Senior Technical Designer

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.

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.

-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.

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.

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 play testing and use generated data to iterate design
• Generate paper designs for sign-off by stakeholders

• 3+ years professional experience in gameplay scripting, technical design, or equivalent
• Deep experience with developing complex systems through Lua scripting
• Experience white boxing 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

The successful Technical Designer will receive:

-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.