Who We Are
Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!
What We Need
Our studio is looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer who has a high quality bar and a passion for creating memorable and authentic sporting player journeys. The Senior Game Designer will produce feature designs for our hour-to-hour play and partner with other designers and disciplines to champion the production of said features. The Senior Game Designer will report to the Lead Designer (Core Fantasy).
What You’ll Do
- Be the ‘Product Owner’ for large features of the ‘hour-to-hour’ play (our Core Fantasy)
- Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player, our product goals, and our competitive landscape to prototype, iterate, and prove the ‘Core Fantasy’ vision
- Lead the vision and craft the design of your game area while collaborating with Engineers, Animators, Artists, and Producers to steer the execution of your vision.
- Work with the ‘Design Director’ to to translate the ‘Core Fantasy’ vision into feature designs and collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience
- Evaluate progress and game quality and work with the design and production team on execution plans
- Champion the player experience, bringing the players perspective to all decision making
- Consistently analyze the software by adding to, grooming and prioritizing the backlog
- Mentor junior design team members and help grow the team
What Will Make You A Great Fit
- Experience as a Senior Systems Designer (5+ years) in the AAA gaming space
- Passion for Sports and Sports Video Games
- Experience in mentoring other designers
- Appetite for taking on ‘Game Area Owner’ responsibilities (front-to-back development partner)
- Passion for and knowledge of how to create ‘player driven/emergent narrative’ and systemic design
The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $75,700 and CAD $$112,060 per year. However, actual pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. If hired, the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process,. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.
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What We Do
2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.
Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, 2K PGA, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Quarry, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, WWE 2K, and XCOM.
At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We push ourselves creatively to do the best work of our careers. We’re direct, open, and you’ll probably meet some new best friends – along with their dogs – sitting nearby. In short, it’s kinda awesome.
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