Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
For over 20 years Monolith has been obsessed with delivering unique gaming experiences for our fans. Combining innovative gameplay, cutting edge technology and AI, inventive narratives and stunning visuals to create award winning and best-selling games. Starting with our first game, Blood through to our most recent title, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor which has been awarded with numerous Game of the Year Awards, including Gamespot, Joystiq and IGN as well as Best Action/Adventure Game at the 2014 Game Awards.
We are dedicated to ensuring that our next game is our best yet, and to achieve that we need the best and brightest talent the industry has to offer.
Monolith Productions seeks an Associate Designer - Missions to be responsible for significant contributions to
game design, with particular focus on the design, implementation, and scripting
of Missions and Gameplay experiences. You
will work with the Design leadership to create compelling paper designs that
fit within the required narrative structure.
You will then implement these designs through the use of proprietary and
3rd party tools. Associate Designers are
responsible for collaborating with the rest of the design team, artists, and
engineers to ensure their levels are fun, interesting, and performant. The Associate
Designer also works with the QA and Playtest groups throughout
development to address critical feedback and make sure their levels play and
perform as intended.
This is a temporary position lasting 9 months.
Job Responsibilities:
. Work with World Design team to concept and
implement compelling Missions and Gameplay experiences using proprietary WB
tools and industry standard software.
. Help create and maintain living design documentation
that keeps pace with the project's progress and accurately conveys all
necessary information to Design, Art, and Programming.
. Work closely with QA and Consumer playtest groups to
identify and resolve level design / gameplay issues.
. Deconstruct competitive product and summarize to
design group.
JOB QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:
Work Experience
· Previous game design experience required.
Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or
Certification
· Associate degree or equivalent job experience preferred.
Knowledge/Skills
· Familiarity with a variety of editors and
scripting languages required.
· Comprehensive knowledge of game design
principles, the computer gaming industry and its products.
· Excellent communication skills and ability to
work collaboratively with programmers, artists, and other designers.
· Professional experience working with level
design on a large-scale project.
· Effectively work under the pressure of
competing demands and short time lines.
Other Requirements
· Willing to commit to the team in terms of time &
effort given.
The Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran's status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.