Creative Lead - IP Games & External Partnerships

Wizards of the Coast; Renton (WA); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Time Off to Recharge

Financial Well‑being

Life & Family Support

Volunteer and Community Initiatives

Learning & Development

Exclusive Perks

Job summary

Wizards of the Coast is seeking a Creative Lead for our Digital Ventures team in Renton, WA. You’ll guide the creative direction of multiple IP-based games, manage external developers, and translate brand vision into playable experiences across mobile and PC/console.

You’ll collaborate with internal partners, balance ambitious blue-sky ideas with practical constraints, and uphold quality standards while incubating new play concepts for future franchises.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of director-level creative leadership.
• Experience managing external development partners.
• Ability to translate franchise direction into materials for partners.
• Knowledge of current game industry trends and AI tools.
• Familiarity with Magic: The Gathering or Dungeons & Dragons is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Set and maintain the creative vision for each game, grounded in what players love about our brands, from early concept through launch.
• Lead and manage projects through multidisciplinary partner teams across game design, narrative, UX, art and audio, with clear feedback, reviews, and approvals.
• Advocate for quality by setting creative intent and world-class standards for each project.
• Incubate and prototype new play experiences with our IP, and champion them inside Wizards, from early concepts and pitches through development.
• Translate franchise direction into materials partners can build from, such as aspirational targets, kickoff guides, guardrails and franchise bibles.
• Help develop strategy for Wizards IP in games, including which opportunities to pursue, which partners to build them with, and the frameworks Wizards uses to evaluate and support them.

Skills

Creative leadership

Project leadership

External partnerships

Game design

Narrative/storytelling

UX/UI

AI tooling awareness

IP familiarity

Multi-tasking & organization

Tools

Claude

Job description

Wizards of the Coast is seeking a Creative Lead for our Digital Ventures team in Renton, WA. You’ll guide the creative direction of multiple IP-based games, manage external developers, and translate brand vision into playable experiences across mobile and PC/console.

You’ll collaborate with internal partners, balance ambitious blue-sky ideas with practical constraints, and uphold quality standards while incubating new play concepts for future franchises.