Game Designer, Systems - WoW Classic | Irvine, CA
About the position Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced Game Designer to join the World of Warcraft Classic team. As a designer on our team, you will be implementing and collaborating across disciplines to bring systems, features, and updates to WoW Classic through iteration, thoughtfulness, cooperation, and feedback. The ideal candidate has proven experience in game design, a strong aptitude for critical thinking and analysis, outstanding people skills, boundless creativity, a strong visual aesthetic, and a passion for playing and analyzing games. This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is in Irvine, CA.
Responsibilities
- Work together with team members to design, implement, and tune systems and features in WoW Classic experiences.
- Collaborate in a close-knit team environment.
- Solicit and openly embrace feedback and direction.
- Always be thinking and planning for the next gameplay idea that players will love!
Requirements
- 3+ game design experience
- Ability to design, implement, and tune systems, combat, or content.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Appreciative of the incredible value of diversity, as we deliver for gamers worldwide.
- A passion for playing and making games!
Nice-to-haves
- Design portfolio showing your work and contributions.
- Familiarity with World of Warcraft.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.