<div><strong>HOW YOU WILL IMPACT THE BIG PICTURE:<br></strong><br></div><div>As the 3D Animator, you will aid the Director of Animation in the crafting of original animated productions from concept to delivery along with graphics and motion design projects.<br><br></div><div><strong>WHAT YOU WILL DO:</strong></div><ul><li>Collaborate in conceptualizing and developing a pitch and script.</li><li>Research, sketch, and finalize the look and feel of environments, props and characters.</li><li>Craft sequential gesture drawings that help visualize the script with screen direction and scratch vocal performances.</li><li>Craft 3D representations of concept designs.</li><li>Rigging virtual skeletons to 3D/2D characters or props.</li><li>Prepare the final look and feel of an environment, prop, or character using color and texture.</li><li>Prepare 3D layout for mo-cap/animation.</li><li>Aid in recording an actor’s movements through motion capture, cleanup the recorded data, and prep for animation.</li><li>Give the illusion of life to a static 3D object by consciously animating its rig, facial expressions, &amp; other objects in the scene using animation principles.</li><li>Render final images of every frame of the animation and troubleshoot along the way.</li><li>Research and acquire the music and sound effects that will enhance each story.</li><li>Editing the story from storyboards to final rendered images and sound design.</li><li>Design and execute branding &amp; promotional materials.</li></ul><div><br><strong>ABOUT YOU:</strong></div><ul><li>You have a minimum 3 years’ experience in character animation with a strong visual portfolio showcasing animation and storytelling ability.</li><li>You are proficient with the following software:<ul><li>Adobe Creative Cloud: Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects</li><li>3D software, preferably 3ds Max and/or Unreal Engine</li></ul></li><li>You have a strong grasp of the animation process and principles of animation.</li><li>You are a self-motivated team player with the ability to comprehend concepts quickly, takes direction well.</li><li>You have excellent communication &amp; organizational skills with the ability to prioritize responsibilities, multi-task, and manage several projects and deadlines simultaneously.</li><li>You stay current and up to date with the latest industry trends and techniques.</li><li>You have a bachelor’s degree in Animation, or a related field is preferred but not required.</li></ul><div><br><strong>PREFERRED:</strong></div><ul><li>You have a demonstrated understanding of the Catholic Faith and an affinity for EWTN’s mission.</li><li>You have motion capture experience; knowledge of cameras, lenses and lighting.</li><li>You are bilingual in English and Spanish.</li><li>Proficient with Mac &amp; PC.</li></ul><div><br><strong>WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE:</strong></div><ul><li>We offer a career with purpose! Apply your God-given talents, knowing your contributions help advance EWTN’s mission of sharing the Gospel with the world.</li><li>Family-oriented working environment. We value the importance of work/life balance, and welcome you as an EWTN family member, not just an employee.</li><li>Worship at work! Freedom to participate in daily Mass, Adoration, and prayer throughout your workday.</li><li>Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life/Disability insurance and Retirement Savings Plan.</li><li>11 Paid Holidays and generous Paid Time Off program.</li><li>Tuition reimbursement for online continuing education and degree programs through our partnership with Catholic Distance University.</li><li>Ability to learn alongside legacy employees while bringing new ideas to the growing team!</li></ul>

3D Animator

<div>We are building an interactive content Platform for children. Our platform resonates with our 4 Foundations of Fun, Beauty, Excellence, and God’s Truth. Children spend countless hours on screens. There is hardly any faith-based content in the app stores. TruPlay is an engaging and transformative entertainment platform that invites you into a world of hope and God’s truth. It features faith-based games bringing the Bible to life for the whole family.&nbsp; TruPlay, join us today and play in the light.<br><br>We are looking for a self-starting, creative, driven, and results-focused Senior Unity Developer to join our team. If you're looking to make an impact and have the opportunity to work with a fun, collaborative team - we’d love to talk to you! The Senior Unity Developer will be focused on driving the Activities, Games, and Bonus content for our Faith-based children’s titles. Working directly with the Studio team, you will be responsible for driving the Engineering for ancillary content from prototype to the final result. With a passion for innovation and a keen eye for detail, the Senior Unity Developer will ensure that the games’ moment-to-moment and long-term play mechanics are fun, engaging, and<br>age-appropriate, that they adhere to our 4 Foundations and match or exceed the quality seen in the top interactive choices available on the app store...all while remaining on schedule and budget.<br><br><strong>Location:</strong><br>Our office is located in Austin, Texas. With Leadership approval, we also offer remote work<br><br><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul><li>Work directly with the Content Team to develop and fine-tune Activities, Games, and Bonus content</li><li>Translate written and verbal requirements into compelling and engaging games.</li><li>Create new game mechanics and features and draft them into actionable specs</li><li>Work closely with the User Testing Team to develop, communicate, test, and iterate on gameplay mechanics and features</li><li>Identify and innovate opportunities to continually refine and improve the player experience</li><li>Implement new game features and services in close partnership with the content team of the project and with respect for the player’s comfort and the game’s performance</li><li>Improve existing game features based on design requests</li><li>Write technical design documents for milestones and internal use.</li><li>Analyze and deconstruct competitor products for insights into improving our games</li><li>Maintain or exceed a consistent level of productivity while meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work</li><li>Keep up on current interactive gaming offerings to ensure the team meets or exceeds the expectations of current consumers</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements:</strong><br><strong>Must-Have:</strong></div><ul><li>Success in designing and building digital game experiences used by children</li><li>Proven experience in rapid engineering</li><li>Demonstrated knowledge of gameplay mechanics and systems</li><li>Experience and willingness to work collaboratively with Creative Directors, Engineers, and other Game and Level Designers</li><li>Ability to deconstruct and analyze mobile game competitors</li><li>Knowledge and experience in working with Production to scope, schedule, and deliver specs and game features in a timely manner</li><li>Familiarity with the Bible</li><li>Strong proficiency in game development tools and software (e.g., Unity, Unreal)</li><li>High Desire to Drive Organization to Deliver to Goal Commitments</li><li>Strong Detail orientation</li><li>Ability to articulate responsibilities and goals</li></ul><div><br><strong>Expected Results:</strong></div><ul><li>Delivering cutting-edge casual mobile Activities, Games, and Bonus content for Games that:<ul><li>Convey God’s Truth through exceptional, creative story-telling and gameplay</li><li>Are engaging, surprising, age-appropriate, and fun to play</li><li>Hit predetermined engagement metrics</li><li>Meet a consistent and exacting quality bar</li></ul></li><li>Development, testing, feedback, and iteration result in games that are inspirational, appealing, and successful</li><li>Game mechanics, features, and narrative all fit together in a simple and cohesive package to provide a compelling gameplay experience for children</li><li>Live player data &amp; analytics are analyzed to continually refine and improve gameplay&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br><strong>Professional Experience/Skills:</strong></div><ul><li>4+ years of Unity Development experience for mobile games and/or apps aimed at a younger audience</li><li>Degree in Engineering, especially in the gaming field</li><li>Experience in prototyping and completing various gameplay mechanics, features, and systems</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex interaction concepts clearly and persuasively through design specs</li><li>Ability to manage time and work effectively and efficiently to produce deliverables in a fast-paced, multi-project environment</li><li>Proficiency in game design tools and engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal, Sketchup)</li><li>Up-to-date with the latest game trends, techniques, and technologies</li><li>Set an optimistic tone and promote communication and teamwork</li><li>Lead by example</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Character:</strong></div><ul><li>High Commitment to TruPlay’s Purpose</li><li>Lives a life of integrity</li><li>Treats others as they would want to be treated</li><li>Coachable</li></ul><div><br><strong>Travel Requirements:</strong></div><ul><li>Ability to travel to Austin (or any location that may be requested) as required by Leadership</li></ul><div><br><strong>About Us:</strong><br>In the digital age, where screens dominate children's time and attention, raising happy, healthy kids is more difficult than ever. The games and social interactions that used aid in childhood development have now been replaced with an unending barrage of questionable, even TOXIC content that targets kids through their screens. Anxiety, depression, and suicide rates among kids are now at all time highs and<br><br>TruPlay is a fast-growing, faith-first, multi-media company on a mission to reverse the negative trends affecting the youngest generation by meeting them where they are with a world-class mobile app loaded with the highest quality games and entertainment that are all designed to build character and nurture faith.<br><br><strong>Benefits:</strong></div><ul><li>Medical, Dental, Vision</li><li>401k Plan</li><li>Disability Insurance</li><li>Life Insurance</li></ul>

Senior Unity Engineer

<div><strong>Gate Zero – Project Description</strong></div><div>We are producing Gate Zero – an open-world adventure game set in the fascinating time of Jesus’ life. The game, based in ancient Israel, will be an immersive and innovative way to discover and learn about the Bible’s history and its revolutionary message. We’re seeking a talented Senior Environment Artist to join our creative, animated, and driven team.<br><br><strong>The Role:</strong> As a Senior Environment Artist you are passionate about crafting beautiful realistic assets and bringing them together to build amazing worlds for our players to explore. You have an eye for scale, perspective and detail, and love to get stuck into research to ensure the accuracy of props, buildings and external environments.<br><br></div><div>As a Senior Artist you are passionate about your craft, and thrive on mentoring less experienced team members, giving constructive feedback through peer review sessions to enable their growth and development. To you, it’s the opportunity to work on something new and exciting, a project that piques your interest and pushes your boundaries. You’re the kind of person who understands the importance of collaboration and clear communication. You enjoy seeing your contribution to the bigger picture and relish the opportunity to share your knowledge with your peers and mentor junior members of your team.<br><br></div><div>As a Senior Environment Artist, you will play an integral part in building a brand new world for an exciting new IP, communicating the project’s vision through tone and style inspired by the project’s narrative and design.<br><br></div><div><strong>Job Overview:</strong> The Senior Environment Artist is responsible for creating, modeling, and texturing a variety of environmental settings for video games, films, and other 3D media projects. This position requires exceptional artistic ability and technical expertise in areas such as lighting, composition, and 3D modeling software.<br><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul><li>Create detailed 3D environmental models using programs such as Maya, Blender or 3DS Max</li><li>Texture models with realistic and stylized textures using Substance Painter or Photoshop</li><li>Collaborate with game designers and level designers to create cohesive and immersive environments</li><li>Implement assets into game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity</li><li>Ensure that all assets meet the technical and artistic requirements of the project</li><li>Develop the environment in a modular way.</li><li>Optimize assets for performance and memory usage</li><li>Stay up-to-date with new technology and techniques in environment art</li></ul><div><br><strong>Required Skills:</strong></div><ul><li>5+ years of professional experience as an Environmental Artist</li><li>Experience with 3D modeling and texturing software such as Maya, 3DS Max, Substance Painter, or Photoshop</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment</li><li>Strong creative and problem-solving skills</li><li>Understanding of game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity</li><li>Excellent communication skills</li><li>Modeling</li><li>Creating Textures and applying them to the 3D models in a modular/reusable ways.</li><li>A great artistic eye. Knowing what “makes a scene”</li><li>A firm understanding of architectural elements, environments, and props</li><li>The ability to take a blockout from Level Designers and turn into a fully lit/crafted level</li><li>The ability to be detail-oriented, while also seeing the bigger picture</li><li>Excellent at problem-solving</li></ul><div><br><strong>Beneficial skills:</strong></div><ul><li>Shader Scripting (Visual)</li><li>Lighting</li><li>Lookdev</li><li>Sculpting</li><li>Matte painting</li></ul><div><br><strong>Technology we use</strong></div><ul><li>Unreal Engine</li><li>Blender</li><li>Autodesk Maya</li><li>Autodesk 3ds Max</li><li>Substance Painter</li><li>Substance Designer</li><li>ZBrush</li><li>Adobe Photoshop</li></ul><div><br><strong>What we offer</strong></div><ul><li>Creative and inspiring work environment. Be part of an international team with highly qualified and dedicated colleagues.</li><li>Varied, challenging and exciting work tasks</li><li>Influence in decision-making</li><li>Good opportunities for growth and development</li><li>Competitive employment conditions</li></ul><div><br><em>Please note that only candidates whose qualifications closely match the requirements of the position will be contacted for further consideration. We appreciate your understanding and interest in joining our team.</em></div>

Senior Environment Artist

<div><strong>Gate Zero – Project Description</strong></div><div>We are producing Gate Zero – an open world adventure game set in the fascinating time of Jesus’ life. The game, based in ancient Israel, will be an immersive and innovative way to discover and learn about the Bible’s history and its revolutionary message. We are looking for a capable and passionate Senior Designer to join our creative, animated and driven team.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul><li>Work closely with the director and other team members to detail the specifics of gameplay systems and to ensure successful feature execution.&nbsp;</li><li>Perform ongoing design to iterate on, improve, and flesh out the game design throughout the development process</li><li>Implement and tune systems, game designs, and experiences.</li><li>Be able to maintain high level documentation related to systems and features.&nbsp;</li><li>Utilize team feedback, data analysis, and user research feedback into clear actionable items to improve features and design processes.&nbsp;</li><li>Mentor the design team to grow their skill sets and capabilities&nbsp;</li><li>Establish and maintain best practices and processes for the design team, proactively improving how we do design&nbsp;</li><li>Provide input into defining creative vision and technical specifications. <strong>‍</strong>&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ul><li>5+ years Game Design experience.&nbsp;</li><li>Must have shipped at least 2 AA / AAA games as a Lead or Senior Game Designer role&nbsp;</li><li>Has experience in leading a multidisciplinary team</li><li>Deep knowledge of game systems and mechanics.&nbsp;</li><li>Basic understanding of player psychology and gaming motivations.&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to describe and break down gameplay components.&nbsp;</li><li>Creativity and strong sense of pacing.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. <strong>&nbsp;</strong></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Beneficial skills:</strong></div><ul><li>Cooperative game design experience.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in Unreal Engine 4 or 5 and Blueprint.&nbsp;</li><li>Proactive work ethic, creative problem-solver who is not afraid of big challenges.&nbsp;</li><li>Adept at working with multiple proprietary and technical systems/tools.&nbsp;</li><li>Love of games: Specifically, open world and RPG titles as well as cooperative games.&nbsp;</li><li>Passionate in bringing the messages of the Bible out in video game form.</li></ul>

Lead Game Designer

<div><strong>Project Description</strong></div><div>We are producing Gate Zero – an open world adventure game set in the fascinating time of Jesus’ life. The game, based in ancient Israel, will be an immersive and innovative way to discover and learn about the Bible’s history and its revolutionary message. We are seeking a Lead Programmer to be responsible for the technical aspect and the development of Gate Zero.<br><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul><li>Lead the team of programmers and manage their daily tasks</li><li>Collaborate with a distributed engineering team in multiple locations</li><li>Develop, optimize, and maintain systems across both client and server</li><li>Stay updated on gaming trends and advancements to inform development decisions</li><li>Ensure the engineering team works within the constraints of the existing game engine to meet performance, quality and maintainability benchmarks</li><li>Pro-actively address issues blocking the team, providing them with the tools to work effectively</li><li>Write code alongside your team members</li><li>Mentor, oversee and support the career growth and well-being of direct reports</li></ul><div><br><strong>Qualifications required</strong></div><ul><li>7+ years game programming experience. Must have shipped at least 2 AA / AAA games as a Lead Programmer</li><li>Good command of C++ programming, including refactoring, optimization, debugging and testing</li><li>Unreal Engine specific experience and expertise in framework and code / data architecture using Unreal Engines best practices</li><li>Experience in one or more video game engineering specialties (Gameplay, Engine, UI, Rendering, Tools, Networking, etc… )</li><li>Experience mentoring or managing engineers</li><li>An understanding of video game production with the ability to see the perspective of other professionals involved in production</li><li>Autonomous, problem-solving, and open-minded attitude</li><li>Good communication skills, ability &amp; desire to work as a team player</li><li>A calm demeanour when facing challenging situations (you know a solution is always at hand)</li><li>Impeccable strategic leadership skills</li></ul><div><br><strong>Preferred:</strong></div><ul><li>Love of games: Specifically, open world and RPG titles as well as cooperative games</li><li>Passionate in bringing the messages of the Bible out in video game form</li></ul><div><br><strong>What we offer</strong></div><ul><li>Creative and inspiring work environment. Be a part of an international team with highly qualified and dedicated colleagues.</li><li>Varied, challenging and exciting work tasks</li><li>Influence in decision-making</li><li>Good opportunities for growth and development</li><li>Competitive employment conditions</li></ul><div><br><strong>Required application materials:&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Resume/CV</li><li>Cover Letter explaining why you are interested in working for Bible X</li></ul><div><br><em>If you are a good fit, a follow-up email will be sent your way.&nbsp; As part of the recruitment process, you may be asked to perform a test.</em></div>

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