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About the Role

As a Design Lead, you will have expertise in developing Kids/Family games and puzzles, executing concepts from ideation through the entire development cycle with minimal guidance. You will understand the modern tabletop gaming environment and attend creative and milestone meetings to provide support on projects.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorm, ideate, sketch, create concept boards and mockups focusing on innovation and supporting brand strategy and consumer needs.
• Develop and create artwork for game components and puzzles using industry software tools.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on a variety of games and puzzle formats, addressing all aspects of product development for licensed, non-licensed, and owned IP brands.
• Maintain a consistently high level of quality, thoroughness, and attention to detail.
• Ensure the integrity of design in final deliverables.
• Effectively communicate project progress, issues, or concerns to the team and Project Management in a timely and professional manner.
• Interact with multiple licensors, understand briefs, and navigate assets and processes for product development and licensor approval.

Requirements

• Command of industry design software to draw and illustrate – Photoshop / Illustrator/ Sketchbook Pro / InDesign.
• Understand file setup and requirements for print-ready graphics production for game boards, cards, instructions, and puzzle artwork.
• Create accurate specifications with manufacturing considerations.
• Partner with PD for costing and engineering issues.
• Proficient understanding of special documentation needs, including navigating licensor assets, style guides, and asset management systems for licensor approvals.
• Completed many rounds of product life cycles and understand how schedule influences each stage.
• Intuitively anticipate next steps and challenges, then plan for them.
• Gained historical knowledge of manufacturing processes from previous projects.
• Understand and apply sound principles during all stages of development.
• Thorough understanding of manufacturing capabilities within their category.

Skills

• Expertise in developing Kids/Family games and puzzles.
• Ideation & Conceptualization – Develops multiple concepts and creates 2D concept boards and 3D mockups.
• Collaborative game development processes: Brainstorming, game play testing, prototyping, research.
• Strong desire to innovate and understands what is required to challenge and execute concepts.
• Play Pattern Development.
• Strong familiarity with general game mechanisms and functions.
• Deep familiarity with the trading card game space.
• Knowledge of players, mechanics, experience play testing games and identifying issues.
• Proactively leads play testing sessions to solicit targeted feedback and develop solutions.
• Familiarity with rules writing and laying out instructions with the user interface as a primary focus.
• Writes and maintains rules documents.
• Strong graphic design composition to create puzzle artwork and game components.
• Ability to present toy and game concepts in a clear and engaging manner to stakeholders.
• CAD a plus.

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Lead

Salary/Compensations

• $100,000 to $120,000 Per Annum

Benefits

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

About the Company

• Spin Master is a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company.
• Our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader.
• Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.
• Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making.
• We have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
• Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
• Our Mission and our Vision is to make life more fun by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun!
• Our values are embodied in everyone from top leadership through to new and veteran team members alike, who –like you– were attracted to Spin Master due to our shared mind set, moral code, and way of being.
• We enjoy a casual culture here, having fun while we are creating fun!

Equal Opportunity

• Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.
• Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.