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• Associate Producer

  Description

  Associate Producers coordinate with other departments to track the production pipeline, manage assets, identify risks, bring forward schedule red flags, and troubleshoot communication and schedule dependency problems. Each Associate Producer works directly with a different subset of the game, such as a specific console platform or the other online features.

  Responsibilities may also include quality assurance management, milestone preparation, localization, archiving, scheduling, organizing, budgeting, coordinating & managing issues and external contract development efforts and other aspects of game production.

   

  Qualifications

  •    Must have 1-3 years of experience in a production environment.
  •    Must have solid organization skills.
  •    Production experience developing on the Xbox 360 and/or PS3.
  •    1 or more shipped titles on a next-gen platform.
  •    Written and verbal English must be impeccable. This position will be interfacing with external developers and publishers.
  •    Must have an aggressive but positive and motivating personality.
  •    Must work efficiently under pressure.
  •    Must have ability to quickly learn and adapt to well-established production pipelines.

   

  Preferences

  •    Experience with licensed technology such as Unreal Engine 3.0.
  •    Avid gamer with a passion for creating top-notch games.
  •    Experience in a game production environment.
  •    Proven experience with project management and/or certification.

   

  Education/Experience

  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school; or a minimum of two years related experience and/or training. Post-graduate work a plus.

   

  TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
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• Community Manager

  Description
  

  
  

  As the Community Manager, you will be the liaison between TimeGate Studios and its customers. This position will be responsible for acquiring and retaining customers through a variety of strategies and online campaigns on the official website and through other gaming sites. The Community Manager is an advocate for the customers and will be the go-to person for all product related inquires.
  

  
  

   

  Responsibilities:
  

  
  

   

  • Act as a liaison between the development team and the gaming community.
  • Be able to communicate feedback to the team and issues in a proactive manner.
  • Update the game website with new content, features, screenshots, applications, and other news on a daily basis.
  • Establish guidelines, track public inquires, acquisitions and retention rates to ensure customer satisfaction and accuracy.
  • Other responsibilities may include marketing/PR integration, planning, online chat, forums and press releases.
    

  
  

  Qualifications:

  
  

  • Impeccable written and verbal communication.
  • Must be a good problem solver, works well under pressure and can understand the sense of urgency and prioritization.
  • Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work efficiently with others.
  • Solid understanding of the gaming culture.
  • Fluent knowledge of the internet and web forums.

  
  

  Preferences:

  
  

  • 2+ years in a production related environment, preferably in video games.
  • Strong interest in gaming, the gaming community and next-gen technology.
  • Previous PR/Marketing experience is a plus!

  
  

  Education:

  
  

  • Bachelors’ degree in Communications, PR/Marketing, Advertising and/or related discipline.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
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• Environment Artist

  Description

  The Environment Artist works closely with the Lead Artist and Level Design team to maintain a coherent vision of the game's look and feel and ensures that the game has beautiful next-gen environments. Candidates need to be fluent in many areas of game production such as concepting, modeling, mapping, and texturing as well as a working knowledge of the industry's popular level design tools.

  Qualifications

  • Must have a minimum of 2 years experience creating 3D game environments.
  • Must have a high proficiency with 3DS Max and Photoshop.
  • Must work efficiently under pressure.
  • Must have a passion for creation of visually stunning and efficient 3D environments whether natural or architectural.
  • Must have solid communication skills.
  • Must have ability to quickly learn and adapt to well-established art and production pipelines.
  • Must be credited on at least one commercially released game as an artist.

  Preferences

  • Experience with licensed technology such as Unreal Engine 3.0.
  • Experience with latest 3D programs and utilities.
  • Strong foundation in the traditional arts especially environmental and/or architectural illustration.
  • Avid FPS gamer with a passion for creating top-notch games.
  • Aggressive, positive, and motivated team player.

  Education and/or Experience

  • ***ONLY applications with portfolio submission/link will be considered.
    
    TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
    
    

    
    

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• Lead Tools Programmer

  Description

  The Lead Tools Programmer will help to design, plan and program tools and tool components for production and game development, such as build automation, task management, and game editors. The candidate must also exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills, a high level of understanding towards game tool production and an adaptability to meet the needs of multiple projects utilizing common tools technology.

   

  Responsibilities

  • Work with Programmers, Development Directors, QA and Production staff to identify workflow needs and create tool    solutions.
  • Research into processes to improve production workflow.
  • Design, develop, extend and maintain production tools.
  • Programming of core tool systems while meeting required coding standards.
  • Development of technical design specifications.

   

  Qualifications

  • Experience in the design and implementation of automation systems and tool.
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of good User Interface practices
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of good software engineering practices.
  • Must have excellent communication and documentation skills.

   

  Preferences

  • Experience programming with Perl, Java, JavaScript, VB, C#, and PHP.
  • Experience working with Visual C++/.NET
  • Experience working with MFC.
  • Experience programming with SQL.
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• Mechanical Artist

  Description

  
  The Mechanical Artist is expected to be competent in multiple disciplines such as modeling, texturing, and/or conceptuals. The Mechanical 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.
  
   

  Qualifications

   

  • 3-5 years of experience in computer generated art. Heavy 3DSMax/Photoshop experience.
  • 2+ years of Mechanical art experience.
  • Z-Brush and/or Mudbox expertise is required.
  • Knowledge with art development on next-gen consoles.
  • Solid understanding of art pipelines and how to get the most out of them.
  • Motivated and driven to face challenges.
  • Ability to create art assets which demonstrate advanced techniques.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with member of all teams (design, programming, art) and must be able to solve problems creatively.
  • Must have credit on at least one (1) commericially shipped titles.

  Preferences

   

  • Knowledge of FX creation with particle systems, sprites, shaders, etc.
  • Knowledge of Motion Capture and mocap clean-up efforts is a plus!
  • Scripting language programming experience (MaxScript, MEL, etc.).
  • Game development experience.

  Education/Experience

  
  ***ONLY applications with portfolio submission/link will be considered. Please include samples of low-poly models with textures.
  
  
  TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
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• Quality Assurance Tester

  Description

  The Quality Assurance Tester is primarily responsible for testing and evaluating the game during the course of its development. Quality Assurance Testers report to the Lead Quality Assurance Tester and provide reports on game quality to the rest of the development team as needed. This is an entry level hourly position.

  Responsibilites
  

  • Testing game content for bugs and other flaws.
  • Testing game levels for fun and enjoyment factor.
  • Tracking and monitoring bugs/issues via a database.
  • Providing written/oral reports on the state of game bugs, features, and playability.

  Qualifications
  

  • Must be an avid gamer with the desire to help create top-notch games.
  • Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must be a thorough and efficient problem solver with the ability to communicate well with others.
  • Must be capable of identifying and fixing typical PC hardware/software problems.
  • Must be capable of mastering common bug/defect tracking tools (Bugzilla, Test Track, etc.).
  • Must be able to work 40 hours a week.

  Preferences
  

  • Previous QA experience on a shipped title.
  • Extensive technical experience with computers.
  • Extensive experience with games in multiple genres and specifically first person shooters.
  • Participated in beta test programs for other games.
  • Exposure to video game development.

  Education/Experience
  

  
  College or Technical School experience preferred.

  
  
  TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
   
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• Software Engineer

  Description

  The Software Engineer works closely with the Lead Software Engineer and the rest of the development team to design and program multiple requirements for upcoming titles.
   

  Responsibilities

  • Architect, program, and debug high quality code using good software practices.
  • Design, develop and extend next generation game play engine: game play, graphics, interface, AI, networking, audio, etc.
  • Provide status reports to the Lead Software Engineer during all phases of the production cycle.

  Qualifications

  • At least three years of experience in C++ programming.
  • Experience with assembly level programming.
  • Experience programming and architecting game play systems.
  • Must have excellent object-oriented design and analysis skills.
  • Must have excellent communication and documentation skills.

  Preferences

  • Previous work with a licensed 3D engine (Unreal, LithTech, ...)
  • Windows XP/Vista development experience.
  • Console development experience (PS2, PS3, XBox, XBox 360).
  • Gameplay, Graphics, Physics, Audio, Networking, UI, AI, Tools Programming
  • Experience designing, implementing, debugging, and optimizing 3D graphics engines.
  • Strong Math background.
  • Strong Computer Science background: data-driven systems, algorithms, ...
  • Experience playing a variety of games (particularly FPS).
  • Aggressive, motivated team player.

  Education and/or Experience

  Bachelor's Degree (B.S.), or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or a related degree.
  
  
  TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
   
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• Tools Programmer

  Description

  The Tools Programmer will help to design, plan and program tools and tool components for production and game development, such as build automation, task management, and game editors. The candidate must also exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills, a high level of understanding towards game tool production and an adaptability to meet the needs of multiple projects utilizing common tools technology.

   

  Responsibilities

  • Work with Programmers, Development Directors, QA and Production staff to identify workflow needs and create tool    solutions.
  • Research into processes to improve production workflow.
  • Design, develop, extend and maintain production tools.
  • Programming of core tool systems while meeting required coding standards.
  • Development of technical design specifications.

   

  Qualifications

  • Experience in the design and implementation of automation systems and tool.
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of good User Interface practices
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of good software engineering practices.
  • Must have excellent communication and documentation skills.

   

  Preferences

  • Experience programming with Perl, Java, JavaScript, VB, C#, and PHP.
  • Experience working with Visual C++/.NET
  • Experience working with MFC.
  • Experience programming with SQL.

   

  Education and/or Experience

  Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent amount of software engineer experience.
  
  
  TimeGate Studios offers a challenging work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.
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• UI Designer

  DESCRIPTION

   

  The UI Designer is expected to excel in conceptualizing, asset creation and implementation of user interfaces. The UI Designer will work closely with the Art Director to establish the visual direction, and with Programmers to properly execute a clean and optimized UI.

    

  QUALIFICATIONS

    

  • 2+ years of experience in computer generated art
  • Excellent understanding of intuitive interface design and navigation
  • Understanding of the UI audio needs for both PC and consoles
  • Extensive Flash and Photoshop experience
  • Experience developing art for next-gen consoles
  • Solid understanding and ability to maximize art pipelines
  • Self motivated and driven to face challenges
  • Ability to create art assets which demonstrate advanced techniques
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all members of the team
  • Must have credit on at least one (1) commercially shipped title

   

  PREFERENCES

    

  • Experience with UE3 Editor and Kismet
  • Scripting language programming experience (MaxScript, MEL, etc.).

   

  EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

   

  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a two-year College or technical school; or a minimum of two years related experience and/or training.

   

  **Only applications with sample submissions will be considered.
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• Web Graphic Designer

  Description

  Timegate Studios is looking for an experienced Web Graphic Designer with broad experience in visual layout, design, art direction, and creating. You must be able to conceptualize, design, and create intuitive and high-quality visuals as well as create art elements in both print and animated formats. As a Graphic Designer, it is your responsibility to effectively communicate messages through illustration, animation, photography, and other various art mediums.

   

  You will be working with the Marketing team on graphic based projects within the company to produce brand marketing, logo design, advertising, and interactive web pages. This unique position provides the opportunity to influence and help shape the creative identity of projects from the ground up.

   

  Requirements

  ·         2+ years of graphic design, illustration in multiple mediums, concept layout and art creation experience

  ·         Extensive knowledge with Photoshop, Illustrator , 2D animation systems (such as Flash or After Effects), and Action Script.

  ·         Ability to conceptualize and create both static and dynamic/animated web elements.

  ·         Professional-grade portfolio with significant examples of current and past work that spans a broad range of design styles in multiple art mediums.

  ·         Strong art skills in illustration, web site development, conceptual, graphic design, and art creation.

  ·         Strong understanding and sense of layout, composition, color, typography, and compression.

  ·         Excellent oral and written communication skills.

  ·         Good organization and time management skills.

  ·         Excellent team player with a very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude.

  ·         Current knowledge of latest developments in graphic design styles, techniques, and software.

  ·         Create vision and ability to communicate effectively though illustration and design.

  ·         Effective problem solving skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines.

   

  Education

  ·         Bachelors’ degree in art related discipline or equivalent formal training in graphic design
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