Video Game Designer

Gameloft-Toronto

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[FONT=&quot]The role of a game designer is to develop new innovative game concepts for console and handheld devices. The designer's responsibility is to make important contributions to the design quality of large-scale projects. Also, the specifications relative to game concept and creation must be defined, while working closely with artists and developers.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Main tasks:[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]Conceptualization and in-depth development of the game;[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Documentation, script writer, level-design, level-scripting, data entry, game balancing, integration of multimedia elements (texts, images, sounds and videos).
  
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• [FONT=&quot]Maintain a strong communication with the different department leads (Producers, creative directors, art directors, technical directors);[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Keep updated all documents of the project and maintain regular updates of all design aspects of the game for an overall quality;[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Develop prototypes and explore new game ideas. Research and development, participate to market studies and propose new game concepts/ideas.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Skills [/FONT]
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• [FONT=&quot]Study diploma in one of the following: Computer science, multimedia, computer graphics, video games or equivalent.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]At least 2 years of experience in a video game company as a game or level designer.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Experience on the following platforms an asset: Wii, DS, PSP, Xbox Live Arcade.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Bilingual (English/French) an asset[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Experience in game creation. At least one of the following choices:
  - Professional game;
  - Personal projects (college, home-made, etc.);
  - Level-design and/or MOD (Quake, Unreal, Warcraft, Half-Life, etc.);[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Experience with creation tools (Flash, Blitz, Virtools, GameMaker, etc.);[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Good experience with multimedia software (Office, Adobe, Macromedia).[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Profile[/FONT]
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• [FONT=&quot]Passion for video games. Handheld games are a must.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Good understanding of 'scripting' and/or basic computer programming.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Communicate ideas with ease (oral and written), professional and autodidact.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Able to work under pressure and open to do come occasional over-time.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Open-spirit and love team-working.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Have a strong imagination![/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]*Important*[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In order to consider your application, we require your portfolio or samples of your work (demos, animations, images, websites, etc.). Please provide the address of your website or portfolio if you have one. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Please forward this information to the following address:[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]toronto-job@gameloft.com [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Applications with no portfolio will not be selected. Only selected candidates will be contacted. Your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months. Thank you for your interest in Gameloft.[/FONT]