World Designer

We're currently looking for a skilled and creative Senior World Designer, to join our team at Avalanche Studios Group in Stockholm!As a Senior  World Designer, you will work as a designer mastering all aspects of World Design, such as designing, building, and iterating the world with all its layers. And are responsible for recommending improvements to the entire World Design workflow pipeline. Collaborate with designers, animators, and programmers to bring innovative features and the game vision to life for an enhanced player experience. 
What you'll do?

• Anticipate issues and recommend solutions/best practices.
• Think long-term and take a broad perspective to identify solutions.
• Work closely with Lead and Teams to understand the game and its needs, constraints, and intentions to design adapted solutions to realize the project's vision.
• Understand how your decisions connect to the business and how it successfully improves the final product.
• Combine all aspects of World Design to bring the best representation of the game vision.
• Understand opportunities and limitations for what the engine can produce.
• Work in a development environment with shared tools and pipelines and contribute with continuous improvement suggestions to our shared tech.
• Providing support and guidance to the teams.

Who you are?

• You are recognized as an expert in the World Design area within the organization.
• You have specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in the World Design discipline, such as all its layers: world, biomes, landmarks, locations, roads, and rivers. 
• You should be able to work with other disciplines and also independently.
• You have experience in owning and leading the development of entire features.
• You focus on the execution of complex design tasks and or contribute to several aspects of the project. 
• Experience with 3rd party tools and software like world creator.
• You conduct yourself professionally by representing company values and code of conduct with high integrity.
• You are a role model guiding designers to create World Designs according to best practices.

Note: Research shows under-represented groups in the industry (especially women) 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 location
Our 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 values
At 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 apply
To 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.