Level Designer

Blackbird Interactive is seeking a Level Designer to help build and deliver high-quality level content for an established science fiction universe. The role involves designing levels, encounters, and environments that support open-ended exploration while delivering memorable gameplay moments, strong spatial storytelling, and meaningful player agency.

Requirements

• Collaborate with systems design, quest design, art, engineering, and production to support and implement the established creative vision
• Work within production schedules and constraints, implementing level content in a timely and iterative manner
• Design and build levels end-to-end, including layout, encounter design, traversal, pacing, and player flow
• Create and implement combat spaces, points of interest, and environmental storytelling that support gameplay and narrative goals
• Work closely with narrative designers to integrate objectives and story elements into physical spaces
• Script and set up gameplay events, encounters, triggers, and environmental interactions to support level functionality and player experience
• Test, debug, and iterate on levels regularly
• Maintain an understanding of core gameplay systems and how they interact with level design

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Paid time off