Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
Job Description
Ubisoft's pioneering studio, Paris studio was responsible for the publisher's first successes following its creation in 1992. Today, it is at the helm of such must-have licenses as Just Dance, Ghost Recon and Mario + The Rabbids. Ubisoft Paris has also built a solid reputation as a partner of choice in cross-studio collaborations such as Watch Dogs, Skull & Bones, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Star Wars. Building on this experience, the studio continues to push the boundaries of creativity by working on some very promising yet unannounced projects.
With 750 talents of 35 nationalities, Ubisoft Paris is today the largest studio in France and one of the most experienced in the industry. Young talents can benefit from the strong presence of senior profiles in the creative, technical or artistic fields. Everyone is driven by the same passion: to push the limits of what is possible and to offer new experiences to our players.
Ready to join the adventure? Join us at the Paris Studio!
Reporting to the Lead Level Designer of Beyond Good & Evil 2's "planet" mandate, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to produce content for our spatial open-world.
In this context, you will independently carry out the following missions:
Design planets and their regions in collaboration with the different job families and studios involved in co-development:
Paper design,
Prototyping,
Presentation to Paris leads and codev studios,
Production of documentation.
Contribute to the development of the team's skills. You will bring them your knowledge of the job and the industry.
Know and anticipate technical solutions adapted to the constraints of the game engine and tools to support design. You'll also be a driving force behind the tools used to develop the game; you'll always have your hands in the editor.
Actively participate in improving the workflow and pipeline for planet creation.
Calibrate the procedural generation of our environments, then correct the results in line with design intentions.
Help improve the exploration loop within our planets.
Suggest new ideas for game bricks to support exploration of our planets, as well as points of improvement for existing ones.
Create various exploration situations aligned with the planets' design and narrative direction.
Qualifications
You have already shipped at least two games, ideally including an open world game.
You are familiar with terraforming and procedural content and environment generation.
You are known for your good communication skills, especially with tech professions.
The project language is English; you will need to be fluent in both written and spoken English.
You have experience of, or at least a keen interest in, world building and environmental storytelling.
You're a proactive person who doesn't hesitate to tackle problems head-on or come up with new ideas.
You have a keen interest in science fiction and astronomy.
Additional Information
This position is available as soon as possible in Montreuil and requires several days a week at the studio. Joining us means having access from day one to :
Flexibility in your working hours and the possibility to work remotely under the conditions of the Ubisoft policy.
20 days of remote working per year from a European Union country (reserved for European citizens);
Our internal e-learning platform to finally train you on the tools you need so much;
Our game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, those of the competition, consoles and board games;
Our preferential rates on a wide range of shows, cinemas, concerts, sports halls, amusement parks, and many other good deals.
And after 1 year?
You have a career and development plan established with your manager as well as clear objectives that will allow you to progress and increase your salary each year;
You have joined one of our clubs : choir, yoga, tennis, lightsaber... Or you have created your own!
You take advantage of your 1.5 hour lunch break to take part in a class in our gym or borrow one of our bicycles to ride in the Bois de Vincennes ;
You look forward to the next surf/yoga or ski weekend organized by the work council;
You've gotten really good at foosball, rock climbing, Mario Kart or Just Dance ;
You've raided the clearance sale sale to complete your collection of Ubi goodies and games (because we never have enough).
