Game Designer

Job summary

You will design and balance game mechanics and systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate features. Additionally, you will build prototypes in Unreal Engine and maintain comprehensive design documentation throughout the production cycle.

Job details

Company Description Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help create the unknown! Job Description As a Game Designer at Ubisoft Montréal, you will work across a range of game systems and mechanics for a multiplayer sandbox shooter built with Unreal Engine. The game combines player-versus-player and player-versus-environment gameplay (PvPvE). You’ll design ways for players to interact and make choices that matter. Throughout production, you’ll adjust and balance your designs while considering both the details and the overall player experience. What you’ll do Design game mechanics and systems aligned with the game’s design and creative direction Work with cross-functional teams to integrate your assigned features Build prototypes in Unreal Engine and assess their performance Adapt your designs to technical and production constraints Find solutions to issues affecting game features Create and maintain design documentation for collaborating teams Refine features through testing, adjustment, and balancing Qualifications What you bring to the team Apply deep game design expertise across different systems and mechanics Use Unreal Engine, along with word processors and spreadsheets Bring thoughtful design skills to a range of gameplay problems Demonstrate knowledge of the AAA video game market Bring experience shipping AAA games as an asset for this role Share your enthusiasm for building high-quality AAA games Communicate and present your ideas clearly in writing and conversation Bring empathy, collaboration, curiosity, resourcefulness, and flexibility What to send our way Send your CV highlighting relevant skills and experience Share examples of your game design projects as files or links Contract: Permanent Work flexibility: Office-based

What you’ll do

You will design and balance game mechanics and systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate features. Additionally, you will build prototypes in Unreal Engine and maintain comprehensive design documentation throughout the production cycle.

Requirements

Candidates should possess deep game design expertise and proficiency in Unreal Engine, along with experience in the AAA video game market. Strong communication skills and the ability to adapt designs to technical constraints are essential for this role.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Game design
• Unreal Engine
• Game mechanics
• Prototyping
• System design
• Balancing
• Technical design
• Documentation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• AAA game development
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Empathy
• Resourcefulness
• Design Documentation
• AAA Video Games
• Curiosity
• Game Design
• Creative Direction
• Game Mechanics
• Spreadsheets
• Word Processing
• Video Game Console
• Innovation
• Writing
• Balancing (Ledger/Billing)
• Enthusiasm

Job areas

• Creative & Media
• Software
• Technology
• Art & Design
• Game Designer
• Video Game Designer
• Graphic and Multimedia Designers
• Video Game Designers
• Web and Digital Interface Designers

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