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Lead Designer
1 year ago
The design team at Build a Rocket Boy Games is expanding! We’re looking for an exceptional Lead Designer to come join us here in our newly refurbished Edinburgh office.
As a member of the Design team, you’ll work closely with the Game Directors and the core design group to create and maintain the vision across the Everywhere project, working iteratively towards building one of the most ambitious projects in the games industry.
You will be proactive in dealing with other disciplines to define clear requirements and resolve problems quickly. A strong eye for detail, combined with clear and concise communication, is a must.
This is a great opportunity to develop your skills alongside an incredible worldwide team.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the Game Directors, Designers and Producers to define, prioritize and manage the work of the design team, in keeping with the project goals and timeline
- Communicate to the design team the objectives, strategies and high level planning requirements
- Perform story and task breakdowns and estimates, and create reports
- Analyse workload and productivity, flag issues and communicate with Producers to provide solutions
- Manage the creation and maintenance of design documentation
- Critique designs, contribute to game reviews/playtests, and manage gameplay feedback
- Understand the needs and capacity of the different subcategories of designers, as well as helping with the recruit and onboarding of those roles
- Manage the team budget, perform appraisals, help mentor junior designers, and other general people management
- Become a hub of knowledge for the game, for all production disciplines
- Analyse and evaluate information and communicate to the design team
- Facilitate communications with the leads from other disciplines, to ensure good communication and a consistent understanding of deliverables
- Interface with other Lead Designers in external studios
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in design teams
- Shipped 3+ AAA games
- Have leadership skills and experience in leading a design team
- A proven track record of seniority within game design disciplines
- Highly organized, flexibly, have a positive attitude and an ability to motivate others
- Have excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Value good documentation/presentations/reports, which are descriptive and to the point
- A passion for games and an ability to articulate that passion clearly and analytically
- Have industry knowledge, and an interest in emerging platforms and new design methodology is a bonus
- Experience in Jira, Confluence, Excel and other project management software is a bonus
Build A Rocket Boy is developing EVERYWHERE; an experience with a breadth of unimaginable gameplay adventure.
We are a mix of industry leading veterans whose credits include some of the best selling and most loved games of all time. We’re a creative digital entertainment studio with an open and progressive methodology, dedicated to delivering games of the highest calibre possible.
If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us.
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