Lead Game Designer
- Build and direct high level feature roadmap in collaboration with the Core Team and Production to translate objectives into concrete features and plan the development roadmap.
- Plan and drive the development of game features: set priorities, structure the team, assign design owners to topics, and assess seniority and future hiring needs (participating in the hiring process).
- Design engaging, systemic content loops (e.g. seasonal arcs, events, limited-time modes) that are high in perceived player value while efficient to produce, reusing and remixing existing assets and mechanics wherever possible; set success metrics and iterate based on data and player behavior.
- Create a framework for detailed designs and identify requirements together with co-leads, directors, and production.
- Collaborate with the Game Design Team on prioritizing and assigning tasks, discussing progress, tackling setbacks, and finding solutions — while ensuring good communication with other teams, with the help of producers.
- Mentor and coach game designers, supporting their growth in seniority and career development.
- Champion your designs through the full development cycle — from conception through iteration to release and post-launch support — designing within the boundaries set by the Game Director and challenging them constructively when needed.
- Support implementation of designed features in a structured way: prototyping, iteration, balancing, and delivery, adapting designs as needed along the way.
- Identify improvements to workflows, tools, and designers' pipelines to increase efficiency.
- Senior experience in game design, with at least 1 shipped AAA title as a Lead Game Designer or Senior Game Designer.
- Strong grounding in systemic game design and long-term engagement/content loops (live service experience a plus).
- Data literacy — comfortable defining KPIs and using live performance data to inform design decisions.
- Structured, professional approach to game design and production methodologies.
- Proactive, supportive attitude toward all members of the development team.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Very good command of English.
What we offer:
- A dedicated Buddy who will support you in your daily tasks.
- A wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, pro-health campaigns, gifts for different occasions.
- An outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner.
- Many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes.
- State-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free car park (Warsaw limited amount of space).