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You’re on target.

Slant Six Games is seeking a Producer to establish and manage the production schedule of the development team (Engineering or Art). You’ll ensure the game stays on target throughout the development cycle, and communicate expectations and project priorities. You’re the relationship manager, the motivator, the communicator. You’ll enable the release of one of the most exciting AAA franchise action titles in the industry.

You are a seasoned Project Manager, working in partnership with the Technical Director or Art Director to manage the production schedule, including milestones and deliverables. You’ll be proactively identifying risks associated with meeting project milestones, and communicating regularly with team members to track the status of tasks and ensure deadlines are met. You’ll uphold the creative vision by communicating feature prioritization, stakeholder input/feedback, and product review/feedback. You will also be involved in team management, identifying staffing requirements, providing performance feedback, identifying coaching opportunities, and enabling knowledge transfer to more junior team members.

You’re successful because you have a proven ability to coordinate and manage projects, and scheduling large teams in a video game development organization, using various project management methodologies. You pride yourself in your ability to think outside the box in challenging and ambiguous environments, and can effectively partner with clients, leads and team members to establish alliances and aid in strategic planning. Your communication skills both one-on-one and in large group discussions are highly effective. Ideally, you are familiar with the work of the team you are leading because you have once done it yourself.

We want to hear from strong leaders able to manage and develop a high performing team. If this is you, apply with your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You bring characters to life.

Slant Six Games is seeking an Animation Engineer to develop our character animation system and pipeline. You’ll make creatures move on one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry. Join our cutting edge Engineering team to develop and maintain our animation tools and pipeline.

With your 3+ years in the game industry as an Animation Engineer, you’re a pro at 3D math. You write robust, efficient and maintainable code. You enjoy collaborating with Engineers and Animators, and communicate well, both written and verbal, across all disciplines. Of course, you have the credentials – a Computer Science degree or related field, or the equivalent work experience.

We caught your attention? Apply with your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re the mover and shaker.

Slant Six Games is seeking an Animator to be the creator of compelling animation for in-game motions and real-time cinematic scenes. Here is your chance to leave your mark on one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry – if you enjoy making characters, creatures and vehicles move, get in touch!

You are starting to get a good feel for animation and mocap, and are getting pretty good with Maya – perhaps you have even dabbled with MotionBuilder. You have solid keyframe animation skills, and a fundamental understanding of animation principles (including squash and stretch, timing and motion, anticipation, staging, weight, and appeal). First and foremost, you demonstrate a strong work ethic, an eagerness to learn, and outstanding communication skills.

If you would like to get moving and shaking with us, send your resume and demo reel to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re a troubleshooter.

Slant Six Games is seeking a Build Engineer to build, test, and deploy code, data and tools builds. You’ll troubleshoot problems in code builds and automation failures, run automated and manual tests, and document features of new builds in Wiki-based release notes. Your work is essential to speed along the creation of our exciting AAA franchise action title.

Your degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience) has provided you with a solid foundation of C/C++ and C# programming skills. You have experience with building code and assets, as well as functional verification of compiled code. You have some scripting experience under your belt (Perl, Python, DOS match files) and experience with build tools (IDEs, make files). Most importantly, you have outstanding organizational skills, and strong written and verbal communication.

Troubleshoot with us! Apply with your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

What you make is jaw-dropping.

Slant Six Games is seeking an Environment Artist to create real-time 3D worlds. Here is your chance to model and texture 3D environments for one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry.

With your 3+ years in the game industry as an Environment Artist, you create photoreal 3D models and textures. You’re a pro at Photoshop and 3DS Max, and proficient in Maya. You’re collaborative, too – you can work with others to meet strict technical, creative and time restrictions. We don’t need to tell you the importance of mapping, scale proportion and lighting – you’ve figured all that out long ago.

Make our jaws drop. Apply with your resume and demo reel to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re polished.

Slant Six Games is seeking a UI Engineer to design and implement code to support user input, screen, inter-screen and GUI object behaviours, animations, and transitions. You’ll integrate art content into the front end game engine, develop tools, features and pipelines for the front end logic and screens, and write technical design specifications. What you create is the first thing our players will see on our exciting AAA franchise action title.

You are proficient with C++, and have been exposed to object-oriented design and implementation. You have experience designing and implementing usable, consumer-oriented user interfaces. A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience, has provided you with a solid foundation to further grow in the video games industry.

If you would like to be at the forefront, apply with your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

PCs rule too.

Slant Six Games is seeking a PC Engineer to extend support for the PC sku of our exciting AAA franchise action title. You’ll maintain parity of the PC build with console builds, profile and optimize the PC platform build, and develop tools to extend the data pipeline for the PC build where relevant.

Your 3+ years of experience in a production setting within the computer games industry has equipped you with demonstrable competency in C++. You have 1+ years of experience specifically in the area of Windows platform development, and 2+ years of DirectX experience (including recent experience with DirectX 10) for video games. You’re a pro with 3D math, possess extraordinary logical and organizational abilities, and strong written and verbal communication skills. You have a degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience), and ideally, experience with cross platform development and multi core programming.

Sounds like you? Apply with your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re stunning.

Slant Six Games is seeking a FX Artist to create explosive special effects for PS3 and 360, utilizing in-house FX creation tools. Here is your chance to blow away your audience with one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry – if you enjoy implementing FX for world animation and destruction, get in touch!

With your 3+ years in the game industry as a FX Artist, you’re a pro at Photoshop and Maya. You make outstanding FX, and you can prove it. Equally strong are your texture creation and animation skills. What lets you stand out from the crowd is your solid technical problem solving skills.

Stun us with your resume and demo reel. Apply to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re on a mission.

Slant Six Games is seeking a Scripting Engineer to develop, maintain and extend our mission scripting system. You’ll work with our Designers to develop new scripting features in support of the design requirements on one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry.

With your 3+ years in the game industry, you have demonstrated your competency in C and C++. Ideally, you will have experience with lex and yacc compiler tools, and/or language development. You will have worked on simulation code of a networked game, and have experience with developing debugging tools for scripted languages. Of course, you have the credentials – a Computer Science degree or related field, or the equivalent work experience, and, most importantly, are passionate about applying new technology and methodologies to games.

So we were just describing you? You should tell us about yourself by sending your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re the mover and shaker.

Slant Six Games is seeking a Senior Animator to be the creator of compelling animation for in-game motions and real-time cinematic scenes. Here is your chance to leave your mark on one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry – if you enjoy making characters, creatures and vehicles move, get in touch!

It goes without saying that your 5+ years of animation and mocap experience in the gaming industry means that you consider yourself to be a Maya guru – and likely, you will have come across MotionBuilder as well. Your keyframe animation skills are second to none, and you have expert knowledge in animation principles (including squash and stretch, timing and motion, anticipation, staging, weight, and appeal). You lead by example, demonstrating a strong work ethic, outstanding quality of work, and are consistently motivated by the technological advances in the gaming industry. You love collaborating with others – be it mentoring more junior members of your team, or working effectively with your peers and Art Director.

If you would like to get moving and shaking with us, send your resume and demo reel to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

You’re the mover and shaker.

Slant Six Games is seeking an Animator to be the creator of compelling animation for in-game motions and real-time cinematic scenes. Here is your chance to leave your mark on one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry – if you enjoy making characters, creatures and vehicles move, get in touch!

It goes without saying that your 3+ years of animation and mocap experience in the gaming industry means that you consider yourself to be pretty good with Maya – and likely, you will have come across MotionBuilder as well. You have strong keyframe animation skills, and a fundamental understanding of animation principles (including squash and stretch, timing and motion, anticipation, staging, weight, and appeal). You demonstrate a strong work ethic, outstanding quality of work, and love working effectively with your peers and Art Director.

If you would like to get moving and shaking with us, send your resume and demo reel to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

Extract. Analyze. Solve.

Slant Six Games is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to extract AI requirements, spot design issues and find solutions, and work on our AI system. You’ll generate AI code matching desired game play and user experiences, and fine-tune AI and gameplay. You’ll collaborate with the whole production team to create one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry.

With your 6+ years of experience, you’re a veteran of the computer games industry - production cycles don’t faze you. You spent at least 3 years specifically in the area of AI for video games. You’re so good at C++, you teach others how to get better, and you’re happy to share your knowledge of 3D math with them, too. Razor sharp logical and organizational abilities, an outstanding sense of gameplay and design, a background in artificial intelligence, machine learning and/or logic, and a passion about applying new technology and methodologies to games – that’s you.

Working with other talented individuals is important to you? Apply with your resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com.

We are excited about your interest in Slant Six Games. Please understand that due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we will only be in touch with candidates who meet our profile.

Create “Awesome”.

Slant Six Games is seeking a Lead Designer to be the creative drive behind the making of one of the most exciting AAA franchise console action titles in the industry. Here is your chance to infuse your creativity into a game – if you can do never done before, if you can engineer adrenaline, if you can architect fun – get in touch.

Responsibilities:

- Conceive and champion design ideas

- Review and oversee game design, game systems and consistency to meet client and studio expectations

- Driving force and unwavering advocate for the game’s vision

- Promote and inspire superior quality design

- Provide creative feedback and speak with authority on issues of design and gameplay

- Create, define and maintain game design documentation

- Represent studio professionally in client facing meetings, press events and interviews

Qualifications:

- Design credit on 3 or more console game titles

- Deep understanding of games industry and modern game design tenets

- Fluent and precise written and verbal communication skills

To apply, send a creative brief and resume to jobs@slantsixgames.com. In your creative brief, tell us your innovative approach to game design.