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Instrument Creative

Instrument, founded in 2005 with headquarters in Portland, Oregon, is a multidisciplinary agency dedicated to creating expressive and lasting digital experience

Senior Game Designer – Contract

Location

United States

Posted

134 days ago

Salary

$61 - $78 / hour

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Senior Game Designer – Contract

Instrument Creative

• Create immersive, “in-world” interfaces that feel native to the narrative rather than overlaid on top of it. • Design and document complex gameplay loops that support narrative progression, player choice, and state-based outcomes • Shape how players receive information through visual, textual, and sensory cues — including state changes, progression signals, and emotional feedback. • Help define and curate guidelines for AI-generated assets (portraits, environments, landscapes), ensuring stylistic cohesion and narrative integrity. • Work closely with creative, design, and technical partners to ensure systems, visuals, and storytelling are deeply aligned.

Job Requirements

  • 5–8+ years of experience in game design, interactive narrative, or systems-driven visual design
  • Strong understanding of diegetic UI and immersive interface design
  • Proven experience designing complex systems, loops, and progression models
  • Exceptional visual sensibility paired with clear systems thinking
  • Comfort working with ambiguity and helping define new frameworks from scratch
  • Ability to document thinking clearly for cross-functional teams
  • Major Plus: TTRPG literacy (D&D, narrative tabletop systems, or similar) – Familiarity with branching narratives, player agency, and emergent storytelling is a big win.

Benefits

  • Flexible, Hybrid Work Environment
  • Great Compensation with Annual Reviews (Learn more about our Pay Philosophy)
  • 401(k) Matching with Immediate Vesting
  • Robust Medical, Vision, and Accident Insurance
  • Generous Paid Holidays and unlimited PTO
  • Sabbaticals
  • Monthly Wellbeing Stipend
  • Career Management and Leadership Training

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