Senior Technical Designer, Sharkmob
+ Discretionary annual performance-based bonus
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Game development company
Job no longer available
Game development company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ Discretionary annual performance-based bonus
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To have fun creating games that people will enjoy playing.
Role
Who you are
- Experience using Unreal Engine to create tools and content
- Passionate about creating AAA games
- Confident with communicating cross-discipline
- Excellent documentation skills
- Good understanding of the Unreal Multiplayer framework
- C++/C# experience a plus
What the job involves
- Sharkmob are growing rapidly and recruiting for the London studio, looking for exceptional people to join the design team
- You’ll be working closely with every design discipline, providing technical support and crafting the systems that form the heart of the game
- Your role will be to design, prototype, document and support several key areas
- You’ll be a major point of contact for the designers and will work closely with the engineering team
- Collaborate with the design and engineering teams to identify technical requirements
- Using UE5, assist with the rapid development and iteration of content, coming up with innovative solutions to problems, smoothing the path from idea to content
- Provide support for the design team, taking ownership and being a point of contact for certain aspects of the game and helping to push these to AAA quality
- Help mentor more junior members of the team on best practices and help maintain standards when creating blueprints and other assets
- Be passionate and proactive about giving the team the ability to create AAA content
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Malmö-based Sharkmob is a game development company, founded in 2017 by a group of development vets from Ubisoft's Massive Studio and Hitman maker IO Interactive.
Currently, the company has one game on the market, Bloodhunt, released in early 2022, the game quickly took the battle royale genre by storm. Since its release, it has attracted a great deal of attention from some of the biggest names in the gaming world and has on average 30,000 daily players. Sharkmob also has two more projects underway, while not much is known about them yet, they are both highly anticipated in the gaming world.
Acquired by the massive conglomerate Tencent in 2019, Sharkmob has been able to grow its team and begin work on multiple games at the same time. The Malmö-based game development company also recently opened the doors to its second studio in London, focused on expanding its team, Sharkmob are looking towards an exciting future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 30 days annual leave, in addition to all UK Bank Holidays
- Hybrid work-from-home policy
- Discretionary annual performance-based bonus
- Private pension (10% total, up to 5% individual contribution matched by Sharkmob)
- BUPA private Healthcare, Cigna dental cover, life insurance scheme and income protection policy
- £425 yearly preventative healthcare allowance
- Core studio hours 10:00-16:00 with 1 'wellness hour' to be used per week
- Daily breakfasts, snacks & refreshments at the studio
- Relocation assistance for people outside the UK (1 month accommodation, flights/travel paid for, logistics/removal costs reimbursed)
- Assistance for people relocating within the UK (reimbursement for expenses on travel into London for flat viewings and moving vans/couriers)
Company HQ
Gamla staden, Malmö, Skåne County
Leadership
Fredrik R.
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously worked as an Associate Managing Director at Playground Music, a Business Development Director and Executive Producer at Massive Entertainment and as a Senior Advisor at CDON.
Martin Hultberg
(Co-Founder)Spent 11 years at Massive Entertainment where they worked in multiple roles, including being the Associate Producer for Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Petter Mannerfelt
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Massive Entertainment in multiple roles but most notably as the Director of Tom Clancy's The Division.
Rodrigo Cortes
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Massive as a Conceptual/3D Artist, Lead Artist and Brand Art Director. Also worked as a Brand Art Director at Io-Interactive.
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