Lead Online Game Designer

Your goal:

• Define the framework and structure for a new experience in the Dying Light franchise
• Creatively lead an interdisciplinary team of developers to deliver your vision in the Dying Light universe
• Lead your team designs through the full development cycle: from conception and prototyping through implementation, release and continuous support after launch

Your daily tasks:

• Being the advocate for your team, knowing the strengths and weakness of all members and utilizing that knowledge to bring out the best in them,
• Defining and designing progression systems, gameplay mechanics and online features for online presence of Dying Light franchise working closely with the high level vision provided by the IP’s Creative Director,
• Defining and designing engagement mechanisms and in-game economy in cooperation with the marketing teams and biz dev teams,
• Collaborating closely with Production to plan out the development roadmap, and define goals that push the boundaries of what’s possible,
• Prioritizing and assigning tasks to a team of designers and developers discussing progress, tackling setbacks, finding solutions, sharing experience, providing feedback and coaching to your team of game designers,
• Directly communicating with programmers, artists, animators, and other production teams to ensure constant flow of information & consistency across the board,
• Supporting implementation of designed features in a structured, iterative manner
• Working with the player research teams on defining scope and goals for playtests as well as authoring and requesting other data gathering methods,
• Creating and updating clear and consistent design documentation used by members of the development team and supporting disciplines (marketing, PR).