Senior Gameplay Designer

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Game Design

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Job Description

As a Senior Gameplay Designer at Magic Media, you will play a pivotal role in creating thrilling games that align with client visions and adhere to industry standards. You'll design game mechanics, systems, levels, and various elements, contributing to the entire game design process. Your expertise in game theory, mechanics, and balancing will be crucial in crafting engaging and polished experiences. You will also create detailed documentation for clients and developers, ensuring seamless communication and execution. This role involves working collaboratively with producers, customers, and stakeholders in a dynamic international environment, requiring strong communication and coordination skills.
Must have:
  • Professional experience in game design: +5 years
  • Unreal 5.3 experience
  • Methodical Documenter with Feature Description experience
  • Experience in designing locomotion, 3Cs and systems
  • Experience with FPS games
  • Ability to create games of a wide variety of game genres and for a wide variety of audiences
  • Deep knowledge creating Game Design Documentation
  • Fluent English and excellent communication skills
  • Experienced working with Art and Programming departments
  • Experience creating and tuning FTUE and game tutorials
  • Deep up-to-date knowledge of the free-to-play market in mobile platforms
  • Experience working on games from pre-production to release and LiveOps
  • Shipped multiple game titles as Game Designer
  • Proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, capable of working autonomously and energetic
Good to have:
  • Experience developing pitches
  • Experience working with Unity game engine
  • Basic scripting skills to adjust features created by developers
  • Experience developing for PC and console platforms
  • Experience in developing sandbox games
  • Experience in developing big open world games
  • Experience with mobile and WebGL games
  • Experience with play to earn concepts
Perks:
  • Permanently remote position
  • Opportunity to hone and improve your skills
  • Be part of an international group with offices worldwide
  • Career growth and development
  • Working closely with a team of like-minded people
  • Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
  • Flexible working hours
  • An inclusive culture and open communication
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Description

Magic Media is a pioneering media, entertainment and tech group powered by creativity and innovation. We have a physical presence in 15 countries and expertize in the areas of art, animation, cybersecurity, game development, software development, VFX and video production amongst others. We work with leading developers and publishers within the games and tech industry, providing support and solutions designed around individual needs and carried out by global experts.

We are currently seeking a Gameplay Game Designer that can perform at a wide variety of game genres, platforms and target audiences and who is able to carry a project’s game design by handling most of the different game design fields. The person should be capable of working on multiple projects and cooperating with Producers, Customers, and other Stakeholders -internal and external- in a fast-paced international environment.

What you will do:

  • Ability to create thrilling games that fit our client’s vision and provide solutions that match industry standards.
  • Game theory and game mechanics design.
  • Create detailed documentation of the Game’s Design both for Clients and for developers.
  • Design game mechanics, systems, levels, and everything that the game may need.
  • Perform in-engine balancing, tweaking and polishing tasks related to game designs.
  • Experience designing Game Systems that efficiently achieve specific goals.
  • Ability to create effective and well-documented wireframes for UX/UI.
  • Adapt to pre-existing documentation standards and maintain said documentation.
  • Work within a multidisciplinary team towards shared goals.
  • Estimate, prioritize and coordinate game design activities.
  • Coach teammates in game design tasks.
  • Communicate and cooperate with Customers and other Stakeholders.
  • Participate in different Design Department activities to collaborate and coordinate with fellow game designers.
  • Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
  • Professional experience in game design: +5 years.
  • Unreal 5.3 experience.
  • Methodical Documenter with Feature Description experience.
  • Experience in designing locomotion, 3Cs and systems.
  • Experience with FPS games.
  • Ability to create games of a wide variety of game genres and for a wide variety of audiences.
  • Deep knowledge creating Game Design Documentation.
  • Fluent English and excellent communication skills.
  • Experienced working with Art and Programming departments.
  • Experience creating and tuning FTUE and game tutorials.
  • Deep up-to-date knowledge of the free-to-play market in mobile platforms.
  • Experience working on games from pre-production to release and LiveOps.
  • Shipped multiple game titles as Game Designer.
  • Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, capable of working autonomously and energetic.

Desirable Pluses:

  • Experience developing pitches.
  • Experience working with Unity game engine.
  • Basic scripting skills to adjust features created by developers.
  • Experience developing for PC and console platforms.
  • Experience in developing sandbox games.
  • Experience in developing big open world games.
  • Experience with mobile and WebGL games.
  • Experience with play to earn concepts.

Benefits

  • Permanently remote position.
  • An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects.
  • Be part of an international group with offices worldwide.
  • Career growth and development.
  • Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.
  • Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • An inclusive culture and open communication.

At Magic Media, our passion lies in gaming. Our vision is to create and deliver engaging and interesting games for our clients. We can deliver this high-quality work on any platform, whether it be on a console, PC, or mobile. We know that reputation and results go hand-in-hand. Therefore, we work hard to find experts and talented creators to deliver the best results.

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