Creative & Design Director, Incubator Games

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 288,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Benefits

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Creative/Design Director to guide Incubator creators toward the successful development of novel games. The ideal candidate brings a track record of creative leadership across diverse titles and a broad knowledge of design elements applicable to Roblox and traditional games.

You will own design feedback for external creators, oversee milestone reviews, and foster cross‑functional collaboration with production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing and partnerships to

Qualifications

• 15+ years of creative or game design experience with proven track record of conceptualizing, creating, guiding and refining game designs
• Ability to adapt and learn new game and platform dynamics, in order to demonstrate expertise in both traditional and Roblox game design
• Superb written and verbal communication skills that guide and convince
• Experience leading cross-functional execution with various teams including production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing, partnerships and more
• Domain experience with UGC, social and gaming; ability to understand and design for player behavior, expectations and trends
• Understanding of game design, principles and mechanics
• Experience working with 3rd party creators and developers
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile and iterative development environment
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and ambiguity
• Excellent organization skills

Responsibilities

• Own design feedback to all (external) Incubator creators
• Oversee group feedback on specific builds and milestones
• Ideate on alchemy of Roblox and traditional success to help creators find innovation and value in their games
• Foster creator-to-creator community interactions, both individually and by creating sustainable processes and partnerships
• Build and execute effective design related workflows between internal disciplines and Roblox creators
• Collaborate cross-functionally (production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing, partnerships and more) to facilitate design related deliverables and deadlines
• Work with marketing and creative teams to devise and execute on GTM strategies
• Support analytics to set up goals, measure impact, and increase growth KPIs
• Help the novel games initiative across non-Incubator projects as needed

Skills

Creative leadership

Game design

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

UGC experience

Agile development

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Creative/Design Director to guide Incubator creators toward the successful development of novel games. The ideal candidate brings a track record of creative leadership across diverse titles and a broad knowledge of design elements applicable to Roblox and traditional games.

You will own design feedback for external creators, oversee milestone reviews, and foster cross‑functional collaboration with production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing and partnerships to