Designer, Missions

Warner Bros. Discovery; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery's WB Games Avalanche is seeking an experienced Mission Designer to own missions end-to-end, blending storytelling with play. You will craft quest flows, pacing, and player challenges that fit our open-world environment and connect to the game's broader world.

Collaborate across narrative, level design, systems and QA to deliver polished content at high quality. You will champion vision, organize milestones, and communicate progress with production teams to ship compelling

Qualifications

• Experience owning content from concept to ship.
• Ability to design mission flows, pacing, and rewards.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and own mission content from concept through final polish and release.
• Create clear mission goals, player objectives, progression, and rewards that support the broader game experience.
• Develop compelling quest flows, mission structures, gameplay sequences, and narrative beats.
• Craft varied and engaging player experiences through pacing, encounter design, exploration, combat, and choice.
• Design missions that fit cohesively within the larger game world, story, and player progression.
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing game systems in creative ways while helping define needs for new mechanics when necessary.
• Contribute to early mission vision work, including tone, atmosphere, setting, and overall player experience.

Skills

Mission design

Narrative integration

Collaboration

Production planning

Documentation skills

Playtesting

Tools

Quest scripting tools

Job description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

The Job

WB Games Avalanche is looking for a Mission Designer to help create compelling, high-quality mission content. In this role, you will own missions from concept through ship, crafting memorable player experiences that blend gameplay, narrative, pacing, and world-building into cohesive and engaging content.

We’re looking for a designer who is equal parts creative, collaborative, organized, and adaptable—someone who can champion a mission’s vision while working closely with cross-disciplinary partners to deliver polished content at the highest quality bar. Join the team behind the blockbuster open world, action RPG Hogwarts Legacy as we create what’s next!

What part will you play?

As a Mission Designer, you will be responsible for driving your missions from early concept to final implementation, ensuring they deliver a best-in-class player experience across narrative, gameplay, and production.

Mission Ownership & Design

• Design and own mission content from concept through final polish and release.
• Create clear mission goals, player objectives, progression, and rewards that support the broader game experience.
• Develop compelling quest flows, mission structures, gameplay sequences, and narrative beats.
• Craft varied and engaging player experiences through pacing, encounter design, exploration, combat, and choice.
• Design missions that fit cohesively within the larger game world, story, and player progression.
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing game systems in creative ways while helping define needs for new mechanics when necessary.
• Contribute to early mission vision work, including tone, atmosphere, setting, and overall player experience.

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

• Partner closely with narrative, level design, world teams, systems design, implementation, QA, production, and other stakeholders to bring missions to life.
• Work with story teams to build compelling narrative arcs and ensure mission content aligns with the broader storytelling goals of the game.
• Collaborate with world-building teams to help define mission spaces, environmental storytelling opportunities, and gameplay needs.
• Coordinate with systems and other partner teams on mission rewards, mechanics, and player-facing incentives.
• Proactively identify the right stakeholders for each mission and bring them together as needed to solve problems, align on goals, and move content forward.

Production & Communication

• Shepherd mission content through development, maintaining momentum, clarity, and quality through each milestone.
• Help coordinate reviews, brainstorms, playtests, and cross-team discussions in partnership with production.
• Maintain clear, current, and actionable documentation, including mission flows, design documentation, and milestone updates.
• Prepare mission capture/video at milestone checkpoints to communicate current state and player experience to the broader team.
• Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and scope needs clearly and proactively.

Iteration, Quality & Polish

• Conduct regular playtesting of your missions to evaluate pacing, usability, clarity, balance, and overall fun.
• Gather and incorporate feedback from peers, stakeholders, and play testers to improve mission quality.
• Partner with implementers, narrative partners, production, and QA to identify and resolve bugs and content issues.
• Take ownership of the quality of your missions by personally testing, validating, and refining content throughout development.
• Make thoughtful scope decisions when needed, understanding what is essential to the mission experience and what can be adapted to meet production realities.

What do we need from you?

Key Qualities

• Strong collaboration and teamwork
• Solid project management and organizational skills
• Adaptability and openness to feedback
• Curiosity and a desire to learn from other games as well as the game we’re building

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of mission structure, objective design, pacing, progression, and player motivation
• Experience owning content from concept to ship, including iteration and polish
• Ability to work effectively across multiple disciplines and advocate for both player experience and production realities
• Strong documentation skills and the ability to clearly communicate design intent
• Experience playtesting and iterating on gameplay content based on feedback and data
• Strong understanding of how narrative, level design, gameplay systems, and world-building intersect in mission content
• Ability to self-direct, prioritize, and follow through on multiple moving parts in a production environment

Nice to Have

• Experience working on AAA action-adventure or open-world RPG titles
• Familiarity with branching mission design and player-choice-driven content
• Experience working with quest implementation pipelines and scripting tools
• Understanding of QA workflows, bug tracking, and milestone development processes
• Passion for open-world storytelling and systemic gameplay

Why Join Us

At WB Games Avalanche, you’ll help shape memorable mission experiences, working with a talented team dedicated to building rich worlds, compelling stories, and exceptional gameplay. If you’re excited about owning mission content end-to-end and collaborating across disciplines to bring ambitious ideas to life, we’d love to hear from you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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