Lead Technical Designer – AAA Console & PC Games – Permanent – South East, UK

OPM’s award-winning client is creating a brand-new and exciting First-Person Tactical Shooter using Unreal Engine 4.

They are looking for a talented designer to join them as Lead Technical Designer in creating a ground-breaking FPS. This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with several mixed discipline teams, directing to deliver world-class first-person combat gameplay and emotion.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a proven Technical Designer, you will be leading, mentoring and supporting the Design team through creating script projects, templates, developing pipelines and creating tools. You will hold yourself to a high-quality mark in your work and ensure the team are adhering to your robust, clean script guidelines and will help train designers in new features. You will also work closely with gameplay and tools coders to ensure smooth implementation of new features. You will bring your experience and expertise to the project and work with the development team to recognise and resolve problems as they arise.

As the Lead Technical Designer on the project, you will spend time with members of your team, understanding their motivations and career development goals through carrying out regular one to ones. You will be working across the project disciplines, so you will be communicating clearly and effectively so that everyone works together; this will be critical to the success of this role.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience in a similar role on a AAA title
• Experience of multiple scripting languages
• Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine 4
• Excellent problem solver and able to clearly get to the root cause and work to resolve issues
• Ability to work cross-discipline and provide constructive and easy-to-understand feedback

DESIRED SKILLS:

• C/C++ programming skills
• Experience of working in GaaS game development environment
• Great attention to detail

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 415!

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