About the role
Company Overview
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years, they have been making award-winning games and engine technology, including Unreal Engine, which is used for high-fidelity interactive experiences across PC, console, mobile, VR, and various professional industries. The company prides itself on a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment, consistently innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
Role Responsibilities
As the Senior Director of Design focusing on Fortnite, you will lead and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of developers to guide Fortnite modes from ideation to ship. Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define a vision and business goals for a season within Fortnite Battle Royale, Reload, and more shooter modes.
- Manage a design team and hone the design craft for Fortnite.
- Hold design vision across the company with clarity and excitement; inspire the design team and uphold Epic’s design and gameplay quality bar.
- Oversee design and development from start to finish, including leading ideation, shaping timelines of engagement, and making quality and scope decisions.
- Establish a design roadmap that drives multiple seasons, along with system roadmaps that underpin those seasons.
- Work with Product Managers and Analytics teams to gain insights from player metrics and marketplace data to translate into actionable goals.
- Collaborate with Production, discipline leads, and HR to manage staffing, feature scope, production milestones, and hiring.
- Participate in a multidisciplinary leadership team, monitoring the culture and performance of the overall Fortnite development organization.
- Focus on mentoring and empowering the design team to be independently successful, fostering curiosity and healthy risk-taking.
Requirements
- Experience leading game teams from a director or other high-level design leadership perspective.
- Rich background in game systems that operate at scale.
- Expert-level background in a creative craft.
- Deep understanding of what makes games fun and immersive experiences.
- A keen understanding of the Battle Royale genre.
- Passion and excitement for applying skills to highly complicated problem spaces.
- Excellent soft skills, with the ability to navigate day-to-day challenges across large teams and various disciplines/locations.
- An eye and passion for creatively shaping a product beyond the game team.
Benefits and Perks
Epic Games provides comprehensive benefits intended to cover medically necessary needs and improve quality of life:
- Health and Insurance:
- 100% premium coverage for employees and dependents for Medical, Dental, and Vision HRA.
- Long Term Disability and Life Insurance provided.
- Financial:
- 401k with competitive match.
- Well-being:
- Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, providing free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
- Time Off and Culture:
- Unlimited PTO and sick time.
- Company-wide paid breaks and events.
- Paid sabbatical for individuals with 7 years of employment.