About the Role
The Senior Gameplay Designer works with the Game Director to set the vision for gameplay design in the game, and is responsible for executing that vision by directly building gameplay mechanics that demonstrate the vision, and work with others to achieve an understanding of the vision that is consistent throughout all gameplay mechanics built for the game.
Responsibilities
Understand the high level vision of the game and be able to translate the vision into game design standards that can be used by everyone to build the gameplay mechanics in the game
Write design documents for game prototypes, features and mechanics
Develop gameplay prototypes based on design documents
Review designs from other designers and provide feedback
Review gameplay prototypes from other designers and suggest improvements
Write specifications for design tools that support and enchance designer workflows
Assist with communication between art, design and programming
Fix bugs and help with optimization efforts
Mentor other developers
Create and hold presentations for the team or external collaborators as needed
Requirements
At least 5 years of relevant work experience
Very good experience working with modern game engines and tools like Unreal 4 and Unity
Very good Experience with visual scripting languages like Blueprint or similar
Very good understanding of design processes for both systems and content (items, NPCs, levels etc)
Good Experience with rapid prototyping
Experience with content budgets and game balancing
Experience with developing game features, smaller games etc
Relevant bachelor degree or equivalent experience
Very good organizational skills
Good communicator
Create and hold presentations for the team or external collaborators as needed
Passionate gamer
About the Company
At Arctic Hazard we value a healthy work-life balance so while extra effort may sometimes be required for important milestones the standard work week is 5 days and 8 hours per day. We want our workplace environment to be fun yet serious, welcoming yet challenging. Having worked at companies with a high turnover we want our employees to enjoy working at Arctic Hazard and for Arctic Hazard to be a safe place to work. We offer competitive salaries and have a zero-tolerance for discrimination in the workplace, and we actively encourage female candidates to apply.