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Combat Designer (Hybrid)
- Posted 24 November 2023
- Salary £55000 - £57000 Per Year
- LocationLondon
- Job type Permanent
- DisciplineGame Design
- Reference18983
- Contact NameLawrie Brennan
Job description
Sharkmob London are working with Aardvark Swift as they seek to add a Combat Designer to their fantastically talented Design team.
The studio are experts in online AAA gaming, and have a fantastic new title in the works. Sharkmob have fostered a collaborative environment where you will be working in cross-discipline teams, allowing the teams to bring together their expertise and create the best possible experiences for players. They are looking for someone who exudes responsibility, a positive attitude, a passion for the work they produce, and who values professionalism.
Your responsibilities…
The studio are experts in online AAA gaming, and have a fantastic new title in the works. Sharkmob have fostered a collaborative environment where you will be working in cross-discipline teams, allowing the teams to bring together their expertise and create the best possible experiences for players. They are looking for someone who exudes responsibility, a positive attitude, a passion for the work they produce, and who values professionalism.
Your responsibilities…
- Work with the Senior Combat Designer to support the vision and goals for combat
- Work with Unreal Engine to tune the combat experience for their game
- Evangelise the quality targets for combat to the wider team
- Conduct research across all streams of media to better deliver against the goals and vision of the combat experience for their project
- Regularly seek feedback from the wider team to aid you in honing the combat experience
- Assist in the development of the tools and systems necessary to deliver combat to the highest possible quality
- Shipped one or more titles in a combat design role
- 3 or more years of professional game design experience
- Passion for games, with a love for combat focussed titles
- Excellent rapid prototyping skill
- Demonstrable experience delivering features that rely on timing and feel
- Understand combat systems in games across the industry
- Familiarity with the constraints of implementing combat in an online game is a bonus
- Visa sponsorship for you and your family
- Relocation support if moving to the UK or from within the UK
- 30 days annual leave plus public holidays
- Discretionary annual performance-based bonus
- Private pension (10% total, up to 5% individual contribution matched by Sharkmob)
- BUPA private Healthcare, Cigna dental cover, life insurance scheme and income protection policy
- £425 yearly preventative healthcare allowance
- Flexible working hours
- Weekly 'wellness hour' to be used each week during office hours