Game Designer III - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

33d

About The Position

As a Game Designer, you will design and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and creativity help craft in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and work with every tool at hand to create innovative, player-focused designs that'll delight millions around the world. Working on an early stage product, you will help decipher one of Riot's next big bets. As a Senior Game Designer on an unpublished R&D product, you excel in designing exceptional experiences for a varied audience. You partner with other designers, artists, and engineers to create and iterate on a variety of memorable content types for players. All of these features contribute to a game which is high in novelty and filled with unique challenges to overcome. You will report to a Design Manager on the team. For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Requirements

5+ years of experience in professional Game Design
Portfolio of design examples from previously shipped titles
Experience standing up compelling experiences in a holistic way that integrates a creative vision
Ability to work within resource and design direction constraints to deliver a great, high-quality experience to players
Deep understanding of games of a wide variety of genres

Nice To Haves

Experience working on a live game
Experience working in Unreal Engine, particularly Blueprint scripting
Experience building gameplay puzzles for players to solve
Experience driving a creative vision for a gameplay experience from start to finish

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively to design, prototype and deliver compelling player experiences from the beginning to the end of an activity
Drive solutions for unique creative problems around a variety of game settings
Push for novel gameplay that delivers unique and interesting player experiences
Actively participate in playtests and feedback sessions, using data and insights to iterate on designs
Communicate clearly and effectively with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure alignment and shared vision

Benefits

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.
We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match.
Check out our benefits pages for more information.

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