Steph Charij

Steph Charij is a Senior Game Designer at Hypixel Studios since January 2024, previously serving as a Senior Content Designer at Vela Games from January 2021 to October 2023, where responsibilities included map and content design for Evercore Heroes. Prior to that, Steph held the role of Senior Designer at Arrowhead Game Studios, contributing to level and mission design as well as world building for Helldivers 2 from January 2018 to January 2021. At Avalanche Studios from January 2013 to January 2018, Steph worked on mission and level design, scripting, and narrative concept design for notable titles including Rage 2, Just Cause 3: Air, Land & Sea Expansions, and Mad Max. An earlier career includes a position as a Junior Designer at Eurocom focused on mission scripting for 007 Legends, and contracted design work at Evolution Studios for MotorStorm Apocalypse and MotorStorm RC. Steph holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Games Programming from the University of Derby, where the educational journey spanned from 2008 to 2012.