Game Designer
Job Summary
Job Description
- Game industry knowledge and experience
- Gameplay feature analysis & improvement
- Excel skills and data balancing
- Excellent communication (English & Bulgarian)
- Variety of video game experience
- Shipped titles or personal projects
- Deep understanding of Total War games
- Strategy game expertise (Grand, RTS, 4X)
- Modding experience
- Lua scripting
- Historical knowledge
- Metrics-driven design improvement
- Strong visual sense
- Additional medical & dental insurance
- Additional holiday allowance
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Career development pathways & training
- Public transportation card
- Monthly food vouchers
- Hybrid working
- Wellbeing support
- Free games & merchandise
- Free breakfast
4 skills required
Job Details
Description
We are looking for a Game Designer to join our talented and motivated professionals working on exciting new projects in the Total War universe at our studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.
You'll become part of a world-class development team working on a title in the award-winning Total War series. And you will be able to offer insights that drive the way our projects are shaped and directly influence our players’ gaming experience.
You will develop and champion game features that provide immersive and engaging gameplay experiences, applying your expertise to designing both game systems and the content that leverages these systems to the greatest effect.
Beyond conceptual and technical skills, you must have a strong game design intuition, the capacity to understand and iterate upon gameplay aesthetics and “feel”.
Please note that a cover letter is required for this position and applications without such will not be considered.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for creating and maintaining fun and balanced features, you will also clearly communicate regular updates to the relevant discipline teams – especially where your work directly impacts them - and must be proactive in communicating progress and solving problems.
- Some Games industry knowledge and experience - understanding the process of developing and delivering a game
- Demonstrable ability to analyze gameplay features, identify strengths and weaknesses, and to recommend improvements
- Experience using Excel and ability to balance large sets of numbers, for unit balance, progression systems etc.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; can communicate clearly and concisely in English and Bulgarian
- Wide-ranging experience playing a variety of video games, interested in why things work
- Ability to listen and be open to feedback and integrating that into your work
- Shipped titles or personal projects, board game designs etc.
- Deep understanding of Total War games
- Deep understanding of games in the Strategy genres (Grand, RTS, 4X etc.)
- Modding experience
- Experience scripting in LUA
- Knowledge of and interest in history
- Experience in using metrics to improve design
- Great attention for detail and strong visual sense
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.
We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:
- Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening
- Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
- Annual discretionary studio bonus
- Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
- Public transportation card
- Monthly food vouchers
- Hybrid working
- Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme
- Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
- Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen
- Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services
- Office massages
- Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases
- Our studio sites have disabled access.
- We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can be found here.
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About The Company
Creative Assembly is one of Europe's leading games development studios, founded in 1987 and located in West Sussex, UK, Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.
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