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Senior Level Designer

Guerrilla

Company description

Guerrilla is a rapidly expanding game development studio with an established reputation as one of Europe's leading game developers. Founded in 2000 as the result of a merger between three smaller studios, Guerrilla now employs 140 developers from 20 different nationalities.

After the successful release of Killzone for PlayStation 2, Guerrilla was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2005. It went on to create the award-winning Killzone: Liberation for PlayStation Portable in 2006, and has released Killzone 2 for PlayStation 3 in February 2009 to worldwide popular and critical acclaim.

Job description

Are you a gifted level designer ready to take it to the next, uh, level? For our upcoming project, we're looking for a Senior Level Designer with a thorough understanding of the intricacies of level design. As part of a mixed-discipline team that creates entertaining and compelling missions, you'll act as a mentor, problem solver and source of inspiration for the people around you.

Requirements 

Ready to do your level best? We'd love to hear from you if:

- You've worked on (and completed) one or more FPS/action games as a Senior Level Designer

- You have experience with all stages of game development

- You're experienced in creating clear level design documents, as well as building them from scratch without supervision

- You love to get hands-on with levels and their scripting, and are a bit of a perfectionist

- You're articulate, have strong conceptual skills and the ability to communicate your ideas visually and verbally

- You have a strong understanding of current 3D packages and level editors

- You have a good feel for game-play flow and level layout, ideally in the FPS genre

- You enjoy working as part of a team and are able to meaningfully critique a level (as well as accept criticism)

Please note: Applications submitted without portfolio will not be considered.