King Show Games, Inc. is hiring: Technical Artist in Minnetonka

King Show Games, Inc., a video game development company, is currently interviewing qualified applicants interested in pursuing a career in video game development. We are looking for people who are innovative, talented, creative, and passionate about the gaming industry. If you’re a self-motivated team player who is able to multi-task and can handle the following responsibilities, we look forward to hearing from you!

Job Summary
Utilize technical design expertise to implement the latest generation of cutting-edge casino games in partnership with other artists, software engineers, mathematicians, sound designers, project managers and producers.

Salary range: $40-$60k

Responsibilities

• Act as a bridge between Art and Engineering to ensure smooth production flow.
• Implement game content, including graphics, sounds, and animations in a game engine.
• Review and test games to ensure game products conform to design and regulatory standards.
• Support game development team by preparing, formatting, compressing, exporting, and laying out graphics.
• Ensure final assets meet performance requirements for target platform through optimization and best practices.
• Support games from the design to release phase, as well as ongoing support of games through various development milestones, including localizing game content into multiple languages for international release.
• Creation of original art, animations, and game assets as needed.
• Create compelling particle systems, shaders, and special effects to enhance the look and feel of the game in an optimized manner.

Qualifications Required

• High school diploma or equivalent (college degree preferred).
• Problem solver with strong written and oral communication skills.
• A solid design background, including graphic design, compositing, 3D Modeling and animation.
• Some scripting experience is a plus.
• Highly skilled in Unity.
• Possess knowledge of current game art creation techniques, implementing real-time 2D and 3D graphics.
• Knowledge of the gaming industry is helpful.
• Software: Proficiency in Photoshop, After Effects, and Unity. Experience with Illustrator, Spine, or 3ds Max a plus.
• Must be able to implement artwork in a timely manner with top quality craftsmanship, and work in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Candidates must have excellent organizational skills and a high level of interpersonal skills.
• Must be a self-motivated team player with the ability to work in a customer-oriented, very fast-paced, and demanding environment.
• Ability to bring projects to completion with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to meet or exceed set project milestones and deadlines, which will entail extra work time as needed (work hours beyond a normal work week).

*Please include a cover letter, along with links to your demo reel and your best illustration samples with your application.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities other than those stated above.

About King Show Games
Founded in 1998, King Show Games is a Minnesota based company providing entertaining video games that are played around the world. Our growing company consists of talented artists, engineers, mathematicians and producers that have created over 200 games. Our Company Beliefs consist of four principles:

THINK BIG – Think outside the box; strive to be successful.
BE FRANK – Be open and sincere in your dealings with others; be forthright.
FIGHT HARD – Believe in your ideas; speak up for your convictions.
MOVE AS A TEAM!

King Show Games offers competitive salaries and remote work options as well as a full range of comprehensive benefits including a bonus plan, medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance, as well as a matching 401k.

King Show Games embraces diversity and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves on creating an environment that is built on integrity, openness, involvement, fairness, respect and courtesy.