Audio Designer
Communications Developer
Project Manager
Senior Animator
Senior Environmental Artist
Senior Programmer
Sr. Game Designer

SENIOR ANIMATOR (JGIL7005) Champaign, IL

Responsibilities
- Animate a wide variety of high-poly characters and vehicles for a AAA console title
- Create compelling animation for in-game motions and real-time cinematic scenes, including facial and lip-sync
- Character setup for real-time, motion-blending game engine
- Mentor and inspire junior animators
Qualifications
- Thorough understanding of realistic motion
- Strong timing, weight, and acting skills
- At least three years of game industry experience, with shipped titles
- Fluent knowledge of at least one major 3D package (3DS MAX and Biped preferred)
- Experience working with mocap data
- Technical experience with advanced rigging and/or scripting a plus

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST (JGIL2076) Champaign, IL

Responsibilities
- Model and texture high-poly environments for a AAA console title
- Model and texture additional props for environments
- Mentor and inspire junior artists
Qualifications
- At least three years of applicable industry experience
- Fluent knowledge of at least one major 3D package
- Fluent knowledge of Photoshop or similar 2D program
- Graphic design/layout or industrial design skills a plus.
- Experience with realtime shaders a plus.
- Lighting skills a plus.

SR. GAME DESIGNER (JGIL3052) Champaign, IL

Responsibilities
- Design, create, implement, and iterate fun and compelling gameplay.
- Create and maintain detailed, up-to-date specs, asset lists, and other design documents.
- Provide input on the game’s vision and help champion that vision to other team members.
- Keep leads and managers advised of progress on tasks, recommended improvements, and problems encountered.
- Keep up with competitive products and upcoming releases.
- May be tasked with other duties and responsibilities in support of the project design team.
Qualifications
- At least 2 complete product cycles as a professional designer. Proven track record with AAA console products and/or or online development preferred.
- Positive, professional attitude. Disciplined and self-motivated with a strong work ethic.
- Ability to think creatively and analytically. An in-depth understanding of how gameplay works and how to create fun, meaningful experiences for the player.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills. Ability to multitask and be flexible about changing role requirements.
- Passion for games and ability to articulate that passion clearly and analytically. A broad knowledge base of console and PC games.
- College degree or equivalent.
Pluses
- Proficiency with 3D editors such as UnrealED, Source, QERadiant, or CryTek’s Sandbox engine.
- Proficiency with scripting languages, such as Lua or Python.
- Experience with multiplayer design.
- Any other scripting, art, and/or technical skills relevant to game development.

AUDIO DESIGNER (JGIL3051) Champaign, IL

Responsibilities
- Create, edit, and mix original audio content in accordance with the project’s design goals, style, and vision.
- Complete project requirements at a high level of quality and productivity.
- Keep track of asset lists and external contract work relevant to assigned tasks.
- Keep leads and managers advised of progress on scheduled tasks, potential improvements to pipelines, and problems or inefficiencies encountered.
Qualifications
- High level of proficiency with professional audio software and hardware. Ability to quickly learn and adapt to proprietary editors and project pipelines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability and willingness to accept and follow direction, collaborate productively with others, and work hard to meet deadlines as necessary.
- Positive attitude. Disciplined and self-motivated with a strong work ethic. Proactive, team-focused, deadline-driven, and detail-oriented.
- Excellent organizational skills. Ability to multitask effectively, prioritize competing demands, and follow through on details. Must be flexible enough to deal with changing role requirements.
- Passion for games and ability to articulate that passion clearly and analytically from an audio perspective. A broad knowledge base of console or PC games.
- College degree or equivalent experience.
- Other information
Pluses
- 2+ years of professional game industry experience in a design role (preferably on AAA console products).
- 1+ complete game production cycles in a design role (preferably on AAA console products).
- Strong music composition skills.
- Experience with building original sound effects libraries.
Sample Work Required
- Applicants should submit samples of their sound design work. Preferred samples include:
- Custom sound design for an existing video game trailer.
- Custom sound design for an existing sequence of actual gameplay footage.
- Examples of working with voice talent are also a plus.

PROJECT MANAGER (JGIL4048) Champaign, IL

Responsibilities
- Develop and refine comprehensive project-wide schedules
- Manage and monitor change management process, dependency tracking and workflow maintenance
- Identify project risks and apply appropriate risk management strategies
- Develop and manage plans to achieve milestone tasks, goals and deliverables
- Prepare quarterly performance reports on all team members
- Prepare weekly and milestone status reports for team, leads and executives

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (Computer or Technical Science preferred)
- Experience as part of a software management team
- Experience with cross-discipline teams
- Proven skills in team building, change management, and risk management
Preferred, but not required
- Experience managing video game development projects
- Experience managing teams in a highly creative environment
- Experience building effective policies and development methodologies in a rapidly growing company

SENIOR PROGRAMMER (JGIL1099) Champaign, IL

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and enhance systems in C++ for a AAA Xbox360/PS3 title
- Mentor and inspire junior programmers
QUALIFICATIONS
- Fluency in C++
- At least 3 years of game development experience
- At least one shipped title
- Ability to debug efficiently
- Experience in AI, gameplay, shader, networking or graphics programming helpful

COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPER (JSIL1075)

Job Summary
The objective of this role is to dedicate resources to facilitate globally leveraging our firm’s knowledge base. The underlying premise of the position is that through dedicated development resources focusing on technical solutions to create efficiencies in information dissemination and usage we will add substantial value to our business.
Responsibilities & Areas of Focus
- Developing technologies and customizations on the firm’s wiki platform to make the use of the platform more efficient for the user. Some examples may include:
    o  Developing and implementing automated technology to have new edits marked as new automatically and have that function customized per user such that “new” is indicated on a per user basis, not on a content basis.
    o  Implementing sophisticated “search” functionality that can bring together disparate, yet pertinent information.
    o  Creating dynamically updated top-10 most viewed topics and voting mechanisms for new ideas.
- Developing and deploying to ensure that the firm’s information is easily accessible, complete, and dynamic.
- Creating efficiencies around communication media such as IM for the purpose of capturing salient points of transcendent ideas.
- Continuously enhancing, improving and deploying solutions to make discussion forums easy-to-use and intuitive.
Required Skills
- Experience developing, managing, deploying web-based technologies and communication media - Wiki, Sharepoint, etc.
- Experience modifying and customizing these platforms
- Developing multi-media applications for websites.
- Highly proficient in XHTML, XML, PHP, CSS, Javascript
- Experience in ASP.net, Python, RSS, AJAX a plus
- Visual Design and layout skills a plus
- Outstanding team player

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