Senior Level Designer

About the role

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.   Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements.   PLEASE NOTE: At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada. Blackbird Interactive is looking for an experienced Senior Leve

What the role involves

• Collaborate with combat, systems, narrative, art, engineering, audio, and production to create levels that support the established creative vision and core gameplay pillars
• Own levels end-to-end, including layouts, blockouts, combat spaces, encounters, traversal, exploration, pacing, and player flow
• Design engaging combat spaces that support varied enemies, character builds, abilities, positioning, and different approaches to combat
• Create rewarding exploration through optional paths, secrets, environmental storytelling, and meaningful rewards while maintaining clear navigation and progression
• Script and implement gameplay events, encounters, objectives, triggers, and environmental interactions directly in engine
• Test, debug, and iterate on levels using playtest feedback to improve combat flow, difficulty, pacing, readability, and replayability

Details

• Full-time
• Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Design