CareerPlan

Mission Designer

Santa MonicaFull-time$100k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10
On-site · United States

Core

Design and implement story missions, critical path, and side missions for an open-world game using Unreal Engine 5.

Role type

Mission Designer

Builds

Story missions and single-player campaign features

Domain

Video Games / Open World

Required skills

Mission design, storytelling and narrative design, open-world game development, game systems design, play testing analysis, documentation, Unreal Engine 5

Preferred skills

Level design, blockout, world-building, co-development partner experience

Technologies

Unreal Engine 5, UE4

Responsibilities

Own implementation of engaging, diverse, innovative missions within a story-driven, open-world game; Work with the Lead Mission Designer to develop best practices and robust solutions for faster iteration; Challenge the status quo and demonstrate understanding of where open-world mission design can change; Build brand new, innovative game systems for missions; Leverage existing open-world systems to create dynamic mission experiences; Create documentation to support missions, mission tools, and game features; Provide feedback to other mission designers to improve quality; Implement and design changes based on play testing data.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC