About X Studios™:
X Studios™ is an award-winning, creative + technology studio crafting digital experiences for brands around the world – Specializing in interactives, gaming, mobile & platform design, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and experiential & custom fabrication. Our flexible, fun, and transparent approach has allowed us to work with well known brands like Universal Parks & Resorts™, Disney™, Lady Gaga, EA Sports™, and more.
Be a part of an exciting company with many perks and a ton of growth potential.
Job Summary:
This is a contracted per-job basis, remote-working opportunity. Typical projects include 2D & 3D games as well as experiential applications that run at theme parks, museums, retail and corporate spaces. The games designed are UI/UX light, but action-packed and very ‘alive’. We leverage gaming language and code-types like Pixie or Phaser 2 or 3. Many of our gaming applications are powered by our own in-house Megamify ™ system, and/or custom CMS backend systems using Django.
Knowledge of every aspect of real-time development, including daily commits to BitBucket, change logs, API integrations, Javascript & HTML5 + Bootstrap, development/hosting knowledge is a plus.
You will be tasked with at least one project, and specific key deliverables by our Production Team as well as milestone dates, and overall project vision and timeline.
Job Responsibilities:
- Take art and harvest layered elements for gameplay
- Build gameplay, animations, sprites, and elements
- Grasp game logistics, and program to fit the original scope or ask of project
- Perform daily commits, with readme (if applicable) using Bitbucket or Plastic CRM
- Perform other duties as assigned.
X Studios™ Team Benefits:
- A very competitive compensation by project basis
- Expert communication, and mentoring skill sets
- Great opportunity for portfolio showcase work (if applicable)
- Work with awesome people, and even better world-wide brands
We believe transparency is key at X Studios™, so we invite all prospective applicants to review our Team Handbook, available publicly online, at https://handbook.xstudios.com .
Compensation, Location, & Salary:
- Per project contracted work (please have your hourly or per project rates ready)
- Stay in your PJ’s this is a remote working friendly opportunity
- Out of state applicants welcome
Qualifications:
- Communication is key, we use a plethora of digital messaging and conference services, including Slack, Google Hangouts, and Google Meet.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Consistent attendance is a job requirement.
Education & Experience:
- 2+ years of Game Building experience
- Pixie or Phaser 2 or 3 experience
- Experience with design software such as Adobe Creative Cloud required
- Integration of art elements, special effects like audio/video
- Agile waterfall experience, a plus
Additional Information:
- Strong art portfolio is requested.
- Strong communication and organizational skills.
Note: You must be a US citizen or have a work permit to work in the US. Remote working opportunity as a sub-contractor of X Studios, Inc. Not a full-time opportunity. Due to the overwhelming responses, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted; no phone calls, please. Also, no staffing or placement agencies.