Team Lead Game Designer - Dead by Daylight

The role Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses : Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic . Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law. As a Team Lead Game Designer on Dead by Daylight, you will join a dynamic team working on a live service game with approximately 6 people, including UX, with a total team size of less than 10. In this role, you will balance support for UX with a more traditional approach, focusing on feature-based gameplay. There will also be strong collaboration with different departments such as Product, Economy Design, and UX. In this role you will :

• Drive a design team in the creation and delivery of high-qualitygames;
• Provide design leadership and inspiration to achieve unparalleled gameplay, characters, AI, feedback, and control interfaces;
• Work with the producer, design director, and other leads to coordinate the design team throughout the life of the project;
• Commit to deadlines and work with the production to set projects priorities and create work schedule for yourteam;
• Direct and develop all game design documents on a macro and micro level, and drive the development process in a creativeway;
• Keep on top of gameplay, environment and feature trends within the industry, and especially within the specific genre of the project;
• Challenge others with tact;
• Develop your team talent pool by acting as a coach and mentor. Assess your team’s work daily and provide constructive feedback and / or training when necessary;
• Manage your direct reports’ semi and annual performance review;
• Contribute to providing a work environment conducive to employee engagement.

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