THE LEAD GAME DESIGNER'S ROLE IS TO OWN THE VISION ON A GAME WHILST ALSO HAVING AN IMPACT ON DESIGN ACROSS THEIR STUDIO.

ABOUT Micazook

Micazook is a multi-award winning software developer and publisher with incredible products and services that redefines markets and industries. Our purposeful disruption reshapes businesses, making them more commercially successful and future proofing them for years to come. We think out of the box to develop multi channel revenue streams for our partners even in the most challenging of environments. Our developers are some of the best in the IT industry, developing cutting edge technology solutions and games.

THE ROLE

This role requires an experienced Senior Designer with past experience in creating addictive casual games such as puzzles to fast paced shooters. We are looking for an individual who can lead the games design on a new game in from initial ideas all the way through to the final product.

The Micazook approach is all about dedication to using the latest tools, techniques and best practices to produce appropriate custom solutions to solve the exciting problems our clients come to us with. The team participates in regular code reviews to ensure everything delivered by the studio is the best quality, and with vast experience on offer, skill progression is like lightning. If you’re looking to work in a buzzing, successful environment, amongst peers with huge experience and a real passion for digital, this could be the opportunity for you.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You will be an Evangelist game designer with a vision to create highly addictive games across multiple platforms. We are looking for someone with a strong sense of design vision across our company.

You will be expected to manage small teams in focused prototypes to prove out this initial vision, and hold responsibility for delivering full documentation during pre-production – in addition to working with other discipline leads in delivering a vertical slice that will set the standard for the final product.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the creation of full game design documentation for projects.
• Have a strong understanding of product-focused industry trends to the extent you are confident leading the design and balance of the meta-systems and economies that sit behind our games.
• Work closely with Production, Engineer and Art Leads to make project critical decisions that ensure game quality is maintained without jeopardizing the delivery of game milestones.
• Hold the creative vision for your project, signing off on all features when they are implemented to your satisfaction.
• Report on game progress regularly and articulately to internal stakeholders (directorate), calling out areas of success and concern far enough in advance that strategic solutions can be found.
• Produce original new concepts and respond to publisher RFPs as and when dictated by studio Creative Director
• Support the junior designers on your team, managing their responsibilities to ensure they are able to develop essential skills, teaching both by face-to-face mentoring and ensuring your work is exemplary.
• Good timekeeping.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• 3+ years game design experience within a studio environment (with at least 2+ years focused on Free-to-Play development).
• Proficient in Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
• Exceptional understanding of game structure and systems.
• Wide knowledge base of past and present games, across all genres.
• Able to communicate your ideas clearly, concisely and efficiently.
• Adaptable and able to quickly pick-up new skills and ways of working.
• Comfortable working closely with others and looking after creative teams.

BONUS EXPERIENCE:

• You have an eye for both the creative and the technical side of resource management.
• You have demonstrable experience managing or developing designers.
• Strong protototyping or ideation skills.
• You have worked in a variety of genres.
• You have worked in different design roles.

STRICTLY NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES.

LIFE AT MICAZOOK

We strive to offer motivational, supportive and efficient environment with teams empowered to influence decisions. We promote collaboration across discipline and project teams with involvement in evaluation and prioritisation of work as well as encouraging knowledge share to improve our code quality. We hold weekly lightning talks enabling knowledge share on things we find useful or interesting and our Labs initiative gives the opportunity to break away from client work to explore new experimental technologies and opportunity to work on some truly difficult problems present in our industry.

We invest in training and development, with the team attending conferences around the country. We believe in a work life balance, offering flexible working with a friendly and sociable team. With a fully stocked kitchens, socials and summer parties, award shows and training budgets for every individual team.

To apply for this role, or to discuss it further, please contact Ilona. All candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their technical ability. Alongside your CV, please include examples of your work, GitHub profile or links to any Open Source projects, along with a brief description of your involvement in each project.