Our studio is set to get even bigger and better throughout this year! During this exciting time of growth and development, we are looking for a talented Lead Artist to nurture our team of animators and artists.

As a key member of LoG's leadership team, the lead artist will work in partnership with the creative director to support and manage people, pipelines and processes within the art department. You will sense changes in the environment in order to administer and allocate art talent and resources to meet production's needs, whilst maintaining a sustainable, healthy and positive working environment for your team to thrive in. You are an expert in your craft and will be able to provide critical guidance to the art department to achieve project and personal goals.

We are committed to building one of the best working environments in the world, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, and the correct ratio of pot plants to humans. If you’re keen to work with one of the world’s leading independent studios and help us craft our new, exciting, original IP, we'd love to hear from you!

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• 5+ years relevant experience at videogame development studio/s.
• Experience managing videogame art teams and pipelines.
• Broad range of role-relevant skills with deep expertise in at least one area (aka; a demonstrable "T-shaped" skillset).
• Proficiency in standard industry tools (i.e., Maya, Z-Brush, Photoshop, etc) and a high capacity to source and learn new tools.
• Expertise and experience with communication, analytical, planning and organisational skills.
• Detail sensitivity, a proven aesthetic eye and strong design sensibilities.
• You love managing/supporting/mentoring your fellow artists! (heart)

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the creative director to ensure a unified departmental vision is maintained and those values/standards become everyday practice across the team.
• Assist production in setting effective goals and themes for sprints and milestones, coordinating directly with the game director to ensure a unified vision for our projects.
• Guide your department, the studio and our projects towards long term success by advocating for everything from better tools to creative concerns.
• Take responsibility in ensuring the quality of art produced by the department meets LoG's industry-leading standards.
• Work with production, the creative director and your team to ensure departmental deadlines are met.
• Utilise your technical and artistic skills to work "on tools" alongside the art team as needed.
• In counsel with the creative director and studio manager, lead departmental recruitment and hiring initiatives.
• Work to maintain team members’ morale and engagement, whilst remaining attentive to their physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
• Assist team members in developing and reaching their personal and professional development goals.
• Be an active mentor and role model for the art team, consistently leading through exemplary performance, professionalism, resourcefulness, mindfulness and integrity.

Benefits:

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day on Monday. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Monthly self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
• Sustainable work hours.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and MIGW party.
• Located in The Arcade, one of the world’s first videogame co-working spaces.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

Send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and folio with examples of your work to Lead.Artist.Job@leagueofgeeks.com

In your cover letter please let us know how your past experiences have prepared you for your role of Lead Artist at League of Geeks.

Base salary on offer (excluding benefits) is between $100,000 p.a ~ $120,000 p.a, dependent on previous experience of the applicant.

Relocation assistance is available for the perfect applicant.

COVID-19 Update: For the safety of staff and applicants, all interviews stages will take place via video conference.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, there will be a slow response time but we will endeavour to get back to everyone who shows interest!

At League of Geeks, we dedicate ourselves to crafting engaging game experiences and a major part of this is having fabulous visual effects! We're looking for a Real-Time VFX artist to create stylised particle and visual effects for our new project and original IP.

Short to long term contracts available depending on the experience and availability of the applicant. Remote opportunities are available. Relocation options & ongoing work will be considered for people who are interested in full-time positions and are perfect fits for the project!

We are committed to building one of the best working environments in the world, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, and the correct ratio of pot plants to humans. If you’re keen to work with one of the world’s leading independent studios and help us create our new, exciting original IP, we'd love to hear from you!

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• Experience building particle effects in a game engine (eg Unity, Unreal).
• Proficiency in Photoshop, After Effects and any other tools that might help you to create professional effects, such as Maya particle/dynamics, Fume etc.
• Comfortable creating shaders using Shader Graph (or equivalent) for VFX.
• Excellent communication, creative collaboration and teamwork skills.
• A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.
• Understanding of how to make in-game special effects for games, or shipped titles demonstrating your experience and skill set.

Responsibilities:

• Creation of VFX for LoG's games.
• To work with, and take direction from the Technical Artist and Art Director and make revisions as needed.
• Contribute to improvements in VFX production workflows and pipelines.
• Follow established production pipelines, procedures and conventions, and to help document these where required.
• Collaborate with other artists and the broader team to help bring the project vision to life.

Benefits:

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day on Monday. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Monthly self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave. 
• Sustainable work hours.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and MIGW party.
• Located in The Arcade, one of the world’s first videogame co-working spaces.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

Send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and a link to your reel or folio to:
VFX.artist.job@leagueofgeeks.com

This position will remain open until filled.
Salary range is broad, between $68,000 p.a (AUD) - $100,000 p.a (AUD), depending on experience. 

COVID-19 Update: For the safety of staff and applicants, all interviews stages will take place via video conference.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, there will be a slow response time but we will endeavour to get back to everyone who shows interest!

Our studio is set to get even bigger and better throughout this year! During this exciting time of growth and development, we are looking for a talented Lead Developer who is driven by not only how to build incredible games, but how to lead the incredible engineering team responsible for making them.

As a key member of LoG's leadership team, the lead developer will work in partnership with the technical director to support and manage people, pipelines and processes within the code department. You will sense changes in the environment in order to administer and allocate engineering talent and resources to meet production's needs, whilst maintaining a sustainable, healthy and positive working environment for your team to thrive in. You are an expert in your craft and will be able to provide critical guidance to the code department to achieve project and personal goals.

We are committed to building one of the best working environments in the world, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, and the correct ratio of pot plants to humans. If you’re keen to work with one of the world’s leading independent studios and help us create our new, exciting original IP, we'd love to hear from you!

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• 5+ years relevant experience at videogame development studio/s.
• Experience leading/managing videogame engineering teams on commercial PC and/or console titles.
• Experienced in C++ and/or C#.
• Extensive technical knowledge and capabilities.
• Excellent communication, creative collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Detail sensitivity and strong design sensibilities.
• A passion for managing/supporting/mentoring your fellow engineers!

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the technical director to ensure a unified departmental vision is maintained and those values/standards become everyday practice across the team.
• Collaborate with others on the team to design and build architectures for new systems while maintaining and improving those of current systems.
• Provide technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions with programs.
• Assist production in setting effective goals and themes for sprints and milestones, coordinating directly with the game director to ensure a unified vision for our projects.
• Guide your department, the studio and our projects towards long term success by advocating for everything from better tools to creative concerns.
• Take responsibility in ensuring the quality of code produced by the department meets LoG's industry-leading standards.
  Work with production, the technical director and your team to ensure departmental deadlines are met.
• Utilise your technical experience and skills to employ your craft and work "on tools" alongside the code team as needed.
• In counsel with the technical director and studio manager, lead departmental recruitment and hiring initiatives.
• Work to maintain your team members’ morale and engagement, whilst remaining attentive to their physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
• Assist your team members in developing and reaching their personal and professional development goals.
• Be an active mentor and role model for the code team, consistently leading through exemplary performance, professionalism, resourcefulness, mindfulness and integrity.

Benefits:

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day on Monday. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Monthly self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
• Sustainable work hours.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and MIGW party.
• Located in The Arcade, one of the world’s first videogame co-working spaces.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

Send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and folio with examples of your work to careers@leagueofgeeks.com

In your cover letter please let us know how your past experiences have prepared you for your role of Lead Developer at League of Geeks.

Base salary on offer (excluding benefits) is between $100,000 p.a ~ $175,000 p.a, dependent on previous experience of the applicant.

COVID-19 Update: For the safety of staff and applicants, all interviews stages will take place via video conference.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, there will be a slow response time but we will endeavour to get back to everyone who shows interest.

League of Geeks is a rapidly growing videogame development studio in Melbourne and we are set to get even bigger and better throughout this year! During this exciting time of expansion, we are looking for a talented full-time systems administrator to provide technical support to our game development team and exciting new project. This is a newly created role to manage the day-to-day ICT activities in the Studio, manage software and hardware procurement, and participate in the design, implementation and support of IT systems. In addition to general hardware/software/network responsibilities, a core function will be assisting us in our continued growth and working alongside our external IT provider in ensuring our projects are secure and our network is super fast and reliable.

This could be a great role for a junior level systems administrator who wants to support a highly technically-literate team who largely know what they want but don’t have the time to do it themselves; or for an experienced Systems Administrator who can keep the development team focused on game making, and their technology running flawlessly. Can you power up our development team and keep us all running at peak performance? We want you!

We are committed to building one of the best working environments in the world, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, and the correct ratio of pot plants to humans.

If you’re keen to work with one of the world’s leading independent studios and help us create our new, exciting original IP, we'd love to hear from you!

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• Detailed experience with Microsoft Server 2016/2019, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Windows 10.
• Experience with AWS cloud environments and resource management.
• Experience troubleshooting a variety of issues on Windows.
• Basic network troubleshooting LAN/WAN/VLAN/VPN/Wireless.
• Experience monitoring system performance and reliability.
• High standards of workmanship and great eye for detail.
• Exceptional communication, organisational, and time management skills.
• Self-motivation and the ability to complete tasks independently.
• A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.

Responsibilities:

Manage and monitor:

1. Critical system alerts and patching.
2. Antivirus protection and system security.
3. Disk capacity and backups.

• Hardware and software maintenance, patching and support.
• Analyse, troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software and network issues.
• Source, procure, negotiate and deploy hardware and software for new starters.
• Manage day-to-day requests along with any additional responsibilities as needed.
• Maintain IT assets register.
• Liaise with our external IT provider on Network management and upgrades.
• Constantly improve and iterate upon the company's ICT security, processes and frameworks.

Benefits:

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day on Monday. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Monthly self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
• Sustainable work hours.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and MIGW party.
• Located in The Arcade, one of the world’s first videogame co-working spaces.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

Send an up-to-date CV, cover letter and link to examples of your work to systems.administrator.job(at)leagueofgeeks.com

In your cover letter, tell us how your past experience has prepared you for the role of Systems Administrator at League of Geeks.

Important Stuff:

Applications close 21st of June (CoB). We wish to fill this position by the 10th July 2020.
Base salary on offer (excluding benefits) is between $60k p.a - $95k p.a, dependent on previous experience of the applicant.
Part-time working options are available for this position.
Relocation assistance is available for the perfect applicant.
Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, there will be a slow response time but we will endeavour to get back to everyone who shows interest!

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and are continuing to interview and hire during this time. For the safety of staff and applicants, all interview stages will take place via video conference.

At League of Geeks (LoG) we’re set to get even bigger and better throughout this year! During this exciting time of expansion we’re looking for you, an enthusiastic engineer who can dedicate your passion for game development to improving the experiences we deliver to our players.

We need engineers who are generalists and this is an excellent opportunity to learn new skills alongside an existing team of seasoned developers, whilst having a major impact on the experiences we create and deliver across the company. You will collaborate with other disciplines to help design and implement new features in games, amongst many other objectives. Although you will be greatly supported in achieving these goals, in order to do so you will possess great initiative and an ability to handle multiple responsibilities well and with ease.

We are committed to building one of the best working environments in the world, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, and the correct ratio of pot plants to humans.

If you’re keen to work with one of the world’s leading independent studios and help us create our new and exciting, original IP, we'd love to hear from you!

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• Some experience developing videogames in C#/C++.
• Attention to detail and design sensibilities.
• Communication, creative collaboration and teamwork skills.
• A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.

Responsibilities:

• Implementing various new features and fixing bugs.
• Collaborate with designers to develop and implement the game design.
• Collaborate with all disciplines and departments to create a great player experience.
• Build upon existing systems to implement the gameplay experience.
• Take care to write maintainable code, taking time to improve the quality of your work, equally with delivering work.
• Manage your own tasks and estimations, with support from leads and production.
• Problem solve and actively seek assistance (or additional mentoring), as required, to ensure that you can learn without becoming stuck on a problem that others could easily help you with.

Benefits:

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day on Monday. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Monthly self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
• Sustainable working hours, environment and life-work balance.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and Melbourne Games Week party.
• Located in The Arcade, one of the world’s first videogame co-working spaces.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

Send an up-to-date CV, cover letter and link to examples of your work to jnr.engineer.job@leagueofgeeks.com

In your cover letter, tell us why you’re excited about a career at League of Geeks and what your preferred learning style is so that we can best tailor our mentoring to your needs.

Important Stuff:

Applications close 21st of June (CoB). We wish to fill this position by the 10th July 2020.
Base salary on offer (excluding benefits) is between $52k p.a - $58k p.a, dependent on previous experience of the applicant.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, there will be a slow response time but we will endeavour to get back to everyone who shows interest!

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and are continuing to interview and hire during this time. For the safety of staff and applicants, all interview stages will take place via video conference.

At League of Geeks, we dedicate ourselves to crafting engaging game experiences with a unique charm and innovative gameplay. We're looking for a Senior Game Designer with economy design skills to craft an engaging ecosystem of short, mid and long-term gameplay for our ambitious new game-as-a-service project.

As a collaborative, agile team, we love people with broad knowledge and deep specialisations. While systems design will be your focus, you'll expand into economy design and tuning, procedural content creation and AI design. You'll use your critical thinking, collaboration skills, understanding of UX, and creativity to deliver an innovative experience ripe with engaging strategic choices.

We are committed to building one of the best working environments in the world, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, and the correct ratio of pot plants to humans.

If you’re keen to work with one of the world’s leading independent studios and help us create our new, exciting original IP, we'd love to hear from you!

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• 5+ years relevant experience at video game development studio/s.
• Experience designing major features and systems for a commercial title.
• Broad range of game design skills with at least one area of deep expertise, such as systems, economy, AI, UX, etc.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team to see features from concept, through development and iteration, to delivery at an exceptional standard of quality.
• Propensity for critical thinking, and giving and receiving feedback to find the right ideas for the project and audience.
• High attention to detail and strong design sensibilities.
• Excellent communication, creative collaboration and teamwork skills.
• A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.
• A passion for mentoring and educating your fellow team members.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of significant features, systems and content as a key member of the design team.
• Articulate and shepherd complicated design discussions and reviews to reach objective rather than subjective outcomes.
• Develop and maintain design documents that clearly communicate concepts to our multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with other departments, ensuring positive communication and creative problem-solving between disciplines.
• Work with the tools and in-game editor to iterate on and implement features, and tweak and tune the player experience.
• Participate in scoping and iterating on high level plans, budgets and schedules.
• Analyse game data and user feedback to extract insights and improvements for our game.
• Provide mentoring, feedback and assist in the career development of other team members, when relevant.
• Conduct design research into industry best practices and design solutions.

Benefits:

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day on Monday. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Monthly self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
• Sustainable work hours.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer family picnic, Winter Feast and MIGW party.
• Located in The Arcade, one of the world’s first videogame co-working spaces.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most liveable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

Send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and folio with examples of your work to snr.gamedesigner.job@leagueofgeeks.com

In your cover letter, please choose a game-as-a-service launched in the past 5 years and write 200 words about how one of its systems helps or hinders the game's long-term success.

Application period closes on July 1st, COB.

Relocation assistance is available for the perfect applicant.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, there will be a slow response time but we will endeavour to get back to everyone who shows interest!

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and are continuing to interview and hire during this time. For the safety of staff and applicants, all interview stages will take place via video conference.

We don’t always get things right and some of our favourite work pals are folks in positions we never even thought to advertise for. So it seems fair to say that if you don’t see a position listed here that reflects your skillset, you could still really make a difference here - and we’d love to hear how!

As a collaborative, agile team, we love generalists possessing deep specialisations and this is an excellent opportunity for you to invest in your skillset, whilst having a major impact on the experiences we craft and deliver to our players.

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Required:

• Thoroughness and high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication, creative collaboration and teamwork skills.
• A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.

Bonus Points:

• Demonstrable design and aesthetic sensibilities.
• 3+ years of relevant, professional experience.

Benefits

• Weekly bring-your-dog-to-work day. Yeah, dogs!
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Professional development track, mentorship and support.
• Professional and personal travel insurance.
• Monthly self-directed professional development and game jam days.
• Friday afternoon team social events.
• Annual Summer Family Picnic, Winter Feast and DefGeek party.
• Located in Melbourne, Australia. World’s most livable city seven years in a row.

How to Apply:

If a future at LoG sounds good to you and you feel we could use your perspective, experience and set of skills, send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and folio with examples of your work to careers(at)leagueofgeeks(dot)com.

Relocation assistance is available for the perfect applicant.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, we will only be notifying successful applicants.