Who We Are:
Spawnpoint Media is at the forefront of digital entertainment, spearheading innovation in content creation across YouTube channels and media brands within the realms of gaming, Minecraft, and real-life content. With a passionate community of over 15 million followers, we've amassed more than 4 billion views and over 25 thousand years of content watched globally. We strive to maintain the soul, love, joy, and personality of children in our content to inspire and support them through teaching positive social, creative, and academic skills and values.
Who You Are:
Our team is seeking an experienced and efficient Minecraft Builder who can work with our incredible team of Minecraft Set Designers to bring YouTube scripts and storyboards to life in an interactive and exciting way; whilst making the Sets (Minecraft Builds) practical for filming environments and children audiences.
This position is Full time in Australia but is also remote. You will be expected to work 9-5PM AES(D)T from Monday-Friday.
Your Responsibilities and Skills:
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Interpreting Storyboards and Scripts: Translate storyboard and script concepts into physical Minecraft builds and sets that are practical for events such as dialogue, pranks, timing, etc., utilizing command blocks for interactive elements. Candidates without command block experience will not be considered.
- Realistic Minecraft Survival Builds: Create visually appealing and functional Minecraft Survival builds that maintain realism while ensuring they are not perceived as the work of professional builders.
- Versatile Building Styles: Adapt building styles from "noob" to "pro," "professional," "hacker," and more, depending on the storyline, to create diverse and immersive environments.
- Efficient Building Techniques: Utilize common building techniques and tools such as WorldEdit to construct builds efficiently and effectively, optimizing the building process.
- Engaging Gameplay Moments: Design unique gameplay moments and level elements within scripts to captivate the audience and enhance the overall storytelling experience.
- Interactive Functionality with Command Blocks: Utilize command blocks, redstone, datapacks, and mods to add interactive and functional elements to builds, enabling the events of the script to unfold dynamically within the Minecraft world. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in using command blocks and related tools.
- Deadline Management and Time Organization: Effectively manage time to meet project deadlines, ensuring timely completion of builds and adherence to production schedules. Maintain organization in workflow and task prioritization to optimize productivity.
- Meeting Participation: Participate actively in meetings with the creative team to understand project vision, requirements, and updates, contributing insights and ideas to drive project success.
- Communication and Collaboration: Maintain open and effective communication channels with team members, sharing progress updates, addressing challenges, and collaborating on project tasks to achieve collective goals.
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Requirements:
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At least 2+ years of Game Level Design/Minecraft Building/Set Design
- A full understanding of Minecraft and all game mechanics
- A moderate understanding of WorldEdit
- A moderate understanding of Minecraft Mods, Addons, Datapacks, Resource Packs
- A experienced understanding of Minecraft commands, command blocks and redstone circuitry.
- Ability to meet and understand deadlines.
- Ability to understand feedback and act on it.
Preferable Additional Skills:
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Worked with major competitors in this age demographic previously (Prestonplayz, Craftee/LogDotZip, Bionic, xNestorio, Quiff, Donibobes, etc)
- Worked with a Minecraft Marketplace team
- Experience in other Minecraft/YouTube industry-specific roles (Builder, Editor, Animator, Actor, etc)
- Also meets the requirements of our Minecraft Datapack Technician role: https://spawnpointmedia-1677622320.teamtailor.com/jobs/2661295-minecraft-datapack-technician
Spawnpoint Perks:
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Attractive Remuneration
- Spawn Points KPI bonus Program
- Training & Development
- Career Progression
Our Offer:
If you’re excited to create the worlds of some of the most-loved content on the internet and bring smiles to millions of children across the globe; whilst working alongside a highly skilled and fun-loving team; passionate about all things YouTube and gaming, then what are you waiting for? We really love working here, and we think you will too! Apply now!
