Lead Open World Designer

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•   Summary    
• As the Lead Open World Designer, you will be the primary vision holder for the open world, its systems, and content. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a best-in-class open-world experience rich with characters, encounters, side missions, puzzles, secrets, discoverables, collectables, and more.   
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• Core Responsibilities    
• Drive the design and implementation of engaging, immersive, interactive open-world content that encourages exploration and emphasizes a mix of fun, varied gameplay, worldbuilding and storytelling.   
• Work closely with the narrative team to develop ideas for new content.   
• Develop and execute the design vision and strategy, ensuring that open-world content aligns with the game's overall narrative, thematic, and player experience goals.    
• Leverage the game's core systems and mechanics to create dynamic and unpredictable open-world experiences that adapt to player choices and actions.    
• Continuously seek opportunities to innovate, challenge conventions, and push the boundaries of open-world design.    
• Rally designers, engineers, animators, artists, and external co-dev partners to deliver playable progress at regular intervals as part of a rapid iterative process.   
• Incorporate feedback from peers, playtests, and senior leadership to refine and pivot as the game demands.   
• Go beyond documentation and management to lead from the trenches, with hands-on contributions to the playable experience.   
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and iteration.   
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• Core Qualifications    
• 5 or more years of experience in open-world design.   
• Prior experience as a Lead Designer.   
• Knack and passion for blurring the lines between AI, systems, mechanics and scripted content to create deep, layered worlds in which stories can unfold organically through exploration and gameplay.   
• Strong understanding of population and encounter design and open-world content balancing.    
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.    
• Innovative thinker with creative problem-solving skills who thrives in a collaborative team environment.  
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• Plus If...  
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams   
• Experience in UE4 or UE5  
• Experience working with co-development partners  
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• Description    
• Full time job with benefits    
•  Role is on-site in Santa Monica, CA  
• Office is located near downtown Santa Monica – near metro and freeways.     
• The base pay range for this position is $150,000 to $175,000 per year. Actual compensation is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a competitive package of benefits including vacation time, sick time, company holidays, parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) matching to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.