Game Director (Unannounced Project)

What will you be doing on a day-to-day basis?

This position requires working in hybrid model in our Warsaw office

Ownership & Vision

• Taking ownership and developing the game direction,
• Owning the game's trajectory from first concept & prototypes to market & release, taking full accountability for the delivery of a high-quality, enjoyable & positive player experience with commercial success,
• Work with creative leadership and members of the management team to define the game and unify visions,
• Delivering guidelines, mandates to the team to design specific gameplay features,
• Translating the creative vision into design mechanics, systems and whole player experience,
• Ensuring that all elements work together to fulfill the vision,
• Manage various creative ideation steps from pitching ideas to rapid prototyping,
• Adapting to technical & production constraints and readjusting design direction if needed,
• Ensuring strong alignment with the CCO and CPO on the creative and production vision.

Production

• Reviewing and debating budgets & schedules with the producers,
• Working with production team to set the best direction and track the progress during game production,
• Supporting best practices through the production process.

Cooperation & Leadership

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesion of all conceptual, technical, visual and narrative elements,
• Supporting designers in delivering high quality features that enhance game’s vision,
• Working with tech team to evolve technology and ensure that it supports game direction,
• Resolving creative and technical roadblocks,
• Hands-on attitude while using tools and leading all teams by example.

Feedback

• Regularly play the game for feedback and quality control purposes,
• Support team members in feature development and provide mentoring and constructive feedback to reach quality.

Market research

• Anticipate technological advances and stay informed of market trends to evolve our production processes and define best practices, and share them with our studios,
• Aligning the creative vision with the project's business goals and target audience expectations.
• Following market trends to update the production processes and our best practices.

What will help you succeed in this role?

• At least 7 years of experience with a focus on design, art or creative direction, Experience in game design will be a big plus and advantage,
• Experience as Game Director, Creative Director, Design Lead/Director or Art Director/Lead,
• Experience in leading teams with size of at least 20 developers,
• Experience with prototyping and shipping games using Unreal Engine and knowledge of its limitations,
• Very good knowledge of both Polish and English (minimum B2 level),
• Understanding of our approach - meaningful entertainment & relatable games Proven experience in working on games with similar approach will be a big plus and advantage
• Mindset & Attitude Towards creative work: Innovative, creative, curiosity Towards people: empathetic, collaborative Toward project: problem solving, critical thinking, strong adaptability;
• Ability to examine data and draw meaningful conclusions;
• Very good communication, organizational, interpersonal and mentoring skills,
• Deep understanding of the gamedev market & current trends and a strong passion for video games.

What we offer?

• Health and Wellness psychological support/care private medical package Multisport
• Development team training budget in-office library
• Our office near Metro Stadion Narodowy and Dworzec Wschodni stations dog-friendly in-house gym no dress code car and bike parking chill zone video, board and arcade games
• Working conditions flexible working hours hybrid work (3 days from office, 2 days from home + additional pool of remote days per year) 20 or 26 days of fully-paid holiday leave international working environment
• Fair compensation attractive bonus system – annual bonus, motivation programme transparent salary brackets
• Events and more attendance in game dev events relocation budget for candidates from abroad referral program annual company events merch/swag preferential loans