Senior Mission Designer

Job Title

Senior Mission Designer

Department

Game Design/Scripting

Location(s) 

Brighton

Reports To 

Associate Mission Design Director

Job Type (Permanent, fixed term, internship) 

Permanent

Who We Are

Home to the award winning Mafia franchise, our team are united by passion for rich narrative storytelling, cinematic presentation and AAA craft. We're looking for creative minds and driven professionals who share our love of story, style, and adventure. If you're ready to help shape the next generation of narrative driven games, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Summary

Hangar 13 is looking for an experienced Mission Designer to join the team in Brighton and help to form the core of a new design group. As far as our games are concerned, Missions are stories the player can experience that combine incredible level design, smart use of mechanics and interesting characters to surprise and delight.

Duties and Responsibilities  

• You will document, build, implement, bug-fix and “own” your mission ideas, overseeing them from concept through to final release
• You will create innovative gameplay experiences that immerse the player in the game
• You will cooperate with the entire design team and other departments to maximize use of existing game systems, and support the needs of fellow developers
• You will prototype and pitch your own design ideas to the team
• You will onboard and mentor other designers to the project, helping them improve their design practices

Essential Skills, Attributes and Experience

• Strong design skills, both on paper and in-engine
• Create 3D layouts that leverages Players’ drives to craft an intuitive flow
• Ability to script in Blueprint or similar systems to deliver high-quality experiences, as well as support in the debugging of other people’s work
• Strong collaboration skills, able to work well with team members from multiple other disciplines and in other locations
• Passion for developing crafted narrative-driven experiences
• Self-motivated and proactive, always looking to learn and improve
• Shipped one or more AAA game titles in a Level Design or similar position

You Might Also Have:

• Strong documentation skills, proficiency with Wiki systems or Confluence is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Game Design or other related discipline
• Open World level design experience is a plus

Hangar 13  prides itself on the diversity of its team members, partners, and communities.  For this reason, we remain committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring through compensation, benefits, discipline and termination.  

As an equal opportunity employer, we are also committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us if you need to request reasonable accommodation.

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