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Blackbird Interactive

Summary

Blackbird Interactive is an independent game studio located in Vancouver that is looking for talented and passionate individuals to join their team in various fields including design, programming, art, production, community management, audio, and animation. The studio is implementing a four-day work week and supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to their employees. The job offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a mentorship program, skunkworks internal game jam program, 4 weeks paid vacation per year, 11 paid stat holidays, 3 paid days per year for professional development, December holiday studio closure, life insurance, $300 Healthcare Spending Account per annum, RRSP matching, and profit-sharing bonus program. The company encourages applications from all qualified individuals and is committed to inclusion, especially members of historically marginalized communities.

Job description

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.

Interested in a career with Blackbird Interactive? We are a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio located in Vancouver.  We're also moving to a four day work week!

We're always on the look out for new talent in a number of fields including design, programming, art, production, community management, audio, and animation. If you are talented and passionate but don't fit into any of our current job openings, please apply here!

Requirements

    • To be an awesome and humble game developer!
    • Join a team of skilled and creative people, and create something bigger and better than anyone could have imagined
    • Experience developing creative and compelling entertainment products
    • Self direction and a proven ability to thrive in a highly dynamic and technical environment
    • Strong inter-disciplinary collaboration skills, including verbal and written skills

Vacation & Extras

+ 4-day, 32-hour work week for all full-time staff
+ Mentorship program
+ Skunkworks internal game jam program
+ 4 weeks paid vacation per year
+ 11 paid stat holidays 
+ 3 paid days per year for professional development
+ December holiday studio closure (extra paid time off!)
+ Comprehensive health/dental benefits from day 1
+ Life insurance
+ $300 Healthcare Spending Account per annum
+ RRSP matching
+ Profit-sharing bonus program

If applying for an artistic role, please provide a link to your portfolio and/or demo reel.

Any questions about the role and/or accessibility requests can be sent to: recruitment@blackbirdinteractive.com

Unfortunately, we cannot reply to everyone. Only successful applicants will be contacted about the next steps. Thank you for your understanding.

If you are interested in the role, please apply even if your experience and skills don’t perfectly match our ideal credentials. We are committed to inclusion and especially encourage members of historically marginalized communities to apply. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. BBI does not discriminate against applicants based on gender, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities.

Blackbird Interactive is privileged to be developing our projects on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ /Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Country: Canada

Date found: 2023-03-17

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