Full Time Job
Director Of Design
Warner Media
- Paid
- Full Time
- Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
Warner Bros. Games Boston is a Warner Bros. Games development studio focused on creating free-to-play games for mobile platforms. The studio is utilizing its extensive expertise in creating persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities to develop its hit mobile game, Game of Thrones: Conquest.The Job
WB Games Boston is looking to hire a Director of Design to set the design vision for a new mobile game based on one of the biggest franchises in the world. This is a leadership role that will report directly to the Studio Head.
The Daily
• Be a studio leader, emphasizing player delight while building a great culture & a healthy business
• Establish, evangelize and own the design vision for our next hit mobile game, collaborating to refine the game direction from concept to live-ops
• Collaborate closely with a world class game team, leveraging your end-to-end knowledge of large-scale mobile games to build amazing + deep play experiences that players will love for decades to come
• Lead & directly manage design team: recruiting, mentoring, inspiring and empowering design talent -- setting development priorities for the design team including training, individual development plans, staffing decisions, mentor relationships, and career planning
• Set the culture and tone for the game design discipline
• Translate nuanced ideas into lean feature sets; create elegant solutions that enable great player experiences.
The Essentials
• Growth mindset
• Love of deep + social games
• Love of data and iteration
• Determined simplifier, capable of expressing a vision with a lean and elegant feature set
• Expert at driving consensus, creating alignment, and inspiring teams
• Expert systems designer oriented toward multiple interacting game systems
• Deep in-engine experience implementing player driven designs
• Passionate gamer with in-depth knowledge of multiple game genres
• 5+ years in a Design leadership role on live services games
• Experience leading prototype teams & mobile free to play live service teams
• Experience working with intellectual property including approval flows
• Experience with in-engine implementation, Economy Design, Narrative Design, and Design Tools.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r11k9m-35-175-174-36-42 in your application.