Senior Game Designer, Amazon Game Studios

Amazon.com Inc

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Games, Creative Design, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship, Financial Control, Game Design, Games Programming, Gaming, Hyperion Pillar, IP (Internet Protocol), Marketing, Mentoring, Multitasking, Team Player, Thought Leadership, User Documentation, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Amazon Game Studios is looking for a Senior Game Designer we build exciting new casual and innovative games using Amazon"s GameNight phone controller experience as well as traditional controllers. Working with and guiding our development partners, you will innovate new categories in games, including working with best-in-class IP and creating new titles like Courtroom Chaos that utilize pioneering player-facing AI features.

In this role, you"ll lead idea generation on what kind of great games will be best for all kinds of casual game players, with a particular focus on creative design and player-facing AI features that create magical, dynamic gameplay experiences that appeal to non-traditional gaming audiences. You will manage multiple games in development across multiple external partners and work cross functionally with production, art, UX, and tech partners.

The opportunity to delight millions of gamers is massive, but it"s also an ambiguous challenge. You will leverage your game design knowledge and expertise to guide our external development partners in creating innovative experiences for Amazon customers who play games. Working in a publishing capacity, you"ll establish respectful and collaborative relationships with world-class game developers. You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and will collaborate with stakeholders to resolve ambiguity and balance competing priorities.

Key job responsibilities

Key job responsibilities:

  • Partner with and guide external game developers to ideate, design, and launch great original casual games on Luna including Amazon GameNight experiences
  • Design gameplay features that support engaging, accessible gameplay for mass market audiences
  • Provide compelling vision and thought-leadership to develop inventive new game ideas that leverage runtime AI to personalize and enhance player experiences
  • Provide prompt engineering expertise to advise and mentor our partners
  • Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects and interface with all levels within the organization with candor and respect
  • Be able to take the high strategic view as well as dive deep and execute at an individual level

About the team

Amazon Game Studios applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Working in a publishing model, we partner with exceptional external developers to bring innovative titles to market, including games like Courtroom Chaos. While innovative AI games are a core pillar to our studio vision, we're also developing games across different genres utilizing world class IP. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Luna at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles