Senior Level Designer

To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator and aim at excellence.

At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make video games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004.

Virtuosi are a team of experts ? people who have come together to share their mutual passion for producing high-quality games. People who share the same enthusiasm in exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.

As a Senior Level Designer, you will collaborate with developers from prestigious studios to deliver the best user experience, following the game's creative direction. Supporting your team, you will be responsible for the development of maps and top notch gameplay situations in order to bring the game's vision to life.

Responsibilities

• Absorb the creative briefs and the creative vision of the game.
• Design gameplay situations and map structures on paper, in a succinct and easy to understand format, in line with the game's vision.
• Build greyblock maps and iterate on it until achieving predefined goals.
• Test your maps, establish metrics and ensure they are respected over the entire development process.
• Follow and transmit best practices to build maps in editors.
• Provide rational level design documents when required.
• Expand or subtract from existing maps and situations, according to the scope of the game.
• Script and implement dynamic level design elements in the editor.
• Nurture a team of designers, providing them with support and knowledge.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience as a Level Designer; shipped at least one AAA game.
• Graduated from Game Design or significant level design experience.
• Unreal engine or blueprint scripting skills are required.
• Ability to produce maps for varied gameplays (3D/2D, Action/Slow pace).
• Familiar with the Environmental Storytelling.
• Excellent communicator (spoken and written); English is mandatory.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Personal qualities:

• Initiative on problem solving;
• Interest in team development, sharing knowledge
• Attention to details, thoroughness in development and documentation;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken;
• Efficient and autonomous.
• Variety and depth of personal references (games, movies, art, culture, activities, etc).