Do you love the challenge of designing great gameplay?  Are you excited to do the hard work of creating understanding across a large team to what you are trying to achieve, and take them along for the journey through development?  Are you a game designer looking to work on AAA games with talented and passionate people in a team environment? If so we have the job for you! Bungie is looking for a passionate, creative and hard-working Gameplay Designer for Destiny.

As a Gameplay Designer on the Abilities team, you will work closely with the entire Design Team designing, crafting, and implementing a robust sandbox of ability systems and content. You will collaborate with team members from other disciplines to drive a holistic gameplay experience. You will contribute to the design processes to ensure your work is the very best it can possibly be.

Responsibilities

• Help build compelling second-to-second gameplay experiences
• Collaboratively design, implement and balance top notch gameplay systems, such as weapons, abilities, and armor
• Make the gameplay experience accessible to as many people as possible
• Work with audio, effects and animation artists to make in-game cause and effect clear to players
• Execute on features that match the creative direction of the game

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Intuitive understanding of how second-to-second action games work and why people play them
• Entry level understanding of game engines, technology and the game development process
• Experience with many modes of online play
• Passion for collaboration with designers, artists, programmers, musicians, testers and producers to achieve a common goal
• Dedication to contributing to a positive work environment
• Ability to take direction and execute on goals
• Unrelenting self-motivation and initiative
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills

For mid-level candidates, in addition to the above Required Skills, we are targeting:

• Previous experience as a game designer on a shipped, combat-focused action game.
• Experience using game-development tools to create shipping content