Treyarch is searching for the next member of its Global Systems Design Team. Global Systems is responsible for the design and creation of expansive game-wide systems that provide long-term fun and engagement in our games. Most of the systems this team delivers are intertwined across the entire game and support a mix of PVP and PVE modes that cater to a variety of casual, hardcore, and competitive audiences.
As an Associate Systems Designer at Treyarch you will collaborate with development teammates from all disciplines to bring gameplay, social, and meta systems to reality. Working with other designers and the development team, you’ll create design documentation and assist development and execution of global systems features.
As an Associate Systems Designer at Treyarch, you will:
- Create and maintain design documentation that clearly communicates the requirements for Global Systems features.
- Work with cross-disciplinary teams to prototype, iterate, and execute game systems.
- Implement assets and data required to support features and systems.
- Playtest regularly and provide feedback on global systems features and other components of our games.
- Collect feedback from team leads and peers on owned work.
The skills and experience you’ll need:
- The ability to bring a positive, supportive, and collaborative attitude to a team environment.
- Self-motivated work ethic with a strong desire to learn, absorb feedback, and tackle a variety of design work.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Strong attention to detail and a thoughtful approach to solving design problems.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Passion for playing and making video games.
- 1+ years of professional game design or development experience is a bonus.
- Understanding of Call of Duty, other shooters, and multiplayer industry trends.
- Understanding of progression and monetization industry trends.
- Formal game design, interface design, product design, or communication design training.
- Experience in Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with scripting, game development tools, and bug tracking software.
- Experience in a detail-oriented data entry or content implementation role.
- Willing to complete and submit a written design document evaluation if asked.
Note: Familiarity with modern shooter titles (Call of Duty or otherwise) is a requirement and we strongly encourage applicants to submit a cover letter in addition to their resume to better introduce yourself, your familiarity with the genre/franchise and competitive multiplayer games, and why you're interested in this role
About Treyarch
Founded in 1996, Treyarch is an award-winning videogame studio, driven to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. It is an approach that has helped make the studio behind the Black Ops series an industry-leading developer. Call of Duty®: Black Ops, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4, and the studio’s most recent release, Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War, have all gone on to break industry records. Additionally, Treyarch is the birthplace of fan favorite, Call of Duty’s Zombies.
Working at Treyarch means having the opportunity to work on some of the biggest videogames in the industry, all within a culture that values individual talent and the teams that bring games to life. We provide our teams with the cutting-edge development tools needed to make their most ambitious plans a reality, allowing for rapid iteration and the ability to create the kinds of memorable gameplay moments that are ultimately shared by millions of fans around the world. We also embrace challenges, knowing that together, we can overcome anything…and hopefully inspire a few new game developers along the way.
