Hey guys, thought you guys might be interested in a gaming related positions open to Brisbane area residents. Only available for a short time and likely to get flooded, but have a read through and see if any of you want a job in the Australian games industry.

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Creative-Assembly is looking for some eager new Quality Assurance Testers (Game Testers) and would like to hear from any potential applicants. This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to get a foot in the door and experience in a professional game development studio. Creative Assembly is one of the biggest game development studios in Australia and located in Brisbane. Applicants would be required to have an adequate knowledge of the game development process and have the ability to learn quickly, with a preference on quality work. Any experience in testing and test plans would be a desired trait. These positions are only available for a short time and the faster you get your resume in to us, the more likely you will be to get an interview.

Requirements:
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Great interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow instructions
• Experience with testing and following test plans
• Familiar with MS Office package & Test Track Pro
• Punctuality & Enthusiasm

Desirable:
• Experience with the Total War series
• Previous employment in the games industry, specifically Quality Assurance

The length of employment would be until the release of our latest high profile title, which is currently due to release in November. But there maybe an opportunity to stay on based on performance and quality of work produced. Interviews will be limited, so the sooner you get your resume in the better. The address for applications is whamilton@creative-assembly.com.au. I will require a Resume, and a brief cover letter (can be the email itself).
Please note this opportunity is only available to Brisbane (and surrounding suburbs) residents. Any additional information can be obtained from the website, http://www.creative-assembly.com.au and enquires can be made to myself via email.

William Hamilton
Quality Assurance Officer
Creative Assembly Brisbane
Email: whamilton@creative-assembly.com.au

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Looks interesting. It's part-time? How many hours? What day/s?

It's part-time? How many hours? What day/s?

Should have asked for pay rate too.

As it's basically entry level the pay isnt that high, and they are still negotiating it. You will probably find it will end up around the $15 an hour mark. Its a 40 hour a week job, 9-5:30. Located in the valley, beside train station.

I want to get into games development, but I'm too far along with my IT/Management career to start again *cries*

Hi Draxy

40hrs till crunch time... then you get pwnt!

Id apply but I hear their QA department really sucks at cs.

Games testing SOUNDS like a cool job....but it really isnt - same game for 6-9 months? 40-90 hours a week? No thanks!

And yeah what hemerage said!

Medieval 2 is looking pretty swank.

same game for 6-9 months? 40-90 hours a week? No thanks!

Are we talking about WoW or beta-testing here? :P

QA is the Helpdesk of the Games industry.
s*** and repetitive, but you need to start off their to go anywhere else.

your pony died cause it wasnt pretty enough

*cries*

Are we talking about WoW or beta-testing here? :P

parabol with the call of the century!

your pony died cause it wasnt pretty enough

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Superform wins the thread. Close it now, kthnxbi.

Hey Mr Hardware, what you doing with yourself these days?

hi draxy... go back to msnchat.nub

I work for the govt - check your PM's

QA is the Helpdesk of the Games industry.
s*** and repetitive, but you need to start off their to go anywhere else.

I know of at least one of CA's designers who didn't and I strongly suspect that there is at least one more designer who didn't either.

Superform wins the thread. Close it now, kthnxbi.

It was a good call, but Parabol wins it by far anyway kthx.

Gametesting sounds great, but I can't imagine playing the same small-scope game over and over again for months on end with the goal of breaking it, not to have fun. Imagine the forms you'd have to fill out

as long as whoever does it gets it right

so when im charging a bunch of peasants with my knights templar they don't turn and run at the site of the rusty pitchforks

Are we talking about WoW or beta-testing here? :P

damn, beaten by parabol :)

Basically Q.A. is one of the few ways to break into the games industry in Australia. There's literally hundreds of qualified people out there working at places like Petrol stations, woolworths etc with so much talents and un-tapped skill because of how small the industry is here in Oz. Coders and animators have progressed from Q.A. simply because they learn how the development environment works. Someone who understands these processes and has experience in a professional games studio is more likely to get a job, then someone stepping out of uni with a degree in I.T. in almost all cases.

This position is basically a starting block and as you will find, you normally have to start at the bottom, just to get a foot in the door. So if your passionate about the games industry I'd suggest you give it a shot. A few weeks and you have something that looks great on your resume, and possibly have the chance to stay on for bigger and better things. On the same topic, you would be one of the first to hear about new positions at Creative Assembly and are more likely to get the job cause the staff would know you and how you work.

As for Q.A. being a s*** job, it really depends on a few things. There are quite a few different aspects of Q.A. For example, the whole sitting there playing a small scope of a game for weeks on end... that's a very rare form of testing, hardly used in the industry any more. It's a good way to burn people out I guess. But basically Play testing on a game like Medieval 2: Total War, would involve following test plans, playing through entire campaigns and so on. As with all quality software, there are regression tests, but these are very simple to carry out and so on. Some guys maybe playing the multiplayer games and making suggestions on balancing aspects and reporting any desync issues. Without going to far into the details, Q.A. is an oppertunity and one you shouldn't scoff as a rubbish position. Most professionals in the industry started with Q.A. as the launching pad.

Damn you guys are s***kunts...
Just a few months ago people were crying because there were no industry jobs getting posted on the boards and now that one does pop up even if it is only a gateway job for most people here you all take a dump in the thread.
Though in hindsight this is QGL, home of the self ego stroke.

GL Draxy.

post this again in a year and a half im sooooooo there.

stupid school >.<

I was going to post along the same lines as Draxy's last post, but then realised QGL is too filled with retards who think they know how the world spins to take it in.

Heh, the only reason they dont want to work there is because they know Draxy will Pwn them at all the Office Lans.

I swear he cheats >.>