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About the Role

This role involves two distinct phases: first, contributing to the successful launch of 'Project Hail Mary,' and second, taking full creative and production ownership of the studio's next flagship original title, shaping it from its initial vision to a memorable shipped game.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end creative and production accountability for the assigned title, from vision document through certification and launch.
• Translating narrative, art, design, and technical ambitions into a single coherent, shippable vision.
• Leading a multidisciplinary team day to day: setting priorities, unblocking decisions, and keeping morale and momentum intact.
• Partnering with production on schedules, milestones, and budget.
• Acting as the point of contact with publishing, licensing, and platform partners.
• Championing the physical, embodied side of VR/MR design.
• Running structured playtests and postmortems.
• Mentoring leads and senior designers.
• Representing Maze Theory's creative voice externally at events, press, and partner reviews.

Requirements

• A shipped track record as Game Director, Creative Director, or a comparable senior leadership role, ideally with at least one title carried from mid-production through launch.
• Direct experience in VR, MR, or AR.
• A genuine command of narrative-led game design.
• Proven people leadership: experience running a department or multidisciplinary team through a full production cycle.
• Fluency with the mechanics of production — milestones, budgets, risk registers.
• The judgment to know when a project needs a steady hand versus a bold one.
• Experience directing licensed or author-collaborative IP.
• A background in physical/action game design — movement systems, or embodied traversal.
• Public speaking or conference presence (GDC, Gamescom, PAX, Venice Immersive).
• Award recognition (BAFTA, DICE, TIGA, or similar) for shipped work.

Skills

• VR
• MR
• AR
• Narrative-led game design
• People leadership
• Production mechanics
• Physical/action game design
• Public speaking
• Game Direction
• Creative Direction

Location

• UK-based
• Remote-first

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior leadership

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive Salary

Benefits

• Unlimited holidays
• Private Healthcare with Vitality
• Working alongside a friendly, flexible, and highly talented team
• Opportunity to work on big-name IPs

About the Company

• Maze Theory is a UK-based XR studio built by veterans of PlayStation, Activision, EA, Disney, and the BBC.
• The studio's mission is to bring stories into mixed reality.
• Maze Theory has received BAFTA, DICE, TIGA, and Venice Immersive recognition.
• The studio is working on 'Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars,' an original mixed-reality story co-written with Andy Weir.

Equal Opportunity

• To tell better stories and create inclusive experiences we welcome everyone, especially from under-represented people in our industry whose stories aren’t told often enough.
• At Maze Theory we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, who you are will always deserve our consideration and recognition, and your application is welcome.