Lead Designer, Activity

Warner Bros. Discovery•Remote Utah, UT

12d

About The Position

The Lead Activity Designer will spearhead the design and implementation of compelling activities to entertain and challenge the players. You will collaborate closely with the Game Director and Design Director to create a player-driven open world that feels fresh and relevant for many years to come, leveraging both systemic and scripted content.

Requirements

10+ years’ design experience
5+ years in a leadership role
3+ years' experience as a people-manager in the design discipline
Shipped 1+ live-service multiplayer title(s) in a design leadership role
Shipped 1+ action title(s) in a design leadership role
Designed and implemented 1+ “endgame” activities for a live-service title
Passion for online RPGs

Nice To Haves

UE5 expertise
C++ and/or scripting experience
Knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies
Any analytical framework that you can leverage in the design space (from economics to hermeneutics, anything that helps you think about design in a useful way)

Responsibilities

Understand the game’s intended position in the market and design towards those goals
Articulate a compelling vision for gameplay activities, socialize that vision, and get buy-in from stakeholders
Maintain useful and accurate documentation of designs
Work in tandem with the Lead World Designer to integrate game activities seamlessly into the level design
Take feedback and direction from the Design Director
Collaborate with other design leads to achieve a cohesive experience
Balance the needs of design with those of art, engineering, and production
As the project scales, build and lead a world-class team of activity designers
Mentor and manage the career growth of more junior activity designers
Design and Implementation of Activities: Repeatable, open-world activities that scale from few to many players
Scripted, narrative-driven activities
Pinnacle activities that challenge coordinated groups of dedicated players
Limited-time activities for calendar-based events
Conduct regular playtests of game activities, translate playtest feedback into appropriate actions for the current phase of development
Maintain game activities in the live service, fixing bugs, and tuning when necessary