Level Designer - High Moon Studios (Temporary)

Activision Blizzard, Inc. • Carlsbad, NM

2d • $30 - $56 • Onsite

About The Position

High Moon Studios is seeking an imaginative, skillful, and versatile Level Designer to join their Campaign Design Team. The role involves creating thoughtful, player-first content that supports highly tuned gameplay experiences. The ideal candidate will be a reliable contributor who designs efficiently through iterative implementation, creating engaging spaces and gameplay that result in top-notch, triple-A levels. This position requires working from established goals and direction with a degree of independence, adapting feedback into actionable improvements, and collaborating with various internal and external partners. The role also emphasizes maintaining clear documentation and thriving with challenges in game development, acting as an engaged and supportive teammate. This is a temporary position, estimated to be 12 months, based in Carlsbad, CA, with an onsite work schedule of four days per week. Work arrangements may change at the company's discretion.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional Level Design experience
• Shipped at least two games in Level or Game Design roles
• Solid understanding of gameplay design with ability to clearly discuss its vision, structure, implementation, and expected results
• Professional experience with programming/scripting languages (C#, Python, or Lua, for example)
• Ability to write high and low-level documentation (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Visio, etc.)
• Ability to lead by example echoed through a professional and team-focused personality
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills
• Passion for Call of Duty, with understanding of the franchise’s progression and reward systems
• Passion for gaming with a broad range of game experience

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working on First Person Action gameplay
• Prior experience developing game Mods
• Experience with visual software (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• An understanding of the Call of Duty franchise, across its Premium releases and Warzone
• Familiarity with a wide variety of gameplay approaches while deeply immersed in Single Player, experience-driven games

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Department Leads, other Designers, Animators, Artists, Engineers, and Producers to deliver world-class game experiences in immersive, engaging levels
• Be a proactive self-starter that can independently execute high-level direction
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of design processes spanning all facets of the game
• Create, review, and maintain design documents and systems specifications with an eye toward player-experience design and then provide verbal and written assessments of the same
• Clearly and effectively pitch designs and features using multimedia tools
• Identify and diagnose problems with game content, proposing and implementing solutions in a highly collaborative environment
• Use scripting tools to create, iterate, and polish the game’s content, from spatial geometry and combat encounters to game mechanics and systems
• Play in-progress builds and provide concise, prioritized feedback to both internal teams and external partners
• Assess best practices and advocate towards streamlining tools and processes
• Work closely with our user-testing teams during play-balancing to provide expert feedback

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed