Senior Designer, Gameplay

WB Games / Avalanche; Salt Lake City (UT); In loco; USD 85.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

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WB Games / Avalanche is seeking a Senior Gameplay Mechanics Designer in Salt Lake City, UT to work on engaging gameplay mechanics for future releases. You will collaborate with design leadership and various teams to implement innovative features and refine player interactions. A minimum of 5 years in the game industry and experience with Unreal Engine 5 are essential for this position.

This hybrid role offers relocation assistance for qualified candidates.

Competenze

• Minimum of 5 years experience in game industry.
• Strong systems design experience.
• Demonstrated ability to define feature direction.

Mansioni

• Design and implement gameplay mechanics.
• Collaborate with design leadership.
• Translate creative direction into design documentation.

Conoscenze

Gameplay and systems design

Collaboration skills

Strong written communication

Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5

Experience in action RPGs

Strumenti

Maya

Unreal Engine 5

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WB Games Avalanche – Senior Designer, Gameplay Mechanics

Position is hybrid with weekly onsite days at Avalanche Studio in Salt Lake City, UT. Relocation assistance provided for qualified candidates out of the area.

Join the team behind 2023’s smash hit Hogwarts Legacy! Avalanche Software, a division of WB Games Inc., is seeking a Senior Gameplay Mechanics Designer with a passion for finely tuned gameplay control and feel, vast knowledge of 3C’s design and implementation, inspiring player abilities, and highly responsive moment-to-moment gameplay feel. This position involves direct collaboration with design leadership, the mechanics design team, producers, and other peers across every discipline to help define the goals and experiences for future releases.

The Daily

• Design, prototype, and implement gameplay mechanics with focus on 3Cs, player abilities, and interactions.
• Partner with design leadership to help define pillars, player experience goals, and feature plans that support the broader vision for the game and build on established gameplay mechanics systems.
• Translate high-level creative direction, team feedback, and cross-discipline conversations into clear design documentation, specs, and implementation plans.
• Work closely with discipline leads and stakeholders across the studio to gather input, vet proposals, and align gameplay systems with the broader needs of the project.
• Work closely with production to prioritize features and keep milestones on track.
• Help improve tools, pipelines, and documentation for implementation and iteration, and share those processes with the team.
• Collaborate with engineers, animators, artists, VFX, audio, UI, and other designers to solve gameplay‑related technical and design problems.
• Partner with the broader team to tune and refine systems based on leadership & peer feedback, playtest results, and data analysis.
• Contribute to progression, reward, and other connected gameplay systems that complement the moment‑to‑moment gameplay experience.

The Essentials

• Minimum of 5 years progressively complex game industry experience.
• Strong gameplay and systems design experience, with the ability to own features from concept through polish.
• Demonstrated ability to define feature direction and turn broad creative goals into clear design plans and documentation.
• Experience designing and implementing third‑person player mechanics in 3D games; action RPG experience preferred.
• Contributed to shipped titles and participated in a full development cycle from concept through release.
• Experience with Maya, Unreal Engine 5, including Blueprint and other gameplay implementation tools, to create and iterate on gameplay features.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and provide clear guidance to designers, engineers, and artists.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize feedback from multiple stakeholders into coherent design proposals and implementation specs.

Good to Have

• Experience with broader gameplay and progression systems is a plus.

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