10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
A job search can be a long and arduous process, venturing from job board to job board sometimes not even knowing what positions are out there.
Coupled with the difficulties faced in job markets in the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lots of people are struggling to know where to start.
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Each week at PocketGamer.biz, we will spotlight the diverse reservoir of positions available within the games industry, from industry-leading games developers to indie studios currently searching for the next shining star to add to their team.
This week we have gathered 10 interesting positions currently available from industry-leading mobile games developers across the world, including the likes of King, Zynga, Miniclip, Niantic, Voodoo, Playrix and more.
You can also head on over to our Jobs Board for a selection of open positions now on offer.
King
Job title: Lead UI Designer
Location: Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany; London, UK and Stockholm, Sweden
Job description: We are looking for a talented and multi-skilled lead UI designer with a passion for games, graphic design and great user experiences. In this role, you will be leading a small team in creating and executing UI on one of our exciting new projects in our new games business
Working closely with the projects art director you will collaborate with a wide array of different crafts from art and tech to game and UX design. Your focus will be to design, create and implement, best-in-class UI that is on style and fitting for the game and its audience. You will set the UI style with the art director and lead UI staff in high fidelity execution through solid management skills and world-class guides and documentation.
Zynga
Job title: Principal Software Engineer
Location: Toronto, Canada
Job description: Interested in creating great products that impact millions of people? Building high-performance optimisation systems leveraging big data and machine learning? Want to solve complex large scale technical problems using the latest technologies? Zynga is seeking a principal software engineer to join the analytics application platform team!
The analytics application platform team builds systems and solutions for experimentation, optimisation, business intelligence, user acquisition, and various analytics applications. The experimentation and optimisation systems are used by game teams to conduct A/B testing, ramping up features, and optimise various aspects of social gaming.
Niantic
Job title: Creative Director
Location: London, UK
Job description: Niantic London is seeking a creative director to help lead the studio in its next project that encourages people to explore the world together. In this role you’ll hold the vision for a brand new game, working closely with the studio leadership team to bring it to life.
You will use your expertise to develop and champion a world-class mobile AR game experience. Alongside the senior producer, you will bring your experience leading teams from concept through to production and live operations to the London studio to drive the project forward. You’ll also be responsible for presenting the vision and strategy of the game to senior partners at Niantic. As a hardworking, inspiring and inclusive leader, you will help to grow and establish the Niantic London games studio.
Netmarble
Job title: Localisation Translator (Korean to English)
Location: Los Angeles, US
Job description: Netmarble is one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile game company in the world and consistently ranks as the top mobile developer and publisher worldwide. We produce major top-grossing hits such as MarvelFuture Fight, 7Deadly Sins: Grand Tour, and Lineage 2: Revolution.
Netmarble US one of the leading mobile video game developers and publishers in the world, is looking for a highly competent, energetic, and games-loving individual for its KO-EN localisation associate position.
Miniclip
Job title: Mobile Software Tester
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Job description: Miniclip is looking for a software tester to join our SDK engineering team in the Lisbon (Portugal) studio. The team is responsible for providing business solutions to our game studios, reaching over 250 million players every month. Our SDKs allow each game to reach the peak of its potential. From advertising technology to business analytics, we make it happen.
As a software tester you will work closely with both software engineers and software engineers in test. You will support the sustained growth of the team, and its products, by contributing to the release of stable SDKs to the Miniclip group. This will mean performing manual tests over SDK features, as well as greatly contribute to their automation.
Playrix
Job title: 3D Animator
Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
Job description: We are Playrix RS, a mobile game developer and member of the global Playrix family – one of the leading casual mobile game developers and creators of Gardenscapes and Homescapes, as well as Township, Fishdom, Wildscapes and Manor Matters.
We are looking for a 3D animator who is able to create, iterate and deliver high-quality 3D animations. If you are good at creating optimized 3D animations and incorporating them into the game, our creative team may be the perfect fit for you!
Pocket Gems
Job title: QA Analyst (Temporary)
Location: San Francisco, US
Job description: As our community of players continues to grow, we’re committed to building diverse and inclusive environments across our teams, and in our games.
As a QA analyst for War Dragons, you’ll be part of the team pushing the mobile frontier - testing in the most responsive, polished and flexible gaming environments. You’ll also be tackling exciting testing challenges, verifying continuously updated content, helping to create the best mobile testing tools, and working with mobile engineers who crave and appreciate each of your bugs - imagine that!
And, you will have a seat at the table when designing and enhancing our games - we love great ideas and don't care where they come from.
Ustwo
Job title: Sound Designer
Location: London, UK
Job description: Working with the leads of the project you’ll be responsible for the overall audio direction of the project and implementing your work in-engine with the support of a programmer.
We’re ideally looking for somebody with a broad range of musical knowledge from outside of the games industry and a keen interest in working closely with the development team to convey tone and style.
We accommodate remote working, but would ideally like you to be able to come into the studio in Oval and work closely with the team on occasion.
Voodoo
Job title: Junior Data Analyst
Location: Paris, France
Job description: We are looking for a data/business analyst who is deeply passionate about data-driven decisions, transforming raw data into clear actionable business insights, and who is constantly driving themselves and the team towards completing the next challenge.
By joining this team, you will have a strong impact on the business and a unique opportunity to reach hundreds of millions of users with your insights and recommendations.
Playtika
Job title: C# Developer
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Job description: We are looking for a C# Developer to join our team in Bucharest as a part of our development center establishment.
In this role, you will take part in the design and development of a top grossing cross-platform social application. You will need to collaborate with a team to document, code, debug and maintain a live game.