Sr Game Designer

Step into a pivotal role where your expertise will shape and elevate the gaming experience for players worldwide. As a Sr Game Designer, you will be instrumental in crafting and refining both in-game and out-of-game experiences that captivate and surprise. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to innovate and iterate on player-focused designs, ensuring that every element resonates. Join our client’s team and contribute to creating world-class content that delights players and pushes the boundaries of gaming innovation. This role offers benefits for a 40-hour work week and weekly paychecks (W2) for the duration of the contract.

There is no application deadline for this role.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop champion kits, including new cards, powers, items, relics, and constellations.
• Create challenging content such as adventures, event mechanics, and quests to engage players.
• Implement your designs using Python scripting, ensuring they are production-ready.
• Work closely with a dynamic interdisciplinary team to deliver content on a live service schedule.
• Provide constructive feedback to peers, enhancing the overall quality of team output.
• Navigate design goals within established frameworks, adapting to constraints while maintaining a player-centric focus.
• Identify and propose improvements in tools, workflows, or documentation.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and art teams to align on design requirements and constraints.

Qualifications:

• Over 5 years of professional game design experience, particularly with live service games.
• Proven ability to work autonomously while aligning with the design direction.
• Experience thriving in small team settings, delivering high-quality player experiences.
• Strong skills in prototyping and building sustainable, production-ready content.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying concepts to remote and interdisciplinary teams.
• Deep familiarity with strategy or card games, especially Legends of Runeterra or similar deckbuilding roguelikes (preferred).
• Experience in designing for hero collector or strategy mobile games (preferred).
• Background in mentoring or providing feedback on design processes (preferred).
• Proficiency in Unity and scripting languages, particularly Python (preferred).

Perks & Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• 401(k) Program.
• Commuter Benefit.
• eLearning & Ongoing Training.
• Education Reimbursement.

*Eligibility requires working over 30 hours per week on an assignment lasting at least 10 weeks.