Design Director

3 weeks ago


Vancouver Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA 2K Games, Inc. Full time
Who We Are

Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us

Located in Vancouver, BC, 2K Sports Lab is a small collective being formed within 2K Games that is driving the research and development of future sports interactive entertainment programs. Within this group, speculative work will be done on future sports games with an eye towards taking the magic of 2K’s publishing and development expertise and applying them to future opportunities.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, 2K PGA, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Lego Drive, BioShock, Borderlands, The Quarry, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Design Director who has a high quality bar and experience in creating profitable, engaging, player-first ‘games as a service’.

The Design Director will drive the long-term vision for our GaaS experience and partner with design, production and tech peers to direct a sizable team of developers to deliver against the vision.

The Design Director will report directly to Studio Leadership.

What You’ll Do

  • Be the ‘Product Owner’ for our GaaS experience
    • Acquire an intimate knowledge of our target player and our product goals
    • Acquire an intimate knowledge of the competitive landscape
    • Work with the ‘Head of Design’ to define the vision for our ‘GaaS’ experience
    • Partner with producer and tech peers to lead your team
    • Drive the generation and prioritisation of your team’s backlog
    • Collaborate with the QA team to drive testing of the game experience and drive external testing as needed
    • Evaluate progress and game quality and partner with Production to formulate and revise plans to drive execution
  • Partner with our ‘Core Fantasy’ Design Director
    • Our Core Fantasy Design Director will set the vision for the player’s ‘sporting journey’ through our game
    • You will partner with them to ensure that our ‘GaaS’ goals are met
  • Build a team
    • Work with your production and tech leaders to define team shape
    • Work with your production and tech leaders to hire talent
  • Direct your design team to ‘craft the design’ of our ‘GaaS’ experience
    • Espouse WGLL for design process and documentation
    • Manage the timely generation of design documentation
    • Collaborate with your reports to generate design direction documentation
    • Review and approve designs from members of your team
  • Inspire and align the Studio on your vision for our ‘GaaS’ experience
    • Passionately and clearly present visions to the team
    • Share design material in asynchronous ways to aid visibility
  • Mentor and manage your design team
    • Champion our framework for designer responsibilities at 2KSL
    • Be a source of knowledge and experience for other team members
    • Manage and contribute to positive morale and a healthy team culture.
  • Drive the evolution of your GaaS experience post launch
    • Identifying and tracking KPIs to drive continued engagement and acquisition
    • Building content plans
    • Economy and progression mapping/forecasting
    • Identify and direct A/B testing as required

What Will Make You A Great Fit

  • Passion for player-first ‘GaaS’ experiences
  • Experience directing and delivering profitable and engaging ‘GaaS’ experiences
  • Experience leading a design team (5+)
  • Experience directing a sizeable development team (20+)
  • Appetite for taking on ‘Product Owner’ responsibilities (backlog management and prioritisation)
  • Positive, ‘can do’, proactive attitude

Beneficial Qualifications

  • Passion for sports
  • Experiencing conceiving (as opposed to evolving) a product’s GaaS strategy
  • Experience with security and performance of GaaS systems

The pay range for this position in British Columbia, Canada at the start of employment is expected to be between 132,800 and 196,520 CAD per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

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