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UKGames Recruitment Ltd offers a personal & professional consultation for individuals looking for careers in the Computer Games Industry. We represent a large number of worldwide AAA games developers & provide our candidates with a wide range of opportunities specifically matching their skills, experience & requirements for new projects. UKGames Recruitment works with the most well renowned, award winning, AAA Games Developers who produce Driving & Racing, FPS, RPG, MMO’s & Sports titles on PSP, DS, PC & PS2, as well as Xbox360, PS3 & Wii

We have built a reputation as a games recruiter who is equally focused on our candidates & clients. From consulting with our candidates we’re able us to establish a real understanding of their careers so far and where they would like to go. We have a great insight to the games industry, our clients and their projects which in turn helps us provide our candidates with the most relevant and suitable opportunities around

We are currently looking for a variety of highly skilled individuals from Artists, Animators, Programmers & Management for active roles available in the UK, Europe, Canada & the USA

Vehicle Artists
Character Artists
Environment Artists
Senior/Lead Artists
VFX Artists
Level Designers
Games Designers
Animators – All Levels
Producers
Programmers – All Levels

As our clients require candidates to provide samples of their work, we’re unable to accept applications not accompanied by a portfolio.

PLEASE NOTE: Although we try to visit VFXtalk as much as possible, contacting us at Enquiries[@]UKGrecruitment.com ensures we’re able to reply to everyone directly. Don’t hesitate to contact us for more information

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Nathan
UKGames Recruitment
www.UKGrecruitment.com

The modeller will need to work very closely with the texture painters, shader writers, look development artists and the riggers to generate models that are suitable for feature film work. The models may be organic in nature, such as various creatures or characters, or they may be models of rigid objects such as cars, buildings, props or sets. They will need to make use of a wide range of reference materials. Models may need to be created from scratch or from scans, reference photography, maquettes, miniatures or other set models. They will also have to work closely with their leads to determine an appropriate level of detail for any given model. It will also be important to work closely with the riggers to produce models that meet their work flow requirements, and with texture painters to determine the optimal UV layout for a model.

Needs to Know
• Strong spatial awareness and a good sense of form, scale and proportion.
• A very keen eye for detail.
• A full working knowledge of modelling in any one or more of these packages: Maya,
XSI and Cyslice.
• Ability to work with packages such as Mudbox or Z-brush are an advantage.
• Polygon and sub-division surface modelling. Knowledge of NURBS modelling is not
generally required, but a plus.
• How to deliver a "clean" model with tidy polygon/sub-d placement and good basic UV
layout for texturing
• A good knowledge of Linux would be an advantage. Familiarity with Windows useful
but not essential.
• When to model detail or have the the detail added through the shading, by liasing
with the shader writers and look development artists.
• At least 1 years experience in feature films would be beneficial. Experience in other
areas of visual effects (TV, Games) will also be taken into account.

Needs to be
• Meticulous
• Team oriented
• Able to learn in house work flows and methodologies
• Able to adapt to changing requirements or briefs
• Resourceful

Measures of Performance
• On time delivery
• Show continuous improvement
• Ability to deliver any required model at an appropriate level of detail and realism,
which fits smoothly into the pipeline of a show

Please go to our website www.dneg.com to apply.

If you or someone you know is interested in exploring a programming position at Naughty Dog now or in the future, please feel free to send your resume to candace_walker@naughtydog.com. We are going to be VERY active in hiring programmers for the next few months.

Thanks,
Candace
Recruiter @ Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog
www.naughtydog.com
Santa Monica, CA

About our company..
Naughty Dog is the developer of critically acclaimed and top-selling titles including the Crash Bandicoot franchise, Jak and Daxter franchise Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, and now Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. We’re a relatively small team with a highly decentralized and collaborative work environment – we value feedback about any aspect of our game development from any of our team members. We’re a tightly knit group and you can frequently find us participating in yoga sessions in the office, spending lunch playing out on the court basketball, foosball in our lunchroom or around town in our frequent group evenings out. Since Naughty Dog is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment America, we also get a lot of the perks that comes from being in the Sony family – movie screenings on the Sony Pictures lots and discounts on electronics, music, movies and PlayStation hardware and software. Of course, you just can’t beat our location. Naughty Dog is based near the ocean – and beaches – in Santa Monica, California, where beautiful weather and fair temperatures grace us year-round.

Open Positions:
·Engine Programmer
·Tools Programmer
·Gameplay Programmer
·AI Programmer
·Graphics Programmer
·Generalist Programmer
·FX Programmer
·Graphics Programmer
·Network Programmer

Press & E3 Awards about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3174543 (Best In Show @ E3 2009)
http://www.gamefocus.ca/?nav=article&did=429 (Best In Show @ E3 2009)

http://g4tv.com/articles/67340/xplays-best-of-e3-2009 (Best In Show and Best PSX3 Game @ E3 2009)
http://geek-woman.com/wordpress/ (Best in Show @ e3 2009)
http://kotaku.com/5228723/hands+on-w…-3+player-coop
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/105…rviews#Contenthttp://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/03/jo…among-thieves/
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3172597
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/950/950589p1.html
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/u…=picks;title;2
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/105…rviews#Content
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/03/jo…among-thieves/
http://kotaku.com/5145044/first-look…eves-in-action
http://ps3.gamespy.com/playstation-3…/950697p1.html

• 3 + years production experience in television commercials, film or animated features
• High level of understanding of Maya FX tools
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to work within a strong team environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and problem solve.

http://www.smoothdevil.com/index.php?page=job&job_id=949

closes: 9 Aug 2009

We are currently looking for a variety of artists to join us for upcoming projects:

Lighting/Shading TDs
Using Maya, Mental Ray and Renderman. Artists should have previous experience working on Film or Longform projects. Experience of Compositing using Fusion would be an advantage. These roles will be short term contracts starting immediately for approximately 3 months, based in our Manchester office.

Modellers
Using Maya and Mudbox. Artists should have previous experience working on Film or Longform projects. These roles will be short term contracts starting in early July for five weeks, based in our Manchester office.

Previz Artists
Using Maya. Will involve setting up VFX shots and cameras. Artists should have previous experience working on Film or Longform projects. These roles will be short term contracts starting in early July for five weeks, based in our Manchester office.

Generalists
Using Maya, Mental Ray and/or Renderman. 3D Generalists with experience of completing shots from beginning to end (including own compositing). Artists should have previous experience of working on Film or Longform projects. These roles will be short term contracts starting in July for a couple of months, based in our Manchester office.

Producers and Production Coordinators
Experience of producing CG and VFX for broadcast and longform projects is required. These roles will be short term contracts starting in July for a couple of months, based in our Manchester office.

If you are interested in any of the above roles or are based in Manchester and feel that your skills could be of use to us then please get in touch with us enclosing your CV and showreel (if appropriate) at: jobs@redvision.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you!