Systems Designer — Player-First FPS Expert

Activision; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Raven Software, a studio in Middleton, WI, seeks a Systems Designer to invent, pitch, implement, and tune player-first experiences for global audiences. The role requires collaborating across creative and engineering teams, maintaining design docs, and balancing systems using scripting tools.

Based onsite in Middleton with four days per week in the office, the position emphasizes agility, ownership, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Broad understanding of game systems ranging from moment-to-moment game feel to outer loop progression.
• Expertise writing high and low-level documentation (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Miro, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Creative Directors, Designers, Engineers, Artists, Producers, and Animators to deliver world-class game systems.
• Create and maintain design documents and systems specifications for games with an eye toward systems design and then provide verbal and written assessments of the same.
• Champion and advocate for the player experience.
• Use scripting tools to create, iterate, and balance game mechanics and systems.
• Play builds of games in-progress and provide concise and prioritized feedback to both internal teams and external partners.

Skills

Broad game systems understanding

Technical scripting experience

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

Raven Software, a studio in Middleton, WI, seeks a Systems Designer to invent, pitch, implement, and tune player-first experiences for global audiences. The role requires collaborating across creative and engineering teams, maintaining design docs, and balancing systems using scripting tools.

Based onsite in Middleton with four days per week in the office, the position emphasizes agility, ownership, and excellent communication.