Develop production quality animation assets keyframed in a variety of styles ranging from realistic to fantasy
Exhibit a strong understanding of the fundamental principles of animation
Perform research and reference gathering to acquire the necessary knowledge to perform assigned animation tasks
Experience-2+ years
Job Type –Part-Time/Freelancing
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Job Title - Senior 3D Generalist
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Reports Into - Creative Studio Lead
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Location - Hybrid / Bangalore
A Little Bit about Kwalee….
Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.
What’s In It For You?
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Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
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Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
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Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win
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Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
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Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
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On site gym - take care of yourself
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Relocation support - available
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Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
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Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays!
Are You Up To The Challenge?
As our Senior 3D artist you’ll create highly attractive 3D and 2D in-game content to be used as part of our marketing efforts. You’ll work with other members of the team to maximise the commercial success of our games and company.
Your Team Mates
We’re imaginative talents who create 3D media content to create engaging playable and marketing ads in our efforts to boost the marketing performances for our Kwalee games. Our work gets audiences to connect with us, advertises our chart-topping games, and highlights Kwalee as a global games industry expert.
What Does The Job Actually Involve?
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Creating new 3D and 2D in-game content for use in video and playable marketing creatives.
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Work in partnership with developers and the marketing team to design specialised assets for ad creative work.
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Making and breaking things in Unity.
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Participating in art reviews and being receptive to feedback and art direction.
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Troubleshooting any art issues from a creative and technical standpoint.
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Reduce costs and increase revenue to maximise profits.
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Report and communicate on a daily basis to the Lead Artist in all relevant matters that affect your job and work.
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Fully comply with the companies procedures, processes, strategies and tactics as may be issued from time to time
Your Hard Skills
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3+ years of experience with 1 year mandatory experience in the gaming industry.
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Solid understanding of art and design fundamentals
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Good all rounder - ability to create game ready art assets in 2D as well as 3D, and can demonstrate it in a portfolio of work.
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A creative ‘indie’ mindset - you have the ability to quickly learn new tools and techniques and a willingness to dip your toes into a number of disciplines (UI/VFX/Animation etc)
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Excellent knowledge of Unity
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Ability to rapidly prototype ideas and good understanding of asset optimisation
Your Soft Skills
Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues.
We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.
A Little More About Kwalee
Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.
Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.
We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France.
We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!
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Job Title - Junior Game Artist- Hypercasual Mobile Games
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Reports Into - Senior Game Artist
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Location - India / Hybrid
A Little Bit about Kwalee….
Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.
What’s In It For You?
-
Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
-
Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
-
Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win
-
Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
-
Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
-
On site gym - take care of yourself
-
Relocation support - available
-
Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
-
Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays!
Are You Up To The Challenge?
As a Junior Games Artist you’ll be creating eye-catching art for our mobile games.
Your Team Mates
With the stroke of their brushes, our game art teams bring vibrance and colours to the lights and clockwork of our Kwalee games. As creative doers, they not only offer look and feel, but they also use time and business constraints to solve aesthetical challenges unsolvable by clever design.
What Does The Job Actually Involve?
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Taking responsibility for the art on multiple small mobile game projects
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Creating 2D/3D art assets and integrating them in Unity
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Participating in art reviews and being receptive to feedback and art direction
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Troubleshooting any art issues from a creative and technical standpoint.
Your Hard Skills
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Solid understanding of art and design fundamentals
-
Good all rounder - ability to create game ready art assets in 2D as well as 3D, and can demonstrate it in a portfolio of work.
-
A creative ‘indie’ mindset - you have the ability to quickly learn new tools and techniques and a willingness to dip your toes into a number of disciplines (UI/VFX/Animation etc)
-
Excellent knowledge of Unity
-
Ability to rapidly prototype ideas
-
You’re a team player with a desire to help juniors and teach them the tricks of the trade
Your Soft Skills
Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstancesm, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues.
We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.
A Little More About Kwalee
Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.
Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.
We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France.
We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!
We are a passionate & dedicated team having fun building something truly unique and believe in working like a sports team optimized for innovation and speed.
Hitwicket is looking for a Passionate candidate who can build a world-class mobile gaming experience for a billion cricket fans. We value your hunger and creativity in helping us build Hitwicket.
Responsibilities:
- Good Knowledge in Sketching and Painting (BFA Preferable).Interpret concept art and sketches to create virtual characters, environments and props
- Follow design guidelines, asset naming conventions and other technical constraints
- Prototype and iterate on models and characters based on feedback from team members
- Optimize, refine and correct model geometry
- Rig models and characters for animation
- Color characters, add Textures and shade the given characters based on the material used
- Create textures that generate visual interest and define the characteristics.
- Generate the output within the time frame by understanding the desired output.
- Create a UV map and Occlusion map
- Work with artists, animators and programmers to execute projects on time
- Keep abreast with the latest developments in 3D design, capture and modeling tools and technologies
Requirements
- Good Knowledge in Sketching and Painting (BFA Preferable).
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a 3D artist(Modeling and texturing)
- Good organization skills.
- Good Knowledge of 3D Modeling, Lighting and Rendering.
- Excellent knowledge of real-time modeling techniques (shaders, PBR, normal, displacement etc. )
- Strong portfolio showing 3D art skills and demonstrating a high level of artistic creativity.
- Strong high & low-resolution modeling and texturing skills.
- Good experience in the video game industry with 3D packages, preferably Maya or 3DSMax & ZBrush.
- Experience working on published mobile games would be a strong advantage.
- College Diploma/Degree in graphic design, 3D, video game development or equivalent training.
- We are looking for a professional 2D Motion Graphic Artist & Character Animator who is creative and enthusiastic about creating high-quality, engaging content with good knowledge of After Effects.
- Build great motion graphic design using 2D character, library, assets, and visual elements.
- Use pro tools like adobe After effects & adobe photoshop to create design and video assets.
- Support and assist with large-scale projects, and manage assigned daily animation tasks.
Should have the ability to understand how to design & animate from storyboards.
- Knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop is a must for the position of Motion Graphics Artist & Animator.
- Good communication skills for 2D Animator Job Profile is a must
- Should be proficient in Adobe After Effects
Master research, adobe creative suite & animation for video content -
Learn best practices related to content research, visualization, motion design, etc.
Sync yourself with Advids philosophy and guides
Learn from team members on how to get better
Join weekly team meetings and debriefing sessions
Help other Creative team members improve with any new-found knowledge
Help customers win, give them a reason to smile
3D DESIGNER
Tesseract Esports is looking for an experienced 3D Designer/Artist to design 3D objects, elements and environments in Esports domain.
You will interact with creative and broadcast teams and other client staff to produce the deliverables for internal and external use.
About Tesseract Esports
Tesseract Esports was founded in 2015 with an intent to elevate and transform the nascent gaming scene in South and Southeast Asia into a high profile and professional esport. We played a pioneering role by being the first to launch and introduce mobile esports in the region. We were also among the first to produce the biggest and most successful esports events and gaming activations in India at an unprecedented scale, paving the way for the growth of esports in the country.
We have since gone to partner with game publishers, developers, brands and media platforms to produce large scale esports events and engagements and become one of the leading esports production houses in the Asia-Pacific. We have worked with Qualcomm, MPL, Tencent Games, Razer, Garena, Acer and several other partners on many successful live and online esports activations. We are a growing team of highly skilled and passionate individuals focused on delivering the best competitive experiences. We are headquartered at our state of the art production studio in Hyderabad, India which also happens to be the largest esports facility in South Asia.
You are good at (Technical skills)
- Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects etc.
- Expertise in 3D modelling, texturing, lighting and animation using 3DS max, Maya, Blender, Cinema4D etc.
- Expertise in Unreal Engine and building game like environments using Unreal Engine
- Strong understanding of proportions, sizes and general spatial awareness.
- Ability to conceptualise and communicate design ideas clearly.
- Deliver ideas using Quick mockups and prototypes.
You will be responsible for (not limited to)
- Creating 3D environments for Augmented reality and virtual spaces.
- Participate in conceptualising sessions and put forward holistic ideas.
- Coordinate with other designers and deliver consistent visuals.
- Manage and adhere to timelines.
- Collaborate with other team members to ensure all requirements are met with designs.
- Handle multiple projects at a time.
- Highly collaborative and can work well in a fast-paced team environment.
Your experience
5+ years in the related field.
Your academic qualifications
- We prefer an inspired mind over an academic qualification.
What we will be excited to see in you (Technical & Non-technical skills)
- 3D software’s such as cinema 4d, blender, 3DS Max. Video editing software like Premier Pro, Da-Vinci resolve.
- Ability to lead and build a design team.
- Self-learning.
As our visual designer, your responsibilities will include areas of design such as typography, iconography, color, space and texture. You will use your knowledge, expertise and skills in all these fields to help our users successfully navigate and become comfortable with our products.
More responsibilities in detail:
- Create the templates such that information on the app is easy to find, visually appealing and adhering to international standards and trends
- Generate clear ideas, concepts and designs of creative assets from beginning to end
- Work collaboratively with other designers to ensure a consistent, integrated brand perception and user-experience
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes engineers, product managers, service teams in order to create simple, easy-to-use designs
- Translate business requirements, user needs, technical requirements into designs that are visually enticing, easy to use, and emotionally engaging
- Stay in the loop and on top of the latest standards, changes, trends in the visual design field
- Interpret storyboards to tell visual stories that support our solutions
Requirements
- A minimum of 3-4 years of professional experience in designing graphics, layouts and applications for web, desktop and mobile
- The ability to refine other people’s ideas and come up with new ones to create a highly designed visual experience
- Well organized, responsible and dedicated, with the ability to work on multiple projects and deliver refined designs in a short time
- Self-learning, able to learn new tools quickly and work in a fast evolving environment
- Proven ability delivering high quality designs to customers
- Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and Sketch
- Expert level skills in Photoshop, 3DMax and other relevant tools
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in the graphic design field
Should know Adobe XD, PhotoShop, Animations in frontend (eg. animations following the cursor. CSS,HTML, git
- Design and create industry-leading motion graphics for video deliverables.
- Prepare design plan, concept, and layout for motion graphics projects.
- Create and deliver motion graphics in various media including web, mobile, etc.
- Work with art and creative teams to understand project scope and objectives.
- Assist in selecting audio, video, colors, animation, etc. for graphic design.
- Work with creative director, producers, and other designers to resolve technical and / or design issues.
- Edit raw video footage and add effects/elements to enhance motion graphics.
- Assist in designing and creating storyboards.
- Participate in the brainstorming session to share new design perspectives and ideas.
- Maintain and follow best practices for versioning control, naming convention and organization of graphics files.
- Maintain up - to - date knowledge about latest graphic design techniques.
- Ensure compliance with company guidelines and design standards.
