Skillsets

• Ability to guide the creative direction of the game’s core gameplay and user experience (UX).

• Full ownership of major design pillars and key features, ensuring they align with the game's vision, player experience, and overall strategic goals.

• Ensure cohesion across all design elements and features.

• Lead long-term design strategy while balancing creative innovation with functional objectives.

• Open communicator with producers, developers, artists, and other stakeholders to ensure design vision is translated correctly into the final product.

• Oversee the adoption and refinement of design processes that best serve the project.

• Align design vision and team development with the studio’s long-term goals, ensuring sustained growth, innovation, and project success.

• Expert in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including time-boxing, sprint planning, and milestone tracking to ensure timely delivery of key features.

• Adept in organizing and prioritizing tasks, managing backlogs, and maintaining clear roadmaps to keep projects on track.

• Established KPMs and identified KPIs to guide data-driven alignment of feature updates and improvements combined with player feedback and engagement metrics.

• Proactively identify potential risks in the development pipeline, addressing challenges such as scope creep, resource limitations, and unexpected technical constraints.

  • Develop mitigation strategies to keep projects on track and aligned with goals.

• Documenting and charting timelines in a visual and clear manner that facilitates the needs of all disciplines.

  • Includes executive updates and summaries to keep development progress visible and accessible.

• Efficiently assign resources with a forward-thinking approach, ensuring optimal team utilization while planning for future needs and next steps.

• Encourage creative experimentation while maintaining a thorough understanding tight timelines, ensuring feasible and impactful game design.

• Experience with managing large design teams with a high number of direct reports.

• Providing constructive feedback and setting actionable goals for professional development and growth.

• Adaptable leadership approach to meet the unique needs and strengths of each team member, fostering individual growth and success.

• Skilled in summarizing and validating recommendations for designer promotions, ensuring alignment with performance, potential, and organizational needs.

• Management approach that respects and treats team members as professionals, recognizing their expertise and the value they bring to the team.

• Ensure team members work cohesively across functions, fostering open communication and regular updates to keep peers informed and aligned.

• Executes well-structured performance reviews and acknowledges high performers, boosts morale, and reinforces positive behaviors that contribute to team success.

  • Consistent performance tracking identifying gaps in skills or knowledge, allowing for targeted mentorship and training.

• Foundational support and guidance to entry level designers, helping them develop core skills, understand design principles, and navigate early career challenges.

• Offer strategic feedback to senior designers, enhancing their ability to lead projects, refine design solutions, and elevate the overall quality of their work.

• Work with lead designers to refine leadership capabilities, improve cross-team communication, and foster innovative thinking while ensuring design consistency and vision alignment.

• Adaptive mentoring approach to each designer’s experience level, focusing on their individual growth areas while promoting a collaborative learning environment.

Expert:

• Adobe Creative Suite

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • Premiere

  • After Effects

  • Audition

• Microsoft Office

  • Word

  • Excel

  • Power Point

  • Visio

• Project Tools

  • Perforce

  • JIRA/Confluence

Advanced:

• Adobe XD

• Miro/Figma

• Autodesk 3DS Max/Maya

• CryEngine

• Unreal Engine 5+

• Systemic Game Design (Core combat, Cameras, Controls, System Scalability, Meta & Economy Systems)

• Progression, Reward & Retention/Engagments Systems

• Live Service & Engagement Design - Events, Tournaments, World Wide Competitive Community Tools

• Economy Design & Resource Modeling

• Player Behavior Analysis & System Optimization/Balancing

• Gameplay Loop & Long-Term Sustainability Design

• Feature Ecosystem Architecture & Strategic Planning

• Data-Informed Iteration & Experimentation

• Competitive Balance & System Tuning

• Cosmetic, Collection & Monetization Ecosystems

• Cross-Functional Leadership & Technical Collaboration

• Design Documentation & Stakeholder Communication