The Creative Director will imagine, develop, implement, and drive understanding of the project’s design. You will collaborate with studio management, publishing partners, and project leads while ensuring that project requirements are met, and a great player experience is kept at the forefront. You will act as both a manager and a mentor, fostering a team culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and empowerment. You will strive to develop processes and solutions that help to support a sustainable work life for your team.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
Craft the game’s design vision and rally the development team and external partners around the vision
Collaborate with project leads and directors to balance priorities and set clear objectives for development
Provide leadership and guidance to design team members to help them reach their optimum performance levels
Manage performance within the team in a way that encourages innovation and creativity, while establishing and codifying best practices and process
Work with all disciplines to ensure that game features and systems meet specifications and Boss Fight’s high-quality bar
Continuously drive understanding, alignment, and excitement for design features within the team and with external partners
Continuously provide feedback to all stakeholders and team members in a constructive manner, with suggestions and solutions for improvement to process and project
Serve as a player advocate on the team, drawing from experience, research, playtest data, and feedback to forge an outstanding player experience
Be accountable for the project quality targets as well as the results achieved
Manage shared library of resources including game design and process documentation
Own the design of the next generation of major features for Boss Fight products
Exemplify reliability, accountability, and professionalism in all work-related interactions
Lead by example, creating a strong sense of purpose and community, promoting a culture of excellence and inclusivity, encouraging a sustainable work/life balance Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrated fundamentals of leadership, including clear and proactive communication, exceptional mentoring and supervisory skills, and meeting moderation
Able to manage multiple, competing tasks and be self-directed to meet responsibilities in a quickly evolving environment with little to no direction
Ability to coordinate effectively drive the roadmap for the Design team
Ability to coach, manage, mitigate, and prioritize through stressful situations for you and your team
Excellent attention to detail and strong desire to iterate and improve on processes
Strong critical thinking, problem-solving
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable interacting and presenting to all levels of the company, especially key stakeholders, and publishers
Ability to review and create game design documentation including core game systems, game mechanics, interface design, and narrative content Education and Experience
3 years directing projects and teams at the creative leadership level
10 years experience in game design
Experience working on games with Product Management/Analytics to design systems and features that respond to real-world user data and player behaviors
At least one full design cycle, from inception through live ops, on a high-profile F2P title in the role of either Design Director, Creative Director, or equivalent Additional Information
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Our core hours are 10:00am to 6:00pm CST, which means you should be available for meetings etc. during this time.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Salary range description
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $170,000 - $720,000.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix has a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
