The StarCraft II team is looking for a talented lead campaign designer with experience in developing top-quality, real-time strategy (RTS) computer games. Duties include leading and providing vision for a team of level designers, creating interesting and dynamic levels and mechanics, general game design, and having the ability to tie everything together into a comprehensive campaign experience. The ideal candidate has proven experience in both level and game design, leading team design meetings, possesses outstanding "people" and leadership skills, and has the ability to create a vision for levels and drive them to completion.
Requirements
•A minimum of 5 years game design experience including lead design experience on a shipped product
•Able to work well in a team environment, as well as provide leadership and vision for a team of designers
•Great sense for what makes a game or level fun to play
•Able to evaluate and tune individual missions, story, and game mechanics to create a cohesive campaign experience
•Experience creating levels from concept to publishing using an RTS game editor such as the StarCraft II, Warcraft III editor, or equivalent
•Able to do scripting or using triggers in game toolset
•Able to make an artistically interesting environment using textures, height, and doodads
•Excellent written and verbal communications skills
•Absolute passion for playing and making computer games, especially RTS games
Pluses
•Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
•Experience working as a level designer in the video games industry
•Published RTS maps from a shipping game or created and distributed maps for the mod/fan community
•Extensive experience playing Blizzard Entertainment strategy games
•Non-design development experience (as a programmer, artist, sound designer, etc.)
•Experience in Photoshop and / or Vizio
Thoughts? Anyone who thinks they got what it needs (and actually meets the requirements?) :P
Would have loved to have applied, but cannot work in an enviorment where I sit at my disk, looking out of my window and there is a 12 feet tall orc statue. O.o
Apply Moz :) No hurt in trying I guess, lol... I'd apply as well, if I met enough of the requirements and weren't still in high school... Would be awesome working for blizz and helping develop one of my favourite games ;)
Also just noticed that EW has 999 posts. Early gratz on reaching 1k.
And Zelda, early gratz on reaching 2k as well, only 14 more posts to go :p Quickly, go spam something, or create dummy accounts that ask stupid questions and answer them!
You guys, we all know Sixen will be programming Legacy Of the Void. ;)
I hope he does :) We could use a man on the inside!
Altough, I think he really should apply. I don't know whether he meets the requirements, but it sure would be worth a shot seeing as he's running sc2mapster, is part of curse and other of their fansites, even gets invited to previews etc.
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=100004Q
The StarCraft II team is looking for a talented lead campaign designer with experience in developing top-quality, real-time strategy (RTS) computer games. Duties include leading and providing vision for a team of level designers, creating interesting and dynamic levels and mechanics, general game design, and having the ability to tie everything together into a comprehensive campaign experience. The ideal candidate has proven experience in both level and game design, leading team design meetings, possesses outstanding "people" and leadership skills, and has the ability to create a vision for levels and drive them to completion.
Requirements
•A minimum of 5 years game design experience including lead design experience on a shipped product •Able to work well in a team environment, as well as provide leadership and vision for a team of designers •Great sense for what makes a game or level fun to play •Able to evaluate and tune individual missions, story, and game mechanics to create a cohesive campaign experience •Experience creating levels from concept to publishing using an RTS game editor such as the StarCraft II, Warcraft III editor, or equivalent •Able to do scripting or using triggers in game toolset •Able to make an artistically interesting environment using textures, height, and doodads •Excellent written and verbal communications skills •Absolute passion for playing and making computer games, especially RTS games Pluses
•Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience •Experience working as a level designer in the video games industry •Published RTS maps from a shipping game or created and distributed maps for the mod/fan community •Extensive experience playing Blizzard Entertainment strategy games •Non-design development experience (as a programmer, artist, sound designer, etc.) •Experience in Photoshop and / or Vizio
Thoughts? Anyone who thinks they got what it needs (and actually meets the requirements?) :P
I'd love to work for blizzard but... I dont meet any of those requirements. ;)
Blizz should just hire everybody here to make heart of the swarm, right? My wages are 1k a minute. :D
Shit. That's me, save for the Bachelor's degree and the 5 years of experience. =/
Also, I'm not in the US. Still interesting though. Hm.
Breaking news: Heart of the Swarm delayed!
GET BACK!
I AM THE PERSON THBEY WILL BE HIRING.
You guys, we all know Sixen will be programming Legacy Of the Void. ;)
@OutsiderXE: Go
•A minimum of 5 years game design experience including lead design experience on a shipped product
By `shipped product`they usually mean a AAA title game.
Lol I would apply for this for sure, except for the whole "moving to California" thing. And that I am in High School. That too.
Great to be back and part of the community again!
Gee not half asking for much are they? I bet the salary's just downright stupid (in a good way).
I'd probably not have a chance applying, but I might... try. At least I can get my CV at Blizz's, I suppose.
Would have loved to have applied, but cannot work in an enviorment where I sit at my disk, looking out of my window and there is a 12 feet tall orc statue. O.o
Apply Moz :) No hurt in trying I guess, lol... I'd apply as well, if I met enough of the requirements and weren't still in high school... Would be awesome working for blizz and helping develop one of my favourite games ;)
Also just noticed that EW has 999 posts. Early gratz on reaching 1k.
And Zelda, early gratz on reaching 2k as well, only 14 more posts to go :p Quickly, go spam something, or create dummy accounts that ask stupid questions and answer them!
I hope he does :) We could use a man on the inside!
Altough, I think he really should apply. I don't know whether he meets the requirements, but it sure would be worth a shot seeing as he's running sc2mapster, is part of curse and other of their fansites, even gets invited to previews etc.
Wow, I didn't realize so many people here have worked on AAA titles for 5 years.