Senior Game Designer WoW Classic Irvine CA
Senior Game Designer WoW Classic Irvine CA
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$ 80800 - 149400
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Team Name:
World of WarcraftJob Title:
Senior Game Designer WoW Classic Irvine CARequisition ID:
R024881Job Description:
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Game Designer for the WoW Classic team. Senior Designersare multitalented game designers with the ability to adapt to various forms of content or systems design. Theycan takeresponsibility for realizing our design philosophies in the form of epic engaging content.
As a Senior Game Designer you will build and implement creative content ranging from open world repeatable quests to large story questlines and help mentor members of the WoW Classic team. You will collaborate with a team of designers engineers artists producers and QA to carry quest design from initial pitch to final implementation. We value diverse voices and varied backgrounds and were looking for individuals to help us build fun compelling and inclusive gameplay and experiences for WoW Classic.
You will have proven experience in game design an innate aptitude for critical thinking and analysis excellent communication skills boundless creativity and a longstanding passion for playing games.
This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work onsite and some workfromhome. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine CA.
Responsibilities
Priorities can often change in a fastpaced environment like ours so this role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- Help express the story of WoW via excellent exploration gameplay and activities.
- Partner with the lead peers QA and producers to plan implement document and test content.
- Help mentor team members through creating and iterating designs and on implementation best practices.
- Promote contribute to and participate in our culture of inclusion and diversity.
Minimum Requirements
- At least 5years of content or outdoor world repeatable content experience.Youve been responsible for designing significant chunks of game content from concept to completion.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- The ability to provide and receive feedback gracefully from multiple viewpoints and provide guidance to teammates to make the best overall decision.
- Passion for playing and making computer games.
- Familiarity with World of Warcraft questing and outdoor content.
Pluses
- Experience as a developer of multiplayer content in an MMO or RPG environment.
- Lore experience with World of Warcraft characters and story.
- Experience creating worlds maps and stories in roleplaying games either live action or pen and paper campaigns.
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Lua or Python or experience writing addons for WoW.
- Experience designing in a fastpaced liveservice environment.
Application Materials
- Resume
- Cover Letters are strongly encouraged and should include:
- Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
- What you believe you can bring to the World of Warcraft quest team
Your Platform
Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. () a division of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industrys most critically acclaimed and genredefining games over the last 30 years with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.
Our World
Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises includingCall of DutyWorld of WarcraftOverwatchDiabloCandy Crush andBubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered!
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fastpaced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age marital status veteran status or disability status among other characteristics.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical dental vision health savings account or health reimbursement account healthcare spending accounts dependent care spending accounts life and AD&D insurance disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match tuition reimbursement charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation paid sick time floating holidays compassion and bereavement leaves parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs fitness programs free and discounted games and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability legal service ID protection rental insurance and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary fulltime employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $80800.00 $149400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately your specific range and offer will be based on several factors including relevant experience performance and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this roles range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates new hire compensation is negotiable.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
