Gasket Games is growing and we are adding a Level Designer to our team. In this role you will work with the Game Director, the design team and other stakeholders across a variety of disciplines to conceptualize level design throughout the game. You will communicate the vision of the level design clearly, and implement the design across multiple levels. This is a new role for Gasket Games and we’re excited for you to join us.
What will you do?
- Conceptualize, communicate, collaborate, document, and implement level & encounter designs. Rinse and repeat.
- Design, requisition, and implement spatial compositions, interactive units, and scripted encounters to support game narrative and progression.
- Use Unreal to implement level content and debug levels, with a full expectation that collaborative review & subsequent iterations a necessary part of the job.
- Become the point of contact for level design for other disciplines.
- Own the functionality and quality of your work.
- Play the game frequently to make sure your work is working as intended.
Who are you?
- You have experience as a Designer, ideally 3+ years in a level design role within three space games, first or third person.
- You communicate well with others, whether it’s in writing, over zoom or in person. You take the time to articulate your ideas and listen to other perspectives.
- You collaborate well with others on your team and across the organization generally.
- You earnestly strive to improve & hone your craft by learning from others and deconstructing the features of other competitive products.
Finally, a little about Gasket Games Corp. We are a studio of 35 game developers who usually work out of our studio located in Vancouver. Due to COVID-19 we are all working from our home offices, creating engaging content and gameplay. We stay connected through Slack, Google Hangouts, email, our weekly studio update and our virtual happy hour. We have a high bar for quality within our games and mutual respect within our company culture.
We offer very competitive benefits including:
- Competitive salary.
- 4 weeks of paid vacation, plus a studio closure over the Winter holidays.
- Participation in the Employee Shares Option Plan.
- An extensive health and dental plan.
- An inclusive culture where you get to work with talented and respectful team members who want to make awesome games, just like you.
- Weekly studio update so that you know what’s going on, followed by a happy hour.
- Frequent virtual team events.
Gasket Games is a safe, supportive, diverse and inclusive environment where people of all walks of life are welcome and belong. We welcome and encourage all folks to apply.
If the role and our studio sound interesting to you, we would love to hear from you!