I'm posting on behalf of my current job that's going up. This is for a senior level design position working on the next gen game Fable: Legends.
http://www.lionhead.com/careers/permanent/
Senior Level Designer
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on designer to join our level design team on a cutting edge, genre-defining new title: Fable Legends.
The Senior Level Designer is responsible for both personally creating levels and implementation of the game’s world and its gameplay spaces.
Key Accountabilities:
- Work closely with the Game Director and Lead Content Designer to ensure quality in level design personally and across the game.
- Work with and inspire a group of level designers and content creators.
- Provide daily feedback and direction to allow for constant, rapid iteration by level designers.
- Design and own levels from concept to completion.
- Design level layout and block out level environments using Unreal level editing software.
- Prioritize and meet deadlines; communicate progress with the Lead Content Designer frequently and effectively.
- Collaborate effectively and positively with other teams, especially engineering and art to lead the development of levels that are polished in appearance and gameplay.
- Help build stronger more efficient process/pipelines, including improving current workflow.
- Make sure game vision delivers stakeholders objectives and players’ needs.
Key Success Criteria:
- Be positive, productively self-motivated, and driven to excellence
- Evangelize a game vision that stands out for creativity.
- Liaise closely with other disciplines to realize a shared vision.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Solid design experience with credited titles, at least one of which is in a senior position.
- Unreal experience preferred.
- Demonstrable experience making fun, visually impressive 3d levels with the highest level of attention to detail.
- Take and understand direction, meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks.
- Ability to interpret player and peer feedback and turn it into in-game solutions.
- Experience scripting gameplay using visual and text scripting languages.
- Multiplayer development and level design experience are pluses.
- Passion for console games, ideally within the RPG and Action Adventure genres
Special Requirements/Additional Information e.g. Language Skills
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