Character Designer

Escape Velocity Entertainment

Character Designer needed for Escape Velocity to design engaging characters for our game. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring game experiences to life through character creation.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Find opportunities to bring exciting new gameplay hooks to characters within the game.
Develop and oversee the player's combat mechanics, weapons, and abilities.
Work closely with animators, gameplay programmers, and other teams to prototype and implement combat features.
Take character designs through a full development cycle from concept to release.
Use metrics, player feedback, and a multitude of diverse analytics to improve and refine the design.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience as a Character Designer on multiple titles for at least 2 years, with a proven history of taking characters from ideation to shipped.
You have a passion for third-person combat mechanics and have thoroughly played a wide variety of different titles.
Proven track record of bringing uniquely thematic characters to life in video games.
A thorough understanding of creating strengths, weaknesses and counterplay within the character experience.
You like working with hands-on prototypes.
Experience working with UE5 blueprints to design abilities.
You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A generous PTO allowance
Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
Private Mental Health scheme
A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
Discretionary Studio Bonus
Top range tech for your home set up
Other benefits based on your region

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Hard Skills & Tools

character designcombat mechanicsgameplay hooksprototypingUE5 blueprintsgame development cycleplayer abilitiesgame analyticsdesign refinementthematic character creation

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaborationcreativityproblem-solvingattention to detailpassion for gamingadaptabilityfeedback incorporationhands-on prototypingteamwork