Wooga Berlin recruiting talent for new Hidden Object genre game – join them in Berlin

It’s your chance to join Wooga creating the next generation of mobile hidden object games. Wooga aim to enrich the genre with new elements and super exciting storytelling, check out these opportunities to join the game development team in Berlin:

Creative Director (Storytelling) – to bring storytelling to a new level in free to play games

Game Designer (F2P Systems) – to create a truly engaging game experience

Senior Game Designer – apply your outstanding design skills push the genre to a new level

“Wooga is a start-up on a successful growth path with amazing speed. It will be a great place to meet other energetic and creative talents while enjoying the ride.” –Antti, Head of Studio.

Apply today on GamesJobsDirect.com!

Limbic Entertainment Germany Hiring Senior Game and Level Designers

Ready for your next challenge in game design?

Take 5 minutes to look at Limbic Entertainment’s jobs http://is.gd/yugXan on GamesJobsDirect.com.

The Limbic team are currently focusing on Unity and Unreal, PC-client- and next generation/online console games and have opportunities for designers with several years of experience in PC and online game development to participate in developing their complex and dynamic new title.

Senior Games Designers will have the opportunity to work with the product vision and design the game pillars as well in creating the systems and mechanics to support each design pillar and Senior Level Designers with experience of designing levels for strategy games (TBS, RTS) can collaborate with the design team members to create interesting and engaging gameplay scenarios within the established game design guidelines as well as taking ownership over the general gameplay execution of the assigned levels.

Limbic Entertainment Employee Benefits

• A responsible and challenging position in a dynamic business with a professional working atmosphere
• Flat hierarchies for quick decision-making
• Friendly and cooperative working atmosphere
• Interesting game projects with many different, diverse and challenging tasks
• Based in Langen (Hesse), 3 km from Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport and 10km from Frankfurt Airport, Langen has good connections with all transport providers.

Interested? Full information available here http://is.gd/yugXan on GamesJobsDirect.com.

Senior Games Job Opportunity – Become a World Creative Director for Gameloft Paris and shape their Global Creative Vision

Headquartered in Paris we find the award-winning developer and publisher of mobile games, Gameloft. Gameloft’s extensive, diverse catalogue consists of many successful titles including Real Football, Asphalt, Bubble Bash, such Modern Combat, Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Dungeon Hunter, Gangstar plus a substantial licensed portfolio including Mission Impossible 3, Shrek 3, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, King Kong, Lost, and the list goes on…..

Essential to Gameloft’s continuing success is the establishment of a global vision for their game portfolio; this vision will direct the design team globally towards the common goal of making the very best games!

How will this be achieved?

Gameloft Paris are hiring a Creative Director or Lead Game Designer with a true love for their role and their industry.

As a key player in an industry Gameloft is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years so this will be a challenging and rewarding position requiring a very clear understanding of business in the current market. Reporting to their Senior Vice President of Production you will employ your expertise to establish a powerful culture of creative thinking among the design and development teams worldwide to establish, push every game to its maximum potential and achieve their vision.

Could you be successful in this role?

Read the full job description and apply here http://is.gd/1aMPdj on GamesJobsDirect.com.

Wooga Berlin moves in new genres and market territories

In March 2014 Jens Begemann told Gamasutra how Wooga is investing everything that they make into creating new games and expanding their successful mobile games company to new genres and territories.

More specifically, he discussed plans to expand into mid-core games and Asian markets; by taking a look at their careers page we can see how attracting talent with knowledge and experience from these fields will play an essential role in helping them crack new genres and markets. So, in a snapshot, what do Wooga’s open job opportunities tell us?

• New mid-core games already in development
• New simulation game in development
• Game balancing and design mechanics skills are in demand
• New puzzle genre title in development
• Mobile strategy product in development
• Japan market – Japan Country Manager, Producer / Project Manager, Community Manager, Player Experience Manager

 In the article Jens acknowledged that Wooga’s current audience is rather casual and has a strong female skew, but he says he’s looking to broaden Wooga’s target group with Wooga’s new games.

Wooga value their talent and strive to make working life at Wooga great for their team, you can read about the benefits of being a Wooga employee here http://is.gd/vaDjIZ.

Do you possess the key skills and expertise Wooga need to ensure success in their new markets?

Find out more and apply here http://is.gd/f2HMdX on GamesJobsDirect.com.

Development Directors, Gameplay Designers, Software Automation Developers and QA Managers – don’t miss your opportunity to join BioWare Montreal.

Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful titles and franchises, including Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. BioWare currently operates in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and Austin (Texas).

Love quality multiplatform role-playing, MMO and strategy games? You need to take a close look at BioWare.

Find out more how to join the work on Mass Effect 4, one of the most anticipated PS4 and Xbox One titles, here http://is.gd/Mt5BEn on GamesJobsDirect.com.

GamesJobsDirect – Hot Job Roundup

1000 jobs on GamesJobsDirect.com today and it’s been yet another busy week in games recruitment, check out a snapshot of our clients’ hottest jobs and priority hires here http://is.gd/lZZ6m3.

Our clients have projects and job opportunities to harness your skills, fuel your imagination and maximise your career potential – come on, they’re waiting to hear from you!

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage in Pocket Gamer’s Best iPhone/iPad Games of the Week – join the Roadhouse Interactive team on GamesJobsDirect.com

Last week the Roadhouse Interactive team in Vancouver was proud to see Warhammer 40,000: Carnage recognised as one of the best games of the week by Pocket Gamer http://is.gd/2k5bjE.

Roadhouse is currently using Unity 3 to bring one of the world’s most well-known entertainment properties to 3D social gaming and needs a talented Software Engineer and a Game Level Designer to join them on their journey; find out more here http://is.gd/5ImbsS on GamesJobsDirect.com.

King London, Story of Success and Hiring

The team at GamesJobsDirect.com were interested to read The Guardian’s article http://is.gd/QKTJKi discussing King’s Candy Crush success and life for the team in the trendy London studio. Read the history of Candy Crush, what made it a success and get a flavour of the challenge they face making Farm Heroes live up to the high expectations set by its predecessor. Plus, potential employees can gain a valuable insight into the work being carried out on the follow up title, their environment which encourages everyone to contribute their ideas and fun brainstorming space for employees to extend their market knowledge (play games!) and test their products.

Want to join the fun? Check out King’s London, Malmo, Barcelona and Berlin vacancies on GamesJobsDirect.com.

What do the team behind Moshi Monsters love about working for Mind Candy?

Their highly acclaimed studio might look like a playground complete with treehouse and astroturf, but it’s designed to be a fun and inspiring place to work. Best of all it’s brimming with brilliant people.

What’s the secret behind this happy, creative, technically advanced and commercially successful studio? This http://is.gd/LRj5G0 video shows some of the team telling us what Mind Candy means to them.

In a snapshot? It’s about the people, the ability to be challenged, opportunities to make an impact & progress, collaborative working conditions with receptive peers & colleagues, hugely creative and fun environment; they believe, it’s a little bit different!

To find out more about life at Mind Candy you can meet some of the team here http://is.gd/fHHPca.

They’re not only about Moshi Monsters though, Mind Candy are now developing several ground-breaking new products for kids and their families. For your chance to join Mind Candy on their mission to become the “greatest entertainment company for this digital generation” see their job listings here http://is.gd/OvgKk4 on GamesJobsDirect.com.

Wooga Berlin now recruiting on GamesJobsDirect.com

Founded in 2009 Wooga has grown rapidly into one of the top three casual gaming companies in the world. January 2014 saw Wooga celebrating their 5th anniversary and touting their 220 million players since 2009!

Wooga’s focus to date has been on creating regular hits such as Jelly Splash, Pearl’s Peril and Diamond Dash; over 50 million people play Wooga’s games every month across multiple platforms and the games teams at Wooga are working hard to deliver more of these hits.

To extend their success into additional markets CEO Jens Bergemann has announced strategies designed to take the company in new directions which include the formation of a new studio at its Berlin headquarters (with the freedom to enter new genres they haven’t pursued before), and a plan to take the company into Asian markets (with top priority on Japan).

Wooga executives consider their innovative HR policies that reward and inspire creativity a top weapon to compete with other Berlin startups for tech talent and to contend with rival casual gaming firms such as California-based Zynga and Seattle-based PopCap Games. Wooga’s pro personal development culture, positive work-life balance, fun office environment, gift based reward schemes are amongst the additional perks you receive as a Wooga employee.

In order to accommodate their 250 employees the office in the heart of Berlin city grew 10-fold to 3,900 square meters in 2014, are you interested in joining their team? Current priority hires are: Product Manager Jelly Splash, Lead Game Designer, Senior Game Designer – Simulation Game, Game Economy Designer, Level Designer, Country Manager Japan, Data Engineer and Front-End Web Developer.

Join Wooga today on GamesJobsDirect.com here!