We’re a group of developers, artists, and storytellers that make games full of wonder, danger, and humor. Everyone at our studio, whether an industry vet or new voice impacts each game through collaborative feedback, mutual respect, and creative empowerment. If you want to make games leave a meaningful impact on players: we want to hear from you.

We’re looking for new teammates who deeply care about the work they do, the stories they tell, and the people they create with. As part of the Netflix team, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.

DESIGN AT NIGHT SCHOOL

At Night School designers invent new ways to play with interactive stories. Our studio’s goal is to create world-class narrative games, and this all begins with the design. The building blocks of our games are the storytelling mechanics – designers define what they are, and how they all fit together.


About The Job

In our studio, designers have two main roles. The first is to imagine new games and mechanics to tell amazing stories. This involves working closely with narrative, writing, art, and engineering to bring these ideas to life. Then, when a script is written, and art assets created, it is the designer’s job to place them in a scene and make it fun to play. This requires a deep understanding of not only design principles but of cinematic techniques and storytelling.

As a senior designer, your responsibilities would primarily be to define a game’s design vision, but all designers get involved in content implementation during production.


Responsibilities

 

• Brainstorming, mechanic ideation, and gameplay tuning
• Creating and maintaining design documentation
• Providing creative feedback to other team members
• Owning various level designs all the way from greybox to final.
• Designing and implement interesting and engaging gameplay sequences
• Implementing scripted scenes into the engine using proprietary tools
  
  
   

About You

 

• Available full time.
• Receptive to critique and feedback
• Able to communicate ideas clearly and effectively
• Self-starter willing to find solutions and ask questions when needed
• Attention to detail and a desire to make excellent narrative games
• Able to work during Pacific Time business hours. (Our studio is in Los Angeles)
  
  
   

Skills & Requirements

 

• Three or more shipped games as a designer or scripter
• Experience implementing gameplay content using proprietary and industry-standard tools
• Strong game design and communication skills
• Strong Unity skills
• Familiarity with programming and logic concepts
• Strong comprehension of game design, narrative design and cinematic language.
• Holistic and technical understanding of the game design process.
  
  
   

Bonus

 

• Experience in C# or C++
• 3D Modeling experience
• Experience in Photoshop and/or Illustrator
• Ability to bring diverse perspectives and personal experiences to our team.
  
   

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $60,000 - $270,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

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