Mission Designer

Summary

We are seeking a Mission Designer to create highly memorable missions that combine best-in-class storytelling with action gameplay for an all-new open world IP built in Unreal Engine 5. As a Mission Designer , you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and be a hands-on contributor and implementer of story missions including critical path and side missions alongside single-player campaign features.

Core Responsibilities

Own implementation of engaging, diverse, innovative missions within a story-driven, open-world game.

Work with the Lead Mission Designer to develop best practices and robust solutions for faster iteration across the team.

Challenge the status quo and demonstrate understanding of where open-world mission design can change and where it’s already working.

Build brand new, innovative game systems for missions that can help define core features across the rest of the game.

Leverage the game s existing open-world systems and mechanics to create dynamic and unpredictable mission experiences that adapt to player choices and actions.

Provide feedback to other mission designers to improve the quality of the design and storytelling.

Create documentation to support missions, mission tools, and game features developed for missions.

Ability to implement and design changes based on play testing data from both internal and external sources.

Core Qualifications

1-2+ years of experience building mission content, ideally within an open-world game.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Innovative thinker with creative problem-solving skills who can thrive in a collaborative team environment.

High-quality portfolio showcasing previous scripting, encounter or mission design work in games.

Strong understanding of storytelling and narrative design.

Plus If...

Experience building game-wide systems or features.

Experience with level design, blockout or world-building.

Experience in UE4 or UE5.

Experience working with co-development partners.

Experience working on an open world title.

Description

Full time job with benefits

Role is on-site in Santa Monica, CA

Office is located near downtown Santa Monica – near metro and freeways.

The base pay range for this position is $100,000 to $115,000 per year. Actual compensation is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a competitive package of benefits including paid time off, sick time, company holidays, parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Absurd Ventures

Absurd Ventures is a media company creating new IP across all platforms and for all formats. Absurd Ventures is building narrative worlds, creating characters, and writing stories for a variety of genres, without regard to medium, to be produced for live-action and animation; video games and other interactive content; books, graphic novels, and scripted podcasts.