Lead Content Designer

Lead Content Designer

Requirements

• 8+ years of game production experience, with at least 1+ year experience leading a pod or team.
• Shipped at least 1 title as a Lead.
• Deep understanding of Unreal Engine’s visual scripting language.
• Knowledge and experience in interactive storytelling, including dialogue implementation, scenario design and environmental storytelling.
• Excellent communication skills, including both problem resolution and pitching ideas.
• Demonstrable skill with design tools and implementation, including implementing audio files and props to create engaging narrative.
• Experience with writing and appreciation of game design documents.
• Expertise in working with 3rd party game engines (Unreal, Unity).
• Demonstrated experience mentoring, teaching, or otherwise communicating technical design concepts.
• Contributed to at least one title from pre-production to launch.
• Ability to manage external developers, reviewing their work, and providing feedback.
• Skilled at managing a team by setting goals, assigning milestone tasks, reviewing deliveries, and providing constructive feedback to the team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous experience as a Senior or Lead Narrative/Content Designer on previous game titles.

Responsibilities

• Design, discover and iterate on large pieces of content that keep players engaged and having fun.
• Understand and be the subject matter expert of how content drives engagement and its role in creating lasting memories for players.
• Drive the existing content pipelines, and develop new, effective processes as our content demands it.
• Collaborate with the Game Director, Design Director, and Narrative Director to create seamless story-driven games that support strong player agency.
• Lead the implementation of features/content that requires significant writer and designer interaction.
• Ensure smooth collaboration between design and writing teams to build a world-class game.
• Manage and mentor a team of narrative/content designers (internal and external) in various aspects of level production.
• Manage the schedule and work of the narrative/content design team on a project.
• Devise and assemble conditions for the narrative/content design team’s success.
• Mentor and coach team members to foster their design, technical, and professional development.
• Work with production to establish a timeline and needed resources.
• Work effectively with outsource teams.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.