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A leading digital and social game publisher, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms and with an audience of 157 million monthly users offers via Gameloft Advertising Solutions a unique level of visibility and involvement to advertisers. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel®, and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

The company has operated in Ukraine since 2007. Gameloft Kharkiv is one of the largest and the most successful Gameloft Studios. Gameloft Lviv is a young Studio that continues to grow, establishing a full development pipeline for mobile games.

Job Description

As Creative Director, you’ll be responsible for defining how the game vision, how it plays, and what elements it should have to feel fun and fair. You’ll direct the game design, manage a creative team of game designers, economy designers, and UX specialists, document it, and communicate to the multidisciplinary team.

We’re looking for a candidate capable of overseeing the feel of a video game, and making high-level decisions about schedule, features, and presentations for IP holders and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Leader’s mindset and outstanding soft skills;

  • 3+ years of experience in game design;

  • Experience designing the game as a service;

  • Experience with live games post-launch evolution;

  • Analytic mindset and habit to review and fine-tune the results of your efforts;

  • Passion for video games and game development;

  • Proficiency with gameplay design and player experience design;

  • Knowledge of game design theory and deep understanding of gameplay fundamentals;

  • Profound gaming experience on mobile and other platforms;

  • English (full working proficiency).

Would be considered a plus:

  • Shipped title(s) from concept to release and beyond;

  • Strong pitching and presentation skills;

  • Expereince designing free-to-play games;

  • Proficiency with prototyping tools and game editors;

  • Product-centric roles in digital entertainment;

  • Special education in game design, architecture, video direction, scriptwriting, psychology.

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the roadmap and strategic direction of the game to achieve product goals in a most efficient way;

  • Shape game design vision of an entrusted title;

  • Develop internal game design talents in your team;

  • Establish knowledge sharing practices and innovate with creative solutions and approaches;

  • Collaborate proactively with your team and superiors in order to design, prototype and pitch concepts of game systems and content. Adjust and balance those concepts to feel fun and fair;

  • Provide the team with experience-centric attitude to the game: develop and communicating empathy for players, their needs, interests and motivations;

  • Create and maintain clear and comprehensive design documentation;

Additional Information

  • Join a leading global mobile and video games publisher and developer utilizing state-of-art mobile technologies and devices;

  • Become a part of a talented international team in a friendly, creative, and dynamic environment;

  • Become a true pro in the fast-growing, exciting, and innovative video games industry;

  • Be proud to deliver the prestigious products winning the top rankings worldwide;

  • Build up your career with dynamic promotions and world wide opportunities. To consider your application, we require you to send the full version of your CV in English. Qualified candidates could be asked to complete a test assessment.