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Lead Combatants Designer, Games Studio
Lead Combatants Designer, Games Studio
Summary
We’re looking for a veteran and highly-skilled Lead Combatants Designer to help us build a brand-new, AAA, multi-platform game. The Lead Combatants Designer will partner closely with the Design Director to rapidly prototype and execute on an original game vision in a new IP. This person will also help build, hire, and manage a small team of designers.
Category
Art Department
Augmented Reality (AR)
Gaming
Graphic Design
Motion Graphics
Virtual Reality (VR)
Location
Remote Location
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Feb 14, 2024
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
We’re looking for a veteran and highly-skilled Lead Combatants Designer to help us build a brand-new, AAA, multi-platform game.
The Lead Combatants Designer will partner closely with the Design Director to rapidly prototype and execute on an original game vision in a new IP. This person will also help build, hire, and manage a small team of designers.
The ideal candidate has a keen analytical mind and can not just arrive at the correct answer, but explain how they got there. They are able to lead with the “why,” and can clearly articulate their ideas verbally, visually, and in writing. They will have a strong technical background and be ready and willing to get their hands in the tools and lead by example. They are able to mentor other designers and elevate their design craft.
We're building the foundation of a small but ambitious team of creators. We care deeply about the experiences we create and, more importantly, with whom we're creating them. Here at Netflix, we value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.
Responsibilities
The Lead Combatants Designer will partner closely with the Design Director to rapidly prototype and execute on an original game vision in a new IP. This person will also help build, hire, and manage a small team of designers.
The ideal candidate has a keen analytical mind and can not just arrive at the correct answer, but explain how they got there. They are able to lead with the “why,” and can clearly articulate their ideas verbally, visually, and in writing. They will have a strong technical background and be ready and willing to get their hands in the tools and lead by example. They are able to mentor other designers and elevate their design craft.
We're building the foundation of a small but ambitious team of creators. We care deeply about the experiences we create and, more importantly, with whom we're creating them. Here at Netflix, we value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with engineers, character artists, and animators to deliver world-class AI enemy combatants
- Enemy weapons, abilities, navigation, perception, and behaviors
- Behaviors/abilities provide players clear and compelling challenges
- Factions have a clear theme and cohesive set of mechanics
- Write design specs, vet them with stakeholders, and make smart adjustments
- Manage an effective testing and check-in review process
- Provide mentorship to more junior designers and elevate their craft
- Run regular playtests, gather useful feedback, and translate that feedback into action
- Assist in the hiring and management of other designers
Requirements
- Understanding of behavior trees and AI navigation in Unreal Engine
- 5+ years of experience in a lead-design role
- Experience shipping high-quality multiplayer games
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
- Passion for playing, incubating, building, and shipping video games
Bonus Skills
- Expertise with Unreal 5 blueprints, content creation
- Programming experience in C++
The range for this role is $90,000 - $470,000.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
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