interfaces.

 

 As a player first designer, you will be responsible for collaborating with other disciplines such as game design, UX, and audio to create a consistent and meaningful experience between the player and the interfaces they interact with.

 

Who you are:

• You are an artist who not only creates beautiful art, but thinks through the human factor of how players interact with games
• You have an exceptional eye for aesthetic and can help maintain, develop, and define UI components and patterns
• You’re organized, and demonstrate this through impeccable attention to detail not only in your work but, within the way your work is arranged
• You’re an excellent communicator and are passionate about working across disciplines to advocate for your craft
• You’re player focused; you have a track record of creating interfaces that focus on clarity and usability, as well as visual design

 

Some of your role:

• Collaborate with other artists to maintain and push the boundaries of our UI art style
• Work closely with UX to bring wireframes and prototypes to life through use of visual design principles
• Create visually balanced and player focused mockups that demonstrate a solid understanding of readability, clarity, typography, and visual hierarchy 
• Create, iterate, and define the iconography and UI style guide
• Communicate with other disciplines, demonstrating and defining your work

 

Essential Traits:

• Experience creating UI art for a shipped title
• Expert level ability to work with Photoshop and Illustrator
• Proficiency with After Effects or other animation software to define and demonstrate UI animations
• Proven knowledge of UI design fundamentals such as layout, grids, typography, etc.
• Ambitious, assertive, and collaborative with excellent communication skills
• A personal passion for games and staying on top of the latest trends in the industry
• A strong portfolio demonstrating your artistic approach to UI

 

Bonus Traits:

• Experience with creating wireframes and prototypes demonstrating user needs
• Proficiency with UI implementation
• A personal passion for open world, builder, or survival games
• A minimum of a BA/BS degree in a related field such as graphic design, visual design, interaction design, etc.

 

We can offer:

• A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team
• Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally
• A stable and secure work environment
• The ability to work remotely

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We're looking for a Production Director to join our team, which collaborates remotely from around the world. Our members range from industry newcomers to experts with 15+ years of experience. Team members come from a diverse set of backgrounds, but share a common passion for building polished player-focused, community-powered games.

 

At Hypixel Studios we are looking for applicants that are demonstrably passionate about their hobbies, have the drive and commitment to deliver results with minimal supervision, have international-level professional competency in their skill sets, and can demonstrate involvement with other interesting projects throughout their lives.

 

As a Production Director on the Hytale team, you’ll report to the Executive Producer and shape every facet of how the development team is organized around planning, execution, and delivery of a great experience for Hytale players. You will put forth a strong vision for how the team can operate, but remain light on your feet as we customize and improve development processes to best meet the needs of the game and audience. 

 

Who you are:

• You’ve built high-performing development teams and coached producers to scale efforts
• You’ve successfully introduced broad, impactful organizational changes that produced tangible results
• You have proven flexibility in learning the nuances of teams and identifying the problems and solutions appropriate for a range situational challenges
• You have exceptional communication skills and a collaborative leadership style, with strong examples of enacting change through empathy and influence
• You’re experienced with driving collaborative development efforts with external partners
   

Some of your role:

• Collaborate with the Executive Producer and other studio leads to evaluate and mitigate risks to delivery of Hytale
• Establish high level production standards, systems and tools that are necessary to launch and continuously update Hytale
• Work with individual teams and producers to customize working systems and standards to meet their unique needs
• Serve as a role model for continuous improvement by demonstrating exceptional judgment when it comes to identifying when and how to make critical changes to legacy  tools and process
• Coach and mentor producers in the delivery of products and services
• Build and maintain the roadmap and all supporting development planning artifacts and processes required for delivery of the game
• Establish the organizational scaffolding that enables delivery of a great game with a healthy team and sustainable cadence

 

Essential Traits:

• 7+ years experience developing games with multiple shipped titles
• Experience with full lifecycle of game development, early concept / R&D, pre-production, production, launch and post-launch updates
• Deep understanding of all aspects of game development and how various disciplines come together in terms of tech and creativity
• A personal passion for games and staying on top of the latest trends in the industry

 

We can offer:

• A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team
• Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally
• A stable and secure work environment
• The ability to work remotely

LOCATIONS

Anywhere

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