Senior Level Designer - nDreams Studio (Hybrid)
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Through best practices and collaboration with others, the Senior Level Designer will deliver exceptional levels for our games that support the Game Director’s vision. From early concept and white box all the way through to the final product, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and iterating environmental locations and mission scenarios in our upcoming AAA-quality VR games.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Communicating and working closely with Designers and Artists to create incredible environmental locations that feel compelling and are 1-1 with the gameplay vision.
- Implementing mission scenarios and interactive elements, iterating on them to the highest quality through peer feedback and user testing.
- Contributing to the creative process by owning the creation of levels from blockout to final, helping to drive the vision of the game forward.
- Participating in critiquing your work and the work of other designers; mentoring and inspiring a high standard for level design, pushing quality to the next level and exceeding expectation.
- Working closely with our Lead Level Designer to plan your work, manage your effort and deliver your work in time.
Requirements
- A passionate Level Designer with 5+ years’ experience who is creative, critical, analytical, and has a strong working knowledge of modular Level Design processes and best practices
- Someone with the technical expertise of using Unreal or other level editors and tools to design, implement and iterate on levels and prototypes, plus the initiative, personal drive and organisation skills to deliver excellent results on time.
- An effective written and verbal communicator, with strong documentation and attention to detail skills and the ability to convey abstract concepts succinctly and effectively.
- A true team player, able to work collaboratively as part of a multidiscipline team and with the aptitude to effectively critique their own and others work, respectfully.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum and shipping a AAA title are both advantageous.
Benefits
Who we are
We are nDreams, a world-leading game developer and publisher with nearly a decade of VR specialism. Combining a drive to push technological boundaries with proven gaming excellence, we are the team who set the standard for VR action games with Fracked, the award-winning Phantom: Covert Ops and our most recently released game Synapse.
With our team’s triple-A credentials and sensibilities, alongside bespoke VR technologies, we’ve got the skillset, processes and creative vision to deliver innovative, high-end games for all VR platforms and genres. If it’s VR gaming, you will find nDreams at the forefront of it.
Our projects continue to advance the present and define the future of VR. Want to be a part of it? Apply today to join a studio with a state-of-the art collaborative workflow and diverse talents assembled from world-leading games developers and publishers.
Why nDreams?
Our expanding company shares a passion for innovation, collaboration and leading the future of VR. We encourage an open and diverse culture and empower people to explore ideas and put their own stamp on their work. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.
We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials and parties. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more. Our newly refurbished nDreams studio space has some fantastic facilities and is built around collaborative work (and play!).