Senior Gameplay Designer (Characters) | North America | Canada | Fully Remote

What we are looking for:

Are you a Character Designer with a passion for making games? Here at Escape Velocity, we are looking for someone to join the team, who will get to design characters that play a big part in the experience of gameplay that sit at the heart of our project.

Requirements

What we will do together:

• Find opportunities to bring exciting new gameplay hooks to characters within the game.
• Develop and oversee the player's combat mechanics, weapons, and abilities.
• Work closely with animators, gameplay programmers, and other teams to prototype and implement combat features.
• Take character designs through a full development cycle from concept to release.
• Use metrics, player feedback, and a multitude of diverse analytics to improve and refine the design.

What you will bring:

• Experience as a Character Designer on multiple titles for at least 2 years, with a proven history of taking characters from ideation to shipped.
• You have a passion for third-person combat mechanics and have thoroughly played a wide variety of different titles.
• Proven track record of bringing uniquely thematic characters to life in video games.
• A thorough understanding of creating strengths, weaknesses and counterplay within the character experience.
• You like working with