Scopely is looking for a Principal Level Designer to join our team developing an unannounced and groundbreaking new title with a popular IP. Our game is F2P (mobile + PC) and approaching pre-production. We are looking for someone in Culver City on a hybrid basis or remotely in the US!

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the gaming industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

What You Will Do

• Drive the level design (open world and instanced) for a free-to-play open world adventure game while serving Content, Gameplay, and Creative goals
• Create 3D open-worlds, as well as instanced levels, with a focus on playable edges, surfaces, and interiors that support creative traversal, exploration, and gameplay mechanics
• Collaborate with the Directors of Content, Gameplay, and Art to establish best practices for level design to maximize development productivity and consistency
• Work directly with engineering to understand and inform how to build dynamically generated levels
• Mentor and guide junior designers while setting and maintaining quality standards
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies relating to game level design
• Identify and advocate for tools and processes that will enable ease of use and scalability when creating levels
• Understand our audience at a deep, empathetic level, and formulate solutions that respond to the needs of various player segments

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in game level design, with at least 3 years in a leadership or equivalent role
• Proven experience creating playable levels utilizing landmarking, positive/negative space, and traversal elements to bring worlds to life
• Deep understanding of how level design drives flow, pacing, and storytelling
• Ability to be creative, both with minimal direction and while working within tight constraints
• Have worked on or shipped titles within the adventure and/or open world genres
• Experience with AAA engines and editors (e.g. Unity or Unreal)
• Experience developing and operating free-to-play games
• Experience working on projects in the pre-production phase
• Ability to thrive in an environment where feedback, playtesting, and data are used to drive continuous improvement through iteration
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present and articulate game design concepts to team members, as well as senior management
• Ability to anticipate production and identify potential roadblocks in design
• A passion for video games and the adventure genre, with a deep understanding of core game mechanics and game design principles
• Passion for mobile games

Bonus Points

• Art background
• Experience with dynamically generated level design
• Familiarity with modding and/or user-generated content

Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

This role will have access to sensitive and/or confidential employee or customer personally identifiable information (PII) and/or Company financial information and therefore will be subject to background checks upon receiving a conditional offer of employment.