Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role…

In this role you will be responsible for designing and executing major gameplay features and be as a subject matter expert in support of the production team. You will act as an resource and be the main point of contact for the local team and support production to coordinate efforts with other disciplines involved for with the features the design pod owns.

Using your knowledge and expertise, you will support the team as a mentor and reference for all things that relate to the design of your assigned area. As such, you will help ensure follow-up, task completion validation process and maintain a healthy work environment for everyone.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Own the design and execution of a key game feature and/or a major part of a large game feature system.
• Create, prioritize, assign, and regularly follow up on tasks and the advancement of the team’s work concerning deliverables for a specific project.
• Represent the team in inter-team meetings.
• Know the games story, the gameplay, the game design documentation and understand the technical/artistic constraints to be able to coach the team.
• Anticipate and recognize potential risks and recommend solutions to the production team.
• Be a mentor on the team, coach and support growth of junior colleagues.
• Improve the design team process and communication.
• Help the design team to push the quality of their features.
• Coordinate bug correction as it pertains to the pod’s work.
• Ensure that new employees and internal transfers integrate well into the project.

Qualifications & Experience…

• 12+ years of game industry experience in a game designer role
• Having worked on a minimum of 2 shipped AAA console/PC titles.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills; being bilingual French/English is a highly desired asset.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain clear and concise documentation.
• Experience with designing gameplay systems for an open world game.
• Experience designing gameplay features for an adventure game.
• Strong technical awareness: understanding how design is affected by constraints from different disciplines (technical constraints from code, but also animation)
• Experience of design in a systemic gameplay environment, especially where multiple gameplay systems/components interact.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Perforce.
• Experience with Unreal Engine is an asset.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.