Senior Content Designer, DCUO
Position Title: Game System Designer
Department: Dimensional Ink Games
Employee Type: Full Time, Regular
Location: Remote (within BC, Canada)
Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000 CAD
Ravenwake Games is the newest studio within Enad Global 7, a global leader in video game development and publishing. Backed by iconic franchises such as EverQuest®, PlanetSide®, DC Universe™ Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online®, The Lord of the Rings Online™, Magic: The Gathering Online, and MechWarrior®, we draw on a legacy of genre‑defining experiences. We’re committed to delivering entertainment that inspires, engages, and unites players around the world. At Ravenwake Games, our mission is to craft immersive worlds that bring players together, build vibrant communities, and deliver unforgettable gameplay at every turn.
Description
The Content Game Designer will design, document, and implement narrative and combat driven content for our action-based multiplayer RPG game. This role focuses on rapid iteration, clear communication, and collaboration with crossdisciplinary partners. The ideal candidate brings a strong creative mindset, an understanding of live game content and constraints, and the ability to deliver productionready documentation. This position reports to the Creative Director, and will be responsible for:
- Designing new playerfacing content that cleanly incorporates existing content standards, gameplay loops, and narrative delivery for DCUO
- Producing clear, actionable design documentation with detailed content specs, level design, user flow, boss mechanics, and moment-to-moment gameplay
- Teaming up with art, engineering, quality assurance, and production to ensure content is scoped appropriately for all disciplines and can be implemented to spec
- Creating prototypes or lightweight design proofs to assess content risks and value
- Implementing the content's data layer directly in the game database, including creating new entries, updating existing tables, validating data structures, and ensuring all values align with design intent and engineering constraints
- Supporting implementation through regular reviews, Jira updates, and crossteam communication
- Providing tuning recommendations and postlaunch adjustments as needed
Craft expertise you'll have:
- Tools/Technology /Knowledge:
- A strong proficiency in Unreal 3, visual scripting, or equivalent
- Agile development process experience
- Previous professional MMO game development experience
- Ability to write concise, productionready documentation
- Excellence in content, gameplay, and level design for persistent game environments
- Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to propose multiple solutions to design challenges
Other Criteria
- Years of Experience, Education, and/or Certification...
- 7+ years' experience in game design
- Additionally, you should possess:
- Experience designing or maintaining content in a shipped MMO
- Ability to work well in cross-disciplinary teams
- A self-sufficient personality who speaks their mind candidly and respectfully, can seamlessly integrate their ideas with others, and continually incorporates feedback into their designs
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
- Extremely self-motivated with strong communication skills
- Ability to work well with deadlines and under pressure
- We invite you to get in the game with us and help craft exciting experiences!
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Ravenwake Games will never ask applicants for social insurance numbers, date of birth, bank account information or other sensitive information in job applications. Additionally, our recruiters do not communicate with applicants through free e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or through online messaging apps (WhatsApp, Hangouts). We will never ask applicants to provide payment during the hiring process or extend an offer without conducting a phone, live video or in-person interview.
**Ravenwake is an Equal Opportunity Employer.**
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