Creative Assembly’s award-winning team behind Alien : Isolation are exploring new frontiers with a brand-new and exciting First Person Tactical Shooter IP.
This is an opportunity for an experienced, accomplished Senior Level Designer to make their mark on our new undisclosed IP contributing to the creation of genre-defining games and working with some of the industry’s top developers.
Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Level Designer on the project, you will play a major part in helping us create an exciting and original new IP.
You will craft amazing levels and play-spaces, that offer varied and engaging objectives and opportunities for players to truly express their skills, mastery and personal playstyles.
You will have strong contribution to the level design team; working with the lead level designer, mentoring junior levels designers, as well as working autonomously.
You will be working closely with our concept and environment art team to create stunning locations and scenarios that you will then take through to final, fully marked-up levels in our exciting new vision of FPS gaming.
You will be key in defining the look, feel and gameplay of this innovative title.
Knowledge, Skill and Experience
Essential
Comprehensive understanding of a wide range of level design types, concepts and best practices
Professional experience in at least one of these genres - stealth, FPS or immersive sims
Experience in multiplayer level creation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as presentation skills
Experience with current commercial 3D game engines
Good team worker
Excellent problem-solving skills
Desirable
UE4 Experience
Interest in sci-fi
Excellent attention to detail and the ability to self-critique
We offer a fully bespoke funded relocation package for you and your dependants and you’ll be supported through the process with our dedicated Relocation Specialist.
We also have an excellent range of benefits to support your work life balance, including :
Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all UK Bank holidays
Annual discretionary studio bonus
Defined career development pathways and personalised training support so you can truly excel in your area of expertise
Support in Learning and Development; internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops to inspire and enthuse including internal programming conferences, on-site training with renowned specialists as well as global conference attendance
Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme
Free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
Free breakfast every day - toast, bagels, pancakes, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, smoothies, juices, milkshakes and more in our fully stocked kitchen
An employee assistance programme and onsite wellbeing sessions
In-studio heavily subsidised massage therapy
Discounts portal giving access to a wide range of extras such as heavily discounted home technology, travel insurance, corporate gym membership, cinema tickets, holidays, trips out and Ikea vouchers
Amazing studio parties such as our CA Summer Festival, a Christmas Party for you and your partner plus a separate Children’s Christmas Party.
We also have our wrap parties for all our releases.
Free Japanese lessons, life drawing, creative writing and Pilates classes
A range of CA Social events including the annual sponsored Walking Challenge to 100Km, Couch to 5k in our beautiful local park, basketball, game and movie evenings, board game club, 5-a-side football, CA Choir, Sword fighting (yes, sword fighting) and loads more
We offer discounts with local businesses, including estate agents and local shops to support our local economy
We are Creative Assembly
We gather the greatest talent out there, coming together to craft authentic and detailed experiences of the highest quality.
We focus on our strengths and embrace our uniqueness, collaborating across teams and giving everyone the trust and respect to be masters of their craft.
Our values form the foundation of our culture and ethos :
Quality - Everything we do is about quality, from individual actions to final products, we take pride in the detail and authenticity of all our creations.
Focus - We focus on our strengths as a studio. Our teams might work across different projects, but our goals and vision should be clear for everyone.
Teamwork - We are a collective who thrive working across teams, empowering each other to succeed.
Respect - Respect at CA is given as a default, we respect each other as diverse and unique individuals, who come together to create games our fans will love.
Trust - Alongside respect, we trust each other, our teams and our leaders as experts of their craft. Everyone is given creative autonomy and freedom to make a real contribution to our projects and our legacy.