Escape Velocity Entertainment
Design Director | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote
Escape Velocity Entertainment, New Bremen, Ohio, United States
Design Director | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote
Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a once‑in‑a‑career project with a committed publisher. We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world.
What we are looking for A Design Director to lead a group of talented designers working on Escape Velocity's first AAA title. The Design Director is responsible for managing, mentoring, and guiding a world‑class design team to realize the game vision. Working alongside other directors, the Design Director drives quality execution; develops effective process; and cultivates a culture of relentless problem‑solving and collaboration.
What we will do together
Deliver on the Creative Vision for the Game: direct and guide designers in all areas of design, including systems, gameplay, and level design; collaborate with other Directors, Leads, and individual contributors to ensure the game vision is realized in software at the highest quality.
Drive Quality with Urgency: lead the design team to introduce features and content to players as efficiently and quickly as possible. Drive decisions and critically evaluate all aspects of game design – from moment‑to‑moment gameplay to meta progression – to ensure quality while delivering on commitments and deadlines.
Unify, motivate, mentor, and manage designers: directly manage design leads and serve as a mentor and leader to all designers and many others on the team. Lead by example, push for quality while problem‑solving development challenges, and champion the vision for the game.
Build a best‑in‑class design team: work with HR, recruiting, and other managers to identify and fill talent gaps, grow talent, set performance benchmarks, develop clear career paths within systems design, establish best practices, and hire industry‑leading talent. Establish and enforce a healthy culture within system design that emphasizes problem solving, collaboration, player‑facing development, and unwavering support for the overall vision.
Serve as the voice of design across the project: communicate with Leads, Directors, and across team structures and disciplines to ensure that everyone understands the goals, designs, and progress of the design team.
What you will bring
An ambitious, quality‑first mindset. You believe the best idea wins and are optimistic that there are always ways to bring those ideas to life despite real‑world constraints. You push hard for quality and understand that we must build a game that players love, not just like.
Two or more shipped titles in competitive MP / Live Service games: practical design experience from competitive titles and understanding of design challenges before and after launch. Strong understanding of how to analyze data and address design issues in a live environment.
Strong managerial experience: recruited, built and led design teams to successful outcomes, managed employees through difficult challenges, grown direct reports, and mentored others on large, cross‑discipline teams.
Deep knowledge of multiplayer game design: professional understanding of the gameplay, systems, features, and level design found in contemporary AAA shooters and MOBAs, and a keen knowledge of how those features and systems work collectively.
Exceptional communication skills: convey thoughts, opinions, and direction clearly, articulately, and concisely in both verbal and written formats.
Benefits A few benefits you can expect from us:
A generous PTO allowance
Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
Private Mental Health scheme
A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
Discretionary Studio Bonus
Top‑range tech for your home set up
Other benefits based on your region
How to apply Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Escape Velocity Entertainment by 2x.
Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.
Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.
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What we are looking for A Design Director to lead a group of talented designers working on Escape Velocity's first AAA title. The Design Director is responsible for managing, mentoring, and guiding a world‑class design team to realize the game vision. Working alongside other directors, the Design Director drives quality execution; develops effective process; and cultivates a culture of relentless problem‑solving and collaboration.
What we will do together
Deliver on the Creative Vision for the Game: direct and guide designers in all areas of design, including systems, gameplay, and level design; collaborate with other Directors, Leads, and individual contributors to ensure the game vision is realized in software at the highest quality.
Drive Quality with Urgency: lead the design team to introduce features and content to players as efficiently and quickly as possible. Drive decisions and critically evaluate all aspects of game design – from moment‑to‑moment gameplay to meta progression – to ensure quality while delivering on commitments and deadlines.
Unify, motivate, mentor, and manage designers: directly manage design leads and serve as a mentor and leader to all designers and many others on the team. Lead by example, push for quality while problem‑solving development challenges, and champion the vision for the game.
Build a best‑in‑class design team: work with HR, recruiting, and other managers to identify and fill talent gaps, grow talent, set performance benchmarks, develop clear career paths within systems design, establish best practices, and hire industry‑leading talent. Establish and enforce a healthy culture within system design that emphasizes problem solving, collaboration, player‑facing development, and unwavering support for the overall vision.
Serve as the voice of design across the project: communicate with Leads, Directors, and across team structures and disciplines to ensure that everyone understands the goals, designs, and progress of the design team.
What you will bring
An ambitious, quality‑first mindset. You believe the best idea wins and are optimistic that there are always ways to bring those ideas to life despite real‑world constraints. You push hard for quality and understand that we must build a game that players love, not just like.
Two or more shipped titles in competitive MP / Live Service games: practical design experience from competitive titles and understanding of design challenges before and after launch. Strong understanding of how to analyze data and address design issues in a live environment.
Strong managerial experience: recruited, built and led design teams to successful outcomes, managed employees through difficult challenges, grown direct reports, and mentored others on large, cross‑discipline teams.
Deep knowledge of multiplayer game design: professional understanding of the gameplay, systems, features, and level design found in contemporary AAA shooters and MOBAs, and a keen knowledge of how those features and systems work collectively.
Exceptional communication skills: convey thoughts, opinions, and direction clearly, articulately, and concisely in both verbal and written formats.
Benefits A few benefits you can expect from us:
A generous PTO allowance
Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
Private Mental Health scheme
A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
Discretionary Studio Bonus
Top‑range tech for your home set up
Other benefits based on your region
How to apply Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Escape Velocity Entertainment by 2x.
Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.
Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.
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