Devoted Studios

Devoted Studios is a passionate collective of talented artists, engineers, and dedicated managers, committed to providing personalized support in external game development. By fostering a sense of belonging and nurturing talent, they aim to create better games and a brighter future for the industry.

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🔥 Graphic Designer
Posted 2024-11-07

📍 Europe

🧭 Contract

🔍 Video games

  • Strong communication and creative skills.
  • Excellent understanding of graphic design principles, typography, and branding.
  • Proficiency in design software, including Photoshop, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, and PowerPoint.
  • Strong ideation and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience in the gaming industry is preferred, but all passionate designers are welcome.
  • Proficiency in English (Upper Intermediate +); Ukrainian is a plus.

  • Craft engaging business presentations using infographics, charts, and illustrations.
  • Design visuals for events, including banners, logos, and print materials.
  • Create graphics for social media, email templates, and videos.
  • Design layouts for blog articles in WordPress.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Production, and Product teams to achieve project goals.
  • Review designs to ensure they meet brand guidelines and specifications.

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🔥 3D Animator Director
Posted 2024-10-19

📍 Canada

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Video game development

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in 3D animation, with at least 2 years in a leadership or director role.
  • Proficiency in various animation styles with a strong portfolio.
  • Advanced knowledge of animation software such as Maya, Blender, and 3ds Max, as well as game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.
  • Proven leadership ability with excellent project management skills.
  • Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with internal teams and clients.
  • Passion for storytelling through animation and a desire for continuous improvement.

  • Lead the 3D animation team in creating animations for characters, environments, and more.
  • Guide the team in adapting to various animation styles.
  • Oversee the animation process from concept to completion.
  • Provide mentorship and professional development for animation team members.
  • Collaborate with clients to understand their vision and ensure final animations meet expectations.
  • Stay updated with animation tools and optimize workflows.
  • Review animations for quality assurance and provide feedback.

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🔥 Creative Director
Posted 2024-10-15

📍 Canada, Europe

🧭 Contract

🔍 Video games

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years of game design experience.
  • Strong familiarity with successful game-development processes and pipelines.
  • Experience of development tools (Jira and Confluence/Excel, etc.).
  • Experience with best-in-class game development in any capacity (art, design, math, development, production, etc.).
  • Experience working with Unity or Unreal engines.
  • Experience in creating and owning features for games.
  • Strong ability to design and implement game systems.
  • Natural ability for problem solving without outside direction.
  • Well organized and can plan tasks for engineers and artists.
  • Experience working with changing priorities and quickly adapting to new development requirements.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience in mobile, web, PC, consoles.
  • Experience in creating in-game economy and monetization.
  • Provide deep market analysis.
  • Data analysis of existing projects.
  • Team Leading.

  • Handle all aspects of design including creative writing all the design documents, making UI mockups, charting user flows, prototypes etc.
  • Provide game-design expertise working with the team to clearly define all aspects of the game that impact the end-user, including math, game play, interface, animation, sound, art style.
  • Communicate designs with clear and concise documentation.
  • Deliver clear and concise client’s ready product specs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
  • Direct devs/art teams to create quality gameplay features for the client’s IP.
  • Develop UX wireframes for products using creative applications.
  • Research and development into cross-platform development.
  • Collaboration with art directors and animation lead to craft visuals content.
  • Work with internal and external strategic partners to create products using the most current industry best practices.
  • Serve as a liaison between the marketing and creative team and between the BDs and individual clients.
  • Create and pitch game ideals to the clients.
  • Collaboration with OSMs and BD on pre-production and project requirements.
  • Training external game designers to perform on the project.
  • Attend and lead playtests and be solution-oriented to the problem encountered.
  • Working with clients to define and execute their product goals.
  • Leading regular meetings with other designers and team members.
  • Supervise and be responsible for providing structured project documents.
  • Understand consumer needs and ensure that the elements developed by the team will contribute to player satisfaction and enjoyment.
  • Communicate the project objectives, strategies, gameplay intentions are understood and that team members are working on the right elements.
  • Actively participate in the decision-making process with stakeholders.
  • Follow-up on prototyping with programmers.
  • Allocate duties and follow the evolution of the team’s progress on game design deliverables.
  • Supervise development projects.
  • Create required project game design documentation.
  • Pitch new features or proposals to the clients.
  • Collaborate with BD on creating pitches and project extension proposals to be presented to the client.
  • Timely Time Tracking.

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Posted 2024-10-15
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📍 Estonia, EUROPE

🧭 Contract

🔍 Video games

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
  • Proven experience as a Product Manager or Feature Owner at a SaaS company, demonstrating successful delivery of complex features.
  • Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking skills with strong prioritization abilities.
  • Exceptional leadership and team management abilities to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with analytical thinking and sound decision-making under pressure.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build rapport and collaborate with stakeholders.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; fluency in Ukrainian preferred.

  • Product vision and product development - work closely with CCO to clearly define and update strategic product vision.
  • Data-Driven decision making - utilize analytics, A/B testing and product metrics to guide product decisions and improvements.
  • Guide development of platform features throughout the entire lifecycle from concept to live services evolution.
  • Work with Project & Delivery Manager to maintain overall product roadmap and build clear evolution roadmaps for core features.
  • Build revenue projections for key features to show monetization impact.
  • Manage the Business Analyst team, ensuring they are high-performing, mentoring, and ensuring smooth handoffs.
  • Collaborate effectively with design, marketing, finance, and business development teams.
  • Maintain the product backlog, incorporating feedback from stakeholders and ensuring alignment with platform strategy.
  • Monitor build-buy-license opportunities for new features and competing platforms.
  • Run feature planning meetings and ceremonies, responsible for meeting agendas and documentation.

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Posted 2024-10-15
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🔥 Technical Lead
Posted 2024-10-12

📍 Ukraine

🧭 Contract

🔍 Game development

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in building and leading development teams.
  • 7+ years of proficiency in Symfony, Vue.js 3, and Node.js.
  • Strong background in full stack development (backend and frontend).
  • Experience in designing scalable, maintainable web applications.
  • Ability to plan, prioritize, and execute projects.
  • Strong strategic thinking ability.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Broad vision of business objectives.
  • Ability to work effectively with various stakeholders.

  • Focus primarily on hands-on coding (70%).
  • Manage and consult with the technology team (20%).
  • Align with the Chief Commercial Officer (10%).
  • Develop and implement technology strategy.
  • Oversee the design and maintenance of technological infrastructure.
  • Lead and grow the technology team.
  • Collaborate with other departments.
  • Ensure security and compliance of systems.
  • Monitor technology trends and manage tech-related risks.

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📍 Canada, Europe

🧭 Contract

🔍 Gaming Industry

  • Minimum 7 years of recruitment experience, with at least 4 years focused on the gaming industry.
  • Extensive knowledge of the global gaming industry, with expertise in outsourcing, co-development, live services, service providers, and art recruitment.
  • Well-established network of contacts within the gaming industry, including developers, artists, and sales.
  • Strong ability to advise hiring managers on recruitment strategies and industry best practices across different regions.
  • Solid understanding of the end-to-end gaming production pipeline, from early development through live services and post-launch.
  • Experience handling multiple high-priority roles in a fast-paced, dynamic global environment.
  • In-house or agency recruitment experience with a focus on gaming or entertainment industries is preferred.

  • Lead recruitment efforts across a wide range of gaming disciplines, including game development, co-development, production, art, live services, publishing, QA.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key industry players in different global markets, including artists, developers, service providers, and platform partners.
  • Act as a strategic advisor to hiring managers, providing expert insights on recruitment needs for various roles, including technical, creative, and business functions.
  • Develop and implement tailored recruitment strategies for specialized gaming areas such as 3D art, animation, game design, live ops, monetization, and community management.
  • Utilize a strong network in the gaming world to source talent for key positions in development and creative departments.
  • Stay informed on emerging industry trends and dynamics in co-dev, live services, outsourcing, free-to-play, VR/AR, mobile games, and platform-specific developments.
  • Provide market intelligence on compensation benchmarks, talent availability, and competitive hiring trends across different markets and regions.
  • Ensure recruitment efforts are in compliance with legal and industry standards.

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Posted 2024-10-04
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