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Senior Product Designer

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

Are you a collaborative, improvement-obsessed, doer with a proven ability to lead and deliver on multiple projects?

The Senior Product Designer oversees the R&D design effort for approximately 35% of Magic TCG’s worldwide revenues. In this role, you will be responsible for aligning strategy for multiple R&D design teams and quality control teams to deliver industry-leading products and experiences. You will work collaboratively to incorporate the needs of other departments into the R&D design process. When conflict or uncertainty arises, the Senior Product Designer will arbitrate a solution between the teams and lead execution of necessary changes.

What you'll do:

• Manage all aspects of execution of a Magic block or specialty product, including product and player experience, at the company level from inception planning and design, into release and retrospective.
• Use your experience in game design to craft innovative products and accessories for major releases of the world’s biggest Trading Card Game.
• Unify strategic direction with input from multiple executive sources. Arbitrate design and production conflicts between business units with sometimes competing priorities.
• Direct a team of product designers and foster positive internal and external team relationships.
• Lead discussions on product development in order to solicit feedback and gain approval from senior leadership. Communicate decisions, strategies, and options to all areas of the company.
• Collaborate in all aspects of product design to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery at highest quality.
• Support the Senior Director to develop strategic direction for block environments including game design, world-building, product development, and marketing connections for both face-to-face and digital gaming to deliver positive gaming experiences for players of all levels.
• Propose strategy for product development, incorporating the needs and wants of multiple executives. Plan and collaborate to allocate R&D design resources to all projects.
• Final decision maker in the Magic set design and development process between R&D design teams, between R&D design and quality control, and between R&D and other departments.

What you’ll bring:

• 4+ yrs experience designing products in a business environment with advancing responsibilities.
• Experience crafting strategic and tactical plans in a highly complex, constantly evolving environment. Ability to manage multiple large projects simultaneously.
• Deep knowledge of Magic rules, environments, characters, worlds, and customer segments.
• Creative, brand-centric, customer focused thinking coupled with reasoned judgment.
• Champion risk-taking and innovation while applying judgment.
• Understanding of P&L, sales strategies and deliverables.
• Ability to build positive relationships inside and outside of R&D. Ability to inspire trust through personal accountability, display passion and diplomacy.
• Strong communication skills.

In the Wizards TCG Studio, we believe diversity of experience is fundamental to creating accessible and fun gaming experiences for *all* of our players. We encourage everyone to consider being a part of our team.

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 an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.