Senior Systems Designer

Who We Are

Founded in 2023 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2Ks next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. Were building a world-class team at our new Vancouver BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas technical excellence and creative collaboration. Were seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If youre interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer who has a high quality bar and a passion for creating memorable and authentic sporting player Senior Game Designer will produce feature designs for our hour-to-hour play and partner with other designers and disciplines to champion the production of said Senior Game Designer will report to the Lead Designer (Core Fantasy).

What Youll Do

• Be the Product Owner for large features of the hour-to-hour play (our Core Fantasy)
• Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player our product goals and our competitive landscape to prototype iterate and prove the Core Fantasy vision
• Lead the vision and craft the design of your game area while collaborating with Engineers Animators Artists and Producers to steer the execution of your vision.
• Work with the Design Director to to translate the Core Fantasy vision into feature designs and collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience
• Evaluate progress and game quality and work with the design and production team on execution plans
• Champion the player experience bringing the players perspective to all decision making
• Consistently analyze the software by adding to grooming and prioritizing the backlog
• Mentor junior design team members and help grow the team

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• Experience as a Senior Systems Designer (5 years) in the AAA gaming space
• Passion for Sports and Sports Video Games
• Experience in mentoring other designers
• Appetite for taking on Game Area Owner responsibilities (front-to-back development partner)
• Passion for and knowledge of how to create player driven/emergent narrative and systemic design

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $75700 and CAD $$112060 per year. However actual pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. If hired the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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