Game Designer for Leading Gaming Studio

2 weeks ago

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom 2K Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Lead Game Designer to join our team at Rebellion, a leading independent game developer. As a key member of our design team, you will be responsible for leading the design of our upcoming project, working closely with the design directors and production team to ensure the game meets our high standards.

Your primary focus will be on leading a team of designers, mentoring and guiding them to deliver a high-quality gameplay experience. You will be responsible for overseeing the work of the project design team, ensuring that the game meets the design brief and providing actionable feedback to make improvements.

As a Lead Game Designer, you will be an active mentor and role model for the design team, promoting best practices and encouraging innovation. You will work closely with the design directors and production team to balance creative vision with production realities.

Responsibilities
  • Lead and inspire a team of designers with best practice people management techniques.
  • Proactively manage your team's performance and professional development through performance review cycles giving constructive, actionable, relevant feedback.
  • Collaborate with Design Directors and the Production team to balance creative vision with the production realities.
  • Oversee the work of a project design team and mentor designers in all aspects of their role.
  • Regularly review your team's work against the design brief and provide actionable feedback to make improvements, incorporating appropriate feedback from key stakeholders.
  • Verify the quality of design in the game, give feedback to designers and suggest improvements where necessary to fit technical constraints and artistic direction. Ensure correct documentation workflows and processes are followed throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Plan and conduct gameplay evaluations with the Design Director and the team providing feedback and suggestions to help fine-tune and improve the game.
  • Be an active mentor and role model for the Design team.
Requirements
  • Extensive knowledge of people management best practices.
  • Willingness and ability to deliver high-quality results using tools and processes required to get the job done.
  • Expert knowledge of the video game development process, including working in a timely/time-bound manner, and prototyping/iterating appropriately within that restriction.
Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

  • 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
  • Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
  • Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
  • Enhanced Family Leave
  • Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme
  • EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
  • Plus loads more... including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events
Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. The city's train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable

Inside Rebellion

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn't sound quite like you, we're recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we're always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies:

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