Games Creative/Design Director

As Creative/Design Director, you will be responsible for guiding Incubator creators toward the successful development of novel games (Read about novel games, the Incubator program and its charter at https://create.roblox.com/build). This design & creative leader will be instrumental in helping Incubator participants find the right rich game dynamics for their games, whether these creators come from the Roblox creator community or the off-platform traditional game community. The ideal candidate has a history of creative leadership (including design) across a variety of games, along with a broad knowledge of design elements and their application in successful games across the industry. You will report to the Senior Lead, Incubator. 

You will:

• Own design feedback to all (external) Incubator creators
• Oversee group feedback on specific builds and milestones
• Ideate on alchemy of Roblox and traditional success to help creators find innovation and value in their games 
• Foster creator-to-creator community interactions, both individually and by creating sustainable processes and partnerships
• Build and execute effective design related workflows between internal disciplines and Roblox creators       
• Collaborate cross-functionally (production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing, partnerships and more) to facilitate design related deliverables and deadlines 
• Work with marketing and creative teams to devise and execute on GTM strategies 
• Support analytics to set up goals, measure impact, and increase growth KPIs
• Help the novel games initiative across non-Incubator projects as needed

You have:

• 15+ years of creative or game design experience with proven track record of conceptualizing, creating, guiding and refining game designs
• Ability to adapt and learn new game and platform dynamics, in order to demonstrate expertise in both traditional and Roblox game design
• Superb written and verbal communication skills that guide and convince
• Experience leading cross-functional execution with various teams including production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing, partnerships and more
• Domain experience with UGC, social and gaming; ability to understand and design for player behavior, expectations and trends 
• Understanding of game design, principles and mechanics
• Experience working with 3rd party creators and developers 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile and iterative development environment 
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and ambiguity 
• Excellent organization skills