Lead Game Designer - Onsite F2P Studio

Koolhaus Games Inc.; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

Koolhaus Games Inc. seeks a Lead Game Designer to guide the overall vision for its games, aligning with studio strategy and producing compelling experiences for a range of genres and demographics.

You will lead a cross-disciplinary design team, maintain design docs, and collaborate with artists and programmers to deliver features from concept to completion. This role reports to the Producer and CEO and operates from our Cape Town studio.

Responsabilidades

• Take responsibility for the successful design of assigned projects.
• Create an overall vision for products, in conjunction with the studio leadership group.
• Stay up to date with the current state of game design in the industry.
• Effectively communicate their vision for the project to the rest of the team.
• Understand core game mechanics and how to incorporate them into the larger project.
• Understand the current market as it relates to F2P games as a service i.e. acquisition, retention, and monetization.
• Craft well designed apps and games for a variety of genres and demographics.
• Effectively communicate and “sell” your vision and direction.
• Initiate and support an all-encompassing, cross discipline creative team environment.
• Understand what is possible artistically and technologically.
• Work with artists and programmers to ensure proper implementation of the game features as designed.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of all design-related documentation.
• Work with the studio leadership to develop project specifications that define the scope of the project, requirements of the prototype, and deliverables of milestones.
• Provide career management and mentoring for designers with different levels of experience.
• Organizes and directs a team of game designers.
• Ensure that the design team’s work environment is healthy and facilitates a high degree of creativity and productivity.
• Help settle project-related design conflicts and disputes
• Manage a talented creative team of game designers

Descripción del empleo

Koolhaus Games Inc. seeks a Lead Game Designer to guide the overall vision for its games, aligning with studio strategy and producing compelling experiences for a range of genres and demographics.

You will lead a cross-disciplinary design team, maintain design docs, and collaborate with artists and programmers to deliver features from concept to completion. This role reports to the Producer and CEO and operates from our Cape Town studio.