Lead Quest Designer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Lead Quest Designer (Gamedev): Manages and guides quest designers, driving the successful delivery of fun and memorable quest experiences with an accent on aligning execution with project goals, quality standards, and production timelines. Focus on fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.

Location: Warsaw, Poland or Malmö, Sweden

Company

hirify.global is looking for a Lead Quest Designer to join the development of a new IP.

What you will do

• Lead and manage the Quest Design team to meet project objectives, quality standards, and production milestones.
• Collaborate with quest, narrative, level design teams and other departments in crafting a cohesive experience for the game’s locations, characters, content, and plots.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Quest Design within the project, communicating status, risks, and needs to senior leadership.
• Design and implement functional quests and becoming proficient in using our tools.
• Provide constructive feedback on others’ work.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a professional Game Designer, with significant quest design experience and at least one shipped title in a senior or lead capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage schedules, set priorities, and deliver against defined production timelines.
• Experience with technical game design (implementation in tools, game logic, visual scripting, etc.)
• Ability to collaborate and thrive as part of a creative team and comfortable with self-critique and accepting outside feedback
• Creativity in problem solving with a mindful approach to putting the team first.

Nice to have

• Experience leading content design teams on AAA Open World titles.
• Having made your own game as a side or indie project.
• Experience in adjacent fields such as content design, narrative design, environment art, programming, etc.
• Experience playing and/or crafting pen and paper, board, or trading card games.

Culture & Benefits

• A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.