Senior Game Designer

About This Role

Developing a brand-new, unannounced IP, this Senior Game Designer role involves delivering game features, design documents, and prototype specifications to the highest quality. The position supports the design team and works closely with the Lead Game Designer to guide individuals and teams, maintain high standards of game design, and drive core feature design. This opportunity is based in a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality game features, design documents, and prototype specifications for the production process
• Build, script, debug, and iterate on combat encounters in-engine, from concept to production quality
• Shape encounter pacing, enemy composition, spawning, and difficulty to create varied combat experiences that support the game’s creative vision
• Regularly play the game in production and proactively give feedback to other team members, ensuring alignment with the creative vision and overall design
• Use playtesting and feedback to evaluate your own work, identify issues, and refine encounters against the intended player experience and game vision
• Proactively identify and raise any upcoming issues on behalf of the team to your lead during production
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to drive the vision for new production concepts and methods and support the overall design workflow
• Mentor and support junior members of the game design team through practical feedback

Requirements

• Proven knowledge of creating game designs, documents, and prototype specifications and translating design ideas into gameplay
• Expert understanding of the video game development process, including working to deadlines, and prototyping and iterating appropriately
• Previous hands-on experience of combat and/or encounter design, with a focus on crafting a specific player experience
• Practical experience implementing and troubleshooting gameplay using scripting or equivalent in-engine tools
• Working knowledge of adjacent design areas such as AI behaviors and weapon design
• Working knowledge of standard game development production pipelines
• Willingness and ability to deliver high-quality results with minimal oversight
• Experience and desire to focus and mentor individuals and teams to achieve a specific outcome to drive performance and solve problems creatively

Nice to have:

• Previous work experience on shooter, sandbox, open-world or multiplayer titles

Benefits

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)