Senior Systems Designer

About this role

Who We Are

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer who has a high quality bar and a passion for creating memorable and authentic sporting player journeys. The Senior Game Designer will produce feature designs for our hour-to-hour play and partner with other designers and disciplines to champion the production of said features. The Senior Game Designer will report to the Lead Designer.

What You’ll Do

• Be the ‘Product Owner’ for large features of the ‘hour-to-hour’ play

• Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player, our product goals, and our competitive landscape to prototype, iterate, and prove the vision

• Lead the vision and craft the design of your game area while collaborating with Engineers, Animators, Artists, and Producers to steer the execution of your vision.

• Work with the ‘Design Director’ to to translate the vision into feature designs and collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience

• Evaluate progress and game quality and work with the design and production team on execution plans

• Champion the player experience, bringing the players perspective to all decision making

• Consistently analyze the software by adding to, grooming and prioritizing the backlog

• Mentor junior design team members and help grow the team

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• Experience as a Senior Systems Designer (5+ years) in the AAA gaming space

• Passion for Sports and Sports Video Games

• Experience in mentoring other designers

• Appetite for taking on ‘Game Area Owner’ responsibilities (front-to-back development partner)

• Passion for and knowledge of how to create ‘player driven/emergent narrative’ and systemic design

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start…