Game Director / Creative Director

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Job Title Game Director / Creative Director
Job Category Games Designer,Creative Director
Job Description As a Game Director / Creative Director at TT Games, you will take responsibility for producing game design documents and communicating those designs to the team. You will be involved in every aspect of the design and production process. 

This is a very hands-on role where you’ll be editing scripts and setting variables to decide and iterate on the behaviours of game objects.  You will need to distil the vision of the Head of Design, the feedback from the team, feedback from players in users tests and the live service and any analytics data down into meaningful changes to the numbers beneath the hood of the game. 

You will be an experienced and passionate individual who takes your career in game design seriously, and are regarded as one of the best in your field. You’re ambitious to see your designs played and enjoyed by millions of people. You will need to be extremely creative, but also able to apply logic and analytical thought to the medium. You will also be able to communicate your ideas well both verbally and in writing, and take pride in seeing your ideas come to fruition over the development process. With a deep understanding of game mechanics you’ll be adept at using creating, refining and testing the underlying core gameplay systems. A self-starter, you will be able to work independently and with minimal supervision.  

Main Responsibilities:
  • Working on optimising monetisation mechanics and driving membership conversion.
  • Reviewing key performance indicators and trends of their online games.
  • Planning and executing live events, sales and promotional offers.
  • Analysing monetisation strategies of competitive games.
  • Interpret the Head of Design’s creative vision and Senior Management’s product strategy into everyday project development.
  • Create and maintain high quality documentation.

  Core Skills & Experience  
  • Experience working on multiplayer or free to play.
  • A deep understanding of monetisation techniques and best practice within games.
  • Very strong verbal, visual and written communication skills.
  • Willingness to work with the Head of Design to translate their vision into in-game content.
  • Creative thinker, able to come up with ideas that solve problems in simple and elegant ways that put the player first.
  • Demonstrable experience working with gameplay data to produce balanced, fun systems.
  • Understanding of the commercial requirements of a product with the ability to communicate the business case as well as the player experience.
  • Demonstrate a passion for games and game design as a career.
  • Able to multi-task, prioritise and work to deadlines.
  • Details-orientated, quality-focused and player-centric.
  • Ability to work independently as well part of a team.

   
About TT Games

Responsible for the best-selling and BAFTA-winning LEGO videogame series, TT Games is in the business of delighting children and grown-ups alike. With more than 25 years of success behind our studio, and as a valued part of Warner Bros since 2007, we have incredibly exciting plans for future titles based on the world's biggest entertainment properties.

In late 2016 we were extremely proud to be joined by Playdemic, one of the UK’s most successful free-to-play mobile games developers and publishers. Their most recent title, Golf Clash, is a top-grossing smash hit on iOS and Android.  Exciting news continued into 2017 as TT Odyssey was established, founded by some of the leading talent in the mobile games industry.  TT Odyssey is the Brighton based, mobile-focused arm of Traveller’s Tales, designing from the ground-up a LEGO video game as a free to play mobile title.

We are always on the lookout for bright, talented and motivated people to join our AAA studio and to be part of everything we do, because we know it is the talent and dedication of our employees that has made our more than 25 years of success possible.

TT Games offers successful candidates a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.  Our work environment is inclusive, relaxed and friendly – one of the best things about working here is our fantastic people!  We aim to support work-life balance, and some of the benefits we’re most proud of include: flexitime and other family-friendly benefits; discretionary bonus scheme; company pension scheme and life assurance.  We also offer perks such as regular health and wellbeing activities (including on-site exercise classes), discounts on a wide range of company and partner products, free online training courses, complimentary fruit and a wide selection of drinks, social events and much more! 

We expect high levels of ambition and innovation from our colleagues and an ability to flourish within the dynamic entertainment industry in which the company operates.
Salary Competitive
Location Knutsford, Cheshire, UK & Europe
Job Category Game Design
Date posted 17/01/2019
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