Game Design Intern

Job description

Opened in October 2011, Ubisoft Abu Dhabi is one of the first major video game studios based in the UAE capital and is focusing on developing and bringing to market successful mobile games for a worldwide audience. 

As a Game Designer Intern, you will add content to the game, create and improve game features. You will be part of a game development team and work together with the game designers of the project. You will also be exposed to the daily production and process of a free-to-play mobile title.

What you’ll do :

·  Work as part of the Design team to design, redesign new and existing features of the game
·  Prototype and implement the designs in game while defining the quality metrics to assess their quality
·  Facilitate communication between designers, artists and programmers to ensure that the quality and implementation matches the intended direction / vision
·  Design the assigned content in line with the project’s vision and quality standards
·  Quickly iterate designs to continuously improve the game’s quality
·  Working closely with the team to ensure that the design specifications are meet the quality expectations of your project
·  Focusing on the player experience as the ultimate metric for the quality of any feature and content
·  Evaluate player feedback and improve features based on your analysis

What you’ll bring:

·  Any workshop or school project representative of industry experience appreciated
·  Understanding of psychological mechanisms that keep players engaged
·  A strong sense of what makes gameplay experience compelling and fun
·  Solid theoretical and practical Game Design knowledge
·  Intense creativity, a passion to innovate, and the drive to go beyond what is directly asked of you
·  Self-motivated and fast learning
·  Good communication skills
·  Be a team player
·  Fluent in English, both verbally and written

Qualifications & Requirements

·  Studying or completed Bachelors Degree
·  Located in Abu Dhabi

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