Senior Gameplay Designer

at  Epic Games

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

WHAT WE DO

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Epic Games is looking for a Senior Gameplay Designer to oversee the development of new islands, experiences, and templates in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and implement island experiences and content to delight players and help us inspire creators working in Fortnite Creative and UEFN. This role is open to multiple locations: Europe (UK/London preferred) and North America (EST), and will require occasional travel to both Europe and the US.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

• Craft and drive the design vision, documentation, and implementation for multiple island experiences in collaboration with Gameplay Designers, Product Managers, and Design Leadership
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to drive development forward, being a vision holder for overall publishing efforts
• Liaise with external partners to identify the creative direction for their presence in the ecosystem, ensuring that they are kept informed and involved with design decisions
• Actively participate in big-picture decisions and work with other designers to focus on the right elements to achieve inspiring results
• Broad knowledge spanning multiple areas of Game Design and ability to confidently engage on a variety of complex topics across design
• Drive collaborative and iterative prototyping, both paper-based and in-game
• Attend playtests, provide feedback, and identify practical solutions to problems