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Are you passionate about video games? Do you want to keep progressing in an exciting, young and dynamic environment? Gameloft is looking for a Game Designer with console or handheld devices experience to work on upcoming projects on iPhone Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, Xbox Live Arcade and others Gameloft is an international developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Founded in 1999 and currently a leader in its sector, Gameloft distributes its games in over 75 countries. www.gameloft.com 

Game Designer

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

The role of a game designer is to develop new innovative game concepts for console and handheld devices. The designer's responsibility is to make important contributions to the design quality of large-scale projects. Also, the specifications relative to game concept and creation must be defined, while working closely with artists and developers.
Main tasks:

 • Conceptualization and in-depth development of the game
 • Documentation, script writer, level-design, level-scripting, data entry, game balancing, integration of multimedia elements (texts, images, sounds and videos).

Secondary tasks:
 • Maintain a strong communication with the different department leads (Producers, creative directors, art directors, technical directors);
 • Keep updated all documents of the project and maintain regular updates of all design aspects of the game for an overall quality;
 • Develop prototypes and explore new game ideas. Research and development, participate to market studies and propose new game concepts/ideas.

Skills

 • Study diploma in one of the following: Computer science, multimedia, computer graphics, video games or equivalent.
 • At least one (1) year of experience in a video game company as a game or level designer.
 • Experience on the following platforms an asset: Wii, DS, PSP, Xbox Live Arcade.
 • Bilingual (English/French)
 • Experience in game creation. At least one of the following choices:
 • Professional game
 • Personal projects (college, home-made, etc.);
 • Level-design and/or MOD (Quake, Unreal, Warcraft, Half-Life, etc.);
 • Experience with creation tools (Flash, Blitz, Virtools, GameMaker, etc.);
 • Good experience with multimedia software (Office, Adobe, Macromedia).