Creative Director

Description

We need an experienced, enthusiastic Creative Director who can lead an insanely talented team in building, operating and evolving this landmark virtual world. Can you envision a play experience that combines fascination with the natural world with the elastic imagination of a child? Can you establish and communicate a bedrock creative framework for this world, then innovate within it in endless fun, off-the-wall directions?

The right leader for this position will have extensive experience in designing fun, original gameplay for kids in the 4-6 and 7-10 year old age ranges, deep empathy with these demographics, and solid experience with online community development. Our Creative Director will be someone who catalyzes creativity in the team; someone who can generate exciting high-concept designs and unite artists, programmers, and designers behind their vision.

This is a nimble, streamlined team of veteran game developers that values raw creative energy coupled with the ability to create and execute detailed design plans. Candidates must have a solid grasp of game design fundamentals, including user interface design. They should be highly conversant in the current landscape of online virtual worlds for kids. They should be able to build and inspire a design team that thinks like a playground full of kids, then executes like a playground full of pros.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Develop the overall vision for the world and the games and experiences within it, and useful design documents detailing them.

- Communicate the project vision across the team and across the company.

- Lead meetings, reviews, presentations, and problem-solving brainstorm sessions as components of this communication.

- Inspire, motivate, and mentor other designers in the cohesion, processes, and best practices of production.