Game Designer

4 Weeks ago • All levels • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Creative Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria seeks a Game Designer to contribute to their Total War series. Responsibilities include full ownership of features (research, documentation, creation, implementation, balancing), collaboration with the design team on detailed feature designs, and working with other disciplines to ensure high-quality development. The ideal candidate possesses strong game design intuition, understands gameplay aesthetics, and communicates effectively. Experience analyzing gameplay features and improving them is essential, as is proficiency with Excel for balancing large datasets. A cover letter is mandatory.
Must have:
  • Game industry knowledge & experience
  • Gameplay analysis & improvement skills
  • Excel proficiency & data balancing
  • Excellent communication (English & Bulgarian)
  • Variety of video game playing experience
Good to have:
  • Shipped titles or personal projects
  • Deep understanding of Total War games
  • Strategy genre game knowledge
  • Modding experience
  • Lua scripting experience
  • Historical knowledge
  • Metrics-driven design
Perks:
  • Additional medical & dental insurance
  • Additional holiday allowance
  • Annual discretionary studio bonus
  • Career development pathways & training
  • Public transportation card
  • Monthly food vouchers
  • Hybrid working
  • Wellbeing support
  • Free games & merchandise
  • Free breakfast

Job Details

Description

Position at Creative Assembly

We are looking for a Game Designer to join our talented and motivated professionals working on exciting new projects in the Total War universe at our studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.

You'll become part of a world-class development team working on a title in the award-winning Total War series. And you will be able to offer insights that drive the way our projects are shaped and directly influence our players’ gaming experience.
You will develop and champion game features that provide immersive and engaging gameplay experiences, applying your expertise to designing both game systems and the content that leverages these systems to the greatest effect.
Beyond conceptual and technical skills, you must have a strong game design intuition, the capacity to understand and iterate upon gameplay aesthetics and “feel”.

Please note that a cover letter is required for this position and applications without such will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities

As a Game Designer, you will take full ownership and responsibility for multiple features and ensure they are delivered to the highest quality. This is to include researching, documenting, creating, implementation, balancing and more.   
You will collaborate with the design team to create detailed feature designs and will work closely alongside developers from other disciplines in order to ensure that the features you are responsible for are developed to the highest standard, from initial concept to final release.  
Responsible for creating and maintaining fun and balanced features, you will also clearly communicate regular updates to the relevant discipline teams – especially where your work directly impacts them - and must be proactive in communicating progress and solving problems.  
 
Knowledge, Skill and Experience
Essential
  • Some Games industry knowledge and experience - understanding the process of developing and delivering a game  
  • Demonstrable ability to analyze gameplay features, identify strengths and weaknesses, and to recommend improvements  
  • Experience using Excel and ability to balance large sets of numbers, for unit balance, progression systems etc.  
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; can communicate clearly and concisely in English and Bulgarian  
  • Wide-ranging experience playing a variety of video games, interested in why things work  
  • Ability to listen and be open to feedback and integrating that into your work  
Desirable
  • Shipped titles or personal projects, board game designs etc.  
  • Deep understanding of Total War games  
  • Deep understanding of games in the Strategy genres (Grand, RTS, 4X etc.)  
  • Modding experience  
  • Experience scripting in LUA  
  • Knowledge of and interest in history  
  • Experience in using metrics to improve design  
  • Great attention for detail and strong visual sense
About Creative Assembly 
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.
We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create. We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.
We are located in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria. 

We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

  • Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening
  • Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
  • Annual discretionary studio bonus
  • Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
  • Public transportation card
  • Monthly food vouchers
  • Hybrid working
  • Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme
  • Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
  • Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen
  • Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services
  • Office massages
  • Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases
  • Our studio sites have disabled access.
  • We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

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