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Lead Game Designer

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Datascope Recruitment Full time
Lead Game Designer

At Datascope Recruitment, we're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Game Designer to join our client's ambitious team. As a key member of the game development team, you will be responsible for leading the design of high-quality games for international audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Plan, detail, and supervise the work of Game Designers in your team
  • Ensure the team is creating innovative gameplay and experiences for the defined game vision
  • Conceptualize and develop characters, rules, settings, and stories for new games
  • Independently manage creative ideation steps from pitching ideas to rapid prototyping
  • Define Game Design Documents (GDD) for various game systems and document all details, iterations, and changes for the development teams
  • Review game features to ensure they are fun and developed per the GDD defined
  • Regularly play game updates to provide feedback and do quality control
  • Master the review and iteration process to incorporate user feedback in game design and feature set
  • Capacity to train, coach, and develop junior game designers
  • Advocate a game-developer mindset in the team beyond mastery of game design and technical subjects
  • Communicate and report to the Design Director
  • Help production understand the design team's production capacity and work together to schedule and prioritize tasks

Requirements:

  • Expertise in Mobile and F2P with multiple titles shipped
  • ~6+ years of experience as a game designer
  • Strong understanding of KPIs and ability to drive game design around KPIs
  • Experience in prototyping and shipping games with Unity or Unreal gaming engines and well-versed with the constraints
  • Extensive knowledge of Game Design principles and the gaming landscape
  • Command on Excel or any scripting language to maintain game design configurations
  • Passionate gamer with an eye for details
  • Bachelor's degree or College diploma in game design or equivalent is preferred

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to the development of high-quality games for international audiences. If you're a passionate game designer with a drive for storytelling and a passion for various genres of games, we encourage you to apply.