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TW Group LLC

Slot Game Designer - Remote

Reno, NV · On-site +1

$154K/yr

Slot Game Designer Location: Las Vegas, NV, or Chicago, IL ( or fully-remote ) Your Mission in the Reel World: As a Slot Game Designer, you'll be the captain of your own gaming ship, navigating ...

Embedding VC

Founding Game Designer

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

$182K/yr

Pebble - Founding Game Designer About us We're second-time founders and former Google and Synthesia ... designers without hand-waving. You're comfortable with: * Being the first designer. There's no ...

TW Group LLC

Slot Game Designer - Remote

Las Vegas, NV · On-site +1

$148K/yr

Slot Game Designer Location: Las Vegas, NV, or Chicago, IL ( or fully-remote ) Your Mission in the Reel World: As a Slot Game Designer, you'll be the captain of your own gaming ship, navigating ...

Aperio Talent Solutions

Sr. Game Designer

Austin, TX · Remote

Continuously tests in-development games to ensure functionality and production value meet design expectations and collaborates with other designers to resolve common issues. * Requires a bachelor ...

DreamForge Games

UI/UX Game Design Lead

Miami, FL · On-site +1

$159K/yr

As our lead UI/UX Video Game Designer, you will craft the end-to-end experience that makes game creation immersive, intuitive, and fun. You will design how players work with the AI to guide the game ...

TW Group LLC

Slot Game Designer - Remote

Atlanta, GA · On-site +1

$152K/yr

Slot Game Designer Location: Las Vegas, NV, or Chicago, IL ( or fully-remote ) Your Mission in the Reel World: As a Slot Game Designer, you'll be the captain of your own gaming ship, navigating ...

Aperio Talent Solutions

Sr. Game Designer

Dallas, TX · Remote

Continuously tests in-development games to ensure functionality and production value meet design expectations and collaborates with other designers to resolve common issues. * Requires a bachelor ...

TW Group LLC

Slot Game Designer - Remote

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$151K/yr

Slot Game Designer Location: Las Vegas, NV, or Chicago, IL ( or fully-remote ) Your Mission in the Reel World: As a Slot Game Designer, you'll be the captain of your own gaming ship, navigating ...

Epic Games

Game Designer, Activities

Cary, NC · On-site

$143K/yr

What You'll Do Epic Games is seeking a Senior Game Designer, Activities Design to join our dynamic team and contribute to various aspects of objectives and encounter design for our collaboration with ...

Aperio Talent Solutions

Sr. Game Designer

Reno, NV · Remote

Continuously tests in-development games to ensure functionality and production value meet design expectations and collaborates with other designers to resolve common issues. * Requires a bachelor ...

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How much do game designers jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 2, 2026, the average yearly pay for game designers in the United States is $149,118.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $155,000.00 and $155,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are game designers?

Game designers are professionals who create the concepts, rules, mechanics, and storylines for video games, board games, or other interactive experiences. They work closely with artists, programmers, and writers to bring their ideas to life, ensuring the gameplay is engaging and enjoyable for players. Game designers also balance challenges, develop characters, and often iterate on their designs based on playtesting and feedback. Their role is crucial in shaping the overall experience and fun factor of a game.

How do game designers typically collaborate with developers and artists during the game development process?

Game designers work closely with both developers and artists to bring their vision to life. They create detailed design documents and wireframes that serve as blueprints for programmers and artists to follow. Regular meetings and feedback sessions are standard practice, ensuring that gameplay mechanics, visual elements, and user experience are aligned. This collaborative environment often requires strong communication skills and flexibility, as designers may need to adjust their concepts based on technical constraints or creative input from other team members.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Game Designer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Game Designer, you need a strong grasp of game mechanics, storytelling, user experience (UX), and typically a degree in game design or a related field. Familiarity with industry-standard tools such as Unity, Unreal Engine, and prototyping software, as well as knowledge of scripting languages, is often required. Creativity, collaboration, and effective communication are crucial soft skills for working in multidisciplinary teams and bringing concepts to life. These skills and qualities are vital to create engaging, playable games that resonate with players and succeed in a competitive industry.

What is the difference between Game Designers vs Level Designers?

AspectGame DesignersLevel Designers
Primary RoleDevelop overall game concepts, mechanics, and storyDesign and build specific game levels and environments
Skills & CredentialsGame design principles, storytelling, scriptingLevel design tools, spatial awareness, scripting
Work EnvironmentCollaborate with artists, programmers, writersFocus on level layout, environment design, gameplay flow
Industry UsageUsed across all game types to shape gameplaySpecialized in level creation within game projects

Game Designers focus on the overall game concept, mechanics, and narrative, while Level Designers specialize in creating engaging levels and environments. Both roles require collaboration, but their scope and responsibilities differ significantly within the game development process.

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Infographic showing various Game Designers job openings in the United States as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 66% Full Time, 33% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 84% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 11% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $149,118 per year, or $71.7 per hour.
Senior Technical Game Designer - Unpublished R&D Product

Senior Technical Game Designer - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 4 days ago

Job description

All Game Designers at Riot have a base set of skills: you design, tweak, and optimize the player experience. Your analytical skills, player insight, and creativity aid in crafting in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players.
As a Senior Technical Game Designer on an unpublished R&D product, you excel in designing exceptional experiences with high novelty and filled with unique challenges to overcome. You partner with other designers, artists, and engineers to create and iterate on a variety of memorable content types for players. You will also help designers and engineers build and expand our engine capabilities creating powerful tools that can empower other designers to create their own unique experiences. You will partner closely with designers and engineers to translate ambitious creative visions into actionable, scalable technical designs. Through a mix of mentorship and content reviews, you also ensure that local designers are building the game with strong technical rigor. Reporting directly to the Lead Technical Designer, your contributions will elevate the capabilities of the entire team on this ambitious project.
Responsibilities:
  • Work collaboratively to design, prototype and deliver compelling player experiences from the beginning to the end of an activity.
  • Be a hands-on owner for a portion of systems and other content that pushes for novel, unique, and challenging player experiences.
  • Collaborate with engineering to define the technical strategy and execution of content systems and reusable content tools
  • Build out solutions to design problems that require a deep level of technical expertise and leaving those problems with the ability to teach others how to work in those spaces in the future.
  • Develop, advocate, and enforce a system of organizational excellence in content creation that allows for the long-term sustainability of software without being cumbersome to rapid prototyping culture.
  • Implement gameplay workflows and tools within Unreal Engine to enable designers and artists to rapidly prototype and iterate.
  • Proactively identify technical risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate clearly with team leadership and stakeholders.
  • Ensure high-quality implementation of complex gameplay systems, promoting performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience in professional Technical Game Design or related Tech Design or Engineering roles
  • 2+ years of experience in content design in real-time games
  • Proven experience shipping high-quality titles using Unreal Engine, demonstrating expertise in Blueprints, scripting, and technical workflows
  • Experience with C++ and C#
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working cross-functionally between engineering, test, production, art, and design
Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience working on a live product
  • Experience with technical optimization and performance profiling within Unreal Engine
  • Deep understanding of gameplay system architecture, online networking, and AI behaviors

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!
Our Perks:
Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.
At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you're working directly on a new player-facing experience or you're supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we're better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we're looking forward to your application.
It's our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.
Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:
  • Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
  • Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
  • Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
  • Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.
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About Riot Games

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Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill with the intent to change the way video games are made and supported for players. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to worldwide acclaim. The game has since gone on to become the most played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Players are the foundation of our community and it's for them we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

Industry

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

1,001 - 5,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Los Angeles, CA, US

Year founded

2006

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