Sr. Game Designer

Senior Game Designer

Reports to: Project Lead

Employment Status: Full Time

Work Location: Bellevue, Washington; Vancouver, Canada

Project: Fortnite

Overview

Final Strike Games is an independent game-development studio with a passion for creating world-class multiplayer, shooter, and live-service games in Unreal Engine. Our team values honesty, transparency, and respect for all, while working together to create industry-inspiring game experiences!

Final Strike Games is looking for an experienced and talented Senior Game Designer to join our studio as a member of a small embedded team of engineers and designers collaborating directly with Epic Games to create the latest and greatest weapons and gameplay items for the massively successful Fortnite franchise. Collaborating across disciplines, the Senior Game Designer is responsible for design organization and feature quality. Our team is highly collaborative and we believe that all voices should be heard, and we expect you to be a champion of that mindset.

You will be provided opportunities to grow your knowledge and skills, and encouraged to find ownership in areas that align with your expertise. Team members are expected to lead with curiosity and to help cultivate a trusting and collaborative environment with your fellow designers.

This is a remarkable opportunity to build shipping content for one of the most iconic game franchises in history, producing the weapons and items that lend Fortnite its unique identity!

Responsibilities include but not limited to

• Work collaboratively with both FSG and Epic designers and engineers to produce best-in-class weapons, gameplay items, and abilities.
• Understand consumer needs and help make sure the features developed by the team will contribute to player satisfaction and enjoyment.
• Lead and drive the design efforts to also meet the business needs of the project.
• Define and manage the implementation of key game features.
• Able to drive and execute on prototyping in whatever format makes the most sense to prove out the idea.
• Take part in playtests and help drive solutions for any encountered problems.  Participate in playtests and translate collected feedback into action items.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• At least one shipped AAA title in a Leadership role.
• 6 years of game design experience on console and/or PC.
• Experience with Unreal Engine, including Blueprints and GAS. 
• Excellent communication skills across all mediums and all levels.
• Passion for playing and making console and PC games.
• Ability to maintain rich, thoughtful, and candid communication to ensure the very best game is built.
• Strong knowledge of the competitive landscape and the gaming industry overall.
• Ability to analyze and adapt designs quickly based on feedback and data.
• Collaborative, self-motivated, and effective time-management skills.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new tools, technologies, and development methodologies.
• High-quality bar and obsessive attention to detail.
  

Compensation & Employee Benefits

When we find the right person, we try to make an offer that will excite you. In addition to competitive base salaries, we also offer robust employee benefits:

• Health & Wellbeing: We know wellness is multi-dimensional, just like our employees. FSG offers comprehensive health coverage for you and your whole family.

• Total Rewards: We want you to feel empowered in all of life’s circumstances. In addition to offering competitive salaries, we offer stock options, bonuses, disability and life insurance, and retirement savings with matching.
  
  
• Flexible Time Off: We know that being your best at work means the ability to be present outside of work. We offer generous paid time off in addition to studio closure periods.
  
  
• Growth: Our studio is filled with innovators and fearless explorers of the unknown. These values lend themselves to curiosity and a passion for learning, which is why we prioritize career advancement opportunities, training, and professional development.
  
  
• Connection: We believe in hiring the best people, and that great teams make great games. We create opportunities several times a year to come together as a studio to play and build lifelong connections.

Final Strike Games is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please let us know.