Senior Level Designer / Art Implementation

About the Company:
AGBO is an artist-led, Academy Award-winning independent studio focused on developing and producing innovative story universes across film, television, and digital platforms. Founded in 2017 by visionary directors Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO’s mission is to inspire and advance the next generation of storytelling to entertain and influence audiences worldwide. AGBO’s productions include Everything Everywhere All At Once, Extraction, The Electric State, and the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

In 2023, AGBO welcomed Donald Mustard—former Chief Creative Officer at Epic Games and co-creator of Fortnite—as a partner. Mustard brings a bold creative vision to AGBO: to expand what storytelling can be through immersive, interconnected worlds that span across media. We’re building the future of storytelling—and we’re looking for bold, creative minds to help shape it. If you’re ready to help define what comes next, we’d love to meet you.
Position Summary:
As Senior Level Designer / Art Implementation specialist you will bring worlds to life – both in terms of gameplay and visual storytelling. This is a hybrid role that blends gameplay-focused level design with the potential to collaborate across departments, supporting unified art asset shared pipelines. You’ll build test maps that serve as gameplay sandboxes, work closely with designers to support gameplay systems, and help create the vision for our player facing gameplay space. This is a high-impact role on an ambitious team creating something special and exciting.
Key Responsibilities:  

• Design and build greybox levels and test maps to explore gameplay mechanics, pacing, and player experience.
• Implement environment art assets into gameplay maps, focusing on composition, readability, and visual storytelling.
• Work closely with combat, systems, and programming  teams to support gameplay scenarios, performance budgets, and player flow.
• Work cross-functionally within the company to establish and implement shared environment assets for use across environments.
• Contribute to worldbuilding, space planning, and modular design systems.
  

Qualifications & Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in level design and/or environment art roles, preferably with hybrid experience, bonus if you helped grow and maintain a live service game.
• Strong worldbuilding instincts and a solid grasp of gameplay space design, player flow, and environmental storytelling.
• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5, with experience in both greybox design and art implementation workflows.
• A strong eye for layout, lighting, and visual clarity in 3D environments.
• Comfortable collaborating across disciplines – design, art, tech – and leading by example.
• Experience working on action, narrative, or exploration-driven titles.
• Familiarity with modular asset workflows and optimization techniques.
• Leadership or mentorship experience in an art or design role.
• Bonus: Previous experience at a startup or on early-phase projects.
• Bonus: An interest in film, cross-medium storytelling and worldbuilding, or experimental gameplay.

The typical base salary for this position ranges from $140,000-$170,000 annually. Actual offers will be determined based on experience. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires in CA, NY, NC, and UT. Actual offers will be determined using local market data for the identified candidate’s geographic area and may vary from the stated range. 
AGBO Films, LLC is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education and experience.
AGBO participates in E-Verify - English | Spanish
The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position.
Role location is flexible for the right person, preferred locations Salt Lake City, UT; Raleigh, NC; or Los Angeles, CA.