Train2Game is again bringing you jobs from all across the games industry in the hopes that you will take that all important first step in to the industry.
DEVELOPER
| Job Title | Tools Programmer – Runescape MMO |
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| Job Category | Programming |
| Skills Required | Tools |
| Location | Cambridge, UK & Europe |
| Job Description | Jagex Ltd, the UK’s leading independent online games studio, is looking for bright and passionate programmers who want to work with cutting edge technology to join our Tools Department. Joining the Jagex Technologies team, you would be developing new in-house tools to support our content development and graphics teams while also working with our code libraries, scripting language and game engine.
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You can apply, here. |
DESIGN
Game Designer – UX (Runescape)
Jagex Ltd, the UK’s largest developer and publisher of online games, is looking for an exceptional individual to play a major role in shaping the world renowned RuneScape.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the UX design of key game features; guiding the production of their systems and content from original concept, to creation & prototyping, through final polish and community feedback.
This amazing opportunity to be a key contributor to a world class MMO from a successful and stable developer/publisher demands high levels of expertise, experience, passion and commitment.
Key Duties Include:
- Channel the lead designer’s creative vision and management’s product strategy into everyday project development.
- Support the creative process by producing UX design deliverables (wireframes, mockups, prototypes) of varying fidelity, used to communicate the desired experience
- Use of industry best practice, heuristics and user testing to evaluate to relative usability of products
- Set aims, use collaborative design and give feedback to ensure all projects achieve the best quality, stay within scope and are coherent with the wider game.
- Design experiences, structural features and creative processes. Create and maintain high quality documentation.
- Lead the creation of large, complex or multi-part features. Coordinate across development disciplines to prototype, implement and refine game content.
- Be an expert on design practice and maintain awareness of the games industry and the online games market.
- Be a mentor by giving support and guidance to the wider team
Essential Requirements:
- Proven and demonstrable expertise in game systems design, including creativity, technical aptitude, commercial awareness and MMO genre knowledge.
- Must have sound creative judgment and a solid understanding of broad UX design principles including interface design, usability, balancing and analytics.
- Demonstrate exemplary UX design skills and knowledge
- Strong communication & people skills. Able to work effectively with a diverse team, to give insightful feedback, to be able to write design specifications to high standard and able to verbally articulate ideas with passion, clarity and confidence.
- A good general technical proficiency with game construction. Experience in game scripting, coding or development tools is also very beneficial.
- Driven, organized and reliable. A positive attitude, steady under pressure, adapts to constructive feedback. Works in a thorough, timely and considerate manner.
- A love of games & design, a broad knowledge of gameplay styles and an expansive yet insightful understanding of game mechanics.
You can apply, here.
ART
| Job Title | 2D Artist for Smartphone Games – London |
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| Job Category | Art / Animation |
| Skills Required | 2D / Concept / Texture Artist |
| Location | Hammersmith, London, UK & Europe |
| Job Description | Capcom, Beeline is currently seeking a talented 2D graphic designer and animator to join our London studio. The successful candidate will work with the Lead Graphic Designer and Producer to design, create and animate graphical content for freemium social games.
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Applicants must be able to start ASAP and will work from our studio in Hammersmith. Please send applications with your portfolio to jobs@capcom.com |
QA
| Job Title | QA Functional Tester |
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| Job Category | QA / Localisation |
| Skills Required | QA Tester |
| Location | UK & Europe |
| Job Description | Pole To Win Europe Ltd. – Functional QA Testers wanted for video game testing! Pole To Win Europe Ltd. is looking for motivated and responsible people to join us as Functional QA Testers. Ideal candidates will have a very strong knowledge of video games, ranging from consoles, handheld consoles and mobile devices. The video games industry is a fast paced industry; the candidate should have knowledge of video games history, having experience on previous generation of hardware as well as understanding the current status of the industry and its future development. As a Functional QA Tester you will be responsible for finding bugs in the video game that you are testing. You will be making sure that all bugs that you find are written and tracked in a bug database, which the development team will receive and then fix the issues that are present. You will then have to verify that the fix has been successful in a new build, or sent the issue back to the developers in order to ensure the correct fix has been made. The Pole To Win group is a leading company in providing quality services to the games industry with over 18 years of experience. Our West London Studio opened in April 2012 and has been expanding ever since! This is an excellent opportunity to join our passionate team and pursue a career in the videogames industry with opportunities to move up within the company. The position is open to any person based in or around London. Contract will be based on the length of the projects. Required Skills
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Due to the number of applications we are only able to contact candidates who have successfully passed on to the interview stage, thank you for your understanding You can apply by emailing info@poletowineurope.com |
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