Principal Game Designer

As a Principal Game Designer, you will own and drive key areas of the design, contribute to the development of processes and pipelines and be a reliable, autonomous member of the team. You will act as a champion of quality across the game. Our ideal candidate is an experienced Senior or Lead Designer who is passionate about their craft, skilled in all aspects of Game Design, demonstrates a willingness to be hands on and has the track record to prove it. This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa with a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required. You will work with a highly motivated, talented cross-discipline team to create and maintain high-quality feature and system designs. You will also mentor and coach more junior members of the team.

Requirements

• Full development cycle industry experience in game design positions - ideally on a high-profile published AAA title
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong ability to design game systems and mechanics and align other disciplines around design intent
• Demonstrable implementation experience using scripting tools or similar
• A strong ability to identify and solve problems throughout all stages of development
• Interest in collaborating within a team of diverse perspectives
• An effective capability to be a highly reliable, autonomous member of the team
• A demonstrable track record of quality in your previous work
• Experience working on RPGs, open world games and/or Large scale single player titles is highly desirable
• A genuine passion for games
• Text-based scripting ability in C++, C# or similar is desired but not essential