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Zenimax Media

Senior Systems Designer Zenimax Media
Dallas, TX

ZeniMax is a media company connecting game developers, artists, designers, programmers, and talents to create entertainment content.

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About Zenimax Media

Job Description

Bethesda Game Studios Dallas is seeking a talented Senior Systems Designer to join our growing team. Senior Systems Designers are responsible for the design, implementation, balance, and upkeep of game systems and features. The ideal candidate will be able to multi-task between working independently, driving a multidisciplinary strike-team to create high quality features and content, and collaborating remotely with team members located in our other studios.

Responsibilities

* Create detailed, yet easy to follow design documentation
* Ability to get hands-on and implement gameplay elements in our proprietary toolset
* Prototype new ideas and systems with existing tools and game script
* Drive new features and content as a strike-team feature owner
* Collaborate with artists, engineers and other designers both locally and remotely
* Provide feedback and guidance to other members of design
* Work closely with design leadership to ensure consistency, scope, and quality of systems
* Work with analytics team to review the success of current systems and initiatives as well as propose new solutions
* Assist in mentoring junior members of the design team

Requirements

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Experience working with a variety of established game toolsets
* Experience and skill with one or more text-based scripting languages
* Experience working in a collaborative environment with cross disciplinary groups
* Experience working with remote team members
* A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a design capacity on PC or console games
* Experience shipping a AAA game or patching/maintaining a live game
* Creativity and strong problem-solving skills
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Expert user with Excel
* Strong presentation skills and the ability to present that information to audiences
* Candidate must be willing to take a short design test

Desired Skills

* Experience creating mods or content for BGS games using the CreationKit
* Experience designing online/multiplayer game systems
* Solid debugging experience with text-based script languages
* Open world sandbox game experience

About Zenimax Media

ZeniMax is a media company connecting game developers, artists, designers, programmers, and talents to create entertainment content.

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