TECHNICAL GAME PRODUCTION SPECIALIST - MOBILE GAMES

Hong Kong - Full Time - Term Negotiable Contract

Responsibilities

As we expand our portfolio of free-to-play apps, we're looking for motivated and ambitious technical game production specialist to join our rapidly growing studio. As a technical game production specialist, you are full of curiosity and have a blend of technical skill and artistic intuition. In close collaboration with the creative, product and enginerring teams, you will bridge the gap between content/ creative and engineering to make the game come alive. You have a direct impact on the performance of our game, and your work product will be quickly visible, tested and validated.

The Technical Artist will have duties including:

• Integrating creative assets (art, sound, effects) into a game without sacrificing the artistic vision or exceeding the platform’s technical limits
• Acting as a bridge between the creative and engineering teams
• Helping the creative team diagnose and solve technical problems so they can realize their artistic vision
• Investigating new techniques and best practices, then documenting them, implementing them and training the team
• Using tools and scripts as necessary to optimize workflow so that each discipline can focus on their core contribution
• Optimize content for memory and performance gains while maintaining our high standards for user experience
• Contribute to technical solutions and pipeline design for the production and delivery of art assets, to help maximize our technology
• You will have responsibility for smooth pipeline for designs and assets incorporating significant amounts of 2-D and occasionally 3D elements. The position requires some knowledge and experience of visual effects, scripting and computer graphics processes.

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• At least 1+ year experience in a comparable position/industry or a strong academic track-record and portfolio
• Strong technical background and a positive, curious attitude
• Ability write scripts for the various tools involved in the art-to-game pipeline a big plus
• Working knowledge of Unity 3D a major plus
• Experience in game/mobile game development pipelines
• Able to communicate and coordinate between technical and creative teams
• An interest in and aptitude for optimizing assets for narrow-bandwidth or low-performance environments
• Knowledge of current production technologies and their relevant application – Adobe Creative Suite a must.
• Additional skills such as 3-D (Maya, Modo or Zbrush) and VFX a plus
• Energetic, proactive with great communication skills
• Detail-oriented and efficient, high self-motivation and initiative
• Have a passion for games and a healthy respect for our players
• Previous experience with games a plus
• Bilingual with working command of English - written and spoken.
• Organized, flexible, hardworking and detail-oriented
• Hands-on approach with their work

Reports to:                                                      Travel required:
Head of Product                                               0% - 10%

Benefits
Health and Other Benefits 

We pay 100% of benefit premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for our employees and 100% of their dependents’ premiums.  Health benefits are effective on your date of hire. In addition to providing core health benefits, we provide the following: 

• 100% of the cost for Basic Life and Accident insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability protection

Voluntary Benefits

Full time employees are eligible to purchase additional life and accident insurance for themselves and their dependents.

Key points

• Dynamic startup environment in a fast-growing sector – mobile casino & casual games
• Fun, creative, progressive, and driven work culture
• Asia regional exposure in games, hospitality, and entertainment sectors
• Successful business model born in North America now Top 12 globally in social casino sector
  

Our Company – PLAYSTUDIOS Asia

Come join an ambitious mobile entertainment company which committed to leveraging the best technology we can to create fun experiences. We have big plans, and would be thrilled for you to consider us. 
Playstudios Asia is a Hong Kong subsidiary of the United States based leading mobile & social games company Playstudios Inc. We are establishing our product and operations team in Hong Kong to serve the games markets in Asia.

We are backed by dominant, multi-billion-dollar market leaders in the leisure and video game industries and a collection of powerhouse venture capital firms. Our founding team has over a century of collective gaming experience.

We are building a best-of-breed development and operations group and are looking for top tier talent who can help us create and optimize high quality games in the rapidly evolving social and mobile gaming markets.
Our company has the growth potential of a young up-start, with the stability and financial security of an established company.  We can guarantee high quality work, AAA-entertainment brand exposure, competitive compensation and great benefits.

Our Games

Our mobile and social casino games have achieved over 25 million downloads with over 1.3 million daily users. Our leadership position in the social and mobile games industry has been built based on our unique combination of high quality games with original designs, fun mechanics, and deep features combined with iconic brands like MGM Resorts, Royal Caribbean Cruises, and Shaquille O’Neal, and real world resort experiences that players can earn by playing our games.

You can check us out at http://www.playstudios.asia and http://www.playstudios.com

PlayStudios Asia is a Hong Kong subsidiary of the United States based leading mobile & social games company Playstudios Inc. We are establishing our product and operations team in Hong Kong to serve the games markets in Asia.

We are backed by dominant, multi-billion dollar market leaders in the leisure and video game industries and a collection of powerhouse venture capital firms. Our founding team has over a century of collective gaming experience.

We are building a best-of-breed development and operations group and are looking for top tier talent who can help us create and optimize high quality games in the rapidly evolving social and mobile gaming markets.

Our company has the growth potential of a young up-start, with the stability and financial security of an established company. We can guarantee high quality work, AAA-entertainment brand exposure, competitive compensation and great benefits.

www.playstudios.asia