Senior Game Development Leader

3 days ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia beBeeGame Full time $120,000 - $150,000
Job Description

Leadership Opportunity: As a senior game development leader, you will oversee a team of designers, working closely with studio management to ensure successful project outcomes. Your responsibilities include leading the design team, providing mentorship and guidance to help them grow more creative and effective in their work, and representing the Design discipline in Direction meetings.

Mentorship and Guidance: This role serves as a guide for game designers, helping them develop their skills and contribute to innovative gaming experiences. You will communicate the studio's overall direction back to the team, fostering collaboration and teamwork.

Innovative Gaming Experience: This is a high-level opportunity to join a growing local studio and support an innovative, high-quality gaming experience for millions of players and engaged fans around the world.

Temporary Role: Please note that this is a temporary role to cover the current Design Director's maternity leave.

Responsibilities
  • Team Leadership & Culture
    • Lead and represent the design team within the studio's leadership group.
    • Ensure designers' voices are heard and considered in decision-making.
    • Foster a safe, collaborative team culture.
    • People Management & Development
      • Conduct regular 1:1s with designers to check in on well-being, workload, and growth.
      • Set clear expectations, responsibilities, and goals for each team member.
      • Provide constructive feedback and coaching to support professional development.
      • Identify training opportunities, workshops, or mentoring to upskill the team.
      • Performance & Evaluation
        • Evaluate designers' performance fairly and transparently.
        • Align evaluations with studio expectations, values, and project needs.
        • Address underperformance with support plans, while recognizing and rewarding excellence.
        • Process & Collaboration
          • Embrace scrum team-based project leading, where each designer is part of their own team/pod and collaborates with other disciplines.
          • Ensure consistent design practices, documentation standards, and workflows.
          • Resource & Staffing
            • Assess team capacity and skill distribution across projects.
            • Partner with HR/recruiting to hire and onboard new designers effectively.
            • Build succession plans and identify potential future leaders within the team.

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