Title: Lead Designer
Location: Remote
About PTW: PTW is a global leader in gaming and digital services, with a passion for innovation and creativity at our core. We are looking for a talented Lead Designer to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of gaming experiences.
Overview: As the Lead Designer, you will take charge of the design vision, guiding the creative direction of projects from concept through to delivery. You will be responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring that all visual elements align with the product's narrative and gameplay mechanics. Your contributions will be pivotal in maximizing the player experience and driving the success of our projects.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and inspire a team of designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture.
- Develop and execute the overall design vision for projects, ensuring alignment with product objectives and target audiences.
- Create high-quality visual assets, including character designs, environments, and UI elements that enhance gameplay.
- Direct the design process, providing guidance and mentorship to junior designers.
- Work closely with product managers, programmers, and artists to ensure a cohesive development process.
- Conduct regular design reviews, providing constructive feedback to enhance quality and creativity.
- Stay updated with industry trends and best practices to continuously improve design processes and outcomes.
- Analyze player feedback and metrics to iteratively improve game design and user experience.
What We Are Looking For:
- Proven experience in game design, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong portfolio showcasing design work across various platforms (console, PC, mobile).
- Expertise in using design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Unity, or Unreal Engine.
- Deep understanding of user experience principles and game mechanics.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate design concepts clearly to stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills to assess player engagement and game performance metrics.
- Passionate about gaming with a keen interest in current trends and innovations.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
What we offer:
- You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest game clients, titles, projects, and tech in the world.
- Attractive remuneration, holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes. Our environments thrive with collaborative team-work with people from all around the world, different nationalities, and languages.
- A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing program. We empower our people and offer regular progression opportunities to ensure our employees flourish.
- Learn as you work and be part of something real that changes the face of gaming - forever.
About us:
PTW is a boutique-with-scale games services company with over 40 studios in 12 countries worldwide. Our range of services includes art and audio production, game development, quality assurance, player support, community management, localization, localization QA, voice production, and data collection.
PTW Bucharest opened its doors in 2016 and has grown from providing Player Support to a range of mobile and AAA games publishers to also offering QA and Localization QA services.
We’re part of a global team of passionate, hard-working, ambitious gamers, whose goal is always to make every gamer’s experience as perfect as possible. For over 30 years, PTW has been providing industry-leading services to every part of the globe. From our humble beginnings as a single office in Japan in 1994, we’ve become a global force with offices across North America, Europe, India, and Asia. The PTW family of brands includes SIDE, Gostpunch and OR Esports. For more information, visit .
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What We Do
We’re a global team of passionate, hard-working, ambitious gamers, whose goal is always to make every gamer's experience as perfect as possible. We’re dedicated to helping your players, because they’re part of our community too. We’ve been working hard for players, clients, and the games industry for over 26 years, providing industry-leading services to every part of the globe.
We believe great work gets done by teams who love what they do. This is why we approach every solution with an all-minds-on-deck strategy that leverages our global workforce's strength, creativity, and passion.
8,500+ passionate gamers
650+ top developers and publishers as clients
5.3 million hours QA testing
7 year average client partner tenure
2,500+ LQA titles
PTW is a boutique games services company with 40 offices in 11 countries worldwide. Our range of services include quality assurance, localization, customer experience, art production, game development services, and audio production services.
We believe that innovation comes in all sizes, which is why we take on projects of any size and love crafting a custom solution, no matter the scale.
PTW, comprised of global subsidiaries, is a UK-based holding company formed in 2016 under the umbrella of Poletowin Pitcrew Holdings, Inc. which is listed on the 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange as 3657.
The PTW group includes SIDE, 1518 Studios, Entalize, The Game Dev Show, and OR Esports.
