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We are currently hiring for the following positions:

• Composer – (Freelance Composer) (Los Angeles, CA)
• 3d Artist – Contract Position (Los Angeles, CA)
• Marketing Assistant, Interactive Marketing – Contract Position (Los Angeles, CA)
• Quality Assurance Translator – Contract Position (Los Angeles, CA)
• Level Designer – Contract Position (Los Angeles, CA)
• Art Director (Los Angeles, CA)
• Senior Environment Artist (Los Angeles, CA)
• Quality Assurance Tester – Contract Position (Los Angeles, CA)
• CG Movie Programmers (Tokyo, Japan)
• Senior Software Engineer (Los Angeles, CA)
• Software Engineer (Los Angeles, CA)

Summary

Square Enix, Inc is seeking a Freelance Composer in the Los Angeles area. The ideal candidate will have their own studio to work from and a portfolio of scores to show their style and skill.

The composer will be working closely with the internal team to create just the right music for our project.

Requirements:

• Website with a music portfolio
• A studio with necessary equipment and software
• Located in the LA area

Summary

Square Enix, Inc. is seeking a 3D Contract Artist to help create our unannounced project. We are looking for highly talented artists to work with our Senior Artists and Concept Artists to create amazing looking assets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Construction of the game's assets, including creation of terrain, props, characters, model unwrapping and hand painting textures
• Works closely with senior artists to maintain art style and cohesive look and feel throughout the game
• Maintains a consistent quality of work yet stays on schedule
• Communicates with designers, producers, programmers and fellow artists
• Other related duties as required

Education and/or Experience:

• At least 2 years of Art/Animation experience required
• Some College required; a degree preferred
• Ability to demonstrate dynamic traditional art skills which includes a strong grasp of color, scale, proportion and lighting
• Experience modeling and texturing assets for a diverse visual range of environments, mechanical and character types
• At least 1 shipped title for a major game platform
• Mastery in mesh/UV skills and Mastery in texture painting
• Complete understanding of traditional, next generation modeling and texturing practices using 3D, Studio Max, Z–Bush and Photoshop
• Strong knowledge of 3D art production processes, pipelines, proper building techniques and platform performance restrictions
• Strong understanding of composition and game play flow
• Must be able to work within an established visual style
• Excellent communication and team collaboration skills
• Self–motivated artist with a strong work ethic
• A passion for game development
• Knowledge of Flash and Flash animation is a plus
• Experience creating shell as well as in–game UI is preferred

Summary

The Marketing Associate will work as an integral member of the Interactive Marketing team within the Marketing Department. This candidate will be responsible for assisting in the maintenance of SEA's online presence including the corporate web site, the community forums, product web sites, eCRM and DM initiatives, eCommerce activities as well as other online marketing promotions and programs.

Requirements:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility and willingness to independently navigate areas of unfamiliarity
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• Strong word processing and other computer skills
• Independent worker (i.e., takes initiative and works well with little supervision)
• Efficient and productive
• Knowledge of the entertainment software industry

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains SEA's corporate web site: assists in content management including the development of creative elements, updating marketing communications such as news items and press releases, and ongoing maintenance of all product sites, etc
• Initiate and maintain SEA community forums including creating and managing new content flow such as new campaigns and features stories
• Effectively work with internal cross functional teams including IT, Brand Marketing, HR, Corporate PR, Sales, PD, etc with all online activities, promos, sweeps, etc
• Manages mass e-mail campaigns: creation, tracking and execution of marketing e-mails
• Manages website databases and monitors statistics
• Maintains SEA's eCommerce programs with product and asset updates as well as ongoing support for Merchandise team
• Communicates and acts as a liaison between creative agencies/vendors and the Web team
• Assist in the development and execution of new media initiatives such as CMS, SEM as well as partnerships, viral, and content distribution
• Coordinates creative development, media and technology vendors, preparing budgets and timelines for projects then spearheading/managing accordingly
• Other related duties as required

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 2-4 years experience in executing website development
• Japanese language skills required
• Experience working with Japanese corporations a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of HTML/CSS; A basic understandings of current technologies and related software such as FTP, Flash, Dreamweaver, MySQL, various JavaScript libraries, JSP, XML, CVS, various CMS tools, PHP5, etc
• Knowledge of current graphic design and MS Office programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Pagemaker, MS Project, etc
• Working knowledge of web standards, design and usability, analytics and common web application architectures
• Literacy in basic Linux commands a plus
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to contribute to the team by being proactive, communicative and innovative
• Ability to create copy text for online marketing campaigns
• Good design sense and ability to design graphic elements for mass e-mails, home page banners, etc
• Experience in the entertainment or video game industry a plus

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Summary

Primary responsibility is translating bugs and reference documents. This includes translating the open bugs from English to Japanese as well as the testing and evaluating of games.

Requirements:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility and willingness to independently navigate areas of unfamiliarity
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• Strong word processing and other computer skills
• Independent worker (i.e., takes initiative and works well with little supervision)
• Efficient and productive
• Knowledge of the entertainment software industry

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Translate all current open bugs from English to Japanese. Translate general walkthroughs or Japanese manuals and hint guides for other QA personnel. Translate all relevant materials and email correspondence to and from the Japanese development team
• Help QA personnel play through Alpha versions of titles that do not have complete English text
• Assist in the testing of a project, translation or evaluation and write or co-write walkthroughs for game titles
• May be required to review and provide comment on a current or upcoming title using an Impressions evaluation
• If requested by Marketing or Development, may be required to participate in evaluation sessions to determine if Japanese title from Square would benefit an American release
• Other related duties as required

Education and/or Experience:

• Must be bilingual – Japanese/English. Must have strong and professional skills at both Japanese to English and English to Japanese translation
• Knowledge of Japanese/American pop culture
• Ability to manipulate the database effectively, and educate the QA personnel as the database may undergo changes to suit specific projects
• Computer literate, specifically MS Word, Excel, and Access
• Ability to multi-task, good problem solving skills, good teamwork, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must have passion for games.

Summary

The Level Designer will be responsible for creating fun and well balanced games for the LA studio's first action based game. The Level Designer will be working closely with all members of the team to try to bring various parts of the game together.

Education and/or Experience:

• Some college required
• Familiarity with the shooter and action genre
• Ability to resolve game-play and production issues

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create the overall look and feel of the game
• Proficient at 3ds Max
• Proficient at programming or scripting
• Experience using level editors a plus
• Strong organizational skills
• Suggest creative new ideas and concepts
• Other related duties as required

Requirements:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility and willingness to independently navigate areas of unfamiliarity
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• Strong Word processing and other computer skills
• Independent worker (i.e., takes initiative and works well with little supervision)
• Efficient and productive
• Knowledge of the entertainment software industry

Summary

The Art Director is responsible for defining and managing the direction of the art in our current project.

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum of 6+ years of professional experience
• Portfolio must demonstrate excellent concepting, modeling, texturing and lighting skills
• At least 2 shipped titles for major console platforms
• Mastery of 3ds Max, Photoshop and ZBrush
• Strong Artistic and technical background in all aspects of game art creation
• Experience with creating all aspects of a 3D game art including, but not limited to, characters, terrain, hard and soft surfaces
• Thorough understanding of lighting and rendering techniques/technologies, unwrapping and texturing (photoreal and hand painted)
• Experience working with outside studios
• Extensive experience managing and directing an art team
• Strong artistic and technical background in all aspects of game art creation
• 3ds Max scripting experience a plus
• Genuine enthusiasm and knowledgeable interest in video games

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for directing artists on what the target is and the direction that needs to be taken
• Works closely with the producer, level designers, concept artist and the programming teams
• Responsible for creating and maintaining an efficient production pipeline, and able to identify and solve any obstacles in the process
• Able to do work at all levels with, and for all, team members when required
• And other related duties as required

Requirements:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility and willingness to independently navigate areas of unfamiliarity
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• Strong Word processing and other computer skills
• Independent worker (i.e., takes initiative and works well with little supervision)
• Efficient and productive
• Knowledge of the entertainment software industry
• Japanese language skills and experience working with Japanese corporations (not required, but a plus)

Summary

The Sr. Environment Artist is responsible in taking charge of the environment creation pipeline. Applicants must have extensive experience leading in the design, execution and maintenance of a large-scale production pipeline.

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum of 5+ years of related professional experience
• Strong knowledge of the most current art technologies and techniques
• At least 2 shipped titles for major console platforms
• Portfolio must demonstrate excellent concept, modeling, texturing and lighting skills
• Mastery of 3ds Max, Phototshop and ZBrush
• Experience with the creation of all aspects of a 3D game environment, including terrain, hard and soft surfaces
• Thorough understanding of lighting and rendering techniques/technologies, unwrapping and texturing (photoreal and hand painted)
• Experience working with in-game physics and collisions
• 3ds Max scripting and work experience with outsourcing studios a plus
• Genuine enthusiasm and knowledgeable interest in video games

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works closely with the producer, level designers, concept artist and art team to lead the creation of assets and levels
• Creates and maintains an efficient production pipeline, and will be required to identify and solve any obstacles in the process
• Other related duties as required

Requirements:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Flexibility and willingness to independently navigate areas of unfamiliarity
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• Strong word processing and other computer skills
• Independent worker (i.e., takes initiative and works well with little supervision)
• Efficient and productive
• Knowledge of the entertainment software industry
• Japanese language skills and experience working with Japanese corporations (not required, but a plus)

Summary

Responsible for the quality assurance testing of assigned console and handheld games in development for the North American market.

This is a temporary position and it is located at our Los Angeles, CA office only.

Responsibilities:

• Examines and analyzes video game content for bugs
• Documents bugs found in the games
• Writes error reports which are sent to the development team for rectification. When the error has been fixed by the development team, the QA tester verifies that the fix works properly
• Communicates with Quality Assurance team to ensure deadlines are being met
• Creates internal guides and materials
• Uploads error reports to appropriate databases. Maintains databases to ensure up-to-date information has been entered
• Conducts industry research of comparable video games by examining and evaluating competitors' games and creating game reports
• Maintains confidentiality of games that have not been released to the public
• And other related duties as required

Requirements:

• Ability to multi-task in fast-paced environment
• Flexibility and willingness to independently navigate areas of unfamiliarity
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• Strong word processing and other computer skills
• Independent worker (i.e., takes initiative and works well with little supervision)
• Efficient and productive
• Knowledge of the entertainment software industry

Education and/or Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good problem solving skills
• Basic knowledge of video games. Familiarity with games consoles and handheld games
• Basic ability and dexterity in playing video games
• Proficiency with computers, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet
• Minimum typing skills 40 WPM
• Overtime may be required to meet impending deadlines

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Please use the contact below for questions regarding these positions.
E-Mail: CG-PROG@square-enix.com

Job Summary

Square Enix is building a studio from the ground up. We are making an action-oriented original IP game here in sunny Los Angeles. We are looking for motivated master programmers to lay the foundation for a solid development team.

How often do you get a chance to make sure that a studio starts off in the right direction? How often do you get to be one of the starting members, but also have medical insurance? This is a rare opportunity to have the creative control of a start-up but the backing and funding of a major publisher.

Responsibilities:

• Being a core member of a game development team
• Being the lead for a particular platform or a major chunk of the code
• Creating or deciding to purchase major chunks of code
• Creating the infrastructure for efficient game development
• Hiring and mentoring other software engineers
• Coming up with and implementing gameplay

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master of C and C++ programming
• 5+ years of experience
• At least two published games, with at least one Xbox 360 game

Desired:

• Experience as a leader/mentor in a project from start to finish
• Experience working with artists to come up with the best tools for a smooth-flowing asset pipeline
• Experience with shaders and GPU programming
• Console experience, especially the Xbox 360
• Experience in multiplatform development
• Informed on new technologies, concepts, and solutions

Job Summary

Square Enix is seeking a game programmer with significant C and C++ experience. Applicant would be joining a small initial team to build a studio from the ground up and should feel comfortable taking on a wide range of tasks. The ideal candidate will implement a major chunk of the engine, gameplay or both. Be a game creator, not just a programmer who writes to spec!

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Mastery of C and C++ programming
• 2+ years of programming experience on commercial projects
• Solid 3D math skills
• Ability to work independently and under a deadline
• Willingness to try new things
• Ability to learn quickly

Desired:

• Experience with multiplatform development
• Experience with shaders and/or GPU programming