Sr. Designer

Description

Namco Networks America is looking for experienced Senior Designers with the desire to create games for the ever-expanding casual PC and mobile markets. The Senior Designer will be required to form the "vision" for the game and communicate that vision to the entire team. An important part of the role is ensuring that the team has a clear understanding of their specific goals and the implementation of their work. The Senior Designer will direct the other designers, mentoring and guiding them through the design process from brainstorming, documentation and level design through to completion. The Senior Designer will work closely with the development team, sales and marketing personnel and other key members of internal staff to deliver the highest quality game content possible.


Responsibilities:
• Working closely with lead and junior designers, programmers, artists, producers and clients.
• Mentor design colleagues by providing guidance, feedback and instruction to junior designers, helping them reach their potential as designers.
• Lead your design team to develop core concepts, Game Design Documents, and game content.
• Galvanize team members around the design's core features and build excitement about the game throughout production.
• Responsible for the organization of design, programming and production documents.
• Generation of game design documents and technical game design documents.
• Remaining current on industry trends, game design techniques and sharing this knowledge with design colleagues.
• Communicating the game design and vision to the team and company.
• Designing and documenting the creative vision of casual games, from high concept to complete GDD.
• Delivering unique, innovative and engaging designs while dealing with technical and other possible limitations.
• Creating mock-ups of gameplay mechanics, menus and user interface.
• Balancing and adjusting game-play experiences, features and mechanics to ensure a commercial success.
• Develop and implement positive changes to the game based on feedback from QA, consumer insights, senior staff members, and others.
• Keeping the ‘big picture’ in mind, planning many steps ahead of production.
• Responsible for developing the highest quality, most imaginative and fun casual titles!