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Designer, Senior
Redmond, WA, US
Job Category: Software Engineering: Creative
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 783407-73282
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business
The success of Xbox has been built upon the portfolio of core games from Microsoft Game Studios (MGS). The Core Games Publishing team’s charter is to partner with the best developers in the world to create the next great core franchises for this generation and future generations of Xbox.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced creative leader who is passionate about creating the world’s greatest games. Your role is to lead a team of game designers who partner with and support creative visionaries, solve creative issues, and evangelize published products from a game design perspective. You push innovation and thought leadership and lead a team that works with world class developers to launch new core franchises worthy of 1st party development.
Success in this role will require working effectively with Publisher & Developer side Art Director, Audio Director, User Research Lead, User Experience Lead, Executive Producer, PM(s) and any other key leads to determine project design specifications and to ensure successful product execution. This position involves working with external development partners to ensure that:
- The product vision is clear.
- The final product quality meets expectations of 1st party titles.
- The game design pushes its genre forward into new and uncharted territory, and leverages the value of the platform, including Xbox LIVE and Kinect.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:
- 8+ years' game design experience
- Design experience on multiple shipped AAA console products
- Experienced relationship-management skills
- Experience managing a team of designers
- Strong technical skills and a basic understanding of programming or scripting
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Passion for console and PC game, with excellent design insights across genres.
- Ability to produce articulate design documentation detailing innovative gameplay mechanics, character biographies, control systems, interface design, story lines and asset inventories
- Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handle multiple tasks
- Ability to work closely with all core development functions, as well as supporting functions
- Xbox LIVE or network game design experience
*To consider similar job openings within Microsoft Game Studios on MS Career, use keyword: Microsoft Studios
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Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 783407-73282
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business
The success of Xbox has been built upon the portfolio of core games from Microsoft Game Studios (MGS). The Core Games Publishing team’s charter is to partner with the best developers in the world to create the next great core franchises for this generation and future generations of Xbox.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced creative leader who is passionate about creating the world’s greatest games. Your role is to lead a team of game designers who partner with and support creative visionaries, solve creative issues, and evangelize published products from a game design perspective. You push innovation and thought leadership and lead a team that works with world class developers to launch new core franchises worthy of 1st party development.
Success in this role will require working effectively with Publisher & Developer side Art Director, Audio Director, User Research Lead, User Experience Lead, Executive Producer, PM(s) and any other key leads to determine project design specifications and to ensure successful product execution. This position involves working with external development partners to ensure that:
- The product vision is clear.
- The final product quality meets expectations of 1st party titles.
- The game design pushes its genre forward into new and uncharted territory, and leverages the value of the platform, including Xbox LIVE and Kinect.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:
- 8+ years' game design experience
- Design experience on multiple shipped AAA console products
- Experienced relationship-management skills
- Experience managing a team of designers
- Strong technical skills and a basic understanding of programming or scripting
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Passion for console and PC game, with excellent design insights across genres.
- Ability to produce articulate design documentation detailing innovative gameplay mechanics, character biographies, control systems, interface design, story lines and asset inventories
- Willing to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handle multiple tasks
- Ability to work closely with all core development functions, as well as supporting functions
- Xbox LIVE or network game design experience
*To consider similar job openings within Microsoft Game Studios on MS Career, use keyword: Microsoft Studios
SC:ME
J2WERPL1
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