Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of Nov. 7th

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In this new round-up, Gamasutra highlights some of the notable jobs posted in its industry-leading game jobs section, including positions from Sony Santa Monica, Big Huge Games, Volition, and many more. Each job posted will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly. It will also be cross-posted for free across its network of submarket sites, which includes content sites focused on online worlds, cellphone games, 'serious games', independent games and more. Some of the notable jobs posted in each market area this week include: Gamasutra.com - Game Industry Jobs Sony Santa Monica: Manager of Art Development "Join the God of War team!... SCEA Santa Monica Studio is in search of a Manager of Art Development to oversee the day-to-day operations of our Internal Art Department... The Manager of Art Development will oversee a large staff of artists. The job requires a fundamental understanding of a variety of disciplines: concept, environment, special effects, character, technical art, animation, and cinematics." Backbone Entertainment: Studio Technical Director "Backbone Entertainment, a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment, is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. We develop original games and remakes of classic games franchises for PS3, X360, Wii, PSP and DS... work with several development teams as a technology leader, mentor and auditor... be responsible and accountable for all the strategic technology and technical process decisions on several game teams." Big Huge Games: Concept Artist "Big Huge Games is looking for an experienced, exceptionally knowledgeable, talented, and motivated Concept Artist to contribute to our upcoming original RPG title, headed by internationally celebrated Game Designer Ken Rolston of Oblivion fame. This is also an opportunity to work alongside award-winning Big Huge Concept Artists Sean Andrew Murray and Jeremy Enecio. Together this talented duo has earned high accolades from Spectrum, Dominance War, and Society of Illustrators to name a few." Volition: Project Manager "PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET, HEED OUR CALL. Volition is seeking a Project Manager who will unleash the magical powers of Excel and slay the zombie army of interdependencies that would hinder us in our just and righteous march toward The Milestone. Join us! RISE UP AND JOIN US!" WorldsInMotion - Online Game Jobs Tencent Boston: Senior MMO Engine Programmer "Tencent Boston is an exciting new start-up with a focus on creating top quality online games. We are looking for an experienced MMO engine programmer to help create our server side engine technology. If you have a track record in online server development and want to work in one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of MMO development, check out this listing!" SeriousGamesSource - Serious Game Jobs America's Army Game: Artist Squad Leader "The Lead Artist is responsible for managing a team of artists and interns in the creation of 3D models, textures, concept art and environmental level work and will have a significant role in establishing and maintaining the look of the project. Responsibilities include managing a daily scrum meeting and interfacing with a Producer as well as other team leads to determine monthly schedule tasks and prioritize work to insure that all departments are receiving assets as they are needed." To browse hundreds of similar jobs, and for more information on searching, responding to, or posting game industry-relevant jobs to the top source for jobs in the business, please visit Gamasutra's job board now.