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Lead Game Designer [Avatar Project]
2 years ago
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. Come and join us on our journey on Pandora!
- 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 Lead Game Designer at Massive you'll be challenged with mentoring, managing, and guiding a team of designers to ensure our game is fun! You'll lead a Player, Weapons, and Tools game design team, focusing on the player’s moment-to-moment experience (their weapons, tools, abilities, and the 3C's: Control, Character, and Camera).
You'll be supported by a Production team (Producers & Coordinators), and primarily collaborate with fellow Leads, and a cross-discipline task force (consisting of designers, coders, animators & artists), 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:
- Participating in the development of our project's design vision, specific to Game Design, and together with our core Directors and additional Design Leads;
- Translating the game's creative vision into tangible designs and game experiences together with your team;
- Coaching, managing, and mentoring a team of Game Designers;
- Reviewing the team’s efforts to ensure we meet our quality targets;
- Collaborating with our production staff to scope and plan your team's goals, prioritizing features;
- Communicating the project objectives, strategies, and general info to all team members, giving visibility to dev advancements;
- Working closely with stakeholders in other gameplay and content departments to conceive and design environments that are in line with the lore, but are also innovative and fun to play;
- Collaborating with the engineering team to develop and enhance tools and processes used to build our game.
Qualifications
You have a passion for Game Design, how a game "feels", and the player's experience, but you also take pride in enabling and developing the Designers around you, coaching your team to deliver the highest possible quality. You have previous experience driving a team through a AAA game release (or a similar-sized production) and are a great people manager.
Besides the above we’re looking for someone aligned with our core values and the following skills and experience:
- You have shipped at least 1 game project in a Lead role, ideally a major AAA Open World titl e;
- Proven professional experience as a game designer through several development cycles;
- Comfortable implementing designs in engine and writing game design documents;
- Familiar with game engines such as Unreal 4, Snowdrop, Unity, and visual scripting;
- Able to break down and explain the design process to both expert game designers and cross-functional stakeholders.
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.
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.
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