Harmonix Music Systems seeks an experienced Design Director to oversee our world-class video game design department. The ideal candidate will have worked in the video game industry for 7+ years, and be passionate about being a part of Harmonix's incredible design team. The Design Director will cultivate a strong department culture, emphasizing innovation, a high level of cross-disciplinary collaboration at the project level, and strong employee satisfaction. This is a rare and unique opportunity to fill a critical role at Harmonix: the Design Director will join the Harmonix team at a management level, and facilitate development of some of the most innovative and groundbreaking titles in the industry.

Responsibilities:

-Oversee quality of game design work across all subgroups of the Harmonix design department: lead, systems, level, and narrative designers.
-Monitor, critique, and assist the design process for each title in development.
-Actively cultivate a vibrant design culture, both within the department and across all development disciplines.
-Develop and support the training and career goals of Harmonix designers both individually and collectively.
-Participate in writing and administering employee reviews
-Work with other department managers and directors to ensure effective cross-department communication.
-Work with project producers on design scheduling and staff assignments based on project needs.
-Develop ideation, prototyping and iterative skills and processes in the service of ongoing design innovation.
-Understand and continuously improve design work and methodologies (e.g. – documentation formats, collaboration techniques, etc.)

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