Game Designer (Apex Legends)

Respawn Entertainment, a studio within Electronic Arts, is seeking a Game Designer to create and deliver engaging seasonal gameplay and live events for Apex Legends.

As a Game Designer, you will be a key contributor within a team responsible for delivering live events and limited-time experiences that expand and evolve Apex's gameplay. You will ideate, prototype, implement, and iterate on new gameplay concepts, working closely with design, engineering, art, and production partners to bring compelling ideas from concept to live service execution.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Designers, Engineers, and other creatives to develop the game vision and innovate on compelling seasonal content through novel gameplay mechanics
• Prototype design ideas and iterate through playtesting and player feedback
• Align and collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams to develop gameplay features
• Participate in technical audits of design content and help enforce healthy scripting standards
• Ensure high quality releases through regular iteration, bug fixing, and tuning of features based on feedback from the game teams, user testing, and the broader player community
• Contribute to game design discussions and planning
• Create and manage documentation for new and evolving gameplay systems

Qualifications:

• 3+ years Technical Design experience, or show equivalent knowledge
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to appreciate respectful feedback
• A clear understanding that teamwork is the key to success
• Fluency in text-based scripting or programming languages such as C++, C#, or JavaScript, among others
• Deep understanding of the Battle Royale genre and what makes moment-to-moment gameplay exciting to players
• Ability to communicate and articulate design requirements to other disciplines
• Experience developing within a Live Service environment is a plus