Senior Game Designer Wakefield, England
Job description
We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!
Rebellion North are looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer to work on Rebellion games as well as trusted industry partners on genre-defining AAA IPs. You will have the opportunity to join an ambitious team working on multiple projects using different engines including Unreal 5. Join us as we shoot for the stars!
You will be joining the talented Rebellion North studio based in our Wakefield Location. Rebellion North are a dynamic and growing team who relish challenges and punching above their weight. Our friendly & inclusive studio culture fosters an environment where all team members can reach their potential in the fastest possible time.
Our preference is for candidates to work together at our Wakefield site but hybrid candidates will also be considered.
The Opportunity
The successful candidate will be working on an exciting unannounced arcade sports game title. Our dynamic and quickly growing design team is looking for a highly motivated individual to learn and grow as part of our team.
Responsibilities:
- Create detailed game design documents and prototype specifications which can be used throughout the production process
- Develop and iterate the game design through close collaboration with Programmers, Artists, animation and other disciplines
- Implement gameplay features using game engines, visual scripting and other design tools.
- Run feature kickoff meetings and take part in project planning meetings
- Conduct gameplay evaluations with the team providing feedback and suggestions to help fine tune and improve the game, whilst balancing various areas such as controls, combat, metagame, etc.
- Track and update the progress of day-to-day tasks using the designated tracking tools
- Implement and incorporate feedback from the Producer and Leads into the work
- Work with and mentor more junior members of the team
Requirements
- Professional experience as a Games Designer having published at least one pc/console game through it’s life cycle
- Good knowledge of creating game design documents and prototype specifications
- Solid knowledge of games engines and visual scripting. Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 is of particular interest.
- Advanced knowledge of the video game development process, including working in a timely / time-bound manner, and prototyping/iterating appropriately within that restriction
- A good understanding of production pipelines
- Able to apply an awareness of the audience to the game
- Ability to problem solve and communicate efficiently
Benefits
We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:
- 26 days holiday + Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
- Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
- Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
- Enhanced Family Leave
- Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
- Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!
About Us
Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.
Find out more about us here.
Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.
We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.
If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers
