(Professional Dancer) - Retainer Dance Level Designer (6 months contract)

As a ‘Dance Level Designer’ at Ubisoft, you will be responsible for ensuring fair and balanced scoring in a multiplayer dancing game by testing with various energy levels and dance types. This role involves performing exact dance moves for captures, playtesting, and providing feedback to other designers. You will also manage assigned map deliveries, troubleshoot minor issues, and communicate efficiently with local and collaborating teams. Excellent communication and strong dancing skills are essential for this contract position.

Must Have

• Responsible for assigned maps’ delivery with quality and on time
• Tweaking and testing songs for fair and balanced scoring accuracy
• Playtest songs of other LDs and provide feedback
• Perform exact dance moves for high-quality captures
• Maintain quality of work in all situations
• Judge the quality of scoring feedback
• Learn choreography of received songs perfectly
• Capture own takes for game tweaking
• Perform basic troubleshooting for score level design issues
• Communicate efficiently with local and collaborating teams
• Passionate for dancing with good dancing skills
• Comfortable with basic PC software like Microsoft Office and Teams
• High level of concentration and judging skills
• Technically strong and spontaneous in handling minor issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Perform in-game dance moves perfectly

Good to Have

• Sound knowledge of different dance styles

Perks & Benefits

• Hybrid work model

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

JOB DESCRIPTION

About game – A dancing game for multiple players including a collection of songs each with their own dance choreographies. During each song, players mirror the dance performed by actors on the screen, following commands that appear on the screen, and are awarded for their accuracy.

Job Summary: As a ‘Dance Level Designer’, with high judgmental skills and good dancing skills, you will be testing the game with different energy levels and types of dancing to make sure the scoring feedback is fair. As well as, perform the exact dance moves to give captures when needed. Excellent communication skills are important for this role.

Job title - Retainer Dance Level Designer

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for assigned maps’ delivery with quality in the assigned time.
• Tweaking and testing the song with different test cases and taking a call on the accuracy of scoring so that the scoring is fair and balanced.
• Playtest the songs of other LDs and give them feedback.
• Be able to give high quality captures by performing the exact dance moves, which would be used for scoring.
• Ensure that the quality of work is always maintained in all the situations.
• Judging the quality of scoring feedback.
• Learning the choreography of the received songs perfectly.
• Be able to Capture their own takes when required to add in the game while tweaking scoring.
• Performing basic troubleshooting for any issues faced during the entire score level designing process.
• Communicating efficiently with local and collaborating teams.
• Be available to rush if needed.

Job KPIs –

• Understanding the dance level design process.
• On time and quality delivery of maps as per the expectations specified during onboarding.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Passionate for dancing with good dancing skills.
• Comfortable working with basic PC softwares like Microsoft office, teams etc.
• High level of concentration and judging skills.
• Technically strong and spontaneous in handling minor issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (to motivate and interact with the dancers, play testers and collaborating studio team members.)
• Sound knowledge of different dance styles is a plus.
• Perform the dance moves present in-game perfectly.
• Motivated to work under pressure.
• Work autonomously once trained, creative.
• Have a positive can-do attitude, quick learner and able to do multitasking.

Note - Kindly provide your portfolio showcasing your dance performances.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We embrace a hybrid work model helping you stay connected with your team and aligned with business priorities, while giving you the opportunity to maintain your work-life balance. Note, that some roles are fully office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.