We make immersive & engaging instant win games for leading lottery and gambling operators

Are you a designer, illustrator and/or an animator?  Do you while away the hours dreaming up characters and abstract worlds and would love the prospect of seeing them bought to life in an online game by a specialist team of developers?  Yes?  Then this could be the perfect job for you.

We create Instant Win games for the gambling and lottery industry servicing some of the world’s biggest and best operators.  Our industry leading content is played on desktop and mobile devices by millions of players across the UK, Europe and the US.

The successful applicant will work full-time alongside a team of artists and developers, helping to come up with unique game ideas with the ultimate responsibility for the overall design of our games.

Responsibilities

The duties of this role include but are not limited to the following: 
           

-       Overseeing all aspects of the creative process from concept to launch

-       Conceptualise ideas (producing sketches & initial concepts)

-       Character design, 2D animations, symbol illustrations, UI elements & buttons

-       Storyboarding and presenting games concepts to clients

-       Collaborate with the team to come up with unique and engaging creative ideas

-       Participate in content reviews and creative strategy

Key Skills

-       Pixel perfect design – an eye for detail from rough concepts to the final glossy product

-       Experience with Photoshop & Illustrator and designing for HTML5

-       A sound understanding of UX design in a relevant field

-       Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

-       Relevant qualification ideally to degree level but all applicants considered

-       Ability to work independently, multi-task, and collaborate with the team

-       Strong portfolio of previous digital work or personal projects

Next steps…

If you are passionate about design and feel you have a lot to offer this niche area of gaming we’d love to hear from you.

We offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours and a centrally located studio full of the latest hardware and young, creative people.

Send a copy of your CV to Lee Bosio, Director on lee@sideplay.com or call +44 1534 491094 for more information about this role.

We’re looking for game developers at all levels to join our growing team of instant win game producers.

The successful applicant will join our experienced team, building exciting, engaging and elegant games.

Whether you're an experienced game developer or a budding beginner we'd like to talk to you about joining our growing team.

The role involves some challenging work designing and developing HTML5 game content for the lottery and gaming industry.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of Object Orientated Programming.

An understanding of the Phaser and/or Pixi game framework would also be a positive benefit, along with a commercial understanding of game design and a creative mind.

You should:

• Possess a good understanding of game requirements and usability
• Continually improve code quality throughout the studio through automation and code reviews
• Contribute innovative and original ideas
• Maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of all appropriate existing technologies as well as new techniques and tech.

You should also be a confident and accomplished communicator with a commercial awareness and fit in with our highly active and integrated team and work processes.

Please submit your CV to jobs@sideplay.com.

No recruitment agencies please