Game Design Manager – Maps – Valorant

Game Design Manager – Maps – Valorant

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in a Level Design role; experience as a game design owner of multiple large projects in parallel with successful delivery
• 1+ years people management experience; experience with mentorship of other designers leading to a promotion or substantial positive improvements in their work
• Experience creating systemic change to a design team’s process or principles to improve output significantly across the team
• Experience leading cross-discipline teams to deliver on design goals
• Experience communicating and expressing complex and nuanced designs in simple ways
• Leadership experience resolving conflict, and when needed offering difficult feedback with respect

Responsibilities

• Work with design leads to continue evolving the DNA of VALORANT maps
• Partner with design leads to craft a vision for the overall gameplay experience
• Ensure that the VALORANT level design team is a highly performing team
• Anticipate the needs of players on all relevant platforms and understand the nuanced differences between them
• Ensure execution in gameplay and delivery schedule for a range of projects in flight from early concept to final polish
• Manage and coach designers across the team
• Influence senior leadership frequently regarding product direction and strategy, both regarding projects and related work (e.g. events, etc…)
• Build positive relationships with the art team to blend gameplay clarity and art quality
• Build strong relationships with leadership from a range of disciplines to multiply their quality and output

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working as a developer on an FPS title
• Strong understanding of Tactical FPS principles and can apply them effectively
• Robust understanding of the FPS market and player motivations and behaviors
• Can quickly produce a wide breadth of mechanics solutions, and generate and identify an excellent solution
• Experience developing on multiple platforms