[Dungeons & Dragons PC-Console] Senior Game Designer Systems

We're looking for a passionate and self-sufficient Senior Game Designer Systems to join the design team for our Dungeons & Dragons project. As a systems design expert, you'll play a key role in creating, evolving, and balancing the game systems that define the player experience. You'll be working with the production teams—programming, art, and design—to come up with sleek, sustainable solutions that fit the game's vision.

Your expertise will allow you to oversee complex systemic initiatives, ensure the quality of their implementation, and guide less experienced designers in their work.

Main Tasks

• Design, develop and improve game systems, respecting the vision and objectives of the game.
• Take charge of designing systemic features: writing clear documents, cross-communication, alignment, and production tracking.
• Work closely with different disciplines to ensure a consistent and high-quality implementation.
• Set, tweak, and balance feature settings based on data and user tests.
• Communicate progress status, risks, and needs to the production teams, and participate actively in the planning.
• Analyze player behaviors, telemetry, and community feedback to iterate on existing systems.
• Enhance the player experience by assessing the impact of systemic decisions on playability and the overall coherence of the game.
• Guide and support intermediate and junior designers by sharing best practices, documentation, feedback, and mentorship.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 years' professional experience in game design
• Excellent knowledge of the game market
• At least one title published on console/PC while in a game design role
• Diploma of College Studies in one of the following fields: Computer Science, Multimedia, Graphic Design, Video Games or equivalent
• English-French bilingualism is an asset
• Considerable experience with multimedia software (Office, Adobe, Atlassian)

Skills and Profile

• Passion for Dungeons & Dragons, and survival crafting games
• Able to work in Agile mode, not afraid of failure, and able to bounce back quickly, if necessary
• Able to make decisions in a complex environment
• Open-minded and empathetic
• Passion for video games and their history
• Ability to present one's ideas (verbally and in writing)
• A big imagination!