The vacancy is well-structured with clear responsibilities and compensation, though some details on processes could be improved.
Job description
As a Principal Game Designer, you will own and drive key areas of the design, contribute to the development of processes and pipelines and be a reliable, autonomous member of the team. You will act as a champion of quality across the game. You must be flexible, highly motivated, and approachable.
Responsibilities
### What you’ll do:
- Use our custom, propriety engine and tools to implement systems and features to the highest standard and deliver on the vision of the project.
- Create and maintain high-quality feature and system designs.
- Work with a highly motivated, talented cross-discipline team.
- Mentor and Coach more junior members of the team.
Requirements
### What you’ll bring:
- Full development cycle industry experience in game design positions - ideally on a high-profile published AAA title.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong ability to design game systems and mechanics and align other disciplines around design intent.
- Demonstrable implementation experience using scripting tools or similar.
- A strong ability to identify and solve problems throughout all stages of development.
- Interest in collaborating within a team of diverse perspectives.
- An effective capability to be a highly reliable, autonomous member of the team.
- A demonstrable track record of quality in your previous work.
- Experience working on RPGs, open world games and/or Large scale single player titles is highly desirable.
- A genuine passion for games.
- Text-based scripting ability in C++, C# or similar is desired but not essential.
Conditions
### What we offer:
- A fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.
- Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.
- We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.
- We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
- At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.
About Playground Games
Playground Games is a British AAA video game developer known for creating the Forza Horizon series and currently working on the next Fable game. The studio focuses on genre-defining gaming experiences, including open-world racing and fantasy RPGs, for a global audience.[1][2]
