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Game Designer
3 years ago
With a rich history of developing multiple AAA franchises such as Little Big Planet and Crackdown, as well as contributing to genre-defining titles like the Forza Motorsport and Hitman series, Sumo Sheffield’s vast development experience spans multiple genres and platforms.
As winners of the TIGA Star Employment Award for 2021, recipients of the GI Biz 2020 Best Places to Work Award and listed as one of the UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to Work for in 2021, Sumo Digital has enjoyed 18 years of stability and growth since its formation in 2003 and continues to strive for excellence across every single project.
The team have a track record of working on some of the world's biggest and best games and received two BAFTAs for their work on Sackboy: A Big Adventure. As the scale and exclusivity of projects continues to grow, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Sumo Sheffield family!
The role @ Sumo
We are looking for a talented Game Designer to join the team at Sumo Digital Sheffield. This is an exciting opportunity for a Designer who is passionate about creating engaging game mechanics and owning them through the project’s lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have an instinctive sense of ‘fun’, and the confidence to champion their ideas to the whole team.
Within this role you will:
- Strive for quality and innovation while adhering to the core vision of the game
- End to end feature ownership; from inception through to game release
- Form goals and success metrics for each feature you own and implement
- Create high level presentation materials for pitching concepts to product stakeholders
- Produce low level specifications for feature costing and production schematics
- Ability to solve problems using game design knowledge and experience
- Design and model complex game systems based on high-level concepts
- Implement the feature design using industry-standard and in-house tools
- Review and adjust designs based on user testing and telemetry data
- Mentor junior design team members and communicate the feature across the wider team
You need to have:
- Proven track record of designing AAA games from product inception through to release
- Ability to evangelise features you own to multi-discipline teams and across the organisation
- Understanding of a product’s user base and player behaviours
- Experience in designing and balancing complex systems for AAA games
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Organisational and workload management skills are essential for success
- Empathise with different disciplines to form aligned and sympathetic concept
It will be an advantage if you have:
- Shipped a AAA title using UE3/4
- Knowledge of UE4 Blueprint Scripting
- Led by player centric design
- A background in game theory and the science behind the design
What We Offer:
· Annual Bonus
· Share Incentive Plan
· Competitive Pension
· Flexible Working
· 27 Days Holiday, including your birthday, a duvet day and Christmas
· 5 Learning Days
· Access to 4,000 Udemy Courses
· Game & Book Libraries
· Wrap Parties
· Alternative Travel Prize Draw
· The Sumo Game Jam
· Big Family Events
· Studio clubs, inc. running, board games, film…
· Life Drawing
· Yoga Classes
· Free fruit and drinks
· Employee Referral Bonus
· Career Development
· Competitive Mat/Paternity & Adoption
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Life Assurance 4x Salary
· Income Protection of 75%
· Relocation Support to the UK
· Visa Sponsorship
Where do we stand on diversity?
At Sumo, we want to enable everyone to bring their full, authentic selves to work every single day. We acknowledge that the games industry is far from perfect and a global organisation with people all over the world, from all kinds of backgrounds, we know it’s part of our duty to provide everyone at Sumo with a safe, accepting and affirming working environment.
We encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
More about Sumo Sheffield
Sumo Sheffield is located just outside the city centre in Sumo Digital’s HQ, just off J34 on the M1 and a stone’s throw from the city’s primary shopping and leisure complex. With a multi-building campus comprised of industry-leading facilities, an onsite gym and subsidised canteen, Sumo Sheffield provides everything needed for all teams to create the world’s best games.
Sheffield is the fifth largest city in the UK and is easily accessible by road and rail from Leeds, Manchester and the Midlands. The city enjoys a wealth of facilities to suit a wide array of interests, including:
o World-class sports facilities
o Iconic theatres and galleries
o Multiple retail and shopping experiences
o Diverse and renowned restaurants and eateries
o The award-winning National Video Game Museum
More about Sumo Digital
Sumo Digital is an award-winning international family of studios. Recent releases from Sumo Digital studios include: BAFTA-Award winning Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Hood: Outlaws & Legends, Control Ultimate Edition on Google Stadia, Apple Arcade Award-winning Little Orpheus, Hot Shot Racing, WST Snooker and Spyder.
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