Senior Level Designer

BECOMING ONE OF THE DRAGONS YOU WILL:

• Develop level layouts, flow and balancing, following the game’s creative vision;
• Implement gameplay events to high quality, focusing on creating and implementing unique player experiences;
• Iterate your work through play-testing, usability, live ops and feedback from peers & leads;
• Participate in prototyping to prove-out early design concepts;
• Run and / or participate in meetings, reviews, and planning sessions as part of effective communication with design and other teams — both internal and external;
• Be a team player and know how to play the balance game between gameplay, aesthetics and technical restrictions, to achieve the team’s common goal;
• Mentor and develop less experienced level design team members.

EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR:

• 5+ years of industry experience in a Level Design role;
• Minimum of 1 Shipped AAA title with at least one of the current generation consoles;
• Experience with popular and/or proprietary game engines;
• Exceptional sense for pacing, rhythm and flow of gameplay;
• Full understanding of moment-to-moment experience in games and how to control it through level and mission design;
• High level of spatial thinking and perception of spaces in games;
• Good understanding of Mission Design and some visual scripting competency;
• Experience creating documentation, maps, pacing/flow graphs and diagrams;
• Able to create and/or conform to rigid naming conventions, workflows and internal pipelines and rules;
• Proactive work ethic, capable and creative problem solver, not afraid of big challenges, but also seeks feedback and interprets what is said and what isn’t across the team;
• Work towards a common goal, collaborate with other departments and play the balancing act between gameplay, artistic and technical goals;
• Passionate gamer at heart, with vast and up to date knowledge of video games;
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

You’re a rockstar if you have:

• Good grasp of Unreal Engine;
• More advanced mission and event implementation skills through visual scripting tools;
• Basic knowledge of architecture;
• Artistic skills (modeling, drawing, painting, etc.);
• Variety of different game genres in CV/Portfolio like Action-Adventures, RPGs, Competitive shooters, etc.

Grow with us, we’ve got you covered:

• competitive financial reward (yes, we are fair enough);
• challenges to raise your XPs score (professional trainings and conferences, internal mentorship);
• health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave;
• culture of diversity & inclusion to unite the most outstanding talents; 
• community of people who understand your game passion. 

Join Dragon’s Lake Entertainment and take challenges you’ve always been dreaming about.