Lightspeed LA is seeking a Senior Mission Designer to join their new studio in Irvine, California. This role involves designing and creating missions, quests, levels, and overall gameplay experiences for players. The designer will collaborate with various game development teams, develop mission concepts, create detailed outlines, work with programmers, playtest, and iterate on designs to ensure alignment with the game's vision and mechanics, delivering a polished and immersive experience.

Must Have

• Develop mission design concepts and proposals based on the game's overall vision, story, and gameplay mechanics.
• Create detailed mission outlines and documentation, including mission objectives, scripted events, and environmental elements.
• Collaborate with game designers, narrative designers, and artists to create engaging and immersive gameplay experiences.
• Work with programmers to ensure that implemented content functions as intended.
• Playtest missions to identify and fix design flaws, bugs, and balance issues.
• Iterate on mission designs based on player feedback and analytics to continuously improve the gameplay experience.

Good to Have

• Bachelor's degree in game design, computer science, or related field preferable.
• A strong passion for video games and knowledge of the gaming industry.
• Proven experience in mission design or level design in the video game industry is a plus but not required.
• Proficiency in using game development tools such as Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Propensity and potential for learning and growing.

Perks & Benefits

• Sign-on payment (evaluated on a case-by-case basis)
• Relocation package (evaluated on a case-by-case basis)
• Restricted stock units (evaluated on a case-by-case basis)
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life and disability benefits
• Participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan
• Up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year
• Up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year
• Up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year

About the Hiring Team

Welcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based, AAA game development studio for Tencent Games. Lightspeed LA is focused on building open-world games that emphasize an ambitious living world, sophisticated player-driven gameplay, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. We are developing the first in a series of genre-defining titles.

Why join Lightspeed LA?

For us, it's not only about the exciting, new AAA open world game we're developing but also about team values and studio culture. We foster an open and transparent environment where everyone feels comfortable providing constructive feedback about all aspects of our games.

• We encourage the showing of work that's still in progress.
• We don't attack or question unfinished work, we celebrate its promise.
• We have a No Blame Culture where we blame the problem, not the person.

This is a safe place to fail, and we don't view failure as a negative, but as the natural result of pushing boundaries and trying new things. We create together. We face Challenges Together. We succeed together.

What the Role Entails

Lightspeed LA is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Senior Mission Designer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and enabling content creators to deliver the most polished experience for our players. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun.

As a Senior Mission Designer, you will be responsible for designing and creating missions, quests, levels, and overall gameplay experiences for players. The job involves collaborating with other game development teams, such as game designers, narrative designers, artists, and programmers, to ensure that the mission design aligns with the game's overall vision and mechanics.

• Develop mission design concepts and proposals based on the game's overall vision, story, and gameplay mechanics.
• Create detailed mission outlines and documentation, including mission objectives, scripted events, and environmental elements, to provide a roadmap for the game development team.
• Collaborate with game designers, narrative designers, and artists to create engaging and immersive gameplay experiences for players.
• Work with programmers to ensure that implemented content functions as intended.
• Playtest missions to identify and fix design flaws, bugs, and balance issues.
• Iterate on mission designs based on player feedback and analytics to continuously improve the gameplay experience.

Who We Look For

• Bachelor's degree in game design, computer science, or related field preferable.
• A strong passion for video games and knowledge of the gaming industry. Proven experience in mission design or level design in the video game industry is a plus but not required.
• Proficiency in using game development tools such as Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Propensity and potential for learning and growing.
• The Senior Mission Designer plays a critical role in creating the engaging and memorable gameplay experiences that keep players coming back to a game. It requires a combination of creativity, technical expertise, and collaboration skills to be successful in this role.

Why Join Us?

The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $93,100.00 to $216,700.00 per year. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Employees hired for this position may be eligible for a sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units, which will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Subject to the terms and conditions of the plans in effect, hired applicants are also eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan. The Employee is also eligible for up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year (depending on the employee’s tenure), up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year, and up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year. Your benefits may be adjusted to reflect your location, employment status, duration of employment with the company, and position level. Benefits may also be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

Who we are

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life for people around the world.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.