Lead Gameplay Designer New

As Lead Gameplay Designer you will develop and lead the gameplay design team, working on character driven gameplay systems.,

• Establish, maintain, and evolve design processes while ensuring gameplay design work is completed on time and to a high-quality standard.
• Ensure that the communication between the Gameplay Design team and other stakeholders is smooth and efficient.
• Develop the skills and talent of the Gameplay Design team, carrying performance reviews and owning line management duties.
• Be responsible for the tasks and bugs of the Gameplay Design team, and work with other stakeholders to help define and prioritize them.
• Deputize for the Design Director, when required.
  
  Proven success working on AAA character-driven gameplay systems such as locomotion, combat, camera, and AI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A flexible, highly-motivated, team-player attitude.
• A good understanding of technical considerations, with the ability to communicate with technical team members.
• A genuine passion for video games.
  
  As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre., This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry's most exciting first-party game studios.
Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.