Senior Level Designer Job at Beamdog, Canada

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  • Beamdog
  • Canada

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: 90-125K per year

Beamdogis a fantastic place to work with a friendly and creative atmosphere. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, we're a hardworking team of passionate game developers who love the games we work on. Since 2009, weve brought enhanced versions of classic Dungeons & Dragons games and exciting original content to fans new and old. Were best known for bringing beloved isometric roleplaying games like Baldurs Gate and Planescape: Torment back to life on desktop and tablets as Enhanced Editions. We love rich stories where players can chose their own journey and the communities that spring up around them. If youre excited about storytelling games, Dungeons & Dragons, and classic RPGs, stick around! You havent seen anything yet!

Position Summary:

Senior Level Designers play an integral role in overseeing and constructing the game world of our titles. You will be planning, constructing and iterating on the gameplay space on a macro and micro scale to ensure a balanced and engaging experience for players within the constraints of the engine, tools and target platforms. You will facilitate interdepartmental communication with directors, designers, engineers and artists to ensure cohesive collaboration and execution that adhere to the project's tone and vision while working proactively to mentor junior team members to promote growth and skillset expansion.

Responsibilities:

  • Create thoughtfully crafted layouts, gameplay environments and gameplay moments that guide our players through engaging and well paced experiences
  • Collaborate closely with other designers, leads, directors and departments to understand the project vision and champion it through your designs to create a cohesive open-world experience
  • Work to foster a highly iterative and collaborative environment across all disciplines
  • Mentor junior designers in best practices, design techniques and promote a consistent growth mindset
  • Capability to make independent creative decisions that reinforce the games creative vision and direction within set constraints
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of our tools and developmental processes

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in Level design
  • Ability to create harmonious and balanced designs through a deep fundamental understanding of the interaction between game space, gameplay systems, narrative, artistic requirements and constraints
  • High proficiency in 3D Layout programs (Unreal Engine, etc)
  • High proficiency in game scripting and familiarity with quest content and branching dialogue systems
  • Working knowledge of RPG game conventions
  • Ability to create functional layouts with an eye towards quick assessment of mechanics, systems and events to facilitate efficient iteration

Preferred:

  • A love of role-playing games, science fiction, fantasy and strategic gameplay
  • Previous open-world game development experience
  • Have a strong eye for environmental storytelling
  • Experience working with Unreal blueprints

Submission/Portfolio Requirements:

  • Specific examples of work in shipped games or a web portfolio that showcases proficiency in specific skills described above

We offer the following perks:

  • 3 weeks of flexible vacation plus a 1-week paid holiday closure per year.
  • Generous sick and personal days
  • Flexible working hours
  • NO CRUNCH policy
  • RRSP Matching Program
  • Vision, dental, and extended health benefits
  • Health & wellness spending account


Diversity is fundamentally about valuing human differences and recognizing that a diverse group of people bring with them a diverse set of skills which is necessary to propel our company forward. Beamdog is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified persons. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

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