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Lead Level Designer

Job Description

Role Summary

As Lead Level Designer you will manage the creation and implementation of all design content and ensure that its gameplay reflects the vision of the game and fully exploits its given mechanics. You will be expected to possess great leadership skills and a superior ability to motivate your team.

Your tasks:

• Lead the level design team
• Mentor content designers and lead by example
• Create the practical game world following the given designs and the world guide
• Create quality goals, workflows and guides for all game relevant content elements
• Plan and direct the creation of design contents such as campaign, tutorial, scenarios, levels, quests, characters and items
• Improve game pacing, difficulty curves, game flow, player progression, narrative aspects and the consistency of all mechanics used to create content
• Collaborate with the lead team, producers and directors to deliver high quality content that supports the creative vision of the game
• Participate in the research and the optimization of all content creation tools and workflows

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the games industry working in a level or game design capacity
• Strong ability to learn and master new tools and techniques
• Extensive understanding of design processes including game design, narrative design, level design, content design and game writing
• Experience in rapid prototyping to test feasibility of concepts is beneficial
• Ability to apply critical thinking and analytical skills to resolve complex issues is mandatory
• Solid knowledge of the game production pipeline

Personal qualities:

• Problem-solving and open minded
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to change
• Sense of initiative, attention to details
• Ability to work under pressure
• Working well in a team environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken
• Good oral and written communication in English
• Updating job knowledge proactively
• Analytical and synthesis skills
• Passion for making and playing games

Additional Information

Ubisoft offers:

• International AAA game projects
• Access to cutting-edge hardware
• Experience using hottest internally developed game engines
• Proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues
• Opportunity to travel abroad
• Medical / Life insurance
• English / French courses
• Long-term employment with 20 working-days paid vacation

If you want to see your name in credits of Ubisoft’s PC game. Excited by the idea of communicating with IT professionals from all over the world. Passionate about technology and video games.

Ubisoft Kiev has an opportunity for you!

Join Ubisoft Kiev Studio and become “Serious about fun” together with us!

Company Description

Ubisoft is one of the leaders in entertainment, with a rich portfolio of well-known brands worldwide. In Ukraine Ubisoft has two studios, Ubisoft Kiev and Ubisoft Odesa, which focus on strengthening Ubisoft's presence on all platforms, with the main expertize in PC. Ubisoft Kiev was established in 2008 and is one of the biggest GameDev studios in Ukraine that collaborated on blockbusters like Assassin's Creed®, Far Cry®, Steep®, Watch Dogs®, Trials®, Rainbow Six®, Ghost Recon ® and more. Ubisoft Odesa was opened in March 2018 and takes part in the development of Ubisoft’s world-known franchises.