Senior Level Designer - Gears of War - The Coalition (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

The Coalition is a flagship first-party studio within XBOX Game Studios and the home to one of gaming’s most critically and commercially acclaimed series, Gears of War. We are a group of diverse and talented individuals working for a common purpose to push the limits of XBOX's entertainment platform and devices. As a studio, we lead from our values and work together to promote respect and inclusion, a growth mindset and grit, all while putting our team first. If you have the fire to work with our driven team, then come work with us.

The Coalition is seeking an inspiring, highly motivated Senior Level Designer for a 12-month fixed term contract. The candidate will have a proven track record of delivering highly engaging, high-quality levels in action games. In this position you will work with the Lead Level Designer to design and implement multiple levels from conception to the final stages of polish. You will partner with other members of the Level Design team, the Level Art Team, programmers, and other design disciplines to help make the design vision set out by design direction a reality. 

• Ideate and steward the design of multiple levels from conception to the final stages of polish.
• Use Unreal as well as proprietary tools to create and debug levels.
• Own the design and quality of your levels.
• Regularly collaborate with other level designers, technical designers, and artists.
• Become a contact point for other departments (Cinematics, VFX, Sound, Programmers, etc.)
• Use the Unreal tools to implement memorable challenges, combat, objectives, and scripted events.
• Participate in critique sessions to provide input to personal and peers’ work.
• Regularly present your work to your leads and adjust quickly to Feedback.
• Create and maintain design documentation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Art, Writing, Behavioral Science, Data Science, Game Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience in game development and design, systems design, content production, or related field
• OR Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Art, Writing, Behavioral Science, Game Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience in game development and design, systems design, content production, or related field
• OR equivalent experience. 
• Have shipped at least 1 title released to consumers/shipped game.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience in level design for games.
• Experience with the level design fundamentals, constraints, and narrative.
• Knowledge and experience using gameplay systems in levels.
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-discipline development environment

The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is $124,000-186,000 CAD per year.

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Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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