Undead Labs is looking for a Senior Content Designer to join our State of Decay 3 team. You’ll be bringing your skills to elevate and innovate our franchise's content to expand our player base while also advocating for the fans of our game. Our ideal candidate is comfortable empathetically tailoring their choices to our players while simultaneously working on the most minute details of interdependent systems. You'll work closely with a team of designers, programmers, and artists to craft rich missions and encounters and help grow our fan-base and franchise.
At Undead Labs we work in highly collaborative, cross-discipline teams because we understand that the best ideas are ones we generate together. We’re humble and curious in our work while always striving to make things better – for our players, for each other, and for our industry. Everyone here is committed to helping the team thrive, enabling us to rise to the moment and build amazing games.
What You'll Do
- Champion and refine State of Decay 3’s content design in service of current and new audiences
- Collaborate with other content and narrative designers in determining task priorities and deliverable timelines while establishing best practices
- Use proprietary tools to implement and tune designs of varied scope
- Document and communicate your vision to the rest of the team
- Define and measure effectiveness of content engagement with our analytics team
- Partner with UX design to consider holistic player experience and accessibility needs while ensuring content is well-understood by our players
- Foster an inclusive environment, centered on safety, engagement, collaboration, accountability, and community
Core Traits & Experience
- Deep experience working collaboratively with other disciplines to build missions and encounters, particularly in R&D and/or during pre-production
- Strong, interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to write clear and effective design documentation
- Passionate about developing and following high-functioning development processes
- Ideally brings 8+ years of video game experience, with 5+ years direct mission/encounters work
- Shipped at least one AAA title, preferably an RPG or open world game, as a content designer
Bonus Traits & Experience
- Experience implementing content in a third-person, systemic game
- Deep understanding of the post-apocalyptic survival-fantasy genre
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine (Blueprints)
Benefits & Perks
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Undead Labs and the state in which you work.
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance
- Unlimited PTO and studio holiday closure in December
- 401k plan with 50% matching
- Subsidized transportation to and from work
- Professional growth resources
- Discounts on the Microsoft Games store
Physical Requirements
Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Close vision to monitors and screens, consistently working on computer equipment such as keyboards and monitors, long periods of sitting.
- Noise levels are low to moderate in the work environment.
About Undead Labs
We are creators of the hit survival-fantasy franchise State of Decay with a fan base of over 10 million people. As an independent member of Xbox Game Studios, we collaborate with a huge network of skilled specialists in all disciplines, providing incredible opportunities for joint development and learning.
Undead Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
We look forward to hearing from you!
