Creative Director – A.I.-First Generative Mobile Game
Wolf Games
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $105,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Drive great story and craft that inspires players through all areas of the game and inspires player retention
- Effectively manage team members around setting creative goals, establishing standards for quality, and review of delivery with an eye toward ongoing improvement
- Partner with designers and writers to sculpt thematics that support the game experience
- Oversee external partners and outsourcing teams to ensure delivery of high quality creative content
- Articulate the intended emotional experience of all aspects of the game
- Define an inspirational north star that empowers our team to bring a unified vision to life
- Ability to integrate characters, factions, and lore into impactful gameplay
- Collaborate on branding and marketing aesthetics, ensuring consistency across promotional materials and in-game assets
- Stay up to speed on industry trends and how competitor games evolve their mechanics, aesthetics and business models to drive acquisition, fandom, and engagement
- As needed, directly generate content including style guides, art descriptions, concept sketches, and more
Requirements
- 10+ years experience total in game development, and at least 4+ years in a direct managerial role
- Success shipping previous titles from inception to launch
- Proven ability to successfully partner with contractors creative agencies, individual artists, and art teams
- Experience working with multiple disciplines, particularly game design, to deliver on a goal
- A skilled storyteller who can communicate that vision with ease to team members and collaborate with them to bring a shared creation to life.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation: The base pay for this role is $105-140k per year, depending on experience. We highly value transparency and offering competitive pay, based on current market research and employee experience level.
- Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy the flexibility and adventure that comes from being self-directed at a startup.
- Remote Work: 100% fully remote position.
- Professional Growth: Opportunity to establish the product management practice at Wolf Games and lead the group as it expands.
- Innovative Technologies: Work with the latest generative AI technologies and self-defining software.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
game developmentcontent generationstorytellingbrandinggame designart directioncreative goal settingquality standardsthematic integrationconcept sketching
Soft skills
team managementcollaborationcommunicationcreative visioninspirationemotional articulationgoal orientationadaptabilityleadershipproblem-solving