Associate Game Designer

Lensa; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 94,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading career site offers a mid-senior level Game Designer position at McKinsey Social Initiative in Atlanta. You will join a dynamic team to create impactful game-based experiences, utilizing your expertise in design and documentation to foster education and engagement. Ideal candidates bring a robust portfolio and experience in puzzle, system, and narrative design.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience with 1-2 shipped products.
• Experience in generating puzzle and system design.
• Experience working remotely and with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop game concepts that are engaging and educational.
• Craft puzzles and experiences while testing for feedback.
• Create supporting documentation including GDD and feature outlines.

Skills

Portfolio of work

Puzzle design

System design

Narrative design

User testing

Clean documentation

Presentation skills

Remote work experience

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

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Your Growth

You will join the Game-Based Innovations Lab (GBIL). GBIL creates games and game-based experiences designed to educate, to assess, and to foster meaningful connections with our users.

The team is made up of approximately 25 scientists, designers, engineers, and product specialists who leverage their deep expertise to craft engaging products that make an impact outside of traditional game/entertainment spaces.

Your Impact

You will work with the Senior Game Designer to develop game concepts that are both engaging and deliver on product learning (or assessment) goals.

You will support the team in carrying game concepts from early ideation to fully realized, functional experiences. You will leverage game design to make an impact beyond traditional games.

You will craft compelling puzzles and experiences, test them with coworkers and colleagues to gather immediate feedback.

You will devise innovative and unconventional methods to test early game concepts and interactions.

Additionally, you will balance complex game systems and rules, and iterate and fine-tune game elements to achieve perfection.

You will additionally create support documentation for your designs. This includes drafting one-pagers, outlining feature sets, assisting in designing data structures, creating flowcharts, and helping to develop presentations.

Your Qualifications And Skills

• A portfolio of work that supports your experience as a game designer
• 3+ years of professional experience that includes at least 1-2 "shipped" products
• Experience generating puzzle design, system design, and narrative design in products
• Experience with user testing your ideas
• Experience developing paper and interactive prototypes
• Experience writing clean and complete documentation such as a GDD
• Experience taking direction from stakeholders/product owners
• Experience presenting your ideas and communicating clearly
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working with a cross-functional team

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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