Senior Level Designer

• Collaborate on the level design pipeline, ensuring alignment with gameplay mechanics, narrative pacing, and technical constraints.
• Collaborate with the Game Director, Design Director, and Art Director to define the experience goals and spatial rhythms of each level.
• Prototype, build, and iterate on levels in Unreal Engine, blocking out layouts and refining through to final implementation.
• Work cross-discipline with Gameplay Designers, Writers, Engineers, and Artists to ensure all elements of the level support the desired experience.
• Maintain strong documentation, workflow clarity, and visibility of progress for the team and stakeholders.
• Lead regular playtests and design reviews, collecting feedback and driving iteration to improve player experience.
• Balance level aesthetics, readability, and performance, ensuring tight collaboration with environment art and tech design.
• Help shape the level design culture at Mob, identifying opportunities to raise team capability and creative ambition.

• 6+ years of professional game design experience, with a strong emphasis on level design.
• 2+ years of experience in a mentorship role
• Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, with experience using Blueprints for gameplay interaction and scripting.
• A portfolio demonstrating authored or led level work, ideally in first-person, puzzle, or horror-based games.
• Strong grasp of spatial pacing, gameplay readability, environmental storytelling, and encounter flow.
• Experience collaborating with narrative teams, ensuring levels support and enhance story moments.
• Comfortable balancing high-level vision with hands-on production, including greyboxing, paper designs, and iteration.
• Strong communication and organizational skills; able to clearly define tasks, communicate direction, and drive team progress.
• Familiarity with source control (Perforce), task management tools (Jira, Confluence), and level design documentation best practices.

• Experience shipping narrative-focused or horror adventure games.
• Familiarity with modular environment workflows and LD/Art pipeline coordination.
• Experience working with procedural elements or systemic game spaces.
• Strong instincts for emotional pacing, building tension, and delivering impactful moments through level layout.

• Drive the vision, quality, and execution of level design for the project.
• Empower and support the level design team, helping them succeed within project goals and constraints.
• Help refine and maintain structure, pipeline, and review cadence to improve delivery and iteration speed.
• Serve as a key collaborator and creative leader across the broader design team.

• Reports to: Lead Level Designer
• Works closely with: Game Director, Narrative Director, Game Design Team, Art Director, Level Design Team, Technical Designers
• Communication Tools: Slack, Jira, Confluence, Miro

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