Insomniac Games

Designer

• Own the design, prototyping, iteration, and polish of hero core combat and player character systems
• Implement and iterate hero combat and non-combat gameplay using proprietary tools and scripting systems
• Drive creative vision, gameplay design, and execution quality for playable hero characters
• Collaborate with Gameplay Programmers, Animators, VFX Artists, Character Artists, Mission Designers, Combat Designers, Systems Designers, UI/UX, Narrative, and project leadership
• Lead development pods, plan milestones, set priorities, and coordinate feedback
• Proactively identify problems, implement solutions, and improve hero gameplay quality
• Create and maintain player system documentation, tutorial videos, standards, metrics, and best practices
• Review work in progress, gather feedback, and ensure milestone quality targets
• Run brainstorms and reviews while championing design vision and inclusivity
• Drive innovation in internal character prototyping and iteration tools
• Review hero character work across the studio and mentor/coaching other Hero Designers
• Support additional gameplay systems design as needed
• Create a safe, supportive, and creative work environment

Staff Hero Designer

3D Artist

• Create, design, and implement real-time particle effects using static and animating 2D/3D elements
• Place visual FX across environmental, gameplay, and cinematic areas of the game
• Create FX textures, including color, normal, specular, ambient occlusion, height, and incandescent maps
• Create FX shaders with node-based shader networks
• Create simple geometry and UV sets
• Optimize FX for framerate and memory
• Collaborate with development departments to ensure FX are implemented appropriately in the game engine
• Contribute to the overall art style of the game
• Orchestrate FX events involving layering and timing to create believable scenes
• Perform other assigned duties

VFX Artist

Systems Engineer

• Manage, mentor, and direct a team of Systems Designers, including coaching, career development, performance management, hiring, interviewing, and training
• Oversee and directly perform design, prototyping, iteration, and polish of gameplay systems including player mechanics, non-combat systems, world simulation, economy, progression, and game balance
• Prototype, implement, and iterate gameplay systems using proprietary internal tools and scripting systems
• Lead development pods of cross-discipline contributors as needed
• Collaborate with Gameplay Programming, Design Director, Game Director, Project Management, and other studio Systems Design staff
• Write and update gameplay system documentation and create tutorial videos
• Plan and maintain systems design schedules, priorities, milestones, and work assignments
• Review work in progress, gather feedback, drive iteration and quality, and ensure milestone quality targets
• Create, track, and enforce design standards and metrics across the game experience
• Run brainstorms and reviews, build buy-in and alignment, and champion design vision and values
• Create a safe, supportive, and creative work environment
• Perform other managerial and creative duties as needed

Staff Hero Designer

VFX Artist

Lead Systems Designer