# Principal Game Designer

**Company**: DesignHybrid
**Location**: Leamington Spa
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Principal Game Designer, you will own and drive key areas of the design, contribute to the development of processes and pipelines, and be a reliable, autonomous member of the team. You will act as a champion of quality across the game. Our ideal candidate is an experienced Senior or Lead Designer who is skilled in all aspects of Game Design, demonstrates a willingness to be hands-on, and has the track record to prove it.

This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.

Key responsibilities include:

- Using our custom, proprietary engine and tools to implement systems and features to the highest standard and deliver on the vision of the project.

- Creating and maintaining high-quality feature and system designs.

- Working with a highly motivated, talented cross-discipline team.

- Mentoring and coaching more junior members of the team.

We are looking for someone with:

- Full development cycle industry experience in game design positions - ideally on a high-profile published AAA title.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Strong ability to design game systems and mechanics and align other disciplines around design intent.

- Demonstrable implementation experience using scripting tools or similar.

- A strong ability to identify and solve problems throughout all stages of development.

- Interest in collaborating within a team of diverse perspectives.

- An effective capability to be a highly reliable, autonomous member of the team.

- A demonstrable track record of quality in your previous work.

- Experience working on RPGs, open-world games, and/or large-scale single-player titles is highly desirable.

- A genuine passion for games.

- Text-based scripting ability in C++, C#, or similar is desired but not essential.

## Skills

### Required
- game design
- custom engine
- scripting tools
- problem-solving
- team collaboration
- quality assurance

### Nice to have
- C++
- C#
- RPGs
- open-world games
- large-scale single-player titles