Senior Director, Design

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About the role

WHAT MAKES US EPIC? At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development. DESIGN What We Do Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic. What You'll Do As the Senior Director of Design focusing on Fortnite, you will be responsible for leading and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of developers to guide Fortnite modes to success from ideation to ship. Working with senior leadership, you will carry the game's vision and Epic’s goals forward while making hard calls on quality and priorities, and, above all, be creatively excited and engaged in creating an unforgettable, fun experience for our players. In this role, you will • Collaborate with senior leadership to define a vision and business goals for a season within Fortnite Battle Royale, Reload, and more shooter modes. • Manage a design team and hone the design craft for Fortnite. • Hold that design vision across the company with clarity and excitement, and inspire the design team to follow you; uphold Epic’s design and gameplay quality bar • Oversee design and development from start to finish - From leading ideation with the team and shaping a timeline of engagement across the whole season, to making tough decisions on quality and scope throughout production • Establish a design roadmap that drives multiple seasons, along with system roadmaps that underpin those seasons. • Work with Product Managers and Analytics teams to gain insights from player metrics and marketplace data, then translate those insights into actionable goals to improve the player experience; work with Production, discipline leads, and HR to manage staffing, feature scope, production milestones, and hiring • Be part of a multidisciplinary leadership team - monitoring the culture and performance of the overall Fortnite development organization • Focus on mentoring and empowering the design team to be independently successful and make solid decisions without your involvement; foster curiosity and healthy risk-taking What we're looking for • Experience leading game teams from a director or other high-level design leadership perspective • Rich background in game systems that operate at scale. • An expert-level background in a creative craft you can speak to and draw from • A deep understanding of what makes games tick at all levels, with a particular focus on what makes them fun, immersive experiences • A keen understanding of what makes the Battle Royale genre work is required • Passion and excitement for applying yourself to highly complicated problem spaces • Excellent soft skills; you are able to navigate the day-to-day ups and downs of working with a large team across many disciplines and locations with ease • An eye and passion for helping to creatively shape a product that goes beyond the game team If you have a portfolio/reel/website you'd like to share, please hyperlink it to your resume or submit it as an attachment with your application. EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, De

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