Design Director

Partner with project leadership and publishing stakeholders to define, reinforce, and execute the creative vision, ensuring alignment across narrative, gameplay, art, audio, and presentation

Lead the development of the game's narrative, characters, investigative gameplay, and environmental storytelling, ensuring every element supports a cohesive and memorable player experience

Lead, mentor, and support the design team, fostering a strong design culture focused on quality, collaboration, and accountability

Collaborate closely with engineering, art, audio, and production to establish effective workflows, drive implementation, and maintain alignment as the project evolves

Provide clear creative direction and feedback, helping translate high-level vision into polished, shippable content while maintaining quality and consistency across the game

Identify creative risks, narrative gaps, and production challenges early, partnering with discipline leads to balance creative ambition with scope, schedule, and technical constraints

Contribute hands-on to writing, narrative implementation, game design, prototyping, and content development as needed, helping unblock the team and drive key features through critical milestones

At least 10 years of experience in game development, including at least 5 years in a creative leadership, narrative leadership, or senior design role

Hands-on experience developing content in Unreal Engine 5, with confidence using in-engine tools and workflows to prototype, implement, iterate, and polish gameplay features

Experience shipping at least one narrative-driven or creatively ambitious game with significant responsibility for story, gameplay, or overall creative direction

Strong understanding of interactive storytelling, narrative pacing, player agency, and how gameplay and presentation work together to create compelling player experiences

Proven ability to provide creative direction, review content, and maintain quality and consistency across a multidisciplinary team

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align design, narrative, engineering, art, audio, and production around a shared creative vision

Comfortable contributing hands-on to writing, narrative implementation, game design, prototyping, or content development while balancing creative ambition with scope, schedule, and technical constraints

Passion for crime fiction, investigative storytelling, and grounded, character-driven narrative games

Appreciation for authentic research and the responsible adaptation of real-world subject matter into interactive storytelling

Strong instincts for dramatic pacing, mystery, suspense, and player-driven discovery

Experience working with dialogue systems, cinematic storytelling, performance capture, or branching narrative tools

Enjoyment of collaborative creative development and helping teams refine ideas through iteration, playtesting, and feedback