Associate Encounter Designer — World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment in; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Mental health & wellbeing programs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an Associate Game Designer for World of Warcraft to design and implement engaging creature encounters for raid, dungeon, delve, and outdoor content. You will translate ideas into formal pitches and iterate with a modern game editor, contributing to compelling stories through gameplay mechanics.

This hybrid role requires on-site work in Irvine, CA, with some remote work. A passion for WoW content and collaboration across disciplines will help you thrive in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Two years' experience working in a design role for live games or in an equivalent performance-driven professional setting.
• Significant experience playing World of Warcraft dungeon and raid content.
• Experience building games or mods in modern game engines e.g. Unreal, Unity, Godot, etc.

Responsibilities

• Populate the world of Azeroth with creatures and bring them to life through combat behaviors.
• Translate loose content ideas into formalized design pitches to be shared with design peers and collaborators across multiple disciplines.
• Iterate effectively while working on both short and long-term design projects using a modern game editor.
• Interpret and incorporate feedback on your content from a variety of sources, including players, peers, quantitative reports, and design leadership.
• Empathize with a broad spectrum of player types to build encounters that provide an appropriate amount of challenge for different audiences.
• Maintain a strong understanding of modern World of Warcraft combat and encounter design.
• Meet target dates and work proactively with production to prioritize and balance your workload.
• Communicate proactively across the development team to collaborate with peers in many other sub-disciplines

Skills

Game editor

Scripting languages

Communication

Understanding of combat design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Unreal

Unity

Godot

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an Associate Game Designer for World of Warcraft to design and implement engaging creature encounters for raid, dungeon, delve, and outdoor content. You will translate ideas into formal pitches and iterate with a modern game editor, contributing to compelling stories through gameplay mechanics.

This hybrid role requires on-site work in Irvine, CA, with some remote work. A passion for WoW content and collaboration across disciplines will help you thrive in a