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Game Design Manager

For decades, Wizards of the Coast has connected people around the world through play and imagination, with core games that have defined their genres - Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons®. We want to offer more ways to connect and play as the company grows. And that’s where you come in.

The Game Design team is a versatile, vibrant, collaborative group dedicated to making playing Magic as fun as it can be. Our team touches cards from beginning to end, working with all design teams to ensure we’re making successful products, play formats, and experiences. This includes card design, mechanic design, format design, product exploration, and many other design tasks.

This role draws on your emotional intelligence, your knowledge of people, process, & design, and your enthusiastic thirst for building up versatile designers into an amazing team. You’ll be responsible for the growth and happiness of the individuals and the collective team. You’ll work alongside the rest of design leadership to help guide and grow the next generation of Magic designers.

What is this role all about:

Are you excited with directing the people, organization, and culture side of a game design studio without directing the game design?

This role is about understanding the intersection of emotion, human interaction, analysis, and design. This role is about seeing the way the team’s work, thought, and collaboration flows and guiding that dynamic to new heights. You’ll work daily with each designer on the team, and you should show steadfast dedication to their long-term growth and happiness. Alongside the studio’s incredible leadership team, you’ll effort to align the skills and mission of the team with that of Magic at large.

A DAY IN THE LIFE AS A GAME DESIGN MANAGER

• Engaging and developing the best people – Weekly one-on-ones and regular daily contact with the team. Actively listening, monitoring, and improving the emotional and cultural landscape of the team. Giving regular, direct guidance and feedback to help each designer grow.
• Getting the best people – Ensure your hiring pipeline sources diverse, dedicated people and maintain a fair testing and interview process. Guide, train, and mentor new hires to ramp them up successfully into the role.
• Guiding and improving the workflow – Observe the dynamic and workflow of the team. Creatively improve, adjust, and implement process to ensure success, harmony, and a sustainable workload and vibrant culture.
• Looking to the future – Guiding the identity and mission of the team in collaboration with the rest of the Studio’s design leadership.

What you’ll bring

• Familiarity with Magic and Game Design in general.
• Experience managing creative talent in game development.
• Unrelenting drive for fostering and growing design talent.
• Flexible, adaptable, creative mentality with a constant thirst for knowledge.
• Self-motivated curiosity, active listening, and a diverse toolbox of leadership skills.
• Compassion, appreciation, and a deep understanding of people.
• Positive, energetic, and articulate communication to improve our shared vision.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as a comprehensive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.