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Principal Quest Designer

Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is seeking a Principal Quest Designer to join our studio for the development of our next AAA game. This is a chance to join an experienced group of developers in pre-production for a new IP. A developer in this role serves as a key part of the quest design team with a focus on setting best practices in a new tool set for quest development, as well as driving a significant area of ownership in quest content.

The preferred location for this role is Hunt Valley, MD, Austin, TX, or Madison, WI. Will consider remote.

Responsibilities

• Implement engaging stories and gameplay in our proprietary toolset using a visual scripting language
• Build consensus on the feature set execution across disciplines
• Support the leadership team in establishing and role modeling positive processes
• Help the Lead Quest Designer define quality standards for the team through hands on execution and documentation
• Mentoring of more junior members of the team to help them grow in their careers
• Act as a principal consultant for establishing workflows and pipelines
• Work with the tools team to identify the ideal toolset with which to create content

Qualifications

• 4+ years related experience.
• Broad gameplay design knowledge
• Experience in environments developing narrative and quest tools
• Experience scripting, either visual or other forms
• Ability to drive collaboration and consensus across multiple disciplines
• Strong organization, verbal, and written communication skills
• Deeply creative with a great sense of what makes gameplay fun
• Excellent sense of gameplay pacing and level design skills
• Comfortable with a development schedule that is playtest-driven and focused on iteration and polish

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing Open World games
• Development experience on a multiplayer, online game
• Hands on experience building gameplay features with other designers/engineers, either with scripting, data, or other content authoring tools

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