Design Director, Mobile Games

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

At Warner Bros. Games San Francisco we are bringing to life some of the world's most iconic characters, stories, and universes. Come help us build a world-class studio and take leading entertainment franchises to 1.2 billion mobile gamers. We are committed to creating fun and engaging games for our fans and are positioning ourselves to be a top player in mobile.

The Job
The Design Director is a key leader that possesses superior in-depth discipline knowledge, solid interpersonal, technical skills and requires a mastery in the ability to communicate complex design principles. Provides career guidance and mentorship for their staff.

The Daily
• Provides senior-level guidance and mentorship in the design team's growth through career planning and development
• Participate in determining the direction and creative vision of the product
• Partner with pod leads, producers and other stakeholders in reviewing project objectives, progress and milestones
• Lead a team of designers in the creation and execution of features, lead roundtable discussions around design concepts, principles and competitor products

The Essentials
• Minimum 4 years of progressively complex game design experience
• Minimum 3 years F2P Mobile games experience from concept to live operations
• Mastery of game design principles, can articulate complex concepts into practical application through example
• Has prior experience managing designers
• Shipped at least 1 title

The Nice to Haves
• Deep knowledge of major Warner Brothers intellectual property, such as DC Entertainment super-heroes
• Deep understanding of the collectible character / RPG genre
• Narrative writing skill

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnm63k-18-118-184-237-42 in your application.