Illustrator - this is a Full-Time position in a Gaming IT/Dev company

Lynny

Permanent role.

We are looking for talented illustrators to join Playsafe, a dynamic and fast-growing IT/Development company based in Cape Town - who believe in a good work/life balance. The offices are situated in Tableview, minutes away from the beach!

Illustrator Job Position

As an Illustrator you will be responsible for creating exciting worlds and characters. You will be breathing life into
sketches and concept art. You will be working in a team with lots of other talented artists, engineers and programmers.
You must be well versed with industry standard programs and tools. Good spatial skills and a well honed sense of
color and design will help you succeed in this job.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Create and manage digital assets.
• Create concept art and final rendered sketches of characters, objects and environment.
• Follow design guidelines, asset naming conventions and other technical constraints.
• Optimize, refine and correct final art assets.
• Work with artists, animators and programmers to execute projects on time.
• Keep abreast with the latest developments in illustration tools and technologies.

REQUIREMENTS:
• Expert level knowledge of illustration tools such as Adobe suit etc.
• An eye for detail and good visualization skills.
• Ability to take feedback and make changes as required.
• Extensive knowledge of character design.
• Some familiarity with animation techniques.
• Good communication skills.
• Formal training and qualifications in the relevant field is required.

Contact Lynn via email: lynnpdf@gmail.com if interested
Please send through your cv and a 1-2 minute video detailing your skills and anything else interesting about yourself.
Salary: R20,000 - R40,000 dependent on experience.

francoisvn

Hi there and welcome!

According to the forum rules, job postings need to include more information than you've provided:

- A job must be posted by the company offering the position/contract and the company must be clearly identifiable.
- The position must be clearly stated as a game development position/contract.
- The job post must contain a description of the skills/qualifications required, an indication of payment/budget/salary, expected timeframe for the job and a job description that clearly communicates job responsibilities.
- The job post may not be solicitation for spec work or in the form of a competition reward.

Lynny

@francoisvn

Noted and updated - please confirm all is in order, thanks!
Kind regards
Lynn

watman

You still haven't explicitly stated that it is a game-development position in any of your job ads but a quick look around online seems to indicate that you are a poker company?

TheCorinthian

You still haven't explicitly stated that it is a game-development position in any of your job ads but a quick look around online seems to indicate that you are a poker company?

This is correct. I used to work for them when I just started my career. Used to be in Faerie Glen. Also has links to a company called Kaizania if I recall correctly. Definitely online gambling, but not just Poker. Slots / table games as well

Elyaradine

afaik, the point of having the job posting rules, specifically the first one: "A job must be posted by the company offering the position/contract", is to avoid the forum being flooded with recruiters. Recruiters usually avoid naming the company because they want applications to go through them so that they can earn commission.

And the idea's that we should discourage posts from people who're in essence being paid to post ads.

Lynny

TheCorinthian said:

You still haven't explicitly stated that it is a game-development position in any of your job ads but a quick look around online seems to indicate that you are a poker company?

This is correct. I used to work for them when I just started my career. Used to be in Faerie Glen. Also has links to a company called Kaizania if I recall correctly. Definitely online gambling, but not just Poker. Slots / table games as well

Playsafe is not a gambling company, it was many years ago in Pretoria - but it changed to software development for gaming companies when they moved to Cape Town many years ago.
I also worked for them and I know that they do not have any poker/casino brands themselves - that division was sold off a long time ago.
I have updated everything according to Francois's request, so as far as I am concerned, everything is fine, otherwise he would have asked me to adjust again.

TheCorinthian

Playsafe is not a gambling company, it was many years ago in Pretoria - but it changed to software development for gaming companies when they moved to Cape Town many years ago.

Thanks for clarifying.
Could you explain what "software development for gaming companies" means for interest sake?
Do you make games? Or do you outsource development for companies that make games?

Do you have a website? Thanks!

Reason I ask is because of this line from your other post:

The company develops and maintains software for customers in the online casino and lottery industries.

watman

Lynny said:

I have updated everything according to Francois's request, so as far as I am concerned, everything is fine, otherwise he would have asked me to adjust again.

You haven't because you are being abstruse about whether this is a game development position/contract. Francois is not the boss of the boards and these are the rules that we all abide by. Your job ad posting is so obscure that it's interchangeable for a project to make a car ad or a pilot episode for a TV show or a thousand other things. "Software development for gaming companies" also provides no clarity because it could mean a payroll system or a payment gateway or an avatar picker or, again, a thousand other things.

kidult

Hey this is a position for a game job. I applied to the company and they never mentioned anything about gambling or IT.

Tuism

I would really like to see some examples of what work they are delivering/expecting to be delivered. Company portfolio would be ideal but I'm cool with anything really :)