BioWare: World Designer Contract

Requisition Number: 153565

Position Title: Associate Game Designer

External Description:

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story.  Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and collaborate with thousands of world-class developers across EA’s network of studios.  We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling.  If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

 

Who a contract World Designer is at BioWare:

Responsibilities:

• Communicate and work with a team of programmers, artists, and designers through all stages of development to implement sections of game content.
• Collaborate with your lead to identify and implement the priorities and objectives, focusing on the gameplay elements of the game content.
• Create documentation and prototypes for any specific level systems and gameplay.
• Share in critique sessions to provide input to personal and peers’ work.

 Requirements:

• Experience as a game level designer, working with current engines and tools.
• Experience with closed and/or open world layouts, including gameplay and technical requirements.
• Familiar with the level design fundamentals, constraints, and narrative.
• Comfortable collaborating with groups within art and programming.
• Good understanding of current scripting language and level editors with the ability to implement and manipulate content.
• Familiarity with Star Wars: The Old Republic gameplay and level design.
• Knowledge of RPGs and Action game genres.
• Ability to critique the content of peers in a group environment.
• A passion for gaming!

How do I apply for this role?

Please send along your updated resume and portfolio for our review

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

Since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/austin 

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. es una empresa de software de entretenimiento interactivo líder a nivel mundial. EA distribuye juegos, contenido y servicios en línea para consolas, ordenadores personales, teléfonos móviles y tabletas conectados a Internet.

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Days Open: 98

Can this position be remote?:

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EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.