Remote Senior Gameplay Designer - Characters & Combat

Escape Velocity Entertainment; España; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

Private Mental Health scheme

Health & Wellbeing allowance

Discretionary Studio Bonus

Top range tech for your home setup

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a Character Designer to craft compelling characters central to gameplay. You will shape characters from concept through release, collaborating with animators, programmers, and other teams to prototype and implement combat features.

The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of experience, a passion for third-person combat mechanics, and a track record of delivering thematically strong characters in video games.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Character Designer on multiple titles for at least 2 years, with a proven history of taking characters from ideation to shipped.
• Passion for third-person combat mechanics and have played a wide variety of titles.
• Proven track record of bringing uniquely thematic characters to life in video games.
• Understanding of creating strengths, weaknesses and counterplay within the character experience.
• Enjoys working with hands-on prototypes.
• Experience with UE5 blueprints to design abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Find opportunities to bring exciting new gameplay hooks to characters within the game.
• Develop and oversee the player's combat mechanics, weapons, and abilities.
• Work closely with animators, gameplay programmers, and other teams to prototype and implement combat features.
• Take character designs through a full development cycle from concept to release.
• Use metrics, player feedback, and a multitude of diverse analytics to improve and refine the design.

Skills

Character design

Gameplay integration

Communication skills

Hands-on prototyping

Tools

UE5 Blueprints

Job description

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a Character Designer to craft compelling characters central to gameplay. You will shape characters from concept through release, collaborating with animators, programmers, and other teams to prototype and implement combat features.

The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of experience, a passion for third-person combat mechanics, and a track record of delivering thematically strong characters in video games.