<p>Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd.</p><p>We’ve been passionate about video game development for 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers™: Battle League.</p>

Next Level Games

Technical Animation Lead

Rendering Engineer

Senior Gameplay Engineer

Technical Art Lead

Senior Level Designer

Localsoft, S.L.

Game Tester: German

Game Tester: French (European)

Game Tester: Dutch

Game Tester: Chinese (Simplified, Mandarin)

Game Tester: Arabic

Game Tester: US English (USA)

Game Tester: Russian

Game Tester: Brazilian Portuguese

Game Tester: Spanish (European)

<p>Localsoft is a world-class, one-stop localization service provider with more than 30 years of experience in localizations.</p><p>Localsoft translates documentation, software, manuals, websites, on-screen text and promotional material into and from 150 languages. Additionally, Localsoft offers desktop publishing, English and foreign-language voiceovers, testing and quality assurance.</p><p>We have localized well over 200 million words in a variety of languages for a long list of clients around the world. Our highly specialized teams of translators, proofreaders and voiceover animators are among the best in the business. Our in-house staff works around the clock so that you can bring your product to market on time and within budget. Localsoft has the know-how and the experience to make your next project a success in the international market.</p>

Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish: Video Game Translator

<section aria-labelledby="job-description-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-description"><h2 id="job-description-title">Description</h2><div><p>Localsoft, S.L. is a world-class localization company offering translation, testing and audio services. From our headquarters in the <strong>Málaga TechPark</strong> in Málaga, Spain, we operate both locally and internationally with clients from many different business sectors including leading brands in the Games, IT, Legal, Engineering and Business industries.</p>  <p>We are currently hiring <strong>German Language </strong><strong>Game <strong>Testers </strong></strong>to work in our HQ in Málaga, Spain.</p><p>As a Game Tester you will be testing games to detect and report grammar, spelling, punctuation and other linguistic and cultural errors in your native language.</p><p>If you have previous game testing experience or you are an avid gamer with excellent linguistic skills, we would like to hear from you!</p><p><strong>Visit: <a tabindex="0" data-role="button-link" class="button--2de5X button--14TuV tertiary--1JsWJ external" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.localsoftgames.com/">www.localsoftgames.com</a></strong><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul> <li>Follow company policy and values</li> <li>Follow established processes, instructions and QA checklists</li> <li>Take full ownership of each phase in the project life cycle</li> <li>Successfully complete tasks to the highest standards</li> <li>Be aligned with Localsoft’s security and code of conduct</li> <li>Willingness to learn and improve, support other team members and go the extra mile</li> </ul></div></section><section aria-labelledby="job-requirements-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-requirements"><h2 id="job-requirements-title">Requirements</h2><div><ul> <li>English with full working proficiency</li> <li>Excellent native language skills</li> <li>Capacity to work in a multicultural, dynamic and deadline-driven work environment</li> <li>Good knowledge of game genres and platforms is a plus</li> <li>Good teamwork and interpersonal skills</li> <li>Proactive and positive “can do” attitude</li> <li>Understanding the importance of quality, customer service, confidentiality and security</li> </ul></div></section><section aria-labelledby="job-benefits-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-benefits"><h2 id="job-benefits-title">Benefits</h2><div><ul> <li>Opportunity to work with a professional international team in a dynamic and friendly work environment</li> <li>Opportunity to work with renowned clients (publishers/developers)</li> <li>Cafeteria &amp; Games</li> <li>Soft Drinks</li> <li>Fresh Fruit</li> </ul><p><strong>Additional information</strong></p><ul> <li>Valid work permit for Spain is required</li> <li>Testing is performed in Localsoft’s secure testing lab in Málaga, Spain</li> <li>This is an in-house position, remote work is not possible</li> </ul></div></section>

As a Technical Animation Lead at STUDIONext Level Games, you'll be responsible for bringing Nintendo characters to life. You'll work closely with artists, animators, designers, and engineers to ensure the highest quality assets are delivered within the constraints of a real-time development environment. You'll also be responsible for creating robust and efficient control rigs that make animators' lives easier.  Your expertise in rigging and animation will be critical in solving technical challenges and ensuring a seamless workflow.  You'll also be involved in mentoring and developing team members.

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                <div id="resumator-job-description"><h4 style="margin-top:3px;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>STUDIO</strong> </span></h4><span style="font-size:12px;">Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co. Ltd.<br><br>We’ve been passionate about video game development for 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers™: Battle League.<br><br>At NLG, we believe that a project finds success when we collaborate. Therefore, we place careful consideration to build an environment where everyone feels welcome and has fun in the process of achieving our shared goals.</span><h4><br><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>THE ROLE</strong></span></h4><span style="font-size:12px;">We are looking for a Technical Animation Lead who is excited to bring Nintendo characters to life by understanding every detail of NLG’s character production workflow and who is particularly focused on how rigging supports our award-winning animation team.<br><br>At NLG, a diverse team of craftspeople each contribute their expertise toward a shared goal of lifting Nintendo’s legendary IP to new heights of expressiveness, storytelling, and gameplay.&nbsp; This person will be a bridge builder and can see the whole character production pipeline from start to finish, shaping how we build our characters.&nbsp; This person also understands the Art Director’s goals, the Modelers’ tools, the Animators’ wants, and the Engineers’ runtime performance budget.&nbsp; When a creative problem can be solved by multiple approaches, this person is comfortable weighing the differences and communicating those options and tradeoffs, collaboratively helping the team converge on the best creative outcome.<br><br>That collaboration is borne out in amazing control rigs which put smiles on our animators’ faces.<br><br><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Proactively collaborate with Directors, Character Artists, Animators, Designers and Engineers to help deliver the highest quality assets possible within the constraints of a real-time development environment.</span><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Consistently partner with animators to unblock their potential.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Support artists and animators in developing new techniques to solve character production, pipeline challenges and ensure clean handoffs.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Collaborate with the stakeholder teams to understand the technical and creative requirements for assets and suggest solutions for technical issues.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Work with the concept team to ensure downstream considerations are evaluated and discussed early.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ensure the outsourcing partners have the resources to be productive and informed.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Help identify workflow deficiencies and communicate requirements for improvement with the tools team.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Partner with production to budget, prioritize, assign, track and organize all content deliverables.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ensure a constructive, collaborative relationship between the Modeling, Rigging, and Animation departments.</span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Oversee building of prototype assets where applicable to unblock teams.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ensure creation of robust, efficient and intuitive body and facial controls.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ensure team growth and mentorship in craft excellence.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ensure creation of documentation, onboarding plans, and feedback for the technical production of characters, animation and prop assets.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Brings teams together through consistent and effective communication.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Represent studio values through modeling behaviour and approach as a leader.</span></li></ul>&nbsp;<h4><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>KEY QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></span></h4><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;">7+ years of experience as a 3D technical artist in video games and film.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Have worked on at least one major project as a team lead.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Experience setting up and maintaining 3D art pipelines and workflows.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Intimate knowledge of Maya and strong understanding of Maya's rigging tools.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ability to pioneer practical production-oriented rig systems and workflows.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Deep knowledge of animator workflows.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ability to apply technical skills to solve rigging and animation problems.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Strong understanding of rigging optimization and budgeting as they pertain to game engine.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Proficient with modeling and topology adjustments related to character deformations.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Expertise in Python and/or C++ – specifically as it applies to programming and tool creation in Maya (MEL and API).</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Working knowledge of shaders, specifically as they relate to animation.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Experience with Project Management (Jira, Confluence, SharePoint) tools.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Experience with Source Control (Perforce) software.</span></li></ul><h4><br><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>YOU SET YOURSELF ABOVE WITH:</strong></span></h4><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Proactive, technical problem solver and a team player.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Driven by cross-discipline collaborative environments.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Excel at constructively giving and receiving feedback.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Experience supporting and maintaining cinematics workflows.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">A strong understanding of the principles of animation.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ability to research and apply new approaches to push our character capabilities.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Ability to create high quality content.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;">Stay adaptable to the iterative needs of the team by leaning into curiosity, experimentation and growth mindset.</span></li></ul><br><span style="font-size:12px;">This is a hybrid position, requiring at least three days per week at our Vancouver studio.<br><br>The hiring range for this position is $ 100,000 &nbsp;– 144,000 CAD annually and is subject to change. The final base salary compensation will be based on factors such as skills, education, and experience. This position is also eligible for the benefits including discretionary performance bonus program, health benefits, and generous time-off.<br><br>We wish to thank all applicants in advance; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.<br><br>We are currently only considering applicants who already have work eligibility in Canada and can work on-site in Metro Vancouver.</span><div><div><div></div></div></div></div>
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