Lead Game Designer - Apex Legends Mobile

Job Description

Lead Game Designer - Apex Legends Mobile

RESPAWN

Respawn Entertainment is a AAA video game development studio that aspires to create new hit games that leave a lasting impact for gamers worldwide. Our work includes the critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends and Titanfall franchise.

Responsibilities:
• As Game Design Lead for Apex Legends mobile you'll report to our Design Director and to guide the design vision for the title, managing game features, shooting systems and social systems.
• Contribute to the overarching meta and elder game direction.
• Breakdown trending mobile games with the ability to identify areas of opportunity, communicate your point of view and refine those features to guide our product forward.
• Conceptualize and communicate new and engaging gameplay experiences and use your technical ability to bring your vision to life.
• Provide feedback to other designers.
• Improve designs based on play test feedback, game metrics, team input and community feedback.
• Think creatively using the tools and time available to build unique and fun experiences for players.
• Adopt and become proficient in new or proprietary development tools to implement and debug your work.
• Think about the future when implementing content, resulting in smartly scripted scalable systems and good design patterns and practices.
• Collaborate with all team disciplines, including artists, animators, modelers, engineers, quality assurance, and producers to get support from the team and guide a project from initial design to final production.
• Advocate for the design vision and get the team excited to work on it.
• Become an expert on the game and our community, drawing from our large, varied player base and our past games to make and defend intelligent design choices going forward.
• Help establish best practices for the team and improve process and efficiency.

Requirements:
• 7+ years of game design experience on a mobile game development team.
• Experience with 1st and 3rd person shooters, BR games and free-to-play games
• Experience working with 3rd party developers.
• Excellent creative skills with experience creating detailed design documentation and maintaining it throughout a project life cycle.
• Design and implementation experience with game features that focus on open-ended player creativity.
• Effective at working both autonomously and in groups of different profiles.
• Knowledge of and enthusiasm for gaming: playing, deconstructing and creating.
• Experience with shooter'/battle royale mobile games
• Good to have...Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. and experience with Visio, JIRA, online collaboration suites such as Confluence

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7qmz8-3-143-212-252-42 in your application.