Lead Level Designer

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of level designers, fostering collaboration and professional development
• Drive the creative vision and execution of levels, ensuring they support gameplay, narrative, and artistic goals
• Work closely with environment artists, narrative designers, and systems designers to deliver cohesive experiences
• Review and provide feedback on level layouts, encounter balance, and worldbuilding consistency
• Ensure all levels meet performance, quality, and accessibility standards
• Contribute hands-on to level blockouts, encounter scripting, and gameplay prototyping
• Establish and refine level design workflows, pipelines, and best practices for scalability and efficiency
• Collaborate with production to scope, schedule, and track level design deliverables
• Advocate for player experience, ensuring levels feel engaging, rewarding, and true to the vision of the game

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional level design experience in the game industry, with at least 2+ years in a lead or senior design role
• Track record of shipping at least one title in a senior or leadership capacity
• Understanding of encounter design, pacing, and player progression
• Experience working with level design tools in engines such as Unity or Unreal
• Collaborative mindset with experience guiding cross-disciplinary teams (art, design, and engineering)
• Communication and documentation skills in a remote-first environment
• Problem-solving and organizational skills

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with ARPGs, live-service pipelines, and multi-team collaboration