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Lead Game Designer
4 years ago
Job Description
The Lead Game Designer will plan, detail, and supervise the work of game designers. He/she will also actively participate in the shaping and development of the game together with the directors and break down the high level intentions into game design elements.
Qualifications
Leadership
- Responsible of the performance management of his/her team members: support career advancement and suggest development and interpersonal skills training and techniques sessions to team members
- Create a work environment that is motivating for team members and which fosters development and creation
- Participate in the selection of team members (recruitment)
Management
- Assess the workload vs. production capacity, plan the work and set priorities for the game design team
- Allocate duties and follow the evolution of the team’s progress on game design deliverables
Game Design Quality
- Understand consumer needs and ensure that the elements developed by the team will contribute to player satisfaction and enjoyment
- Provides clear and structured project documents
- Ensure that gameplay intentions are understood and that team members are working on the right elements (ingredients, game system, gaming modes, behavior specifications etc.)
Communication
- Communicate the project objectives, strategies, and general information to all team members so as to give visibility to the advancement of the development of the game and the other crafts
- Actively participate and act as a regular liaison in the decision-making process with management and oversee the necessary adjustments to ensure that the game design team meets expectations
- Drive and follow-up on prototyping (both digital and paper based) with other game designers and programmers
Requirements:
- Previous experience as a lead game designer – at least 2 AAA shipped titles as Lead GD
- Fluent in English.
Personal qualities:
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
- Able to manage a team and plan in a highly active environment
- Highly adaptable
- Strong analytical skills
- Client focus (internal and external)
- Autonomous, problem solver
Additional Information
Ubisoft offers:
- International AAA game projects
- Access to cutting-edge hardware
- Experience using hottest internally developed game engines
- Proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues
- Opportunity to travel abroad
- Medical / Life insurance
- English / French courses
- Long-term employment with 20 working-days paid vacation
If you want to see your name in credits of Ubisoft’s games. Excited by the idea of communicating with IT professionals from all over the world. Passionate about technology and video games.
Ubisoft Kiev has an opportunity for you!
Join Ubisoft Kiev Studio and become “Serious about fun” together with us!
Company Description
Ubisoft, an industry leading developer of video games offers a unique environment where creativity, teamwork and cutting-edge technology bring to life critically acclaimed video games and iconic AAA franchises. You will benefit from an open learning environment, and contribute to an international team driving innovation.
Are you serious about fun? Do you consistently seek out learning opportunities and aim to beat your high score? Are you open to new ideas, perspectives and cultures and believe that it takes a world to build a world? At Ubisoft, you’ll work alongside passionate and talented teams who are imagining the future of entertainment. Our team in Kiev, together with teams from multiple foreign Ubisoft studios, contributes to delivering PC and next-gen experiences for some of the most famous AAA Ubisoft titles.
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