Game Director Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Game Director to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee all aspects of the development of a mobile free-to-play title;
- Drive the project schedule, including the roadmap and backlog;
- Lead a team of stellar developers through an enjoyable, rewarding development experience;
- Take responsibility for key performance indicators of the game;
- Be on top of industry trends and the competitive landscape to continually evolve our thinking and product standards;
- Partner with company and studio executives to ensure financial targets are met and exceeded;
- Be the single point of accountability for every aspect of your game’s development;
- Have a masterful ability to balance the needs of the product, game team, studio and company initiatives;
- Own and maintain the project P&L. Make key decisions regarding what to focus on, when, and to what degree;
- Own and maintain the project P&L. Make key decisions regarding what to focus on, when, and to what degree;
- Own the analysis of game KPI’s, UA performance data, user testing, and market trends;
- Actively manage the game’s P&L with an eye for consistent profit growth and cost reductions;
- Own the analysis of game KPI’s, UA performance data, user testing, and market trends;
- Actively manage the game’s P&L with an eye for consistent profit growth and cost reductions.
Requirements:
- Ability to prototype, wireframe and wire flow ideas;
- Experienced a full production from inception to live-ops of a high-profile f2p casual game;
- Highly proficient in all aspects of game design: from initial concepts to design workflow to feature specs to economy tuning;
- Proven skills designing online and social game features;
- 5+ years in mobile free to play including 3+ in a leadership role;
- Product Management skills to track the KPIs of the features released and improve them;
- You are a team player, comfortable working with designers and business performance professionals from a wide range of backgrounds;
- Shipped multiple titles in a creative role with a minimum of 4 mobile projects released;
- You are highly analytical, excellent modeling skills, masterful understanding of complex systems, good statistical skills;
- Production planning and day-to-day operational experience;
- Outside interests;
- 5+ years in the gaming industry;
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis;
- A love for playing and creating games;
- Shipped at least 2 successful free-to-play mobile titles as Project Development Lead or Product Manager.