Senior World Designer [Fixed Term]

The roleAs a Senior World Designer you’ll be responsible for realising a part of the game world by designing, building and iterating on all its various layers through several stages. You will be collaborating closely with Art, Narrative and other Design disciplines such as Mission, Level and Game Design to ensure that the open world experience comes together.
[Please note that this is a fixed term employment, with end date being March 31st 2027]
What you'll do

• Own a large subset of the world and be responsible for the overall design of the environment and implementation of simpler activities in it.
• Typical tasks include; planning regions, terrain editing, roads, waterways, placement and distribution of POI’s and landmarks, creating spaces and paths through them according to specified gameplay metrics.
• Work closely with Lead, Product Owner and other teams to understand the game and its needs, constraints, and intentions to design adapted solutions to realize the project's vision.
• Help identify problems and improve workflows both with the toolset and content pipeline/production (i.e. structure/building prefabs, asset collections, layout templates etc.)

Who you are

• You have a breadth of expertise in the World Design discipline and its many practical aspects such as: flow of large scale spaces, terrain editing, biomes, landmarks, locations, roads, and rivers as well as an understanding of how to best represent lore, pertinent story beats and important parts of world building in that work.
• You are a self motivated developer that enjoys ownership and are not afraid to wear several hats
• You have a keen eye for composition, visual aesthetics and distribution. Both in terms of layouts of environments and how different layers of gameplay work together in harmony.
• You’re someone with previous experience as a World Designer (or equivalent) in the game industry, ideally having worked on an open-world title.
• You have great understanding of dependencies and associated workflows of other departments

Note: Research shows under-represented groups in the industry might not apply to a job if they don’t check off every requirement. At Avalanche, we’re more about your drive to learn and interest in tackling challenges than what’s on your resume! So don’t stress if you don’t tick every box— shoot us your application anyway! Diverse opinions and different experiences are what make our teams so great, not itemized lists of qualifications.
The Stockholm locationOur Stockholm office is situated in Södermalm, the beating heart of the city’s game industry. It’s a physical representation of our games – the lush vegetation of Just Cause and theHunter: Call of the Wild meets corroded metal straight out of Mad Max. It has everything you need to make it your creative base camp.
Our valuesAt Avalanche Studios Group, we create worlds beyond limits. But that’s not exclusive to our games, so we’re committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All Avalanchers have a shared responsibility to create an open work environment where everyone is treated equally and respectfully. Being part of our world is not contingent on your heritage, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.
How to applyTo apply for this position, please register below and provide your CV in English. We review applications continuously. All further studio-related information is provided under a non-disclosure agreement.
At Avalanche Studios Group we're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our passionate team, but please note that relocation assistance is not available for this role.