Graduate Level Designer - Contract

2 Months ago • Upto 1 Years • Level Design

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Job Description

Playground Games seeks a Graduate Level Designer to join their Forza Horizon team. Experience with 3D modeling packages, game engines, whitebox environments, and a strong focus on player experience are essential. Passion for games is a must.
Must have:
  • 3D Modeling
  • Game Engines
  • Whitebox Environments
  • Player Experience
Good to have:
  • Open-Source
  • Proprietary Tools
  • Gameplay Features
  • Quality Focus
Perks:
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Hybrid Work Model
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Description

Playground Games is looking for a Graduate Level Designer to join our Forza Horizon team on a contract basis.

ABOUT US:   

As a premier first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and most of all fun. We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise.   

ABOUT THE ROLE:   

As a Graduate Level Designer, you’ll be working within the environment team collaborating with our established, talented artists and designers. You will use our in-house proprietary tools to work on multiple game features with a heavy focus on gameplay. 

Our ideal candidate is a promising and passionate applicant who has a strong interest in Level Design with a high focus on creating quality experiences.  

You will consistently push for quality, quickly and positively react to change, and be an excellent, approachable communicator. 

This is a contract role based in our state-of-the-art studio in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in the studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.   

WHAT YOU'LL BRING: 

  • Experience using 3D modelling packages and open-source Game Engines   
  • Demonstrate experience building whitebox environments   
  • A high quality focus on the players experience  
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
  • A genuine passion for games 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.  

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.  We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.   

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.  It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.  We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work. 

If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com 

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About The Company

Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining titles for a global audience. Since then, we’ve created five critically-acclaimed, award-winning hits; our Horizon games have garnered more than one hundred awards and have been played by many millions of fans. 


Today, Playground has two world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studio on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.

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