Senior Level Designer - Sanzaru Game Studio

Gamecompanies; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is looking for an experienced Level Designer to create immersive gameplay experiences. The role involves collaborating closely with teams to design levels, establish workflows, and mentor junior designers. Ideal candidates will have a strong portfolio and extensive experience in game development with a passion for VR gaming.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of game industry experience as a Level Designer.
• Portfolio showcasing Level Design work.
• Experience managing and mentoring designers.

Responsibilities

• Create exciting gameplay experiences from concept to final.
• Identify workflow issues and establish design pipelines.
• Collaborate with artists to create cohesive game levels.

Skills

Game Design

Level Design

Portfolio Development

Mentoring

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

Sanzaru Games is looking for an experienced Level Designer. The Level Designers are responsible for ownership over creating exciting and evocative gameplay experiences from concept, block out to final. Level designers will help assist in daily level workload as well mentor and assist direct level design direction. As a level designer, you are responsible for identifying and assisting building out clear workflow and pipelines for the level design team. Level designers work closely with all disciplines to help ensure game levels have fun scenarios, are well-composed and are well integrated into the game’s overarching narrative. Sanzaru is looking for designers with the experience and talent for creating engaging worlds. We are big gamers at the studio and want to hire game developers with the same passion and fun pushing the boundaries of VR gaming.

Identify workflow issues for clean fast team iteration

Help establish level design pipelines and help the team adhere to best practices

Work closely with leadership to ensure levels hit important narrative and game mechanics beats

Level scripting using script-based languages like Unreal 5 blueprint

Design and establish a detailed level plan from paper to 3D block out and final art implementation

Collaborate with Environment Artists to create a level’s feel and overall composition

Work with the level, team to manage assets and data associated with each level

Develop a thorough understanding of hardware limitations and how to design around them

Work with systems designers and engineers on global game systems needed to support levels

Gather and act on game test feedback with the aim of creating the best experience for all players

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of game industry experience working as a Level Designer or Lead

Portfolio showcasing your Level Design work

Experience managing and mentoring designers

Experience identifying design issues for level design and flow

Experience multi-tasking and adapting easily to change

Experience in shifting focus as needed

Experience working in an environment with cross-functional feedback

Working knowledge of Unreal 5

Preferred Qualifications

Narrative and storytelling experience

Working knowledge of Unreal

Experience working in VR environment

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$137,000/year to $193,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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