Design Director, Engagement – GaaS
Job Description
About the Role
Title: Design Director – Engagement/GaaS
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Description:
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 âgames 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 âProduct 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 âHead of Design’ to define the vision for our âGaaS’ 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 âCore Fantasy’ Design Director
Our Core Fantasy Design Director will set the vision for the player’s âsporting journey’ through our game
You will partner with them to ensure that our âGaaS’ 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 âcraft the design’ of our âGaaS’ 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 âGaaS’ 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 âGaaS’ experiences
Experience directing and delivering profitable and engaging âGaaS’ experiences
Experience leading a design team (5+)
Experience directing a sizeable development team (20+)
Appetite for taking on âProduct Owner’ responsibilities (backlog management and prioritisation)
Positive, âcan 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. If hired, employee will be in an ‘at-will position’ and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
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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