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At Amazon, we believe that games and connected experiences are the future of entertainment. If you share our belief that games will produce some of the future’s most influential voices in media and art, come join us!

We are looking for an Gameplay Design Manager to join the New World team at Amazon Game Studios, Orange County. New World is a Sandbox MMO set in an alternate version of the 17th Century. As a manager of gameplay designers you’ll be responsible for leading a team of designers to create unique and exciting navigation, combat, and AI experiences. You will collaborate with a team of animators and programmers to bring your vision to life. We’re looking for someone who has led and managed teams of designers.

In this role you will…

  • Come up with unique and fun concepts for weapons, characters, and gameplay systems
  • Write and review design documents that communicate your vision to the rest of the team
  • Develop and grow a team of designers
  • Work with the animation team to describe timings, distances, and other animation keys which result in responsive, fun gameplay
  • Work with programmer to create custom functionality for your gameplay experiences
  • Script gameplay logic and integrate animations into the game engine
  • Work in an iterative manner, where you playtest often, get team feedback and improve your work
  • Refine, tune, and polish your work create highly polished, high quality gameplay experiences

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 8+ years of video game experience
  • 5+ years as a gameplay designer
  • Previous experience managing and leading a team of designers

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Have worked on a third person action melee combat game
  • Shipped a AAA title as gameplay designer
  • Strong technical scripting skills and ability to learn new technologies
  • Experience scripting in modern engines (Lumberyard, Unreal, Unity, etc…)
  • Strong animation understanding and fluency
  • Deep understanding the competitive, multiplayer game landscape
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

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