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Do you walk into a space and immediately imagine how it would play in a video game? Do you find yourself thinking of ways to make the space better, how you could improve it to make it an engaging player experience? So do we!
Treyarch is looking for a Principal Level Designer to help us build realistic, well-crafted maps that tell stories, make our game systems shine, and most importantly, are fun to play.
What you’ll do…
- Work with leadership and teams across all our game modes to deliver fun and compelling map designs.
- Grow in your craft and develop deeper specializations as you collaborate with industry veterans across multiple teams to design fun, realistic, and great looking spaces that embody our creative vision.
- Be trusted to identify and drive solutions to major challenges both forward looking and as they arise.
- Own special design initiatives that benefit the entire level design department including championing education and design process improvements.
- Take on specific tasks in areas of need to help teams meet deadlines.
- Guide and mentor other designers.
- Take on periodic leadership roles in your areas of expertise.
- Refine designs and other projects based on team-wide feedback. Every voice matters.
- Contribute to the overall success of the team through the development of documentation, standard methodologies, and design techniques.
- Seize opportunities to educate less experienced designers as we all improve together.
To succeed you should have...
- 10+ years of proven experience in AAA level design.
- The ability to contribute directly to the game while also providing leadership on content and to team members.
- Strong spatial abilities.
- Ability to implement design concepts such as level flow, engagement design, and pacing.
- Ability to navigate an iterative and creatively fluid development environment.
- Clear and proactive communication skills.
- Proficiency with one or more 3D level/world creation packages.
- Ability to tackle abstract problems across the product and franchise with little to no oversight.
We’d love it if you also have…
- Experience with the Radiant level editor
- Experience crafting arena-style multiplayer spaces
- Experience crafting spaces for AI
- Experience crafting large-scale multiplayer spaces
- Experience sculpting realistic terrain.
- Scripting experience
- A passion for developing a robust and enjoyable design culture.
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
ABOUT TREYARCH
Founded in 1996, Treyarch is a videogame studio whose purpose is to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. With this purpose in mind, we crafted the award winning Call of Duty: Black Ops series and pioneered the fan favorite Zombies mode.
At Treyarch, we empower the team to be individually driven to innovate on our games, processes, and culture. How we do things is just as important as what we do.
Studio culture and development, we believe it’s a team effort and that collaboration and hearing one another is key. Every day we face the large and small challenges together and every voice matters.
These values guide us in our mission to create moments that matter. Both to the players and to us, the creators. In an era where triumphs and defeats are readily shared, seeing players engage with our creations gives us great pride. Come help us create that next moment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.treyarch.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/treyarch, and @treyarch on Twitter.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $134,000.00 - $247,900.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.
