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Level Designer [Beyond Good and Evil 2] (f/m/d)
2 years ago
Job Description
As a Level Designer workingon Beyond Good & Evil 2 team at Ubisoft Mainz, you will be involved into the creative design and practical implementation of game levels based on the creative vision. You will use your experience and technical skills to design and create a space pirate universe.
What you will do:
- Rapidly prototype levels within engine to test out new ideas, gameplay systems and modes
- Work within multi-discipline teams to build towards a high-quality product
- Prototype the environment, establish the layouts, and suggest ways of using the interactive and non-interactive elements to create the desired emotions
- As the project progresses, integrate the elements produced in the map (new game play, AI, sound, etc.)
- Ensure a good player on-map guidance, player experience and consistent difficulty level
- Develop a solid design documentation for level progression (flow), layouts and 3D block-outs for in-engine playtesting
Qualifications
What you bring:
- 2+ years of experience in game development (AAA title a plus)
- Ability to create fun and exciting levels using a complex array of mechanics
- Good sense of 3D game space and environmental story telling
- Familiar with indoor or outdoor level design
- Solid knowledge of level design fundamentals
- Fluent in English, both verbally and written
- Creativity, ability to challenge the player
- Experience with various level editors to create levels
- Portfolio with examples of your previous work/projects
- Knowledge of any scripting language or programming skills a plus
Additional Information
Your benefits
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search via our relocation partner. For international candidates we offer visa assistance.
- 26 days paid vacation per year: Additionally, you will get half a day off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, as well as approximately 12 bank holidays in the Mainz region.
- Flexible working hours: We have core working times between 10:00 AM – 04:00 PM and the distribution of the other hours is up to you.
- Our Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy offers multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops and access to our training and development platform
- Self-study and training hours (half a day per month): You have access to our in-house library
- Company pension scheme. We offer an attractive scheme through salary sacrificing in which the employer also matches contributions
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month. In addition, we also offer 5 ‘care for ill children days’ per child per year.
- Discounted games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect.
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice.
- Monthly mobility budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket.
- Borrow a bike for free: Discover the city from a new perspective.
- English and German classes for free. The main language in the studio is English.
- Free fruit, vegetables, coffee, tea and water. Enjoy some vitamins and beverages in our office.
We offer a highly motivating challenge for team players interested in showing personal initiative in an innovative and international company. If you are passionate about video games and would like to join an industry leader - please apply via our career portal.
For further information, please check https://mainz.ubisoft.com/en/
Company Description
About Ubisoft Mainz
The teams at Ubisoft Mainz are engineering some of Ubisoft’s biggest blockbusters. Operating from a historic city in the heart of Germany, the studio develops games pushing the limits of the genre like the acclaimed Anno 1800 and lends decades of expertise to AAA co-development projects like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and the upcoming Beyond Good And Evil 2. More information at mainz.ubisoft.com.
Beyond Good And Evil 2 is an action-adventure sci-fi RPG set in the same universe as Ubisoft’s original cult classic. You can now join our crew at Ubisoft Mainz to help us shape this amazing project.
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