Lead Designer (Unannounced Project)

11 bit studios S.A.; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Yoga in the office

Multisport

English/Polish classes

Office near public transport

Job summary

11 bit studios S.A. is seeking a Lead Designer/Design Director in Warsaw to shape gameplay pillars and guide a design team.

You will mentor designers, collaborate across disciplines, and drive core systems and combat design while ensuring documentation and technical requirements are well-defined.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in game design (gameplay and/or systems).
• Experience with combat design.
• Experience and strong skills in managing a design team.
• Ability to write good project documentation.
• Ability to define technical requirements.
• Ability to work within time and project constraints.
• Very good communication skills.
• Passion about games and active involvement in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Directors to define gameplay pillars that realize the game vision.
• Collaborate with domain Leads to develop actionable solutions for development challenges.
• Lead a team of designers, providing mentoring and feedback.
• Collaborate with other teams to develop key foundational systems.
• Provide feedback to gameplay, combat, systems, story and level design.

Skills

Lead Designer

Design Director

Team management

Gameplay design

Systems design

Communication

B2 English/Polish

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

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

• Collaborate with Directors to define gameplay pillars that best realize the game vision,
• Collaborate with other domain Leads to develop concrete, actionable solutions for challenges presented by the development process,
• Lead a team of designers, providing mentoring and feedback,
• Collaborate with other teams to develop key foundational systems,
• Providing feedback to the overall gameplay, combat, systems, story and level design.

What will help you succeed in this role?

• Experience as Lead Designer or Design Director,
• 8+ years of experience in game design (gameplay and/or systems).
• Experience with combat design,
• Experience and very good skills in managing a design team,
• Ability to work in hybrid model in our office in Warsaw,
• Experience with working on indie/AA and understand their limitations, capabilities and advantages,
• Knowledge of both Polish and English at B2 level or above,
• Ability to write good project documentation,
• Ability to define technical requirements,
• Ability to work within time and project constraints,
• Very good communication skills,
• Passion about games - you're still playing in your free time and keep up to date with our industry.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine.

What we offer?

• Health and Wellness
  • psychological support/care
  • private medical package
  • free weekly yoga in the office
  • Multisport
• Development
  • team training budget
  • in-office library
  • English/Polish classes
• 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