What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior World Designer position at Tencent America LLC?
About the Hiring Team Welcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based, AAA game development studio for Tencent Games. Lightspeed LA is focused on building open-world games that emphasize an ambitious living world, sophisticated player-driven gameplay, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. We are developing the first in a series of genre-defining titles. Why join Lightspeed LA? For us, it's not only about the exciting, new AAA open world game we're developing but also about team values and studio culture. We foster an open and transparent environment where everyone feels comfortable providing constructive feedback about all aspects of our games. ● We encourage the showing of work that's still in progress. ● We don't attack or question unfinished work, we celebrate its promise. ● We have a No Blame Culture where we blame the problem, not the person. This is a safe place to fail, and we don't view failure as a negative, but as the natural result of pushing boundaries and trying new things. We create together. We face Challenges Together. We succeed together. What the Role Entails Lightspeed L.A. is seeking a passionate Senior World Designer to join our team in crafting immersive and engaging open-world experiences. As a Senior World Designer at Lightspeed L.A., you will collaborate with a talented team to build out expansive 3D spaces, implement gameplay systems, author dynamic content, and help bring our interactive world to life. Design large-scale, immersive open world spaces that capture specific narrative themes and environmental storytelling. Block out exterior and interior 3D spaces for optimal layout, flow, sightlines, and gameplay. Script gameplay situations for players to engage with in the context of an open world (sandbox gameplay). Design and implement dynamic ambient elements within the game world, ranging from NPC behaviors to wildlife. Work closely with other design, art, animation and engineering teams to bring the world to life. Who We Look For 3 years experience building open world games. Expertise using modern game engines and editors. Strong sense of level design principles, architecture, composition, lighting, and mood Proficiency in 3D modeling and game development tools. Excellent teamwork, communication, time management and organization skills. Passion to craft meaningful, engaging interactive experiences. Experience with Unreal Engine 5 is a plus. Why Join Us? Location State(s) US-California-Irvine The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $93,100.00 to $216,700.00 per year. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Employees hired for this position may be eligible for a sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units, which will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Subject to the terms and conditions of the plans in effect, hired applicants are also eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan. The Employee is also eligible for up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year (depending on the employee’s tenure), up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year, and up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year. Your benefits may be adjusted to reflect your location, employment status, duration of employment with the company, and position level. Benefits may also be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals. Who we are Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life for people around the world. Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.
Salary : $93,100 - $216,700