Senior Enemy (Systems) Designer - Unannouced Project

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Position Overview:

NaturalMotion is looking for a talented and passionate Enemy Designer to join our London studio, helping shape the combat experience for our first-person shooter mobile title. This role focuses on implementing well known enemies, adapting existing enemies and adding new compelling enemies to bring an authentic console experience to mobile

Sitting at the intersection of design, art, animation, audio, and engineering, you will ensure enemy encounters are polished, purposeful and fun. A core responsibility will be working with Level Design & Combat Design to ensure every enemy encounter is polished, purposeful, and fun. We are looking for someone who brings both craft knowledge and a genuine love of action games.

We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role you will work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.

What You'll Do:

Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing enemy behaviours, AI systems, boss encounters & other features that align with the creative vision of the game

Take enemies and bosses from paper design through to shipping quality, ensuring they are complete, polished and fun for players

Work with Level Design & Combat Design to ensure enemies, factions, and NPCs meet their goals at every stage of development. Define required metrics to track and achieve them

Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment

Develop and balance a diverse roster of enemies, bosses, mutators & more

Create compelling AI behaviours & attack patterns that provide an exciting experience and appropriately challenging for players

Analyse combat data, player feedback, and internal playtests to refine and iterate on enemy and boss designs

Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel

Document and communicate enemy and boss design concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams

What You Bring:

Previous experience in Combat / Enemy Design or an equivalent role in the video game industry

At least one shipped title in a design role for a Shooter / Action / RPG title

Experience designing and implementing enemy AI, behaviours, and encounters for action games

Experience working on a first-person or third-person game

Familiarity with the Unreal game engine

Ability to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisions

Strong visual & verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teams

The ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environment

Passionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable

Bonus Points:

Background in live service games and/ or mobile games with an understanding of ongoing balancing and content updates

Experience with visual scripting or rapid prototyping tools

An avid gamer with a genuine enthusiasm for crafting memorable and inventive enemy designs

What We Offer You:

Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme

26 days holiday, plus bank holidays & 2 paid personal days

6 months fully paid maternity/adoption leave and 16 weeks fully paid paternity leave (eligibility criteria applies)

Pension plan, with a double matching employer contribution

Private medical & dental insurance and healthcare cash plan

Life insurance, personal accident insurance and income protection

Mental health and neurodiversity support programs

Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (eligibility criteria applies)

Fitness reimbursement plan, worth £600 per annum

Flexible working hours

Weekly happy hours, seasonal parties and monthly social events

Annual rail season ticket advance and cycle to work scheme

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