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Manager, Game Design
10 months ago
Why PlayStation?
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
Join the award-winning team that created God of War
Santa Monica Studio looking for a Manager to partner with the Senior Design Manager and support the Game Design team!
In this role you will help to mentor, retain, and develop some of the top design talent in the industry. Under the supervision of the Senior Manager, you’ll plan, organize, and structure a large part of the Design team, to ensure that project and studio needs are met. You’ll also play an important role in creating and maintaining a vibrant and innovative creative culture, and in helping guide the Design team on a path of continual growth and improvement.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate and retain top tier design talent, to help grow our existing industry-leading team
- Participate in the hiring process for designers under the supervision of the Sr Manager along with Talent Acquisition
- Conduct phone screens and join in-house interviews to help identify strong potential candidates
- Provide career development and growth for designers
- Personally provide mentoring and guidance on soft skills, and leverage sub-discipline experts within the team to build technical skills
- Manage performance within the team in a way that encourages innovation and creativity, while establishing and codifying best practice and process
- Establish responsibility and accountability within the team
- Create, develop, and support new leaders
- Plan for the best and most efficient deployment of design resources
- Collaborate closely with Leads and Producers to ensure project needs are being met, along with the development needs of the team
- Support and deliver the creative vision of the Directors
- Ensure that the design direction and priorities set by project leadership is reflected in the scheduling, resource allocation, execution plan, and conduct of the design team as a whole
- Collaborate with the Sr Design Manager, the rest of the Management team, Production, and other studio leaders to ensure a consistent, transparent and effective production process across disciplines
- Contribute to studio planning around personnel issues, headcount planning, studio culture and other needs as required
- Represent the design function at the project level
- Ensure that appropriate communication flows freely, such that the team feels heard, represented, and generally in the loop
- Escalate and resolve design team needs, issues, and concerns in a responsive, effective, and visible manner
- Act decisively to remove roadblocks and smooth out interdisciplinary issues
- Maintain an inspiring and mindful creative culture, where experimentation, feedback and iteration are encouraged
- Foster knowledge sharing and creative exercises
- Represent the design team and the studio in the industry, including participation in events, conferences, and university outreach
Requirements
- 7+ years of game industry experience
- 5+ years of design experience
- 3+ years of management experience
- Internal development team experience
Preferred Experience
- 2+ years of experience in a design leadership role
- Experience on a full AAA development cycle preferred
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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$133,200 — $199,800 USD
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
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