Red Storm is hiring a Level Designer
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Level Designer
The Level Designer collaborates with design, engineering, and art teams to create levels that fulfill the creative vision and desired gaming experiences. He/she also offers suggestions to optimize the use of the engine/tools to support development goals. He/she is responsible for game content creation that meets design requirements, validates gameplay mechanics and delivers on the desired player experience.
Responsibilities:
The Level Designer collaborates with design, engineering, and art teams to create levels that fulfill the creative vision and desired gaming experiences. He/she also offers suggestions to optimize the use of the engine/tools to support development goals. He/she is responsible for game content creation that meets design requirements, validates gameplay mechanics and delivers on the desired player experience.
Responsibilities:
- Build and own vision for 3D experiences in game level creation tools
- Work with design leadership, and team to deliver desired results from conception through to final stages of polish
- Maintain communication with co-dev partners on level design guidelines and design vision
- Improve productivity working with Level Designers and Level Artists to identify and resolve technical issues, suggest solutions the find a balance between art and gameplay
- Utilize rapid prototyping to test feasibility of features/ideas/workflows
- Become an expert on the entire LD pipeline, scripting and all technical requirements, be able to solve issues that come up with workarounds and/or report to leads on blockers
- Work with engineering if necessary to develop new technologies, suggest solutions for issues/bugs/needed features to optimize pipelines for maximum quality and efficiency
- Report bugs, track/resolve issues, and prioritize needs.
- Minimum of 5 years game development experience and at least 2 AAA shipped console titles
- Xbox or PS3 optimization and debugging experience
- Ability to quickly learn content pipeline and toolset and become a subject matter expert.
- Experience with various engines, design production tools and level editing pipelines
- Multiplayer game design sensibilities
- Design pipeline/asset optimization skills
- Ability to adapt to changing workflows and tools
- Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and the ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and organize work to meet objectives
- Passion and enthusiasm for video games
- Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred
- Experience working with more than one game engine
- Demonstrated skills in the basic fundamentals of programming/scripting
- Ability to identify and solve technical issues for tool development in game production
- Demonstrated skills using 3d scripting languages such as Lua, UnrealScript, Maxscript, or Python.
- Hands on experience with C++ and/or C#
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