Lead Level Designer

Job Description

Lead Level Designer - Battlefield Seattle Studio

Battlefield Seattle is focused on building rich, exciting stories with memorable characters and powerful experiences all in the Battlefield universe. We are building a new studio in the Seattle area composed of leaders and talent with a vast array of AAA game dev experience. As we assemble our diverse team, all who have a voice in making great games together, we're looking for a healthy mixture of tempered veterans and young passionate individuals eager to make a difference.

Role Overview:

Do you dream of creating an amazing player experience through a set of carefully crafted levels that keeps the player wanting more after every level?

Do you relish the ways in which a player can use the game's sandbox giving them agency to experience a level in many ways?

Do you want to create one of the best Battlefield narrative experiences ever created?
• If so, we want you to join us and be a crucial part of creating the next great Battlefield experience. We also want you to help us build a world class team of level designers eager to take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Responsibilities:
• Reporting to the Design Director, you will lead a team of level designers, overseeing the creative and technical implementation of levels created both internal and with co-dev partners
• Work with the Narrative Team and Creative Director to weave the narrative through the experience so players encounter memorable moments and characters with meaningful player engagement
• Coordinate with leadership to set high-level direction on level design
• Work with tools developers to build and iterate campaign tools and features that allow the team to create the best Levels possible
• Coordinate with other team leads and producers to create content on schedule and to the highest standards of quality
• Coordinate with the Designer Director and Lead Writer to make sure levels are meeting narrative and technical goals
• Help with hiring, and onboarding a full level design team
• Provide feedback and mentorship to the level design team
• Oversee the development of content from creation through release
• Work with the production team to set development priorities and the project schedule

Qualifications:
• Multiple shipped AAA single player titles
• 7+ years of professional experience in a leadership, directorship, or team management role on a AAA project
• Prior level or narrative design experience in a shipped AAA project
• Familiarity and understanding of the Battlefield franchise and core level mechanics
• Experience with modern AAA games and their narrative mechanics

Next Steps

The following are required as part of the application process:
• Apply online with resume
• Provide web link on resume for online portfolio (required)
• As part of the application process, we may ask you to complete a test
• This may be an Art, Audio, Design, or Writing test

Benefits

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer great compensation packages and a culture that values creativity and individuality.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwbqzy-3-128-203-143-42 in your application.