Jobs

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Salary: £40,000

Day to day activities include coding software, modelling and animating for presentations.

Required qualifications: Degree in programming

You must be good at:

• 3d graphics
• Interpersonal skills
• Independent work

Applicants will need experience in 3D graphics and applications development including simulation. They will also need to be determined and have good interpersonal skills such as planning, organisation, team working, as they would be working in a team, but should also be able to work well independently as projects may require working on outside of work hours.

-Michael Edwards
 

2D ANIMATOR

Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 + benefits

Day to day activates include producing animations for characters and backgrounds, expanding and animating assets from the illustration team, and creating banners, widgets, other promotional assets, original animations and special effects.

Required qualifications: Degree in art

You must be good at:

• Flash animation
• Adobe Illustrator
• Photoshop
• actionscript

Applicants should have good team skills as they will be working closely with the illustrations team to bring life to the characters and worlds being created. Artistic ability is a must, along with the technical ability. Applicants need experience with Flash animation, preferably having some previous work to show, and must be proficient with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Knowledge and experience with actionscript would also be beneficial. Applicants must also be self motivating and good at problem solving, time management and creative.

-Michael Edwards

JUNIOR DESIGNER

Salary: £22,000 - £26,000

Day to day duties include working with the other designers in creating concept ideas for new games, and working with the tech team to bring the ideas to fruition.

Required qualification: Degree in art/design

You must be good at:

• Art/design
• Animation
• Illustration

Applicants need to be enthusiastic about games and art/design in general; detail oriented with a creative flair and should have solid animation and illustration skills. They should be able to work well in a team and should be able to understand usability issues. Applicants must be depenable and confident in their designs.

-Michael Edwards

.net DEVELOPER/C#DEVELOPER

Salary: £25,000 - £40,000

Day to day duties include designing software alongside technical and business teams, coding software, unit and system testing, technical pre-sales, and implementation consulting.

Required qualification: Numerate degree

You must be good at:

• OO techniques
• User interface design
• HTML5
• CSS3
• JQuery
• Silverlight 4/6
• WPG
• Telerik
• KendoUI
• Touch screen development
• WCF services
• LINQ
• Windows server administration
• SQL Server configure and administration SSIS

Applicants need to be familiar with OO techniques, must have an understanding of user interface design, and must have good communications and team skills to work with the technical and business teams. Applicants also need experience and skill in working with HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Silverlight 4/6, WPG, Telerik, KendoUI, touch screen development, WCF services, LINQ, Windows server administration, SQL Server configure and administration SSIS. Applicants must be able to manage their time well and be able to self motivate.

-Michael Edwards

GAMES DEVELOPER

Salary: £28,000 - £38,000

Day to day duties include creating mobile games using HTML5 and JavaScript and helping the development team.

Required qualification: Degree in programming

You must be good at:

• HTML5
• JavaScript
• User interface programming

Applicants need to have experience with HTML5 and JavaScript. They also need to have experience with commercial development projects, and have a record of games they have worked on. Applicants will need to have solid experience with user interface and programming. Applicants must also be able to work well in a team and to be tolerant and dependable in the workplace. They must be able to manage their time well.

-Michael Edwards

SUMO DIGITAL GAME DESIGNER

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000

The location of our work place is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and the job starts on the 20^thOctober.

To work with us you must have a degree level educated with strong maths ability.

You must be good at:

• Designing elements such as characters, levels, puzzles, etc.
• Coding and Programing.
• Project management (budgeting, time management and communication with other departments)
• Testing and QA

You must be very passionate and entertained with the games you play as well as understanding the technical and creative aspects of said game. You must be dedicated to success and very organised about your job. You must perform similar roles in the games, software or relates industries. You must be very good at working with other members and use communication skills to interact with one another within the workplace.

-Jonathan Nash

MAJOR PLAYERS ANIMATOR

Salary:£30,000 - £35,000

The location of our work place is in London, South East and the job starts on the 5^thNovember.

To work with us you must have at least a C Grade in Maths, English and IT.

You must be good at:

• Creating storyboards that depict the script and narrative.
• Drawing in 2D to create sketches, artwork or illustrations.
• Designing models, backgrounds, sets, characters, objects and the animation environment.
• Using a range of materials, including modeling clay, plaster, oil paints, water colours and acrylics;
• Developing the timing and pace of the movements of a character or object during the sequence of images and ensuring they follow the soundtrack and audio requirements.
• Using technical software packages, such as Flash, 3d studio max, Maya, Light wave, Softimage and Cinema 4D.
• Recording dialogue and working with editors to composite the various layers of animation (backgrounds, special effects, characters and graphics) in order to produce the finished piece.
• Working to with deadlines.
• Team working as part of a broader production network, which might include copywriters, photographers, designers, account executives, website designers or marketing specialists.
• Dealing with diverse business cultures, delivering presentations and finding funding.

You must be great at animation as it is the main part of the job. You also need to be good at Art and Design, it is essential for creating a good animation. You must also be good at Film and Video, Model Making and Electrical Engineering.

-Jonathan Nash

CONSIDERTHIS GRAPHICS DESIGNER

Salary: £25,000 - £35,000

The location of our work place is in West London and the job starts on 24^thSeptember.

To work with us you must have 3-5 years’ experience in Graphic Design.

You must be good at:

• Being a client facing on occasion.
• Presenting ideas and tenders when necessary.
• Using programs such as; CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator and html coding.
• Creating great digital designs.

You must be creative and innovative.You must be good at being organised and managing time as well as multitasking within the workplace. You must have a great attention to detail as well as adding your own detail. Teamwork is also essential within this job.

-Jonathan Nash

CIRCLE RECRUITMENT WEB DESIGNER

Salary: £200,000 - £330,000

The location of our work place is in Leeds and the job starts on 25^th November.

To work with us you must have 2’ years’ experience in web design.

You must be good at:

• Being in contact with customers/clients.
• Designing websites.
• Creating and supporting various projects.
• Using programs such as HTML, HTML 5, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Agency Environment, SEO and Facebook/Twitter page design.

Must be organised and have a good attitude at work. Must have great communication skills, especially when it comes to listening to what other members have to say as it is essential for knowing how to design each webpage.

-Jonathan Nash

COMPUTER GAMES TESTER

Salary: £12,000
The location of our work place is in London and the job starts on 15^th October.

To work with us you don’t need any qualifications, you just need basic knowledge of programming and experience of using spread sheets and database packages.

You must be good at:

• Playing everything the game has to offer
• Playing different versions of games
• Compare it’s performance with what the designer wanted
• Comparing against other games
• Suggest improvements and note any problems
• Try to find out what is causing these problems
• Enter bug reports into a software quality management system
• Check spelling and copyright issues

You must be good at analysing and problem solving. You must have a passion for gaming and the ability to play games at high difficulty levels. You must have great communication skills, team working skills and computer skills. You must have the ability to meet deadlines but also be patient and persistent with your work even if it gets repetitive. You must also have good knowledge about video games.

-Jonathan Nash
 

GAME ARTIST

Salary: 12,500 sales - £4,368.75 (but differs from amount of sales)

Your day to day duties will include; designing the environment of the project, designing the assets to be used in the project, Art and texture creation.

Qualifications required: degree in art.

You must be good at:

• Art and animations
• Understanding of the software’s being used
• Good communication skills

The personal attributes the applicant is needed for this position is are as follows. They must show loyalty for the company and fellow crew, they must show commitment in their everyday work and always do their best. They must be honest at all times whether in work or not and must have a form of motivation. They must also have the ability to work under pressure so in case of a mishap or something goes wrong they must be able to work within them situations.

-Connor Armes
 

GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMERS

Salary: £45,864

The successful applicant will have a passion for action games and will be a part of a growing team, building a bespoke game engine for current and future generation consoles.

Qualifications required: good BSc or equivalent in a relevant subject such as maths.

You must be good at:

• Computer science or engineering F
• Fluent C++

The personal attributes the applicant is needed for this position is are as follows. They must show loyalty for the company and fellow crew, they must show commitment in their everyday work and always do their best. They must be honest at all times whether in work or not and must have a form of motivation. They must also have the ability to work under pressure so in case of a mishap or something goes wrong they must be able to work within them situations.

-Connor Armes
 

IT SUPPORT/ADMINISTRATOR

£Salary: 27,000

The job you are applying for is fixing and installing computers around the offices.

Qualifications required: minimum two years’ experience in a related discipline, C grades in computer engineering.

You must be good at:

• Understanding computers

The personal attributes the applicant is needed for this position is are as follows. They must show loyalty for the company and fellow crew, they must show commitment in their everyday work and always do their best. They must be honest at all times whether in work or not and must have a form of motivation. They must also have the ability to work under pressure so in case of a mishap or something goes wrong they must be able to work within them situations.

-Connor Armes
 

PARTICLE VFX ARTIST

Salary: £180-£200 a day

This position requires someone able to take on the responsibility of ensuring the product has class leading effects by owning the pipeline from concept to final implementation in the project. As well in depth technical understanding of practical systems you will also be able to prototype effects systems in off-the-shelf programs to help visualize requirements.

Qualifications required: degree in art/animation

You must be good at:

• Working with particle systems

The personal attributes the applicant is needed for this position is are as follows. They must show loyalty for the company and fellow crew, they must show commitment in their everyday work and always do their best. They must be honest at all times whether in work or not and must have a form of motivation. They must also have the ability to work under pressure so in case of a mishap or something goes wrong they must be able to work within them situations.

-Connor Armes
 

PRODUCER

Salary: £38,223 a year

Your key duties will include; creating and maintaining product development strategies and project timelines. Act as a key point of contact for their external partners, internal stakeholders and development teams. Ensuring the game development teams are working effective towards business goals.

Qualifications required: degree in IT

You must be good at:

• Working under pressure

The personal attributes the applicant is needed for this position is are as follows. They must show loyalty for the company and fellow crew, they must show commitment in their everyday work and always do their best. They must be honest at all times whether in work or not and must have a form of motivation. They must also have the ability to work under pressure so in case of a mishap or something goes wrong they must be able to work within them situations.

-Connor Armes