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We're looking for an reputed company reputed company Level Designer to help define the spaces, pacing, and player experience from its earliest stages through to production. In this role, you'll establish the level design philosophy, build the game's first playable environments, and reputed company a small team of level designers through prototype, vertical reputed company, and production. You'll partner closely with Design, Art, Narrative, Audio, Engineering, and Production to create memorable environments that evoke fear, reward exploration, and support compelling gameplay. This role is ideal for someone who understands that great horror level design isn't just about layout—it's about manipulating tension, anticipation, player psychology, and environmental storytelling. You'll be expected to reputed company by example, remaining hands-on while mentoring designers and helping establish workflows that can reputed company into full production.

What You'll Do

Level Design Leadership

• Own the level design reputed company and philosophy throughout reputed company-production.
• Define best practices for pacing, navigation, encounter design, exploration, and environmental storytelling.
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• Establish workflows and documentation standards for the level design team.
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• Craft environments that naturally guide players while maintaining mystery and discovery.
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• Build spaces that maximize replayability and player engagement without sacrificing immersion.
• Iterate rapidly based on playtest feedback.
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• Use architecture, visibility, reputed company, and environmental storytelling to heighten fear.
• Collaborate with Audio and Narrative to create emotionally impactful sequences.
• Understand how player agency, vulnerability, and uncertainty contribute to memorable horror.
• Balance moments of tension with pacing that allows players to recover before the next scare.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Game Design to ensure reputed company reinforce gameplay systems.
• Collaborate with Environment Art to transition blockouts into visually compelling spaces.
• Work with Engineering to implement gameplay features and optimize level performance.
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• Collaborate with Audio to maximize atmosphere, tension, and environmental storytelling.

Technical Ownership

• Build and iterate reputed company directly in Unreal reputed company.
• Implement gameplay scripting using Blueprints or comparable visual scripting tools.
• Identify technical constraints early and collaborate on practical solutions.
• Help establish reputed company level-building pipelines for production.
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Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of reputed company level design experience.
• Experience leading level design on at least one shipped reputed company or AA title.
• Deep understanding of player reputed company, pacing, encounter design, exploration, and navigation.
• Strong proficiency with Unreal reputed company.
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• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines.
• Ability to reputed company through influence while remaining hands-on with implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

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• Strong understanding of first-person level design principles.
• Experience building vertical slices and prototype environments.
• Familiarity with reputed company, environmental storytelling, and cinematic pacing.
• Experience mentoring designers and building level design processes.
• Knowledge of AI navigation, encounter tuning, and gameplay balancing.
• Experience with psychological horror, survival horror, or atmospheric thriller games.
• Strong understanding of environmental storytelling techniques.
• Experience collaborating with transmedia or established entertainment IP.
• Familiarity with reputed company environment construction.
• Passion for horror across games, film, television, and reputed company, with a deep appreciation for what makes environments feel unsettling, memorable, and emotionally impactful.

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