Lead Designer, Dragonwilds - Remote Collaboration

Camwebdir; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare including Dental

Minimum 6% Pension

Employee Assistance Programme & onsite

Life Insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Enhanced family leave

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave + holidays buy/s:

Job summary

Jagex is seeking a Lead Designer for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, a co-developed, Unreal Engine 5 project. You will bridge internal direction and external execution, guiding partner teams to align with our creative vision and gameplay standards.

You’ll mentor designers, review deliverables, and identify risks early. The role emphasizes strong communication and cross-team leadership in a highly collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead design teams across internal and external partners.
• Strong collaboration and mentoring skills.
• Ability to translate creative vision into actionable design guidance.

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of the RuneScape: Dragonwilds design vision across external development and outsourcing partners.
• Act as the primary design contact for assigned co-development teams, providing clear direction and ongoing support.
• Translate high-level creative vision into actionable design guidance that enables partners to deliver high-quality gameplay and content.
• Review features, gameplay systems, and content, providing constructive, timely feedback that maintains quality and consistency.
• Ensure externally developed work aligns with established design pillars, technical constraints, and player experience goals.
• Collaborate closely with Creative Leadership and Production to maintain consistency across all areas of development.
• Identify risks, blockers, and quality concerns early, working proactively with partners to resolve them.
• Provide hands-on design support where needed, helping unblock teams through implementation guidance, prototyping, or problem-solving.
• Facilitate effective communication between internal stakeholders and external development partners.
• Help establish efficient review processes, design workflows, and best practices across co-development teams.
• Participate in planning sessions, milestone reviews, and feature evaluations to support successful delivery.
• Champion player-focused design through regular playtesting, feedback analysis, and iterative improvement.
• Support the onboarding of new development partners, helping them understand the project's vision, workflows, and quality expectations.
• Build trusted relationships with external teams, encouraging accountability, collaboration, and shared ownership of outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Design leadership

Collaboration

Mentoring

Communication

Feedback & review

Problem solving

Cross-team coordination

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

Jagex is seeking a Lead Designer for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, a co-developed, Unreal Engine 5 project. You will bridge internal direction and external execution, guiding partner teams to align with our creative vision and gameplay standards.

You’ll mentor designers, review deliverables, and identify risks early. The role emphasizes strong communication and cross-team leadership in a highly collaborative environment.