\nWHO ARE WE?\n\nThe bigger picture: DEPT® is a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates integrated end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, TikTok, eBay, ASOS, Zoopla, Twitch, Patagonia and many, many more. \n\nOur team of 4,000+ digital specialists across 30+ locations on five continents deliver pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture. We live and breathe our ‘big enough to cope, small enough to care’ ethos, providing an inclusive, supportive and exciting place to accelerate your career.   \n\nJOB PURPOSE:\n\nWe are looking for a skilled 2D Artist & Animator to contribute to the development of our upcoming titles. As a key member of our artistic team, you will be responsible for creating visually stunning artwork and animations that bring our games and characters to life. Ideally, you will be highly proficient in 2D art techniques and animation principles, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for gaming.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\n\n\n\n* Create high-quality 2D artwork and animations for characters, environments, and special effects\n\n* Collaborate closely with the executive producer, lead artist, game designers, and other team members to ensure artistic vision and gameplay goals are met\n\n* Iterate on designs based on feedback and playtesting to achieve the desired visual style and gameplay experience\n\n* Maintain consistency in art style and quality throughout the development process\n\n* Provide exceptional visual quality on projects to create a fun and engaging experience\n\n* Identification and assistance in the creation of documentation in projects\n\n* Create storyboards to visualize scenes and create a realistic environment for games and other visual effects\n\n* Follow art direction and client briefs, understand 2D asset and animation pipelines and processes.\n\n* Implement feedback from Lead/Senior Artists and/or clients\n\n\n\n\nSKILLS AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: \n\n\n* 5+ Years in video game production with multiple shipped titles in an artist role\n\n* Knowledge of additional art-related software or tools\n\n* Experience with creating assets for various screen resolutions and aspect ratios\n\n* Significant working knowledge of Unity - Essential \n\n* A strong portfolio of previous work and completed projects\n\n* Excellent creativity and artistic skills and a strong technical understanding of current asset workflows, shaders, and engine capabilities\n\n* An eye for composition and an ability to match any style, texture, colour, and lighting.\n\n* A strong understanding of shape language and balance.\n\n* Good knowledge of shader/material, asset and animation development tools for Unity \n\n* Adaptable and able to multitask and prioritise work based on changing schedules and feedback/critiques\n\n* Attention to detail and the ability to work independently to get the job done without day-to-day direction\n\n* Previous Game Design experience with preschool or early childhood education would be highly desirable\n\n\n\n\nTHE PERKS! \n\nYou'll have access to our ‘Benefits’ offering. This includes an abundance of additional leave offerings (think Doona Day, Birthday leave and Parental leave options for all), annual working from-home allowances and access to development opportunities. \n\nThis is your chance to be part of a team of humans - we come together in support, love and humanity to celebrate what makes each of us special. If that sounds like you, get in touch!\nCheck us out! www.deptagency.com\n\nNot sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they feel they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do!\n\nDEPT® is proudly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. In addition, we strive to provide a safe space for all please let us know confidentially if we can provide any additional support or accommodations for you to fully participate in our recruitment experience. Contact [email protected] to notify us of any needs related to completing the job application or taking part in our interview process.\n\nPlease note that the successful applicant for this position will be subject to a background check, in line with legislative requirements\n\nDEPT® is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.\n\nLearn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts here \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Video, Education and Marketing jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

\n\n\nFor decades, Wizards of the Coast has connected people around the world through play and imagination, with core games that have defined their genres - Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons®. We want to offer more ways to connect and play as the company grows. And that’s where you come in!\nWhat You’ll Do:\n\nAs a Software Developer for Online Gaming Services, you will develop services and web applications to enable our partners to create connected experiences for our players.\n\n\n* You will work with developers who are building online games, supporting both client SDKs (currently Unity and Unreal) and diverse server technologies.\n\n* We are a full stack team and do everything from web to infrastructure and builds.\n\n* Individuals frequently specialize, but broad familiarity is important You will be involved at every stage of application development from architectural design to production support.\n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Bring:\n\n\n* 2+ years of software development experience in online services.\n\n* Computer science education or similar foundational experience.\n\n* You continually improve your skills, keep abreast of new technologies, and always raise the standard for what is possible on your team.\n\n* You drive improvement and gravitate toward problems that need to be solved.\n\n* You seek feedback and are most concerned with ending up with the best idea, regardless of origin.\n\n* Proven history of delivering customer value and working with others to understand and measure that goal.\n\n* You thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can work on a wide variety of technologies and applications.\n\n* Online Gaming Services is a team owning services built with a wide variety of technologies. You will bring prior expertise in one of the following areas, and have many opportunities to learn new things:\n\n* Cloud infrastructure automation experience.\n\n* Backend Service development at scale. You have participated in service design, understand a variety of databases, and have a working knowledge of enterprise design patterns.\n\n* Datastream processing. You have direct experience with streaming data in systems such as Kinesis, SQS, or Kafka.\n\n* Web Development experience. You are a JavaScript/TypeScript enthusiast and have built dynamic single page applications (SPA) and/or server-side rendered (SSR) web applications.\n\n\n\nNice to Have:\n\n\n* Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.\n\n\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer\n\nThe above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.\n\nWe will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you are selected to move forward in our application process and need to request an accommodation, please let your recruiter or coordinator know.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design and Education jobs that are similar:\n\n $42,500 — $90,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRenton, Washington, United States