Skymap Games is hiring game designers to join our design department. Designers within the department work collaboratively to deliver projects to industry partners, as well as develop our own internal games. Our work spans across a wide range of technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior designers and cross-functional teams to contribute to the design of game systems, mechanics, and levels.
• Participate in playtesting and iterating on game designs based on feedback and data.
• Communicate issues and feedback with your team, your lead, and other disciplines daily. 
• Contribute to design iteration across teams, ensuring features, quests, and dynamic content are seamlessly integrated into the explorable world.
• Work within established design guidelines and technical constraints to create engaging and balanced gameplay experiences. 
• Implement designs in game engine with support from engineering or other teams.

Qualifications 

• 3+ years experience working as a designer in the games industry
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5
• Experience with Server Authoritative game development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Pluses 

• Experience in MMO, Simulation RPG, or similar design
• Experience with social gameplay
• A passion for video games and discussing design choices.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience working in large remote teams.

Additional Details

• Location: Remote (+/- 3 hours of US Central Timezone)
• Employee Type: FT Exempt
• Minimum Experience: 3 Years

Equal Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity will always be a fundamental principle at Skymap Games, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, traits historically associated with race, such as natural and protective hair styles and hair texture, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by local, state and/or federal law.

The Skymap Games Equal Employment Opportunity standard applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Skymap is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Should you need any special accommodations to participate in the application process, such as assistance in completing the application, accommodations for the interview, accommodations for any job-related employment tests, and/or any other needed accommodation, please let us know at the time of application, or at the time an appointment is scheduled. You may send an email to contact@skymap.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

All applicant information will be kept confidential according to state and federal EEO guidelines.