Lead Game Designer

Job Description

TT Games was acquired by Warner Bros. in 2007 and went on to develop the hit LEGO games franchise. The company is proud to continue its mission to be the leading publisher of interactive entertainment for young gamers and their families.

The Job

TT Games are looking for a talented Lead Game Designer to take on a key role on an exciting new LEGO game based on a major IP. Reporting to the Design Director, you will be responsible for leadership and day to day management of a section of the design team and ensuring high quality delivery of gameplay features and content.

The Daily
• Alongside the Head of Game & Design Director, you will help to evangelise the game vision, ensuring it is clearly communicated to your team and carried through into the game's design and implementation.
• You will be responsible for several aspects of the game and lead a team of designers to deliver those aspects to high quality, on time, and in line with the creative vision of the game.
• You will discuss and clarify the rationale behind design decisions and listen, iterating on feedback from other disciplines, designers, management, external stakeholders, and user tests.
• You will produce and maintain documentation including the GDD and wiki pages, though you will largely communicate verbally; devoting time with each team member, ensuring they understand the vision and design and have what they need to do their jobs.
• You will ensure that design changes are clearly communicated to all disciplines in the team.
• You will oversee, mentor & coach the designers who report to you, as well as working with Production and your direct reports to assign & schedule tasks.
• You will verify task estimations provided by more junior staff and ensure reasonable timeframes are provided for planning purposes.
• You will take an active role in project planning, attending planning and review meetings and ensuring your team are adequately prepared so that meetings can run efficiently.
• You will hold regular 1-2-1 meetings with your direct reports, liaising with them on their career and professional development; as well as carrying out formal annual appraisals & goal setting.
• You will encourage a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and respect.
• You will ensure team members follow agreed development practices as well as ensuring that their own work is properly tested before it is committed to the project.

Requirements
• A passion for creating fun and accessible games for children and families.
• A broad knowledge of all aspects of game design with a deep understand of several areas of specialisation, such as game mechanics, level design, combat, balancing, progression, usability, social mechanics, games as a service, etc.
• Extensive experience of games development, and as a Lead shipped at least two action or action/adventure current gen console or PC titles.
• Leadership experience, including the running of a multi-person design team; people-management, mentoring, line-management.
• Professional experience writing high quality design documentation
• Good knowledge of industry trends as they relate to genres, gameplay, development models, and financial models.
• Experience of UE4 an advantage
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