Blizzard Entertainment

Associate Game Designer, Narrative

Blizzard Entertainment

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Salary

💰 $24 - $44 per hour

About the role

  • Help shape gameplay content that supports player fantasy and engagement
  • Use player feedback and gameplay data to inform design ideas and improvements
  • Work alongside other designers to align shared goals and create cohesive gameplay experiences
  • Contribute to writing in-game text, like NPC conversations, tutorials, item descriptions, and UI labels
  • Collaborate with the design team to develop creative solutions to gameplay and content challenges
  • Work with UX partners to help communicate complex systems in clear, player-friendly ways
  • Build relationships and collaborate closely with fellow designers, writers, and cross-functional partners

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in game design through professional work, internships, academic projects, personal mods, or other hands-on experience
  • A strong interest in action RPGs, especially the combat side of gameplay
  • A creative and collaborative mindset, with the willingness to learn from feedback
  • Good communication skills – you can express ideas clearly and work well with others
  • Familiarity with designing player classes, encounters, or systems
  • User Interface design experience
  • Prior work experience or education in other (non-design) disciplines: art, programming, production, or sound
  • Passion for action RPG games and mobile games
Benefits
  • 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
  • relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
game designuser interface designdesigning player classesdesigning encountersdesigning systems
Soft Skills
collaborative mindsetgood communication skillscreativitywillingness to learn from feedback