Technical Designer (Creative)

• Design, implement, and rapidly prototype highly interactive, retentive gameplay loops and core platform systems leveraging live esports IPs and events.
• Own the core focus of the Player experience, ensuring it is fun, immersive, and engaging for the audience with a smooth UX/minimum barrier to entry.
• Work in a tight, iterative loop, delivering new playable prototypes (primarily in Unreal Engine) weekly for review and feedback.
• Collaborate closely with technical art and product teams to ensure creative prototypes are technically viable, meet business needs, and move toward full implementation.
• Create clear design and technical documentation that articulates trade-offs, risks, and proposed solutions for complex mechanics and systems.
• Justify and implement creative ideas effectively, demonstrating the professional skill set required to bring concepts from initial sketch to polished, production-ready vertical slices.

• 5+ years of experience in professional Game/Technical Design with a proven track record of shipping at least one successful product.
• Proficiency in creating and implementing gameplay prototypes, including scripting in Blueprints with a basic understanding of C++.
• Expertise in development tools like Unreal Engine for rapid prototyping and later polishing into production-ready solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to create short-form, sticky, and highly enjoyable gaming experiences with attention to user impacts.
• Experience designing games/features that engage with an external, live-streaming content source or IP (e.g., esports events).

• Background in developing indie games or shorter format experiences.
• Experience analysing user behaviour (retention, engagement) to inform design decisions.
• Experienced working with animation blueprints, rigging, control rigs, and animation retargeting.
• Experience creating a range of complex custom shaders using Unreal Material Editor.
• Passion for Esports or live events, and experience working with UMG or comparable game-oriented UI systems.

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Please note: This role is integral to our strategic plans for 2026. While we are gathering interest now and scheduling initial exploratory calls, we plan to launch the hiring process and begin formally interviewing suitable candidates in early Q1 2026. We look forward to connecting with potential candidates early in the new year.