Game Designer V

Game Designer V

BCForward is currently seeking a highly motivated Remote Game Designer V in the United States.

Position Title: Game Designer V

Location: Remote - PST ideal. Open to EST

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCForward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 10 Months

Job Type: [>%3D40 weeks] [Contract] [Remote].

Pay Range: $75 - $85/hr. on W2.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Job title: Game Designer V

Duration: 10 months

Location: Remote - PST ideal. Open to EST

CW Game Designer - Core Loop Quests & LiveOps

Product Areas of Focus: Core Loop Quests & LiveOps

Key Responsibilities / Role Description:

• The team is looking for a Game Designer V who has a specialty in designing quests, events, and content for live operations games.
• This is critical to expanding the core loop system across quests, rewards, seasonal content, and limited time events to improve user engagement.
• This is a new type of position for Horizon, and we are figuring out the permanent resourcing as we build this.
• This effort requires more upfront work for the team, but this position should develop and optimize the cadence as part of the effort, as well as improve the systems.
• The contract is estimated to be 10 months with the possibility of extension.

The successful candidate will:

• Drive and design new quests and rewards for Core Loop.
• Improve the pipeline of quest and reward creation.
• Create calendars of content, define seasonal content and manage the economies, and strategize programming of dynamic content elements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and implement quests and experiences with satisfying and novel core mechanics and loops across a variety of content, including evergreen content, seasonal moments, and limited time events.
• Partner with art and product teams to strategize and create compelling reward assets to drive desired user behavior, while managing the overall economy ecosystem.
• Define and create best practices and frameworks that can be used to evaluate design quality, define tuning and iteration benchmarks, and evaluate releases against user goals and target metrics. Develop these frameworks into elegant processes that can be shared and aligned on with cross-functional teams and leaders.
• Quickly solve issues with your cross-functional team, leveraging user research, data science, industry best practices, and emerging trends.
• Give and solicit real time feedback from other designers to continually raise the quality and craftsmanship of the product.
• Be an advocate for the user experience from product conception to launch, as well as post-launch design support.
• Clearly articulate game design decisions to a vast set of internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to strategic decisions in partnership with Design, Product, Art, and Leadership teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of game design experience or a minimum of 2 shipped titles in AAA or indie game spaces.
• Experience building games with 3D engine
• Experience using or making games with a 3D engine (Unreal, Unity, etc.).
• Experience leading end-to-end development efforts and designing games or digital experiences from concept to launch.
• A portfolio that features some games you have prototyped or shipped and showcases your game design skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing or designing AR or VR games.
• Experience working on live service games
• General design knowledge across various specializations such as level design, system design, economic design, or combat design.
• Experience working on live service games with knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
• General design knowledge across a range of design specializations, such as level design, system design, economy design, or combat design.

BCForward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCForward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCForward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 236230 when responding to this ad.

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