Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Monolith Productions, a division of WB Games Inc., seeks
an Associate Designer to work closely with the Design, Art and Production staff
to create and maintain high quality game spaces. This role will focus on the
design, implementation, and editing of world content and geometry to create
interesting spaces that support the game mechanics. As well as collaborating
with the rest of the design team, artists, and engineers to ensure their levels
are fun, interesting, and within performance constraints.
This is a temporary (9 month) assignment.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with World designer and artist to do graybox,
layout and asset population to create compelling game spaces using proprietary
tools and industry standard software.
- Work within established level design metrics and utilize
the game system to identify and resolve level design, performance and gameplay
issues.
- Investigate and resolve game play issues identified by
QA or team members through feedback our internal bug database.
- Help facilitate the level design and art review process.
- Help keep updated documentation, including but not
limited to detailed descriptions of intended game play experience, workflows
and maps highlighting location for events.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Work Experience
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Previous game design experience required.
Education, Professional Training, Technical
Training or Certification
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Familiarity with 3D level design
tools (UnrealEd, Maya, Max or similar 3D Editor)
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Experience using LUA or equivalent
scripting language
Knowledge/Skills
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Previous experience designing and
working on modular levels.
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Strong spatial relationships,
layout design skills, and architecture elements.
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Having a good balance between
artistic and technical skills.
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Excellent organization,
negotiation and communication skills.
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Comfortable giving and receiving
constructive feedback.
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Passion for games and game
development.
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Positive attitude, strong work
ethic, and the ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment.
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Knowledge of the action/adventure
and/or open world game genres.