Studio: Epic Games
Job Opening: Senior Gameplay Designer
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Craft and drive the design vision, documentation, and implementation for multiple island experiences in collaboration with Gameplay Designers, Product Managers, and Design Leadership
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to drive development forward, being a vision holder for overall publishing efforts
- Liaise with external partners to identify the creative direction for their presence in the ecosystem, ensuring that they are kept informed and involved with design decisions
- Actively participate in big-picture decisions and work with other designers to focus on the right elements to achieve inspiring results
- Drive collaborative and iterative prototyping, both paper-based and in-game
- Attend playtests, provide feedback, and identify practical solutions to problems
Qualifications & Skills:
- 5+ years of experience shipping multiple titles as a Game Designer
- Passion for and experience designing online games with a wide breadth of game knowledge across genres
- Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of goal setting on play
- Understanding of and enthusiasm for global popular culture and ability to empathize with fans of any fandom
- Understanding of the full game development process from ideation, pre-production, and production through to shipping the final product
- Broad knowledge spanning multiple areas of Game Design, able to confidently engage on a variety of complex topics across design
- Technical prototyping ability in-engine, preferably Unreal or UEFN. Level design skills a plus
- Familiarity and interest in Fortnite and the evolving creator and UGC space within UEFN
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to fully own the outcome of a cross-discipline team
