Senior Game Designer – 6 month fixed term contract

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

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Hyper Luminal Games

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51 - 200 employees

🎮 Gaming

🥽 AR/VR

Gaming • AR/VR

Hyper Luminal Games is a software development company focused on making games better through creativity, innovation, and collaborative processes. They specialize in computer games development, including console and mobile games, as well as educational simulations and augmented reality experiences. Founded out of Abertay University, the studio nurtures talent and emphasizes accountability and quality in its projects, aiming to create an enjoyable and creative work environment.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the design team to create fun, innovative games with rich features and systems • Communicate daily with external working partners • Track project health and future feature designs • Write clear and informative game design documents for new game features and systems • Work with the design team to realise a project’s creative vision • Implement content in-engine, including levels, to game design specifications • Research, analyse, and improve features and content based on trends and user preferences • Generate simple, elegant solutions that prioritise player experience • Review and supervise development to drive high-quality feature and content execution • Influence design choices on big-brand games and original IP • Deliver expert design across all areas of the games

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of game design experience • Experience working on multiple projects across all stages of game development, from concept to implementation, user testing, and beyond • Extensive knowledge of games industry working practices • Passion for gaming • Ability to drive high-quality feature and content execution through reviewing and supervising development • Ability to generate ideas and pitch designs • Ability to deliver outcomes through rapid prototyping and iterative development • Experience designing, prototyping, and developing levels in-engine • Extensive hands-on experience with Unity engine • Excellent communication skills • Ability to work to deadlines within a team environment • Excellent documentation skills, including mock-ups, flow charts, prototyping, or similar • Familiarity with project planning suites such as JIRA • Strong communication skills and ability to manage stakeholder and partner relationships • Excellent teamwork skills; receptive to feedback • Ability to guide and mentor junior team members • Proactive problem-solving and troubleshooting skills • Ability to generate innovative concepts, ideas, and gameplay mechanics • Organisation and project management skills • Familiarity with Agile development • Extensive knowledge of game systems and content across various genres and platforms • Must be based in the UK • Must have pre-existing Right to Work in the UK; visa sponsorship is unavailable

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salaries • Generous pension scheme • Life insurance • 28 days of holiday, increasing yearly to a maximum of 33 days after 5 years • Development opportunities for all staff • Individual reward systems encompassing remuneration, responsibility, recognition, and individual learning • After-work activities including games nights, dinners, and team-based events • Option for fully remote work or working in the Dundee studio