Lead Designer

Job Description

We’re a new remote games studio, focused on building games that bring people together.

We believe games with the highest fun per minute have the highest chance of success. We are a start-up and not a big company, which means we’re a bit scrappy but we’re resourceful, highly collaborative and focused on outcomes and shipping builds over process and meetings.

We aim to hire multi-talented individuals who can operate autonomously and at speed, with every role at the studio being hands-on working directly on our games.

Role Overview

We’re looking for an experienced Lead Designer who can lead a small team on a multiplayer, physics driven title. We want someone who is ready to get stuck in & directly contribute and prototype alongside leading the team!

This is a 12-month contract.

Key Responsibilities

1 - Lead the vision and scope of the project

Success looks like:

• Take a concept from Panic Stations’ founders and flesh it out into a vision that you can confidently champion & communicate to the team
• Understand what makes physics games emergent & fun to play
• Have strong UX/UI intuition to make decisions

2 - Direct the team through prototyping period

• Lead the charge deciding what to prototype first
• Get stuck in to help balance & iterate to ‘find the fun’
• Make the tough decisions around what to keep & what to bin
  

3 - Build & iterate in-engine

• Build early 3D environments & levels in Unity
• Own the ‘3Cs’ & work closely with the team to deliver tight, fun controls
• Be the final say in polish and quality to get the game ship-ready
  

4 - Lead a small design team to ship content & additional gameplay

• Be the owner of quality & direction for level content, giving insightful feedback to the levels team

Requirements

• Shipped console/PC multiplayer titles in a leadership role
• Shipped at least 1 Unity project
• Clear demonstration of hands-on work and prototyping
• Passion for indie games and ‘friendslop’ titles
• Comfortable working in a small, fast moving team

Please note: This is a 12-month contract, remote-working position, open to anyone within the UK & Europe.

Benefits

Our benefits include a 2-week company summer break and a 2-week winter break to rest and recharge, in addition to your normal holiday allowance.