Senior Game Designer (Project Hire)

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver gameplay spaces from concept to final polish, blending exploration, narrative, and combat into cohesive player experiences.
• Collaborate with animation, art, tech designers and engineering to develop levels, gameplay systems, and pipelines that support world-class design execution.
• Create and maintain Unreal Engine assets, scripting gameplay logic, events, and interactions using Blueprints, Sequencer, and related tools.
• When needed, design and implement combat encounters within levels. This includes initial setup, iteration, and collaboration with dedicated combat encounter designers.
• Partner with production and leadership to define priorities, scope, and milestones for level development.
• Drive iteration between disciplines, balancing creative vision, technical feasibility, and player experience.
• Provide mentorship and feedback to other designers, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.

Requirements & Skills

• Deep experience building levels in Unreal Engine from concept to completion, including layout, loading, optimization and balancing mechanical with narrative goals. Skilled working with world partition and data layers, managing content at scale and balancing optimization with fidelity is a must an understanding with unreal tools
• Comprehensive understanding of scripting in a variety of contexts, including blueprints, animation and presentation systems. Comfortable moving between scripting and sequencer, montages and dialogue systems
• Passion for interactive narrative in all its forms and familiarity with narrative-driven game design.