Principal Level Designer

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Principal Level Designer to join an exciting new project and team, taking a guiding role in level design, world-building, and game structure on Unreal Engine 5 (UE5). The project is based at our studio in West Sussex. This can be discussed upon application.  

The successful candidate will drive strong, compelling level design, that enhances in-game encounters and the overall experience. They will also be responsible for enabling the game's overarching structure and its world architecture to a high standard, working closely with the leads to come up with ideas and processes to help the team to deliver on this. 

Key Responsibilities    

On a day-to-day basis you will:  

• Own and help to define the world design rules, so that the LD's have the best practices and building blocks from which to create the world 
• Build and own large features and map areas. Helping to lead and drive direction within the map team 
• Assist the leads on helping to establish the world’s lore, coordinating with Narrative to ensure we are creating a believable world 
• Helps to unblock and drive solutions for the level design team 
• Communicates across teams, and between internal and external leadership  
• Provide guidance and mentoring to the level design team  
• Works closely with the leads to develop strong processes for validating level design content, being an advocate for playtesting  
• Helps to create User Stories, and contributes to roadmap planning and scope estimates   

• Experienced in UE4/5  
• Strong level of autonomy, can manage their own work, and act as a support for the team when needed 
• Experienced building and owning more challenging levels for FPS characters 
• Strong single-player experience building levels within a narratively driven mission-based structure  
• A highly experienced level designer, with one or more shipped AAA titles in a level design role 
• Proficient at crafting 3D spaces using Unreal based tools, geometry scripting, and or Whitebox quality-based assets  
• Keen worldbuilding sensibilities that serve the gameplay requirements but also keeps in mind and compliments the artistic goals for the world  
• Hub-like soft skills working and communicating within multi-disciplined feature teams or pods.  
• Be an ambassador for the player experience. Highly tuned to the pacing feel, emotive response and interactive elements within the world and its threats to shape engaging and tense memorable moments 
• Comfortable presenting to internal and external stakeholders, and documenting feedback from both to incorporate into day-to-day task work