Senior Technical Designer
- royal leamington spa, england, United Kingdom
- Permanent·Remote
- Full time
- £45 - £65 Per Hour
Job Description
Senior Technical Designer– Computer Games / Video Games - Warwickshire
Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Technical Designer to join and progress with an Award Winning and fast-growing Gaming Developer.
Seeking a Senior Technical Designer to create games and other content withinour clients voxel-based game creation platform,that will inspire player engagement.
LOCATION: Warwickshire - REMOTE WORK ALSO CONSIDERED
Based in Leamington Spa, known as one of the UK’s biggest Gaming hub locations.
Not only is this location the hot spot for a career in gaming, it is also a nice place to live.
What makes it GREAT?
- Company has very low staff turnover, Excellent sign that they look after their staff.
- Recent Award for “Best Places to Work 2019 & 2020”
- Unique projects, shaping the future of gaming.
- A highly successful and profitable business, a stable employer where you can progress your career for the long term.
- Fantastic company culture, big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name, excellent option if you are fed up with being treated like just another number.
- Top company benefits and great working environment.
- Flexible working hours.
- Ethical business with strong values
- A reputation for promoting good work life balance and also a good social environment, with plenty of lunchtime social activities organised by staff, including board games, a table tennis league and a running club.
COMPANY:
Based in Warwickshire my client is a fast-growing gaming developer working on exciting projects with a long-term pipeline of work to fuel further growth of the business and your career.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
In this role you will be responsible for the design and implementation of this employers platform’s Hub, working alongside a Level Designer or Environment Artist and supported by other members of the Development Team (including audio and UI support).
- Own and oversee the Hub gameplay design and implementation
- Complete reusable scripted gameplay to a high level of polish
- Prototype gameplay designs to illustrate concepts
- Oversee playtesting and use generated data to iterate design
- Generate paper designs for sign-off by stakeholders
Requirements
- 3+ years professional experience in gameplay scripting, technical design, or equivalent
- Deep experience with developing complex systems through Lua scripting
- Experience whiteboxing game levels
- Interest in and understanding of a broad variety of game genres and styles
- Understanding of different audiences and their goals/drivers
- A portfolio demonstrating a proven track record of delivering release-quality gameplay experiences as part of a team
Desirable
- Previous experience in creating and manipulating voxel-based environments
- Experience in independently delivering gameplay experiences
- HTML/CSS/JS skills for creation of UI elements
- Environment and level-building to final quality
- Experience working with UGC editors (eg Roblox)
- Experience working within structured production processes
REMUNERATION:
- Competitive Basic Salary
- Flexible Working Hours
- Relocation Allowance / Assistance
- Paid Overtime
- Private Health Cover
- Gym / Health Club Memberships
- Life Assurance Scheme / Critical Illness & Income Protection
- Digital Allowance
- Office Kitchen fully stocked with snacks and treats.
- Regular team lunches, company funded trips and events.