Job Abstract

Team Name:

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced game designer for the World of Warcraft team.  This position will involve the creative design and technical implementation of quest and narrative content. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in game design, a strong aptitude for critical thinking and analysis, outstanding people skills, boundless creativity, a strong visual aesthetic, and a longstanding passion for playing games.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is in Irvine, CA.

What you bring to the table

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Create quests and related content that express World of Warcraft’s epic stories through fun and engaging gameplay.
• Collaborate with WoW’s other discipline teams to create a cohesive game experience.
• Partner with your lead, peers, QA, and producers to plan, implement, document, and test features.
• Contribute to and participate in our culture of inclusion and diversity.

Knowledge & Skills

• Content creation experience. Ideally, someone who has creatively owned complete implementations from concept to delivery.
• Strong writing and character development skills.
• Able to work creatively in a busy team environment.
• Portfolio demonstrating equivalent experience OR a minimum of three years of experience working in design pipelines for live games.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills when working with a wide variety of individuals and perspectives.
• Ability to provide and receive feedback gracefully in a highly collaborative and iterative environment.
• Passion for playing computer games.

Extra Points

• Experience as a developer of multiplayer content in an MMO or RPG environment
• Experience managing, and/or mentoring others
• Experience playing World of Warcraft
• Lore experience with World of Warcraft characters and story
• Experience creating worlds, maps and stories in roleplaying games, either live action or pen and paper campaigns
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Lua or Python or experience writing add-ons for WoW

Application Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letters are strongly encouraged and should include:
  • Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
  • What you believe you can bring to the World of Warcraft quest team

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about improving the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. 

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.