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Senior Game Designer - Minecraft Legends
1 year ago
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.
In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.
Minecraft Legends is a brand new entry into the Minecraft universe, in collaboration with Mojang, and coming to all major platforms. This exciting new action strategy allows players to explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction, gather allies, and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld from the ravenous piglins!
Blackbird Interactive is looking for an experienced Game Designer to join us on Minecraft Legends. We have an exciting project, and are looking for a key hire to lend a hand in the development and execution of the DLC feature and content plan on this 3rd person action-strategy hybrid game.
Do you want to build compelling game experiences having designed, prototyped and delivered high profile gameplay systems, features or tools? Do you love working with a team of talented designers, artists and programmers to create ambitious in-game content? If so, this role could be for you!
Responsibilities
- Work directly with project leadership and the publisher to set the creative vision for the DLC
- Work with production staff to ensure that vision can be achieved on time/on budget
- Work with a team of designers in the implementation, tuning, balancing, and polishing of the DLC content and feature suite
- Collaborate closely with programmers to develop tools and systems that deliver on the creative direction for DLC
- Collaborate with artists to create content and environments that emphasize the strengths of our core gameplay
- Communicate intention, vision and design to a wide range of other disciplines
Requirements
- 7+ years of game design experience
- Shipped at least one product, ideally a strategy game
- Self direction and a proven ability to thrive in a highly dynamic and technical environment
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration skills, including verbal and written skills
- Experience with and understanding of scripting languages and tools
Pluses
- Experience developing or playing games featuring procedurally generated content
- An innovator's heart, keen to create brand new things that haven't been done before
- A love of building high quality, rich gameplay experiences
- Experience playing modern strategy games such as RTS’s, MOBAs, 4X, City Building, and Grand Strategy
- Demonstrated passion for entertainment products / media (i.e. comics, movies, novels, etc.)
- Knowledge of narrative and cinematic storytelling theory
- Experience in the production stage of a large scale shipped project.
Vacation & Extras
+ 4-day, 32-hour work week for all full-time staff
+ Mentorship program
+ Skunkworks internal game jam program
+ 4 weeks paid vacation per year
+ 11 paid stat holidays
+ 3 paid days per year for professional development
+ December holiday studio closure (extra paid time off!)
+ Comprehensive health/dental benefits from day 1
+ Life insurance
+ $300 Healthcare Spending Account per annum
+ RRSP matching up to $1500
+ Profit-sharing bonus program
If applying for an artistic role, please provide a link to your portfolio and/or demo reel.
Any questions about the role and/or accessibility requests can be sent to: hr@blackbirdinteractive.com
Unfortunately, we cannot reply to everyone. Only successful applicants will be contacted about the next steps. Thank you for your understanding.
If you are interested in the role, please apply even if your experience and skills don’t perfectly match our ideal credentials. We are committed to inclusion and especially encourage members of historically marginalized communities to apply. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. BBI does not discriminate against applicants based on gender, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities.
Blackbird Interactive is privileged to be developing our projects on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ /Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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