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Game Designer
10 months ago
Job Description
Red Storm Entertainment has an exciting opportunity for a talented Game Designerto join our team! This design role works with a multi-discipline team to fulfill the positioning and primary feature requirements of the game, and contribute to the team’s goal of reaching the project’s primary vision. You must be able to fulfill game-related design, writing tasks and assist in implementing features to drive development. If you are adept at analyzing playtest results and feedback, and tuning features to create the best player experiences this job may be for you!
What You'll Do:
- Design and Document – Working with the lead designer to develop fleshed out feature designs and complete thorough documentation for all assigned features.
- Assist in Implementation – Work with technical designers to utilize the tools provided by the project team to implement gameplay as directed.
- Assist in Driving Feature Development - Constantly review the progress of the game and adjust the implementation of assigned features to match the vision.
- Assist Design Group –Provide feedback to other designers on ideas, features, gameplay, and design documents and contribute actively to brainstorming sessions.
- Game Vision - Understand and support the core vision of the game through the designs you create for your assigned areas of the game.
- Feature Advocacy – Advocate for your assigned features within a multi-discipline team to help achieve its ultimate form.
- Regular Playtesting – Remain knowledgeable of the entire game throughout production to ensure productive playtesting sessions and to provide actionable feedback.
- Competitive Analysis – Periodically play and complete analysis of relevant competitor’s games and features.
- Be Self-Driven - Produce work in an efficient and timely manner, adhering to an agreed-upon schedule.
Qualifications
- At least one or more shipped titles on multiple platforms preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- 2+ years of Game Design experience on a multi-discipline team of at least 25 developers.
- Extensive knowledge of games in many genres across all platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively document original ideas and concepts.
- Strong interpersonal skills—able to interact with team members of different disciplines.
- Willingness to respond and adapt to constructive criticism.
- Working knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Deep passion for games as a craft.
- Good positive attitude and outlook.
- Experience with multiplayer games, first and third person shooters, open-world games, role-playing games, and/or live games preferred.
Additional Information
- Heavily subsidized paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents.
- Paid life and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan with match.
- New hires start with 4 weeks of vacation annually, increasing to a cap of 5 weeks based on years of service along with 3 additional weeks of wellness time.
- 10 paid holidays (and we’re closed the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day).
- 12 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Rocket Lawyer online legal service membership.
- Body-Mind-Soul monthly reimbursement program for eligible activities.
- Strong, incentivized, employee referral program.
- Flexible work schedule.
- Access to all of the latest Ubisoft games for PC.
- Generous discount on new Ubisoft games.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
More About Us:
Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft are committed to making our own active contribution to global carbon neutrality. In September 2020, we implemented a long-term commitment called Play Green acts on two key priorities:
Reduce the company’s carbon footprint by decarbonizing our direct operations on 4 levers: transition to renewable energy, efficiency, self-restraint and shift towards low carbon alternatives. Inspire team members, partners and players by raising awareness our stakeholders and encouraging positive action for the climate and the environment.
We do not accept any unsolicited resumes submitted by staffing or placement agencies or recruiters.
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