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Senior Game Designer (f/m/d)

About the company:

Your role:

The kind of stuff you`ll be doing:

• Work closely with Design Director to flesh out the core of the game
• When required, Lead game design on projects by defining the overall scope with Producer and Project Managers
• Handle and schedule multiple priorities when designing
• Create detailed design documents with relevant mockups and UI wireframes
• Regularly iterate designs based on feedback and team reviews
• Act as a mentor and provide guidance to other designers on the team, helping them grow
• Analyze and reverse-engineer game designs and features to deliver competitor analysis
• Work in close collaboration with creative and tech teams from start to finish

Who are we looking for:

• 8+ years of experience in Game Design with at least 3 shipped console games
• Gaming is a passion
• Love analyzing games and learning from them
• A constant drive to improve quality
• Familiarity with Photoshop or any other 2D graphics editors
• Hands-on experience with game engines like Unreal or Unity

Additional responsibilities:

• Ability to split work efficiently when working on more than 1 project
• Work with the design team on game pitches and presentations
• Mission Design and side missions (that go hand in hand with the overarching narrative)
• Help Design Director with creating a growth plan for other game and level designer

The ideal candidate also has one more of the following:

• Strong fundamentals in gameplay, systems and mechanics
• Open world game design experience
• Fighting and or Combat game systems experience
• Strong UX and UI skillsets
• Ability to work on world-building and lore around the levels and scenarios
• Narrative Design, create characters on a narrative level. Create a story structure, synopsis and dialogues.
• An eye for cinematic direction
• Motivation to learn German.

You are:

• Self-motivated, self-directed and reliable
• Able to act as a role model and promote healthy work culture by helping the team spirit and tying the team together in difficult times
• Able to act as a motivator for other departments by sharing your passion and energy
• An excellent communicator
• Understands the importance of iterations in the design process
• Experienced with efficient workflows, tools & development processes
• Eager to learn/research multiple new tools and come up with creative solutions.
• Able to gather, analyze, and act on feedback from the team, open to critique.
• Confident with English communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Happy to work in our team in Munich (Germany).

What we offer:

• A secure job in an up-coming industry with a bright future
• 38-hour week
• Flexible remote working time models by arrangement
• A great, motivated, passionate and ambitious team of over 40 great people
• Free drinks (!!), coffee milk and tea and a weekly fresh organic fruit basket
• A modern and unique office located 10 minutes from the central station
• Relocation support if needed
• Acceptance of your private parcels at the office
• We pay for your train / public transport ticket and a subsidy for lunch
• You also get a credit card from us, which we top up with 44€ per month
• We offer the possibility of a company pension scheme
• A library with books, magazines, movies, series and of course games
• Company-based events for knowledge transfer, fun and recreation