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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, and 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, ensuring 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 to facilitate product development and licensor approval.
Requirements
- Command of industry design software (Photoshop / Illustrator/ Sketchbook Pro / InDesign).
- Understanding of file setup and requirements for print-ready graphics production.
- Proficient in Specification Documenting, creating accurate specs with manufacturing considerations.
- Partners with PD for costing and engineering issues.
- Proficient understanding of special documentation needs, including navigating licensor assets, style guides, and asset management systems.
- Experience completing multiple product life cycles and understanding how schedules influence each stage.
- 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
- Kids/Family games and puzzles development
- Ideation Conceptualization
- 2D concept boards and 3D mockups creation
- Collaborative game development processes
- Play Pattern Development
- General game mechanisms
- Trading card game space knowledge
- Rules writing
- Graphic design composition
- Presenting toy and game concepts
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Sketchbook Pro
- InDesign
- CAD (a plus)
- Specification Documenting
- Product Life Cycle management
- Manufacturing Understanding
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.
Equal Opportunity
- Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
- 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.