Senior Game Designer
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Job Summary
WHAT MAKES US EPIC
At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
DESIGN
What We Do
Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.
What Youll Do
Epic Games is looking for a Senior Game Designer to oversee the development of new islands experiences and templates in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design develop and implement island experiences tools and content to delight players and help us inspire creators working in Fortnite Creative and UEFN.
In this role you will
- Craft and drive the design vision documentation and implementation for multiple island experiences in collaboration with Gameplay Designers Product Managers and Design Leadership
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to drive tools and content development forward serving as a visionary for overall development and publishing efforts.
- Liaise with external partners to identify the creative direction for their presence in the ecosystem ensuring that they are kept informed and involved with design decisions
- Actively participate in big-picture decisions and work with other designers to focus on the correct elements to achieve inspiring results
- Drive collaborative and iterative prototyping both paper-based and in-game
- Attend playtests provide feedback and identify practical solutions to problems
What were looking for
- 5 years of experience shipping multiple titles as a Game Designer
- Passion for and experience designing online games with a wide breadth of game knowledge across genres
- Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations forms of play and the effects of goal setting on play
- Understanding of and enthusiasm for global popular culture and ability to empathize with fans of any fandom
- Understanding of the whole game development process from ideation pre-production and production through to shipping the final product
- Broad knowledge spanning multiple areas of Game Design able to confidently engage on a variety of complex topics across design
- Solution-oriented problem solver who can react quickly to changing project needs and drive decisions
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to fully own the outcome of a cross-disciplinary team
- Technical prototyping ability in-engine preferably Unreal or UEFN. Level design skills are a plus
- Familiarity and interest in Fortnite and the evolving creator and UGC space within UEFN
This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including CA & WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors which include (but arent limited to) things such as skills and competencies qualifications knowledge and addition to base pay most employees are eligible to participate in Epics generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity interactive experiences for PC console mobile and VR it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment automotive and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e. a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Mechanical Design
- Computer Graphics
- GD&T
- Root cause Analysis
- CAD
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Creo
- Lua
- Unreal Engine
- Maya
- Project Engineering
- Unity
About Company
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers t ... View more
