Senior Game Designer
About the job
Summary
- Senior design experience on at least one shipped AAA title
- Ability to lead and implement game systems
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Passion for games
- Relocation assistance
- Hybrid work model
Description
Playground Games is looking for a Senior Game Designer to join our talented Forza Horizon team here in Leamington Spa on a permanent basis.
About us:
As a premier first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and most of all fun. We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise.
About the role:
You will work with the Design team to lead, implement and deliver fun and innovative game systems and content for the BAFTA-winning open-world Forza Horizon franchise. You’ll create and own key systems and designs, championing quality throughout the entire development process. You'll be an excellent, approachable communicator as you collaborate with a diverse team of game designers and other department leads.
This is a permanent role based in our state-of-the-art studio in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in the studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.
What you’ll do:
- Design and lead key systems and experiences.
- Take ownership of gameplay features and independently drive them forwards.
- Build genre-leading gameplay experiences in our suite of proprietary tools.
- Work autonomously and collaborate with passionate inter-disciplinary teams to champion quality in your features and experiences.
- Mentor, train and inspire other members of the team.
What you’ll bring:
- Industry experience in a Senior Design position or similar on at least one shipped AAA title.
- An effective capability to be a highly reliable, autonomous member of the team.
- A strong ability to identify and solve problems throughout all stages of development.
- A demonstrable track record of quality in your previous work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A genuine passion for games.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.
Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.
We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.
If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com
About The Company
Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining titles for a global audience. Since then, we’ve created five critically-acclaimed, award-winning hits; our Horizon games have garnered more than one hundred awards and have been played by many millions of fans.
Today, Playground has two world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studio on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.
