Experienced Game Designer

Do you have game design experience, and are you seeking a new job in Amsterdam, Netherlands? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Skillsearch is looking for a dedicated and experienced Game Designer to join our client's inclusive and thriving team. This full-time game design role comes with an attractive salary and benefits package. 

As a Game Designer, you will be responsible for designing gameplay features from concept to final polish on the company's brand-new, unannounced IP. You will also translate the high-level vision into functional and engaging gameplay features and follow up on playtests and feedback to iterate on the features. 

In your first few weeks in this Game Designer role, you can expect to: 

• Communicate your design work through documents, presentations and functional prototypes 
• Plan the feature work with the Producer to fit within an agile development environment 
• Design for CCC, AI, combat, environmental interactions and all other game areas 
• Contribute to improving the development pipeline and coordination with all other teams 
• Create a fantastic player experience and help the company achieve their gameplay goals 

To apply for this game design job, you will need some gameplay design experience and expertise in designing the core gameplay mechanics of a game. You will also require fluency in the English language and should be passionate about game development and game design in particular. In addition, you must have experience working on first-person or third-person shooter games and have shipped at least 1 AAA title. 

If you’re looking to impact and create change positively, you will be rewarded with an excellent salary and the following benefits: 

• An allowance to cover the Dutch mandatory health insurance 

• 25 paid plus 4 extra paid working days off per year 
• A relocation package 
• Pension scheme 
• A commuter allowance and more! 

We'd love for you to apply for this full-time Experienced Game Designer position in Amsterdam, so please get in touch with Kai from Skillsearch today at ks@skillsearch.com. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Here at Skillsearch, we're a recruitment company. In the simplest form, this means we place people at new companies - but it's so much more than that. For the past 30 years, we've been busy helping people (like you) with sought after skills find jobs in the Games, Interactive and Enterprise Systems industries all around the globe. Our company comprises a team of dedicated consultants that work across various niche technologies, including Games, Virtual Reality, AR and XR, Workday, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and eCommerce. We are always exploring other cutting-edge markets. Follow us to see a few of the jobs we're working on, find out which events you can see us at, and keep up with news in the technology, gaming and interactive world. Welcome to Skillsearch! 

Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.