We are looking for a Senior Game Designer to join our core team full-time and help develop the Next Big Thing™ from Brightrock Games!
You will be joining a highly passionate, closely-knit team of developers creating games in some of the most rewarding and deep genres – simulation, RTS and management – and you’ll have the opportunity to work on smaller projects in a wider variety of genres along the way.
Responsibilities:
As Senior Game Designer, you will:
- Work alongside the Creative Director and design team to drive the vision, features and content of one or more of our projects
- Collaborate with the wider team to iterate on features, oversee implementation and consult on asset creation related to your designs
About You
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to succinctly and concisely communicate both your ideas and the ideas of others to a wide variety of different audiences
- A laser focus on the player and their experience when designing features, systems and content
- An understanding of the scope and production impact of features you work on, and the knock-on effects of the decisions you may make
- A passion for working in a small indie game development team, where collaboration matters more than titles, and everyone contributes to creating something special
- A strong interest in and understanding of strategy and management games
- Hands-on experience working in-engine to implement content and balance systems
- A high attention to detail and an analytical attitude towards playing games
- Strong work ethic, proactive attitude, good time management and strong organisational skills
- 5+ years in game design roles
- At least two shipped PC or console games
Desirable:
- Experience designing, testing and balancing deep & technical gameplay systems (eg: a character needs system in a management game)
- Experience with level design
- Experience working on Unity projects
- Experience working with Confluence & Jira
- At least one shipped title in the strategy or management space
- 100m³ of Unobtainium
Benefits
Enhanced Holiday
In addition to 25-day holiday allowance, you will also enjoy an additional 20 days off each year, comprising a 2-week summer break and a 2-week winter break, bringing your total holiday entitlement to 45 days annually.
Private Health Care
Brightrock pride themselves in looking after their employees and offer private medical, dental and optical insurance.
Workplace Pension Scheme
Effectively save and build financial security for your future with the workplace pension scheme provided.
*Certain benefits may vary for employees based outside the UK, in accordance with local laws and practices.
Equal Opportunities:
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those traditionally underrepresented in our industry.