Creative Project Manager

The Company

Our client is a leading global publisher and developer of entertainment content, known worldwide for its successful video games franchises. The company is also a recognised leader in games based on Japanese anime properties.

Part of the Japanese group, an entertainment industry leader with a presence in video games, toys and amusement parks the company  has 15 international offices with operations in 50 countries around the world.

Job Description

Within the EMEA Headquarters, you join the Creative team under the responsibilities of our Head of Marketing. You define and implement creative processes and manage the activity of one Creative Project Manager. 

You provide solutions and artistic expertise to internal clients, mainly Product Managers, by creating and producing graphic elements of all types and on all media. You coordinate creation, localisation and formatting activities in conjunction with external agencies located in France and/or abroad. 

Your principal responsibilities will be as follows: 

• Define and implement internal processes for the creation, adaptation and localisation of assets
• Define the graphic choices to be made in relation to the various projects, in conjunction with internal clients
• Ensure the creation, the layout and the adaptation of graphic elements, and the localisation thereof
• Provide advice to internal clients both artistically/strategically and in terms of the feasibility of the creative requests issued
• Optimise creative budgets and constantly strive to achieve savings and improve the quality of the work
• Control the quality of productions in accordance with the brief, design specifications, manufacturing specifications, licensors’ constraints and manufacturers’ graphic charters
• Optimise the performance of Marketing assets by performing A/B testing in conjunction with Product Managers and the media strategy planner 
• Define the specifics and develop a platform for asset management, storage and sharing
• Manage the activities of one Creative Project Manager 

Candidate profile

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent creative project management skills
• Strong artistic sense 
• Knowledge of the graphic chain, from the brief to the delivery of the final files
• Software proficiency in: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
• Software proficiency/good knowledge in: Premiere, After Effects
• Fluent level of English and French, both written and spoken
• Budget monitoring and optimisation skills 

Experience and Qualifications:

• 4-5 years of experience within a creative agency, ideally specialised in the entertainment industry 
• Bachelor or master’s degree in art/design or communication/advertising
• Experience in creative projects’ management 
• Team management experience 

Personality Traits:

• Interest in video games and the entertainment industry 
• Rigorous and organised 
• Able to prioritise in order to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to work under pressure
• Creative and able to make proposals artistically and in terms of visual strategy
• Team spirit 
• Good interpersonal skills, constructive attitude and deductive powers with many stakeholders and different nationalities/cultures
• Able to listen and be flexible to adapt your work based on recommendations and product strategy

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Référence annonce : TA-CPM20220420

Lead Release Manager

The Company

Our client is a leading global publisher and developer of entertainment content, known worldwide for its successful video games franchises. The company is also a recognised leader in games based on Japanese anime properties.

Part of the Japanese group, an entertainment industry leader with a presence in video games, toys and amusement parks the company  has 15 international offices with operations in 50 countries around the world.

Job Description

Working within the EMEA headquarters, you will be joining the Release Management department under the supervision of the Head of Production Services. 

You are responsible of a team of 3 Release Managers. You supervise all release management activities by managing and monitoring the team missions in order to ensure successful product releases. 

Your main responsibilities will be as follows:

• Drive the release management process on all relevant products in EMEA and, when applicable, other regions’ markets
• Own the end-to-end timelines and plans for all releases in our portfolio (full games, updates, add-on content, IAP, etc.)
• Ensure the integrity of the overall Release Management process within various publishing models (external, IP creation and group) on all supported platforms
• Ensure technical, storefront and commerce submissions are completed according to defined schedules
• Maintain productive relations with the platform owners

Profile

Knowledge and skills :

• Strong knowledge of the various tools and portals used in the video game publishing and Release Management process
• Good knowledge of video game development and the production lifecycle
• Good knowledge of consoles, video games genres and their market
• Working knowledge of current platform certification guidelines, including technical, storefront and commerce requirements 
• Fluent in English 

Experience and qualifications :

• Master’s Degree or Engineering qualification
• A minimum of 6-7 years’ experience in video games, working in release management, production, or a similar, related field
• Proven experience as team manager 
• Experience managing multiple projects and teams simultaneously
• Working experience using Office suite
• Working experience using or administering project management tools, such a JIRA or Confluence, a bonus

Personality traits :

• Passionate about delivering great video games and content
• Passionate about motivating people
• Calm under pressure
• Strong team spirit 
• Detail-oriented, but able to step back and see the big picture when needed
• Ability to manage changeable workloads, both your own and your teams, with a client-facing, pragmatic approach
• Always striving to improve

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Référence annonce : TA-RM20220420

Chef.fe de Produit – jeux vidéo

A propos

Notre client est un studio développant une application référençant des jeux en réalité augmentée sous licences. Il développe de nouveaux formats de visite et de découverte ludiques pour des lieux d’exception (musées, monuments historiques, enceintes sportives, parcs de loisirs, …) afin de créer des expériences immersives inédites, connues par le grand public et multi-générationnelles.

Ce.tte Chef.fe produit Jeux vidéo sera notamment en charge de la promotion de l’image de marque de l’entreprise et du développement des ventes du studio. Il sera responsable du lancement des jeux vidéos, en mettant en œuvre la stratégie commerciale et la stratégie Communication / Marketing du studio. Collaborant avec le chargé de communication et le chef de projets événementiels, il évoluera sous la supervision du Game Producer et du Directeur Créatif.

Descriptif du poste 

Le poste s’articulera autour de ces différents axes : 

• Définition du positionnement et de la cible de chaque jeu mobile développé par le studio.
• Conduite d’études de marché et définition de stratégies commerciales :
  • Identifier des acteurs culturels ou du divertissement porteurs de projet dans une stratégie de prospection commerciale,
  • Participer à la mise en place d’offres commerciales conformes avec l’expertise du studio et sa vision stratégique,
  • Appuyer la Direction dans la définition d’un argumentaire de vente,
  • Réaliser des recommandations stratégiques en proposant des concepts de jeu, soutenir les négociations commerciales et assurer la relation client,
  • Tenir à jour un registre d’opportunités commerciales et assurer le suivi des leads entrants.
• Pilotage et exécution de stratégies marketing et communication en adéquation avec les budgets :
  • Créer les plans stratégiques de communication 360° et de marketing pour optimiser les ventes en collaboration avec les partenaires et les licences,
  • Piloter les campagnes de communication (social media et autres), optimiser le SEO et le référencement,
  • Assurer le suivi de la stratégie éditoriale et graphique en collaboration avec le Directeur Créatif et le chargé de communication.
• Identification d’influenceurs et supervision de la stratégie presse du studio (régionale – nationale – internationale) en collaboration avec le chargé de communication.
• Pilotage et participation aux présentations presse ou commerciales, actions de représentation de la société, et organisation de salons en collaboration avec le chef de projet événementiel et le chargé de communication
  • Recommander et organiser les temps forts B2B et B2B2C et salons professionnels en collaboration avec le chef de projets événementiels,
  • Déplacements sur des événements promotionnels pour encadrer les contacts presse, animer des conférences ou représenter la société,
  • Développer la notoriété du studio au travers de webinars, d’ateliers et d’événements professionnels dédiés au secteur marché, en collaboration avec le chargé de communication.
• Planification, exécution, et suivi de campagnes d’acquisition – Growth Hacking.
• Développement de nouveaux canaux de distribution.
• Développement des programmes de fidélisation, en collaboration avec le chef de projet événementiel et le chargé de communication.
• Suivi des ventes et reporting ROI :
  • Suivre les ventes et analyser les retombées,
  • Établir des documents de suivi de performance,
  • Faire des reportings très réguliers à la direction et aux partenaires.
• Veille active
  • Assurer une veille marketing et un suivi constant des tendances du marché,
  • Mener des veilles concurrentielles sur tous les jeux produits par le studio.

Prérequis

• Diplômé d’une École de Commerce ou d’une formation en communication / digital / marketing, tu as déjà 3 ans d’expérience minimum en tant que Chef de Produit dans l’industrie du jeu vidéo.
• Tu nourris un véritable intérêt pour les jeux vidéo et la pop culture, et tu as une excellente culture web & pub.
• Tu connais ton marché par cœur et tu es à l’affût de toutes les tendances.
• Tu es très créatif, tu adores réfléchir à des propositions innovantes qui marqueront les esprits et feront la différence !
• Tu es bilingue français / anglais.
• Tu es rigoureux, exigeant et tu as le sens du détail.
• Tu as une orthographe et une syntaxe irréprochable.
• Tu es parfaitement à l’aise à l’oral, devant un large public ou une caméra, d’un naturel enthousiaste, et doté de bonnes qualités relationnelles.
• Le travail d’équipe est une source de motivation pour toi, et tu ne conçois pas ton poste sans collaborer et partager avec les autres.
• Tu as le goût du challenge, tu adores avoir une diversité de missions et bénéficier d’une très grande autonomie.
• Tu es disponible ponctuellement en dehors des heures classiques du studio pour couvrir des événements ou sorties quand il y en a.

Les conditions

• Poste à temps plein, en CDI, télétravail partiel possible (politique de télétravail hybride – journées de présentiel à prévoir tous les mois)
• Entreprise lilloise chaleureuse, équipe à taille humaine (18 personnes)
• Locaux agréables, ambiance “Start-up”.
• Avantages en nature (tickets restaurant, mutuelle).
• Rémunération selon profil et expérience.

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Référence annonce : TA-CPJV220101

Backend Engineer

Job Description

Overview

Our client wants to create a team with a strong craftsmanship culture: a team made of people who help each other progress and constantly improve their skills and practices to deliver software that delights their users at a fast and sustainable pace.

What you will do

Your mission is to design, develop and improve backend API services for upcoming game: Stories One.

No prior experience in Video Game development is required. For your information, this backend is written in Go as gRPC services, deployed as containers and runs in a Kubernetes cluster in Google Cloud, but the team do not require prior experience with these technologies, only that you’re interested in working with our stack.

Some of those backend services are pretty classic, such as:

• Authenticating users with OAuth2,
• Allowing players to customize their profile and avatar,
• Keeping track of player progression, score and level,
• Moderation,

Others are more peculiar to online video games:

• Spawning and configuring game worlds made of multiple dedicated game servers,
• Saving and loading backups of the world’s state,
• Routing players to the appropriate game server upon connection (“matchmaking”),

During the upcoming months, we expect this backend to grow with new features:

• An “achievement” and notification system based on message queues,
• In-game purchase transactions,
• And much more…

The team work in close cooperation with the game development team, in a fast iterative fashion that allows us to experiment a lot and adapt as the game design evolves. As a result, 100% of the backend has been refactored and improved at least once during the past year.

Also, as we are a small team working on an ambitious project, various optional “side quests” are available, according to your preferences and motivation:

• Developing features for our community’s Discord Bot
• Developing custom Kubernetes resources and controllers
• Developing UI tools for admins, moderators…
• Ops: maintaining our observability layer, automating the infrastructure…

Skills & experience

Self-taught developers are welcome, provided that you have projects on github/gitlab, or a portfolio to share with us.

Strongly required

• Curious, open minded, eager to learn new practices and technologies
• At ease with spoken and written English
• At least one significant experience on a multi-people project: can be in an Open Source or professional context
• Linux or Mac user (ease with shell)
• Knowledge of at least one server-side language: Go / Python / Java / C# / C++ / Ruby…
• Knowledge of at least one database system, whether relational or NoSQL
• Proficiency with git

Preferred (can be learned on the spot)

• Some knowledge of microservice design
• Any kind of experience with CI (github actions, Circle CI, Travis, Jenkins, gitlab-CI, …)
• Working with containers: Docker or podman
• Continuous Delivery practices: Test Driven Development, Code Review, Pair Programming.

Bonus

• Some knowledge of Domain Driven Design
• Building Helm charts
• Using IAC technology (Terraform…)

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  Référence annonce : TA-G23032022

Senior 3D Artist

A propos

Notre client est un studio français basé à Paris.
L’équipe développe un jeu NFT basé sur la blockchain, où les utilisateurs collectionnent, élèvent et rencontrent en tant qu’avatars des animaux dans des espaces virtuels interactifs. L’équipe compte aujourd’hui une vingtaine de collaborateur.ices et recherche son ou sa futur.e Senior 3D Artist. 

Descriptif du poste 

Le studio construit un jeu basé sur la blockchain et le travail artistique. Le poste s’articulera autour de ces différents axes : 

• Être un acteur clé dans le développement du jeu & de ses NFTs.
• Création d’assets de communication basés sur les conceptions du jeu
• Création d’avatars d’animaux, dans un style orienté Cartoon, modifiables par les utilisateurs.
• Maitrise des bases du rigging pour les animations.
• Livrer, apprendre et itérer continuellement.
• Vous développerez les premiers assets 3D du studio, et vous établirez le cadre et la norme de qualité pour l’équipe et le produit.

Profil recherché 

• Vous avez le souci du détail, vous êtes ouvert et vous êtes un bon communicant
• Vous parlez et écrivez couramment l’anglais (le français est un atout mais pas obligatoire)
• Vous êtes familier avec les méthodes et principes Agile

Prérequis

• Au moins une expérience en tant qu’artiste 3D dans une équipe chargée de créer un jeu ou une autre expérience interactive.
• Bonne connaissance du moteur de jeu Unity 
• Connaissance du rigging et de l’animation.
• Expérience de travail dans une équipe ou un environnement inter-fonctionnel avec des développeurs, des artistes techniques, des animateurs et d’autres fonctions.
• Une grande compréhension des NFT, des jeux P2E et des technologies blockchain.
• Un attrait pour le potentiel du Metaverse

Avantages 

• Mission épique – Rejoignez un jeu en phase de démarrage avec une traction démontrée et l’ambition mondiale de créer un leader de la catégorie.
• Impact – En rejoignant l’équipe, vous aurez un impact considérable dès le début. Notre client cherche à recruter des personnes talentueuses et autonomes qui peuvent apporter leur expertise pour façonner le jeu et l’entreprise au fur et à mesure de sa croissance.
• Environnement dynamique – Une évolution rapide et une construction de projets qui n’ont jamais été vues auparavant.
• Congés – Le studio offre 5 semaines de congés payés par an, en plus des jours fériés nationaux (entre 7 et 11 jours selon les années).
• Salaire compétitif – Un package salarial compétitif qui correspond à vos compétences, vos expériences et vos contributions.
• Dernières technologies – Vous serez exposé aux technologies les plus récentes et les plus perturbatrices qui existent.
• Esprit d’équipe – Apprenez à connaître vos collègues grâce à des événements d’entreprise.

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Référence annonce : TA-DGM12162103

3D Animator

What we’re looking for

Our client is looking for a serious and motivated 3D animator to help us build “The Petaverse”.

The game is in early stages of development so your opinions and input will help us shape the game at its core. As a 3D Animator, you will be going through an iterative, hands-on process of helping us shape the product as you bring our ground-breaking new project, “The Petaverse” from concept to playability. If you are a highly-motivated individual with a passion for blockchain, NFTs & gaming, we have the perfect job for you!

Located in Paris, the start-up atmosphere will make you discover a dynamic work environment. You will have real challenges to take up and your actions will contribute directly to the success of the company. Participate in the development of our company by joining a young, motivated and passionate team.

Responsibilities

Main activities of the position:

• Check the implementation of the animations and identify the improvements to be made
• Create animations based on keyframes or dynamic animation (engine)
• Continuously deliver, learn and iterate on our product
• Actively collaborate with teams to create a great gaming experience and game
• Support teams in integrating animations and help make the right adjustments

As a person, you are:

• A team worker eager to learn new things
• Familiar with Agile methods and principles
• Detail-oriented, outgoing and a good communicator
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Fluent in English, both speaking and writing (French is a plus but not mandatory)

Qualifications

Our requirements:

• At least 4 years of experience as a 3D animator
• A thorough understanding of the principles of animation.
• A good perception and transcription of animal body mechanics.
• Extensive experience with 3D animation tools (3ds Max, Maya, Motion Builder…)
• Experience with rigging and skinning
• Have a great understanding of quality vs gameplay
• Be autonomous and proactive

Benefits

Why join us?

• Flexibility and autonomy: work remotely when you want and where you want and with the material and tools of your choice
• Epic mission: join an early-stage cryptogame with demonstrated traction and the global ambition to create a category leader
• Impact: joining our small team, you will be highly impactful from the beginning. We’re looking to hire talented, autonomous people who can bring their expertise to shape the game and company as we grow
• Dynamic Environment: we move fast and build things that have never been seen before.
• Holidays: we offer 5 weeks of paid holidays per year, in addition to the national holidays (between 7 and 11 days depending on the year)
• Competitive Salary: competitive salary package that fit your skills, experiences, and contributions
• Latest Tech: you’ll be exposed to the newest & most disruptive tech there is.
• Bonding Activities: get to know your colleagues through company events, retreats, and more. Stay up-to-date with current technologies and trends in cryptocurrency, gaming, NFTs, social media, design tools and applications

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Référence annonce : TA-DGM14032022

Game Data Analyst

The Company

Our client is a leading global publisher and developer of entertainment content, known worldwide for its successful video games franchises. The company is also a recognised leader in games based on Japanese anime properties.

Part of the Japanese group, an entertainment industry leader with a presence in video games, toys and amusement parks the company  has 15 international offices with operations in 50 countries around the world.

Job Description

Within the EMEA Headquarters you join the Business Intelligence team under the responsibility of its manager.
You define and implement within the company analytics’ strategy and processes.
You will be involved in games development stages by defining the analytics plan for each title as well as set up the data reporting pipelines.
Real Business partner, you provide data-led insight to the Marketing and Production teams to support the decision-making process.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Build cohesive and collaborative interactions across business units and external partners to support operational and strategic goals
• Rationalize the processes and tools
• Evangelize the value of analytics services and the use of data in making business and design decisions

Define, design and implement the games’ analytics specifications

• Identify the games data flows and pipelines
• Build the appropriate events and tag plan
• Follow the implementation of the analytics alongside the studio
• Guarantee through AB testing the quality and consistency of the collected data

Create and sustain the reporting pipelines

• Develop automated systems for data aggregation and visualization
• Provide a descriptive, inferential and regression analysis of the game data

Provide actionable insights to support decision making on the key titles

• Analyze the impact of different players acquisition types (marketing campaigns, new content releases, featuring) on the evolution of players’ lifetime values
• Influence editorial and marketing strategies through fact-based, data-driven insights and analysis

Candidate Profile

Knowledge and skills :

• Excellent English skills required (oral communication and writing skills)
• Good understanding of the video game development process
• Passionate about video games
• Ability to manage multiple projects / processes at one time
• Strong analytic and statistical skills 
• Strong Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel skills including: VBA, Pivot Table, modeling techniques, forecast, selling curve
• Strong software skills including data visualization tools: Power BI (preferred), DAX language, Tableau software, Looker, Qlik
• Skilled in R and/or Python, handling massive data (power query, SQL, dplyr, pandas) 

Experience and qualifications :

• 3-5 years minimum in a similar position within the video games industry
• Master’s degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science or engineering

Personality traits:

• Excellent organizational skills, proactivity and entrepreneurial mindset  
• Documents, organizes and plans own work with minimal supervision 
• High attention to details 
• Customer oriented
• Team spirit; Ability to bring people together around a project
• Diplomatic and good interpersonal skills 
• Good communicator

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Référence annonce : TA-GDA20220302

Directeur.ice de clientèle Relation Presse

Sales / New Business Developer

Lead Pixel 2D Artist

The company

Our client has developed a social-oriented (and low tech friendly) cloud gaming platform. It was designed it to be accessible to everyone: available directly from a web browser, it does not require a high-speed internet connection to provide a seamless multiplayer game experience. 

We are looking for a very senior, highly motivated, collaboration-oriented, Lead Pixel 2D Artist to join our game development studio and work on a new and groundbreaking game!

Location : Full remote.

The candidate must be within +/- 1hour of CET time zone.

What you will be doing

The position will revolve around these different axes:

• As a Lead Pixel 2D Artist, you will mentor/develop a small team of artists, shape the future of the art team, and also work very hands-on during the whole game development process. As part of the development team you will enjoy a creative, challenging and collaborative environment where your ideas will be every bit as valued as your art expertise.
• You’ll have the challenge of setting the overall art direction and vision for a new and groundbreaking game, and ultimately for the whole game development studio.
• You will directly manage, mentor and develop a small team of artists, and make sure the art team is optimally staffed to tackle current and future challenges.
• You will be very hands-on during the development and will deliver yourself high quality visual design of original 2D games (character concepts, environments and backgrounds). You will also taking charge of the UI design.

What are looking for

• Strong leadership skills and experience managing and developing small team(s) of artists.
• Experience in 2D pixel art (art execution and direction).
• Knowledge of technical constraints and assets optimisation.
• Great understanding of how to produce appealing pixel art in style within the available time frame and resources.
• Good knowledge of 2D editing tools, like Aseprite and photoshop, to be able to deliver any kind of good quality 2D assets.
• 2D Animation skills.
• Excellent understanding of lighting and shading pixel art techniques.
• Good knowledge of video games, ideally retro games.

Benefits

• Unlimited vacations (minimum 5 weeks)
• Monthly well-being allowance (mental help, sport, massage, etc.)
• Home office allowance
• Fully remote & Flexible working hours
• Equal pay policy
• Equal maternity and paternity leave (18 weeks)
• Maternity/Paternity grant of 3K euros (in Europe)
• Stock option plan
• Health insurance compensation a one-to-one basis, depending on geographical location & company’s policy.
• Extra benefits depending on the geographical location.

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Référence annonce : TA-L2DA220121