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Game Designer [Avatar Project]

Job Description

As part of the Avatar Project, you’ll play an instrumental role in bringing to life the beautiful and dangerous world of Pandora. This is a unique opportunity to develop your experience in games while working together with Disney’s creative minds, and James Cameron’s production company – Lightstorm Entertainment.

Do you find yourself thinking about how a game mechanic works in the game you were just playing? Can you break down how game systems interact to offer a captivating experience? Then we have a great opportunity for you!

As a Game Designer at Massive, you'll join our Player, Weapons, and Tools team. You'll focus on the players moment to moment experience: their weapons, tools, abilities, and the 3C's: Control, Character, and Camera. This includes work on next-gen haptics. You'll be supported by a Lead Game Designer, Associate Producer, and primarily collaborate with fellow Game Designers, and a cross-disciplined Task Force (design, code, animation & art) all focused on the player experience.

This is a permanent position based in Malmö Sweden and requires working onsite. We kindly ask you to apply with your CV and message to the hiring manager in English. Applications will be reviewed whilst the job ad is posted.

Responsibilities:

• Defining and communicating game mechanics through documentation and presentation;
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to guide mechanics from start to finish;
• Contributing to the development of both combat and non-combat experiences;
• Setting up, implementing, and continually iterating on game mechanics, using tools you’ll be responsible for helping shape;
• Sharing your knowledge with the team and peer-reviewing;
• Playtesting, analyzing, and iterating on systems and features relating to the player.

Qualifications

You're passionate about games, game-dev, and the craft of game design. You're proactive and offer creative solutions in the pursuit of your goals. You're comfortable working within a multidisciplinary team, contributing your expertise to achieve the highest quality possible. You have high standards in everything you do and a devotion to creating the best possible player experience.

Besides the above we’re looking for someone aligned with our core values and the following skills and experience:

• You are passionate about “game feel”, player experience, and the underlying systems that give rise to it
• You have experience in AAA game development, preferably with one or more shipped titles
• You are comfortable with both implementing design in the engine and writing game design documents
• You have experience within visual scripting
• You are familiar with game engines such as Unreal 4, Snowdrop, Unity, etc.
• You are good at breaking down and explaining the design process
• You are used to working in an international environment and express yourself fluently in English

Additional Information

Longing to be part of a fun, creative, and passionate workplace? We can offer you this and more in an open and friendly environment where you will work with some of the best craftsmen in the industry. Are you up for it?

Massive Entertainment is a premier producer of games and interactive entertainment for the global market. The studio is located in Malmö, Sweden, and fully owned by Ubisoft, the world’s third-largest independent video game publisher. We are more than 650 people from 45+ different countries working together to produce major titles such as World in Conflict, Far Cry 3, Tom Clancy’s The Division, and our latest Avatar Project.

We value diversity at Massive, promote a family-friendly culture and a gender-balanced work environment, where equal opportunities play a meaningful role in the day-to-day operations of our studio.

Ubisoft is committed to enriching players’ lives with original & memorable entertainment experiences. We build worlds that are a playground for the imagination, offering moments of surprise, fun, and adventure as well as opportunities for learning and self-discovery.

At Ubisoft, you’ll grow and collaborate with highly talented teams from around the world. Our massively friendly work environment will inspire you to go above and beyond to create experiences and brands people will fall in love with.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.