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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. We’re looking for an Animator to help drive the modernization of a high-profile real-time strategy game. You’ll join a small, fast-moving team working on a beloved RTS IP, and your focus will be on character and building animations (with an eye for matching and improving upon the quality of the original title) and contributing towards a clean and scalable animation/content pipeline.

<p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">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.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a <strong>four-day work week</strong> as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best industry talent can grow their careers while working on world-class IPs and original creations across multiple genres.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We’re looking for an Animator to help drive the modernization of a high-profile real-time strategy game. You’ll join a small, fast-moving team working on a beloved RTS IP, and your focus will be on character and building animations (with an eye for matching and improving upon the quality of the original title) and contributing towards a clean and scalable animation/content pipeline.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We support remote, in-studio (Vancouver, BC), and hybrid working arrangements across Canada. You’ll be joining a flexible, forward-thinking studio environment where creative voices are valued and nurtured.</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Responsibilities</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Animate a broad range of Character and Building Units, matching and improving upon the benchmark of the original title.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Collaborate with animators and tech animations to define and refine the pipeline.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Work with the art team and designers to ensure animation integrates cleanly into the game engine, supports gameplay systems and meets performance goals.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Maintain a productive and collaborative work environment with the development team.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Requirements</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">4+ years of experience in animation for games.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong knowledge of 3D Game Development Software for animation.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Demonstrated experience or skillset animating for RTS and games with an isometric camera setup.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Comfort working in Perforce-integrated pipelines.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Bonus Points For</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Familiarity with game-ready skeleton design, skinning, and animation scene structure</li></ul>

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We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players. Who we areKing is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company. Our passionMaking great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead.

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<p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Craft: HR & Business Support</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Job Description:</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Are you a curious, passionate and result oriented HR professional, with an eye for details, data and employee relation matters? Who gets a kick out of working commercially whilst collaborating with your stakeholders and peers? Do you thrive on providing a complete cycle of HR services, from establishing a trusted partnership with business leaders to managing cyclical people processes and driving people priorities? If so, this could be the ideal role for you!</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We are hiring an for Sweden based at our Malmö office in King. Reporting to a Senior People Director you will be a key individual of the People Team, with responsibilities for executing business strategies across the end-to-end employee life cycle. These will have particular focus on performance management, talent management, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and employee engagement whilst ensuring that Kings stay compliant for all people matters required in Sweden.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">You will lead on HR advisory topics therefore you should have a strong local jurisdictional knowledge and the ability to ensure that all required elements of an employment are followed and delivered successfully.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">You will be an essential part of the Swedish community and a culture ambassador in all you do. A passionate role model for our Values, and a go-to person for Managers and Kingsters on the location.</p><h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-bold mt-10 mb-4 border-b pb-2 text-gray-800">YOUR ROLE WITHIN OUR KINGDOM</h2><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Business Partnering</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Advises on HR policies, processes, and regional requirements, and provides guidance to HR Advisors and Employee Experience teams on complex topics such as sickness and parental leave, ensuring adherence to local employment laws.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Demonstrates strong collaboration skills and a clear desire to be an active, supportive member of the HR team. Works in close partnership with the HR Lead, contributing reliably, openly, and with a solutions-focused mindset</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Supports and manages cases related to areas such as performance management, employee relations, rewards, absence, probation, and others</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Establish a true strategic partnership with a diverse set of managers you will be accountable for creating and driving elements of the people strategy for your area of responsibility.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Conducts one-on-one coaching with managers on performance management and development-related processes based on established training agenda and communication plans; conducts or designs training sessions/events for employees and managers.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Continuously work with managers across the business to support and drive all people strategy, agenda and related processes, topics and priorities. This will include: performance management, talent management, succession, org design, data analytics and tracking, merit planning, compliance cases, communications and workforce planning</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Use your energy, HR expertise and business acumen to establish a trusted partnership with a diverse set of business leaders, coaching, advising and supporting them with their people plans, talent needs and employee relations support</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You will have accountability for completing relevant performance management activities, talent planning, succession, assessments and similar processes that drive the people strategy with high quality and integrity; including execution upon agreed to and approved plans</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">HR projects</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Uses data to participate in identifying and anticipating training needs within a business, region, or geography; recommends customized solutions (e.g., training, communication) to address capability gaps, and coordinates and/or delivers training.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Leads the design and implementation of local HR projects or programs</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Maintain awareness of local employment laws and take an active role in updating local policies, educating managers and work with peers in HR and legal on these update</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Strategic HR</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Use your strong data skills to be able to determent, create and track relevant OKRs and KPI throughout the year</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Own and manage HR data for your function(s), delivering insights and metrics (e.g., turnover, retention, compensation) to inform decisions. Maintain employee data in Workday and personal files, identifying opportunities to improve data management practices, and ways of working with HR Advisors and our global Employee Experience team</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Be a key influencer on all important people related decisions, ensuring that the business maintains alignment with the overall people strategy</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Support the HR Lead to drive organizational development, re-design, change management in your areas. Through strong project management and communications skills.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You will have a growth mindset, prioritize your own growth and development and be curious about understanding and driving external benchmarks across both functional and HR areas.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Operational compliance</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Be a trusted labor law advisors for your business</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Work closely with HR Centre's of Expertise (CoE) to resolve complex and challenging problems through innovative and agile thinking</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Identifies, raises, or escalates issues for trends in employee relations; works with their team to implement solutions to reduce employee relations issues for a business, region, or geography by collaborating with Human Resources and business partners (i.e., managers and employees).</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Champion our values and culture, being a role model for these and supporting the continual embedding of them in everything we do.</li></ul><h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-bold mt-10 mb-4 border-b pb-2 text-gray-800">Skills to create thrills:</h2><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Demonstrated track record of international HR Business Partner excellence, in partnership.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Has a seriously playful, warm, and fun personality that brings positive energy to every interaction.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Thrives in a fast paced, diverse and creative environment</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Clear and strong business impact skills</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A strong commercial profile with a passion for data</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Results orientated combined with a high level of goal-oriented approach</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Change agent - the skills and desire to change the status quo for the better. 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