Lead Level Designer (f/m/d)

Company data

YAGER Development GmbH  

Our team is looking for a talented Lead Level Designer for our unannounced co-op third-person shooter. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a highly motivated team of level designers and support them in the creation of high-quality game environments, as well as be a driving force of great level design.

We believe the best games are made by diverse teams and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the entirety of the game’s world and level designs
• Function as the level design department lead, responsible for managing our level designers, defining a coherent design culture and processes across teams, and representing the department to other departments and stakeholders
• Work with the creative director and other department leads to realize the project’s creative vision
• Providing feedback and practical mentoring to team members to foster their development as level designers and developers
• Leading by example: ability to create great game levels, spaces, and gameplay scenarios (on paper and in-engine) that exceed player expectations
• Establishing level design quality benchmarks and guiding the team in reaching them
• Collaborate with Technical Art to create and continuously improve workflows and production paradigms for level building (e.g. modular systems)

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as Level Designer
• 2+ years experience as Lead Level Designer
• Deep understanding of level design principles for co-op action games
• Shipped at least 1 action game as senior or lead level designer
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Extensive experience with modern 3D game engines and related editing tools
• Strong problem solving skills

Desirable skills

• Extensive experience with the Unreal Engine
• Scripting experience, for example with Unreal Blueprint

Employment details

• Full-time
• Status: employment
• Start: as soon as possible