Mission Designer

Absurd Ventures•Santa Monica, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Mission Designer to create highly memorable missions that combine best-in-class storytelling with action gameplay for an all-new open world IP built in Unreal Engine 5. As a Mission Designer, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and be a hands-on contributor and implementer of story missions including critical path and side missions alongside single-player campaign features.

Requirements

1-2+ years of experience building mission content, ideally within an open-world game.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Innovative thinker with creative problem-solving skills who can thrive in a collaborative team environment.
High-quality portfolio showcasing previous scripting, encounter or mission design work in games.
Strong understanding of storytelling and narrative design.

Nice To Haves

Experience building game-wide systems or features.
Experience with level design, blockout or world-building.
Experience in UE4 or UE5.
Experience working with co-development partners.
Experience working on an open world title.

Responsibilities

Own implementation of engaging, diverse, innovative missions within a story-driven, open-world game.
Work with the Lead Mission Designer to develop best practices and robust solutions for faster iteration across the team.
Challenge the status quo and demonstrate understanding of where open-world mission design can change and where it’s already working.
Build brand new, innovative game systems for missions that can help define core features across the rest of the game.
Leverage the game's existing open-world systems and mechanics to create dynamic and unpredictable mission experiences that adapt to player choices and actions.
Provide feedback to other mission designers to improve the quality of the design and storytelling.
Create documentation to support missions, mission tools, and game features developed for missions.
Ability to implement and design changes based on play testing data from both internal and external sources.