at avalanche studios we do open world games, reference; just cause2, renegade ops, the hunter and mad max
we are currently looking for some world designers to fill up the ranks,
as a world designer you: layout large areas of terrain, layout cities and villages, probably prop and dress 'em accordingly...make sure art, code, design doesn't implement some craziness*blink blink*, fix bugz...you're pretty much looking after the world, making sure it looks good, plays good, etc...
this link has more reading:
http://avalanchestudios.com/careers/63ABF9…10B60DA2E9B442/
for you old dogs, world design is pretty much like good'ol leveldesign, but larger scale - with a more sandboxy approach,
preferred (additional) skills: geocontrol (or similar), vue, sketchup, max, maya, xsi, photoshop,
send your resume to [email protected] (and i'll pass it to HR) or take the chance and send it directly to HR (adress should be somewhere in the job-listing)...say that you got directed from mapcore and i'll put in a good word! reply to this post or priv me if you want to know more! oh btw, the position is for our NYC office,