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We are looking for a Lead Community Manager to join our growing community team at Starbreeze Entertainment. You will support one of the game industry’s biggest and most-loved games in PAYDAY, as well as other titles developed by Starbreeze, and smaller independent titles published by Starbreeze.The Lead Community Manager will be part of a tight-knit Community Team embedded within the Publishing Team of Starbreeze Entertainment and will report to the VP of Publishing.You will contribute to our games’ multi-channel community strategies, gathering valuable insights for the development and publishing team, and building community strategies to engage with our passionate players day-to-day. You will engage in considered and regular communication, while working on creating interesting and engaging content for the community through social media, forums as well as streams. You’ll act as a liaison between the studio and the community, making sure all important feedback is communicated effectively both ways. As Lead, you will also be responsible for mentoring and guiding less experienced colleagues and assisting in the growth of the team.Please note - this role is only open in Stockholm and requires the succesful candidate to be onsite at least 3 days per week.Focus areas:<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Strategy Development and Execution – working closely with the community team, you will help create and execute social and community communication strategies for our titles and the Starbreeze Entertainment brand</li>
<li dir="ltr">SoCom Execution - you will ensure that the SoComs strategies are implemented and acted upon, and will create processes to monitor and report on community team activity and community sentiment</li>
<li dir="ltr">Networking - as a core part of the role, you will build and maintain relationships with influencers and video content creators to further amplify coverage of Starbreeze titles</li>
<li dir="ltr">Content Creation – working closely with the development and publishing teams, other key stakeholders and the community team, deliver community content for Starbreeze social media channels, forums, and livestreams</li>
<li dir="ltr">Streaming &amp; Community Engagement - engaging with the community on forums, live streams, and forward facing events; becoming a trusted point of communication both internally and externally, supporting community driven content and bringing players in our communities together</li>
<li dir="ltr">Process and Best Practice Implementation – building on those already in-place, you will help to build and solidify work processes, while utilizing time/task management systems</li>
<li dir="ltr">Reporting – creating community reports for internal use, monitoring community sentiment, monitoring progress towards key performance indicators and team development, and ensuring the publishing and development teams understand the main successes and activities of the community team</li>
</ul> Responsibilities:<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Collaborate with developers to write patch notes or long-form blog content to explain upcoming features and changes for the game. Create compelling copy and player-facing communications.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Build a bridge between players and the developers on PAYDAY, being a contact for players and facilitating access to devs through programs and content.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Monitor online channels and engage with players to obtain insights.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Manage live updates and issues with the community.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Own and implement community strategies that grow our core community and align with the greater needs of game and business teams.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Provide regular community updates to our internal teams consisting of community sentiment and KPI reporting of community plans.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Collaborate with marketing, brand, and comms teams across the Publishing Team and the broader Starbreeze Entertainment organization to deliver the best possible experience for our players.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Forge relationships with the necessary coworkers to ensure execution of plans are globally optimized.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Be able to work cohesively in a team that has remote members, alongside partners who are located globally and remotely.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Potentially will require on-camera work (i.e., hosting dev livestreams) and knowledge of how to run and publish livestreams/videos onto YouTube and Twitch.</li>
</ul> Requirements:<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Multiple years of community experience working in a game development studio. Must have experience writing and managing communication, interpreting and relaying player feedback, running community campaigns, on a AAA title. Experience on shooter, co-op or live-ops titles preferred.</li>
<li dir="ltr">A data-driven mindset - We need someone who can gather and look at data (both qualitative and quantitative) to forecast and grow the future of the PAYDAY community and Starbreeze communities as a whole.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Growth-oriented - The ability to accept feedback will help you tailor your work to reach its best potential—and to grow! Teamwork and a willingness to grow together is important to our success.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Experience creating communication campaigns, including forum engagement, social media management, influencer outreach, and in-game and out-of-game competition management.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Fantastic communication skills - both written and spoken in fluent English.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Team player; willingness to work flexibly across the team and proactively share feedback from the community with other functions e.g. Production or Publishing.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Creative thinker, able to generate new and exciting ideas that excite the company and players alike.</li>
</ul> Desirables:<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Experience live streaming</li>
<li dir="ltr">Existing network of Influencer/streamer/content creator/industry contacts</li>
<li dir="ltr">A big interest in and a knowledge of Starbreeze titles</li>
</ul> Still reading? Good, because here’s the best part:We offer you a position at a company where we value empowerment, agility and ownership. While we evolve we want you to grow with us and to develop as a professional.What more do we offer?<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Competitive salaries with annual reviews</li>
<li dir="ltr">Private medical insurance</li>
<li dir="ltr">Annual wellness benefit</li>
<li dir="ltr">Referral bonuses</li>
<li dir="ltr">Long term incentive bonus scheme</li>
<li dir="ltr">Pension on top of salary (≈50% above collective agreement standard for Sweden employees)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Relocation support if you move from abroad to Stockholm</li>
<li dir="ltr">Ideal office location in central Stockholm</li>
<li dir="ltr">Massage sessions once a month in the Stockholm office</li>
</ul> Sounds good? Then we can’t wait to see your CV and look forward to meeting you. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continuously. Please submit your CV and cover letter in English.Starbreeze values diversity and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome you as who you are, no matter where you are from or what games you play. If there are preparations or accommodations that we can make to help ensure that you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.Recruitment agencies may not submit CVs through this website or directly to hiring managers. Starbreeze Entertainment does not accept unsolicited recruitment agency CVs, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

Lead Community Manager

Starbreeze is looking for a new colleague to join our IT department based in Stockholm. We’re a global and flexible organization with people working both in our Stockholm office and remotely, which brings a lot of interesting challenges to our IT department.In this role you will work closely with all teams as our production teams and partners are heavily dependent on IT. We are looking for someone who likes to work with both operational and strategic questions to best support the whole organization. In this role you will implement and maintain traditional IT solutions on-site as well on cloud-based infrastructure and utilize modern frameworks to support daily business operations as well as ongoing AAA game development projects.Are you an experienced IT systems engineer who would describe yourself as a collaborator and problem-solver? If so, you might be the one we’re looking for! Responsibilities:<ul> <li>Automation of tasks</li> <li>Backup and recovery (implement and maintain)</li> <li>Documentation (implement and maintain procedures)</li> <li>Improve the infrastructure and workflow (onboarding, deployment, working from home etc)</li> <li>Troubleshoot software and hardware for the end user.</li> <li>Maintain, secure and restrict access to new and existing services.</li> <li>Monitoring and reporting of services (implement and maintain)</li> <li>Responsible for all services used by the studio are up and running.</li> <li>Review and implement software to be used</li> <li>Use your experience to support the studio teams hands-on when they need assistance</li> <li>Contribute to proactive first line support when required</li> </ul> Requirements:<ul> <li>Experience working in a similar role within the games industry</li> <li>Extensive experience in an agile environment in a key role part of IT</li> <li>Extensive experience of scripting language experience using Python, Powershell or similar</li> <li>Advanced experience with Windows and Linux (including remote management of devices)</li> <li>Experience with global IT operations, cloud services</li> <li>Experience with virtualization platforms</li> <li>Knowledge in the Google environment</li> <li>Experience in a similar role from tech/gaming environment</li> <li>A proactive, organized and strategic mindset</li> <li>To be fluent in English, both verbally and in writing</li> </ul> Nice to have:<ul><li>Knowledge in Unreal Engine Development, SVN, Perforce, Github, VMWare, Proxmox, Amazon Cloud Services, Network, VPN and firewalls</li></ul> Still reading? Good, because here’s the best part:We offer you a position at a company where we value empowerment, agility and ownership. While we evolve we want you to grow with us and to develop as a professional.What more do we offer?<ul> <li dir="ltr">Competitive salaries with annual reviews</li> <li dir="ltr">Private medical insurance</li> <li dir="ltr">Annual wellness benefit</li> <li dir="ltr">Referral bonuses</li> <li dir="ltr">Long term incentive bonus scheme</li> <li dir="ltr">Pension on top of salary (≈50% above collective agreement standard for Sweden employees)</li> <li dir="ltr">Relocation support if you move from abroad to Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Ideal office location in central Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Massage sessions once a month in the Stockholm office</li> </ul> Sounds good? Then we can’t wait to see your CV and look forward to meeting you. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continuously. Please submit your CV and cover letter in English.Starbreeze values diversity and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome you as who you are, no matter where you are from or what games you play. If there are preparations or accommodations that we can make to help ensure that you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.Recruitment agencies may not submit CVs through this website or directly to hiring managers. Starbreeze Entertainment does not accept unsolicited recruitment agency CVs, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

IT Systems Engineer

Starbreeze Entertainment is looking for a Senior Producer to supercharge the support we provide to our Third Party Publishing development studios and facilitate smooth, well-planned, expertly-guided development cycles and product launches. This role would help our organization by owning a set of titles in active development and ensuring that all tasks across production are addressed and completed in a timely manner. As Starbreeze is fully committed to providing a long life-time value and support post release with our games the Producer will form long relationships with our partner studios. Our ideal candidate should love to play games and have a passion for the latest game development methods, tools, and platforms.As Senior Producer for Third Party Publishing, you will be an integral part of the Third Party Publishing team at Starbreeze. Reporting to the Head of 3PP and working closely with external studio heads, your primary responsibility will be to provide daily production leadership and guidance to our projects and their teams. You will lead the daily work with our partner studios’ producers, and be the day-to-day representative of Starbreeze to our partner studios.You are an analytical and data driven person who is passionate about planning, efficiency, and engaging teams in continuous improvement of game development tools and processes. You will ensure the game projects are planned and produced efficiently, on time, on budget and to the right level of quality. Areas of responsibility:<ul> <li dir="ltr">Own the production deliverables of 2-3 externally produced games in various stages of development</li> <li dir="ltr">Set and implement clear development frameworks; including task tracking, decision making pipelines, and consistent tools usage.</li> <li dir="ltr">Develop project indicators that track project quality, delivery, and predictability.</li> <li dir="ltr">Identify and implement improvements to the established processes across all projects on an ongoing basis.</li> <li dir="ltr">Identify potential game risks early and formulate strategies to mitigate or escalate as necessary</li> <li dir="ltr">Help establish direction and strategy for each project’s execution while ensuring alignment with internal and external leadership.</li> <li dir="ltr">Generate gameplay evaluation reports and identify key areas of improvement</li> <li dir="ltr">Review and advise on each studio’s resource plan considering the needs of their project and discipline, with a clear view on both the immediate and the future.</li> <li dir="ltr">Continuously monitor the studio capacity plans in order to provide each project with the necessary conditions to succeed.</li> <li dir="ltr">Source and manage external contractors for localization, porting, and QA testing</li> <li dir="ltr">Provide a point of escalation for conflict management and problem solving.</li> <li dir="ltr">Be prepared to actively help projects execute on their plans and milestones.</li> </ul> Experience:<ul> <li dir="ltr">Extensive experience as a Producer in the games industry, at a studio working with a publisher or at a publisher working with third party developers.</li> <li dir="ltr">Proven experience in releasing multiple live service, multi-platform, online games and seeing them through all phases of the development cycle.</li> <li dir="ltr">Good experience of managing various stakeholders, and an understanding of how to visualize status for both teams and executives.</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience in negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution in complex project setups.</li> <li dir="ltr">Focused on facilitating, motivating, and inspiring team(s) to work as one team towards clear project goals to execution.</li> </ul> Still reading? Good, because here’s the best part:We offer you a position at a company where we value empowerment, agility and ownership. While we evolve we want you to grow with us and to develop as a professional. What more do we offer?<ul> <li dir="ltr">Competitive salaries with annual reviews</li> <li dir="ltr">Private medical insurance</li> <li dir="ltr">Annual wellness benefit</li> <li dir="ltr">Referral bonuses</li> <li dir="ltr">Pension on top of salary (≈50% above collective agreement standard for Sweden employees)</li> <li dir="ltr">Relocation support if you move from abroad to Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Ideal office location in central Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Massage sessions once a month in the Stockholm office</li> </ul> Sounds good? Then we can’t wait to see your CV and look forward to meeting you. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continuously. Please submit your CV and cover letter in English. Starbreeze values diversity and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome you as who you are, no matter where you are from or what games you play. If there are preparations or accommodations that we can make to help ensure that you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know. Recruitment agencies may not submit CVs through this website or directly to hiring managers. Starbreeze Entertainment does not accept unsolicited recruitment agency CVs, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

Senior Producer, Third Party Publishing

We are hiring for a Senior VFX Artist to support the development of a new unannounced AAA project. You will be responsible for the creation, development,  planning and prioritisation of our visual effects. You will be working in Unreal Engine 5, utilising Niagara and other new technologies. As a Senior member of the art team, you will also be responsible for supporting the learning and development of less experienced colleagues.You have experience working as a VFX Artist within the games industry. You relish the challenge of working with new technologies to create cutting-edge art, and are as technically driven as you are aesthetically great. The role requires you to be able to multi-task and possess good communication skills both spoken and written.This role is open to applications onsite in Stockholm, or remote in Europe.Responsibilities:<ul> <li dir="ltr">Creating and implementing visual effects and pushing them beyond the industry standards using Unreal Engine 5 and Niagara;</li> <li dir="ltr">Follow references, concepts, and art direction while also having the initiative to take the work further independently;</li> <li dir="ltr">Working closely with the Art and Tech teams to ensure that quality is consistent and cohesive;</li> <li dir="ltr">Working together with Producers, Leads, Directors and other teams to push the quality and creativity of the project;</li> <li dir="ltr">Updating work and backlog using project management and planning tools (e.g. JIRA);</li> <li dir="ltr">Mentoring, guiding and contributing to the learning and development of less experienced colleagues.</li> </ul> Requirements:<ul> <li dir="ltr">Working knowledge of Unreal Engine, its graphic pipeline, workflows, and best practices;</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience creating visual effects in Niagara to create a wide range of VFX (fire, smoke, electricity, explosions, etc.);</li> <li dir="ltr">Routine experience in creating, implementing, and optimizing visual effects for games on multiple platforms;</li> <li dir="ltr">The ability to create all the textures, geometry, materials needed for the VFX;</li> <li dir="ltr">Have a great eye for timing, animation and momentum of your effect;</li> <li dir="ltr">Excellent communication skills in English.</li> </ul> Nice to have:<ul> <li dir="ltr">Experience shipping multiple AAA games as a VFX Artist;</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience working with Unreal Engine 4 or 5;</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience working with PBR;</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience with Houdini by creating your own destruction, cloth, liquid and pyro simulations;</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience with Embergen;</li> <li dir="ltr">Scripting experience in Blueprints;</li> <li dir="ltr">Traditional drawing skills for animated textures or conceptualizing;</li> <li dir="ltr">Familiarity with scripting languages, VEX, HLSL or Python;</li> <li dir="ltr">Experience of other game engines and particle systems.</li> </ul> Still reading? Good, because here’s the best part:We offer you a position at a company where we value empowerment, agility and ownership. While we evolve we want you to grow with us and to develop as a professional. What more do we offer?<ul> <li dir="ltr">Competitive salaries with annual reviews</li> <li dir="ltr">Private medical insurance</li> <li dir="ltr">Annual wellness benefit</li> <li dir="ltr">Referral bonuses</li> <li dir="ltr">Long term incentive bonus scheme </li> <li dir="ltr">Pension on top of salary (≈50% above collective agreement standard for Sweden employees)</li> <li dir="ltr">Relocation support if you move from abroad to Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Ideal office location in central Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Massage sessions once a month in the Stockholm office</li> </ul> Sounds good? Then we can’t wait to see your CV and look forward to meeting you. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continuously. Please submit your CV, portfolio and cover letter in English.Starbreeze values diversity and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome you as who you are, no matter where you are from or what games you play. If there are preparations or accommodations that we can make to help ensure that you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.Recruitment agencies may not submit CVs through this website or directly to hiring managers. Starbreeze Entertainment does not accept unsolicited recruitment agency CVs, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

Senior VFX Artist (New Project)

As a Senior Character Artist, you will be responsible for the creation and development as well as process and planning for all character assets. You will be involved in driving and developing the structure and setup of the content pipeline. This puts high demand on technical and creative problem-solving as well as strong visual execution. To thrive in this role, strong written and spoken communication are a must. And cross-department collaboration needs to be second nature.As a senior member of the art department, the expectation to be self-driven and motivated is high, as you have ownership within your specific area, and the autonomy to evolve and drive it with minimum inputs if necessary.This role is open to applications onsite in Stockholm, or remote in Europe.Job Tasks:<ul> <li>Modeling, texturing, and implementation of in-game models;</li> <li>Working with shaders and content setup;</li> <li>Being able to follow references, concepts, and art direction while also having the initiative to take the work further independently;</li> <li>Identifying functional and technical aspects of both realistic and stylised assets;</li> <li>Participate in design choices and communicate with peers, managers, and vendors;</li> <li>Work closely with the team and mentor junior talent, to ensure that quality is consistent and cohesive;</li> <li>Maintaining and evolving the 3D asset pipeline.</li> </ul>Requirements: <ul> <li>5+ years of experience working as a Character artist within games;</li> <li>Experience working on at least 2+ released AAA games, and in a Senior level role for 1+;</li> <li>A great sense of anatomy, scale and proportions, materials, color, and light;</li> <li>Great experience and knowledge working with shaders, pipelines, and PBR;</li> <li>Knowledge and interest in both technical setups and mechanical functions;</li> <li>Proven knowledge of asset creation, in-game model, UV layout, and LODs;</li> <li>Great understanding of real-time graphics with proven experience in creating both realistic and stylised characters;</li> <li>Good understanding of customization systems, both in their technical setup and asset authoring;</li> <li>Fluent in English with good communication skills, both verbally and in writing;</li> <li>Strong artistic skill set, a good sense of scale and proportions, materials, color, and light;</li> <li>Previous experience mentoring artists through daily feedback and documentation;</li> <li>Familiar with project management software, e.g. Jira, Confluence and Shotgrid;</li> <li>Well-versed with Maya, Z-brush and Photoshop;</li> <li>Great knowledge in Substance designer and Painter;</li> <li>Experience of working with photogrammetry is a plus;</li> <li>Great with time estimations, assessments and prioritizing;</li> <li>Experience working with Unreal, Unity or similar game engine;</li> <li>Ability to work in a team, communicate well and being proactive;</li> <li>Structured and technical with experience in outsource management;</li> <li>Have an expert understanding of game production and have a proven ability to problem-solve, schedule and monitor tasks for yourself or a small team.</li> </ul> Still reading? Good, because here’s the best part:We offer you a position at a company where we value empowerment, agility and ownership. While we evolve we want you to grow with us and to develop as a professional.What more do we offer?<ul> <li dir="ltr">Competitive salaries with annual reviews</li> <li dir="ltr">Private medical insurance</li> <li dir="ltr">Annual wellness benefit</li> <li dir="ltr">Referral bonuses</li> <li dir="ltr">Long term incentive bonus scheme </li> <li dir="ltr">Pension on top of salary (≈50% above collective agreement standard for Sweden employees)</li> <li dir="ltr">Relocation support if you move from abroad to Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Ideal office location in central Stockholm</li> <li dir="ltr">Massage sessions once a month in the Stockholm office</li> </ul> Sounds good? Then we can’t wait to see your CV and look forward to meeting you. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continuously. Please submit your CV and cover letter in English.Starbreeze values diversity and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome you as who you are, no matter where you are from or what games you play. If there are preparations or accommodations that we can make to help ensure that you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.Recruitment agencies may not submit CVs through this website or directly to hiring managers. Starbreeze Entertainment does not accept unsolicited recruitment agency CVs, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

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