ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Located in Munich, Germany Aesir Interactive offers a fun, focused and casual atmosphere while developing several different games, VR and AR projects for PC, Xbox One, Playstation4 and Switch at once. At Aesir, we believe in people and our team and want to advance your skills and knowledge together with us.
YOUR ROLE:
As a Senior Game Designer, you have a strong grasp on game systems, gameplay and mechanics.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with Design Director to flesh out the core of the game
- When required, Lead game design on projects by defining the overall scope with Producer and Project Managers
- Handle and schedule multiple priorities when designing
- Create detailed design documents with relevant mockups and UI wireframes
- Regularly iterate designs based on feedback and team reviews
- Act as a mentor and provide guidance to other designers on the team, helping them grow
- Analyze and reverse-engineer game designs and features to deliver competitor analysis
- Work in close collaboration with creative and tech teams from start to finish
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to split work efficiently when working on more than 1 project
- Work with the design team on game pitches and presentations
- Mission Design and side missions (that go hand in hand with the overarching narrative)
- Help Design Director with creating a growth plan for other game and level designer
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE ALSO HAS ONE MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Strong fundamentals in gameplay, systems and mechanics
- Open world game design experience
- Fighting and or Combat game systems experience
- Strong UX and UI skillsets
- Ability to work on world-building and lore around the levels and scenarios
- Narrative Design, create characters on a narrative level. Create a story structure, synopsis and dialogues.
- An eye for cinematic direction
- Motivation to learn German.
YOU HAVE:
- 8+ years of experience in Game Design
- Gaming is a passion
- Love analyzing games and learning from them
- A constant drive to improve quality
- Familiarity with Photoshop or any other 2D graphics editors
- Hands-on experience with game engines like Unreal or Unity
YOU ARE:
- Self-motivated, self-directed and reliable
- Able to act as a role model and promote healthy work culture by helping the team spirit and tying the team together in difficult times
- Able to act as a motivator for other departments by sharing your passion and energy
- An excellent communicator
- Understands the importance of iterations in the design process
- Experienced with efficient workflows, tools & development processes
- Eager to learn/research multiple new tools and come up with creative solutions.
- Able to gather, analyze, and act on feedback from the team, open to critique.
- Confident with English communication, both verbally and in writing.
- Happy to work in our team in Munich (Germany).
WHAT WE OFFER:
- A great, motivated, passionate and ambitious team with over 40 great people.
- Free drinks (!!), coffee, milk and tea and a weekly fresh organic fruit basket.
- A modern and unique office located 10 minutes from the central station.
- Relocation support, your own fitting office chair; parcel service,
- We pay for your train / public transport ticket and a subsidy for lunch.
- You also get a credit card from us, which we top up with 44€ per month.
- We offer the possibility of a company pension.
- A library with books, magazines, movies, series and of course games.
- Company-based events for knowledge transfer, fun and recreation.
ABOUT US
Located in Munich, Germany, Aesir Interactive offers a fun, focused and casual atmosphere while developing games and VR projects for PC, Xbox, Playstation and Switch. We believe in people and our team and want to advance your skills and knowledge.
We strongly believe in agile development and the constant adaption of our workflows. We embrace the uniqueness of each project and prefer a structured and documented work style.
