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Create and implement high-quality, authentic sports gameplay animations for a new AAA franchise. Collaborate with animation, AI, engineering, design, and production teams from ideation through engine implementation. Manage motion-capture shot lists and references, support animation-based features, influence technical implementation, and champion animation quality, authenticity, and player experience.

Leads technical implementation of gameplay systems for a sports video game. Prototypes and scripts mechanics using visual scripting, translates designs into scalable in-game behaviors, improves content workflows and tools, and collaborates with engineering and cross-disciplinary teams. Mentors technical designers, serves as a craft lead, troubleshoots implementations, documents technical solutions, and supports feature planning, optimization, and delivery from prototype through release.

Design and maintain game UI systems, player flows, wireframes, interaction patterns, visual interfaces, iconography, motion graphics, and mockups. Translate gameplay systems into intuitive experiences across platforms and input methods. Collaborate with design, art, and engineering teams to deliver shippable features while maintaining visual and UX consistency. Experience with Figma, Adobe tools, and game engine UI implementation is valued.

Develops and implements gameplay systems for a sports video game, translating design concepts into scripted mechanics, systemic features, and robust in-game behaviors. Builds prototypes, improves content workflows and toolsets, troubleshoots implementations, and supports other designers with technical guidance. Collaborates with engineering, animation, audio, UI/UX, and production teams to deliver performant, scalable, and shippable gameplay experiences.

Designs, maintains, and optimizes body and facial character rigs for gameplay and cinematics. Builds skinning, asset-binding, facial, mocap-processing, and animation database pipelines, while developing rigging tools and integrating character assets into Unreal Engine. Collaborates with animation, art, and engineering teams to ensure high-quality, usable, and runtime-efficient character systems.

Designs, balances, and implements gameplay systems including progression, economies, rewards, stats, and game modes. Tunes systems using feedback, metrics, and playtests; analyzes systemic outcomes; documents design logic and balancing guidelines; and collaborates with engineering, art, production, and design teams. The role supports player agency, emergent storytelling, meaningful trade-offs, and long-term engagement in a large-scale sports game.

As a Senior Gameplay Designer, you will lead a team to implement authentic sports gameplay, define visions, and collaborate on feature designs and testing.

Responsible for building multiplayer experiences in Unreal Engine 5, solving networking challenges, and mentoring team members.