Blizzard Entertainment
Lead Designer, Innovation - Unannounced Game
Irvine, California, United States of America · Senior · Part-time
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About the role
- Your Mission At Blizzard, we craft genre defining games and legendary worlds for all to share.
- You stay current with emerging trends across both indie and AAA development and are energized by pushing into unexplored creative territory.
- You embrace innovation at the edge of what's possible balanced with a pragmatic leadership mindset that turns ambitious ideas into experiences players can truly enjoy.
Responsibilities
- Support and execute the strategic direction for key feature innovations, partnering with discipline leaders.
- Utilize your own technical implementation skills and game design expertise to bring your ideas to life.
- Lead cross‑disciplinary teams to guide innovative features from early concept through production delivery.
- Serve as a people leader, mentoring, coaching, and developing designers while fostering a culture of creative excellence and accountability.
- Balance creative ambition with production realities, helping teams scope, iterate, and deliver high‑impact experiences.
- Experience 10+ years of professional experience in game design or a related discipline.
- Proven experience working with the Unreal engine and using Blueprint to create prototypes / game content.
- Knowledge and Skills Deep expertise in game‑design fundamentals, systems thinking, and player‑centric innovation.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience leading, mentoring, and growing design teams in a leadership capacity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to target communications to the audience, whether that is junior designers, cross-disciplinary teams, or project leadership.
Skills
- Skill with hands-on development of features and systems, including independently prototyping content and tuning systems.
Compensation
- In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $119,280.00 - $220,700.00 Annual.
Benefits
- Communicate vision clearly through strong documentation, presentations, and cross‑team alignment.
Company info
- We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™.
- We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
- We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
- We are seeking a highly creative and experienced Lead Game Designer to spearhead gameplay and content innovations for an upcoming AAA open-world shooter.
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