careers

Who we are  

Playsport Games is a supportive and friendly games studio based in Guildford, where everyone plays a full and active role in developing top quality games!
We’re a passionate and hardworking team with a single aim: making top quality sports games.

As a small team, Playsport is a perfect place for talented developers. We’re looking for people who are excited to get close to the action and want to be deeply involved in the development of a quality game.

We’ve just moved into brand new custom built studio space in the heart of Guildford. It’s posh and there are plenty of nice pubs nearby.

About you

We’re looking for an exceptionally hard-working person who wants to be in a job and team that they love and who is passionate and dedicated to their work. The ideal candidate will be a sociable, and fun individual who constantly strives to deliver the best standards for the benefit of both themselves and their colleagues.

Skills the role needs

• Meticulous attention to detail
• Capability to solve technical problems
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Sense of initiative
• Sense of humour?
• Strong work ethic
• 1-2 years of C# or Java experience
• Developed tools, apis or frameworks
• Knowledge of network protocols TCP/UDP/HTTP/REST

Additional skills which are not essential

• Unity 3D
• Net Core or Mono
• Playfab
• Degree in Computer Science or games related courses
• Service Fabric or Kubernetes
• Microsoft Azure cloud or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Understanding of multithreaded programming
• Jenkins or Team City
• Ability to document code

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cash Plan
• Dental Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme

There are also plenty of other benefits from working for Playsport! We firmly believe that a creative and professional working environment should also be fun.

If you like the sound of the above job, we’d love to hear from you! Please email jobs@playsportgames.net with a copy of your CV along with a cover letter.

Before you apply, please keep in mind that this role is a full-time, permanent position based at our office in Guildford, UK, and you must be eligible to work in the UK.

Who we are  

Playsport Games is a supportive and friendly games studio based in Guildford, where everyone plays a full and active role in developing top quality games!

We’re a passionate and hardworking team with a single aim: making top quality sports games.

As a small team, Playsport is a perfect place for talented developers. We’re looking for people who are excited to get close to the action and want to be deeply involved in the development of a quality game.

We’ve just moved into brand new custom built studio space in the heart of Guildford. It’s posh and there are plenty of nice pubs nearby.

About you

We’re looking for an exceptionally hard-working person who wants to be in a job and team that they love and who is passionate and dedicated to their work. The ideal candidate will be a sociable, and fun individual who constantly strives to deliver the best standards for the benefit of both themselves and their colleagues.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Concept, design and pre-visualisation of frontend menus and UI elements to a brief provided by key stakeholders such as the art director and game designer
• Creating production art assets and working closely with a front-end programmer to ensure they are implemented accurately in game
• Meeting work targets and milestones deliverables in a high-pressured full production environment
• Take a key role in our game’s visual identity, ensuring and pushing for exceptional quality
• Take initiative on improving, streamlining, and developing art pipelines and documentation across the game
• Have ownership and be responsible for your artwork
• Work closely with other artists to ensure consistency and quality

REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrated ability to design UI for video games
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in games industry
• Understanding of UI interaction design and UX pipelines and workflow
• A highly positive proactive work ethic
• Sense of humour?
• Excellent communication skills
• Good organization, problem solving and time management skills

Desirable not essential:

• Experience implementing UI in to Unity
• Experience with Mobile FTP games

Benefits –

• 20 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays
• Bright, comfy studio space in the heart of Guildford, the geekily glamorous Hollywood of games, just half an hour by train from central London
• Regular outings, games/pub evenings and ad hoc socials
• Endless supplies of tasty snacks (varying degrees of healthiness)
• Daily trailblazing with a humble, hardworking team of good humans
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cash Plan
• Dental Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme

There are also plenty of other benefits from working for Playsport! We firmly believe that a creative and professional working environment should also be fun. We always have fridges stocked with complimentary drinks, regular deliveries of fresh fruit and snacks for all staff.

There are also plenty of other benefits from working for Playsport! We firmly believe that a creative and professional working environment should also be fun.

If you like the sound of the above job, we’d love to hear from you! Please email jobs@playsportgames.net with a copy of your CV along with a cover letter.

Before you apply, please keep in mind that this role is a full-time, permanent position based at our office in Guildford, UK, and you must be eligible to work in the UK.

Who we are  

Playsport Games is a supportive and friendly games studio based in Guildford, where everyone plays a full and active role in developing top quality games!

We’re a passionate and hardworking team with a single aim: making top quality sports games.

As a small team, Playsport is a perfect place for talented developers. We’re looking for people who are excited to get close to the action and want to be deeply involved in the development of a quality game.

We’ve just moved into brand new custom built studio space in the heart of Guildford. It’s posh and there are plenty of nice pubs nearby.

About you

We’re looking for an exceptionally hard-working person who wants to be in a job and team that they love and who is passionate and dedicated to their work. The ideal candidate will be a sociable, and fun individual who constantly strives to deliver the best standards for the benefit of both themselves and their colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the team to model, texture and light in game worlds
• Have ownership and be responsible for your artwork
• Work closely with other artists to ensure consistency and quality

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating modelling texturing, lighting and a good artistic eye.
• A good understanding of creating optimal artwork
• Passion for building interesting and story driven worlds
• Be organised and self motivated
• Good communication skills and the ability to give and receive constructive criticism
• Experience with Maya or 3D Studio Max, Zbrush or equivalents
• Experience texturing with Photoshop, Substance Designer, Substance Painter.
• Experience with Unity, Unreal or equivalent
• Experience with high and low poly modelling
• Experience with a PBR pipeline
• Any technical skills and knowledge (shader creation, mel/python scripting) are a bonus but not required.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cash Plan
• Dental Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme

There are also plenty of other benefits from working for Playsport! We firmly believe that a creative and professional working environment should also be fun.

If you like the sound of the above job, we’d love to hear from you! Please email jobs@playsportgames.net with a copy of your CV along with a cover letter.

Before you apply, please keep in mind that this role is a full-time, permanent position based at our office in Guildford, UK, and you must be eligible to work in the UK.