Technical Artist Intern

Description

Scopely is looking for a Technical Artist Intern to join our Marvel Strike Force team for 12 weeks in Culver City on a remote or hybrid basis working 2-3 days a week from the hub.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

Marvel Strike Force is Scopely's squad-based Hero Collector RPG, housing heroes and villains across the Marvel Universe.

What You Will Do

• Bug fixing and exploration of the project in order to get familiar with our art and animation pipelines
• Active communication with the manager and tech art team, discussing strengths, weaknesses and helping identify areas of improvement in our pipeline
• Skinning and rigging a new character and exporting animation ready characters into Unity.
• Collaborate with our animation team on specific character rigging needs and assisting them with challenges of exporting animations from Maya to Unity
• Using internal tools and/or assisting with developing new ones to help with rigging characters with special considerations (tentacles, armor pieces, props, etc)
• Making prefabs for characters and props from Maya to Unity and setting them up for our engine
• Collaborate and brainstorm with the art team on upcoming characters and discuss how we can make them unique and stand out from our existing roster of characters
• Help with the direction of characters from the concept phase to their animation phase using newfound knowledge of our engine's limitations
• Prototype new character ideas to push the boundaries of what our characters are capable of

What We're Looking For

• Familiarity with Unity and Maya is a must

• Minor skinning and rigging experience• Passion for making games and a collaborative spirit

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with Python, MEL, or C#• Experience with Photoshop• Relevant animation experience

For candidates in CA, CO NJ, NY, and WA, the hourly wage is $35 per hour for the 3 month internship, plus paid holidays, and paid Scopely free days.

At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," "Star Trek™ Fleet Command," "Stumble Guys," "MARVEL Strike Force," and "Yahtzee® With Buddies," among others.

Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies," Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.

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