WHAT YOU'LL DO:

At Kabam, small teams of artists, designers, and engineers work together to collaborate on exciting games. A 3D Environment artist will utilize 3D and 2D production techniques to contribute anything from concept mock-ups to finished production-ready art for use in a game. Applicants should be familiar with both pre-rendered and realtime 3D production pipelines. You'll take direction from the Art Director and Lead Artist, meet with the team to talk about and show off your work, make changes as needed, and work with engineers to ensure that your work is properly implemented into the game. You'll have a decent amount of leeway to create really cool stuff, and will hopefully be excited about contributing to the game design itself.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* At least 3 years experience working on shipped game titles.
* An excellent understanding of architecture, spatial layout, lighting, and visual composition.
* Ability to create scenes utilizing 3D environment and prop models, including UV set creation and painted texture maps utilizing Maya or 3DS Max and Photoshop.
* Possess a solid understanding of modeling for limited poly, real-time game pipelines.
* Ability and experience in working within technical constraints of game engines and editors.
* Strong portfolio demonstrating an ability to work with a broad range of subjects and styles from realistically detailed to stylized.
* An affinity for architectural as well as natural environments.
* Solid knowledge of the technical aspects of level building and have constructed levels from start to completion.
* Strong passion for gaming.
* Strong cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written, and visual.
* Ability to take direction well and to play well with others. No prima donnas!
* A desire to grow your skills and experience.
* A terrific sense of humor.

TO APPLY:

To send us your information, click the link below. Please don't forget to include a portfolio: NO APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT ART SAMPLES OR A LINK TO A PORTFOLIO.

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WHAT YOU'LL DO:

* Be an integral part of the marketing team leading the design direction for all marketing materials including landing pages, emails, newsletters, banner ads, site takeovers and print collateral.
* Build a creative services team within marketing to deliver high quality designs across many campaigns and mediums in a fast paced work environment
* Must be able and willing to do superlative hands-on work, setting the bar for the rest of the team
* Communicate with the design team, product art teams, and marketing team to plan and create mock ups and visual prototypes that are both attractive and support technical and functional requirements.
* Supervise, mentor, and inspire teams of designers, both in-house and occasionally external to the company.
* Lead formal and informal review sessions and provide effective team feedback
* Collaborate with the social game industry’s top game concept artists and illustrators, creating marketing art within various genres across a wide variety of mediums.
* Ideal candidates will have experience in both web and print design, especially in entertainment (games, movies, etc.).

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* 7+ years of professional design experience in marketing materials for web and print. Skills and job experience are more important than education.
* Solid portfolio demonstrating your graphic design skills with a focus on marketing materials for web and print (please specify work done individually or with a team).
* A passion for design and keeping current with recent design and usability trends.
* Advanced knowledge of Photoshop CS4/CS5 with an emphasis on page-layout design.
* Strong understanding of color theory and its overall impact on design.
* Ability to work in a wide variety of visual styles based on our games: ie. medieval, fantasy, roman, military, sci-fi, etc.
* Hands on familiarity with HTML and CSS.
* Good cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written, and visual.
* Ability to produce high quality work in a fast paced environment with a dedication to iterate in pursuit of the best design solutions.
* Understanding of email coding constraints and how to create designs that work based on limitations.
* Self-motivated worker with ability to prioritize and manage work load to meet critical project deadlines.
* Ability to take direction and constructive feedback well and to use it to polish designs with. Must play well with others: No prima donnas!
* A terrific sense of humor.
* Must be available to work on site at our offices in Redwood City, CA.

NICE TO HAVES:

* A background in the consumer entertainment sector is a big plus.
* An interest in gaming is desirable but not absolutely necessary.
* Basic Flash skills (advanced skills a plus).
* InDesign and Illustrator a plus.
* Other drawing, illustration, and 3D skills nice to see but not required.
* Experience with direct response marketing.

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Multi-platform console and PC Title

Darkside Games Studios is looking for an Art Director for a team developing a next-generation title. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the quality control of multiple titles; they will oversee all aspects of production.

The ideal candidate must be able to not only direct teams but also initially to be hands-on and produce excellent artwork too. You will need to contribute anything from concept sketches and mock-ups to finished production-ready character, environment, UI, and marketing art for use in a game.

Desired Skills & Experience
* Strong communications and organizational skills
* Able to handle a wide range of personnel issues including recruitment, career development, and conflict resolution.
* Able to manage a large team of artists in a dynamically changing game production environment.
* Able to interactas part of a team and to contribute to increasing productivity goals and efficiencies.
* 5+ years of professional and advanced leadership experience in games.
* Fantastic hands-on illustration ability, as demonstrated through art samples; Must be able to produce work in a variety of styles – from casual to realistic – and a variety of subjects, including characters, environments, props, UI elements, and more.
* Advanced knowledge of Photoshop and Max/Maya experience a plus.
* Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, priorities and deadlines.
* Exceptional attention to detail andproblem-solving skills.
* Excellent ability to communicate with Creative Director, Artists, Designers, Engineers and others in person and via voice, writing, and visually; Experience managing a team of artists required.
* Must give direction well and collaborate with others, must respect team’s input.
* Superb technical skills and a proven track record of producing great artwork given technical constraints and also working with engineers to ensure that artwork is properly and creatively implemented.
* A desire to grow your skills and experience; a natural mentor.
* Must be available to work on site full time in our office in Florida.

Pluses:
* Have shipped AAA PC or console titles as an Art Director or Art
* Game art or content creation experience
* Expertise with Microsoft Office.
* Passionate gamer with experience playing a wide range of games.

Game Writer
Art | Redwood Shores and San Francisco, CA, United States

Kabam is growing and we’re growing quickly.

With offices in the Bay Area and internationally, we are growing at an exponential rate and this is just the beginning. We’re building games that are changing how social games are played and the success of our games has established us as a definitive leader in the strategic massively multi-player social gaming space. Our studio business model allows us to sustain a startup culture that empowers you to drive change and create and own the outcome of your contributions – contributions that impact millions of gamers daily.

Think you have what it takes to make real games? We want to meet you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
* Collaborate with producers and artists to tell the story behind a given game
* Multitask effectively, balancing the needs of several game projects in various stages of development
* Familiarize yourself with game design and technical limitations to understand the narrative tools available to you and work within that framework to maximize the story elements conveyed within a game
* Determine back-story and/or lore of a game universe
* Brainstorm ideas for in-game content to add depth and fiction to games
* Develop NPC and/or main character personalities through dialogue, back-story and other means
* Write missions and/or help develop quest trees
* Collaborate with artists to write scripted cut-scenes
* Develop project write-ups and other writing tasks as needed to help market our games

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
* 3-5 years professional creative writing experience
* A diverse writing portfolio demonstrating ability to write scripted dialogue and prose
* Previous game writing experience (or equivalent) required
* Experience proofreading and editing content
* Avid gamer with a solid understanding of game development and game genres
* Previous experience writing advertising and/or marketing copy is a big plus
* General knowledge of fantasy, science fiction, military genres
* Working knowledge of top social games and other relevant pop culture preferred
* Experience working as an in-house staff writer a plus
* Demonstrated ability to work in a creative, collaborative, fast-paced environment
* Ability to multi-task and work on more than one title at a time
* Education - B.A. in English, Comparative Lit, Creative Writing, Screenwriting, or equivalent preferred
* MUST SEND SAMPLES OF WORK or provide links to online writing examples. NO APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT WRITING SAMPLES OR A LINK TO WORK

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UX Designer
Art | Redwood Shores and San Francisco, CA, United States

Kabam is growing and we’re growing quickly.

With offices in the Bay Area and internationally, we are growing at an exponential rate and this is just the beginning. We’re building games that are changing how social games are played and the success of our games has established us as a definitive leader in the strategic massively multi-player social gaming space.

Our studio business model allows us to sustain a startup culture that empowers you to drive change and create and own the outcome of your contributions – contributions that impact millions of gamers daily.

Think you have what it takes to make real games? We want to meet you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

At Kabam, small teams of producers, artists and engineers work together to create exciting online social games. Your responsibilities will include:

* Creating flows, wireframes and other UX documentation for key game features designed by the product team
* Helping the art and engineering teams implement the user experiences you design
* Gathering qualitative and quantitative user feedback to optimize existing UX designs and inform new ones

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* 1-3 years of practical UX design experience
* Experience designing for online consumer services, preferably video games
* Strong skills in crafting fun/effective user flows, wireframes and interactions
* Solid understanding of interaction design fundamentals and best practices
* Strong cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written and visual
* Ability to produce high-quality work quickly, iterating toward the best solutions
* Passion for gaming, especially in the social/online sphere

TO APPLY:

To send us your information, click the link below. Please be sure to include a link to your portfolio.

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UI/UX Artist
Art | Redwood Shores, CA, United States

Kabam is growing and we’re growing quickly.

With offices in the Bay Area and internationally, we are growing at an exponential rate and this is just the beginning. We’re building games that are changing how social games are played and the success of our games has established us as a definitive leader in the strategic massively multi-player social gaming space.

Our studio business model allows us to sustain a startup culture that empowers you to drive change and create and own the outcome of your contributions – contributions that impact millions of gamers daily.

Think you have what it takes to make real games? We want to meet you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

At Kabam, small teams of artists, designers, and engineers work together to collaborate on exciting games. The UI Artist/Designer will explore and create the look and feel of the interface for one of our titles, contributing with anything from concept sketches and mock-ups to finished production-ready art for use in a game using Photoshop, Flash, and/or Illustrator.

You'll take direction from the art lead, work with producers to take finished design documentation and wireframes to a visual polish, meet with the team to talk about and show off your work, make changes as needed, and work with engineers to ensure that your work is properly implemented into the game.

Responsibilities include:
* Designing mock-ups/iterations using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash
* Creating clear and attractive messaging, buttons, icons, widgets, and other UI elements which work well within tight fixed aspect ratios, and with a wide variety of game themes, from cheerful and casual to gritty and more targeted at core gamers
* Collaborating with the art lead to provide UI style guides for new titles to ensure product consistency
* Working with engineering to ensure artwork is accurately and consistently represented in the game

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* 1-3 years practical art/design experience working in interactive media and/or games
* Solid understanding of UI design best practices and interaction design fundamentals
* Ability to translate flow charts and wireframes into fun, usable, visually polished UI systems
* Strong desire to collaborate with producers and designers outlining player flows and wireframes
* Expert knowledge of Photoshop; strong skills in Flash and Illustrator
* Strong cross-functional communication skills: verbal, written and visual
* Ability to produce high quality work quickly, iterating toward the best solutions
* Strong passion for gaming
* Experience working on consumer websites focused on virtual goods is a plus
* Other drawing, illustration and 3D skills a plus

TO APPLY:

To send us your information, click 'Apply' below. Please make sure to include your portfolio: NO APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT WORK SAMPLES OR A LINK TO A PORTFOLIO.

http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oZsKVfwQ&s=FilterFoundry

Senior UX Designer
Art | Redwood Shores and San Francisco, CA, United States

Kabam is growing and we’re growing quickly.

With offices in the Bay Area and internationally, we are growing at an exponential rate and this is just the beginning. We’re building games that are changing how social games are played and the success of our games has established us as a definitive leader in the strategic massively multi-player social gaming space.

Our studio business model allows us to sustain a startup culture that empowers you to drive change and create and own the outcome of your contributions – contributions that impact millions of gamers daily.

Think you have what it takes to make real games? We want to meet you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

At Kabam, small teams of producers, artists and engineers work
together to create exciting online social games. Your responsibilities will include:

* Collaborating with the product team to design game features that meet key business and user goals
* Creating flows, wireframes and other UX documentation for these game features
* Helping the art and engineering teams implement the user experiences you design
* Gathering qualitative and quantitative user feedback to optimize existing UX designs and inform new ones

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* 4+ years of practical UX design experience
* Experience designing for online consumer services, preferably video games
* Strong skills in crafting fun/effective user flows, wireframes and interactions
* Solid understanding of interaction design fundamentals and best practices
* Understanding of “freemium” business model, including customer acquisition, retention and monetization (virtual goods)
* Strong cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written and visual
* Ability to produce high-quality work quickly, iterating toward the best solutions
* Passion for gaming, especially in the social/online sphere
* B.A. and/or Master’s degree in HCI or related field

TO APPLY:

To send us your information, click the link below. Please be sure to include a link to your portfolio.

http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=o0ICVfwZ&s=FilterFoundry

Kabam is growing and we’re growing quickly.

With offices in the Bay Area and internationally, we are growing at an exponential rate and this is just the beginning. We’re building games that are changing how social games are played and the success of our games has established us as a definitive leader in the strategic massively multi-player social gaming space.

Our studio business model allows us to sustain a startup culture that empowers you to drive change and create and own the outcome of your contributions – contributions that impact millions of gamers daily.

Think you have what it takes to make real games? We want to meet you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

At Kabam, small teams of artists, designers, and engineers work together to collaborate on exciting games. The Senior UI Artist/Designer will explore and create the look and feel of the interface for one of our titles, contributing with anything from concept sketches, wireframes and mock-ups to finished production-ready art for use in a game using Photoshop, Flash, and/or Illustrator.

You'll work with the art lead and production team to take design documentation from the wireframe stage to visual polish, meet with the team to present and discuss your work, making changes as needed, and work with engineers to ensure that your work is properly implemented into the game. You'll be creating really cool stuff, and will hopefully be excited about contributing to the game design itself.

Responsibilities include:

* Designing mock-ups/iterations using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash
* Collaborating with producers creating flows and wireframes.
* Creating clear and attractive messaging, buttons, icons, widgets, and other UI elements which work well within tight fixed aspect ratios, and with a wide variety of game themes, from cheerful and casual to gritty and more targeted at core gamers
* Collaborating with the art lead to provide UI style guides for new titles to ensure product consistency
* Working with engineering to ensure artwork is accurately and consistently represented in the game

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

* 4+ years practical art/design experience working in interactive media and online games
* Expert understanding of UI design best practices and interaction design fundamentals
* Ability to translate flow charts and wireframes into fun, usable, visually polished UI systems
* Mastery of Photoshop; expert skills in Flash and Illustrator
* Intuitive understanding of user experience flows and the ability to translate a document into a wireframe
* Strong cross-functional communication skills: verbal, written and visual
* Ability to produce high-quality work quickly, iterating toward the best solutions
* Experience working on consumer websites focused on virtual goods
* Some proficiency with drawing, illustration and/or 3D
* Strong passion for gaming

TO APPLY:

Click the link below. Please make sure to include your portfolio.

http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=omsKVfwd&s=FilterFoundry