Senior Gameplay Designer

ZeniMax Online Studios is seeking a Senior Gameplay Designer to join our studio for the development of our next AAA game. This is a chance to join an experienced group of developers in pre-production for a new IP.

This role will serve under the Lead Systems Designer to design and tune player movement systems and mechanics, and hone them to industry-leading quality. A developer in this role will serve as a player movement mechanics specialist and will collaborate with leads across all development disciplines in creating supporting gameplay systems to use player movement mechanics in many exciting gameplay scenarios.

• 5+ years related experience
• Design, create, and maintain documentation for player movement systems and mechanics
• Tune new and existing movement mechanics to emphasize fluid and fun traversal
• Build test spaces where movement mechanics can be prototyped, tuned, and combined in fun ways to represent the range of possibilities player movement systems bring to gameplay
• Work with the Lead Level and Combat Designers in defining metrics and use cases for player movement
• Work with animators to pre-vis player moves and generate ideas for new moves
• Work with the gameplay engineering team in implementing movement mechanics and their supporting tuning and debugging features
• Work with the Principal Encounter Designer in building movement mechanics for combat gameplay
• Work with the camera team to emphasize momentum and action in movement while showing clear gameplay options
• Serve as the project point of contact for all movement mechanics and systems
• Collaborate with all development disciplines to bring player movement systems from early vision to industry-shaping final implementation

• Deeply creative with a great sense of what makes movement in gameplay fun
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-discipline development environment
• Some knowledge of animation systems
• Expert proficiency integrating imagery and text to deliver thorough, easy to understand design documents
• Excellent understanding of the design fundamentals of visual language, building challenge, and teaching mechanics
• Comfortable with a development schedule that is playtest-driven and focused on iteration and polish
• Strong understanding of the discrete elements game systems are built from, and the ability to problem solve both holistically and on a per-component basis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of scripting or programming
• An online portfolio which clearly demonstrates relevant work experience

• Experience developing Open World games
• Experience in animation
• Experience with level design
• Strong public speaking skills

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