Lead Game Designer/Creative Director

Key Responsibilities

Balance and adjust game play experiences to ensure the critical and commercial success of the product
Provide feedback to designers and other colleagues regarding game design features
Create core game features including story lines, role-play mechanics, and character biographies for a new video game
Devise missions, challenges, or puzzles to be encountered in game play
Guide design discussions between development teams
Develop and maintain design level documentation, including mechanics, guidelines, and mission outlines
Create and manage documentation, production schedules, prototyping goals, and communication plans in collaboration with production staff
Present new game design concepts to management and technical colleagues, including artists, animators, and programmers
Solicit, obtain, and integrate feedback from design and technical staff into original game design

Qualifications

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Sciences, Engineering, or a related field
Evidence of involvement in game development (any of the following: board games, PC game, and/or mobile phone games)
Experience working with youths is an asset
Ability to think creatively: develop, design, or create new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions
Proficient in Microsoft Office, CAD applications, Graphics Design Applications
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
Understanding of different Nigerian cultures and foods

Benefits This position offers a number of wonderful benefits:

Opportunity to put theoretical knowledge into practice through a global health intervention
Opportunity to work with youth on nutrition matters (preventative nutrition)
Be a part of a dynamic and collegial research team
Opportunity to work with an NGO for a Canadian government-funded project

Interested and qualified candidate should send their Resume with a cover letter to: careers@acild.org or info@acild.org The title of the email must say “Application-Your Name (Game Designer)”

Apply via :

careers@acild.org