Fishlabs is hiring: Character Artist/Animator (3D)

We here at Fishlabs are convinced: Only those fascinated by what they do will excel. How do we know that? We are fascinated by mobile games and our top titles such as Galaxy on Fire 2™, Rally Master Pro™, Blades & Magic™, DEEP™ and Snowboard Hero™ are among the best games in their respective genres worldwide.

The future of gaming is mobile anyway: Nowadays top iPhone and iPad titles reach more than 10 million gamers. The quality of many smartphone and tablet games already surpasses that of DS- and PSP-games. Moreover, as early as next year we will be seeing them reach the level of current consoles.

That’s because mobile as a platform is growing rapidly while innovations reach the market in 6 months-intervals. Technological developments and innovative game play are literally running hand in hand. There are already more iPhones and iPads in the market than Xbox 360 or PS3 consoles – not to mention all those Android-, Windows- and other devices.

The bottom line: Those who want to stay at the edge of current market developments have to join team mobile. And those who want to develop multi award-winning, innovative smartphone and tablet games as part of a passionate team – and conquer all other platforms from there – simply have to join Fishlabs.


For our studio in the beautiful city of Hamburg we are looking to permanently fill the following immediate opening:

Character Artist/Animator (3D)

Key task:

• Modeling, texturing/shading, rigging and animation of 3D characters for our upcoming titles.

What we are looking for:

Must-haves

• Previous experience in the computer/video games industry
• Previous experience in creating 3D-characters and animations suitable for games
• Profound knowledge of 3D Studio Max and Photoshop
• Very good English skills
• Ability to work independently and strong self-motivation
• Lots of creativity
• Excellent team player

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of Maya, Indesign and Vue
• Previous experience with pixel and vertex shaders under OpenGL ES 2.0
• Previous experience in creating drawings and scribbles

What we offer:

• Opportunity to collaborate on commercially successful titles in a multiple award-winning team
• Unique know-how in the development of games for mobile platforms
• Support regarding professional and academic development
• Attractive compensation
• Privileged location in the beautiful city of Hamburg

Please send your complete application including cover letter, résumé, diplomas, references and (as far as applicable) work samples in PDF format to jobs@fishlabs.net. Please don’t forget to state how you learned about this job offer.

We fully reimburse travel expenses to applicants from Germany, Austria or Switzerland. If you travel to us from any other country, we reimburse 50% of your travel expenses right away, the other 50% once hired.