From wiki Level designer A level designer is a game designer who creates environments and scenarios using a level editor and other tools.[18][4] Level designer will usually work on a level from pre-production to completion; working with both incomplete and complete versions of the game. Game programmers usually produce…
At Terminal, we have the Level Design Team. These guys are mainly scripters. They all meet and come up with ideas and concepts for fun levels and gameplay. They then block it out and test it. If it's fun, then the environment team begins to fill in the level they blocked out.
Okay, thanks alot for the fast reply and great info. Ideally I'd like a job that involves the actual placement of objects. I get super excited whenever I came across a video or picture of someone in-house using a tablet to paint in the textures, spawning in flowers, rotating fences, building up hills. What comes to mind…
It really depends on the company. You're not going to find a lot of "game designers" on a racing game. It's a simulator, you don't design things outside of maybe courses, controls, and interface. A racing game like need for speed that has you race against cops and has more imaginative gameplay would require more game…