Lead Location Designer

2 Weeks ago • 3-4 Years • 2D Art

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Must have:
  • Expedition Design
  • Game Engines
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Team Management
Good to have:
  • Casual Games
  • XML Structure
  • Unity/Unreal
  • Spine
Perks:
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Health Insurance
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Lead Location Designer

About the company

Playrix is ​​one of the most successful mobile game development companies 
in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe 
and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

The Expedition Team, which creates one of the project's most pivotal events, has a strong roster. The Lead Location Designer drives the process of creating new locations and the quality of the production process. 

We're looking for a Lead Location Designer who will create new locations and be responsible for supporting the development of the Location Designer team.

Tasks

  • Analyzing current expedition production processes
  • Supporting a team of 5+ location designers
  • Developing new locations, from concept to quality control and implementation in the game
  • Refining content, assembling locations and game parameters related to the visual side of the game and adjusting level design for the game project
  • Improving and developing the team's tools

Our stack

  • Our , similar to Unity or Unreal, which we are constantly developing

  • Adobe Photoshop, Spine, Git, XML

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in the positions of Expedition Location Designer or Expedition Level Designer
  • 1+ year of experience in team management and development
  • Experience in creating and assembling maps in the expedition or farm genres
  • Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal)
  • Skills in Adobe Photoshop and Git and an understanding of XML structure
  • Fluency in Russian

Preferred

  • Extensive gaming experience, interest in casual games.

We offer

  • The ability to directly influence the quality of our tools. The team has its own group of developers who help improve the engine.
  • A strong production team. You can exchange experience within the product or cross-project, and all approaches transfer to the coding team.

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

  • For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being
  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
Professional development and education
  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.
Events and merch
  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.

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