Senior Level Designer - Lionhead Studios

[piranhi]

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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