Lead Game Designer

About this role

Responsibilities

• As a Lead Game Designer at Next Games, you'll be instrumental in delivering on the game's vision, translating concepts into captivating and highly engaging designs. Your proactive approach will drive innovation, ensuring fresh and compelling gameplay experiences while taking ownership of key design elements and providing leadership within the team. Mentoring designers will be integral as you foster craft excellence and a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring accessibility in both gameplay and design processes and creating an inclusive and immersive experience for all players.
• ResponsibilitiesCollaborating closely with the Game Director to ensure the game vision achieves its full potential
• Leading, inspiring, and mentoring fellow designers and team members, drawing on your expertise
• Designing, planning, and implementing game mechanics, systems, and content
• Fine-tuning features using live game metrics and user experience testing
• Collaborating with experienced colleagues, user experience, sound, narrative, and other disciplines to enhance the game's performance based on key performance indicators
• Developing comprehensive design documentation covering gameplay mechanics, guidelines, game loops, and player progressi

About Netflix

Next Games, founded in 2013 and based in Helsinki, Finland, crafts cutting-edge, approachable games for a global audience, inspired by popular Netflix shows and movies, as well as our own fresh ideas. We combine the Finnish game development culture with Netflix's global entertainment culture, embracing the strengths of both and empowering our talented and diverse teams to deliver their best work to date.