Design Director providing creative leadership for a large-scale science fiction game at Blackbird Interactive, overseeing gameplay vision and guiding design teams.
Responsibilities
Provide creative and strategic leadership on a large-scale science fiction game.
Oversee the execution of gameplay vision across systems, narrative, and player experience, ensuring consistency, quality, and cohesion as the project moves from development through delivery.
Guide the design organization, align teams around shared goals, and ensure that gameplay systems meaningfully support exploration, player agency, and long-term engagement.
Emphasize leadership, clarity, and decision-making at scale, balancing creative ambition with production realities while empowering design teams to do their best work.
Requirements
At least 15 years of experience contributing to game development, including at least 10 in a design leadership or senior design role supporting team execution.
Proven experience shipping large-scale, systems-driven games, ideally within the action or RPG space.
Deep understanding of gameplay systems, player experience, and moment-to-moment game feel, with the ability to evaluate design quality at a holistic level.
Demonstrated success leading and developing design teams, including mentoring leaders and guiding cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Strong production awareness, with the ability to balance creative goals against technical constraints and schedules.
Exceptional communication skills, with experience aligning diverse teams around shared design goals
Benefits
four-day work week
in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements
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