Senior Level Designer – 4-Month Contract

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 CA$115k - CA$149.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Blackbird Interactive

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201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

Gaming • B2C

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio based in Vancouver, known for developing video games such as Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and the upcoming Homeworld 3, Minecraft Legends, and Crossfire: Legion. Founded in 2010 by Rob Cunningham, Yossarian King, and Aaron Kambeitz, BBI boasts an internal CG cinematics department led by the founder of Pixar Canada and has collaborated on various game-adjacent projects. BBI was recognized as one of the fastest growing Canadian companies by revenue in 2020 and 2021 by The Globe and Mail and Deloitte.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with combat, systems, narrative, art, engineering, audio, and production to create levels that support the established creative vision and core gameplay pillars • Own levels end-to-end, including layouts, blockouts, combat spaces, encounters, traversal, exploration, pacing, and player flow • Design engaging combat spaces that support varied enemies, character builds, abilities, positioning, and different approaches to combat • Create rewarding exploration through optional paths, secrets, environmental storytelling, and meaningful rewards while maintaining clear navigation and progression • Script and implement gameplay events, encounters, objectives, triggers, and environmental interactions directly in engine • Test, debug, and iterate on levels using playtest feedback to improve combat flow, difficulty, pacing, readability, and replayability

🎯 Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of game development experience, with significant experience designing and implementing levels for action, RPG, or combat focused games • Experience shipping multiple titles, including at least one in a senior or equivalent level design role • Proven ability to independently own complex levels from initial concept and blockout through implementation, iteration, and final polish • Strong understanding of action RPG level design, including combat spaces, encounter pacing, exploration, progression, player guidance, and replayability • Strong hands-on experience with level editing, gameplay scripting, and in-engine implementation, with the ability to prototype, debug, and iterate quickly • Strong design judgment, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to balance gameplay quality, creative goals, technical constraints, and production realities

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first workplace • Flexible work arrangements