Senior Systems & Content Designer, WoW Classic — Live Ops

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 152,000; 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 seeks a Senior Systems & Content Designer (Contract) to craft and maintain gameplay systems, rewards, and live content across World of Warcraft Classic. You will implement features from concept to polish and support ongoing Classic initiatives.

The role is hybrid, with on-site and work-from-home elements; home studio is in Irvine, CA. 5+ years of design experience and strong collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game design experience or equivalent.
• Experience designing and implementing gameplay systems, content, or features.
• Experience working with game development tools and data-driven workflows.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and create items, spells, rewards, progression systems, and player-facing experiences.
• Support live game updates, events, and new content releases.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, artists, QA, and production.
• Work with game data, content tools, and implementation pipelines to bring ideas to life.
• Playtest, iterate, and improve experiences through feedback.

Skills

Item design

Spell design

Rewards design

Progression systems

Live content updates

Collaboration

Data management

Playtesting

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in Irvine, CA seeks a Senior Systems & Content Designer (Contract) to craft and maintain gameplay systems, rewards, and live content across World of Warcraft Classic. You will implement features from concept to polish and support ongoing Classic initiatives.

The role is hybrid, with on-site and work-from-home elements; home studio is in Irvine, CA. 5+ years of design experience and strong collaboration skills are essential.