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These games jobs were last updated on 17/02/09. You are on the games artist and animation page which also includes rigging, special effects, film and TV roles. If you are interested in any of them please quote the ref no(s) and send your CV and examples of your work to ben@datascopeusa.com.

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US - North

Founded in 1993 this Ontario studio proudly ranks as one of the world's top development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. They pride themselves on having one of the best teams in the industry and provide them with a rewarding, challenging, and fun atmosphere.
The Environment artist will collaborate with Art and Design leads to design, model, and texture fun, functional, and awe inspiring high quality 3D game worlds.

Candidates must have games experience, strong lighting skills and experience creating normal maps and applying shaders. Experience with Softimage XSI, Photoshop and ZBrush or Mudbox highly beneficial.

Ontario (Toronto) $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 946 03/02/09

Founded in 1993 this Ontario studio proudly ranks as one of the world's top development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. They pride themselves on having one of the best teams in the industry and provide them with a rewarding, challenging, and fun atmosphere.
They are looking for an FX artist to utilize traditional art training and knowledge of 3D art, design and computer graphics software to build efficient, high quality special effects, keeping in mind technical specifications relating to memory usage and gameplay speed.

Candidates must have previous experience creating high quality VFX for film or console games, and a detailed understanding of game engines, tools, pipelines and development processes.

Ontario (Toronto) $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 990 03/02/09

Founded in 1993 this Ontario studio proudly ranks as one of the world's top development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. They pride themselves on having one of the best teams in the industry and provide them with a rewarding, challenging, and fun atmosphere.
They seek a concept artist to create original and imaginative concept art for characters, the world and other assets that will inspire the team and help set the tone, look and feel of their games.

You will effectively collaborate with other artists to create the architectural design, character design and broader environmental design of the game and will work closely with the Art Director and Game Designer to take creative direction as well as reinforce the execution of the game's visual design

Candidates must have games experience, and a portfolio that demonstrates excellent concepting skills and range of style, as well as traditional art skills with an exceptional understanding of the human anatomy as well as architectural and environmental design.

Ontario (Toronto) $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 991 03/02/09

US - Deep South

This Texas client is a rapidly growing, award winning developer whose games have spectacular graphics and gameplay, and utilize cutting-edge technology. They have already released 5 successful titles in the last 6 years, and with three new AAA projects in development, they are quickly solidifying their place among the industry's leading multiplatform developers.
They are looking for a talented VFX artist to work on an exciting new project!

The VFX Artist is expected to be competent in visual effects creation for a highly visceral UE3-powered FPS. Responsibilities include particle effects, explosions, HUD/UI creation and animation, and other general art tasks. The VFX Artist will work closely with the Lead Artist to make sure the game has top-notch next-gen visuals and to keep pushing the boundary on high-end game graphics.

Sugar Land, TX $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 1003 10/02/09

This Austin studio is part of a larger team of successful developers, with studios worldwide. Austin has it's share of advantages, it has been voted as 'Best Places for Business & Careeres', 'Live Music Capital of the World', 'Best City for Relocating Families' & 'Best Cities for Singles.' See what it might have in store for you!
They are looking for a talented Senior Visual Effects Artist to their team. Successful candidates will be able to research, conceptualize, and animate natural effects (water, smoke, foliage, dust, fabric); as well as fantastical effects (spells, explosions, powers, etc.). You must have an interest in fantasy and be driven to create effects never before seen in video games. You will have a good eye for effective visual representations. Successful candidates must be proficient in animation and have an understanding of physical principals.

Austin TX $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 1484 03/02/09

US - East

This successful East Coast client has been spearheading the creation of Triple A titles for years, and their team members are collectively responsible for over 10 million units in the game market worldwide. It is their never-ending quest to reach new audiences with some of the most innovative, immersive games in the industry, while continuing to offer their employees a progressive, rewarding work environment.
They are looking for a Lead Environment Artist to help them create awe-inspiring and immersive worlds for their exciting line up of projects! Strong modeling and texturing skills are not enough! Candidates must be able to create immersive, living, and fully-realized environments through lighting, atmosphere, object placement, models, and textures. Games experience and a portfolio demonstrating exceptional 3D environments is required.

Boston $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 1475 03/02/09

Our client is an extremely well known developer who has seen much success over the past decade. They pride themselves on keeping a fun, highly productive work environment while making games and technology that appeal to everyone. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles and their latest game broke sales records on Xbox 360, selling more than 3 million copies worldwide in its first ten weeks.
They are looking for a talented artist to execute outstanding FX in their games. Game industry experience and a stong sense of dramatic FX and understanding of how to recreate them in a particle editor required. Texture skills required.

East Coast $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 1469

US West Coast and Canada

BASIC FUNCTION:
The successful candidate will be responsible for lecture and/or laboratory instruction in studio art and digital art including 3-D modeling, animation and/or computer gaming. The assignment may also include other courses in the discipline.

EDUCATION:
Master's degree in studio fine arts or the equivalent is required. (All degrees and units used to satisfy minimum qualifications shall be from accredited institutions).

EXPERIENCE:
Community college or baccalaureate-level teaching experience is required. Two years of teaching experience is desired. Expertise in drawing, painting, and/or design is required. Expertise in 3-D modeling, animation, computer art, and/or computer game design is desired. Industry experience in a game studio is desired. Ability to teach a variety of classes and maintain an art studio is desired.

Licenses/Certifications:
None.

Other:
Evidence of a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (E.C. 87360a).

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. The instructional assignment will include lecture and laboratory classes in the discipline.
2. Responsible also for general studio/computer lab maintenance, and for proper handling of toxic substances.
3. Assignments are based upon the assumption of workload of forty hours weekly, including but not limited to conducting classes, class preparation, student evaluation, office hours, committee work, curriculum and program development, and student activities.
4. Other responsibilities include maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position.
5. Supervising student organizations and other co-curricular activities is expected of all faculty members.

Conditions of Employment:
1. Ten-month, tenure-track position.
2. Salary is commensurate with academic preparation, and full-time teaching or equivalent experience with a range from Column C, Step 1 to Column H, Step 6 of the current Faculty Salary Schedule.
3. Medical and dental benefits are provided for the employee and legal dependents.
4. A $50,000 life insurance policy is provided for the employee.
5. Orientation to college is required as is adherence to Improvement of Instruction policy.
6. Maintain broad knowledge of academic or occupational area and design pedagogy related to learning outcomes.
7. Responsible for all other conditions of employment required of full-time faculty members such as a willingness to be involved in District promotional activities, active participation in college committee work, student activities and other support services, and appropriate professional activities.

Required Applicant Documents:
Resume or Curriculum Vitae
Cover Letter
Letter of Reference 1
Letter of Reference 2
Masters or Equivalent Transcript

Optional Applicant Documents:
Teaching Philosophy
Letter of Reference 3
Other Document
Doctorate Transcript
Other Transcript
Associate or Equivalent Transcript
Bachelors or Equivalent Transcript

Effective Employment Date:
Fall 2009

Application Deadline:
03-16-2009

IMPORTANT NOTICES:
* All offers of employment will be contingent upon the availability of funds and approval by the Board of Trustees.
* Only electronic, on-line applications are accepted. All supporting materials, required or optional, must also be in electronic formats and attached to the electronic, on-line application when applying. Supporting materials are only accepted as Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Microsoft Word files and must be less than 2 MB in size.
* Paper applications and supporting materials WILL NOT be accepted!
* Letters of reference must be non-confidential and submitted electronically when applying on-line.
*Interested candidates must apply by the deadline listed above by 8:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.
*The District will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Applicant should contact Diversity and Human Resources at (951) 222-8595 for assistance.

For complete job description or for info on how to apply, please visit:
https://jobs.rcc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51397.

Riverside, California $54,155 to $83,438

Contact: Yelena Ref: 1502 17/02/09

This Southern California studio has one simple goal: make fun games that everyone will want to play. With that mission in mind, they understand making games is hard work and takes good talent. They encourage exploration of new ideas and promote working together to make the best possible gameplay experience. With one hit title already under their belt, and their next release expected to be even better, their hard work certainly seems to be paying off. The Character Artist will be responsible for creating visually stunning 3d characters and interactive gameplay models that both closely capture the "look" and artistic style of the concept art, as well as efficiently satisfy all technical engine and animation requirements.

A successful candidate must demonstrate a strong understanding of sculptural form, anatomy, and a familiarity with and ability to work in a wide range of artistic styles. A high attention to detail and strong technical and artistic problem solving abilities are equally important for the position.

Qualifications:
-3+ years games industry experience
-Software: Maya, Photoshop (or comparable programs).
-Strong traditional art, drawing, painting, and texturing skills are a huge plus.

Orange County, CA $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 907 03/02/09

This Southern California studio has one simple goal: make fun games that everyone will want to play. With that mission in mind, they understand making games is hard work and takes good talent. They encourage exploration of new ideas and promote working together to make the best possible gameplay experience. With one hit title already under their belt, and their next release expected to be even better, their hard work certainly seems to be paying off.
They are looking for a talented FX Artist to collaborate with the Art Director, Animators, Cinematic Artists, and Designers to develop visually stunning in-game FX elements for game environments, characters and cinematics and to contribute to the development and enhancement of particle effect systems, tools, and pipelines.

Qualifications Include:
+ At least two years of applicable industry experience
+ Fluent knowledge of at least one major 3D package (Max, Maya)
+ Fluent knowledge of Premiere, After Effects, Combustion, or similar compositing software
+ Experience with Photoshop or comparable program.
+ Experience with rendered effects and compositing a plus
+ Strong texturing skills a plus.

Orange County $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 958 03/02/09

This Southern California studio has one simple goal: make fun games that everyone will want to play. With that mission in mind, they understand making games is hard work and takes good talent. They encourage exploration of new ideas and promote working together to make the best possible gameplay experience. With two hit titles already under their belt, and their next releases expected to be even better, their hard work certainly seems to be paying off.
They are currently looking for experienced games animators to work on both a new Next Gen Title and a PSP title. Both are in the 3rd person action adventure genre.

More details to follow..

Orange County $DOE

Contact: Yelena Ref: 1456 03/02/09