Senior Gameplay Designer

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 Senior Gameplay Designer to oversee the development of new islands, experiences, and templates in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and implement island experiences and content to delight players and help us inspire creators working in Fortnite Creative and UEFN. This role is open to multiple locations: Europe (UK/London preferred) and North America (EST) and will require occasional travel to both Europe and the US.

In this role, you will

• Craft and drive the design vision, documentation, and implementation for multiple island experiences in collaboration with Gameplay Designers, Product Managers, and Design Leadership
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to drive development forward, being a vision holder for overall publishing efforts
• Liaise with external partners to identify the creative direction for their presence in the ecosystem, ensuring that they are kept informed and involved with design decisions
• Actively participate in big-picture decisions and work with other designers to focus on the right elements to achieve inspiring 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

• 5+ years of experience shipping multiple titles as a Game Designer
• Passion for and experience designing online games with a wide breadth of game knowledge across genres
• Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of goal setting on play
• Understanding of and enthusiasm for global popular culture and ability to empathize with fans of any fandom
• Understanding of the full game development process from ideation, pre-production, and production through to shipping the final product
• Broad knowledge spanning multiple areas of Game Design, able to confidently engage on a variety of complex topics across design
• Technical prototyping ability in-engine, preferably Unreal or UEFN. Level design skills a plus
• Familiarity and interest in Fortnite and the evolving creator and UGC space within UEFN
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to fully own the outcome of a cross-discipline team

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.