Job description
What we are looking for:
Escape Velocity Entertainment is looking for a Game Director to champion and lead the mobile player experience for our unannounced cross-platform title. Our goal is to ensure quality and parity across all platforms, but we recognize that mobile platforms require focus and depth of knowledge, and therefore are seeking a developer who can live and breathe the mobile experience. This person will partner with other senior leaders to define product excellence, collaborate on the creative vision of the game, and ensure the unique needs of mobile players are met. The Mobile Game Director will evangelize the game vision and the mobile requirements both internally and externally.
What we will do together:
Visionary partnership and leadership.
- Working with the Game Director and Discipline Directors, you will cultivate and carry the full vision of the game and franchise into the mobile players’ experience.
- Collaborate with internal and co-dev partners across all disciplines to ensure that the vision translates into a creative and technical framework that delights and honours mobile players’ time and effort.
Strategic collaboration and foresight.
- With Product and Production leaders, you will define and refine the roadmap to bring the game to mobile devices.
- Collaborate with the franchise GM to understand and reach the broadest player base possible, without compromising the creative integrity of the game.
- Help shape healthy and respectful retention and monetization approaches that are fair and valuable to a worldwide player base and to our business.
Thoughtful and Reliable Development Excellence.
- Know what matters most, why it matters, and help everyone to rally and focus on delivering it to our players.
- Provide inspiring leadership to all developers as an excellent and enthusiastic communicator, instilling confidence within development.
- Partner with Production to craft and sustain a scalable and empowering development environment that provides achievable and repeatable results.
Player-First, Data-Informed Decision Making.
- With QA professionals, ensure our testing approaches are effective in helping our developers to deliver excellent software to our players.
- With Community and Marketing partners, help shape the game’s perception with the player base around the World.
- Partner with Product and Data experts to understand player behavior and drive the evolution of the game over time.
What you will bring:
- Shipped at least one AAA mobile title in a Director or Lead role.
- At least 10 years in the game industry, with at least 5 in leadership roles.
- Deep understanding of the needs of mobile players and how they intersect with, yet remain different from, those of PC and console players.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills that convey authenticity and expertise.
- A natural interest in industry trends, the ability to be a thought leader.
- A deep passion for games, and what it takes to make them.
Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity:
Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a unique project with a committed publisher. But that doesn’t necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time.
To that end, we are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things.
A few benefits you can expect from us:
- A generous PTO allowance.
- Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance).
- Private Medical & Dental Healthcare.
- Private Mental Health scheme.
- A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance.
- Discretionary Studio Bonus.
- Top range tech for your home set up.
- Other benefits based on your region.
How to apply:
Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.
Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.
Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.
