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Principal Game Designer, Engagement (R27003)

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Description

Epic Games is seeking a Principal Game Designer to lead high-level engagement strategies within the Fortnite ecosystem. This involves innovating existing systems like Quests and Passes, and developing new structures to enhance the player experience across the platform. The designer will drive vision across various development teams to create engaging player goals that deepen knowledge, facilitate mastery of game mechanics, and integrate with broader progression systems.

What We're Looking For

Craft meaningful goals for players to build exposure, experience, and mastery of new and existing game mechanics within Fortnite.,Spearhead innovation in engagement design, including systems, progression, and rewards, to meet key engagement metrics and support systematic framework needs.,Communicate and represent the player's experience vision to multiple teams and support teams in optimizing engagement.,Collaborate with product management and marketing to ensure player satisfaction, game health, and ecosystem growth, supporting key activations.,Drive collaborative and iterative live design to prototype quickly, implement changes, learn from them, and iterate.

Ideal Candidate

10+ years of experience shipping multiple titles as a game designer.,Experience working on engagement content or goal-based progression systems in live-service multiplayer environments.,Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and a deep understanding of player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of goal setting on play.,Strong interest in Battle Royale (BR) and the Fortnite Ecosystem with an understanding of what makes them work.,Able to react quickly to changing project needs and drive decisions, then own that vision.

Hard Skills

Game design
Systems design
Progression design
Rewards design
Live-service multiplayer environments
Fortnite Ecosystem
Battle Royale (BR)

Soft Skills

Player-focused
Passionate
Solutions-focused
Innovative
Collaborative
Empathy
Decision-making
Vision ownership

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision HRA
Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401k with competitive match
Mental well-being program (free therapy and coaching)
Company-wide paid breaks
Unlimited PTO
Sick time
Paid sabbatical (after 7 years of employment)

About the Company

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Epic Games, Inc.

Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.

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