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Live Services Game Design Director - The SIMS

Live Services Design Director-The Sims

At Maxis, we excel at outrageous thinking. It's the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We're creators and great storytellers. Our mission is not just about amazing our peers – it's about amazing our fans. Taking risks. Working with each other. Daring to dream big. Together, we can improve the way millions play every day.

As a Live Services Design Director for The Sims 4, you'll work with a large (but tight-knit) team of enthusiastic industry craftspeople from all walks of life. Your job will be to use your passion, knowledge, and leadership to inspire creativity, provide and communicate vision, and create incredible experiences that surprise and delight millions of gamers around the world.

You will report to the Studio Creative Director.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Champion the Live Services creative direction for The Sims on an ongoing basis, inspiring the team through progressive creative design and leadership.
• Oversee design vision and implementation, working directly with designers, producers, programmers, artists, and development.
• Work with leadership to establish the creative direction for our Live Services.
• Understand new trends driving player expectations and behaviors.
• Sensitivity to mass-market appeal, and the ability to create new experiences within it.
• Partner with consumer insights to break down and understand the underlying motivations, and then driving solutions to problems and opportunities.
• Understand how user-generated content and experiences are shaping products in the market.
• Track and communicate progress and resolution of problems with the ability to set guidelines for peers and external support groups.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to peers and junior design staff, help them resolve complex problems, and growing their careers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years experience leading game teams and defining game design and narrative direction.
• 5+ years experience designing, launching, monitoring, and evolving a live service.
• Experience creating simulation and life experiences that surprise and delight players
• Experience creating social experiences that bring players together in new ways
• Welcome feedback and criticism, and enjoy working in a collaborative, iterative, and agile process.
• Organized, and can break down complex problems into consumable pieces for others.
• Experience working with research departments to establish tests and interpret data to improve the design.