Monthly Archives: November 2009

Job Hunter Spotlight – UI/Creative Director

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I’ve got a good friend who is about to go into job hunt mode, and I’m looking to help spread the word that he’s available.  I’ve worked with him personally, and he’s got my highest recommendation.  He’s got almost 20 years of experience in the UI, 2D, 3D and effects fields.

He’s keeping his search slightly under wraps for now – if you’re interested, ping me and I can get you in touch.  This is NOT for any type of referral fee, any introduction will be free of charge.  Here’s a brief rundown of his skillset:

  • High level UI design
  • Usability guidelines and direction
  • Establishing corporate branding and styleguides
  • Photoshop ninja
  • Website wireframing and mockups
  • Profociency in Maya, Adobe suite including After Effects, zBrush, Mudbox, Sketchup
  • Texture and shader design
  • Experience managing staff of animators and other designers

Ping me at pteall(at)gamejobhunter(dot)com if you’re interested!

Paul

New Companies, New Jobs, Layoffs

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It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in the game industry.  First, we had the news last week that EA was laying off 1500 of its employees worldwide.  Then, we had the news today that EA was shutting down Pandemic.  If you’re an industry veteran, I’d almost bet money that you knew someone that was affected – I’ve worked at EA in the past, and I had a few friends that were let go.  If you’re a job hunter, it means that there is suddenly a lot more people looking for jobs.  This can definitely be worrisome, but there ARE still a lot of people hiring.  With EA’s acquisition of Playfish, the obvious question is whether or not a lot of jobs are just getting shuffled around to casual/social media/mobile game developers.  I had a quick look at Playfish, Playdom and Zynga, and they seem to be hiring for a LOT of positions.  I know, I need to get them to post here.  ;)   They obviously don’t have 1500+ jobs listed, sooooo…I’m not sayin’….I’m just sayin’.

We’ve also had a bunch of new ads and several new companies posting at GameJobHunter over the past few weeks. Here’s a list of some recent activity:

Good luck to everyone that’s looking!

Paul