Studio: Aspyr Media
Job Opening: Creative Director
Location: Austin, Texas
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Provide creative vision and guidance, shape the overall style of games, including gameplay, visual and audio element
- Lead, manage and develop the creative resources (internal and external – art, game design and story teams) for a portfolio of games ensuring on time, on budget delivery
- Present innovative ideas to drive to enhance gameplay and player engagement
- Partner with Publishing and Product teams to create strategies that include prototypes, a funnel of new games for diverse audiences and communities of players
- Develop a system and creative framework that supports the development and publishing of a myriad collection of games and genres utilizing both internal and external resources
- Assess challenges, set and effectively communicate guidelines, accountability and resolution progress to team, partners and leadership
- Make creative, innovative, data-informed decisions that stay on track with company objectives and strategies
Qualifications & Skills:
- Degree in Art, Design, Game Development or related discipline
- 10+ years video game industry experience
- 5+ years experience defining creative game design direction and leading multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience taking games AAA and Indies games from concept to completion, ideally across multiple genres and platform
- Ability to inspire people and work in a highly collaborative, team-based environment
- Strong understanding of game design principles, player motivations, and game mechanics that impact player engagement and retention
- Experience developing processes that enable data driven commercially successful design decisions
- Lead through influence and build consensus while balancing momentum and agility
