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Design Director - Apex Legends Mobile

Location: Redwood City, CA, USA

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Requisition Number: 162344

Position Title: Senior Game Design Director I

External Description:

Design Director- Apex Legends Mobile

RESPAWN

Respawn Entertainment is a AAA video game development studio that aspires to create new hit games that leave a lasting impact for gamers worldwide. Our work includes the critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends and Titanfall franchise.

Responsibilities:

  • Reporting to our Head of Apex Legends Mobile, you'll lead the design vision for the title, managing game features, shooting systems and  social systems. 
  • Contribute to the overarching meta and elder game direction.
  • Breakdown trending mobile games with the ability to identify key drivers, articulate your point of view and iterate on those features to drive our product forward.
  • Conceptualize and communicate new and engaging gameplay experiences and use your technical ability to bring your vision to life.
  • Establish player experience goals for designs, implement and tune features to meet those goals.
  • Provide feedback to other designers.
  • Improve designs based on play test feedback, game metrics, team input and community feedback.
  • Think creatively using the tools and time available to build unique and fun experiences for players.
  • Adopt and become proficient in new or proprietary development tools to implement and debug your work.
  • Think about the future when implementing content, resulting in smartly scripted scalable systems and good design patterns and practices.
  • Collaborate with all team disciplines, including artists, animators, modelers, engineers, quality assurance, and producers to get support from the team and guide a project from initial design to final production.
  • Advocate for the design vision and get the team excited to work on it.
  • Balance your design vision with input from your peers to find practical solutions that achieve the intended player experience.
  • Become an expert on the game and our community, drawing from our large, varied player base and our past games to make and defend intelligent design choices going forward.
  • Help establish best practices for the team and improve process and efficiency.

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of game design experience on a mobile game development team.
  • Experience with 1st and 3rd person shooters, BR games and free-to-play games
  • Experience working with 3rd party developers.
  • Excellent creative skills with experience creating detailed design documentation and maintaining it throughout a project life cycle.
  • Design and implementation experience with game features that focus on open-ended player creativity.
  • Effective at working both autonomously and in groups of different profiles.
  • Knowledge of and enthusiasm for gaming: playing, deconstructing and creating.
  • Experience with shooter/battle royale mobile games
  • Good to have...Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. and experience with Visio, JIRA, online collaboration suites such as Confluence

 

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 139

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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