Senior Game Designer

Job ID 10152543 Location Glendale, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted May 29, 2026

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Job Summary:

Senior Game Designer, 20th Century Games

Job Description

Come work with 20th Century Games as a Senior Game Designer! As a full-time cast member within the Disney Games Group, you will draw upon your extensive game design experience by helping games come to life using 20th Century’s properties. Whereas at a game studio your job requires hands-on work with an engine, tools, and various assets, in this role you will be primarily reviewing and collaborating with several game projects at any given time that work with one of 20th Century’s licenses. Your goal is to help these projects embody the larger brand vision and quality standards of 20th Century Games.

The ideal person for this role is a person with a deep knowledge of game design and enjoys communicating and collaborating with people. They should be good at switching gears throughout the day and anticipate the needs of the 20th Century team and the partners they work with. They should have experience communicating with high-level studio and project leadership, as well as collaborating with a project’s staff at any and every level of experience. They must be nimble at navigating unexpected and frequent changes in direction or trajectory.

What You Will Do:

Work closely with the Creative Lead on project feedback to help our partner studios succeed in passing milestones, gates, and deadlines to the quality bar expected for approval by:
Engaging in proper review, feedback, approval, and communication pipelines
Reviewing all gameplay mechanics, systems, assets, milestone builds, and documentation from game studios for brand and qualitative approval
Conveying regular feedback in various forms through every phase of the development cycle, depending on the project’s needs
Aiding studios in maintaining project and gameplay pillars, identity, and conventions to ensure the games feel on brand and elevate our gaming portfolio
Being a consistent and reliable resource of brand and gameplay information for the studios we work with
Attend regular meetings and sync with game directors, creative leads, gameplay leads, staff, etc.
Assist the product manager of individual game projects as they guide submission workflows, deadlines, wider project communication, and team-wide responses to milestones and submissions
Internally maintain and communicate consistent conventions and benchmarks for gameplay systems, features, and assets that should be consistently applied across all projects
Keep up to date on industry standards and skillsets related to the projects 20th Century Games have on their slate

Basic Qualifications And Skills:

Game Design

Five years of game design/game development experience or at least two full project cycles
Experience and expertise in two or more of the following design disciplines:
- Combat design
- Level design
- Systems design
- Progression design
- Area design
- Quest or mission design
- Technical gameplay design
- Encounter design
- UI/UX design

Working knowledge of game engines and other game design tools, including Unreal, Unity, or various proprietary engines
Worked with a variety of game genres, gameplay modes, and styles
This role will require travel domestically and will require a valid and current acceptable form of identification necessary for travel guidelines.

Preferred Skills:

Experience in management (or mentorship), leadership, teaching, or another profession dealing with feedback, management, and conflict resolution
Prior experience working with Licensed Intellectual Property and knowledge of Disney-owned IPs, particularly 20th Century IPs such as Alien, Predator, The Simpsons, etc.
Experience working with external arms of development such as licensing, publishing, marketing, and biz-dev

Preferred Education:

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience in the gaming industry

Our Benefits: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $105,100.00 to $140,900.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

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