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Role Description

We are seeking a highly technical, creative, and team-oriented Staff Gameplay Designer to contribute to a new multiplayer action game on teamLFG. You will work closely with the entire Design Team designing, crafting, and implementing a robust suite of playable characters.

• Build compelling second-to-second gameplay experiences through character sandbox mechanics, especially 3C (Character, Camera and Controls) design and implementation.
• Lead a cross-discipline small team to build new playable characters or the core systems that enable the creation of future playable characters.
• Review the content across teams and disciplines, giving feedback and direction to ensure competitive readability, best in class game feel, and compelling fantasies.
• Create endearing playable characters that maintain IP quality, consistency, along with sandbox design principles.
• Work with audio, effects, and animation to make in-game gameplay affordances clear to players.

Qualifications

• Intuitive understanding of how second-to-second action games work and why people play them.
• Excitement for collaboration with designers, artists, programmers, audio professionals, quality assurance and producers to achieve a common goal, with adaptability for how to work in a flexible work environment.
• Strong technical scripting skills and deep understanding of how game systems are engineered to provide robust tools for designers that optimize for meaningful player expression, designer control, and execution speed.
• Strong understanding of combat animation; able to talk anticipation, follow through, character and timing, and their impact on game readability and balance.
• Ability to creatively align with the team and then take initiative locally and externally.
• Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, and empathy for creative teams.
• Ability to handle ambiguity, including giving and handling feedback despite that ambiguity.
• Ability to operate autonomously while holding a creative vision.
• Ability to create plans and evaluations for meeting the experiential needs of the players and markets.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Understanding of how systemically consistent, combinatoric game design can create player surprise and laughter.

Requirements

• Experience as a Senior or Lead Sandbox/Gameplay Designer on AAA or large-scale online action games, designing, documenting, and building combat/character systems.
• Experience hiring, training, mentoring, and managing peer and junior designers.
• Experience delegating work or ownership of an area to multi-disciplinary peers.
• Experience with PvP game design and balance for an active player base.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts for Sony products
• Bonus package eligibility

Company Description

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