Level Designer

✨ Job Offer: Level Designer at Larian Studios ✨

With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Level Designer to join the team and help us in crafting the high calibre games our fans have come to expect.

🚀 Responsibilities

• Build white box versions of areas after consulting with all relevant parties.
• Handoff areas to environment art, scripting, combat and cinematics while helping them elevate the experience.
• Finalize areas for shipping.
• Understand the role an area plays in the composition of the game experience, based on the narrative and design/creative directors briefing.
• Know and apply all features and mechanics that are available to the player for exploration.
• Reserve space for features that are in development but not available yet.
• Be ready to throw away everything you made and start from scratch with a new perspective obtained through previous iterations.
• Fix level design related bugs in your own or other peoples' areas.
• Make sure the level is always playable and ready to go.

🌟 Requirements

• A design relevant degree.
• Proven commercial experience in video game level design.
• Ability to work well as part of a distributed, international team.
• An extremely positive can do attitude.
• Ability to give and receive feedback.
• The ability to efficiently communicate designs through 2D mockups or flowcharts.
• Ability to experience the game as a player.
• An RPG gamer with a passion for narrative-driven games.

💡 Nice to haves

• An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel.
• An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged.
• A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields.
• Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues.
• Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees.
• Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback.