Game Designer

2 Months ago • All levels • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Rebellion seeks an experienced Game Designer to contribute to its diverse video game portfolio. Responsibilities span the entire game development lifecycle, from initial concept and prototyping to final execution and maintenance. This includes creating design documentation, collaborating with artists and programmers, implementing gameplay features using visual scripting tools, and ensuring alignment with the creative vision. The role involves hands-on game setup, data maintenance, and playtesting, requiring strong game design principles, documentation skills, and collaborative abilities. The position offers flexibility with hybrid work options across studios in Oxford, Warwick, or Runcorn, including relocation support.
Must have:
  • Game design experience
  • Game design documentation
  • Gameplay prototyping
  • Collaboration skills
  • Knowledge of game development lifecycle
Perks:
  • 22+ days holiday
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Life Assurance
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme
  • Relocation package
  • Hybrid work options

Job Details

Description

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We are on the lookout for an experienced Game Designer to join our talented team and contribute to our diverse portfolio of video games, encompassing various genres and styles.

The Rebellion Design team creates and maintains games from concept to release. They work closely with other specialist teams to implement engaging and immersive gameplay using innovative game mechanics.

As a Game Designer, you will be involved in all stages of the game development process, from ideation and prototyping to final execution and polishing. You'll create design documentation, collaborate with artists and programmers to implement features, and ensure that all elements align with the creative vision of the team.

You will also work hands-on with the game setup, including the maintenance of data sets and producing in-game content using visual scripting tools.

This exciting opportunity can be based out of any of our studios in Oxford, Warwick, or Runcorn, offering flexibility, collaboration, and the chance to work with a world-class team! We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our studios. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we’re open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain detailed game design documentation.
  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to iterate on and refine game mechanics.
  • Use in-house development tools to implement gameplay features.
  • Contribute to the creative process with feedback and innovative ideas.
  • Support the project through playtesting and evaluating game systems.
  • Maintain consistent gameplay languages and style across the game's mechanics.

Requirements

  • Professional experience as a Game Designer in the video game industry.
  • Strong understanding of game design principles and methodologies.
  • Experience with creating game design documentation and gameplay prototypes.
  • Knowledge of the game development lifecycle and production pipelines.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:  

  • 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days) 
  • Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision 
  • Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover 
  • Enhanced Family Leave  
  • Interest Free, Tax-Free loans 
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme 
  • EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support  
  • Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!  

 

Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. 

Find out more about us here 

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being. 

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products. 

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers 

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About The Company

Founded in 1992, Rebellion is one of Europe’s biggest independent multimedia studios. Its flagship Sniper Elite series is renowned for its authentic stealth and sniping gameplay with more than 20 million players worldwide. 2000 AD is synonymous with the absolute finest in British comic book art. With the acquisition of a $100m film studio and the world’s largest archive of English language comics, Rebellion continues to go from strength to strength.


Rebellion now operates across books, comics, TV and film, but at its core it’s still a leading developer and publisher of games. Whether it’s the breathtaking intensity of Sniper Elite 4, the face-hugging terror of Aliens vs. Predator or the grindhouse frenzy of the Zombie Army series, the Oxford-based studio is revered for creating stand-out games designed to thrill.

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