72 live game and level design roles at UK game studios across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Aggregated daily from each studio's own careers feed and linked back to the source. Studios with the most openings right now: Cloud Imperium Games (7), Escape Velocity Entertainment (5), Flix Interactive (4) and Playground Games (4). Most roles are based in London (19), Manchester (7) and Leamington Spa (6).
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About game & level design roles
Designers decide how a game plays and how it feels to play. Game designers define rules, goals and progression; level designers build the spaces players move through, from blockout to final pacing; systems and economy designers balance combat, crafting, loot and in-game currencies; narrative designers and writers handle story, dialogue and quests; and UX designers make menus, onboarding and controls clear. Senior roles such as lead or creative director own the overall vision.
Listings commonly ask for hands-on experience in Unreal Engine (including Blueprints) or Unity, plus clear written documentation, spreadsheets for balancing, and the ability to explain decisions to programmers and artists. Level design roles want to see layouts and blockouts; systems roles often mention scripting or data-driven tuning; narrative roles look for writing samples and tools such as Twine, Ink or Articy.
Design is one of the more competitive entry points. Common routes in include QA, which teaches how games break and how teams work, junior design roles at larger studios, and game jams or modding projects that produce something playable. Progression runs from junior to designer, senior, lead and director, often specialising along the way.
The design careers guide covers the different design specialisms and what to include in a design portfolio. QA is a common first step, and the QA listings show who is hiring testers.
Open roles
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2K·Design
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2K·Design
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Airship Interactive·Design·Full-time
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Astrid Entertainment·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
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Cloud Imperium Games·Design·Full-time
- Codemasters (Electronic Arts)
- Codemasters (Electronic Arts)
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Creative Assembly·Design·Full-time
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Creative Assembly·Design·Full-time
- Escape Velocity Entertainment
- Escape Velocity Entertainment
- Escape Velocity Entertainment
- Escape Velocity Entertainment
- Escape Velocity Entertainment
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Exient·Design·Contract
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FACEIT·Design
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Flix Interactive·Design·Full-time
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Flix Interactive·Design·Full-time
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Flix Interactive·Design·Full-time
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Flix Interactive·Design·Full-time
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Formation Games·Design
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Frontier Developments·Design·Full-time
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Frontier Developments·Design·Full-time
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FuturLab·Design·Contract
- FuturLab
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iniBuilds·Design·Contract
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Keywords Studios·Design·Contract
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Kinetic Games·Design
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Kinetic Games·Design
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Kinetic Games·Design
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Kwalee·Design·Full-time
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Larian Studios·Design·Full-time
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LEGO Digital Play·Design·Full-time
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LEGO Digital Play·Design·Full-time
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Micazook·Design
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Micazook·Design
- NaturalMotion Games (Zynga)
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Panic Stations·Design·Contract
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Payload Studios·Design·Full-time
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Pixel Toys·Design·Full-time
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Playground Games·Design·Brookstreet
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Playground Games·Design·Full-time
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Playground Games·Design·Full-time
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Playground Games·Design·Full-time
- PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
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Rebellion·Design·Full-time
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Rebellion·Design·Full-time
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Rebellion·Design·Full-time
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Rocksteady Studios (Warner Brothers Games)·Design·Contract
- Scopely
- Scopely
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Second Star Games·Design·Full-time
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Side·Design·Contract
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Silent Games·Design·Contract
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Silent Games·Design·Full-time
- Spiderware
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Sports Interactive·Design·Full-time
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Sumo Digital·Design·Full-time
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Sumo Digital·Design·Full-time
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Supercell·Design·Full-time
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Supercell·Design·Full-time
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Voodoo·Design·Contract
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Voodoo·Design·Contract
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Zwift·Design
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Zwift·Design
- Zynga
Hiring snapshot
- Live roles
- 72
- Studios hiring
- 39
- New in the last 30 days
- 2535% of live roles
- Remote-friendly
- 19%14 of 72 roles
- Roles listing a salary
- 0most studios don’t publish pay
By location
- London19
- Manchester7
- Leamington Spa6
- Remote6
- Brighton5
- Oxford3
Most openings
- Cloud Imperium Games7
- Escape Velocity Entertainment5
- Flix Interactive4
- Playground Games4
- Kinetic Games3
- Rebellion3
By level
- Mid-level27
- Senior27
- Lead / principal13
- Director / head of3
- Junior / entry level2
Calculated from today’s live listings, rebuilt every morning from studios’ own careers pages. Levels are read from job titles.