Head of Design

A fully remote role for a cross platform studio with a focus on F2P mobile games.

This is a well established studio with a catalogue of hits.

They develop midcore and casual titles. These are original titles and well known licenses.

You will lead the team and act as the creative director responsible the vision of the games.

Role:

• ● Being responsible for the overall vision of the product: game play, visual style, story, audio assets, and cinematics

• ● Lead a large cross functional team to refine the process of collaboration that leads to great work

• ● Work with lead designers to help implement their goals and leadership responsibilities

• ● Combine your strong knowledge and innovation of industry standards and enable your team to do the same

• ● Conduct regular and meaningful one-to-ones with the team

• ● Act as a hiring manager for any future candidates within the team

• ● Plan, prioritise, and set inspiring objectives for the team members, giving them clear expectations and holding them accountable for their key results

• ● Work on career growth and succession planning for the team. 

Skills and experience needed to succeed:

• ● Experience as a Head of Design or even a Lead Game Designer looking for a step up with mobile free to play game background

• ● Proven track record of shipped successful mobile free to play games

• ● Proven experience building and leading teams through full production cycles

• ● Proven experience of pitching and working with other teams to develop the vision they are seeking and collaborate with the leadership team and devs to bring that vision to fruition!

• ● A deep understanding of data and how it can contribute to understanding player behaviour and creating games players love.

• ● Solid knowledge of latest mobile games industry trends, free to play mechanics & UX

• ● A strong knowledge of video games of all genres especially mobile games & the market’s most popular titles

• ● In depth knowledge of free to play mechanics & game systems

• ● Player demographics and what those players are looking for current trends in F2P game design

• ● Proficient in all aspects of mobile game design, including gameplay, level design, game structure, balancing, & reward systems

• ● Know how to prototype your ideas utilising tools, ie: Photoshop, Flash, Sketch Up, 3ds Max, Unity, Blitz, etc.

• ● A strong ability to evaluate & analyze games & then provide meaningful feedback & guide the teams.

• ● A super clear understanding of business in the current market (monetization, social, acquisition, retention) & constantly provide direction to teams to push every game to its maximum potential

• ● Well informed of mobile, pc and console video games and their flagship titles

Desirable characteristics:

• ● Problem solving pragmatist with an empowered can do attitude

• ● A team motivator that leads from the front and owns decisions

• ● Hungry, for greater success, team empowerment, delegation and support

• ● A motivator, believer in small teams, creativity and fast iteration