Director, Design Management

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Insomniac is looking for a new Design Management Director. In this role, you will be responsible for building, managing, and mentoring a world-class Design Department to achieve Insomniac's vision of Best Developer.  Ensures excellent on time in budget deliveries through strategic planning, team leadership, and collaboration with Department Heads, Design Leaders, and Project Leaders. Possesses a deep level of design knowledge and design craft skill to be able to manage and provide actionable feedback on design employee's output of work, quality, and timelines.

If this is the opportunity you have been looking for, please read on:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Responsible for ensuring project quality and the well-being of team members.
• Works with design leadership to establish consistent design philosophies, practices, and standards across all projects.
• Plays games in development to ensure that we are achieving our operational goals and meeting our quality bar.
• Responsible for enforcing project schedules in conjunction with Project Management.
• Provides budgeting for the Design department in conjunction with Finance.
• Directs the professional development of all Design employees.
• Reviews design direction for all projects through the coordinated efforts of design leadership team.
• Regularly reviews and provides design feedback for all titles to align with the established creative direction and design direction of each title.
• Works with design leadership to establish and coordinate production goals that intersect design and other production departments to achieve short and long-term project goals.
• Develops, plans, communicates, and ensures implementation of continuous improvements to the production pipeline.
• Implements and maintains a staffing pipeline to support production headcounts, budget, and skills needed.
• Participates and presents ideas clearly and concisely to senior management and other project stakeholders.
• Ensures that all complaints and concerns related to inappropriate or unprofessional conduct in the workplace are addressed immediately to foster a safe work environment.
• Other duties may be assigned.

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Supervisory Duties:

This job has supervisory responsibilities.

Supervisory Duties Details:

Directly supervises design directors and design managers and indirectly oversees the design department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

• Large team leadership, with experience navigating multiple simultaneous projects.
• Creative collaboration and problem solving within the design department and across all departments.
• Effective time management, with the ability to delegate tasks and focus on larger issues while monitoring critical smaller details.
• Detailed knowledge of all game production methods
• A strong critical eye for detail and the ability to communicate effectively with the team and other departments to resolve issues.
• Communication with both large groups and individuals, with excellent written and oral communication skills Deadline-oriented approach, with the ability to achieve results given constraints.

Computer Skills:

• Working knowledge with level editing tools (Radiant, Unreal, Hammer, or proprietary editors) and scripting.
• Working knowledge of Maya or other major 3D modeling programs.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please use the link below and apply. Thank you!

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