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As Lead PvP Designer at Ubisoft Bucharest, you will contribute to the success of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. You will be reporting directly to the Game Director, and you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best teams in the industry.
As Lead PvP Designer you will be responsible for making the competitive experiences fun-to-play, rewarding and balanced for our players. Working as part of the core team, you will be championing the PvP design and activities for the base game, shaping it’s future ambitions while ensuring the quality of every season.
You will have a pivotal role in the development of future game updates, defining how the game’s competitive modes will evolve, to increase engagement of our players and deliver fun, memorable experiences.
You will ensure that game systems properly convey the creative vision and be competitive play’s biggest champion on the team.
Your main mission:
- Collaborate with the Lead Producer, Creative Director and Game Director in order to define, structure and manage the PvP game design direction and the ambition for both long term plans and the scope of each release.
- Leverage your knowledge of PvP design to create a healthy, balanced and competitive experience for our players.
- Script and implement new pieces of gear and talents.
- Work within a multi-disciplinary environment to create new maps and game modes.
- Participate in playtests, analyze results and propose changes based on internal data.
- Work alongside the data analytics team to understand, tweak and improve designs based on real world data.
- Act as a mentor for the design team.
- Champion the player experience at every stage of development, ensuring gameplay remains fun, rewarding and fresh through ongoing support and content updates.
The professional value you bring
- Extended professional game design experience.
- Familiarity with live service game design, including content pipelines, seasonal events and time limited challenges.
- Proven success leading multidisciplinary teams in aligning goals and delivering content from initial concept through launch.
Knowledge and Skills
- Experience with game balance in a PvP setting.
- Proven experience in data manipulation and Visual Scripting tools.
- Ability to take initiative and manage responsibilities independently, demonstrating strong ownership and accountability.
- Experience designing game modes within a competitive environment.
- Strong documentation practices that clearly communicate design intent and build alignment.
Nice to Have
- Proven experience in similar or leadership roles.
- Experience working on 3rd person action games.
- Active player of a variety of competitive titles, especially shooters.
- Experience and knowledge of The Division franchise (SHD 100+).
The personal value you bring:
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, problem-solving, organizational, and mentorship skills.
- Highly empathetic and collaborative spirit.
- Ability to lead and inspire a team in a highly active environment.
- Highly adaptable, results oriented.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Autonomous, problem solver.
Additional Information
What do we offer benefits wise?
- Meal tickets with value of 30 ron/day
- Access to private medical system and special subscription rates for family members
- On site medical support
- World Class subscription
- Comprehensive wellbeing program (including physical fitness, mental health, financial education and internal communities)
- Life insurance
- Ubisoft bikes, free rental
- Parking spaces for cars, bikes, motorbikes
- Video games and consoles to borrow
- Access to Ubisoft games via own Uplay account
- Bookster (borrow books for free, delivered at home or in the office)
- Free fruits and coffee in the office
- Studio offered free days, confirmed on an annual basis for different events
- Study leave
- Christmas/ Easter celebration with a special gift
- Partners’ discounts
Top Skills
What We Do
Ubisoft’s 20,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences.
Their dedication and talent has brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves.
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