About the role
Role Overview
Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Systems & Content Designer to join the World of Warcraft Classic team. This is a temporary position supporting ongoing World of Warcraft Classic initiatives, with an initial assignment through June 2027 and the possibility of extension. As a designer on the Classic team, you will help create, implement, and maintain gameplay systems, features, rewards, and live content across multiple Classic products. This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is in Irvine, CA.
Responsibilities
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Design and create items, spells, rewards, progression systems, and player-facing experiences.
- Support live game updates, events, and new content releases.
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, artists, QA, and production.
- Work with game data, content tools, and implementation pipelines to bring ideas to life.
- Playtest, iterate, and improve experiences through feedback.
Minimum Requirements
- Strong familiarity with World of Warcraft.
- 5+ years of professional game design experience or equivalent.
- Experience designing and implementing gameplay systems, content, or features.
- Experience working with game development tools and data-driven workflows.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Extra Points
- Experience working on live-service games.
- Experience with rewards, itemization, progression, or class design.
- Experience working with large datasets or content pipelines.
- Experience supporting in-game stores, cosmetics, or collectibles.
- Experience working across multiple game branches, versions, or development environments.
- Shipped content updates, expansions, or live game features.
Application Materials
- Resume
- Cover Letter – Please include:
- A bit about yourself
- Why you’re interested in working on World of Warcraft Classic
- Examples of systems, rewards, content, or features you have designed
- What excites you most about designing games
Compensation and Benefits
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $82,240.00 - $152,160.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Your specific range and offer will be based on factors including relevant experience, performance, and work location. In addition to base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation.
Comprehensive benefits include:
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others.
- Relocation assistance if the Company requires you to move geographic locations for the job.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns.
Company Culture and Policies
Blizzard Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. The company is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and provides reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities during the application process.