Design Director (Creative Director), Angry Birds Friends
Job Summary
Job Description
- Leadership in mobile F2P puzzle games
- Comprehensive design skills (systems, economy, narrative, UX)
- Creative vision execution (concept to launch)
- Live game operations & cross-functional stakeholder collaboration
- Market analysis & competitive awareness
- Player & business goal alignment (retention, engagement, monetization)
- Prototyping & conceptualization
- Data-driven decision making
- Excellent communication & presentation skills
- Relocation support
5 skills required
Job Details
You will have impact and fun at work by doing:
- Collaborating on the Vision and Strategy: Work closely with the Game Lead to align on the game’s vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring shared goals and language for a unified direction.
- Owning the Creative Vision: Define and execute the game’s long-term creative strategy, including concept, gameplay, UX, narrative, art, and other core elements.
- Inspiring and Leading Teams: Mentor and inspire creative team members across all crafts, driving innovation, design excellence, and alignment with player and business needs.
- Promoting Transparency: Clearly communicate objectives, vision, and strategy to all stakeholders, ensuring visibility and alignment throughout production.
- Facilitating Innovation: Challenge existing practices and encourage new methodologies to foster smart innovation within the team.
- Balancing Workload and Priorities: Collaborate with senior production to align creative workloads with project goals and timelines while maintaining team health.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Support PMs and Analytics with A/B testing, feature development, and events to drive growth and enhance the player experience.
- Collaborating Across Functions: Work closely with PM, UA, and PMM to align creative strategies with player promises and marketing objectives.
- Market Awareness: Monitor market trends and competition to identify opportunities and ensure the game’s competitiveness and longevity.
- Sharing Knowledge: Collaborate with other studio leaders and designers to share insights, foster collaboration, and align efforts across teams.
Experience and skills we are looking for:
- Leadership in Mobile Games: Several years of experience leading design in successful mobile F2P puzzle games.
- Comprehensive Design Skills: Experience across all areas of game design, including systems, economy, narrative, levels, UX, and social features.
- Creative Vision and Execution: A proven track record of owning and executing creative strategies from concept to global launch.
- Live Game Operations: Experience operating live games and working with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., PM, Analytics, Development).
- Market and Competitive Analysis: Strong ability to analyze markets, identify trends, and ensure game differentiation and longevity.
- Player and Business Alignment: Expertise in connecting player motivations with business goals to drive retention, engagement, and monetization.
- Prototyping and Conceptualizing: Strong skills in ideating, prototyping, and validating new game concepts and features.
- Data-Driven Insights: Ability to leverage data to identify opportunities, address challenges, and validate hypotheses.
- Communication and Presentation: Excellent skills in showcasing new ideas and fostering collaboration across teams.
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About The Company
Rovio Entertainment Corporation is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has eight game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), one in Stockholm (Sweden), one in Copenhagen (Denmark), one in Barcelona (Spain), two in Montreal and one in Toronto (Canada). The studios also include a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games, which was acquired in 2021. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. The company’s shares are listed on the main list of NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange with the trading code ROVIO. Sega Europe Limited has acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares and will delist the company from NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange as soon as permitted under applicable laws.
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