Lead Game Designer

OtherSide Entertainment

Lead Game Designer responsible for guiding design teams and supporting immersive sim development at OtherSide Entertainment. Focused on gameplay that emphasizes player choice and exploration.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the GDD and roadmap, and keep both useful.
Lead and support a team of experienced designers, including mentoring, coaching, and workload management.
Champion design quality through honest, collaborative feedback.
Spot risks before they become issues.
Jump into prototypes and testing when needed.
Represent the game internally and externally.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Lead Designer and people manager experience, within the past 5 years, on a successfully released and well-regarded PC or console game, expansion, content pack, or live title release, managing multiple direct reports, design processes, and design information repositories.
6+ years total game design experience, with at least two shipped titles and a team management role.
Hands-on Unreal Engine 5 experience at an implementation level.
Experience with immersive sims as a player, including the ability to clearly articulate what defines the genre and what makes it special.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Full suite of benefits available

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Hard Skills & Tools

game designteam managementprototypingtestingUnreal Engine 5design processesdesign information repositoriesimmersive simsfeedbackrisk management

Soft Skills

mentoringcoachingcollaborationcommunicationleadershipworkload managementproblem-solvingarticulationhonestysupport