Who We Are
The Gearbox Entertainment Company is home to a world-class team that entertains the world with award-winning and genre-defining video games. Our games are entrenched with rich universes that are expanded upon via transmedia storytelling, live experiences, and consumer products. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for developing successful game franchises such as Borderlands, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and Brothers in Arms, as well for continued development of acquired properties including Duke Nukem, Risk of Rain, and Homeworld. The company was founded as Gearbox Software in 1999 by a team of industry veterans and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The Gearbox Entertainment Company is proud to be part of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). For more information, visit www.GearboxSoftware.com.
Gearbox Software is looking for a Lead mission designer to work closely with the creative leadership and other departments to define and uphold the quality standards for the game’s missions and narrative content. You will lead the mission design team to ensure the creation of engaging, high-quality, and enjoyable content.
Responsibilities
Contribute to the design of missions, narrative arcs, and the ways in which players experience this content.
In collaboration with the creative leadership, you will oversee and guide a team of mission designers.
Plan and delegate tasks for team members in coordination with leadership and production teams.
Supervise and mentor the design team to ensure alignment with deadlines and the established creative direction.
Monitor team members’ well-being and progress.
Collaborate with other departments to ensure mission content is both feasible and meets quality expectations.
Promote innovation by understanding the competitive landscape and the project’s target audience.
Profile and Qualifications
10+ years of experience as a mission designer in the video game industry
Proven leadership experience.
Shipped at least one multiplatform title from pre-production to certification
Experience with Unreal 4 or 5
Experience in team management
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to tackle complex design challenges
Strong interpersonal skills
Enthusiastic, positive, and team-oriented mindset
Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Gearbox Entertainment is committed to ensuring that all team members work in an environment free from discrimination and harassment, and one that reflects the diversity of the world it strives to entertain. As an equal opportunity employer, Gearbox Entertainment does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. Gearbox Entertainment is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, and to enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment equal to those enjoyed by individuals without disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point during the job application process, please contact us for more information.
