Game Designer

avrioc

Abu Dhabi based Avrioc Technologies has been over a decade in the making and continues to grow with new innovative products that are used every day in the GCC market and all over the world.

We are looking for a Game Designer to join our growing team!

Responsibilities:

Partner with product managers and producers to ensure that all designs are in sync with business goals and scoped to hit deadlines.

Stay on top of competitive products in the interactive fitness space as well as the AAA video game market.

Oversee the design vision and execution of controller-based game experiences.

Establish clear design criteria to ensure fun, addictive and intuitive gameplay.

Manage and contribute to design documentation, actively driving iteration, calling out risks, and incorporating stakeholder feedback.

Lead design sessions.

  • Job Details:
    Experience with cross-platform MMOs.
  • Experience designing for a wide variety of game controllers and interactive hardware components.
  • Experienced game designer to bring AAA interactive experiences to a professional virtual cycling platform.
  • Candidate must have a deep understanding of video games, working with diverse types of game controllers and interactive firmware.
  • Must be able to translate stakeholder’s requirements into logical and practical design ideas and create game design documents for the development team.
  • 7+ years’ experience in game design leadership.
  • Diplomatic & inclusive temperament with a cross-discipline approach to problem-solving.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, a lightning-fast pace, and a high degree of ownership.
  • Solid understanding of game design process and methodology.
  • Fantastic games knowledge (both classic and contemporary), especially in MMOs.
  • A demonstrable analytical and iterative approach to solving design problems.
  • Ability to balance the impacts of deadlines and resources with creative and quality requirements.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with executive level staff.
  • Comfortable getting hands-on where necessary in design documentation tasks
  • Experience with the UE4 engine and blueprints is a real plus
  • Experience shipping cross-platform games, especially iOS, tvOS, Android, Mac, and PC
  • Experience designing for multi-variant experimentation to drive retention
  • Interest in creating fun experiences for cycling, running, and overall fitness
  • Apply to career@avrioc.com
  • Department: MyWhoosh Art
  • Experience Level:7+ years