Creative Director

2 Months ago • 6 Years +
Sign up and Unlock PRO benefits for FREE!

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Creative Director for game development with 6+ years experience. Must have game design, development tools, Unity or Unreal experience and strong communication skills.

Description

Devoted Studios is a production management company for external development in video games. With a mission to create equal opportunity for all talent globally to work on the games of their dreams, Devoted Studios aims to decentralize game development. We partner with 1400+ programmers, artists, and designers, from freelancers to small studios, all over the world, and not only match them to project opportunities but manage the production from A-Z.

We are seeking a Creative Director to lead the artistic vision of our projects. The ideal candidate will oversee the creative direction, ensuring cohesive visual and narrative elements while guiding and inspiring the team. Strong leadership, innovation, and communication skills are essential.

*This is a remote, full-time contracted position and we are hiring worldwide!

 

MAJOR ZONES OF RESPONSIBILITIES:




  • Handle all aspects of design including creative writing all the design documents, making UI mockups, charting user flows, prototypes etc.
  • Provide game-design expertise working with the team to clearly define all aspects of the game that impact the end-user, including math, game play, interface, animation, sound, art style.
  • Communicate designs with clear and concise documentation.
  • Deliver clear and concise client’s ready product specs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
  • Direct devs/art teams to create quality gameplay features for the client’s IP.
  • Develop UX wireframes for products using creative applications.
  • Research and development into cross-platform development.
  • Collaboration with art directors and animation lead to craft visuals content. 
  • Work with internal and external strategic partners to create products using the most current industry best practices.
  • Serve as a liaison between the marketing and creative team and between the BDs and individual clients.
  • Create and pitch game ideals to the clients. 



Responsibilities

  • Collaboration with OSMs and BD on pre-production and project requirements. 
  • Training external game designers to perform on the project. 
  • Attend and lead playtests and be solution-oriented to the problem encountered.
  • Working with clients to define and execute their product goals.
  • Leading regular meetings with other designers and team members.
  • Supervise and be responsible for providing structured project documents.
  • Understand consumer needs and ensure that the elements developed by the team will contribute to player satisfaction and enjoyment.
  • Attend and lead playtests and be solution-oriented to the problem encountered
  • Communicate the project objectives, strategies, gameplay intentions are understood and that team members are working on the right elements.
  • Actively participate in the decision-making process with stakeholders. 
  • Follow-up on prototyping with programmers.
  • Allocate duties and follow the evolution of the team’s progress on game design deliverables.
  • Supervise development projects. 
  • Create required project game design documentation. 
  • Pitch new features or proposals to the clients.  
  • Collaborate with BD on creating pitches and project extension proposals to be presented to the client. 
  • Timely Time Tracking.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years of game design experience.
  • Strong familiarity with successful game-development processes and pipelines.
  • Experience of development tools. (Jira and Confluence/Excel, etc.)
  • Experience with best-in-class game development in any capacity (art, design, math, development, production, etc.)
  • Experience working with Unity or Unreal engines.
  • Experience in creating and owning features for games.
  • Strong ability to design and implement game systems.
  • Natural ability for problem solving without outside direction.
  • Well organized and can plan tasks for engineers and artists.
  • Experience working with changing priorities and quickly adapting to new development requirements.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.

About The Company

We are #CoDev studio experts at production management.

Devoted Studios is led by @Ninel Anderson and has a headquarter in LA.


We specialize in:

🔘 Game development services;

🔘 Unreal Engine & Unity engineering;

🔘 Cross-platform porting;

🔘 Art development (concepts, 3D, animation, mocap, scanning & scan clean-ups, lighting, tech art & integration);

🔘 Cinematics services.


Our team has over 1400+ talents across teams and individuals, which are guided by our outstanding senior team of ~80 Devotees, including experienced Art Directors, Producers, Business Developers, Project Managers, and others.


This unique model offers you a wide range of skills, budgets, and time zones. We support our partners with everything from concept to launch and beyond.


#gamedevelopment #externaldevelopment #gameproduction #codev #codevelopment

View All Jobs

Similar Jobs

Wildlife Studios - Associate Creative Director

State Of São Paulo, Brazil (On-Site)

Critical mass - Group Creative Director, Future Opportunity

New York, United States (Hybrid)

Critical mass - Freelance Creative Director, Copy

Ontario, Canada (On-Site)

Critical mass - Freelance Creative Director, Copy

Alberta, Canada (On-Site)

Trailer Park Group - CREATIVE DIRECTOR - 3D DESIGN

California, United States (Hybrid)

GIGL Summaries Pvt Ltd - Creative Director

Punjab, India (On-Site)

Whizz HR - Creative Director

Maharashtra, India (On-Site)

Creative aid - Creative Director

Delhi, India (Hybrid)

Similar Skill Jobs

Fortis Games - Director of Product - Game Tools

United States (Remote)

Skillz - Senior Technical Recruiter

Karnataka, India (On-Site)

Technicolor Creative Studios - Realtime CG Supervisor

Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (Remote)

Technicolor Creative Studios - Realtime CG Supervisor

England, United Kingdom (Remote)

Fortis Games - Trust & Safety Specialist

United Kingdom (Remote)

Jobs in Québec City, Quebec, Canada

Electronic Arts - XD/ID Technical Artist - EA SPORTS™ NHL

British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)

Electronic Arts - Quality Designer

British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)

Electronic Arts - Technical Product Manager

Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

Electronic Arts - Quality Designer - Frostbite

British Columbia, Canada (Hybrid)

Luma Pictures - Asset Artists (Mid to Senior Level)

British Columbia, Canada (Remote)

Xsolla - Senior Mobile QA (Xsolla App)

Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Xsolla - Data Warehouse Architect

Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Game Design Jobs

Electronic Arts - Content Designer (Temporary)

Florida, United States (On-Site)

Electronic Arts - Content Designer - Players (Temporary)

Florida, United States (On-Site)

Blind Squirrel Games - Senior Technical Designer

California, United States (Hybrid)

Crystal Dynamics - Combat Layout Specialist

Worldwide (Remote)

Blizzard Entertainment - Senior Combat AI Designer

Catalonia, Spain (On-Site)

Just Play GmbH - Reward Economy Lead (all genders)

Berlin, Germany (Hybrid)

Ubisoft - Technical Designer

Shanghai, China (On-Site)

Metacore - Game Designer, Merge Mansion

Uusimaa, Finland (Hybrid)

1047 Games - Senior Level Designer

Worldwide (Remote)

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug