Technical World Designer

We are looking for a talented and experienced Technical World Designer to join one of the game teams here at Embark, a team that is currently numbering around ~100 developers.

As a World Designer at Embark, with your strong technical skills you will be responsible for spearheading designs and implementations for interactive gameplay components and activities in the game world, as well as systems and features for game modes. You will also take part in designing and implementing parts of our game world, creating spaces that are excellent for immersing players in our game world, and providing great spaces for gameplay. You will do so as part of a cross disciplinary team of other designers, coders and artists, collaborating in delivering amazing player experiences in a PvPvE game.

As a senior member of the team you will collaborate closely with the directors and leads of the project, in refining concepts and ideas into tangible designs, prototypes and features, as well as Production leadership helping in articulating and establishing estimates, project scope and timelines.

Examples of Responsibilities:

• Design & implementation of or iteration on world-related gameplay systems
• Collaboration with other areas of design to facilitate or help implementation features that are represented in the world/levels.
• Help to identify areas in which workflows or tools can be improved, as well as assisting in the implementation/updating of tools.
• Assist with level design in collaboration with other level designers as well as environment artists where needed.
• Contribute to and own player experiences related to World Design, and systems.
• Fully or partially own the experience design of world gameplay features.

It would be awesome if you have some of these:

• 6+ years of experience designing and making games and a proven track record with multiple shipped titles.
• A high degree of proficiency with the Unreal Engine and experience with Blueprint and scripting.
• A good grasp of AAA PvP gameplay and game and systems design, including player psychology and gameplay mechanics and dynamics.
• A creative and curious mind.
• A good knowledge and familiarity with the various game maker disciplines, especially Coding but also Animation, Game Physics, 3D Art, UI/UX etc.
• A great team player that gets enjoyment out of creative collaboration in cross disciplinary groups.
• Professional English communication skills.

At Embark we offer competitive salaries, passionate colleagues to share knowledge with and much more, but most of all we invite you to take part of a journey into the unknown, to build creative, surprising and beautiful experiences together.

We welcome game makers of all sex, class, colour, age, gender identity, education, religion, opinion, culture, nation of origin, language, sexual orientation, shape, size, and ability.

Did we leave anyone out? Well, we welcome you, too! We think that the gaming industry is made better when everyone has a seat at the table.

Be yourself at Embark and make games while doing so. Please apply with confidence. We can’t wait to hear from you (in English)!

If this role doesn't quite match what you're looking for, feel free to apply to us via our " Open Application. "

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