Job Description

Arcane Ermine seeks to add a multi-skilled Level Designer to our close-knit indie team.  Here you will work closely with the Creative Director, Game Designer, Artists, and Engineers to conceptualize, design, and develop high quality levels for a third person single player game.

If you are passionate about level design and excited to work on a small team where you will have a strong voice, we look forward to meeting you.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Game Designer and Creative Director to execute on the creative vision of the game
• Proactively contribute creative gameplay ideas throughout the game creation process
• Layout and construct game environments in Unreal Engine 4 to establish pacing, flow, points of interest, and discovery
• Collaborate with programmers to establish tools and controls for gameplay mechanics and NPC behaviors you may need
• Aid in running playtests and iterate test levels based on feedback from the Game Designer, Creative Director, and testers
• Collaborate with artists to balance aesthetic and gameplay needs with technical guidelines to deliver the product vision

Required Skills

• Experience in the game industry as a level designer
• Accept critique and implement feedback as well as advocate for the best gameplay experience. Game development is a team sport.
• Good time management skills including the ability to work autonomously and a solid understanding of efficient game development processes
• Exceptional and proactive visual, written, and verbal communication
• Strong sense of composition, space, and scale in 3D
• Outstanding grasp of level flow & pacing
• Visual eye for scene setting, sight lines, and areas of interest
• Experience grey boxing levels to a professional standard
• Strong understanding of lighting, both artistically and practically in Unreal Engine 4
• Level Design portfolio exhibiting knowledge and skill in all aspects of the process

Bonus Points

• Education in Game Design, Architecture, Art, or Engineering
• Experience in creating levels for stealth style games
• Additional skills in other areas of game development