20 game designer jobs at 14 companies in New York

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Game Designer
San Mateo or New York City
OnsiteFull Time
Beast Industries
Beast Industries: Privately held creator-led holding producing digital entertainment, snacks, software, and consumer brands for global audiences.
5+ YOEProven game shipping experience, strong systems and UX instincts, 5+ years preferred, proficiency with Figma, data-informed design, excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Figma, Unity, Unreal, Godot
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Lead Game Designer
San Francisco or New York City or Los Angeles or Seattle or Boston or Washington or Austin or Denver or Nashville or Atlanta or Chicago or Dallas or Miami or United States
$101k-$169k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mob Entertainment
Mob Entertainment: Animation & Game Studio • Creator of the hit game Poppy Playtime!
8+ YOE8+ years game design experience with lead roles on shipped titles; strong prototyping in Unreal/Blueprints; systems, progression, balancing expertise; excellent communication and leadership skills.
Blueprints, Unreal Engine
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Senior Designer, Games Marketing (Temporary)
New York City, New York, United States
$63-$71/hr HybridFull Time, Temporary
NYT Games
NYT GamesNYSE: NYT: New York Times subscription service providing daily word, logic and number games to puzzle players.
7+ YOE7+ years of graphic design experience in marketing or advertising, a strong portfolio, expert Figma and Adobe Creative Suite skills, design systems expertise, and motion graphics experience with After Effects.
Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects
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Adjunct Instructor, Game Design and Production
Riverdale, New York, United States
$1k-$2k/yr OnsitePart Time
Kakos School of Arts and Sciences
Kakos School of Arts and Sciences: Lasallian Catholic university school serving students through liberal arts, sciences, education, health, and interdisciplinary programs.
Master's degree required (Doctorate preferred); teaching excellence in game design or related fields; syllabus preparation and in-person instruction for Fall 2026 course.
Unreal Engine, NVidia 5090, PC
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[2026-2027] Technology and Game Design Instructor - Middle School
New York City or Bronx or Bronx
$30-$38/hr OnsitePart Time, Seasonal
DREAM
DREAM: Nonprofit New York City charter-school network and youth-development organization serving children from early childhood through college.
High school diploma required; bachelor’s or related certification preferred. 2+ years working with youth preferred. Must be able to plan and deliver lessons, embed literacy, collaborate with staff, and work in-person during program hours.
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Senior Technical Artist
Cary or California or New York City or Washington
$152k-$278k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Epic Games
Epic Games: Developer of video games and real-time 3D creation tools.
Strong game technical art portfolio, PBR and material editor expertise, Unreal Engine 5 pipeline familiarity, lighting proficiency, Substance Designer experience, scripting, and multi-platform experience.
Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, UE Blueprints, Substance Designer, Blueprint
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Game Design & Technical Art
Old Westbury or New York City
$70k/yr OnsiteFull Time
School of Architecture and Design
School of Architecture and Design: Nonprofit New York Tech academic school educating students in architecture, interior design, and digital art and design.
Master's or equivalent terminal degree required; 3–5 years of relevant game industry or technical art experience preferred; proficiency with Unity or Unreal Engine; college-level teaching experience and strong mentoring, communication, and curriculum development skills preferred.
Unity, Unreal Engine, Houdini, Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance, Adobe Creative Cloud, Cinema 4D, Nuke, motion capture
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Senior Artist, Technical (Rigger) - NBA 2K
California or New York or New Jersey or Maryland or Colorado or Washington or British Columbia or Novato or Irvine or Budapest or Shanghai or Austin or Boise or Seoul or Parksville
$54-$75/hr OnsiteTemporary
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts: American video game development studio creating sports and other interactive games for global players as a 2K studio.
Expert character rigging experience with body and facial rigs, Autodesk Maya, human anatomy and deformation, Python/PyMel scripting, game-optimized rigs, problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
Autodesk Maya, Python, PyMel, Facial Action Coding System (FACS), NgSkinTools, Qt, Perforce, Maya Python API
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Senior Artist, Technical (Rigger) - NBA 2K
Novato or California or New York or New Jersey or Maryland or Colorado or Washington or British Columbia or United States or Canada
$54-$75/hr OnsiteContract, Temporary
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts: American video game development studio creating sports and other interactive games for global players as a 2K studio.
Expert character rigging artist with Autodesk Maya, Python/PyMel, anatomy and deformation expertise, game rigging experience, problem-solving skills, and familiarity with FACS rigs, skeletons, topology, and edge flow.
Autodesk Maya, Python, PyMel, NgSkinTools, Qt, Perforce, Maya Python API
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Design Director, Systems - Diablo
Irvine or Albany
$127k-$235k/yr HybridFull Time
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment: Video game developer and publisher creating genre-defining games for players worldwide
12+ YOE4+ Mgmt12+ years systems design in games with 4+ years leading teams; expertise in progression, economies, social features, balancing live-service games; strong analytical, communication, and mentorship skills.
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Adjunct- Digital Media & Animation
Alfred, New York, United States
OnsitePart Time
Alfred State College
Alfred State College: Public SUNY technical college serving students through hands-on bachelor's, associate, certificate, and workforce-training programs.
Seeking skilled adjunct instructors to teach studio and lecture courses in digital media, animation, graphic design, game and interactive design; part-time teaching role.
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Senior Pre-Sales Solution Consulting, Gaming
New York, New York, United States
$160k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
Socure
Socure: The leading AI-native trust infrastructure providing identity verification and risk solutions for the world.
7+ YOE7+ years experience with 4+ years in client-facing technical pre-sales; gaming/sportsbook domain experience; strong SaaS integrations knowledge; ability to design workflows, lead POCs, and present to executives.
RESTful APIs
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Senior Software Engineer, Google XR, Gaming
San Francisco or New York City
$174k-$252k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL: Global technology specializing in internet-related services and products.
5+ YOEBachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; 5 years software development, 3 years software product testing, maintenance, or launches, and 1 year software design and architecture experience; 3D graphics, C++, and game engine experience.
C++, Android XR, Kotlin, Java, Impress
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Network Engineer (C++) - 6 month FTC (Brighton, Cardiff or Remote)
Brighton or Cardiff or United Kingdom or Albany or Austin
HybridFull Time, Contract
Atomic Theory
Atomic Theory: Private game-development studio providing gameplay, UI/UX, engineering, and pipeline services to game studios.
C++ proficiency, strong mathematics, networking or game development experience, multiplayer network architecture expertise, and experience designing high-performance networking systems.
C++, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5