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Design Director
San Francisco, CA
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Job Description
Design Director – Star Trek Online
The Star Trek Online team is a collection of highly skilled industry vets with a passion to transform Star Trek into a world-class MMORPG. With strong leadership and deep experience ranging from console to the most successful MMOs, we’ve built a team that believes Star Trek Online is a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a very compelling experience. We are gamers who value iterative development, the importance personal excellence, and strong communication. And we share a relentless focus on creating a AAA game experience that benefits from, but does not rely on its license to achieve gaming greatness.
We are seeking a Design Director who’s highly motivated by the opportunity to lead an established and experienced design team to create a hugely successful MMORPG within this rapidly evolving category. The right candidate has the experience and chops to provide design and market leadership for a demanding team and can strongly contribute to a new Star Trek vision.
Responsibilities
* Oversee all aspects of game design with an emphasis on cinematic quality, AAA presentation, and gameplay innovation
* Directly manage a team of experienced Lead Designers, building to and overseeing the management of a 20+ person design team
* Provide overall design leadership resulting in spectacular market and critical success
* Foster a collaborative design environment that welcomes design input and contribution throughout the team
* Communicate with the team and company to reinforce key design objectives
* Collaborate closely with the Art Director, Engineering Director, Development Director, and Executive Producer to establish and deliver upon shared goals
* Work with the Art Director and design team to craft a compelling, cinematic player experience
* Expertly represent product goals, key features, and player experience to fans, press, and key partners
* Utilize your industry relationships to recruit top talent across all disciplines
Qualifications
* 8+ years game industry experience
* Demonstrated experience managing and leading a design team in the creation of a AAA game
* Extensive and current game playing experience including MMO, RPG and action games
* A passion for and demonstrated ability to supervise and lead the creation of the next blockbuster MMORPG
* An eye for high quality presentation, cinematic, and dramatic excellence - film background a plus
* Respect for where Star Trek has been and a passion for where it will go
Located in downtown San Francisco, Perpetual is poised to become a major player in the software entertainment and platform development industry. We’re crafting the most innovative and anticipated massively multiplayer games, and we're doing it in the center of the Bay Area's cutting-edge technology community.
In addition to working on leading-edge entertainment technology you’ll enjoy a fun work environment, progressive benefits and excellent compensation. For more information check us out at www.perpetual.com
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Experience Required
8 plus years exp.
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Last Update
February 13, 2008
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