Senior Mission Designer

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🕒 April 30

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $120k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Turtle Rock Studios

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2002

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

📱 Media

Gaming • B2C • Media

Turtle Rock Studios is a video game development company that creates award-winning games driven by the passion of its talented team. The studio focuses on crafting innovative and immersive gaming experiences that excite both developers and players alike. With a commitment to fostering a collaborative and fun work culture, Turtle Rock Studios continues to make a significant impact in the gaming industry through its popular titles such as Back 4 Blood, Evolve, and Left 4 Dead.

📋 Description

• Craft missions that provide balanced gameplay with the player in mind, to ensure fun, engaging, and replayable gameplay experiences • Handle creative and technical implementation of missions with a focus on reusable modular gameplay mechanics for efficiency across different types of mission content • Collaborate closely with narrative, level design, AI, gameplay, and systems teams to deliver cohesive, immersive, and engaging scenarios, events, and missions • Work with the production team to drive mission content through development phases from initial documentation to final deliverable • Translate high-level narrative and gameplay goals into playable and repeatable mission content that reinforces the core pillars of the game • Prototype complex mission logic, emergent gameplay systems, and scripted sequences using Blueprints and data-driven tools • Use data and playtest feedback to iterate and balance missions for pacing, difficulty, and engagement • Champion mission design best practices and mentor junior designers, fostering a collaborative and solution-focused environment • Contribute to technical documentation, workflows, and tool improvements alongside engineering and design leadership • Maintain consistent quality and tone across missions and ensure alignment with the overall vision • Playtest with both the studio and the design team to review and develop missions

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in game design with one or more shipped AAA titles on multiple platforms in a mission or level design role • Demonstrated high proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, Blueprints, other mission-related tools, and the ability to learn and adapt quickly to in-house additions and modifications to the platform • A strong portfolio that demonstrates mission design, experience in creating interesting and creative gameplay events with player choice • Strong technical skills, including scripting logic, debugging, and performance optimization • Experience collaborating closely with engineering to help design, build, and iterate on mission scripting tools and systems • Familiarity with creating content that supports ongoing updates and player engagement • Ability to take high-level creative direction and independently drive mission development from concept to completion • Creativity and strong sense of pacing • Experience balancing combat and puzzle within missions • Excellent communication skills with the ability to express ideas, direction, concerns and questions in a clear, concise and professional manner • Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family • 401k Matching • Student Loan Repayment Plan / College Savings Plan • Career Improvement Plan • Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote • Generous Time Off Policy • Company Events - In-Person + Virtual Events • Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks