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Game Designer
2 years ago
HB Studios is a driving force in the creation of sports games and the studio behind PGA TOUR 2K Golf – presently working on PC and Consoles. We have an opportunity for a Game Designer who is passionate about the art and process involved in game development to join our team.
As a Game Designer, you will work with a team of professionals designing and developing one of the fastest growing sports game series in the industry!
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the team to define the creative vision and detailed design specification for the assigned game.
- Author and maintain the designs of assigned features used to drive efforts across teams; including UI, Engineering, Animation, Art, Audio and QA.
- Shepherd features through implementation, and perform hands-on work; including playtesting, tuning, data entry, content creation, and scripting.
- Consider all contributions through a design-critical lens to identify, report, and address any impactful issues to the game’s overall design.
- Provide feedback on all aspects of the design and development processes to improve the ultimate quality and success of the game.
- Conceive and communicate ideas while effectively soliciting and managing feedback during pre-production, prototyping, and development.
- Contribute to our growing philosophy of game design and how we make games.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
- Typically 3+ years of industry experience in game design.
- A solid understanding of technical and production aspects of game development.
- Proficiency with common game development software and tools.
- Self-motivated individual with a desire to explore, research, grow, and become a go-to subject-matter expert in areas of need.
- A reliable and collaborative teammate with the ability to work independently.
- A strong cross-discipline communicator, both verbal and written.
- Unity game engine and scripting experience considered a plus.
- One-or-more shipped games—especially on consoles—also a plus.
We believe the ideal candidate is a creative person with a love for game design, and hunger to engage and learn about assigned subjects – especially sports. We value a proven ability to breakdown game issues, mechanics or concepts into lay terms and share views on game-specific issues in a constructive manner. We are seeking both detail-minded, and big-picture persons who work well with others and consider all forms of feedback.
We encourage applicants with varied perspectives and backgrounds and believe they are the foundation to a strong team. If you are interested in a Game Design position at HB Studios, please submit your cover letter and resume to jobs@hb-studios.com (Attention: Human Resources).
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