Naughty Dog is Hiring!! Gameplay Scripter Wanted

Naughty Dog
Santa Monica, CA
www.naughtydog.com
Gameplay Scripter

About our company…
Naughty Dog is the developer of critically acclaimed and top-selling titles including the Crash Bandicoot franchise, Jak and Daxter franchise and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. We’re a relatively small team with a highly decentralized and collaborative work environment – we value feedback about any aspect of our game development from any of our team members. We’re a tightly knit group and you can frequently find us participating in yoga sessions in the office, spending lunch playing out on the court basketball, foosball in our lunchroom or around town in our frequent group evenings out. Since Naughty Dog is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment America, we also get a lot of the perks that comes from being in the Sony family – movie screenings on the Sony Pictures lots and discounts on electronics, music, movies and PlayStation hardware and software. Of course, you just can’t beat our location. Naughty Dog is based near the ocean – and beaches – in Santa Monica, California, where beautiful weather and fair temperatures grace us year-round.

Position: Gameplay Scripter

Requirements and Skills:
• Strong programming skills (Computer Science undergraduate degree preferred)
• Games scripting experience strongly preferred
• Strong methodology and problem solving ability and with a focus on creative, fun and innovative solutions
• Strong and effective communication skills and organizational ability
• Pro-active attitude
• Exceptional team player with the ability to collaborate without losing sight of the gameplay vision
• Willingness to take design direction when offered
• Very good working knowledge of Maya, 3DS Max or similar 3D package
• Experience with 3D level editors
• Strong game design sense:: must be able to intelligently discuss the strengths of weaknesses of recent games.
• Desire to be a part of the Naughty Dog team

Bonus Skills:
• Familiarity with a LISP or Scheme-like language
• Experience of developing third-person action games
• Good sense of cinematography and pacing

Please submit resume & samples of your professional work noting your specific contributions to:

Candace Walker
Recruiter @ Naughty Dog
Email: candace_walker@naughtydog.com
Web Site: www.naughtydog.com
Direct Line: (310) 633-9275
http://www.linkedin.com/in/candacerwalker