Your responsibilities will include:

• Understand player needs and ensure that the elements developed by the team will contribute to player satisfaction and enjoyment;
• Assess the workload vs. production capacity, plan the work, and set priorities for the game design team;
• Allocate duties and follow the evolution of the team’s progress on game design deliverables;
• Able to drive and follow-up on prototyping (both digital and paper-based) with other game designers and programmers;
• Communicate the project objectives, strategies, and general information to all team members so as to give visibility to the advancement of the development of the game and the other crafts;
• Supervise and be responsible for providing clear and structured project documents to ensure that gameplay intentions are understood and that team members are working on the right elements (ingredients, game system, gaming modes, behaviour specifications, etc.);
• Attend playtests and be solution-oriented to the problem encountered;
• Carry out performance follow-ups and assessments;
• Participate in the selection of team members;

Requirements:

• 7+ years of game design experience, preferably on a AA/AAA title;
• Must have shipped a minimum of 1-2 AAA titles as a Game Designer or Lead;
• Experience supervising a game design team is a significant asset;
• Excellent ability to organize and structure his/her own work and that of the team (follow-ups, control, schedule);
• Excellent communication skills at all levels;
• Management and planning skills;
• Ability to adapt to situations;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Ability to work as part of a team;
• Solution-oriented;
• Dynamic personality;
• Autonomous, able to drive decisions.