Principal Gameplay Designer (Narrative Adventure)

TL;DR

Principal Gameplay Designer (Narrative Adventure): Building and optimizing memorable interactions and events for a dark, story-driven 'Narrative Adventure' with an accent on atmosphere, storytelling, player agency, and next-generation hardware. Focus on creating succinct UX designs, empowering cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality gameplay moments, and mentoring other designers.

Location: Hybrid (Liverpool, UK) for 1-3 days per week, or remote from the UK.

Company

hirify.global is a visionary game development studio based in Liverpool and an integral part of the PlayStation Studios family, creating showcase games with memorable characters and captivating narratives.

What you will do

• Develop exciting briefs into outstanding, bespoke interactions and set pieces across the entire gameplay experience.
• Create succinct UX designs that clearly convey engaging interactivity and technical requirements, then empower cross-functional teams to deliver them.
• Collaborate with various teams (designers, props, environment, animation, code, audio, VFX) to prototype, implement, and iterate interactions and gameplay moments.
• Lead a cross-functional team, focusing on quality and delivery for your features.
• Coordinate with Directors, Leads, and Production to collate and implement feedback, ensuring timely delivery.
• Proactively drive feature development, identify work, fulfill milestone goals, and raise issues to the Game Director.
• Review tools and pipelines, looking for efficiency improvements.
• Mentor other Gameplay Designers on the team.

Requirements

• Significant professional game development experience with an impressive portfolio.
• Ability to own and deliver high-quality work with minimal guidance.
• Passionate about delivering the very best player experience.
• Strong Unreal 5 experience is required.
• Player-driven, goal-led mindset with exceptional creativity.
• Strong User-Experience-first design skills.
• Ability and knowledge to collaborate and coordinate with other game development teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively both to Directors and team members with proactive communication.
• Energetic and positive attitude.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to core values of Inclusivity, Bravery, Responsiveness, and Entrepreneurialism.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to a culture of inclusion and mutual respect.
• Encourages applications from all suitable applicants regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.

Hiring process

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees.