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Title: Lead Game Designer  
Reporting to: Producer
 
Job Summary:
Duties:
  • Assume the responsibility of managing and coaching the game design team.
  • Participating in the conception period by directing the research period and directing the brain storming period.
  • Responsible to define the story, emotions and mechanics of the game.
  • Writing and updating the design documents that are going to be presented to the development team and the head office.
  • Participating to the presentations and meetings for the project with the development team and the head office.
  • Communicates the vision of the game design to the team in order to ensure the uniformity in the development of the game for the whole duration of the project.
  • Collaborating with the level design to communicate the story, emotions and game mechanics in each level.
  • Validates with the Level Design that the learning curve and the gameplay are interesting, for the whole duration of the project.
  • Collaborating with the artistic director to ensure that the visual aspect of the game is matching the story and emotions that the design team wants to create.
  • Setting up a plan system and a task sheet while keeping in mind the needs and duration of the production.
  • Evaluate and address the tasks to the Game Design team keeping in mind the qualifications and skills of each individual.
  • Participate in the interview process to recruit the Game Design team.
  • Participates to the annual performance evaluations.

 

Person Specification:


 

Profile  Essential
 
Experience and Qualifications
  • Diploma in Game Design or related experience
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in the videogame industry and at least one year in a Lead position
  • Bilingual

 

Technical Skills
  • Connaissances des principes de Game Design : Camera, control, character
  • Expérience en planification et gestion de projet
Interpersonal Skills
  • Capacité à communiquer sa vision, coacher et mobiliser une équipe de travail
  • Excellente capacité de rédiger et de synthétiser ses idées
  • Connaissances de contraintes technologiques reliées au jeu vidéo est considéré un atout
Motivation and Interests
  • Ambition and passion for video games are essential! 

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