343 Industries is looking for an experienced Online Experience Design Director to lead and join our Halo team. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to impact the future of one of the industry's most successful franchises through your creative and leadership skills.
The OE Design Director will be part of the core team that defines and drives the design vision of the game while being a source of inspiration and leadership for the entire team. The ideal candidate possesses boundless imagination, a deep understanding of the game development process, the ability to ideate, combined with the skills to communicate and direct the design efforts of the team. The ideal candidate must have a great passion for games with social features, a desire to build a strong community, as well as a deep understanding of various business models found in both mobile and AAA games.
You will oversee and provide vision for multiple facets of design and its implementation. This includes: Progression in- and out-of-game; microtransactions and integration of our business plan throughout the game; and, finally, social and engagement features that encourage players to return again and again with their friends.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Design Manager, you will work with the other team and discipline leads to define the product's design vision and execute on that vision with excellence. You will help develop the overall direction and growth of the organization and champion the values of design among the senior leadership team.
- Design and deliver a AAA social experience that fosters community
- Design and deliver a AAA player investment experience that focuses on our fans and their desire to express their passion for our franchise (including but not limited to microtransactions)
- Design and deliver a AAA progression and engagement experience that ties into game features
- Puts the player first in all of their team's designs
- Build and manage a strong team of cross-discipline talent
- Provide leadership and direction to your team and to other groups
- Be able to adapt to the changing business and community needs that come along with being a live service
Qualifications
Requirements
- 8+ years working in a design capacity on at least 2+ shipped AAA titles (or live services) with a focus on Social and Microtransaction systems as a Lead Designer or higher
- Experience leading a design team through all phases of development from concept to ship
- A deep and passionate understanding of various business models across all genres of games and beyond
- Experience developing systems that engage players after they put down their controller
- A comprehensive understanding of player psychology and what drives them to return to an experience
- Experienced manager who understands how to motivate team members to deliver their best work
