Mobile Game Vfx And Animation Artist 23-00165

One of the world's leading mobile game studios is based in North Vancouver hiring a Mobile Casino Game Technical Designer.

The technical designer takes input from the creative design illustration team, adds effects, animates and delivers to development for mobile games.

You will be responsible for creating:

• Various Game mockups
• Working closely with developers ensuring concepts are achievable.
• Building out optimized game ready assets from concepts
• Assisting creatives in drawing game elements.
• Particles / Animations / Visual FXs for the game

As a Technical Designer you will assist with project scheduling providing accurate time estimations for the expected work. As the bridge between illustration and development you will often be tasked with working on multiple projects across multiple teams. This requires you to have quick turnaround times and strong problem-solving skills as to not become overwhelmed.

Required Skills :

• 2D art production
• Highly proficient at Adobe After Effects
• Experienced in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Optimizing Files for Production
• Spine or rigging experience

Qualifications :

• Years of work experience commensurate with job level - roughly Junior 0-2 yrs, Mid 3-10 yrs, Snr 5+ yrs
• HTML knowledge nice to have.
• High degree of experience and understanding of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Commercial work experience in Gaming, Design, Marketing, Advertising, Publishing or Animation field.
• Degree/Diploma in Graphic Design / Game Art & Design / Game Development

Personal Skills:

• Ability to take direction and work independently
• Ability to take input and make changes in a timely manner
• Ability to learn new programs/processes quickly
• Strong Problem-Solving skills

Benefits:

• 4% RRSP match
• All benefits begin and are vested immediately.
• 30 days sick time
• 17 vacation days, 5 days off paid Christmas to New Year's and Federal holidays
• Zero deductible health care coverage
• Up to 25% bonus paid quarterly based personal and game team performance

Location:

• This role is based is in North Vancouver, BC
• Relocation expenses are paid
• It is in-office 5 days per week

All applications must be accompanied by portfolio images or website portfolio link. Applicants should expect to take a basic skills test as part of the interview process.

About the company:

Join a team that values people and loves gaming. No TPS reports, guaranteed!

This award winning four studio software engineering company is quickly becoming known as a leading creative developer of online mobile casino games. With no legacy or corporate entity to serve, this company is embracing leading technologies to deliver new and innovative experiences. Their customers are shifting work from other studios to them as their games are achieving faster market penetration, higher user satisfaction and superior quality. They recruit for attitude and aptitude. They believe the right people will employ their passion for gaming to create great product with minimal supervision/overhead which is the inspiration behind their small distributed studio approach to growth. You owe it to yourself to see this amazing alternative to corporate and indie game development.