Quest Design Intern

Join Epic Games as a Quest Design Intern

About the Role

Epic Games is seeking a Quest Design Intern to join our team working on Fortnite. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team of designers creating quest content that supports various systems, modes, and playstyles. As a Quest Design Intern, you will work with a cross-discipline development team responsible for engaging players with goals that enrich their experience and tie into broader forms of progression.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on Player Goals: Work with the team to craft goals for players that enhance their exposure, experience, and mastery of new and existing game mechanics, immersing them in the world of Fortnite.
• Content Development: Build content that fulfills key player engagement metrics and supports broad systematic framework needs.
• Design Discussions: Actively participate in design discussions, process feedback, and identify the strongest path forward.
• Prototyping: Participate in collaborative and iterative prototyping, both paper-based and in-game.
• Playtesting: Attend playtests, provide feedback, and help identify practical solutions to problems.
• Production Collaboration: Work closely with production to identify, prioritize, and evaluate design work.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: Experience as a game designer working on quest-style content or goal-based progression systems.
• Familiarity with GaaS: Understanding of the Games as a Service (GaaS) model and its impact on design.
• Passion for Games: A wide breadth of game knowledge and a passion for games.
• Player Empathy: Demonstrated talent for empathizing with players and understanding player motivations, forms of play, and the effects of goal setting on play.
• Interest in BR and Multiplayer Games: Strong interest in Battle Royale and multiplayer games with an understanding of what makes them work.
• Problem Solving: Solution-oriented problem solver who can react quickly to changing project needs and drive to decisions.

Internship Details

• Start Date: Flexible start date in 2025.
• Location: On-site in Cary, North Carolina.
• Eligibility: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship.

About Epic Games

Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.

Join us and be a part of something Epic!