Lead Gameplay Designer @ Tencent

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Full-Time

Lead Gameplay Designer

Posted on 12/13/2022

Tencent

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Irvine, CA, USA

Required Skills

UI/UX Design

Communications

Adobe Photoshop

Unity

Requirements

A college diploma in Game Design or equivalentAt least 5 years of experience in video game production or related experience
Experience with game engines - Unity and/or Unreal, and productivity software - Word, Excel, Photoshop
A passion for making and playing (a wide range of) video games
Extremely open to different and exciting design challenges
The ability and desire to work in an extremely creative and collaborative environment
Good communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to clearly explain your thought process through documentation or in-person presentations
Critical thinking, open-mindedness, resourcefulness, and flexibility
Experience designing gameplay features, mechanics and/or systems on at least two shipped titles
Organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi-task a plethora of priorities

Responsibilities

Be the main person and point of contact for all things related to game mechanics, gameplay features, and gameplay system designs
Help build and lead the gameplay mechanics design team
Communicate design functionality and vision through presentations, prototyping, and design documentation
Collaborate with design leads to help realize and further develop the vision of the game
Collaborate with the leads of the different dev departments to integrate designs of features and mechanics
Take a holistic approach to design rules and experiences with input and consideration from a multi-faceted team of contributors, including Tech, UX, Art disciplines, etc
Communicate the vision of the game to the game mechanics design team and be able to break down and translate that vision into tangible tasks on a regular basis
Exercise production skills to help set priorities and tasks for the gameplay mechanics design team and to deliver on those goals
Create and maintain design documentation that will serve as the guide to everyone throughout the entire dev team
Help develop in-game prototypes of gameplay systems and features and evaluate their performance
Adapt to technical and production constraints, and be willing to iterate on your designs as often as needed
Be an integral part of realizing solutions to fix bugs and problems within the implemented systems
Follow up on features pre and post launch to help improve, add, or remove components
Combine passion, skill and expertise to continually raise the design bar

Desired Qualifications

Skills: Design team leadership, Gameplay scripting experience

GAMEPLAY DESIGNER JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Gameplay Designer, you will be responsible for designing and creating gameplay features, systems and mechanics that support and align with the creative and holistic direction of the game. Systems such as gameplay rules, control systems, camera systems, combat systems, progression systems, weapon attributes, collision systems, vehicles, artificial intelligence behaviors, etc. You should be very open to collaborating with not just other designers, but every member of the dev team. We’re not necessarily looking for someone with lead experience but would have to have leadership potential. If you think this is you, then you should apply!

As a Game Mechanics Designer, you will:

Be the main person and point of contact for all things related to game mechanics, gameplay features, and gameplay system designs
Help build and lead the gameplay mechanics design team
Communicate design functionality and vision through presentations, prototyping, and design documentation
Collaborate with design leads to help realize and further develop the vision of the game
Collaborate with the leads of the different dev departments to integrate designs of features and mechanics
Take a holistic approach to design rules and experiences with input and consideration from a multi-faceted team of contributors, including Tech, UX, Art disciplines, etc.
Communicate the vision of the game to the game mechanics design team and be able to break down and translate that vision into tangible tasks on a regular basis
Exercise production skills to help set priorities and tasks for the gameplay mechanics design team and to deliver on those goals
Create and maintain design documentation that will serve as the guide to everyone throughout the entire dev team
Help develop in-game prototypes of gameplay systems and features and evaluate their performance
Adapt to technical and production constraints, and be willing to iterate on your designs as often as needed
Be an integral part of realizing solutions to fix bugs and problems within the implemented systems
Follow up on features pre and post launch to help improve, add, or remove components
Combine passion, skill and expertise to continually raise the design bar

QUALIFICATIONS

A college diploma in Game Design or equivalentAt least 5 years of experience in video game production or related experience
Experience with game engines - Unity and/or Unreal, and productivity software – Word, Excel, Photoshop
A passion for making and playing (a wide range of) video games
Extremely open to different and exciting design challenges
The ability and desire to work in an extremely creative and collaborative environment
Good communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to clearly explain your thought process through documentation or in-person presentations
Critical thinking, open-mindedness, resourcefulness, and flexibility
Experience designing gameplay features, mechanics and/or systems on at least two shipped titles
Organizational and project management skills with the ability to multi-task a plethora of priorities
Bonus Skills: Design team leadership, Gameplay scripting experience

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Tencent:
Diversity, equity and inclusion are important, interdependent components of our workplace. As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

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Tencent's is on a mission to use technology for good. The company operates social messaging service WeChat and has produced some of the world's most popular games and content.

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IPO

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$6.6B

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1998

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