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Senior Creatures and AI Designer - Unannounced Survival Game

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We Want You

A new world and a new journey await you. It is a world different from any other Blizzard has created. If you’re passionate about game development, and, well, a good human being, then we’d love to talk to you. We have a new AAA survival game in the works, set in a new IP for PC/Console. It’s going to be amazing, and we’d love to bring you along for the ride. Together, we’ll build something big, bold, and beautiful.

We are looking for a Senior Encounter Designer that has demonstrable experience building and shipping creatures and encounters in an FPS game. The ideal candidate has several years of experience designing and scripting AI in a complicated game world and is very comfortable leading a multi-disciplinary team. We’re hoping to find someone can think clearly about where and how their work fits in with the rest of the game.

We need your help with:

• Work with leadership to flesh out existing creatures and develop new ones
• Thinking ahead in the encounters space, assessing risks and rapidly prototyping ways to mitigate them
• Design out concise, novel, and fun AI interactions within the game world
• Creatively think up new encounters and designs
• Script and implement creature behavior in a complex game world
• Assist other teams with things like spawning, loot, & combat

You’re good at:

• 3 years experience designing and building creatures and encounters
• Experience working on an FPS game
• Scripting and Implementing and you relish it
• Clearly understanding what makes a fun and compelling encounters in shooters
• Excellent communication & problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated with strong initiative
• Extensive experience playing different games, especially first-person games

Bonus points for:

• Design experience on a multiplayer game
• Leadership experience of any kind
• Practical experience in other disciplines: art, programming, production, or sound

You’ll need to provide us with:

• Resume (PDF Preferred)
• Cover Letter

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY or Irvine, CA.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

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We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .