Senior Designer

Design Department: Senior Designer

As a Senior Designer at Squanch Games, you’ll be in charge of turning design concepts into high-quality gameplay experiences.  You love thinking about how to bring great gameplay and character-driven narrative to life.  You’ll work on levels at all points of their creation: paper maps, white box layouts, gameplay spaces, playtesting and iteration, and final polish. Building creative new experiences is extremely important to you as well as making games that are impactful and funny.

What You'll Do:

• Own large sections of the game while assisting other designers. 
• Use UE4 to build out well designed and functional white box layouts that also have great compositions, pacing, flow, and strong aesthetics.

• Mentor: As a senior, mentoring is a very important part of Squanch.  We thrive with folks who are always willing to mentor and assist team members.

• Create immersive gameplay scenarios that support and enhance the core mechanics of the game.
• Work closely with other teams to deliver content that meets each discipline's goals and creates a memorable experience.
• Use UE5 Blueprints to script advanced level functionality.
• Address bugs and gameplay issues to assure a stable and polished product.
• Be collaborative and humble: You know that the best work comes from a team who trust and respect each other. You strive to collaborate with others and don’t care whose ideas win. Best ideas win.
• Play to your strengths and not be afraid to admit your weaknesses.

What We're Looking For:

• Credit on one or more published titles is required.
• • Shipped console title is a plus!
• Unreal Engine 4/5 experience preferable, or extensive experience in another engine (Unity, Godot, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge and experience with level editing tools and scripting (Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar editors).
• Confidence in creating narrative-driven experiences. Bonus if you've done things to make people laugh!
• Tech-friendly: Regardless of whether your tech background includes programming, scripting, or working in engine editors, we need folks who are flexible and willing to dive in and make changes when necessary. No paper-only designers, please.
• Experience mentoring and guiding levels from blockout to ship.
• An independent spirit excited to explore new ideas and champion innovative designs.
• Very good interpersonal skills including strong communication skills and receptiveness to feedback.

Benefits:

• Salary range: $108,000 to $130,000 depending on experience
• Health, dental & vision insurance with dependent coverage
• Short term & long term disability insurance coverage
• FSA & Dependent Care FSA
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) with match
• Flexible PTO & schedule
• Completely remote studio
• Stipend to ensure a comfortable work-from-home setup
• Monthly snack box shipped directly to you
• Monthly stipend for WFH expenses

Location: 

We are a fully remote studio operating from all over the United States! While we haven't hit all 50, we encourage applicants from across the country to apply and help us complete our map.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Squanch Games provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, creed, marital status, registered partner or civil union status, disability status, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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