Gasket Games Looking for Game Designer at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Game Designer

Gasket Games is growing, and we are looking for a Game Designer to join our Design team. In this role, you will work with the Design Director and Creative Stakeholders to contribute to a AAA client project. In the future, you will also have the opportunity to define and direct the development of original IP content.

You will help break down and define the work with an eye for efficiency, modularity, and cohesive structure. You’ll define team goals and priorities, and help build a team to accomplish those aspirations.

This is a full-time, permanent position with our team.

What will you do?

• Design and implement assigned elements of a complete game feature by working in close collaboration with software engineers, artists, and production.
• Contribute to the data optimization and validation as needed
• Assist with testing new features and tools before they are used by the rest of the team
• Contribute to prototypes and documentation of gameplay features
• Translate and challenge conceptual design, with the guidance of more senior team members, to turn concepts into functional gameplay experiences, including task definitions and breakdowns.
• Collaborate cross-discipline to bring gameplay experiences to life while defining & prioritising feature expectations, and following up with iterative review feedback.
• Actively contribute to the quality of the product at each production phase, as well as help shape best practices for implementation of gameplay experiences and systems through regular reviews, post mortems, and roundtable feedback.
• Play the game frequently to make sure all contributions work as intended without causing breaks for adjacent areas or the overall experience.
• Sync up regularly with the Studio Stakeholders and the Executive Leadership Team.

Must Have Qualifications

• Professional Game Design experience related to or including game design, scripting, or gameplay programming
• Have shipped a minimum of 1 game title as a designer
• High-level understanding of what it takes to organise and run a small team from a production standpoint
• Ability to think holistically and remain mindful of the overall experience when drilling into micro details.
• Able to communicate well with others via writing, remote meetings, or in person, taking the time to articulate your ideas and listen to other perspectives.
• Able to collaborate well with others on your team and across the organisation generally.
• Able to take a constructive view and remain objective while deconstructing blockages or untangling collaborative concerns.
• Able to work with Production and stakeholders to manage timely deliverables, assess future risks, maintain a healthy backlog, and support quality testing / validation efforts.

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Previous Personal or Professional experience working in Unreal 4 or Unreal 5
• Programming or scripting experience
• Previous experience with being responsible for a small team of individuals

Finally, a little about Gasket Games Corp. We are a growing studio of people who enjoy playing games together as much as we enjoy making them together. We have a high bar for quality within our games and mutual respect within our company culture. Our office is located in downtown Vancouver, right outside the Waterfront SkyTrain station, surrounded by great places to eat.

We offer very competitive benefits including:

• Competitive salary.
• Choose your own working style: remote, hybrid, or in-person. You choose which works best for you.
• 4 weeks of paid vacation, plus a studio closure over the Winter holidays.
• Participation in the Employee Share Option Plan.
• An extensive health and dental plan.
• An inclusive culture where you get to work with talented and respectful team members.
• Weekly studio updates with the whole staff so that everyone knows what’s going on.
• Frequent virtual team events as well as in-person activities when possible.

Gasket Games is a safe, supportive, diverse, and inclusive environment where people from all walks of life are welcome and belong. If the role and our studio sound interesting to you, we would love to hear from you!