Senior Mission Designer II - StarCraft (Hybrid, Irvine)

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Missions Designer to craft memorable locations and story-driven mission experiences for STARCRAFT.

You will own mission concepts from concept to ship, shaping dialogue, layout, and combat encounters in a fast-paced, iterative environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and leverage Unreal Engine with Blueprint scripting to deliver AAA-quality missions for PC and console.

Qualifications

• 12+ years creating missions/quests and the frameworks they’re built from.
• Experience with technical design, scripting, and level design.
• Proven experience shipping AAA titles.

Responsibilities

• Design and build captivating layouts and locations that align with the game’s narrative and gameplay goals.
• Integrate gameplay mechanics, challenges, combat, and puzzles into mission designs to enhance player engagement.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, code, audio, VFX, and animation teams to deliver a holistic player experience.
• Deliver high-quality results and progress toward short- to long-term deliverables from prototyping to release.
• Prototype and create engaging missions in-engine to AAA standards.

Skills

Mission design

Technical design

Scripting

Level design

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Missions Designer to craft memorable locations and story-driven mission experiences for STARCRAFT.

You will own mission concepts from concept to ship, shaping dialogue, layout, and combat encounters in a fast-paced, iterative environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and leverage Unreal Engine with Blueprint scripting to deliver AAA-quality missions for PC and console.