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SalaryAbout Auroch Digital
Auroch Digital is a Bristol-based videogame developer with a passion for making games that relate to and deal with real-world issues. We work on original titles, partnerships, and work-for-hire projects – specialising in strategy, retro, porting and, digital tabletop games –including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Brewmaster, and Mars Horizon.
Day in the Life of a Level Designer:
As a Level Designer, you will be responsible for delivering the best possible game experience for the projects, features and areas you are working on to schedule and quality. You will contribute to the level design process for a major new title we have in development, creating and building levels, from concept through to polish, for our retro shooter game.
You will understand the role of pacing, narrative, theme and mechanics in creating compelling gameplay experiences, whilst putting the player’s experience at the centre of the way you think about design. You will demonstrate your player-centric design focus by using player feedback to refine the gameplay experience, whilst also taking feedback and direction constructively from Senior Designer, project vision holders and IP owners.
Please note, for this role you will need to be UK based. This role can be done on a remote basis within the UK.
What you need to do this job:
- Professional game industry experience in a level design focused role (excludes time spent in education).
- One or more shipped titles as a Level Designer for an action game.
- Experience with all aspects of level design in Unreal Engine, including Blueprints.
- Some experience creating gameplay encounters e.g. placing enemies, scripting gameplay.
- Experience with level design in Unreal Engine, ideally including Blueprints.
Application Requirements
Your application should include a short covering letter explaining a little about your previous experience and why you think you would be a good fit for the role, and a current CV with relevant work history. A portfolio of existing work is required for this role.
What’s in it for you?
Auroch also offers a highly personable benefits package which has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.
Financial: Annual bonus, flexible benefits allowance (to purchase add-on benefits marked*), salary sacrifice pension, employee referral scheme (up to £3,000), financial/home buying consultations, workplace ISA and other schemes for tech loans, cars, bicycles and much more!
Work-life balance: Flexible working, 21 free choice days holiday, bank holidays, birthday off, a duvet day raising to 4 with service, Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year), options to buy or sell +5/-5 days annual leave*, and an optional 3 month unpaid sabbatical after 3 years service!
Health and Wellbeing: Dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, BUPA private healthcare*, leading EAP programs (Remote GP, Mental Health and Physio appointments), critical illness cover*, health cash plan* and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.
Personal Development: Structured My Development pathway, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, access to Udemy learning platform, 5/8 learning days per annum (1 can be used as a volunteer day), award-winning L&D team and yearly attendance to the Sumo Developers Conference (link to video).
Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, regular studio days out (family welcome), studio-led social activities (game jams, yoga, life drawing and more), sabbaticals (at 10 years service) and an annual gaming subscription.
These benefits are part of our flexible benefits options and are opt-in selections.
Inclusion and Belonging at Sumo Group:
We are dedicated to growing a sustainable business that provides security to our people while delivering a first-class experience to our partners and players.
As a people business, the success of our people is the success of our company. We prioritise taking care of them with a focus on supporting them, nurturing their talent and providing a healthy, friendly, enriching, creative and safe environment in which to work.
Sumo's employee diversity group, PRISM, exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality & wellbeing across the company and plays a key role in Sumo's ongoing goal of fostering environments where all employees feel safe, welcome & represented.
Our charitable and community initiatives provide support for meaningful causes that matter to our employees, clients and partners.
We continue to work to improve diversity in our recruitment and promotion processes, and to actively encourage people from marginalised groups to consider a career in the games industry.
