Senior Level Designer

Blankhans

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Posted

September 6, 2023

Full Time

Anywhere

Remote

YOUR MISSION

We’re seeking a talented Senior Level Designer (m/f/d) to bring our new and unannounced title to life. You would join the team during the prototype phase and be influential on map designs and layouts.

Please note: This is not an entry-level or mid-level position.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Execute the design direction and be responsible for designing and building level content from white-box to final quality.
Drive the creation of level content from paper design through to the final stages of polish while ensuring the requirements of the gameplay, creative, and technical stakeholders are maintained.
Collaborate closely with other departments such as Environment Art, Engineering, and Animation to deliver a fun, high-quality player experience.
Anticipate technical and creative challenges while facilitating communication to address concerns immediately.
Create and maintain documentation for new and existing world content
Actively engage in and seek out playtesting for your levels to get feedback to aid you in honing the player experience

YOUR PROFILE

5+ years of professional experience as Level Designer in the Games Industry with at least one shipped title (excluding academic projects)
Excellent sense for design and creating outstanding user experiences
Experience of working autonomously and driving content creation within tight time constraints
Understanding of level design principles, pacing and mission flow
Outstanding communication and documentation skills
Upper-Intermediate English mandatory, since our company language is English
You are able to work within European time zone working hours

PREFERRED

Experience with Unreal engine a strong plus

WHY US?

The experience of creating something from scratch with your contribution.
The most common answer to "What makes Blankhans special" is: The respectful team and that we are having fun together.
Be a part of a diverse international team with highly qualified and dedicated colleagues.
The possibility to work entirely remotely with occasional workshops.
A lean organisation with growth potential.
Receive a competitive salary in accordance with your market area.

Do you want to be part of our story? Help build a new game from scratch, make an impact be a part of our journey to craft a terrific game studio.

We are serious about building a diverse team. All qualified applicants will be considered, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, disability, or age.

About

Blankhans

We aim to create a small team of games business ninja. In such a small team, everyone needs to be hands-on and empowered to autonomy, responsibility, and ownership of their craft.

We share and communicate our work openly. We know that only providing and receiving honest feedback from colleagues and players will forge our craft to be outstanding. Everyone’s voice is valuable. We live and breathe for the happiness our art provides to people. In our world, expertise, passion, and data speak louder than senior titles or tenure.

Crafting something so special with so little people and resources is a challenge like a masterpiece. We need your leadership and initiative to be successful. We do the daily hustle as we know that only by doing things get created. We understand that only with a healthy integration of work into our lives can we achieve great things. We understand that iteration is the fastest way to success and that success implies constant learning, failures, and triumph. We desire challenges. Every day.

This is Blankhans. A business. A family. Crafting virtual worlds that are here to stay.

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We will win through

Our Talent: Finding and cultivating the absolute best talent and cutting edge craftsmanship across art, technology, and business disciplines. By betting on the extraordinary and high-performance teams that allow us to achieve meaningful results in a lean way.
Our Culture: The strong dedication everyone feels to our game projects and the way we build and iterate on meaningful virtual worlds.
Our Partners: We partner with our players to forge the game we and they enjoy the most to play. This means we will have the strongest product-market-fit possible.
Our Sustainability: As we optimize for a lean organization that operates with as little people and resources as possible we can sustain our small-scale company with growing success and ambitions.
Feedback is a driver: We do take feedback from our players and peers seriously and do give feedback to others to help them grow as a professional.

Do you want to be part of our story? Help build a live service that is fun for players around the globe and be a part of our journey to craft an extraordinary game studio. Check out our “How we work” to get an impression of where we are and what you will help to iterate.

Featured Game

Coreborn is a social survival sandbox game trying to modernize the genre by combining an instanced social hub where the whole game population can meet, trade, and socialize with a persistent survival sandbox world where the player is exploring the world of Tormentosia.

The author of Coreborn, Hauke Gerdes is Creative Director and Co-Founder, together with a strong team of industry veterans. Coreborn is based on the most famous German Pen & Paper show with Millions of views on YouTube, thousands of fan art, and a vibrant community. The game is built as a free-to-play live service and is planned to release on all platforms.

Blankhans, the company behind the Coreborn game, recently finished its Series Seed and got funded by the leading global games fund Griffin Gaming Partners.

For more info on our game, visit our Website and our Discord.

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