Lead Sandbox Designer

Turtle Rock is seeking a technically driven Lead Designer to build modular activity events that power our Mission Design team. This individual will own the vision and implementation of dynamic, replayable mission systems that form the backbone of our game. You’ll guide a team in creating a robust sandbox of emergent gameplay and collaborating across disciplines to deliver memorable, player-driven experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain modular, highly replayable mission content


• Balance creative quality with technical and performance constraints


• Partner with the Lead Mission Designer and cross-discipline teams (Production, Art, Engineering) to craft engaging scenarios, events, and missions


• Manage a team of Mission Designers and review their work to craft engaging, replayable scenarios and events


• Own the technical implementation and have a hands-on approach to building modular content that can be used in the sandbox and in campaign content 


• Drive the creation of efficient tools, workflows, and best practices for mission design and scripting


• Author clear, technical design documentation for sandbox systems, content, tools, and feature requests for downstream teams


• Work with production for planning out future milestones


• Mentor and manage team members through 1:1s, career development, performance reviews, goal setting, and hiring


• Provide constructive feedback and foster open design discussions


• Playtest regularly to evaluate and refine mission content