[Vector North] Lead Game Designer

Responsibilities

Our Lead Game Designer identifies, proposes, and helps oversee the implementation / iteration of a broad range of gameplay that expresses the high-level direction of the game.

A person in this role is able to take a hands-on role in development, as well as nurture and lead a team of Game Designers to design, prototype, iterate and polish levels. 

Build a Team

• Help to recruit and lead a team of creative and technical experts within the Game Design team.
• Cooperate with project leadership to foster a development culture that reflects our values.
• Mentor, appraise, and facilitate the professional growth of team members.

Lead Game Design

• Define and communicate the Game Design needs of the project.
• Establish and guard standards and consistency of Game Design execution.
• Provide ongoing informal guidance across Game Design team, and help review the overall state at key intervals.

Liaise with Art, World and Tech

• Cooperate with Art and World stakeholders to help develop and maintain a consistent visual language.
• Cooperate with Tech stakeholders to help establish performance and stability standards.

Monitor Quality

• Establish, communicate, and guard production pipelines / requirements within the Game Design team.
• Provide ongoing informal guidance and maintain standards within Game Design team.

Enable Progress

• Cooperate with Production stakeholders to define and deploy effective workflows, tools, and best practices.
• Support members of the Game Design team to estimate, plan, monitor and effectively prioritise tasks.
• Identify, communicate and manage risks and issues.

Attributes

As a Lead Game Designer of a new IP and growing studio, this role demands the ability to draw upon prior experiences with ideation, prototyping and driving iteration as well as a readiness to take on new challenges. It requires individual Game Design expertise, but also the capacity to lead, mentor, and empower the specialist team members.

Required

• Several years games industry Game Design experience.
• Shipped titles as Lead Game Designer, or Senior Game Designer (or equivalent roles).
• Experience developing large-scale / open-world / sandbox games.
• Experience developing a multiplayer game.
• Experience developing with Unreal.
• Solid grasp of popular games and Game Design in gaming generally.
• Up-to-date knowledge of trends in Game Design production methodologies and tools.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in documentation and communication.
• Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English.

Welcomed

• AAA / console game development experience.
• Strong grasp of two or more domains (ie Game Design, Tech Design, Level Design, UI, UX, QA, MX).
• Experience leading a team.
• Experience recruiting and growing new teams and projects.
• Experience creating original IP.
• Experience working in a hybrid / remote environment.
• Experience with live-ops / games-as-a-service.
• Keen understanding of User Generated Content.
• Basic grasp of text-based scripting (C# or equivalent language).
• Practical experience using a variety of modern game engines and tools.
• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent formal qualification) in a relevant field.
• Working knowledge of Atlassian software development and collaboration tools.
• Experience working in diverse, multinational teams.

We welcome all applications! 

We are proud to have such a multicultural environment and we strive to create a safe, inclusive, and harmonious atmosphere for everyone to thrive in. We invite applications from all genders, sexual orientations, races, colors, religions, and ages.

If this sounds like a good fit for your skills and experience, then apply right away!