Associate Game Designer

Our client in the IT industry is looking for an Associate Game Designer to join their team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the Lead Game Designer to create a fun and enjoyable game.
• Ideate and define gameplay systems and content that operate within the gameplay vision of the game project.
• Rapidly prototype gameplay content and systems as needed and/or work with programmers to create and communicate the requirement of prototypes.
• Work with the lead designer to develop fleshed-out feature designs and complete thorough documentation for all assigned features.
• Assist in driving feature development. Constantly review the progress of the game and adjust the implementation of assigned features to match the vision.
• Balance and provide feedback to content and features created by programmers.
• Review and/or run playtest sessions and iterate based on feedback gathered.
• Playtest your own levels and those created by others and provide feedback.
• Create gray box levels that prototype gameplay, vistas, and narrative scenarios for levels.
• Create gameplay scenarios that support and enhance the core mechanics and creative vision of the game.
• Collaborate with narrative, art, and programmers on visions for levels.
• Develop and iterate on-level layouts considering gameplay, art, and story concerns.

Key Skills
• An interest in movement-based puzzle games
• Ability to prototype features in Unreal with Blueprints
• Experience shipping commercial games
• Technical background in programming
• Experience with level design/building tools
• Good theoretical background in game design.

• Job Role: Associate Game Designer

• Industry: IT / Telecommunications

• Salary: Negotiable

Required Skills

4 Years of Experience

Qualifications
• Experience working in game engines (preferably Unreal Engine).
• Strong analytical skills.
• Interest and motivation to grow and learn as a game designer.
• Ability to work and execute tasks without oversight and to a brief.
• Some experience prototyping gameplay for games
• Some experience designing levels for games.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Excellent motivation and a self-starter
• Strong problem-solving ability.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent