Lead World/Level Designer
Company: 2K Games, Inc.
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: January 20, 2023
Job Description:
WE ARE GAMEMAKERSWho we are:We are a diverse team of developers
driven by a passion for our art, united by our core values and
inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that
thrill players everywhere. We pursue growth and innovation in an
environment of safety and trust. Our culture is built on the belief
that the more varied voices in our collective will strengthen our
team and our games. We are looking for our next teammate who will
raise our bar and make us better.What we need:31st Union is seeking
a Lead World/Level Designer who can dig deep into each stage of the
Level Design process, create inspiring worlds and spaces, and apply
technical & creative passion to constantly improve the game through
an iterative process, all while growing and mentoring a team of
Level Designers to do their very best work. Come and help us build
the future of Multiplayer Action games!Responsibilities:
- Design, pitch, & hone world spaces/levels from inception to
completion to post-launch. Examine desired player experience goals
and introduce designs that help support and enhance that
experience
- Be an equal voice within the design team for making both large-
and small-scale decisions throughout the project
- Collaborate with studio and creative leadership to develop
world vision;evangelize that vision with other teams leads: art,
audio, UI, etc.
- Own map ideas from inception to completion. This includes
pitching ideas in their infancy to fine-tuning post-launch. We
emphasize a culture of trust, and with that trust comes both
responsibility & accountability
- Daily hands-on engine work to bring ideas to life
- Review content and mentor Level Designers to produce their best
work
- Establish high-level pipelines, metrics, and practices within
the design team
- Work with production to cost and plan world development
schedulesWho you are:You're a highly experienced World/Level
Designer with multiple shipped titles under your belt. You're
comfortable not just building map content off an established
template, but also figuring out what that template is in the first
place. Our ideal candidate has proven experience building world
spaces across all phases of development and is excited to build a
world from the ground up.Required experience:
- Experience in creating Multiplayer Action games a MUST
- 5+ years' experience and preferably 1+ title in a Lead
position
- Comfortable guiding and mentoring content creators, laying out
development targets, writing guides and standard processes,
enabling growth and support within the team
- Experience working with production to estimate and cost out
development schedules
- Experience with modern game engines (Unreal, Unity, etc.)
- Proven track record of building high-quality maps, levels, or
worlds
- Rock-solid understanding of interplay between systems and world
spaces; can take a set of systems or player abilities and build
spaces that highlight those abilities in interesting and creative
ways
- Familiar with fundamental world-building concepts: flow,
landmarking, scale, visibility, metrics, etc. Can thoughtfully
critique and evaluate 3D spaces.
- Understanding of how art, color, lighting, composition, etc.
can complement gameplay design
- Comfortable with rapid iteration based off feedback from many
sources: peer review, data analytics, player surveys, etc. Capable
of filtering large volumes of feedback into concrete and useful
improvements. Clear understanding of the iterative level design
process from inception all the way to post-ship support.Relevant
experience:
- Preferred Spaces: AAA / action / shooter / MP
- Some experience programming, both code & visual scripting (C++,
C#, etc. - Blueprint, Kismet, etc.)
- A passion for diversity & representation in games & game
development
- A self-starter who can align with the teams goals but isnt
hesitant to create solutions on their own
- Ability to iterate & collaborate under deadlines & production
constraints
- Backgrounds in art/architecture/CS/etc. a plusJoin our mission:
Bring fun, inspiration, and awe to our lives and to our
community:SECURITY NOTICE - We have recently been made aware of
increasing occurrences of bad actors posing as company HR personnel
to gain information from "potential candidates", in the form of job
interviews and offers. These scams can be quite sophisticated and
appear legitimate.Please know that 31st Union and 2K never uses
instant messaging apps to contact prospective employees or to
conduct interviews.If you believe you have been a victim of such a
scam, you may fill out a complaint form atand detailing as much as
possible. We are taking these matters very seriously and apologize
for any inconvenience.Join our mission: Bring fun, inspiration and
awe to our lives and to our community:#LI-REMOTE
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