Associate Game Designer, Systems - World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Team Name:

World of Warcraft

Job Title:

Associate Game Designer, Systems - World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R026132

Job Description:

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a game designer for the World of Warcraft team. As an Associate Rewards Designer, you’ll be building items and reward systems that surprise and delight our players. You’re a creative and critical thinker who enjoys collaborating with and leading teammates to find fun solutions to design challenges. Adventurers across Azeroth are always in search of new treasures. Now is your opportunity to join the World of Warcraft design team to design and implement those treasures! 

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this position is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Create reward items and systems that guide the players through the game by making the most fun activities the most rewarding activities. 
• Leverage technical experience to balance reward systems in proprietary design tools.
• Communicate with team members on a regular basis as part of creating and iterating designs, and on implementation best practices.
• Partner with QA and production to plan, implement, document, and test features. 

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge and Skills

·2+ years of professional experience or equivalent college training

·Strong sense of what makes a gameplay experience compelling and fun, as well as the ability to articulate well why a game design decision is good or bad

• An understanding of player motivation and rewards in MMOs.

Key Attributes

• Outstanding self-motivation and initiative
• Demonstrated ability to work well within a highly collaborative environment
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Commitment to creating a safe space for collaboration, communication, and creativity across all subject areas and departments

Extra Points

Experience

• Experience working with data on a live product to inform design decisions
• Experience implementing game content using a programming or scripting language
• Knowledge of World of Warcraft rewards systems

Knowledge and Skills

• Creative writing skills
• A familiarity with statistics or analytics

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think