Lead Content Designer, Game – of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Position: Lead Content Designer, Live Game – World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Team Name

World of Warcraft

Job Title

Lead Content Designer Live Game World of Warcraft, Irvine CA

Requisition

R026566

Job Description

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced Lead Content Designer for the World of Warcraft team. As the Lead Designer on the Live Game team you are responsible for leading design decisions and overseeing their execution from concept to completion. As a collaborator you understand the importance of communication and feedback. The ideal candidate has proven experience in game design, a strong aptitude for critical thinking and analysis, outstanding people skills, boundless creativity, a strong visual aesthetic and a passion for playing and analyzing games.

Location

/ Work Arrangement

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is in Irvine CA.

Responsibilities

• Driving vision of new features in collaboration with partners
• Managing mentoring evaluating and providing feedback to a team of designers
• Partnering with Production to scope, plan and organize multiple simultaneous projects
• Coordinating with Product Management and Analytics to apply a data-informed approach to crafting epic player experiences
• Upholding and shaping high quality standards for art design and game performance
• Promoting contributing to and participating in our culture of inclusion

Minimum Requirements

• 8 years of game design experience or a portfolio demonstrating equivalent experience.
• 3 years managing a team
• Ability to design and implement content from concept to completion.
• Ability to maintain and communicate a clear vision from pitch to ship
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Extra Points

• Design portfolio showing your work and contributions
• Experience leading projects
• Familiarity with World of Warcraft

Application Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letter (while not required should include:
  • A bit about you (fun facts, hobbies… tell us about you!)
  • Why you're interested in working on World of Warcraft
  • What excites you about game design
  )

Equal Opportunity & Disability Accommodations

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status among other characteristics.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here.

Key Skills

Mechanical Design, Computer Graphics, GD&T, Root cause Analysis, CAD, Mechanical Knowledge, Creo, Lua, Unreal Engine, Maya, Project Engineering, Unity

Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

Yearly Salary

97200 - 179900

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