Character Designer

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Game Design • Combat Design • $81,800 PA - $122,700 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Azra Games seeks a Senior Character Designer to create unforgettable characters, abilities, and equipment for their upcoming AAA RPG, Legions & Legends. Responsibilities include designing character abilities and kits, refining visual designs to fit narrative backstories, understanding and developing the combat meta, anticipating team synergies, designing equipment and effects, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams, and refining designs based on feedback. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience designing characters for RPGs in 3D space, strong collaboration skills, and familiarity with game engines like Unity. Experience with complex combat mechanics, large character rosters, and free-to-play models is a plus.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in game character design
  • RPG character, ability, and equipment design expertise
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
  • 3D space character design experience
  • Unity game engine familiarity
Good to have:
  • Complex combat mechanics experience
  • 3rd person action game experience
  • Experience with large character rosters
  • Free-to-play and live service game knowledge
Perks:
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Platinum healthcare plan (health, vision, dental)
  • Parental leave
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Hybrid/remote work options
  • Catered lunches/dinners
  • Office social events
  • Generous technology budget
  • Game room

Job Details

Senior Character Designer (Game Design)

Azra Games is recapturing the childhood thrill of storytelling with your entire toy box for modern AAA gaming. We are dedicated to one genre, role-playing games, and led by veteran designer Mark Otero (Zero-to-one director of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, EA’s most successful mobile game of all time, with $1.5B lifetime revenue). Azra has assembled an expert team with decades of experience building blockbuster games. Our debut release, Legions & Legends, will be Mark’s ninth RPG. And his best. Azra Games believes in harnessing the power of technology, with a focus on generative AI, to radically disrupt & transform game development.

Azra Games is seeking a highly skilled and experienced character gameplay designer to help create unforgettable characters, abilities, and equipment for our upcoming AAA game.  As a character designer, you will be responsible for creating memorable characters and capabilities that move the meta forward.  You’ll work on a cross discipline team of artists, engineers, writers, and more to develop compelling characters that resonate with players globally. 

What You’ll Do:

  • Design character abilities, kits, and behaviors to fit and expand the meta framework
  • Refine character visual designs and functions to fit narrative backstory and worldbuilding
  • Understand and help to develop the overall combat meta framework
  • Anticipate team synergies and deficiencies against the challenges players will encounter
  • Design equipment and effects that elevate overall player experience and drive player deckbuilding decisions
  • Collaborate with combat, enemy, and level designers to create characters that maximize all aspects of the player experience
  • Refine and improve character designs based on the feedback from the development team, playtests, and other sources
  • Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and best practices in character design and contribute to the evolution of our game’s artistic style

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience as a character or content designer in the video game industry
  • Experience designing characters, abilities, and/or equipment for RPG gameplay that function in 3D space
  • Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively in a team-based environment
  • Familiarity with game engines like Unity

Bonus Points For:

  • Experience with creating characters for games with complex combat mechanics
  • Experience working on a 3rd person action game
  • Experience on games with large (dozens +) character rosters
  • Familiarity with the free-to-play space and best practices for a live services game
  • A passion for RPG games

The perks of working at Azra:

  • Competitive salary, equity
  • Platinum healthcare plan for you and your family 💯 paid for by Azra Games. Including health, vision, and dental!
  • Parental leave
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Work that fits your lifestyle – Work from our studio office in Sacramento, CA, and/or hybrid, and anything in between
  • Occasional catered lunches and dinners
  • Office social events including happy hours, parties, and community service projects.
  • A generous technology budget to provide the best gear you need to be your most productive and happy self
  • A packed snack room and loaded fridge
  • Dedicated Game Room for "Market Research" 😏
  • An authentic office environment where you get to be YOU

Azra Games is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Azra Games is an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome and employee differences are celebrated.

Base Salary Range: $81,800-$122,700. The final salary offered for this position may take into account a number of factors including, but not limited to, location, skills, education, and experience.

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