Principal Content Designer - Unannounced AAA Action RPG
Job Summary
Job Description
Scopely is searching for a Principal Content Designer to lead the content vision for an unannounced AAA multiplayer action game. You'll design immersive open-world content, manage content teams, and drive the overall player experience. Experience in crafting quests, story arcs, dynamic events, and large-scale multiplayer environments is essential.
Must have:
- Open-world content
- Multiplayer environments
- Content strategy
- Technical design
Good to have:
- Multiplayer games
- MMORPGs, Action RPGs
- Social gameplay
- Unreal Engine 5
Perks:
- Healthcare benefits
- Unlimited PTO
6 skills required
Job Details
Description
Scopely is looking for a Principal Content Designer to join us remotely from the US or Canada!
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day – whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing, and innovating the gaming industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
Scopely is building an exciting AAA multiplayer action game for consoles, PC, and mobile, using Unreal 5. We believe this stylized fantasy project has the potential to be massive in scale and industry-defining!
What You Will Do
As a Principal Content Designer you will be at the forefront of crafting the content vision for this expansive project, and guiding the team in building immersive & engaging experiences for millions of players. You will be expected to:
- Help drive the high-level content strategy for the game, influencing major design decisions that impact the overall player experience.
- Partner with creative and technical leadership to align content initiatives with broader game and business goals.
- Lead content efforts across teams, ensuring features, quests, and dynamic content are seamlessly integrated into the explorable world.
- Be responsible for the pacing and flow of moment-to-moment gameplay, establishing sophisticated quest structures, puzzles, and combat spaces that captivate players.
- Provide mentorship to content designers, encouraging an environment of growth and innovation.
- Use player and team feedback to drive ongoing improvement, ensuring that content is fun, functional, and aligned with the project’s vision.
- Regularly evaluate the game's content to ensure that designs are evolving and scaling with the needs of the project.
What We’re Looking For
- Extensive experience in crafting immersive open-world content, encompassing quests, story arcs, dynamic events, and memorable experiences.
- Experience in designing large-scale multiplayer environments, ensuring content supports massively multiplayer engagement while maintaining individual player goals.
- Ability to prototype and implement sophisticated content features with strong technical design skills.
- A collaborative, cross-functional leader who thrives in an international, diverse team and can drive iterative processes across fields.
- Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to provide and receive feedback constructively, while driving team development.
- Deep understanding of live-game economies and the dynamics of content design in live service games.
Bonus Points
- Experience leading content design for multiplayer games, MMORPGs, or Action RPGs.
- Understanding of social gameplay and its impact on crafting community content.
- Proficiency with Unreal Engine 5.
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY and WA, the annual salary range is $169,600 - 253,000, plus equity, bonus and benefits including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time-off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
About Us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a
directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform
Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.
Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment. All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.
Our official website is www.scopely.com. Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.
Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com.
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