Senior Level Designer

Who We Are

Founded in 2023 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2Ks next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. Were building a world-class team at our new Vancouver BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas technical excellence and creative collaboration. Were seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If youre interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for a Senior Level Designer to drive the creation of a player-centric game world. We are looking for someone with experience in UE level design but who also has experience and passion for experiential design and who can collaborate with our art team to ensure that we deliver the strongest player experience possible.

In this role you will partner with the Design Director and Art Director to set a vision for our world and partner with production art and tech peers to lead a team to deliver against that vision.

You and your production partner will creatively lead a team of artists engineers and animators to build our world. Your role will be split between out-of-engine experiential design and using your in-engine level design skills during prototyping and when needed in order to deliver on the vision.

What Youll Do

• Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player and our product goals and competitive landscape
• Work with the Design Director and Art Director to define the vision for the world
• Collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience and drive external testing as needed to revise plans to drive execution
• Create playable blockouts (greyboxing) of large-scale open-world zones focusing on landmark readability navigation flow and gameplay spaces
• Quickly iterate on level layouts based on playtest feedback moving efficiently from low-fidelity blockouts to final geometry without losing the core experience
• Collaborate with Artists Engineers Animators Project Management and Technical partners to ensure the level design.
• Use Unreals debugging tools to diagnose logic errors collision issues and streaming glitches within specific sectors of the map
• Hook up quest objectives to global game systems (UI trackers save / load states and reputation systems) ensuring a seamless player experience
• Collaborate with Narrative Designers to script dialogue triggers cutscenes and environmental storytelling elements directly into the level using Blueprints and Sequencer
• Use your level design skills to augment the teams capacity in this area especially during prototyping
• Exemplify WGLL by being keen and able to be in engine in order to deliver the strongest possible experience

What Will Make You A Great Fit

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $$75700 and CAD $112060 per year. However actual pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. If hired the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance company or individual department / team performance and market factors.

As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Companys accommodation policy and review process.

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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Mechanical Design,Layout Design,CAD,Adobe Creative Suite,Creo,Sheet Metal,Drafting,Adobe Photoshop,Autocad,Adobe Illustrator,Sketch,Adobe Indesign

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1