This job listing expired on Jun 7, 2021
Position Purpose
Pipeworks is looking for a deeply experienced designer to join us in helping define an all-new interactive experience as the project design lead. We are working on a brand new Massively Interactive Live Event that tells a long from serialized story driven by viewers that can directly interact with the experience via a persistent game layer.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience leading teams and driving complex projects, working with established IP and stakeholders, and (preferred) casual/social game development with some live experience.
Essential Job Functions
- Report to and work with the Design Manager to identify and implement tactics for design in-line with the studioโs creative strateg y
- Act as project, system, or content lead or contributor with proven ability to collaboratively create, communicate, and manage tasks for self and project staff
- Communicate with external stakeholders, including clients , per project requirements
- Help to identify ways to maintain and grow the creativity and efficiency of the design team
- Some travel may be required for projects , conditions permitting
Qualifications/Skills Sets
- Strong Leadership abilities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in managing complicated projects
- Current/up-to-date experience in Unity, Unreal, or equivalent, including source control
- Familiarity w/ Jira, Confluence , or equivalent task tracking and collaborative environments
- Good people skills
Demonstrated Ability To
- Show exceptional deductive reasoning skills
- Communicate effectively with all levels of staff, both written and verbal
- Work with and lead teams, including taking direction and inspiring others
- Assist in solving problems in resourceful and beneficial ways
- Organize and communicate complex systems and data, with an attention to detail
- Work well in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Be flexible to changing priorities
- Ability to lead teams and 3rd parties remotely
Education & Experience
- 8 + years relevant work experience in Game Design
- 2-4+ titles shipped as a Lead (dependent on project scale)
- Preferred: candidates that have shipped games on multiple platforms, including Console, PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and Web
- Preferred: 2+ years experience in a Live Operations environment including the ongoing implementation of features and content