Lively is looking for a Level Designer to design and build a ground-breaking experience in a new and exciting project. You will be responsible for creating fun race-track ribbons, injecting personality into the game, and prototyping innovative levels and gameplay concepts.
What You'll Do
- Design and build fun track ribbons of varying complexity and difficulty.
- Find the fun and inject personality into the game through its tracks.
- Prototype innovative levels and gameplay concepts via 3D modelling and other techniques.
- Employ modelling techniques to block out environments with track progression and overall game experience in mind.
- Work in close collaboration with environment artists and game designers, extending collaboration across all disciplines.
- Assist in the continued improvement of production pipelines and workflows within the studio.
- Conduct regular playtesting sessions to gather user feedback and subsequent action points.
- Iterate on the gameplay experience to fine-tune it for maximum quality and optimum performance.
- Maintain a strong knowledge of trending track design techniques and their capabilities/limitations relative to project objectives.
- Willingly and regularly share expertise with peers.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience on previous racing game development teams.
- At least 1 published racing title in a proven track design capacity (ideally non-sim).
- Confident 3D level prototyping & modelling skills across a range of packages i.e. Max, Maya, Unreal etc.
- Firm technical ability relative to game engine technologies.
- Expertise in game design concepts and 2D track layouts.
- Be very receptive to direction and feedback while performing well within a collaborative team environment.
- An enthusiastic gamer with an understanding of both track design and effective game design methodologies.
- High level of expertise and knowledge in motorsport and racing principles.
- Confident and experienced working in Unity.
Technical Stack
- 3D modelling packages: Max, Maya, Unreal
- Unity
- Game engine technologies
Team & Environment
You will work in close collaboration with environment artists and game designers, extending collaboration across all disciplines.
Benefits & Compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Award-winning work environment
Work Mode
This position follows a local-country work mode and is open to candidates in Europe and the UK.
Lively is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
