Level Designer

1 Month ago • All levels • Level Design

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Valve is looking for a talented Level Designer to join their world-class team. As a Level Designer, you will be responsible for creating exciting new gameplay experiences. Your expertise in design tools, launching products, and iterating based on customer feedback will be valuable. You will collaborate with software engineers, artists, writers, animators, and other designers to create engaging game worlds and implement gameplay and story elements. This is a unique opportunity to work on genre-defining games with other outstanding developers.

Must have:

Experience in designing levels or environments
Proficiency in design tools
Strong understanding of gameplay mechanics
Ability to iterate on designs based on feedback
Collaborative and teamwork skills

Good to have:

Experience with game development engines
Scripting skills
Experience with level design tools
Passion for video games

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Level Designers at Valve join a world-class group of software engineers, artists, writers, animators, and designers who are continually building and releasing entertainment experiences to players around the globe. Level Designers help to create exciting new gameplay experiences, and we’re hoping to add your expertise in design tools, launching products, and iterating on solutions based on customer feedback.

Valve is an entertainment and technology company driven to design and deliver extraordinary entertainment experiences to customers. We hire people with broad skill sets who also exhibit deep expertise. Level designers at Valve contribute in a wide variety of ways: we participate in design sessions to create outlines of game experiences. We build game worlds in 3D and use scripting to implement gameplay and story elements. We work in dynamic, cross-disciplinary teams to implement elements such as art, animation, story, and design requirements.

Do you prefer to collaborate with peers to define the work that you pursue, rather than simply follow a vision that's been set for you? If you're seeking an opportunity to work on genre-defining games with other outstanding developers, consider joining Valve. We can't wait to see where you'll take us!

When applying, please include recent examples of levels or environments you have made.

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