Game Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create, develop, test, facilitate, and enhance serious games and simulation-supported activities for federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, regional, and interagency audiences.

• Convert exercise objectives, plans, policies, capabilities, corrective actions, and operational challenges into game concepts, rules, roles, decision points, scenario modules, and measurable outcomes.

• Design realistic scenarios, narratives, injects, timelines, participant materials, facilitation questions, control-cell products, and Master Scenario Events Lists.

• Implement HSEEP doctrine along with instructional, experiential learning, and game-design principles in exercises and training activities.

• Integrate computer simulations, model outputs, visual interfaces, video vignettes, video injects, and virtual delivery capabilities into exercise programs.

• Collaborate with modeling and simulation experts, systems designers, planners, facilitators, evaluators, analysts, multimedia personnel, and subject matter experts.

• Assist in planning meetings, MSEL development and coordination meetings, exercise execution, hotwashes, and after-action meetings.

• Prototype and playtest game mechanics and supporting materials; gather feedback and refine products.

• Develop evaluation criteria and data collection opportunities for assessing decisions, actions, coordination, plans, policies, and implementation of corrective actions.

• Review technical and analytical products and interpret modeling or simulation results for exercise design and real-time participant engagement.

• Prepare and deliver briefings, demonstrations, facilitator guidance, participant instructions, technical documentation, and decision-support materials.

• Stay informed about industry standards, emerging technologies, virtual environments, and best practices.

• Complete recurring and short-turn assignments within set deadlines and maintain organized project files and deliverables.

• Travel as authorized to support planning conferences, exercise delivery, evaluation, training, response activities, or stakeholder meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in game design, simulation, instructional design, emergency management, public health, computer science, digital media, or a related field.

• Relevant experience in designing games, simulations, or interactive exercises for the U.S. Government or another complex operational organization.

• Experience in developing scenarios, game mechanics, injects, participant materials, facilitation content, and exercise-support products.

• Experience incorporating technical data, model results, or simulation capabilities into realistic decision-based activities.

• Ability to interpret operational requirements and translate complex subject matter into clear, engaging, and objective-driven participant experiences.

• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications and the capability to learn and utilize Government-provided exercise, collaboration, multimedia, and virtual delivery tools.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and respond effectively to short-notice or urgent requirements.

• Knowledge of HSEEP doctrine and experience supporting the complete exercise planning, conduct, evaluation, and improvement-planning cycle.

• Experience in public health preparedness, emergency management, incident response, continuity, consequence modeling, or interagency operations.

• Experience in creating visual interfaces, video vignettes, video injects, digital game assets, or virtual simulation environments.

• Experience in facilitating games or exercises for senior leaders, government personnel, emergency responders, healthcare partners, or interagency audiences.

• Familiarity with the National Response Framework, National Incident Management System, Emergency Support Function #8, and federal preparedness and response doctrine.

• Experience in developing accessible digital and multimedia products in accordance with Section 508 requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, with premiums for employees fully covered by Culmen, and dependent coverage available at a nominal rate (including same or opposite-sex domestic partners).

• 401k – Vested immediately with a 4% match.

• Life insurance and disability coverage provided by the company.

• Supplemental Insurance available.

• Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education.

• 12 Paid Holidays.