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Lead Game Designer (Apex Legends Mobile)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Requisition Number: 168609

Position Title: Sr Game Designer

External Description:

Lead Game Designer - Apex Legends Mobile

RESPAWN

Respawn Entertainment is a AAA video game development studio that aspires to create new hit games that leave a lasting impact for gamers worldwide. Our work includes the critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends and Titanfall franchise.

As a Lead Game Designer reporting to the Game Design Director, you will create content and features, ensuring your work aligns with our business and design goals with unwavering attention to theme, quality, and the needs of our players. You have experience working on a live game, with preference being given to those with experience working on Action or Shooter projects. You will demonstrate an understanding of games and player compulsion and will be well-versed in games of all types and genres.

You are a die-hard advocate for player experience with a history of creating quality, thematic content and features. You are curious, creative, collaborative, and have a preference for using telemetry to validate your design thinking. Additionally, you are an advocate of design culture and thinking who excels in a diverse environment.

We've also developed a strong work-from-home process and are sensitive to the safety and well-being of our team. This opens up new opportunities, at least in the short-term, for employees to work remotely.

Responsibilities:

  • Play the game and become an expert of the game.
  • Create and tune content to create an accessible yet deep experience for players.
  • Create IP-correct characters, game modes, and mechanics.
  • Develop ideas for content, gameplay, and progression systems throughout the player life-cycle.
  • Partner with other disciplines to ensure your content and features are delivered to the highest quality.
  • Work within existing systems and expand on them, including integrating feedback from user experience testing.
  • Take part in playtests, communicate with beta testers, and iterate based on feedback.
  • Create and maintain design templates.
  • Guide change through research and live data.
  • Prototype design ideas in-game and iterate through playtesting.

Requirements

  • Have 4+ years of game design experience.
  • Are an active player of mobile Battle Royale games.
  • Experience working on a mobile F2P game or other similar live game.
  • Experience with metagame design, social gameplay, and endgame activities highly desirable.
  • At least 1 shipped title.
  • Current on industry trends including: new game genres, and new game design methods.
  • Proficiency with Google Docs, wikis (e.g., Confluence), and wireframing (e.g., Balsamiq, Adobe XD) advantageous.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 291

Can this position be remote?: 1

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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