Game Designer

Job Description

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Gameplay Designer to join our team working on LEGO Fortnite. In this role, you'll work with a gameplay team to create features and systems that delight players with fresh experiences. This position specifically focuses on the Village Building and NPC mechanics in LEGO Fortnite.

In this role, you will
• Help drive the design vision, documentation, implementation and own the outcome for features within LEGO Fortnite.
• Work in the Unreal Engine to implement your designs in Blueprint in close collaboration with engineers, animators, VFX, sound artists, and others.
• Actively participate in big-picture decisions and work with other designers to focus on the correct elements to achieve superior results.
• Drive collaborative and iterative prototyping, both paper-based and in-game.
• Attend playtests, provide feedback, and identify practical solutions to problems.

What we're looking for
• 3+ years experience as a game designer
• Experience designing game content for GaaS model.
• Experience working with Blueprint or other scripting languages
• Strong communication skills: ability to adapt your messaging to your audiences and create & maintain documentation.
• Deep empathy and understanding of player motivations and forms of play
• A passion for gaming, with a specific interest and familiarity with Fortnite, LEGO, and ''cozy'' games.
• You're user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range

$140,069 - $295,434 USD

California Base Pay Range

$123,260 - $180,782 USD

Washington Base Pay Range

$117,658 - $172,565 USD

British Columbia Base Pay Range

$122,375 - $179,484 CAD

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

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